Christmas 2008 with pictures
I had a great Christmas this year, a very busy Christmas.
I spent the week, M-F, down in Florida. I spent Tuesday taking Granny around to a bunch of little consignment\second hand places. It works out well since we both love second hand stores. She got a lot of little things and I got a $20 wheel chair. Do I need a wheel chair, probably not, but for $20 I couldn't say no, you never know when you or someone will need one. Tuesday night I met up with Kevin and Kristen in Live Oak at Big Daddy's. Its a new place that has the food of Bono's but looks like youre in a hunting lodge. I wish I would have taken pictures, there were a ton of heads on the wall, even a bull head, plus there was a (stuffed) wild turkey purched on a tree in the middle of the restaurant....You dont see that every day! We talked so long that eventually the waitress lady gave us suttle hints to leave and then we talked some more outside until we all started getting a little blue ;-D I miss Kevin and Kristen, and Live Oak...its a good little town.
Wednesday I went over and saw the Ragans's, well some of them. I wish the scheduling would have worked out where I would have been able to see everyone, but I did get to see a few. I saw Ray, err.... Seaman Apprentince Ragan while I was there which was good. He told us stories about what it was like at the Great Lakes base and showed us the yearbook they had throughout the year. Wednesday night was the Oaks family mini-reunion a.k.a. Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is my favorite time of the year because I get to see all my relatives that I never get to see. Even when I lived down there it was the same way, we only saw each other once a year, so it has always been a special time for us.
Christmas Day Mamma and Granny made my favorite meal: Cubed Steak (in and out of gravy), instant mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon grease, and cocunut cake. It's almost as unhealthy as it it yummy. Say what you want about my family, but they sure know how to cook.
I came home Friday and Saturday we spent the day at the farm where I opened presents from the Hartman's and had dinner with Elizabeth parents, grandmother, and Great Grandmother. Sunday we went over to the Starns' and had Christmas and then Tuesday Elizabeth and I had our Christmas.
Overall it was a great Christmas, though I wish Lake City and Atlanta were closer so I would have been able to spend more time with everyone rather than one of the other. Here's hoping 2009 is a better year than 2008.
For those of you not on Facebook, here are some pictures. The quality is awful since they were with my camera phone, but I got a few good ones in here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=1&aid=2032156&l=deb3a&id=63702411
I spent the week, M-F, down in Florida. I spent Tuesday taking Granny around to a bunch of little consignment\second hand places. It works out well since we both love second hand stores. She got a lot of little things and I got a $20 wheel chair. Do I need a wheel chair, probably not, but for $20 I couldn't say no, you never know when you or someone will need one. Tuesday night I met up with Kevin and Kristen in Live Oak at Big Daddy's. Its a new place that has the food of Bono's but looks like youre in a hunting lodge. I wish I would have taken pictures, there were a ton of heads on the wall, even a bull head, plus there was a (stuffed) wild turkey purched on a tree in the middle of the restaurant....You dont see that every day! We talked so long that eventually the waitress lady gave us suttle hints to leave and then we talked some more outside until we all started getting a little blue ;-D I miss Kevin and Kristen, and Live Oak...its a good little town.
Wednesday I went over and saw the Ragans's, well some of them. I wish the scheduling would have worked out where I would have been able to see everyone, but I did get to see a few. I saw Ray, err.... Seaman Apprentince Ragan while I was there which was good. He told us stories about what it was like at the Great Lakes base and showed us the yearbook they had throughout the year. Wednesday night was the Oaks family mini-reunion a.k.a. Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is my favorite time of the year because I get to see all my relatives that I never get to see. Even when I lived down there it was the same way, we only saw each other once a year, so it has always been a special time for us.
Christmas Day Mamma and Granny made my favorite meal: Cubed Steak (in and out of gravy), instant mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon grease, and cocunut cake. It's almost as unhealthy as it it yummy. Say what you want about my family, but they sure know how to cook.
I came home Friday and Saturday we spent the day at the farm where I opened presents from the Hartman's and had dinner with Elizabeth parents, grandmother, and Great Grandmother. Sunday we went over to the Starns' and had Christmas and then Tuesday Elizabeth and I had our Christmas.
Overall it was a great Christmas, though I wish Lake City and Atlanta were closer so I would have been able to spend more time with everyone rather than one of the other. Here's hoping 2009 is a better year than 2008.
For those of you not on Facebook, here are some pictures. The quality is awful since they were with my camera phone, but I got a few good ones in here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=1&aid=2032156&l=deb3a&id=63702411