Last weekend, The Wife, The Brother, The Mother, Rocket Engineer Brother’s family, and a couple of family friends got together at Bok Tower for our holiday shindig. The niece and nephew get presents for everyone, but the adults play Secret Santa.
1. If you’re in Central Florida, go to Bok Tower over in Lake Wales. It’s very pretty.

  1. The Wife got The Brother this year. He asked for a small pocket organizer. Plus he’s been on a kick to convert all of his power outputs to USB-C. So, he also got an Anker power block with a couple of USB-C ports. Both small gifts. And The Wife had all of these boxes from various other items. Yeah, she did the Russian nesting doll thing, which The Brother found hilarious.

  2. Sister-In-Law got me a couple of books. Old books. Gun Books. Namely Pistol and Revolver Shooting by Walter F. Roper from 1945 and The Collecting of Guns from Stackpole Books circa 1964. These should be interesting to page through.

  3. The Mother got The Wife more of the “cloth paper towels” we’ve been using at Ward Manor. Also a Strawberry Shortcake tumbler. I have been dutifully informed that this is now to be The Wife’s daily ice tea cup. No other cups are to be used.

  4. The Wife and I ended up with a membership to Bok Tower, mostly because we’ll probably end up there for next year’s holiday shindig, and it has reciprocity with several other local attractions for free or reduced admission. Including the Florida Aquarium. It also gave us a discount at the gift shop, which came in handy when The Wife picked up several tiny polka dot plants.