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Category: holidays

  • cold canyon christmas

    For most people Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year. For my family it’s just another day to get together and eat. This year, for the first time, we celebrated in Davis. My family came over and we had a hot pot on Christmas Eve. Apparently it was a new experience for my parents–…

  • year ends and old friends

    So apparently New Year’s Eve is the biggest party day of the year. I wouldn’t really know, I’m not really all that much of a party person. I don’t think I’ve been to an actual New Year’s party in my lifetime. This year was pretty low key too. My parents were in town, so I…

  • not so subtle

    Today I went home to visit my family for Christmas. My parents gave me a Christmas card. Here it is. They used to be somewhat subtle about this. They’re not so subtle anymore. So anyways, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

  • four f’s of thanksgiving

    So it’s Thanksgiving this week. In general, I try to be pretty conscientious of things I’m thankful for, and if you’ve read this blog with any sort of regularity, you’ll probably notice that a lot of times I’ll write about things I’m thankful for. So I guess even though this is supposed to be a…

  • thanksgiving homecoming

    The month of November has always been a gluttonous month for me. First there’s the leftover Halloween candy to deal with. Then there’s the fact that my birthday and my brother’s birthday both are in November. And what is a birthday but an excuse to eat, drink and be merry multiple times? Then of course…

  • random memorial weekend

    At the beginning of the week I had no clue what I would be doing for Memorial Day weekend. The Memorial Day holiday falls on a Monday this year, and since I am off on Fridays I had a four day weekend but no plans whatsoever for it. And then, randomly, the weekend sort of…