I love getting Christmas update letters in the mail. This is not sarcasm. I particularly like it when my name is mentioned. I always feel though as if I would never have enough to say to merit an entire letter, should I write my own. However, I do imagine it would go a little something like this...
Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays from the Jerry McWhorter II -Electric Boogaloo family!
It's been an exciting year for the McWhorters, but you would know that already if you had Facebook.
In January, Gina began a new job with a Business-to-Business advertising agency. It was nice at first, but has since been ruining her personal life and kind of making her bitter. Her boss made her route her work email to her mobile phone and keep it with her at all times, including the week that she and Jerry were in Las Vegas getting married.
We officially became "The McWhorters" in April. We were married in a lovely ceremony at the Chapel at Planet Hollywood Resort. No, silly, we didn't have an Elvis impersonator perform the ceremony! Wouldn't that have been unique and not a stereotype at all? We were blessed to share the day with our closest family and friends, as well as the World Wide Web. We were also blessed to have this time to vacation as it would be the only break that we had all year.
Back home in Ohio, we vowed to take greater advantage of our home town and all it has to offer. We got to see the Cyclones win the Kelly Cup and were live to view the walk-off home run by Jay Bruce that gave the Reds the NL Central title. We also enjoyed the annual craft brew series at Habits Cafe - a new brewery every Wednesday throughout the summer! Our social calendar was full, but I can hardly remember much of it - maybe it was all that craft beer or the fact that my boss managed to interrupt every social event we attended with something asinine. But I digress.
We made some major updates to our home and became good friends with the tile department of every Lowe's in the tri-state area. But now we have nice bathrooms, have eradicated the 3 (yes 3!) layers of disgusting linoleum in the kitchen, and enjoy an updated look on our screened-in porch. Thank you Obama for the first-time home buyer credit!
In August, we added to our little family. We adopted Corby, a seven month old lab mix, from the Butler County Humane Society. Turns out that by "mix," they simply meant that he looks like a lab, but who knows what's in there. After his first visit to the vet, we were told that he might gain a little more weight, but he was as big as he is going to get. We are thinking there is some terrier in him. This made us a little sad as he's gonna be the little guy who gets picked on at the playground. However, he is ridiculously handsome. That's not a proud parent talking - that's what we hear everywhere he goes. We can't help it if it's true. He's as rotten as he is handsome, though.
Jerry permanently hung up his FedEx Kinko's/Office apron at the end of August to start a new career as an estimator at KDM Pop Solutions. There are a lot of similarities with his previous position, but more differences. He now has respect and works with mature adults. This gives us less to talk about over the dinner table as all he can say is, "I love my job."
We are looking forward to spending the holidays with the family so that Corby can meet all his cousins: Jacob, Jared, Jordan, and Joshua. This will be our first Christmas as husband and wife, so... I don't know... will it feel any different than the last 3 we have spent together?
Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a happy and healthy new year!
The McWhorters
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