Holiday Newsletter 2007-2008
Happy New Year's Greetings from Glenn and Dixie and Tucker!
Shortly after writing the 2006-2007 newsletter we went back to New Orleans for the last few days leading up to New Year’s Eve and rang in the new year (2007) on Bourbon Street and Jackson Square. It's like Times Square, except you count down while watching the dropping gumbo pot. It is still one of our favorite cities.
In January Glenn turned 46 and then got his first Apple product ever, a white MacBook. He loves it almost as much as he does Dixie. In March Glenn’s younger brother, Philip, turned 40. It was celebrated in style but made Glenn feel old.
Glenn finally got his ham license, installed a radio in his car, (a used Hyundai Elantra) and added vanity plates for his vanity call sign – WX3TOR. When severe weather approaches he is either looking for tornadoes or reporting to his local spotter network.
Dixie continued her insane Jazzercise devotion by attending about 150 classes! She not only got a free t-shirt but a great group of friends...and they like our wine.
September was a busy month. When September 1st rolled around we were in Alaska on a weeklong cruise with our good friends Steve and Joyce. We spent a couple of days at Denali and wrapped up the trip with a visit to the North Pole! (the city) Glenn took over 1,000 pictures with his new camera. After our return Dixie celebrated her 50th birthday with many Jazzercise classmates (and later cried when her AARP invitation arrived in the mail.) Glenn prepared a slideshow for his parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was a big hit. Glenn’s Aunt Norma and cousin Kathy flew down from Iowa for the occasion. Then we celebrated our 17th anniversary by attending the Plano Balloon Festival. (Lots of pics on the web site) And to cap off the month we got together with our fellow wine-makers at WineStock 2007. Then we took a nap.
[note to self: in 2008, spread things out more!]
In early December we finally followed through on a long overdue item and sold both of our motorcycles. While we thoroughly enjoyed almost every one of the over 20,000 miles we put on them, we were riding less and less and could no longer justify the insurance. They went to great homes and one of them was a surprise Christmas present!
We hope your holidays were merry and that 2008 will be a great year for you. Please let us hear from you!
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