Christmas 2007
Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home
God Bless Our Service People Wherever They May Be!
Decorating Starts With "Rolling Christmas"
Rolling is a combination of rotation (of a radially symmetric object) and translation of that object with respect to a surface (either one or the other moves), such that the two are in contact with each other without sliding. This is achieved by a rotational speed at the cylinder or circle of contact which is equal to the translational speed. Rolling of a round object typically requires less energy than sliding, therefore such an object will more easily move, if it experiences a force with a component along the surface, for instance gravity on a tilted surface; wind; pushing; pulling; an engine. Objects with corners, such as dice, roll by successive rotations about the edge or corner which is in contact with the surface.
From Dave's house to ours... 70+ boxes in about an hour's time!
Nicely organized and labeled... they are staged outside the from door
read to move in to their locations!
The head "Loggie" was setting up the beach head for the attack on the
house!
Paul wanted to decorate the string bean plant and call it a day...
Sue had other ideas... Sue won!
Pete is on the top of a nine foot ladder attaching the top of the tree
to the ceiling...
Santa has been locked up for almost
eleven months so hw was happy to get out and stretch and watch the Sun
go down in the west!
This year, Santa got a baffy in the sink and got scrubbed up pretty well since he had been flying over the house for almost ten years! He looks pretty happy to us!
Good thing as we are expecting more Santa Ana winds over the next few days and Santa loves blowing in the wind!
Time for a break from the activities. Glass of wine, bottle of
beer and time to share!
The supreme leader (when Sue is not around) enjoys a Pino Noir and a few
giggles before attacking the lights on the Christmas tree!
Mickey came out to pass his approval on all the happenings....
We speak Chihuahua..... He approves!
Lisa does the detail work.... Limb fixing and train setup!
Now done yet... So Sunday we will finalize the decorations and finally
relax. Saturday was Jeanette's
birthday so we took the day off!