What a precious gift from your daughter. Kids are so darn sweet and cute. And they are the BEST presents. It sounds like you had a fun Christmas day – the way it should be. I want to see that movie – thought it looked funny in promos.

I didn’t realize goldfish lived that long and flash obviously had a good life. This will seem dumb on my part …but I decided to get a goldfish when we first got our house. Enjoyed watching the fish swim and the tank I fixed up. But then became dismayed when I realized goldfish poop. I don’t know why that was a surprise to me considering they eat. So, their image was forever tarnished. It ruined the whole ambiance of the fishbowl. But ..I tolerated it. Just never got another.

I agree with Tracy – love the Dear Diary posts and pictures.

Belated Merry Christmas and wishing the WhiteCoats a Blessed New Year.

http://www.google.org/flutrends/us/#US

It’s not perfect, it’s based on google search usage heuristic, but it’s close enough that the CDC uses it for crude real-time monitoring.

What a sweet note from your daughter. i’m glad you are enjoying the holidays.

i love it when you talk about your family or “Dear Diary”.

Thank you for a wonderful blog!

You’re only 37 ?? Just a kid!