2015 … Brought to you by
The Linskeys
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Entering the 4th
year of a drought, we decided to remove some of our grass to conserve
water. Because of this, we are now
expecting the strongest El Nino in recorded history.
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Todd started his
new career as a Delta Air Lines pilot.
It’s like the military, but with flight attendants.
·
Kelly found new
and mostly not-exciting ways to work and not get paid.
·
Julia got her
driver’s license. So far, she has not
sideswiped any dumpsters.
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Allison decided
to do cross country. And
basketball. And track. And band.
And maybe swimming.
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Amanda graduated
from high school and is now a full-fledged college student. We know this because she sleeps past 8am.
·
Matthew finally
got to see the Blue Angels.
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Amanda
- Freshman
Has learned that you can stay up until 2
am every day at college. We’re waiting
for her to learn that this is not a good idea.
Thinks dissecting anything is really
cool. (Don’t worry – it’s part of the
curriculum – she’s not a serial killer or anything)
She and her roommates discovered they
can easily entice weak-willed young men into letting them dress them up as
women.
Still a huge Pokémon nerd.
Julia
– Junior
Is the only living teenager who had a
driving instructor actually call her “grandma” when referring to her inability
to accelerate.
Likes to make “Vroom, vroom!” sounds
when driving.
Is trying to figure out how many AP
classes she can take and still have time to get in her 12+ hours of sleep.
Surrounds herself with half-filled
containers of water, possibly in anticipation of a “Signs”-like invasion where
only water will save us.
Allison
– Freshman
Survived yet another year of not eating any
fruit.
May be the only kid in high school
without an iPhone. Except for her
sister.
Had to demonstrate to kids in her class
how to use a flip phone to text.
Only had to use crutches once this
year. So far.
Matthew
– 6th grade
Matthew is in middle school. We’re not sure how this happened.
After years of begging, he FINALLY got a
phone. And almost never uses it.
Is learning karate, but still hates to
do any kind of exercise (his version of push-ups is banned by most gyms).
Has actually decided that Scrabble is
sort of fun, especially if he accidentally misspells a word that is actually a
word.
Bucky
– age 8 ½ - “Bumpasaurus”
Has started to announce the arrival of
any vehicle parking within 100 feet of our driveway by howling.
Has added all green vegetables to his
list of “works of Satan.”
Likes to sleep on any plant in the
garden that has any chance of successfully producing a vegetable (possibly
related to the above fact).
Has added air mattress inflators and
storage containers to his list of “things that must be barked at.”
Have a
wonderful holiday season and a safe and happy 2016!
Todd,
Kelly, Amanda, Julia, Allison, Matthew and Bucky
