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Good-bye, 2008

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne ?

Chorus
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld Lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang sine.
Chorus

Christmas recap

Well, it has been a whirlwind Christmas as usual for us. We've gone to Houston, back to Austin and back to Houston. Seen the Seattle crew, the church crew, one of the Arkansas crew, the Houston crew and the Dallas crew. Wrapped presents, opened presents and played with presents. Eaten fudge, turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, pralines, cookies, stuffing, green bean casserole and many other yummy things. We've thought about Christmas cards, New Years cards and have now resolved ourselves to Valentine's Day cards. Mostly importantly, we've praised, worshipped, prayed, taken communion, sung hymns and celebrated Jesus' birth. Merry late Christmas.

spaghetti intro

Sunday Christmas BBQ w/ good friends

Oberpriller Stevens family Christmas party.

Merry Christmas from the familyyyyyyy . . . .

Jingle All the Way

D's school play was last night. Was composed of pre-K, Kinder & 1st grade. D had big role of Mrs. Claus. We were very proud; she did GREAT!

yummy candy (and we have all consumed WAYYY too much)

Monday night T came home and made all sorts of taffies and brittles. He just wanted some so he made them. He took one batch to work yesterday. Is planning on taking even more to work, some to choir and some to a family party this weekend. We all ate sooo much Monday night that it made me a little sick. But, seeing as Tuesday was a new day, T instructed me before he left:
"This is for work. this is for choir and this is for this weekend."
"In other words, don't eat it today while you are at work?"
"Well, you can have a little. But yes, don't eat it."
I was good. Only ate 2 little bitty pieces. (But it is now Wednesday and he didn't instruct me this morning...)

quick list

• fri night the whole family went out to eat at macaroni grill
• sat night we went out w/ some of t's buddies for good tex-mex and then to wine bar
• walked around neighborhood last night to see the lights
• woke up early morning to RAIN (that's a big deal - we are in an extreme drought)
• spending the day inside b/c is COLD outside
• have made chicken stock for chicken soup and have pork shoulder for tacos in the crock pot.