Skirted work couple hours early, delayed flight connection in Baltimore, touchdown: Manchester, half-past midnite. East Coast travel without the marathon run obligation. Let the games BEGIN – Christmas Trifecta 2018! 🎄
HUGE house party at Stephen’s home in Merrimack. Catered meal, table/chairs/dishes/glassware rentals AND a Holiday Program – Stephen on piano, carol singalong led by one of his choral chums, guitar teacher accompanied (banjo/violin/guitar). WOW, right? Home season-decorated: wreaths (plural), red bows, TWO CHRISTMAS TREES, winter reindeer scene. If you’re looking for a holiday-themed wedding reception, I’ll forward his contact # – soup to nuts, notta detail missed.
Started Saturday with an 8-mile run. New England wooded, finished before winter blew. Swim laps & sauna at the Y – second shower and a pair of dress pants. Missed the ‘no jeans’ text. Luckily, share a waist-size ‘though looked like I was expecting high water (couple inches taller than Stephen). LOL>
Stephen’s brother Harding & family first to arrive. 30 minutes next, the upstairs swelled. Shrimp, baked brie, sherbet punch. Holiday hugs, kids zooming room-to-room, whole lotta ‘catch-up’ conversations. Family, work friends, neighbors – HUGE mix of LAUGHTER. Dinner best served while HOT. Beef, chicken, veggie lasagna – seriously, no detail forgotten. Just WOW.
Tune TIME. Schofield Family are a musical bunch. Remember house parties on Moses Clark Road (years ago in northern New Hampshire) with Trudi & the Pioneers. GREAT memories. Those of us without the gene were handed tactile instruments – spoons, tambourine, washboard – wallflowering not an option at Harding & Donna’s cabin. Accordion/fiddle/piano, Irish laughter ❤️
Fast forward 2018. Silent Night, Come All Ye Faithful, Joy to the World. Reading of the Christmas Story (book of Luke), memorable holiday duet AND of course SANTA CLAUS. Down from the North Pole, SANTA shared stories, handed the kids gifts & mugged for photos. Well done bub.
Christmas Eve update: Back in New Hampshire, afternoon-exchanged with Stephen. Apps, soup/salad/fondue at Sheila’s home. Neighborhood lit with cheer; holiday welcomed. Gift-shared with son Dan, Ashley & their young family. Boys. Eat fast, play hard, open gifts – zoom zoom zoom. Highlight: new SKATES & a Cow puppet (purchased pre-Portland Marathon). Super kind inclusion 🙂
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- 8-mile Saturday START
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- New England OUTDOORS
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- party-favor GRANOLA
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- Country Tavern catered
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- tune TIME
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- SANTA CLAUS 🎅
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- Schofield SIBLINGS
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- afternoon gift-exchange
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- SKATES for Blake
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- moo-COW for Declan
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- Christmas Eve 2018
New Hampshire Christmas
Pearl Street, Boulder
Presents wrapped, pets groomed, medals hung/bibs put away. holiday Ready.
LOVE LOVE Christmas week. Multiple dinners out & nothing more – week to kick back, just take it all in. Lights on Pearl Street, Christmas cards & Sis’ annual publication (everyone awaits/big family buzz…did I make the newsletter?) Have watched her kids GROW. Ballet, soccer. Braces, dog Daisy. Family vacations. Proms, College. LOVE LOVE the Greco Family newsletter…a treasured holiday tradition 🎄
Holiday’ng both coasts this gifting season, Saturday begins my first Christmas Trifecta – THREE states, THREE holiday dinners: New Hampshire, Connecticut & Colorado. But only once [Ash’s house] will I wear bro’s gifted Yeti costume. LOL> #luckyinlife
Happy Christmas friends.
Laugh, smile. Breathe, get quiet. Enjoy the solstice Cold Moon ❄️
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- holiday GROOMED
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- seasonal GIFTING
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- wrapped ‘n ready
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- medals hung/bibs put away
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- 2018 Door of Fame
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- Merry Christmas 🎅
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- holiday LIGHTS
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- Greco TRADITION
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- season’s REASON
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- SOLSTICE sunrise
Neighborhood Gifting
In Native American cultures which tracked the calendar by the moons, December’s full moon was known as the Full Cold Moon. It is fittingly associated when winter cold fastens its grip and the nights become long and dark.
In 2018, the Cold Moon falls shortly after Friday’s winter solstice and the peak of the Ursid Meteor Shower. This is a minor meteor shower, people should only expect to see a few shooting stars per hour. December’s full moon is also called the Long Nights Moon because it typically occurs near winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.
Count ’em: Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sunday – FOUR day weekend. Thanks PS employer ✅
“Meet Me in St Louis” big screen showing at Denver’s historic Mayan Theater, holiday Eve.
Turkey Trot 9am downtown Louisville. My hometown 5K, FREE entry with a canned goods/clothing donation. AWESOME idea, right? give, GIVE, give.
Feasting & football at Ash & Tom’s Westminster home. eat, EAT, eat. Tryptophan coma, late afternoon pie – then a new holiday tradition, Hallmark’s ‘Christmas in Graceland’. Predictable, campy, LAUGH OUT LOUD fun. Kellie Pickler’s Appalachia accent. LOVE LOVED.
FAMILY DREAMS GOOD HEALTH FOOD COLORADO HOME my FAITH
List of what I’m most thankful.
Early start Friday, Black Friday. No shopping here, SNOWSHOEING. Pup & I rented a mountain cabin in Steamboat Springs. Out ‘til Sunday. Swanky idea, huh? If it snows, they will come ❄️
Happy Thanksgiving 2018. Eat, laugh & gift often this season! 🦃 ❤️
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- Denver’s Mayan, circa 1930
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- Louisville Turkey Trot
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- sunshiny Colorado Day
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- my FEAST contribution
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- Gobble Gobble 🦃
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- you’re next, Pig 🐷🎄🍴
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- Deck the Halls 🎅
GATHER YOUR FLOCK!
The Avista Adventist Hospital Louisville Turkey Trot 5k returns Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 22, 2018 in downtown Louisville. Sign up now! Thanks to our generous sponsors, this event is, and always will be FREE to participants who bring non-perishable food or winter clothes donations for the Sister Carmen Community Center. Make this fun and family-friendly part of your Thanksgiving morning tradition.
Come and support our neighbors in need so everyone in our community may be warm and have a meal this holiday season.
WHEN: Thanksgiving morning, November 22, 2018; 9:00am race start
WHERE: Front street and Spruce Street, next to Louisville Public Library (951 Spruce Street, Louisville, CO 80027)
REGISTRATION: FREE so participants can support our neighbors in need instead.
