Holiday Letter

Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends and Family,

Here it is again-the event.

As the year began we were filled with hope as a new president took office and for the most part, we still are.

In January we began shopping for a new car for Mom, so whilst in Florida Dad found a cute little Malibu SS and popped it on a trailer and brought it back to the north country to rust. Currently Mom has avoided traffic tickets however; the jury is still out on whether or not she will be seduced by the raw power and the open road.

Chewie is still working for Auto Zone. He and Chewie’s girlfriend are living with Missy in her house in a place called Midwest City just outside of Oklahoma City. It’s technically Oklahoma City, or so Missy tells us.

We did a whole bunch of work on the house. It really needed it. This was our starter house but the weird thing was we never moved. Even though we kept saying, “You know, in our next house we’re going to ________.” Anyway, we replaced carpeting; painted walls, (we’re still replacing carpeting…Come help us! I know you want to…) replaced windows, reworked the deck on the front of the house, replaced the back one completely and added, to the joy of Mom and Dad S., railings for the whole deal. We put in a patio and luxurious new approach that is bigger, better and looks so much nicer coming up the pole barn and will compliment all the hotrods with its concrete appeal and burn out potential. We have a garage door opener to attempt and we are looking forward to finishing the stain on the deck this current year and the fence and back faucet for the hose next spring.

No we’re not busy at all.

We refurbished two cars for Chewie and Missy. Chewie has a 2000 Ford Ranger (it’s the cutest thing ever, we bought it whilst it was in need of love) and we bought a wrecked 2000 Grand Am for Missy and Dad fixed it up and had it painted for her (he was not though, happy with the paint…He would have liked to have done it himself…However, since we must eat, he must travel).

Work has kept Dad busy; he has been traveling all over the United States, Canada and Mexico. This year yet, he will be going to India. Oh Joy!

Mom also succumbed to the joys of flight when she went to visit a good friend in Maryland for a few days. Booga, maintains that we will be going to Germany, Cologne Church within a couple of years. Apparently that is how long it will take the United States to come out of the recession. We don’t argue with the Autistic, they may have sources we are unawares of…. .

H1N1 has kept us on our toes. Mom got viciously sick the beginning of the school year. Then the school shut down because of absences and we couldn’t wait to get Booga immunized. Mostly because it’s hard to gage him when he’s sick because he maintains that other world and doesn’t always tell you what’s really going on. We are currently waiting to get Dad vaccinated. After that Mom will allow herself to be vaccinated. We are cat sitting with Corky the calico from Dad’s folks who are back in Florida again. Max is still fluffy and is still a Maine Coon, although there are reports he’s been seen as a short hair. Inky is still angry and we don’t know why. She maintains her regal darkness, and could be put out by improper advances by Max. She hands him his rear every once in a while and maintains her queen status.

We wish you love and happiness-a great new year and God’s blessings,

Our Family and the cats.