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December 2001 – Jotting Joan

Month: December 2001

  • Opportunity knocks

    As the new year looms over us, so do the opportunities for new adventures, new ideas or new ways to impact the world. For a really different adventure in entertainment try bowling. Not just any bowling, but Xtreme bowling – a trend that began in 1997. It emphasizes excitement, individual challenges and a rock-n-roll attitude.…

  • combining Christmas traditions

    Holidays used to be so easy. On Christmas eve, go to Grandma and Grandpa’s house, fight over whose turn it was to pass out the gifts: The girls or the boys. Rip open a few gifts without looking at what everyone else received – because we all got the same thing. Dolls for the girls,…

  • Lists for Santa

    My mother assured me I would be Santa’s six-year-old helper if I carried gift-wrapped boxes from her bedroom to the tree in the living room. She forestalled any childish questions by saying Santa magically filled the gift-wrapped packages with presents when he came Christmas eve. I believed her. In recent years, I have helped Santa…

  • If I had an open house

    After all the time spent remodeling, fixing up and repairing around our venerable, suburban, family home in the suburbs, I thought we needed an open house. When I mentioned it to my husband he asked, “What would we have to do?” “Ohh, a super-clean-up and gracefully decorate of every room and every surface inside the…

  • Christmas gifts for husband

    It is time for the yearly agony of deciding what gift to buy my husband for Christmas – besides another tie for his overflowing tie rack. He has about everything he wants … except a shiny red sports car. I considered the sports car, but decided on something a little less pricey this year. He…