tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37243417.post3622549323155774250..comments2023-12-09T03:58:08.377-05:00Comments on in search of sunlight: A traditional (haha, yeah right) Kurtz Family ChristmasChristy Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339928823957148452noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37243417.post-373697321935023442007-01-20T20:31:00.000-05:002007-01-20T20:31:00.000-05:00So who was right? That'd be me. Christy has a secr...So who was right? That'd be me. Christy has a secret talent! I love how you wrote this story! And by the way, I'm fascinated by the Sour Cream Gluten, Chili Lime Dried Mangos, the Halvah, and the pink toad. These are foreign to me. Perhaps you could embellish sometime. How fun! I want to have Christmas at your house!!!Christenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13180336178045122410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37243417.post-2468545685545927462006-12-31T16:22:00.000-05:002006-12-31T16:22:00.000-05:00Joel, I suppose the use of the word helpless was j...Joel, I suppose the use of the word helpless was just said to provoke :) Hence the winking smile afterward. However, even if it was a ferocious dog and your mother has a bad history with unfriendly dogs, I still was shocked that she joined you, and can't quite incorporate that image into my mind's portrait of your mother.<br />And Christy, it sounds like someone is trying to push buttons to provoke an argument :PKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440799300068192995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37243417.post-12547140029230320882006-12-28T13:20:00.000-05:002006-12-28T13:20:00.000-05:00Notice that Joel did not mention which inaccuracie...Notice that Joel did not mention which inaccuracies he was speaking of. That's because there were none!Christy Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339928823957148452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37243417.post-57977553043445396572006-12-27T15:18:00.000-05:002006-12-27T15:18:00.000-05:00Well, other than the inaccuracies, this is a fairl...Well, other than the inaccuracies, this is a fairly good account of what occurred at our house this Christmas:) *Kristin, said dog was most definitely NOT "helpless." If you had seen this slobbering ferociously snarling specimen, I have a feeling you would have found yourself in agreement with me! And Mother has had her own encounters with attacking Rotweilers on her walks so I guess she was just expressing her gladness that this was one she wouldn't have to get rid of with Mace:) But anyways, the food was delicious, the presents were amazing, the books are being read as we speak;), the rain has finally turned to snow, and God is good!Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717425012960930886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37243417.post-14552168415367575762006-12-27T02:59:00.000-05:002006-12-27T02:59:00.000-05:00First, I must say that I laughed many, many times ...First, I must say that I laughed many, many times throughout this blog :) <br />This all sounds very much like your family, with a few exceptions... I was rather shocked to read that your mother joined Joel in antagonizing a helpless, chained dog ;) Somehow, I can't quite picture that. I was also surprised to discover that Joel was successful in getting others to wrap their presents early, yet somehow managed to neglect his own present wrapping. Maybe he just wanted to be the one to make you all practice your intertemporal discounting skills instead of your dad :P<br />Anyway, this was a wonderful blog! Thank you for the Christmas recounting :) Oh, and I think it would have been rather fun to hear your variations on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" although, I can understand your parents' dismay at being serenaded with said variations.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440799300068192995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37243417.post-58373059955980392062006-12-26T22:47:00.000-05:002006-12-26T22:47:00.000-05:00hehehe... though I've not spent a Christmas with t...hehehe... though I've not spent a Christmas with the Kurtz family, I can atest to the kurtzishness of the entire account! <br />I love you guys!<br /> <br />by the way, where ever did you find a pink toad? I thought that until now it had only been a figment of our imagination... you should post a picture of it on your blog... it could be a mascot for philosophical debates ;)Caitlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17376690231809200554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37243417.post-80619635491871556542006-12-25T23:16:00.000-05:002006-12-25T23:16:00.000-05:00Haha...You're dad sounds like my brother...minus t...Haha...You're dad sounds like my brother...minus the meticulousness, that is...he also was wrapping presents this morn, while we waited downstairs.<br />A highly amusing recounting was this post :)Jonathan Gerranshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350359095262722861noreply@blogger.com