{"id":918,"date":"2004-12-25T12:48:05","date_gmt":"2004-12-25T17:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/?p=918"},"modified":"2004-12-25T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2004-12-25T17:48:05","slug":"presents-of-mine-and-hers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/index.php\/2004\/12\/25\/presents-of-mine-and-hers\/","title":{"rendered":"Presents of mine (and hers)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We woke before dawn to open presents, like two kids who’d been waiting all
\nyear for a Barbie Dream House or a Schwinn Orange Crate five-speed bike. <\/p>\n

Melissa tends to take on the facial expressions of one whose gifts have been
\nbestowed by Jesus himself, which makes for fun photography. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Not sure what this was, but Melissa was happy with it. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Floyd’s tired of all the fuss. <\/p>\n

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Burt’s Bees lip balm from her best friend Beth in Indiana. <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

That’s a Black and Decker laser level — good for getting pictures to hang
\nstraight. I saw it advertised on TV last month and knew Melissa had to have
\none. <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

Melissa needed a watch, so I went to a Web site called Blue
\nNile<\/a> and found her one. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Some of my take: Bob Dylan’s "Chronicles Volume 1" and the soundtrack
\nto "Ray," the biopic about Ray Charles. I’ve decided his "Do
\nthe Mess Around" is among the greatest rock ‘n’ roll songs ever made. The
\nDylan book is vintage Bob: cryptic here, amazing there, maddening and enlightening.
\nIt’s about three chapters of his life … can’t wait for him to fill in more
\nof the blanks. Melissa’s mom knitted the socks. The blue thing is a "hydration
\nbladder" to stow water in a backpack. Handy on the trail to no end. <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

The aftermath. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We woke before dawn to open presents, like two kids who’d been waiting all year for a Barbie Dream House or a Schwinn Orange Crate five-speed bike. Melissa tends to take on the facial expressions of one whose gifts have…<\/p>\n

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