My name is Ron Hall.
The holiday season is in full swing here at the Funny Farm. It is our 15th Christmas (we have been doing this longer than Google). Just as hectic, but the digital age has changed the process quite a bit.
We still send out holiday greetings (translation - it takes most of the holidays and beyond to get them out) in the form of a card, letter, and picture. Last year we added something new - a Youtube video "Sledding at the Funny Farm".
We still hit the craft shows and malls for Christmas gifts, but online shopping and searching for hard to locate items (I get a Dicken's Village piece each year for the mantle - looking for a barn this year) also has come to play a role in our Christmas preparations. Direct shipping has been great for getting gifts out in time. Will be trying the new Google beta "Shopping" this year (see blue Google tabs at top left of search window).
Shaelyn loves watching the various holiday entertainment (Charlie Brown's Xmas, Grinch, It is a Wonderful Life), but now it comes in via her Iphone, Netflicks, and the Hallmark channel. She is in a Spokane Children's Theater Production - Babes in Toyland - you get the tickets online.
Per usual, Shaelyn and her mom will be baking some holiday fare this year. She will be tracking some recipes down online. Probably write about the pies she does on her blog.
We have holiday travel plans and guests coming in and out. My brother and his wife were just over from Seattle. They flew home last night - printed out their boarding passes on our computer before I ran them to the airport. We will be heading to Seattle by car next weekend (hit the Mac store and some great Christmas parties) - I will check weather via various Google products, (will try and add the web cams in the pass to Webcams.travel layer in Google Earth), and be using Google Maps on my Iphone.
Time to get back to celebrating the holidays. Lets make it a good one this year.
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