Very quiet day today,. ended up doing more work than I intended (like every ohter day this week).. but enjoyed tying up loose ends for the year. 

 

sent out this holdiay card to my frinds I work with in munich (thats our bulding)

 

around 7:30  this evening I realized I was still in my night shirt and enjoying that.. even so , I got convinced to get dressed and head to stone coral a few miles down the road. It was packed !

 

so many freinds from town wehre there !

 

here’s Steve who has our family tattooed on his arm (Carbon oxygen, hydrogen ,. nitrogen.. the  most abundant elements ) 

 

jere’s steve and jodi 

 

 

so many folskwe’ve kown since they were babies.. like  seth here celebrating his 24th birthday . 

 

we me home around 10 to find another party growing at our house. !. SO good to see these old friends . 

 

now feeling pretty sleepy.

I will sign of now and charge up for the holiday weekend.

hope you are enjoying your holiday !
nite all, nite sam

-me

 

Woke up knowing it was the shortest day of the year.. so I decided I needed to make the best of it.. 

I headed down town early to finish my holiday shopping. I stopped in to see my  friends Marty and Doug  at fire and metal. Doug was out.. but got to talk to Marty for a good long while. This will be the last Christmas they do after 47 years in the business… I’ve been coming here for more than 35 years… it’s strange to walk out of there.. but I know that they are happy. 

 

 

I picked up Max around 1:30.. we all met up at hoem around 2:30 and prepped for tonights solstice burn. Here are the guys ready to go help chris out on the burn. 

 

 

the burn was part of thing at smugglers notch .. It was really fun to watch

 

 

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. Both boys did a great job.. here’s max with his staff. 

 

 

and max with rope dart 

 

and both boys with chris doing fire breathing.. 

 

 

 

 

 

it was freezing out there !.. So we decided to go warm up and try out the new restaurant Aquave  which is where Mexicali used to be. I loved Mexicali and the people who ran it .. , so I really wanted to see what the new place was like. It was really good !> Our freind Luke was working there which made it double fun !!!!!  

 

 

OK.. shortest day of the year is almost over !.. Time for bed !

more tomorrow

 

nite all. nite sam

-me

 

Took the dogs in for grooming this morning and our friend Talia who runs the place shared this with me.. 

not a bad vector for life ! eh ? 

 

nite all, nite sam

-me !

Just finished a wonderful gentle yoga and soup night. Diane dida wonderful christmas, chanukah, new years clas.s. then all 16 of us filed in for vegtable soup and grilled cheese.. Nirvana !

 

berta did the honors of lighting the last nights worth of Chanukah candles

 

then we all sat down to feast 

the dishwasher witnesses to the fun we had.. !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me !