{"id":936,"date":"2007-12-16T13:03:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T18:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=936"},"modified":"2007-12-16T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-16T18:03:28","slug":"catching-firefl-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/catching-firefl-3\/","title":{"rendered":"catching fireflies staff party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party1names_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Party1names_2\" alt=\"Party1names_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party1names_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>After a very long day of wrapping hundreds of gifts, the majority of our staff from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopcatchingfireflies.com\/letstalk.htm\">Berkley &amp; Rochester locations<\/a> gathered at our home for some libations, food and fun.&nbsp; (that would be our <em>slightly dramatic<\/em> Berkley manager, Danielle laying <em>on the<\/em> couch)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party4_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Party4_2\" alt=\"Party4_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party4_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We played our annual steal or surprise gift game where some of the hot items of the night were Piston tickets, $100 c.f. gift card and a day of hooky with pay.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Party5\" alt=\"Party5\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party5.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Dena giving some stealing strategy tips to Sara<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Party6\" alt=\"Party6\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party6.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Cheryl showing off her $50 bill<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Party2\" alt=\"Party2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Later on, Sara and Steve played a few games of pool in Steve&#8217;s brand spankin&#8217; new <em>man cave <\/em>(as I affectionately call it).&nbsp; The hip guys over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oaklandhomeservice.com\/\">Oakland Home Service<\/a> did an amazing job transforming our 1950&#8217;s basement &#8211; <em>just in time for our first party!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party3_4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Party3_4\" alt=\"Party3_4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/16\/party3_4.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; 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