It's A Wonderful Life

Taken at midnight with everyone else asleep so kind of a strange picture. We've all got colds (not that we manage to stay up until midnight anyway), so not the greatest start to a new year. But I'm got Mari next to me, Tara curled up against my side, Mad with her head on my ankle and Mystic between by legs (that probably sounds terrible to most people but I love a good dog pile.) Got my folks up the hill, family in Atlanta and along the West coast.

Life's good.

Right Track

We only had a day to spend down in Atlanta, but we spent it well hanging out with Ashley, Payton, Mackenzie and Lonnie (though he had to work.) I highly approve of this Kenzie toy.

Assisted Opening

Things began to unwrap quickly. Well, some quicker than others. Payton had his new Switch out and was was playing it before Mackenzie got very far into her stuff.

Secondmas

A quick jaunt down to Atlanta to see the Atlanta Irelands and celebrate Christmas with them.

Advantageous Atmosphere

Taking advantage of a lazy and unseasonable warm post Christmas day to try this Macanudo - Cafe cigar.

Who's Counting?

Only.

Yippee-Ki-Yay Merry Filmas

Watching Die Hard (Yes, it IS a Christmas movie) to complete the list of movies that must be watched each year between the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas. This list is currently as follows in no particular order.

White Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street (can be in color, but must be the origonal)
It's A Wonderful Life
Elf
A Christmas Story
Scrooged
Christmas Vacation (National Lampoon's)
Die Hard

Your list may vary.

Mine is the correct one though.

Happy Little Christmas

There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend, and there's definitely nothing wrong with a wife who will put a little Bob Ross in your Christmas.

Worldly Eve

Christmas Eve dinner with Mari, Mom and Dad. Party crackers from England, blue champagne from Italy. Good food, good family, good times.

Before Yondu

Mari and I went to see Mary Poppins Returns today. Pretty good flick!

Message In A Mug

Someone at Kroger is trying to escape.

Contraband

I had my eye on a lava lamp, but I was nice and saved a coworker who drew this combo of cigars and booze, knowing it was something they didn't want but I wouldn't mind.

Road Work

We had our office party today, which included racing RC cars up and down the hall for prizes, then a game of Dirty Santa, and finally a potluck lunch.

4Lit

Thanks to Mari Ultra Sentinel Bititron now supports Christmas on all four ports.

Fugly

Mari and I stumbled across a line of ugly stuffed monsters called Fugglers at Barnes & Noble. Showing how compatible (and weird) we are, we had to have one. No name yet.

Moose Cup

Cousin Eddie makes an appearance at Pour Vous!

Tuscan Tipple

Memories in a bottle taste the best.

Fisticuffs

The Yakuza series is another one of those well known series I've never played because it was PlayStation only. They just released this one for PC so I grabbed it up to see what the fuss was about. Although the fighting bits got repetitive pretty quickly, the story was excellent and well worth playing through to see how it turned out.

On The Road Again

Signs that I agree with planning an emerald future.

Shuffle

Our first walk with the boot on, it works great on hard surfaces but ironically it makes walking on grass and such harder for her to get her bad leg under her. So we'll see.

Play That Anthem

An early peek at the future.

Moving DAy

260 down.

All Wrong

So in this latest jail update you can see they've started to build a structure on the right and have the materials to start another on the left. I had assumed this was going to be an open yard for perhaps inmate buses to use, or for rec time. Totally wrong. A person in the know I talk to recently said he thinks the right is going to be a mental health center and the left is where the Criminal Clerk Bond Office is moving into.

Getting The Boot

Getting old sucks. As Tara has aged her back left foot has started to drag a bit when she walks, and it's gotten to the point where she drags her knuckles bloody. So we bought her some boots and are going to experiment to see if she can function in them. The first test seemed to go ok. We'll see!

Pop In The Name Of Love

Oh yes, it's that time again. And it's super scrummy (shout out to the GBBO for that term.)

WOTM

My favorite month comes around again.

C@F&M

The best holiday combines with the best trip for the best memories.