Monthly Archives: December 2011

Christmas Quotes & Conversations From Family Time

In response to the sunny 75 degree weather we experienced on Christmas Day while drinking margaritas…

“Maybe we should do Christmas Luau style… I bet people would eat a lot less if they were wearing bathing suits at the dinner table.” – My Sister

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ME: “Emily, you sure smell nice." EMILY: "Thanks, it’s my new Justin Bieber perfume!” – My 13 year old cousin ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Another volunteer recently started calling us all Japanese Cowboys. Imagine if, 70 years ago, some Japanese guy had moved straight from the heart of Japan into the Midwest. Once he gets there, he decides to start wearing jeans and a hat and decides to become a cowboy. He even starts throwin out some yeehaws. Sure he’s a fine cowboy, but no one will ever really take him seriously because he’s still Japanese.”

– My Brother (currently in the Peace Corps in Panama). An excerpt from his most recent email.

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We gave my aunt 4 live chickens and a giant coup for Christmas(another story for another day). As we chatted with and purchased the chickens from the “Chicken Lady”:

“I actually have a house chicken. She’s really sweet. She sleeps with me every night perched by my head…”

– The Chicken Lady

“There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. But we lean forward nonetheless because, despite all risks and rational argument, we BELIEVE that the path we are choosing is the right and best thing to do. We refuse to be bystanders, even if we do not know exactly where our actions will lead.

This is the kind of passionate conviction that sparks romances, wins battles, and drives people to pursue dreams others wouldn’t dare. Belief in ourselves and in what is right catapults us over hurdles, and our lives unfold.

–From Onward by Howard Schultz

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World Record Set! :: Last summer I attended a gathering of people attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of red heads gathered in one place. I almost didn’t go. It’s a little weird, right? But then, when it came down to it, curiosity got the best of me and I just had to go. I was right, it was weird…but kinda fun. Usually, at any given point in my day I am the only one for miles with red (or as I like to refer to it “strawberry blonde”) hair, but that day I was surrounded by hundreds of people with my same hair color who also kinda looked like me. I seriously felt like I’d landed on some sort of alien planet.

Well, the official news is just in, a world record was set and our attempt has been published in the 2012 Guiness Book of World Records! So, I guess my attendance at the alien gathering was worth it and I will die having set a world record.

p.s. The last 10 seconds make this video worth watching. I somehow managed to capture a super fabulously cute little moment.