Snow began falling around dinner-time last night, supposedly making it the first White Christmas in Charlotte, NC since 1947. Most news outlets were reporting 1947 but WBT-AM was reporting that the last White Christmas in Charlotte was in 1989. So which is it? Or more importantly, since there are official records, why is there any [...]
Dec 252010
Dec 272008
The difference between Christmas for a 10 year old and Christmas for a 1 year old was apparent this Thursday morning… Maegan was excited to get her first cell phone. While Darah was excited to get her first toothbrush. Maegan hit the jackpot again when her aunts and uncles chipped in together to get her [...]
Nov 302008
Every year my mother and sister travel to Charlotte for Thanksgiving. That’s one tradition. Another tradition we have is to always see an animated film the day after Thanksgiving. (I don’t even know the last non-animated film I saw in a theater.) This year we saw Bolt. Good movie, two thumbs up. But we didn’t [...]
Dec 312007
I can’t believe this is just the second post I’ve made all month. Sorry. I wish I could use the excuse that I’ve been too busy but I’ve actually been on vacation (from my main job) for the past nine days, and I don’t go back until January 2nd. I’ve been catching up on a [...]
Nov 192007
Every year it’s been tradition for the entire Sussman family to travel to Charlotte for Thanksgiving. My mother usually comes in from Florida a few days early but this year she came in on Saturday, five days early. She came in early to get a better price on airline tickets and to avoid the travel [...]
Nov 012007
Belated Happy Halloween, or belated happy night-that-makes-dogs-crazy. Maegan went as Cleopatra. Darah went as a baby in a mei tai attached to a mommy. Our house had mostly the same set up as last year except we carved a couple of pumpkins. I carved a ghost (Maegan’s choice) and Maegan carved Harry Potter. Trick or [...]
Jul 042007
Happy Independence Day, 2007. Once again, not “Happy 4th of July”. I have off from work today and right before I wrote this post I walked out into the street in front of my house and counted how many American flags I could see around the neighborhood. I could see 21 houses and only one [...]
Jan 012007
Happy New Year, everybody. I don’t have much else to say today. Tomorrow I go back to work again.
Dec 212006
It’s so nice to be remembered during the holidays with a card. We’ve received more than normal this year. My mom sent us a card featuring a Christmas tree with a menorah on top, my Aunt sent one, and we got Christmas cards from several of Patty’s relatives in New York. We received many cards [...]
