My friend at church this morning couldn’t believe we would take in 6 more people and a puppy to our not-so-big house, but that is what we are doing later today. My parents and my brother’s family, along with Fondue the Dog, will join us for Christmas here in Orlando. It is nice to have family that you can enjoy in the same house for more than three days.

Our animals, on the other hand, aren’t so nice. The parakeets were the first to go, as their chatter would quickly put the noise threshold over the top. Our friends, Rob and Patricia, graciously adopted them for a week. Annie is the remaining wildcard. Her attitude toward happy puppies at Christmas is definitely, “Bah, humbug.” A snarl and an angry snap is probably how she’ll keep “that little snot-nosed puppy” out of her corner. So unless Annie can be nice tonight we’ll probably be taking up the Kellogg’s offer to remove this dysfunctional family member from the premises.

P.S. The extra person in our website picture is the first of our relatives to arrive.

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