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December 18, 2005
ALMOST CHRISTMAS VACATION
in light of the whole "chistmas hoopla" happening, i think i gotta go with christmas is what i always celebrated growing up in an irish catholic family. i'm wicked into celebrating, and wish that there were MORE holidays recognized by the federal government. i mean, really what would be better at bringing the citizens together than MORE PAID VACATION?!?!?! of course, what i like about the holidays isn't necessarily what's hyped. i like the idea of making more time to hang out with peeps, decorating with lights, and eating lots of tastey foods. you could ask my family, i'm not really one with a long list at christmas. even growing up, it was really about all the parties my parents were invited to(my father being the professional irishman that he is), and seeing all the different kids and parents that we didn't see regularly, and more food than i could ever wish for. in particular, my favorite party was thrown by the hodgkins family. they had a christmas tree farm on the land where they had their shooting camp. for a lot of years, they would haul all the families on this truck with tracks on the bottom(like a tank) from the main road to the lodge. there was a full-on spread of food with all kinds of crockpots, salads, cheeses, cookies, candies, and both adult and child hot chocolate dispensers(adults' having theirs with rumplminz). at some point we'd go out into the woods with another family and mr.hodgkins to cut down our tree. when the time came to leave, the truck would haul you and your tree back to the main road. that's one of my favorite memories from my childhood...
so, all my picts are kinda with that in mind...
the holiday sliding even turned into a cookie making event due to rain
(i didn't double check the one pict i took of nathalie and damon together. i've fotoshoped another face in, in order to maintain my friendship with nathalie...)
let's hear it for an expediant and relatively stressless last week of work before the university's week of vacation!!!!!
Posted by Meagen at December 18, 2005 07:53 PM
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i am obsessed with your pix. i wish i still lived in sfo. looks like my kinda fun - especially with the cookies!!!
Posted by: bitemycookie at December 21, 2005 10:27 AM
bonfire of the cavities?!!!
how about that for saturday!
all sugar- no nutrional value whatsoever...except maybe water to wash down all the sugar???
xo
r
Posted by: rachel at December 21, 2005 11:21 PM
i mean
bonfire for the cavities
Posted by: rachel at December 21, 2005 11:22 PM
watch out for my very large face! It has EXTREME cookie eating potential
Posted by: oshare at December 22, 2005 08:06 AM
Oshare!!! You had better plan on walking over here for the Bonfire Of The Cavities.....
i hear having a very large face helps to consume massive amounts of sugar...
Hey is this for Friday or Saturday?
Friday right?
Posted by: rachel at December 22, 2005 07:42 PM