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Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen ( Read more... )

Assorted pics I either forgot to upload or uploaded to Twitpic but not here.


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animale  and I have been together for just a few days shy of 11-1/2 years.  We've lived together for about 5 of those years and we were pretty much married in all but name.  Although I'd originally wanted to get married in my home state of California, when they passed Prop 8 and Iowa started allowing gay marriage, we decided to get married there.  We got ( Read more... )

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Poll Christmas decorating poll

For dinner today, I made a turkey breast (a full turkey is just too much food), corn, green beans and carrots, sweet potato fries, cranberry sauce (made with whole cranberries) and a spring mix salad. Then we watched 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol ( Read more... )

Give someone special a gift that keeps on giving.

My SO got me an iPod Classic 120 Gig.

I gave him some books, a large brass bell and a Sodastream home soda machine.

I was in town this afternoon to do the weekly grocery shopping.  I also wanted to go to Foot Locker in the mall to price out some golf shoes, since I have a 25% off coupon.  But when I got there, the parking lot was almost completely full!  I didn't feel like fighting the crowds, so I left.  Costco's parking lot was fuller than usual too.  And ( Read more... )