We've arrived safely at the in-laws, and later on today, we are going to help out a friend with some house renovations and then on to Christmas Eve dinner. Tasty turkey ahoy! I've also put in a request for a BBQ, but since it's winter, we'll see how crazy people think I am.

So far the weather has been decent and cold, but no downpour and flash-flooding like the weather forecast had predicted.

Stronghold Kingdoms just got a whole lot more interesting — not in terms of the game itself because nothing has changed — but one of the largest houses is getting its ass handed to itself by a smaller team, and people are defecting all around. It just goes to show that being the biggest isn't always the best if you don't take any action.