“The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.”
P.J. O'Rourke (American, Political satirist, journalist. writer, b1947)
TIME: 9:32 PM
PLACE: Living room
SUBJECT: Jack
Because nothing says “New Year’s Eve” like a picture of a sleeping cat made to look like he’s passed out with a badly Photo-shopped New Years hat and bottle of Maddog. Cheers!
“People today are healthier and drinking less. You know, if it wasn't for the junior high school next door, no one would even use the cigarette machine.”
Moe the Bartender, “The Simpsons,” Flaming Moe’s, (1991), Television.
TIME: 8:00 PM
PLACE: Kretzer’s Grill & Bar, Hoyleton, IL
SUBJECT: Cigarette machine
This machine was at a restaurant where HH & I met with some friends of ours for dinner this evening. You don’t see cigarette machines like this still in use very often anymore.
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When we arrived home, this little vignette greeted us in the living room:
StellaDella built this “house” while we were out. DramaQueen said it took her about an hour to construct it. Check out the the security system she has in place:
I don’t know what to else to say about it. I’m pretty much dumbstruck.
“Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay.”
Millard Fuller (American, Missionary, humanitarian, founder of Habitat for Humanity International, founder of The Fuller Center for Housing. 1935-2009)
TIME: 9:08 PM
PLACE: Living room
SUBJECT: Oreo
That poor pillow pet. Not only have I caught Jack trying to procreate with it in the past, but now the dog has claimed it as her very own headrest. Looks like a trip to the washing machine is in the unicorn’s future this evening.
Gary: Meow.
Spongbob SquarePants. Perf. Tom Kenny. Television.
TIME: 9:40 PM
PLACE: Home
SUBJECT: Gary the snail
Two snails and two more algae fish were purchased today by HH and SD for the goldfish tank. They made sure that the algae fish were large enough so that they would not succumb to the fate of their predecessors. I don’t know if SD has named the new arrivals yet, so I took it upon myself to name this snail, “Gary“ in honor of Gary on SpongeBob SquarePants. (I named the other snail, “Ms. Tuftsy.”) Isn’t he cute?
Calvin: “This is my snow sculpture, “Bourgeois Buffoon.” Can you believe my mom rejected my grant application to continue making these?”
Calvin and Hobbes syndicated daily comic strip (1985-1995), by Bill Watterson.
TIME: 8:09 AM
PLACE: Front yard
SUBJECT: StellaDella & a very leafy snowman
At 6:30 am, I was awakened by a loud, breathy whisper in my ear of “Mom!!! It snowed!!!!! Can I go outside and make a snowman?” Sure, SD, knock yourself out, just use what little snow there is in the front yard as opposed to the fenced in area where the dog does her business, m’kay? And with that permission given, she went out and created her masterpiece.
“No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."
Fran Lebowitz (American Writer and Humorist, b.1950)
TIME: 9:07 PM
PLACE: Living room
SUBJECT: Ruined chair and reason why
I bought this recliner about a year before the HH brought home the dog. That means I had about one year of owning a nice piece of furniture – one that was un-molested by doggie nails and un-permeated by doggie odor. That is so not the case now.
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.”
Thomas Tusser (English Farmer and Writer. 1524-1580)
TIME: 7:03 AM
PLACE: Living room
SUBJECT: StellaDella, DramaQueen & MonkeyBoy
I hate using the flash, but had to do it this morning to get a decent shot of the kids. This is right before the presents were opened. They were all very happy with their gifts. We do have an issue trying to get MB’s new Turtle Beach headset to work with his Xbox 360, but I think a trip to the store tomorrow for a compatible cable with fix that right up.
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My gift? Glad you asked. I must have been very good this year. (Or, more than likely, I whined so much about it that DH decided he couldn’t take it anymore and bought it to shut me up.) I am now the owner of a Canon EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens! Can I get a “Woot-Woot!” I played around with it a little this afternoon. I think I’m gonna like it.
TIME: 2:25 PM
SUBJET: Blade
TIME: 2:34 PM
SUBJECT: MB’s eyelashes (he was napping)
TIME: 2:41 PM
SUBJECT: Bubbles in a bottle of Windex cleaner
TIME: 7:14 PM
SUBJECT: Radiatore noodles
