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Christmas 2008
Jan 5th
This year we finally got to celebrate Christmas together. It was so wonderful to finally all be together on Christmas day enjoying each other’s company. We met at Mom’s house in Grafton, NH in the new addition (see the post about that ordeal). It wasn’t 100% completed (the walls weren’t completely sheetrocked, and they hadn’t gotten the carpet down for the floor yet), but there was a 9ft Christmas tree (Bruce cut it from the woodlot), all of Mom’s dancing Santas were on display, and the little elves with the bells that play music were too.
When we first got there, we enjoyed homemade waffles from Bruce. I love when he makes those becuase they are really really good! I don’t recall how may of them I ate, but I’m sure it was far more than I should have. Oh well, hah, the last time I had eaten those tasty buggers was the Christmas before.
I received several gifts. Some of my favorites were Glassware (Mom), A recipie box with my favorite recipies in it (Mom), fudge (Courtney), a pardon on my 2008 phone bills (Mema), and a tire for my car (Papa).
I hope that next Christmas, we can again be all together. I would really like it to be at MY place next year though! :)
Here are a few photos from Christmas. Additional photos can be viewed by clicking HERE or clicking on either of the photos below.
POTATOES?! I love these odd boxes!
Dancing Santas and Bell Elves
Visiting Dad In Maine
Dec 9th
Visiting my Dad in was TONS of fun. It was a long (4+ hour drive), and when I finally arrived at around 6 or 7PM on the Friday after Thanksgiving I was relieved. He and his girlfriend Maxine greeted me. That night, we ended up playing Uno with some of his friends to 500 points. I won by a landslide.
On Saturday we explored Fort Knox; walking around the outer wall of the fort, in the tunnels, and along the river bank where the cannons are. This was intriguing to me because it had a very creepy feel to it. Just looking at how old the structure is, seeing the rust on doors and gates, and feeling cold spots really make the hairs on my neck raise up more than once!
Saturday night, we went to the casino: Hollywood Slots. Unfortunately, the name correctly implies that they only have slot machines. I tried my luck on a lobster slot machine, a standard 777 bar bar bar slot machine, and a playboy slot machine. I must have left my luck in New Hampshire, as I burned through the 35 in my wallet and 60 more which Dad gave me. Thankfully, he ended up making $200 on top of his $50 ‘investment’ so at least someone in the group was the big winner.
On Sunday I slept in. Saturday night was difficult for me and I ended up attempting to drown my sorrows. With sorrows still present, I finally went to bed well into the next day. Dad and Maxine went to get John and Michael (the boys) from their mother’s house. I had intended to go along, but was still asleep when they left. I got up, took a shower, and they arrived back at the house at around 2:30.
The intelligence of Michael blows me away. He is 6 years old and seems like he knows something about everything. He understands adult conversations he shouldn’t (not swears or sex, but other mature topics like money), and took a very impressive guess at spelling my name. Instead of Thomas, he put Tom’s. To a 6 year old trying to sound out how to spell something, I think that is amazing.
I ended up leaving on Monday afternoon and dodging much of the inclimate weather. The drive home was just as long as the drive there, but felt much longer becuase I was eager to get home. I took several photos, and you can see and comment on them here. Captions will follow at some point.
Here are a few of the photos:
Standing at the occean a mile or two from dad's house.
Dad's friends' house, oceanside.
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