Well, we certainly hope your holiday was as special and fun filled as ours was. Our house was full of laughter, family and friends, just what you always hope for especially on special occasions. Our dear long time friends from school days, Bruce and Dorothy, arrived on the 30th and were able to stay until the 3rd. We spend a fair amount of time with them through out the year because of our part time jobs proctoring, but we are mostly working and don't have much time to play. We filled each minute with short trips locally, long conversations and just plain fun.
I love telling Dort something funny because she laughs from the tips of her toes to the top of her head. I've only seen Bruce mad three times in the 50 some years I have known him. Once was on the occasion of Bob's and Bruce's 60th birthday party. It involved summer sun and half a dozen sun shades...some EZ-Ups and some not so easy ups. He got very quiet, red in the face and then disappeared for a few minutes. We finally wrestled the last one up and Bob said, "Well, we deserve a drink." Bruce said, "Go ahead, I already drank one in the garage." We all just busted up laughing! Disappearance explained!
We spent January 4th putting the Christmas decorations away. Bob likes having an artificial tree more each year because real trees dry out so quickly no matter what you do that he swears I would take it down Christmas day if I could. The beautiful fake one we bought...Hmm, maybe 3 years ago already has the lights on it. It has a lovely form and fits the corner perfectly. Then we go to a tree lot and buy lots of boughs to place on the front door so you smell it as you come in. Others are strategically placed around the living room in pretty pitchers of water where their fragrance fools your senses into almost believing the impostor is real. (Bob isn't convinced) Our tree was up from after Thanksgiving until we jolly well felt like taking it all down. I don't have to stress that a dry stick will suffer spontaneous combustion while we peacefully sleep. Ahh, God's in Her Heaven and all's right with the world.
A new year stretches out in front of us and we hope it brings happy hearts all around. I don't know if I'll live long enough to see financial riches, but hope springs eternal!
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