The day started with pancakes. Then the snow came. It snowed and snowed and snowed and we kept saying that this was the perfect time to go get a tree, but…
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I had been sick for the past week leading up to Thanksgiving. A terrible lingering stomach virus that made me so nauseous that I was unable to eat for five days.…
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We watched scary (The Conjuring) and ridiculous (This is The End) movies all night long. We passed out hippie candy/snacks and ate a decent amount on our own. We scared…
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Tonight we plan on watching scary movies and handing out candy and wearing one of the many grotesque masks that my dad used to send every single year in a Halloween…
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Hoping to avoid the crowds, we joined our geriatric friends for a 5 o'clock seating at Hot Spot -- a Korean hot pot shabu fusion restaurant. It's one of our favorite…
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We don't really have any fancy plans for Valentine's Day--no heart garlands or red roses or boxes of candy. Usually we give each other smaller, heart-felt cards or gifts and avoid…
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Last weekend we walked to a local Vietnamese New Year (Tết) celebration held near our house called Tếtfest. Tết is the Vietnamese version of what most people refer to as Chinese…
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We ushered in the new year with family: a quiet dinner at a local eatery (chicken friend steak with bacon for me), a bit of New Year's Rockin' Eve (in which…
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In lieu of the traditional family portrait of matching sweaters, gritting teeth and stiff, awkward poses in front of a gloriously large tree/roaring fireplace bedecked with stacks of neatly wrapped gifts,…