{"id":13444,"date":"2025-12-26T01:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13444"},"modified":"2025-12-26T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T08:27:11","slug":"holiday-saturday-supper-and-top-notch-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13444","title":{"rendered":"holiday, saturday supper, and top notch volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/55006031179\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Turkey Ridge Tree 2025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55006031179_4e7321a978.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Turkey Ridge Tree 2025\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. Rudi, my parents, and I had a very nice Christmas. Presents were given, food was consumed, long distance greetings were exchanged, wrapping paper shootout was held (Rudi won, but he was the closest to the bags), and music was sung along with. We wound down watching a movie in front of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>2. John reached out on Saturday to suggest dinner out with Rudi and Jasen, and our pal Ellie ended up joining, as well. It was really nice to gather together one last Saturday before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>3. Jordan, Jasen, and I watched the NCAA Division 1 volleyball finals together on Sunday. Texas A &#038; M put together a Cinderella story clinic, beating a number 2 and three number 1 seeds (including undefeated Nebraska!) on their way to their first championship in program history. Their blockers were on point after they got past their jitters in the first set. And it was great to watch with friends who love volleyball as much as I do.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? 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