An airport run

Just dropped our niece off at the airport.

Comic Books

Smiley just asked to have some of the (too many) comic books from my youth, and I said have at it. He's reading Green Arrow in the living room right now, and asking which Robin was my favorite. Jason Todd is his pick; I prefer Dick Grayson.

Christine's Cleaning

My sister's business card.

Ed Vezey

RIP Ed Vezey, the last surviving crewman of the USS Oklahoma who was present when the ship was attacked at Pearl Harbor.

Kimono

YaYa just came down wearing the yukata (kimono) we bought her at Disney World. I was just thinking about how long it's been since I've seen it used. Huh. Serendipitous. GMTA.

YaYa now mocking how "lame" all my posts are. That may be. #GoodThingIDontGiveAShht

Overrated and Underrated

Most overrated film of 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road. Most underrated big budget film: The Man From UNCLE.

XO

I melted after getting this text from Junie :)

Citrus Bowl

Strapped into the cooling machine. In other news, this may be the only time I cheer on Michigan. #Big10

Applebees

 Braving the cold for a dinner out.

Jigsaw

 How Lisa and I spent the last hour.

Happy New Years!

 Happy New Years everyone! #Hello2016

Die Hard

Lisa and the youngin's are in Chicago getting pizza, GC is at Grandma's, and I just introduced LuLu  to this great film! Her only critique was that McClane didn't "try" the phone before slamming it down - she didn't realize a landline has an audible dial tone lol

Yesterday

Yesterday was a long day, courtesy of the hip, but it was made better by some good kids (yes, even LK), a meatloaf dinner courtesy of JJ, and a marathon of Hoarders with Lisa while I let the stretching machine do its business. #blessed

Junie, Age 8

I made Junie do extra chores after mouthing off, and she questioned why she was punished. I told her.

 "There's no evidence," she said. 

"I heard you," I said.

 "I didn't mean it."

"You walk into a bank and say you're going to rob them, and it won't matter. You'll go to prison," I said.

"Witnesses LIE Dad. What if someone at the bank hated you, and just wanted to get you in trouble. Huh? Maybe you just hate me. You can't punish someone just cuz they say they heard something," she said.

"I heard you."

"Witnesses -"

"I know how the legal system works kid. I am in law school."

"Doesn't seem like it."

****

Junie just got caught mouthing off again, and caught hell. The kids ratted her out and screenshotted smack she texted them. She's sobbing as she cleans the cat litter. This is why not everyone is strong enough to stick around 18 years.

My Thoughts - Overdraft Fees

In my opinion, a bank charging a one time overdraft charge is fine. A daily charge equal to the first is criminal. Any subsequent fee should be no greater than the going interest rate on the amount of the overdraft. (assuming the bank honored the rubber check). And no, it's not about us. The only check of ours that's bounced in the last ten years was when we closed our account after the break-in and forgot there was a valid check outstanding.

Suprise!

Just in case I haven't mentioned it, my hip hurts. #ContainYourAstonishment

Duh

Hour four of a BBC America marathon of Kitchen Nightmares - with Lisa  

Stop Falling for the Scam

Vegetable Soup

The wind is howling and sleet is tap dancing on the windows. A good day for homemade vegetable soup Lisa- thanks!

The Christmas Paintings

We opened our presents at midnight on Christmas, because we were just arriving home from visiting my sister. I'll spare you pictures of the gifts, except for these: paintings Lisa had made for each of the kids. She snuck out to Splash Studio four times between Halloween and Christmas (once with Trudy), wanting to create something special for each of their rooms.

Daddy's Home 2 and a Wonder Woman episode

We watched the Wonder Woman ('70's) episode "Amazon Hot Wax" with Rick Springfield and Judge Reinhold!

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Daddy's Home 2 -  Obviously this isn't Oscar material, but what it is is warm, and honest, and funny - basically, everything Bad Moms was not.

Manicure Day!

LuLu is giving Yaya a manicure with the set OJ bought today for Boxing Day.

Christmas at Alex Q's

After Mass #TeamSlap journeyed over to our friend's house for a get together with their family. They hosted a White Elephant gift exchange, a Bingo game for the kids, Surge, yummy turkey, and some potatoes horrifically covered in cheese. ;)