We’re pretty excited here in blog land because this is our very first post that we’ve ever done from a remote location, and not sitting at home in our office. But despite my new feelings of technological mastery I clearly have some more work to do before I reach the levels at which my husband and father-in-law are currently residing.

Here is the conversation that my mother-in-law and I were having on the way home from dinner:

My MIL: See how they’ve decorated all the lamp posts in town with those white lights.
Me: That’s really pretty. Remember when they used to have those really big multi-colored lights? I really miss those.

Here is the conversation between my husband and my father-in-law

My husband: Tonight after the movie we need to get started on that black belt level Sudoku puzzle.
My FIL: What we really need is a copier so we have enough sheets to try out different possibilities.
My husband: We could generate a spread sheet in Excel to do that for us.
My FIL: I bet we could even create it so that it checked to make sure that all of our totals were correct.
My husband: What is the total?
My FIL: What’s 9 factorial? Is that it?
My husband: No, 9 factorial is huge.
My FIL: Oh, you’re right. What was I thinking?
(Snorts and chortling laughter as they realize their mathematical gaffe.)

Clearly, I cannot start drinking eggnog soon enough.