Today in My History

2000:  Rocky 2
2001:  Love Letters
2002:  An Ethel Queen and a Judy Queen
2003:  Mind and Body
2004:  A Holly, Jolly Christmas
2005:  'Tis the Season Again
2006:  Are You There, Grunya?
2007: The Printed Page

Our 2008 Holiday Letter

IN MY OPINION
Cinderella

Books Read in 2008
 
Updated: 11/27
"Keeper of the Bride" 

A Cousins Christmas from Bev Sykes on Vimeo.

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ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS...

14 December 2008

...my family gave to me...

a lovely Christmas dinner!

Tonight was the Cousins Christmas, which Kathy and her husband Fred hosted.  They have moved since the last time we visited their house and the neighborhood was all decked out in its Christmas finery.

Our Cousins Day group was there, along with Peach's sister Mandy...

...and her husband Gordon and Kathy's sister Kelly...

(on the left)

...and her husband Denton...and my mother, of course.

We brought the puppies and they were the hit of the evening  My mother was very happy to sit and cuddle one while I fed the other.

But most of the time they just lay in their bed just looking cute.

We did that gift exchange thing with white elephant gifts.  Like Charlie Brown on Halloween, Kathy got a rock...

...and Walt ended up with a basket shaped like a sleigh, so naturally we had to take pictures of the puppies in that.

So I guess our Christmas season is off with a bang.  It was such a lovely evening!  Tomorrow we head off to wine country with some friends.  We are staying at a B&B that is supposed to have wifi, so I don't anticipate any break in journal entry posts, but on the off chance that something goes wrong and there is no journal entry, that's why!

PHOTO OF THE DAY

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MILES TO NOWHERE:  89 miles