Christmas Finale

Here are the last few (real) Christmas photos (I have one more story from the trip in Alabama to come). Rufina and I at my Nana's house.

This is my cousin's daughter, Ella, sporting my sister's shades at a Christmas luncheon.

One of the more humorous things that happened this Christmas involved a gift to Nana- no, that's not her below. My mom got her this giant universal remote thinking it would be better for her since she is getting older and not an electronics wiz. We had to tape over most of her old remote so she would only use the numeric and arrow buttons on the remote and not mess up the TV by hitting menu buttons and the like. That's the new remote below.

My brother-in-law Earl decided to help out by programming the new remote.
Now, Earl is a big guy- around 6'3" and he's eaten his fair share of prime rib- so you can see how big the remote is compared to his hands. But you can also see the glasses he is wearing. Those aren't his; they're my mom's reading glasses. Ironically with such a big remote that was developed to make life easier by having big readable marking and easy to find buttons, the manufacturer failed to carry over that concept with the instructions.

It was basically all fine print on this huge fold out sheet that told you how to use the remote. Doh!

Enjoying the best gift of the year.

But now she is on her way back to Hong Kong.

And if you Rufina's departure turned on the waterworks, you are only partially right. More to come...