Wooooooo hoooooooo! It snowed today! It snowed today! Snow in Victoria that has actually remained on the ground the entire day!
Beautiful.
Franklin and I took a drive by the ocean at sunset(unfortunately it was extremely windy and not suitable for a stroll) and it was gorgeous.

Other than the snowy stroll we took early this morning and the sunset cruise this evening, the day was intermixed with naps, lunch and TV shopping.

Ahhhh, TV shopping. Such horrific torture. We were given a great present this year - a DVD player. We are very excited to try out this new technology but alas, our television is so old that the player does not relate to it's wrinkly little back-side. We have been looking around for a nice, acceptable TV that is perhaps a little bigger (so I can read subtitles without my opera glasses and D can see a hockey puck) but not so big that we need to get a larger living room to accommodate the size. We have been to a couple of places and have seen great TVs at good prices (or payment plans) but everyone seems out of stock.

Sooo, either everyone got a DVD player and has the same problem or people went a little too nuts on the boxing day mob-style of shopping glee. We just want a small to medium size, somewhat modern television set. It seemed too much to ask today.

On the other hand, I have learned a vital parenting rule.
Do not, under any circumstances, bring your vehicle-crazy child anywhere near the toy department or any other car-type display in the hope that he will get some kind of entertainment. This is actually a form of child torture.

Hey Frank! Look at the cool cars/trucks/tractors/buses... No, you can't have them/take them out of their boxes/shake them/break open the glass display case to drool over them...
Ok, had enough? No? Oh well, gotta go!

Yeah, that doesn't go over well...