Because we have always visited family in the Boston area over the holidays, we have never decorated our house. With my upcoming travel restrictions, the Seeleys will be spending their first Christmas in Champaign since Jan and I moved out here in 1987.
On Saturday, a team from Human Kinetics visited to give the Seeley home an uncharacteristic holiday makeover. Our neighbors are going to wonder who is living at the house and what they have done with the Seeleys.
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| Doug untangles lights under the guidance of Steve's kids. |
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| Kim, Dalene, and Jill prepare exterior decorations. |
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| Joanne and Keri before working their magic on the tree. |
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| The Seeleys, real tree people since childhood, have made the transition to a ... reusable tree. This was our wonderful work crew, minus the Ruhlig family that had to leave earlier. |
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| Kerri wonders what she has gotten herself into. |
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| Wow! |
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| Enjoying some well deserved refreshments. |
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| Looking good at night, too, |
Hey, Joe, it seems impossible that I have been unaware of the latest Superhero epic to have to have come to Champaign-Urbana, namely, Joe vs. AML. I always look forward to seeing you and Jan at our holiday party, and it was only last night when I learned that you were busy frying much bigger fish. (One of those Hemingway-sized tuna?). Anyhow, I just discovered your blog. My god, you're an amazing writer. You're on my blogroll. Did you and Jan ever read that book Dinotopia to your kids? There's a mantra that is repeated throughout the book: "Breathe deep. Seek peace."
ReplyDeleteTake care.