From the monthly archives:

December 2008

After receiving yesterday’s Christmas greeting from our friends in Michigan, Adam and I agreed a video response was in order. It was a beautiful, sunny day so we drove out to the beach in Coronado. Without further ado, here is our goofy (is there any other kind of McLane video?) Christmas greeting.

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I’m not going to lie; life in San Diego is good. But part of me that is missing the comfort of spending Christmas with family and friends back home in Michigan. Videos like this don’t help…

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I’m about to admit something which will come as no surprise to those of you who know me best.  I’m a total slacker when it comes to buying Christmas gifts.  I have great admiration for folks who are done with their shopping before December.  It’s just not me. So, as you can imagine, I panicked [...]

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Last Friday when our community group rallied together to save the day, they made “gingerbread” houses with Megan and Paul.  They used store-bought graham crackers which is much simpler than making gingerbread.  The ingredients for fun were graham crackers (duh), frosting and candy for decoration.  Yum!

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Everyone has a favorite Christmas movie.  The one movie that I never get tired of watching is Miracle on 34th Street.  It’s the movie about the Macy’s department store Santa (Kris Kringle) who must prove that he is the real Santa.  There’s just something about Macy’s and Christmas that go hand in hand. Macy’s Believe [...]

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Not to scare you or anything but this is the costume I wore to Adam‘s staff Christmas party last Friday night.  The theme was black and white and the party was appropriately held at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.  The staff has a long standing tradition of dressing in costume (no pressure [...]

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