We had such an amazing holiday that "we" forgot to post for a while! Paul & I had little whirlwind tour of the Midwest Triangle, mobilizing from Chicago to Iowa to Missouri, back to Midway. Airport food is yucky, and Chicago rush hour going INTO the city on Friday afternoon is worse than Portland going out! We saw EVERYBODY on Anne's side except for Grandma V., Matt's girlfriend and Aunt Jeanne, Uncle David & Scott (thanks for not passing on the Bug). The not-so-great part was that I already had my own bug; caught it on my Birthday. Now that I'm "ancient," a 20-day cold doesn't seem so odd. Anyway, I spent much of our time sitting around sniffling , sipping, and groaning. I felt a little 'out of it.' In fact, the picture of Luke & I in his trench coats was taken before I got the only exercise I would experience on the entire trip: a walk around the block with Bobber. It was strenuous.
The kitties had a pet sitter (very good - rainy day pets, Portland), so they got some attention while we were away. Luckily, we had other pets to hang out with: Sarah, Boo-Boo, & Emma the cats, and Bobber (with Paul). I brought each cat a little home-made catnip toy with special White Lightning catnip in them. It appeared that all of them adored their new toy. It makes them swoon, drool, fight, & carry it everywhere like a blankey... or crack.
Christmas was way bountiful. We received sweet treats up the wazoo (yahoo), a few things to wear and a few things for the house. It was Merry! Kudos to the Blog Wishlist. Try it out...
Well, now it's January and the heart-shaped 'stuff' has already replaced red & green goods. Hopefully we'll survive that one too. Wonder when they'll start making chocolate busts for President's Day.
- Anne
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Hey local A&P:
whats going on?? this is Matt Wilson, aka Leo, aka Shaqueous Williamson, aka Antwann "Boom-Boom" Jackson, etc., and I am viewing your webpage all the way Yokohama, Japan. That is where I live nowadays. I was directed to your website a while back by one Nathan Allen, aka Natrone Means, etc. Anwyay, I just wanted to drop a line to say hi and it looks like you are doing great up in the Pacific NW and it looks like it fits your style a little more than the place we lived in down south. Speaking of BSL, I believe we would both be homeless had we still been living there. Anyway I am rambling on, but Japan is also the polar opposite from where we used to live, pretty much in every way. But its great, having a blast over here. Take care, Matt here is my email: mcgrupp27@hotmail.com
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