A Great Quote

don't confuse your grief with guilt - YaYa

A Great Philosophy

Wise words from one of my three favorite President's. I believe this too and I'm glad Ike agrees. :)

Yay!

St Nick's was a hit. :)

December 5th

Not to continue the morbid theme of my week, but on this date, Dec 5, both of my great-grandfather's, and my paternal Grandma, passed away. Different years for each, thank God, but December 5 across the board.

Oops

Pretty shit*y to look at an eleven year old photo . . . and look down to see you're wearing the same shirt. #eek #shame #notTHATpoor

Just the Truth

Junie : Dad, are we weird cuz we don't believe in Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny, and St. Nick?

Me: No, of course not. 

Junie:  Well, at school everyone makes fun of me cuz they all still believe in that stuff. 

Me: In second grade? 

Junie: Yeah. 

Me: Then they're fu--king morons. Don't worry about them.

A Great Moment!

I walked and met the kids on the way home from school. Smiley ran a whole block to give me a hug when he saw me. #BeatThat

Soon

Nearing the end of the semester. Looking forward to recreational reading, $5 movie Tuesdays, and extra sleep.

:(

I'm not going to lie and say I thought about my father- in-law on a daily basis over the years, but this morning I was driving home from work and thought of the perfect Christmas gift for him (a few dozen hours of classic boxing matches), then stopped myself and remembered he's gone.

Dear LuLu

Dear LuLu

If you are to hack into my phone, putz around, mistakenly delete my Facebook app, and proceed to argue that it wasn't you that did it . . .

Then it is probably wise NOT to take selfies during the break-in and leave them on my phone. 

:)

My Father in Law has Passed Away :(

This morning Lisa's father passed away unexpectedly at the age of 68. Lisa loved him very much and its been a long, hard day, with a lot more trials to come. RIP Dennis. You'll be missed.

WhoooHooo!

Whoo-hoo! The Sad Sack Slapjacks finish the season above .500 (7-6) and are playoff bound -  for the first time this millennium!  Quoting a text from Socialist: ". . .as your commish and as your friend, I'm happy for you."

My Kiddos

Gravity

Watching "Gravity" with Lisa. I like it, but Sandra Bullock's haircut is ruining the movie. No, really - it is. #stylecounts

update: The movie was good. Not great. 

Egg Prices

Note that the local grocer charges a dollar more for a dozen eggs than I pay for a gallon of gas. Not for organic or anything fancy-dancy either, just run of the mill chicken eggs. 

Meanwhile Aldi charges $1.59  for the same item.

Our Tree

This year: no real tree, and a return to the grand, smaller tree originally gifted to Lisa's mom by her own mother in 1982.

After Earth and a Nightmare (kinda the same thing)

A pretty awful night. For starters I watched "After Earth", a vaguely tolerable Wil Smith movie that isn't as awful as its reputation indicates. Then my sleep kept getting interrupted by nightmares about a trip to Cave of the Mounds where I was separated from the family and kidnapped, then forced to attend a birthday party up north. I was angry because I wasn't there for LK to see her first cave. #nutty

I'm 1.80 points behind my opponent with Mike Wallace yet to play on Monday night; the other guy's roster is done. Plus the two guys I'm tied with for the last playoff spot seem to be on the way to losses. Disaster might still loom, but .   . .

Perkins

Breakfast with co-worker Mike S - at Perkins

Junie's Elsa Doll

Not a Good NIght

I woke up at 4:30 a.m. very depressed. No reason for it, so far as my conscious mind can determine. On an unrelated note, our laundry room floor is soaking wet, but I can't pin down the source as of yet. That sucks.

The New Star Wars

I just watched the new Star Wars teaser. While I'm not a SW fan I thought it looked great, far better than the Lucas prequels (at least visually). I'll go see it.

Yeah. I'll pass, thanks.

At the most expensive Salvation Army store ever (84th and Greenfield): $49.99 for a beat up bike, $5.99 for a hardcover book. #delusionsofgrandeur

Black Friday

Lisa and I went shopping at Target from midnight to nearly two last night, soaking in the Black Friday atmosphere. We left with only dishwasher soap and toilet paper, a tremendous boost to the economy made possible by our willpower . . .  and the pathetic nature of my paycheck.  Still, a ton of fun.

Thanksgiving 2014

Happy Thanksgiving guys, you rock c:  -Yaya

I went shopping this morning, largely to thumb my nose at all those "don't shop on Thanksgiving" memes. Dirty commies. ;) Happy Thanksgiving folks!

Be here no earlier than one, no later than two, we said. We eat promptly at two, we said. Now we're considering opening as a soup kitchen, since we have a ton of food and NO ONE has showed. #courtesy

Otherwise our meal was great (tho we could have cut our grocery list in half and been fine), the kids were oddly well behaved by #teamslap standards, and conversation was ample and friendly. #sucess #TurkeyDay