Tammy and I are both pretty shocked that we got a holiday letter out this year. It just sort of happened. Tammy started writing something and it just appeared. After a night of tweaking, adding some photos and an online printing order to Kinkos we had ourselves a letter! A bunch of these went out in the mail, but I wouldn’t dare deprive the dedicated blog reader of this great content as well. Read the 2007 Holiday Letter right here.
As a special bonus for the web I’m going to highlight a selected set of blog posts from this year as well.
2007 Highlights from thingelstad.com
- Red Glasses Make Water Taste Wrong
- I got Obsessed with Twitter, and then Abandoned Twitter.
- We took our first weekend away from Mazie in Chicago.
- I started my Apple TV obsession and got an iPhone.
- Tammy went away for a trip and I was Mr. Mom!
- I started playing with time-lapsed video: Drive to Work, Table Assembly, Christmas Tree.
- We had a great 2007 Olson Family Weekend.
- We had a great time at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
- I went to Canada fishing with my brother-in-laws courtesy of my father-in-law.
- We got some awesome avatars!
Jamie, nice letter. I can attest to how difficult it is to get a card out much less a letter. So kudos to you!
With regards to growing older and watching your children turn into you, just wait until you turn around and find that Mazie has grown into a teenager and is looking forward to driving
next year. This unsettling notion was visited upon my wife and I this year and we still haven’t come to terms with it. We just don’t think of ourselves as this old, but unfortunately we have no choice in the matter. So enjoy Mazie’s innocence now because it doesn’t just last long.
Anyway, peace and joy to you and your family during this holiday season. Now if you’ll excuse me, I my boys are demanding that I play Guitar Hero III.
Marc De Brey