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Entries from December 2006

Christmas Marathon 2006

Thursday, December 28th, 2006 · Comments Off on Christmas Marathon 2006

It’s been a crazy and wonderful Christmas week. My whole family was here for Christmas, and my mom and brother are still in town. I’ve been really happy to have them all here. My dad flew home the day after Christmas. Who knew Christmas could be such a party? Along with my immediate family (together […]

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Tags: anecdotes

Holiday Fun

Friday, December 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Holiday Fun

Last night we briefly attended a laugh-filled neighborhood get together at Melissa’s place, which was really cool since she’s one of the few people on our street who’s in our age bracket but we’ve never really hung out together. She told everyone about the first time we met when Eric and I showed up on […]

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Tags: anecdotes

The Secret of Success

Thursday, December 21st, 2006 · 1 Comment

I’ve been reading a great personal finance blog lately called Get Rich Slowly. It’s full of useful and interesting tips, and has an active community of readers. While browsing some archives via my feed reader the other day, one of the entries from back in May 2006 that really struck a chord with me is […]

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Tags: money

Ofoto Photo Count

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on Ofoto Photo Count

It’s been a while since I logged my last Kodak EasyShare Gallery photo count and since I was just emailing with Tom about online photo sites, I figured I’d go ahead and log today’s count here for the record, too. As of today, we have 15,430 photos in our Ofoto / EasyShare  account. Not too […]

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Tags: photos 2006

An Inconvenient Truth

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 · 1 Comment

I just finished watching An Inconvenient Truth. If you haven’t already seen it, please do. Then take action. And encourage others to do the same. Here’s what I’ve already done in the past 5 minutes or so to help make a small difference to make the air we breathe and the planet we live on […]

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Tags: movies · the world

Family Visit & Tree Trimming

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Just after Thanksgiving, we were delighted to have a visit from my uncle, aunt, and cousin from Ohio. We don’t often see each other (though more so now that we’re living on this coast), but we always enjoy catching up and are glad to be living closer to one another these days. And earlier th […]

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Tags: photos 2006

Thanksgiving 2006

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 · Comments Off on Thanksgiving 2006

For the second time in our relationship and the first time since we’ve lived in Saratoga Springs, Jen and I hosted a rockin’ Thanksgiving meal. We’re actually on a roll this year since we hosted Easter and are also hosting Christmas, for which my family is all coming to town. I’m psyched about that. So […]

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Tags: photos 2006

The Fun Never Ends

Monday, December 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on The Fun Never Ends

Despite fighting a cold the past few days, the fun never ends. Thursday night we hit a holiday cocktail party at Alysa and Jay’s. Friday was lunch at OBI with Sarah and Justin, then dinner at the Italian Men’s Club, followed by a rockin’ night of karaoke at Seth and Niki’s. Saturday I slept a […]

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Tags: anecdotes

French Fry Spam Casserole

Saturday, December 16th, 2006 · Comments Off on French Fry Spam Casserole

Thanks to a combination of Gmail, its spam folder, AdWords, and Joti, I can bring you this tasty holiday treat: Title: FRENCH FRY SPAM CASSEROLE Categories: Main dish Yield: 8 servings 1 pk Frozen french fry potatoes, -thawed (20 oz) 2 c  Shredded Cheddar cheese 2 c  Sour cream 1 cn Condensed cream of chicken […]

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Tags: food

Birthday Wife

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 · Comments Off on Birthday Wife

Happy birthday (3 days past) to my most wonderful wife. I really am the luckiest guy in the world to be married to such a beautiful, intelligent, caring, and funny woman. Jen is the best thing that’s ever happened to me and I feel lucky every day I’m alive to have her not only as […]

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Tags: photos 2006