New iPod Touch. That is all.

Jessica and I have been in California for the last week or so. It’s been pretty great. And today is Christmas!

It’s 6:30ish a.m., and no one is awake yet; no one but us, that is. We put our own stocking stuffers in everyone’s stockings this morning — the puppy woke us up to remind us. Now we’re in waiting mode for everyone to get up. Jessica has a problem getting back to sleep on Christmas morning .

We asked Danny a few days ago if he would spend Christmas with us. He got here yesterday afternoon and went to church with us and spent the night. We watched “Battle of the Nutcrackers” last night on Ovation TV. Crazy. Check out Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut, it’s insane.

It’s good to have Danny here. We missed him, and it seems like he may have missed us. Coping with California can be tough for people not from here.

It’s been great in any case. Have a Happy Christmas!

we made it. it was a long drive, but we got in Sunday night. it’s been a great vacation so far. Really nice to be with the family and hang out and buy Christmas presents.

Cors is doing well too. After my parents’ dogs were groomed, we all became a happy family. Cors has been playing with Linus a lot. he doesn’t really like Lucy at all.

Anyway. Five days till Christmas!

Last night. My iPod Nano was stolen out of my office, along with its docking station. However, the police caught the kids doing it. So, there is a good chance that it’s at the police station. I hope I get it back before January. Or before we go out to California. the latter probably won’t happen .