December 24, 1986: Ed was doing the Astrohall reroof in Houston, his largest roofing project ever. For eight months he shared an apartment with his buddy Red, and Red’s gal Brenda came to stay for a while right after she had Matthew. I came in for the holiday. We spent the afternoon together opening gifts and playing dominoes and such. Then, for Christmas Eve, Ed had gotten us tickets to see the Houston Ballet perform The Nutcracker. In this brief scene you can see us getting ready to go. We’re like George and Gracie! Sorry about the TV in the background, but you can hear most of our dialog.
Our home in central Texas