Colleen AF Venable: The Christmas Monkey Gets a Shower to get rid of dust from last year
Colleen AF Venable: He seems to like it a bit too much
Colleen AF Venable: Meghan Cleans Him Off
Colleen AF Venable: He doesn't seem to like that
Colleen AF Venable: Damn inflatable camera hog
Colleen AF Venable: The Oates Holiday Shrine
Colleen AF Venable: The Oates Plus Monkey Holiday Shrine
Colleen AF Venable: Meghan posing with her handiwork (The Oates Plus Monkey Holiday Shrine)
Colleen AF Venable: The Oates Plus Monkey Holiday Shrine
Colleen AF Venable: John Oates is the New Santa...we should all write letters to him
Colleen AF Venable: Oh, yeah I had a REAL tree too...but that's hardly as much fun as an inflatable monkey
Colleen AF Venable: So We Meet Again Mr. Inflatable Christmas Monkey
Colleen AF Venable: How's About a Little of THIS!
Colleen AF Venable: Moral of this inflatable story: Don't Mess With The Annemarie.
Colleen AF Venable: So I've Had this for 10-years...
Colleen AF Venable: It's a letter to myself in 1997. I painted a fancy envelope for it.
Colleen AF Venable: It says to open in 2007. It's 2007.
Colleen AF Venable: So I open it.
Colleen AF Venable: The letter has yellowed and is a little crumbly. Guess it didn't like the glue.
Colleen AF Venable: I take out the letter and begin to read.
Colleen AF Venable: It starts with the line: "If I've done this right 30 years have passed." Um...whoops.
Colleen AF Venable: The Art In the House Gets Ready for the Holidays
Colleen AF Venable: The Glow of The Downey
Colleen AF Venable: "Lassie the Flying Nun...on a Guitar" Homemade Ornament
Colleen AF Venable: Screenshot of Connect-the-Dots Set by Chris Morran
Colleen AF Venable: Christmas Tree Near the Fire
Colleen AF Venable: Mikey and the Evil Kitty Ornament
Colleen AF Venable: Christmas Star Made from Army Men