Merry Christmas Friends and Family!
As usual, we hope that this greeting finds you happy and healthy this Christmastime!
This year I contemplated the need for a Christmas letter. Luke and I live pretty boring lives. You don’t need to hear chronicles about our JackRat Kaiser. Like that he can give high five, balance a treat on his nose and flip it into his mouth on our command. You don’t need to hear that we keep the house temperature so modest that he wears 2 shirts and doesn’t leave the shelter of his dog blankie during the daytime hours. Poor dog.
You don’t need to hear that Luke is still gainfully employed at the Rochester Athletic Club as the Kitchen Manager. I do have something that I am proud of to mention while we are in the job category…I got a promotion. I am now a “ Mobile Research Unit Coordinator.” Sounds sophisticated doesn’t it? It translates into; more stress, an office, no night shifts/holidays/weekends, slightly more pay and my very own pager. I will be the problem solver for our new-ish research branch that provides the service of research personnel and research tasks outside the walls of our Mayo Research Center .
Luke and I went to Paris in the springtime. It was a very busy trip. We were running around ALL the time. We saw so very much art- we feel like our palettes are becoming increasingly well rounded when it comes to “the masterpieces.” We enjoyed the Rue Cler street market that was just steps from our apartment. The Eiffel tower was viewable from our humble yet spacious apartment. We enjoyed, though almost too late in the course of our trip, French coffee and very perfect very French pastries. WOW about the pastries. WOW. Words can’t express. We shared the apt with Rodger and Beth Tveiten. Rodger was our own personal ATM, he had POCKETFULLS of Euro coins.
We stayed at a rustic cabin in Spring Valley , MN in October. It was chilly weather, we got to use the wood burning stove, see some wildlife, read our books and generally relax. The cabin was so rustic that it did not have running water or indoor bathroom facilities. We lived through the week….barely. I
didn’t see any enormous spiders. However Luke did and it took two hard smacks to incapacitate it. I am so glad I did not see it or it would have wrecked my vacation.
Thank you for listening to our standard Christmas letter drivel. We are so thankful for our close friends and family. We hope that you all have a blessed, family focused, cozy, and relaxed Christmas Holiday.
Boringly Yours,
Lisa and Luke Fenton
