English Excellence II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also love their packaging with the whale, hot air balloon, birds and clouds.

English Excellence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garrett's Mix is awesome. Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia is awesome. But Fortnum and Mason Salted Caramel Biscuits might just be the best treat I've ever eaten. First discovered on our 2017 tour of Europe, we've gotten them a few times since but they aren't a tradition. Maybe they need to become one! 

XMas XPlodes II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If that isn't Christmas I don't know what is!

XMas XPlodes I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By rule of law, Christmas decoration must start no earlier and no later than the day after Thanksgiving. And so the law has been respected. After many days of work, the results are some of the best yet.

Silver Plated Celebration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bounty of flowers to celebrate 23 years of wedded bliss.

Christmas Comes Popping In

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yes, one the best Christmas traditions has arrived and is better than ever. Chicago Style Garrett's Mix popcorn.

No Fowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps not the most photogenic turkeys, but one of the best we've had!

Turkey Trappings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mari always puts out a beautiful spread.

Puzzling Behavior XIV

 

 

 

We had to admit defeat on this one. All of the remaining pieces were basically the same color with no distinguishing features and it was getting to be more tedious than fun. So back into the box it goes and on to the next one.

Going Up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ascent is a third person shooter set in a cyberpunk world. The combat got a little repetitive, but the scenery was gorgeous and the story was surprisingly good so I'd call it a winner.

Please Stand By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I updated my Fallout lock screen background too. Really loving the new phone, it lives up to the hype!

Going Pro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After almost 6 years my trusty Samsung Galaxy S7 finally started to let me down, so it was time to move on. Enter the shiny new Pixel 6 Pro in Cloudy White. I was picky on the color since it will be in a case for most of it's life.

The Third Hit's A Charm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've really enjoyed the Hitman series. This is the third and final of this story line and it was just as good as the other two. Not sure where it goes from here, a reboot possibly but I'll be keeping an eye out.

Let's Get Kraken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An early Christmas gift from Casie and John, a Seattle Kraken jersey! Love it.

Wired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bunker no Archie.

Ochenta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We headed to Dos Margaritas tonight for a surprise party honoring the 80th birthday of (retired) work friend Vivian.

Creedish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I put a lot of time into Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, but in the end didn't think if was one of the stronger entries in this long running series. The story was really disjointed and the ending was abrupt and confusing. 

Looking back I've played a lot of AC.

Odyssey

Origins

Syndicate 

Black Flag

Brotherhood  

And that's just the ones I can find, I know there's been at least two others.

Local Color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little leaf peeping closer to home.

Magnolia Memorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our puppy memorial tree now has proper remembrance stones for Tara and Mystic.

WOTM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heading towards the end of the year.