This was an unusually happy Christmas for me this year.
I have very few family members in my area. So holidays are usually spent with my husband, mother and close friends, which is wonderful. I am not a huge advocate of big family gatherings anyway, I believe family is where you find it, and I have [...]
Entries from December 2006
December 30, 2006
An Unusual Christmas
December 28, 2006
Butt Crack Prevention
My cousin Ron is a painter in the San Diego area. He’s a big guy and needs extra long shirts. A friend of his gave him such a shirt for Christmas. It came in this hilarious container that had all of us at Ron’s Christmas party rolling with laughter:
December 27, 2006
Our Sponsored Child
Bill and I made a decision several years ago not to have children. It’s not that we don’t like kids, we do, very much (especially Cory!) But I have some physical problems I didn’t want to pass on, plus joint pain that prevents me from kneeling on the floor to play with the kids and [...]
December 24, 2006
Christmas Greetings
We’re off to our traditional Benihana Christmas Eve dinner. It looks like we’ll fill an entire cook top table tonight, 8 or 9 people are going with us. Bill and I, and my Mom started this tradition 10 years ago, then we started inviting our friend Dave and other people who had nothing to do [...]
December 21, 2006
Orange and Yellow
With this weird hot weather we’ve had, there have been some confused trees out there. It took a long while for their lush green leaves to turn colors; now that they have, they’ve been holding on to their colorful leaves like tight-fisted little misers. Finally, they have begun to fall. Yes, we actually have autumn [...]
December 18, 2006
Making Music With Light
I love digital photography, but I have a basic camera (if you can call something that takes videos and advises you on best photo settings basic). What I really mean is, I can’t manually change the shutter speed on my camera. Which is OK, I miss it sometimes, but I rarely go to car races [...]
December 16, 2006
Things My Father Told Me
My father is a very interesting guy. He came here from Germany when he was in his early 20’s with some English lessons under his belt and a technical education in tool and die making. Almost the moment he stepped off the boat, he was drafted by the US Army and served a term at [...]
