Tag: holidays
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Give Thanks
Well, no parade for us this morning. I got up at 5 am to check the weather, and it was pouring down rain with no end in site. There was still a question as to whether they would fly the balloons or not; they finally made the call to fly them at 8:30 am, albeit…
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Eleven hours later
Eleven hours later and we finally arrive in New York. This was one of the worst drives we’ve experienced in recent memory. Here’s what we encountered: windy and rainy conditions in southern VA an accident in Northern VA rush hour in in Northern VA an accident in MD three of four lanes closed in DE…
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I love a parade
We’re off to New York to spend Thanksgiving with Monica’s family. We’re going to attempt to go the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday. Neither of us (or anyone in Monica’s family) has been previously so we’re not sure what to expect as far as crowds and such, but I think being there in person…
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Christmas already?
Call me crazy but I’m already thinking about listening to Christmas music. The general rule says you’re not supposed to start listening until after Thanksgiving. I don’t know why I want to listen already, but I’m just in the mood. Not to mention that because we have so many Christmas movies and TV specials, we…
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Halloweeny
We went to two pumpkin carving parties last weekend, and here’s what we have to show for it. Pretty sweet if you ask me. I had always done the free hand thing previously, you know, the old school pumpkin face that Lucy draws on Charlie Brown’s head. This year we actually bought a pumpkin carving…
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New Year in New York
We’re ringing in the New Year with family here in New York while checking out the Times Square web cams. We’re heading home tomorrow. It was a great time in New York this holiday season. It’s always great to get home (especially because we miss Jack!), but we’ll certainly miss spending time with the family.…
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Downtown
We went downtown today to see all of the Christmas decorations at the various spots: Macy’s, Rockefeller Center, Lord & Taylor, Sax 5th Ave, etc. I took a ton of photos which I’ll put on the site when we get back. Tomorrow we’re heading back down there to do some shopping after we make an…
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For unto us, a child is born
Well, we are in the middle of a very good Christmas here in New York. We exchanged gifts already, and now we’re just relaxing and drinking some coffee while listening to Christmas music and watching some television. The weather isn’t very Christmasy right now – lots of rain. Having spoken with friends and family from…
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Merry Christmas Eve!
We made the trip up to New York yesterday for the holidays. Let me tell you, leaving at 4:30 am is not fun, but we avoided most of the traffic…that is until we reached the George Washington bridge. Now we’re hanging out with Monica’s family waiting for Santa Claus to arrive.
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Busy Week
Pretty busy week for us. On Monday, Monica and I attended a luncheon for my Mom’s retirement. There’s not too many photos here yet, but there will be as soon as I get the pics from my Mom’s camera. We ate lunch at the Olive Garden and my Mom had to give a speech (she…