1/16/2011

Here it is mid-January already and we've already had our two BIG snowstorms of the season. Of course, the second one happened basically in the middle of the night, and was almost completely rained away the next day. And oh yeah, it was kind of outshined (outshone?) by the fact that pretty much every other place in the country, except Florida, had snow, most of it tons more than we did. Oh well -- today we could have frolicked outdoors in our shirtsleeves, if that's the kind of guys we were.

Not much going on. Everyone (read: the editor) is kind of tired so we'll be a bit short on details. Suffice it to say we're going strong and everyone is making progress in their own various ways. This morning we both helped make the waffles and it made them taste oh so much better. Hmm, is that worth actually doing the work? We'll have to think about that.

We have just finished reading Animal Farm. A good book, though not all that many funny parts. Not sure we like to think that much over our nighttime reading. What next mom -- Fire in the Lake? A Thousand Days? The Spirit of 76? The Guns of August?

The land puffers are on a quest to reach the holy grail, which is on top of Willie's bed. What do you call it when it's a human-chain but made of this kind of creature?

First we climb up from the floor...

Carefully cross this really funky bridge...

Watch out for that hidden camera, what is this, the thought police??

And finally, we reach our goal!

And all the birds celebrated --

we're all brothers under the fin (and feather), right? Hey, what's that guy across the table eating? Did we know that guy he's eating?

Actually, that may LOOK like a celebration, but it's really a protest; the last bird on the left, is the remnants of our dinner. The rest of the birdies are hoping it's not someone they knew.

We're honing our Magic: The Gathering skills,
 including how not to be a sore loser OR a sore winner.

And here are our portraits for the week: