{"id":166,"date":"2006-12-15T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"2006-12-15T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-15T21:35:00","slug":"parents-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Parents are here!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">I know that I have not written in a while. I have been so busy b\/c of the holidays, work, and now my parents are here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">For about the last 2-3 weeks, a lot of time at my job as been spend working on a site presentation on debugging. That took a lot of time to get right. I was also working on completing my certifications and finally, it&#8217;s the end of the year, so getting my end of year review stuff was time consuming as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">I have gotten most of my shopping done, thank the flying spaghetti monster. I think I might want to get Steph maybe one more thing, but not sure about it yet. I am entertaining the idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">My parents visit has been really great. We had our Christmas together here this morning. Here&#8217;s a link to some pics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; width: 194px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 83%;\">\n<div style=\"background: transparent url(http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/f\/img\/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat scroll left center; height: 194px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/goldstein.bryan\/ParentSVisitChristmas\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.google.com\/image\/goldstein.bryan\/RYMTEZtJeaE\/AAAAAAAAAWI\/Ij0vF2VneX4\/s160-c\/ParentSVisitChristmas.jpg\" style=\"border: medium none ; padding: 0px; margin-top: 16px;\" height=\"160\" width=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/goldstein.bryan\/ParentSVisitChristmas\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\">Parent&#8217;s Visit &#8211; Christmas<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">We have done other fun things since they have been here. Mostly, it is just good to see them. It is the best present that I could have asked for and if I got nothing else for Christmas, I would be happy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Since my dad had never been there, we went to the Hula Hut: <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;width:194px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:83%\">\n<div style=\"height:194px;background:url(http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/f\/img\/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/goldstein.bryan\/HulaHut12142006\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.google.com\/image\/goldstein.bryan\/RYMU1JtJelE\/AAAAAAAAAW0\/LOlt30YytkA\/s160-c\/HulaHut12142006.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" style=\"border:none;padding:0px;margin-top:16px;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/goldstein.bryan\/HulaHut12142006\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;\">Hula Hut &#8211; 12.14.2006<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">We also went to The County Line for some good BBQ and saw some interesting sites:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;width:194px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:83%\">\n<div style=\"height:194px;background:url(http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/f\/img\/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/goldstein.bryan\/CountyLine12132006\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.google.com\/image\/goldstein.bryan\/RYMXDJtJe-E\/AAAAAAAAAZs\/QEji96gHJYA\/s160-c\/CountyLine12132006.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" style=\"border:none;padding:0px;margin-top:16px;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/goldstein.bryan\/CountyLine12132006\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;\">County Line &#8211; 12.13.2006<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Tonight, we are going to see &#8220;Die Hard&#8221; at the Sinus Theater @ The Alamo Draft House downtown.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.familyofgoldsteins.com\/blog\/diehard.jpg\" border=0><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Last night, we went to see the trail of lights at Zilker Park. That was really nice to see. I enjoyed it a lot. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;width:194px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:83%\">\n<div style=\"height:194px;background:url(http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/f\/img\/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/goldstein.bryan\/TrailOfLights20061214\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.google.com\/image\/goldstein.bryan\/RYMWBZtJerE\/AAAAAAAAAZI\/CEJLYN-7zFM\/s160-c\/TrailOfLights20061214.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" style=\"border:none;padding:0px;margin-top:16px;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/goldstein.bryan\/TrailOfLights20061214\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;\">Trail of Lights &#8211; 2006.12.14<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#808080\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Finally, so far for Christmas, I have gotten: <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; New silicon potholders ( yes! )<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy ( book )<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; Armin Van Burren ( Trance CD &#8211; Double )<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; A Mandolin Slicer<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; New wirless keyboard and mouse ( Logitech, totally sweet )<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; Old Navy Pajama Pants<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; A splatter guard for cooking<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; A microplane<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8211; A gift card for Target<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8230; and it&#8217;s not even Christmas yet!!!<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that I have not written in a while. 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