It's been interesting reading about many of the families of members here. I'm the youngest in mine. Folks were 27 and 28. They had my siblings at 20/21. They married as soon as my dad got out of the Air Force, where he mostly served in the Netherlands. They were childhood sweethearts who grew up on the same road. We lost my mom to cancer when I was 32, which is 17 years ago. My father has barely mentioned her since, which is quite perplexing and sad.

I have all of my stuff ready to be packed. Not too much more to do today, before our mini ski vacation. Last night, I made a seafood paella in a new paella pan I bought. My first paella pan. I had made other paellas in other pans, but never with perfect socarrat (where the rice is crispy on the bottom).