Archive for the 'Christmas' Category
Protected: Christmas Day 2011
Saturday, December 31st, 2011CHRISTMAS 41 – 2011
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
With the way things were shaping up throughout December, I had much to look forward for the 2011 holiday season. This would be Silas’ first Christmas, and although at less than 8 months old, he wouldn’t really know what was going on, there was bound to be ample cuteness. This was also the first Christmas that I would be spending with Jamie, and we had made plenty of plans to spend time together. Although I would have liked to have her at my family gathering on Christmas Eve night, she was spending that evening with her folks and had allotted quite a bit of time for me on Christmas Day. Read the rest of this entry »
Christmas Newsletter 2011
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
CHRISTMAS 16 – 1986
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
I was hoping for a white Christmas for 1986, mostly because I had a new sled. But hoping for and getting wasn’t always the same – as this Christmas proved. There was sickness a-brewing in my house. Denise had interrupted my movie-watching on the evening of Saturday, December 20, to let me know that she had thrown up all over her room. She spent the rest of the weekend recovering, but not before leaving the germs of a flu bug behind. By Tuesday, Dad was feeling ill and was having productive sessions over the toilet. Read the rest of this entry »