Well, we fell down on the job with regard to getting pictures over the holidays, but I can still fill you in on what we did, right?
We flew down to the Dallas area to visit with my sister. We did a little bit of pre-holiday shopping and decorating. On Christmas Day, one of the gals from Eleanor's Sunday School class came over to spend the day, since she wasn't able to go home. That was fun, having someone around who seemed to appreciate our weirdness and quirks.
Our family has some unique present-opening rules. For example, presents are opened one at a time (unless two people received the same present). Also, no one is allowed to wake others up - everyone is to wake up on their own. Since the day isn't really about opening presents, we had a leisurely morning, a hearty Christmas dinner, and then got around to opening the presents in the afternoon. After all that we took a walk to work off the Christmas candy.
Friday and Saturday Mom, Eleanor and I went shopping =) which was a lot of fun. Jason and Dad went to the Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFKennedy. (They didn't want to go shopping with us!) Then they played Wii.
On Sunday we visited Eleanor's church, Stonebriar Community Church, where Chuck Swindoll is the pastor. He spoke about not knowing what the future holds, and being prepared for whatever may come - with Christ!
We had lots of yummy foods at yummy restaurants - Cheesecake Factory, Carrabba's Italian Grill, and IKEA. Yes, IKEA has a cafeteria, and the food is quite good, and inexpensive...
We flew back to Indy a few days before the New Year. Since we both had to work, and we're tired old people, we didn't do anything at all for New Year's Eve. But on New Year's Day we visited Jason's sister and brother-in-law for brunch, and then visited his brother and sister-in-law to meet their new daughter.
Speaking of Amber - she wrote on her blog recently about a Meijer Ambassador program she recommends they start. I recommend something similar for the US Postal Service. As a frequent shopper at the USPS, I really dislike having to answer all the questions every single time. I recommend a Frequent Mailer ID that allows us to bypass the security questions at the beginning of the purchase, and the "would you like stamps with that?" questions at the end of the purchase... Just a thought.
Monday, January 5, 2009
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