I’m sitting here with Joelle as she picks out her favorite 10 miniature ornaments to hang for this year and I had a really cute thought. Joaquin and Elise share something big. Very big. It’s their first Christmas. Although Elise is almost one and Joaquin will be almost zero, they will have the same first Christmas. Joelle had a big part of that, too. She went with Nana to pick out Elise and Joaquin’s first Christmas ornaments.
As a random side note, maybe I should stick to telling cute stories about my children, because it seems that maybe my last blog was a little hard to tell what I was trying to say. Maybe I really wasn’t trying to say anything at all, I was just relaying what seemed like a funny moment to me. I would say that Chris and I definitely lean towards the liberal side of most things and we definitely do care about the middle class going away. We also think we’d probably most likely be on the poor side if it were to happen, not that that is why we care about it going away. Anyway, happy thoughts – Children and Christmas. (Although I am trying to be more environmentally friendly with this Christmas. I wrestled with sending out cards, but the Christmas spirit won over my green aspirations and we are sending out cards this year. Maria, could you help me with a cool e-card like yours for next Christmas?)
November 25, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Of course!… In fact I was thinking of putting together a template of our e-card and giving it away for everyone next year…
With Joaquin coming, I also thought I’d skip it this year, but the response we get is so good every time, and the year was so important, I had to do it. People LOVE photos, you save paper, and then it’s so much easier to send it out to emails than to keep your contacts updated with everyone’s physical address.
Christmas has already started here too. I’ve got all the decor out, and the card is ready to go. We’re just missing the star of the year, for whom I’ve already picked a very cute Christmas outfit. Wish we could spend it all together
November 25, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Ya, switch to the e-cards! I love the story that Maria’s e-card tells. You just have to be disciplined enough to take photos through the year, which Maria (and you) are. Oh, and it is some work to put the story together — which Maria does too! (That’s why I love it)
November 25, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Yep, my plan is to switch to a “maria-like” format, if she’ll give me her secret and I can master how to do it. I just didn’t have time to do it this year (at the end of November.) It’s likely better to start earlier since it’s a whole year in review.
I’m glad you are doing it again – I look forward to getting it every year.
November 25, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Petie….the message was not that it was going away. One of the most important part of our country has been that we have had a small upper and lower class and a huge middle class.
The theme of the lecture was that the huge middle class was in danger of shrinking in size where it would be the same size as the lower class. Even third world countries have a middel class.
What has changed is that, for the most part, a high school diploma and a good work ethic would get you into a good middle class style of life. The size of that part of the population is in danger of collapse. That was the point of the lecture.
November 28, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Petie,
I want to see Maria’s ecard! I’m sick of licking envelopes! kerry
January 6, 2008 at 10:41 pm
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