Our Christmas card....to you.

Hi....it's me...Annie Grace...
I have been home alone today while The Lady is out peddling her wares. Yes...2 days before Christmas and clearly SOMEONE might buy a house. Anyway.....I have been reading all the lovely Christmas card we have received including all the newsletters and apparently there is not a woe in any ones lives. Seriously...every ones children are thriving, vacation travel was abundant and everyone is leading fabulous lives! So when The Lady arrived home tonight with her skirt just a tad too short for professional attire and a rather weary look I asked her if we could write a Christmas newsletter...like if we were a normal family that lived under her command. She said yes after examining herself in the mirror and thinking that her Sapphire Blue Waterproof Dior eyeliner still looked good at the end of the day. So here is my newsletter:

Dear Friends and Family,
This year of 2008 we were showered with an abundance of joy in our lives. Everything is so perfect here we could just burst. Matter of fact there is so much perfection here many people stroll by to ask how we do it....
George has been trying to find a job this year and remains eternally optimistic. With his 6 degrees (2 from Harvard) we are certain that his 3 layoffs this year were just a fluke. He has found so much time to fish, sit around and watch Homer Simpson while neglecting his household duties but we are so ticked pink by the bass tournament he won that we think perhaps another year of unemployment could be fun!
The Lady has been very busy in a declining tanking real estate market but still manages to volunteer about 50 hours a week and she is president of the PTA, Women's Resource Center and is up for nomination for South County's Woman of the Year. Also she has taken up basket weaving and French while winding down her East Asian studies at URI.
Cindy Lou is now turning 15 and what a beauty she is! She decided to dye her hair blue this year and we just love it! She was only arrested once this year but it was only shoplifting...at Sephora. No jail time and no record. We are so proud! Also ...she is exploring the new territory of dating which we support her...beaming all the way! She has a new boyfriend. He is 21 and we just love him. He drives her everywhere...which takes the burden off us. He has a wonderful Harley.
Little George is turning 14 this year..can you stand it! He is soooo perfect. At 6 feet tall the girls just adore him. He is on his 3rd year of basketball and is still yet to play but he is a STAR in our eyes. We expect that he will be recruited by the majors once he actually gets to play. Two of his friends were arrested this year and we are so blessed that he is perfect...and never got caught. Also for the first time he actually got D's instead of F's!!!! Big round of applause!!!
Our baby....Tabitha....it seems like yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital and now she is a blossoming brilliant 9 year old. We are not saving for her college because we are so sure she will get a full scholarship to Harvard or Yale. Out of 100 in her class she is....61! We are so proud!! Her accidental killing of our pet hamster has made us aware of how important family is and we miss Harry the Hamster everyday.
Our family has cherished everyday together and we never fight! Our travel this year is abundant... we went to Cranston, North Providence, Westerly, Groton-CT and even an overnight to the races in NH. Aren't we lucky!! We thought about going to Italy, France or even Africa but we chose to make our adventures much more meaningful....right here!
We hope this letter finds all of our family and friends as health, lucky and beautiful as us.
Love,
The Clooney/Millin Family

P.S. Annie the Cat is very well adjusted now and continues to give us a daily HHTT Look