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Entries from December 2006

Just in case you need the link

December 24th, 2006 · 5 Comments

http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php

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Tags: Mexico

Singing the praises of Ameri-Camp

December 22nd, 2006 · 2 Comments

So, with the rain, we’ve noticed a small leak in the skylight in the bathroom.  We actually noticed it in the small town we were in, and started looking into replacing it.  Kids got sick; everyone sick, put it on the backburner.  We did a lot of looking around on the internet and a couple [...]

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Tags: Technology

Goose Island State Park, Texas

December 22nd, 2006 · 5 Comments

Just checking to see if your collective pacemakers are working. Yes, it is an actual post. Merry Christmas! We had such a lovely time with our friends in Texas. All four of the kids made fast friends with all four of theirs. Sissy hung with the boys and Ellen [...]

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Tags: US

Simply lovely in small town Texas

December 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments

If we had to pick a place to come down with the barfs, we couldn’t have picked a better place. We’re visiting a friend I’ve never met, who has 4 kids, an AmeriCamp 5th wheel (that I’m DYING to see) and a website. She found our website from someone else and that is [...]

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Tags: Family

Katy, Texas

December 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments

So, did you all enjoy your drive along highway 82 in Creole country? Along the Creole National Highway Byway backroad place? I sure hope YOU all did because we had a hell of a day. It started out innocently enough (and honestly, it was just a PITA; nothing even comparitively like [...]

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Tags: US

Would you like to travel along with us today?

December 8th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Here is a link to part of our route today.  Be sure to click on the “interactive map” and the audio tours.

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Tags: Mexico

I’m thinking Louisiana doesn’t get cold very often

December 8th, 2006 · 3 Comments

I have a thingie integrated into Firefox that gives me weather and stuff.  Sheesh, I don’t know what it is.  Anyway, I just got an URGENT warning!
If you’re anywhere north of the south, this will probably sound funny (especially when we saw negative temps forecast for Minneapolis the other day)
“THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE [...]

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Tags: Mexico

Abbeville, Louisiana

December 7th, 2006 · 4 Comments

I got a little present last night. It isn’t something anyone can buy, and the piece of mind it brought was priceless. Our time at the mansion in Minneapolis coincided with a certain cyclical event leading to much physical activity. After one particular event, an item used to prevent a 5th [...]

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Tags: Family · US