Thus goeth Christmas

So much for that. The induction motor on the heater died a big death last night and it was fixable, but to the tune of several hundred dollars. As I'm sure you all know, Missouri is one giant icicle right now, so it was a choice between gifties and freezing our nipples off soooo I kind of think we made the right decision. Faced with such a bummer, I'm going to handle in a very British manner - I'll put the kettle on.