Chris in Seattle
2 days ago
As our tradition is, we start out Christmas morn' refueling with the Great Tommy Burgers chili burgers and chili fries!!
Nothing says Christmas like a Tommy burger!
Cleaning up, I noticed how sparkling clean Taylor's room was, great job Taylor!
But what did you do with all the car seats, parts and equipment that was in here?
Nevermind, I see where! Oh, Sean, you weren't even gone a couple days. . .
People arriving, Dan. . . wow! What a surprise, and get that turkey roasting on the grill!!
The party crackers opened and dinner is on, the party goes wild!
Hi everyone who got seats at the big table!
Mom's got a great joke, "what's worse than a giraffe with a sore throat?". . . Pat yells out an elephant with a runny nose? No, she says, " a centipede with sore feet."
Great joke, mom!
Eileen, you're doing a great job blogging!
The kid table was more sedate!
And the adult table moderated.
Happy Christmas to all!!
It started out like all afternoons in So. Cal. Traffic on the freeways!
All 2 hours of it to go a 40 min. trip.
We sang every Christmas tune on the radio!!
As soon as we arrived, John put the ipod up and set the Reliant K Christmas CD in to set the mood in the kitchen!!
Very nice, John. Merry Christmas indeed!!
The kids got right to the games, and since there were little ones involved, the poker had to wait for Star Wars Monopoly! Go Jedi's!
Before long the pizzas were coming going in the oven and the familiar fresh baked pizza smells of Christmas eve were overwhelming!
All the family was smiling! Dinner was coming.
The kids were happy!
The night didn't end before some more serious world event discussions.
And some more light weight ones, too! Hey Nick and Joe, good to see you!
A Jolly Good Time was had by all wouldn't you say Teresa and Jessie!?!
'Twas about two weeks before Christmas
When all through the house
Not a decoration was hanging
For she felt like a louse.
Her nose was running,
The tissues were flying
No one even gave a thought
St. Nicholas was coming.
And Mama with her coughing
Snug under her wrap
Began to panic
And banished her nap.
Away to the mall she flew like a flash
Eight hours later, she unloaded the stash.
Those reindeer are coming
I must decorate
And out came the boxes, though not lively and quick
She knew in a moment, she might not keep up with St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles the curses they flew
But she drowned out the madness
With cocoa and brew
As dry leaves before the hurricane fly
Flour, eggs and butter
To store she did buy
And then in a twinkling
The cookies were made
And her clothes were all covered with crumbs and were frayed.
But her eyes how they twinkled
No dimples, but oh she was merry!
The tree was just right
All glittering gold
But the ground that Christmas would not be covered with snow
But her son, who was leaving, wouldn't miss Christmas at home.
She spoke not a word but went straight to her work
She spoke not a word but went straight to her work
And she filled up the room with music and joy
For soon, he'd be leaving and would fly far away
Because now, she'd realize, he's no longer a boy.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Nite!
Katie, I saw your post and amazingly I had this photo in my camera ready to post!
Yesterday, I stopped and got 1 milk, Terry came home with one, and there were 2 opened and 2 unopened in the frigde already!
I thought we were losing our minds!
Feeling better, thanks! Almost good as new.
As I've shared before, Taylor has been doing photo shoots for his class. (these are photos of the photos, can't upload the 35mm, so quality is much better, actually)
This one he actually shot at the same place as the photo booth I blogged earlier. Just as a portrait. He liked it so much that he printed it. I though it was great too. (That's me in the background. He wanted movement there.) It was the end of the day, can you tell by Terry's expression?
His professor loved it. He wanted a copy to use in his
This next portrait his professor also loved! It's got imperfections all through it . . . done on purpose in the darkroom! You can't even appreciate the lines running across it that are stamped onto the negative, suggested by the professor. Art! I guess!?
It is so miserable to be sick this close to the holidays!
We dropped off Grandma the other night. This is what we found in front of her house. Now, she has complained to us before about inconsiderate neighbors doing this, but I'd never seen it quite like this! She lives next to the steps and these people bring up the cans for pick up the next day. Unfortunately, only about 1/2 of them ever go away! They leave them there all the time because they don't want to drag them up and down the stairs. The city has cited them, but they never go away!
