Well,

Karen and Jessie and I made it back home after a brutal 30 hour trip.  We were on vacation for five weeks in the USA visiting my parents in Oklahoma City.

Karen got to see snow for the first time as OKC was hit by their worst blizzard ever on Christmas Eve.  So it was a white Christmas although it did delay Christmas for a lot of Oklahoma families.

Jessie learned to crawl while we were there and now she is zipping around the house grabbing everything she can.

I had several epiphanies about case making while we were there.  I studied how cowboy boots are made among other things and will be trying to incorporate some of those lessons in our cases.  I picked up a nice Hartmann briefcase for $5 which needs a little repair and tlc.  I haven’t decided yet whether to repair it or to take it all apart and make a Hartmann tribute cue case.  I am leaning towards the case.

Other than that I am glad to be home and get back in the shop.  Lots of orders to catch up on.