Glad to see you're into the spirit of the occasion, 4th.
I hope y'all got snow over in Gadsden. I'm north of Atlanta and it's been snowing quite a bit. We probably have a couple of inches on the ground. My Leyland Cypress trees are all covered. Everything is completely white outside.
I told my 22 year old son last night during Christmas dinner that we should go out and build a snowman. He kind of smiled and rolled his eyes at first, like he's too old for such childish things. But, I could tell he was thinking about it. We'll see what he thinks whenever he wakes up this morning. He and a friend are still in there sleeping since they were up all last night playing with his new Kinect. I got him a bunch of technology gadgets as usual. He STILL get's really excited about Christmas morning and opening gifts.
Anyway, your post made me smile this morning when I read it. I hope everybody in your house had a Christmas as special as the one you were hoping for and losing sleep over on Christmas Eve.
Roll Tide.