Category: Christmas

San Diego Zoo In One Hour

After dropping Brenda off at the airport I decided to make a quick trip to San Diego Zoo. Knew it would be a brief trip so I focused on getting some Christmas decorations and just some of the animals. Started with taking the Skyfari up to the back of the zoo and walked back toward …

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Kimi’s Cookies

It’s that time of year! My niece Kimi and her mom came by today to drop off some goodies they spent the weekend baking. She even made me a very special Mickey Mouse cookie…which she had accidentally given to one of her friends earlier. Judging by some of these that I’ve already eaten, it must …

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Our Own Decorations

Put up our outside Christmas decorations this evening plus one on the inside. They may be meager and simple but they make my mom really happy. And a happy mom is a cooking mom.

Video Tour By Brenda

Had a long-overdue video chat with Brenda that ended up lasting just over two hours. With her laptop camera she took me on a tour of all the Christmas decorations she put up inside her house in Austin. Brenda takes decorating very seriously and each year does an amazing job with it. I also got …

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Day Two Of Tapia Christmas Decorating

The second day of helping the Tapias decorate the outside of their house for Christmas crucially began with a delicious scrambled eggs and bacon breakfast, after which Sylvia got busy with drawing, cutting out, painting and decorating some larger candy-canes and gingerbread men to place at the front of the house. Rodrigo meanwhile was himself …

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In The Christmas Spirit

The interesting portion of my day, which was spent helping Sylvia decorate the outside of their house for Christmas, began with her and I going to Michael’s to pick up a few minor crafty necessities, then quickly chowing down a bean burrito (actually, not an innuendo), climbing ladders and walking on her roof to install …

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Christmas Frustrations

What was supposed to be a fun-filled day of Christmas decorating with my friend, Sylvia, turned into a day spent driving to K-Mart, Costco, Sears, Walmart and Target looking for just the right style of Christmas lights that she was needing for this year’s decorations. At each location she got more frustrated by not finding …

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Cool, Free Christmas Music

Excellent Christmas music for free from Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors.

A Birthday, A Wreath, A Movie, Couple Of Dogs, A Meal, A Sunset And A Coffee

Went to visit the Tapias today for Sylvia’s Xty Xth birthday. She was busy creating a couple of amazing wreaths made out of dyed corn husks while we watched her favorite Christmas movie, “Elf.” I watched the movie while petting both Lilo and Stitch’s tummies. Never was reciprocated. After a delicious home-made meal and the …

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Mexican Followed By Apples

Went with my mom and Kimi to Bill and Beata’s house for a belated Mexican Christmas dinner and to play Apples to Apples.

Del Mar’s Holiday of Lights

Went with the Tapias to the Del Mar Fairgrounds’ 1.5 mile-long “Holiday of Lights” display for my very first time. It turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. We weren’t very close to the displays and wanting to take pictures was made more difficult with all the signs telling us not to stop. …

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Surprise Zumaya Visit

Randy and family stopped by to say Merry Christmas and to drop off the jacket I forgot at their house.

A Very Starbucksian Christmas

For Christmas I took my mom to Starbucks for some out-of-the-houseness and coffee.

Christmas Eve With The Family

Had a nice Christmas Eve dinner gathering at our house with the extended family.

Brenda Video Chat

Enjoyed a brief but nice Christmas Eve video chat with Brenda.

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