It's the most wonderful time of the year.

We headed to the beach this weekend to witness a Seattle tradition: the Christmas ship. A line of parade ships, as well as privately owned boats, follow behind a highly-decorated Vegas-style cruiser to various beaches around town. If you've ever been to the Rio to witness the "Circus in the Sky", it's sort of like that, but on water. Blaring music, a bonfire on the beach, and lots of lights.. Fun stuff overall.

Our weekend ended with a trip to see the Pacers vs. Sonics game last night. We purchased decent half-court tickets only to be seated next to the most self-righteous b@#&! I've encountered in awhile. Our Indiana-transplant friends were sitting in her seats until she arrived. Once she did arrive (at the end of the first quarter!), they happily moved. Fully inkeeping with the holiday spirit, she made rude comments about us until half-time and acted like we were the most obnoxious sports fans alive (when we were barely clapping each time the Pacers scored). She finally ticked Shawn off to the point where he confronted her. She nastily told us that she didn't like "Pistons fans". Well, neither do we! And now, we don't like Sonics fans either.