Between vacation days and holidays, I was able to take off 8 days during the holidays. Just stayed around home and Indianapolis and enjoyed every minute of it. Went over to Josh and Annie's Christmas morning to see what everyone got for Christmas in terms of gifts. They set some gift guidelines for themselves including preference for buying local, preferring hand-made items, avoiding anything made in China. It made for some interesting gifts and an increased awareness of the value of the items beyond monetary. Christmas evening, everyone came to my house for a spaghetti supper. Then on Dec. 28, we picked up Jacob and went to see Morgan in the Wizard of Oz at the Civic Theatre. She was a munchkin (one of the city fathers). Afterwards, we went back to Josh and Annie's for a pitch-in Christmas supper with the prime item being a smoked ham from "The Goose" store. It was delicious. Then we came back to my house for the gift exchange. Ana and Damien were able to skype in right as we were opening gifts so they were able to share in the gift exchange. Then Jacob, Morgan and Wyatt spent the night at my house. We had rather mild weather - no snowy streets to contend with. The New Year came in rather quietly except for the increased violence between Israel and Hamas. Counting the days now until the Obama administration comes in.
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