Before leaving for Thanksgiving, Scott had to clean the pool. Remind me to look like even more of an idiot and whack all the leaves out of the trees before filling the rink next year.     As we got near Eau Claire we drove into a freak snowstorm. There were tons of accidents and they even closed off part of the highway. I looked it up later and this apparently was  created by steam from a factory in nearby Menominee . Just as soon as the snowstorm came it was gone. I could finally let Brooke take a turn driving.   She hates driving in the snow, in the rain, at night...what am I her dangerous driving chauffeur? Good thing I picked out a green sweater for today. Did everyone plan on wearing Packers colors and I was just out of the loop? I guess the chair was too squeaky so Jeff was interrupted from making dinner to fix it. Oh G.G. Cheers. We had a smaller group this year so the kids got to sit with the adults. It's all about the cranberry bread. Jeff being very casual....