Category Archives: Holidays

Every Christmas Link Must Go

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Les Jones

America’s first Christmas. Top 10 movies set at Christmas time that aren’t about Christmas. Via Ace of Spades. South Park Woodland Critter Christmas. A YouTube Christmas. I like #1, 2 and 4.

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A Free MP3 Album of Christmas Piano Instrumentals

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Les Jones

I was looking for a good piano instrumental of “Silent Night” and found this: Turns out he has an entire album of Christmas piano instrumentals on MP3 for free. You can play the songs from the page or download the … Continue reading →

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Gift Hit of Christmas 2009: the Digital Picture Frame

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Les Jones

We bought an 8 inch digital picture frame for my mother-in-law for Christmas. I programmed it today and loaded a 4 GB SD card with 800 pictures, which used less than half of the space.* After programming it I set … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas from Katie and Natalie and Melissa and Me

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Les Jones

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First it was Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny…

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Les Jones

and now this.

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Cheri’s Brown Sugar and Citrus Brine for Turkey

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Les Jones

This sounds tempting. It’s too last minute for me to use it, so I’m bookmarking it for next year. This year I’m using an injection of butter, garlic, onion powder and a hint of cayenne pepper for my fried turkey. … Continue reading →

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Circus peanuts are the worst

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Les Jones

9 grossest Halloween candies. Any kind of chocolate is a big winner. And when you’re a kid the tart and sour stuff is pretty good, too.

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Dylan sings Christmas

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Les Jones

His Christmas album could be under your tree this year. One of my guilty pleasures is Christmas albums by pop stars – Aaron Neville, The Beach Boys, James Brown, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Liberace, Elvis, Frank Sinatra… Frank Sinatra’s Christmas … Continue reading →

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Ripley’s Aquarium in the Smokies

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Les Jones

On our last day in Gatlinburg we visited Ripley’s Aquarium in the Smokies. I prefer the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, but the glass tunnel underneath the Ripley’s aquarium is really cool. In the next picture we’re on an upper level … Continue reading →

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Happy July 4th

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Les Jones

We caught the Gatlinburg fireworks show. Good stuff. After watching it for a little while we went back to our room and realized we had a good view from the porch. This time we stayed at the Best Western Twin … Continue reading →

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Katie won the Food City Easter coloring contest

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Les Jones

Katie won first place in an Easter coloring contest at Food City, a local grocery store. Those are the Easter baskets she won. We’re proud of her for winning, but more proud that she told her sister she could have … Continue reading →