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Doing a few repairs . . .

 on one of my most favorite projects . . . 



Years ago, Tim Holtz and Mario hosted the most amazing weekends in their hometown.
It was named
"Holiday Hideaway"
and I don't think I'll ever forget it.

A small group of us met in Prescott
for a superlative weekend of 
magnificent Christmas projects as only Tim can create!

And Mario was amazing, including creating delicious meals for us
all weekend!
(Mario, I'm still pushing you for a cookbook!)


We were invited a couple of years in a row
with one year even more meaningful than the next
(if that was even possible).

One of the weekends at Tim's, I didn't feel like celebrating
Christmas
at all.
My son had been deployed to Iraq,
I hadn't heard from him for weeks as he was in
???????
with
very little communication.
And all I could do was pray that he was alive.

And then this weekend happened.
And it was magical!

Tim & Mario,
thank you both for such amazing projects
that are still
some of my favorites EVER ~ including the memories!

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