As you know..on the last leg of our trip our trusty Toshiba laptop became not so trusty and crapped out. Chris was able to hook it up to the monitor of his desktop PC and rescue all of the pictures, but shortly after the photo transfer the laptop sputtered to a grinding halt never to be resurrected again (well..at least by Chris). So a few months have now passed and with a little help from our tax return we have just this week replaced the Toshiba with a new Dell laptop. The Toshiba was passed on to our brother-in-law Al who we hear is making a good run at bringing it back to life.
Speaking of pictures…I know it’s been awhile and people have not really seen our pictures yet. We went a little bit crazy when we were in Europe and came home with precisely 1530 photos. They take a LONG time to go through but we are making progress. We’re working on a hard bound photo book and I’m hoping to have it done before our next vacation.
So anyway..we’re back online! Unfortunately, with no current vacation plans in place and no mini-trips on the horizon, we have little to report. The one thing we have done this past Wednesday was go see this guy in concert…
It was the first date of his US tour and he was FABULOUS!! Chris went into the concert enjoying his music and came out a fan. I’ve grown up with Billy Joel and for me it was kind of like the soundtrack of my life. Really, it was maybe my favorite concert and I’ve been to a bunch….man, was he great.
Backtracking a little….Christmas was really nice this year. We did Christmas morning at Anna and Al’s house and it was fun watching the kids open their gifts, but sadly I think it was our last year with Santa. At the end of opening all of the presents, Sommer (who is now 7) turned to Anna and said “who got me that?” referring to her new keyboard. Anna said “well Santa did of course” , to which Sommer replied “no, for real, who got that?”
New Year’s Eve was a date on the couch with the ball drop and a midnight toast. February 12th Chris and I celebrate our unofficial 4 year anniversary. It was the day we moved in together, 2003, and then of course Valentine’s Day is Wednesday which we’ll be celebrating with a little joint cooking here at home. Chris has been doing pretty good at work, and work is same ole same ole for me. I’ve found a new hobby in knitting that is coming close to obsession.
So until next time, our best to everyone and I’ll post more soon.
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Good post, Ingrid…..if I had a dime for every funny little thing Sommer said, boy would we ALL be rich…she’s such a trip. What’s worse is that she knows it…WORLD LOOK OUT!!!!