12/30/2014

Life around here is anything but normal. Willie is busy applying for colleges (WTF? Wasn't he just popping up out of a box of cheerios yesterday?) and Teddy is working on first year high school stuff. Gramma and Grandpa are in town to see us and 2015, then on to AZ as is the habit of the eastern snow bird.

Lets see, a year and 3 months since the last post. Hmmm. What happened? Foods were eaten. Chores were done. Relatives were visited, and they visited us. Movies were watched. School was a beasty for everybody. Papa's sports teams let him down again and again, but he still seems to roll with them. The house is still standing (despite the BBQ incident when papa brought home the barrel smoker). Speaking of smoking--no more smoked turkey please--3 times since Thanksgiving is way too many. Ribs, yes. Brisket, yes. Tri tip, yes. Chicken, yes. Turkey, no no no. The people have spoken. [Ed. note: I liked the turkey.]

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 Family Portrait December 2014.

The view from here--just goes to show that the sun always shine on the greener grass across the street.

Chanukah selfies.

And Latke sammiches. Yum.

Better outside than in--this one was a regular Shelob.

  Mugshots were taken (but no crimes were committed).

More selfies were taken.

Meat was smoked.

Goop was concocted.

Memories were shared. Happy new year to one and all.