Family Members Of All Sizes

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I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend; I know I sure did. I spent the majority of my time in West Virginia with my family, which is how it should be. On Saturday, I drove down to Blacksburg and met up with Gina, which made the holiday experience complete.

I'm going to balance out the bad with the good today. First, the bad news. Last week, our family's dog, Biscuit, was killed. She had already been through a great deal, including the harrowing few days late in 2003 when she was most likely kidnapped but found her way back home, weak but none the worse for wear. It hurt a lot to hear the news, especially since I hadn't seen her since August when I moved up here. Dad gave her a proper burial at the top of our hill before I arrived last Wednesday. To you, Biscuit - you were a good dog.

And now, so as not to end things on a sour note, one of Gina's friends from high school, Colleen (of Hershey Trip 2004 fame), has made the Post! Well, she and the rest of her large Irish Catholic family did, anyway. This past weekend, her grandparents gathered as many of their family members as they could and piled them all into a bus, with the intent of driving all the way to New York to see the Rockettes. But as with all family road trips - and this one sure tops the list of BIG family road trips - the destination isn't really as much an adventure as the journey is. Colleen, you're famous. Thanks to Gina for the news.