Homeward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're taking Mackenzie to meet her mom in Chattanooga today, the time sure does fly by. She had just enough time this morning to get the cast of Encanto properly placed in the Christmas Village.

Gone Hollywood

 

 

 

Ready for Moana's second adventure.

Island Bound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mari and Mackenzie are getting ready to go see Moana 2 in the theater.

Thankful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have a good group here.

Turkey Table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mari always sets the perfect holiday table.

Sleighing It

 

 

 

And of course, the big finish!

Float Fave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mackenzie's favorite float this year. Gabby's Dollhouse.

Native Rep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America and the holiday of Thanksgiving  have a complex relationship with Native Americans. Right after Tom went by a group of Native American dancers from Indigenous Enterprise put on a performance. I enjoyed it and I hope people appreciate and respect that complex heritage.

Turkey Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The parade itself kicked off as always with Mr. Tom Turkey.

Cop Talk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of our favorite traditions, the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. It started with a fun chat with some of the police working the parade and what they enjoyed about it and were thankful for.

Ready For Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mackenzie has her turkey day fit going on.

Glasses Half Full

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little relaxing after a long day of playing games and decorating the house.

Christmas Is Here (Early)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normally the Christmas explosion doesn't start until after Thanksgiving, but since we have a special helper this week we busted it out early.

Quality Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grandmother and granddaughter getting to spend time together.

G Mak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mackenzie is here to stay Thanksgiving week and help decorate for Christmas.

A Random Simpson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did a whole house, every nook and cranny clean out and in the bottom of a storage bin I found this picture. It's a guy named Steve Simpson who I worked with way back at Access Family TV when I first moved to Nashville in 1999. That predates the blog which started in 2008. I have no idea why I have his picture or why he autographed it, but I figured I would save it for digital posterity and ditch the hard copy. So. Here it is.

Early Light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the first time we had a service come do our Christmas lights, they were reasonably priced and I would never get up on a ladder to do the roofline. They did a good job! Now I must figure out if I will still do my traditional bush net lights as well. Decisions, decisions.

Honor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ghost of Tsushima is an open world samurai epic action game set on a fictional island off Japan called Tsushima that is invaded. Great story, excellent voice acting and the gameplay for the first 2/3 was really fun but by the end was getting a little repetitive and the enemies more annoying than fun. Still it's really hard to nail keeping certain mechanics from getting old throughout an entire game, so I give it a pass and really enjoyed it. Here's hoping for a sequel. 

Lion Lift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Danny, a big stuffed lion I have had as far back as my memory goes. Lately he's been a little deflated, I wish I had a before picture. Mari surprised me by adding more stuffing and stitching up some the holes in him. He looks properly regal again!

Pin Pupil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I took the class too, here's my tree.

Pin Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mari taught a class on making fabric over styrofoam form Christmas trees at this years Sue Greer Fabric Circle. It seemed to be a big hit!

WTF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2024 election in summary.

Sometimes I just don't understand this fucking country.

Cooper's Town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This handsome fella (or gal) was hanging out on the fence today. We're pretty sure it's a Cooper's Hawk since those are the most common around here.

Hot Stuff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My beautiful wife, just a couple of years ago.

Brit Bounty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crackers (the explosive kind), biscuits and tea. What could be better?

Brit Box

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas goodness has arrived from over the sea! As great as the stuff inside is, F&M's packaging and art style is always such a fun mix of classy and whimsical.

WOTM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And so, here we are. 5 days until the defining election of my life. We've thrown time, money, deep stress and a lot prayers at this thing. Let's hope, hope, hope for President Harris and Vice President Walz.