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My Very Own Chinese Stamp

Jeff and Katy recently returned from a trip to China, which must have been an amazing journey, if their photos and descriptions are any indication. Some of my favorite posts cover Xian and the Terracotta Army and Shanghai, but there are several others listed on Jeff’s website, Peebo.net.

While Jeff was in China, I took care of some very easy website updating for him, and to say thanks, he got me a Chinese stamp with my name on it. This is similar to a stamp I gave to Dave in 1995, and I’ve been wishing I had picked one up for myself ever since coming back from China that year.

truk’s Chinese Stamp

You can get these stamps made for you all over China, particularly anywhere there are tourists. They will carve whatever you want into stone (usually marble), though most people elect to simply get their name written in Chinese. I always wonder how many folks have a stamp that actually says something totally different than what they expect, simply because no one around them reads Chinese.

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Christmas 2007

Kath and I just returned from our annual Christmas road trip, where we visit family living in Cleveland, MS, and Jacksonville, AR. We had a great trip and enjoyed everyone’s company.

Lambert Christmas Dinner

It was wonderful to see everyone, even if we only get to see most of the folks once a year.

Opening Presents at the Penningtons

This was our nephew Jacob’s 2nd Christmas, and now he is really getting into it, ripping into presents (with a little prodding – maybe it seems like something that he would normally get into trouble doing?) and throwing paper like a champ.

View more photos from the Lambert-Pennington Christmas 2007 here