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[snapdragen]

That was Trek's idea. Ain't she sweet? I figured most people who had any interest had already figured it out anyway.

Yeah, it was kind of like the elephant in the corner...saw it but didn't want to point out the obvious.

[Trek420]

... in a way she's never had it before?
Trek, do you still have that video?

Duck: no, I sent it to you

Snap: there were people who did not know?

[Duck on Wheels]

Duck: no, I sent it to you

Snap: there were people who did not know?

OK. I'll search the collection. If I find it I'll have DH make a DVD copy for you.

[KnottedYet]

OK. I'll search the collection. If I find it I'll have DH make a DVD copy for you.

Hmmmm, this sounds interesting....

Salmon misadventures? Something fishy?

[Trek420]

It's a long'ish story but some years ago Julia Child had a special on PBS called culinary highlights of Norway.

So I set of the VCR to tape it.

It was a hoot!!

There was Julia on mountaintops, stave churches, in the snow, tops of fjords, cross country skis...being shown dish after dish and it all featured "salmon! in a way I've never had it before!!"

The last scene she's at an outdoor BBQ, the fish is wrapped in aluminum foil. The chef wraps and wraps and wraps and .... runs out of foil goes to get another industrial size roll and wraps and ... Julia quiped that she hopes he owns stock in the aluminum co...then the fish is done and they open it up...

"salmon! in a way I've never had it before!!"

yes, strange sense of humor in my family

[Kitsune06]

Ladies, please! Enough about my sleeping habits! I promise- I'm MUCH more entertaining awake!

CWR- I actually slept really well last night. I don't know WHAT you're talking about...

X- I similarly have no idea what you're talking about, missy. If we all wanna talk dish, we can talk dish.

Salsa- I'd want payment up front before I go nuts on your contractor. You know how it is... gotta pay the bills, gotta make rent, gotta whack peoples' contractors...

[chickwhorips]

at least one of us slept well last night.

[mimitabby]

WILBUR BUDS! they are so cute! and good to eat too.
X, i got your cute christmas card AND the delish wilbur buds.
DH and I together each ate a dark and a light one at the same time.
what fun!

meanwhile, on the MIL front, the pass is so bad that they might cancel
the bus runs tomorrow and we'll be stuck with her for another day!!!
EEEEeeK!

[Kitsune06]

I thought it'd be a good idea right now to say my services do not extend to family or extended family. Non-negotiable, even inlaws.

Exes and such are all still okay.

[mimitabby]

I thought it'd be a good idea right now to say my services do not extend to family or extended family. Non-negotiable, even inlaws.

good grief, WHAT services?

[Kitsune06]

Refer to the 'services' I was offering Salsa re: her contractor....

what kind of services were YOU thinking about???

[Xrayted]

*sigh* - X walks away shoving the $1 bills back in her pocket... guess more will NOT be revealed.

[Kitsune06]

*watches X's face fall and rummages through her trenchcoat 'o pictures* well... more could be revealed... anyone remember the page # for Knot's pics? 180something? bah! oh wait, I guess Trek has rights over Knot's azz an' abs now... *sigh*
Nope, X, I suppose more will not be revealed afterall.

[kelownagirl]

Hey TD! Made it there and back to the coast without too much trouble. Managed to spend 3 nights with my semi-disfunctional family and not kill anyone. Ate way too much. Drank too much. Now I need some R&R. My darling daughter is coming over for dinner tomorrow night and then she's heading back home to Vancouver so I'm really looking forward to spending an evening with her.

Did anyone get any biking stuff for Xmas? I bought my son a beautiful Giant Rincon MTBike for Xmas. He also got a new helmet, gloves, and a camelbak from his grandma. He has no idea how lucky he is... My mom gave me some money so I may buy something fun, or I may be smart and save it for Europe.

Well I'm off to read all the pages I missed.

Glad to see you're back CWR. Hope you had a good trip!

Happy Boxing Day everyone!

barb

[Lise]

Thank you, Trek, for the Julia Child story! I can just hear her now...

Snap--you and your family continue to impress me, but I *do not* want your dad coming near my sink...

We're getting my mom a computer with all the trimmings for her b'day/Christmas/Mother's Day present. ("We" being my brother, sister, and their spouses) She's retired from the library, so needs a 'puter at home for emailing. My BIL, a softwear engineer, researched it well. Then, through a series of stuff, they couldn't use their credit card to order it. So he printed out this long sheet of instructions for me to order it online. I called him at 10:30, the night before they're leaving to go to Israel for 2 weeks, and went over the whole thing with him. Then he said..."Or you could just give me your credit card number". Sheesh! It's an elaborate exchange of checks between us, anyways, so if they'd just said, "Lise! Give us your credit card #", it would have spared me a day of anxiety, in which I was certain I was going to screw up the order! I'm a goof. So it's all squared away, and Mom will get her computer for the new year. Yay!

J/I/my family/his daughter all had a very nice Christmas. We came together in various combinations over the 24th and 25th. J. and I got Christmas morning and early afternoon to ourselves, which was so nice. Fun times with family on either side. Now he and his daughter are off skiing for a couple of days. Among the presents he gave me are a framed poster of the swim start at Kona, and a Triathlon Life calendar! Now there's a little motivation to get my laaaazy butt back out there and start running again! Not to mention the pool at the Y.... .

I was going to run in the AM, but I'm not doing my usual night shift tomorrow, so I think I'll come home and run after work, instead. It's dark AM or PM this time of year! I'll run in well-lit areas. I love the "I'm a bum" thread, in which folks haven't run for ~gasp~ a week! I, who haven't run for ~ ~ over a month.... ...well, I've got to get started again sometime. Off to bed--sleep tight, TD!