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12/20/03: We've got the tree up (with a couple new ornaments) and are scrambling to get everything else done that needs doing in the next couple days. |
Pre-Xmas: Baking, baking, baking! |
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Xmas Eve: Our beautiful tree! |
Mom on the phone talking to her brother Tom in Illinois. |
Me, just happy to sit down and open presents because it means the preparations part of the holiday is finally behind me. |
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Michael likes his new scarf from Mom. |
Almost a picture of me taking Michael's picture. |
It's so very beautiful and soft. |
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Donna gets a new book |
Michael gets the last three books he needed to complete a collection of twenty. |
I really like my new scarf from Mom too! |
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Xmas morning after opening our presents from each other: Michael seems pretty happy with his loot. I know I am. |
The tree doesn't have so many presents now. |
Time to relax. |
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I got flowers for Michael so he could use one of his presents right away. |
A beatiful, very heavy slate Ikebana set for larger arrangements. |
So, he was happy to work on an arrangement. |
Looking good. |
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A little more. |
Done. |
(The three Xmas Eve with me in them were taken by Mom, and the one from Xmas Day was taken by Michael.)
