Yay Presents!!

We did well in Georgetown with Chaz's family, and drove up to Fort Worth without incident. Christmas with the Thornton's was blissfully quiet with his youngest sister and her two babies missing out on the festivities. While it was warm out there on the farm, the wind was howling out of the north, so feeding the animals meant getting a faceful of dust and hay flying at me. His dad has 18 baby goats this winter, but they're not all weaned yet, so they wouldn't come for the food. In a few weeks they'll be bribable, I'm sure.

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Up here in FW, my brother and his girlfriend took their time getting up and over to Dad's for breakfast. Chaz cooked some pecan-raisin french toast & bacon for us. It was quite yummy, though annoying that we had to wait. I got what I really wanted for a gift this year: a salad spinning bowl! Wheee! Its a good one with lots of zip. Charles also got me a really pretty watch, totally out of the blue. Dad likes the monitor I got him.. looks good on his desk too. Next stop will be out to see mom on the west side of town. She's a bit under the weather, but I know she'll enjoy a visit. Tomorrow's off for our drive west to Albuquerque in a slightly small vehicle for 5 of us. Will be quite an adventure, I'm sure.