Christmas
2000
Dear
Friends:
Feeling the pinch of rapidly
advancing postage deadlines, we have selected 20 words, more or less at random
from our trusty Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Springfield, MA, 1994) with the
intent to use each of such selected words in a complete sentence as part of our
traditional, though unconventional Christmas letter. There is no guarantee that the vocabulary
word will be used correctly. The words
are:chink locoweed cling dishevel
gavel impregnable* docket om
mutation tenderhearted velveteen whaler
finagle sodium thiosulfate earthly grapefruit
deadly volunteer wampum kinematics
The
first year of the new millennium (or the last year of the previous millennium for
those of you who cling to the correct manner of counting years) found the
Tolmans not entirely impregnable. As the year began, Rachel and Ben became parents for the second time in February with
the arrival of Spencer Chadwick Terry,
whose head resembled a grapefruit in size and shape. Rebecca
is now three years old and likes to finagle her way into having Grandma
buy velveteen
dresses.
As Father Time brings his gavel down on the year, Allison and Adam have learned that Ali is likewise not impregnable (2). Their efforts should bear similar fruit sometime in May. But we have no earthly idea where they will reside at the time of parturition (not a selected vocabulary work, but not bad, eh?). They presently reside in Pflugerville, Texas. Clara is a tenderhearted, energetic one-year-old. Her second birthday will be observed around the time of the birth of her new sister. We’re hoping she’ll stay off the locoweed that could cause a mutation during her Terrible Twos.
Emily took a step into the adult world and had a summer job at Walmart where she saved enough money to buy lots of wampum and left it in a deadly pile on her bedroom floor. She will seldom volunteer to clean her room.
Jonathan is now a self-proclaimed whaler at BYU. Prominent on his docket is his goal to harpoon a female companion prior to graduation. He has recently changed his major back to Communications after a semester of chemistry. He may find a better use for sodium thiosulfate. It didn’t have the desired effect during his last date.
Deanna has been a study of kinematics. In addition to running the household and working at the ICU at Swedish Hospital, she’ll complete her Masters Degree in August and become a Nurse Practitioner. She is impregnable (3).
During bad winter weather, Wendell likes to dishevel de snow. He believes there’s no place like om.
Our wish for you:
As Father Time brings his gavel down on the year, Allison and Adam have learned that Ali is likewise not impregnable (2). Their efforts should bear similar fruit sometime in May. But we have no earthly idea where they will reside at the time of parturition (not a selected vocabulary work, but not bad, eh?). They presently reside in Pflugerville, Texas. Clara is a tenderhearted, energetic one-year-old. Her second birthday will be observed around the time of the birth of her new sister. We’re hoping she’ll stay off the locoweed that could cause a mutation during her Terrible Twos.
Emily took a step into the adult world and had a summer job at Walmart where she saved enough money to buy lots of wampum and left it in a deadly pile on her bedroom floor. She will seldom volunteer to clean her room.
Jonathan is now a self-proclaimed whaler at BYU. Prominent on his docket is his goal to harpoon a female companion prior to graduation. He has recently changed his major back to Communications after a semester of chemistry. He may find a better use for sodium thiosulfate. It didn’t have the desired effect during his last date.
Deanna has been a study of kinematics. In addition to running the household and working at the ICU at Swedish Hospital, she’ll complete her Masters Degree in August and become a Nurse Practitioner. She is impregnable (3).
During bad winter weather, Wendell likes to dishevel de snow. He believes there’s no place like om.
Our wish for you:
May sodium thiosulfate bless
your clinging earthly om.
May tenderhearted grapefruit volunteer to see you home.
May kinematic locoweed adorn the whaler’s docket.
May you never find a deadly chink of wampum in your pocket.
May your skin stay soft as velveteen and may your life be full.
And though you look disheveled, may you stay impregnable.
Love,
The Kinematic Velveteen Tolmans
May tenderhearted grapefruit volunteer to see you home.
May kinematic locoweed adorn the whaler’s docket.
May you never find a deadly chink of wampum in your pocket.
May your skin stay soft as velveteen and may your life be full.
And though you look disheveled, may you stay impregnable.
Love,
The Kinematic Velveteen Tolmans
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