MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL,
We hope you are rising to a sunny Christmas morning with all the excitement that it brought when you were a little one... okay maybe as much as last year then. We decided to begin our Christmas with an argument over how many Christmas' we have spent together and I decided that we both should not have had a teaching certificate, but in the end we were both right and I reinvoked out teacher status.
With Riverdance-like moves, Miki flitted and sprang around the kitchen as I made our traditional Sunday morning blueberry pancakes to a Celtic Christmas CD...who knew the skills she has been hiding all these years (30 or 31 depending which of us you had for math).
Tooga greeted Christmas morning by spewing up his Christmas breakfast out of nowhere. I learned he needs to chew his food more, but then I probably do too since I started eating my pancake 5 minutes after Miki started hers and we finished at the same time...hmmm. Tuck didn't seem to mind that Tooga saw his breakfast twice. Mulligan slept right through it as he celebrated his 17th birthday.
This past year has added a number of miles to our odometer as mostly documented here on Walliebloggin'. But what was most fun of all for me was knowing that the Heyne-Winholtz nieces were on their way to new adventures as Grace and Callie started their Clemson college days, Cait finished hers in Florida and is beginning her next chapter in San Fransico, Kayla has reached a good place with her job and friends, and they all continue to impress us with their energy and attitude towards life. We love them bunches!
The "doghouse" sits motionless beside the house, wondering which direction it will be yanked next. No immediate plans leave it in limbo for now, but this is about the time of year that my mind begins to wander. Resting through it's first freezing temperatures outside, we hope all the water was drained out of its veins, so it doesn't spring a leak in the spring thaw.
As the thermometer creeps above the freezing mark, the Celtic Christmas has turned to John Denver and the Muppets, Miki has begun making apples pies for lunch and we hope this finds you healthy, vibrant, and loving life. From coast to coast and to Kodiak Island up north, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a most excellent New Year!
We love you all!
Miki, Wallie, Tuck, Tooga, and Mulligan
Life is good!
My Zen from home: It's not the number of cribbage wins you have that is important, it is the time you spend with your opponent!
Cribbage Win Count: Miki - 10 Wallie - 4
Cribbage Win Count: Miki - 10 Wallie - 4
