He’s talking to me! Coop’s talking to me!

We are officially de-Christmas’d!

Much like last year, we kicked off the New Year with a puzzle. And, as you might expect, it’s one of the Funko puzzles we’ve come to love so much.

The cube collection grew by two this year. In fact, one of them isn’t even a proper cube.

When we first moved into our townhouse, it was part of a five year plan. As in, within that five years, we planned to move into a single family house.

Katie found a new place to hang out Scrub Daddy to let it dry. The kitchen faucet handle. And now it looks like it’s sticking its tongue out at me.

Yesterday when I went on a walk, I found this cool little stone. I liked how perfectly rounded it was so I picked it up and kept it.

Katie, Nate, and I celebrated my 50th birthday yesterday by doing something we never thought we would do to celebrate a birthday… we went to a concert.

Awwww yeah! Chicago linebacker era!

Do you remember a couple months ago when I detailed some words that I absolutely hate and the reasons why I hate them? I’ve got another one to add to the list…

Here’s something that hasn’t happened in several years. Not since before the pandemic, in fact. Katie, Nate, and I have seen three movies in four days!

Let’s mark it, folks. November 21 is the first actual and measurable snowfall in Chicagoland for 2024.

Katie and I were at Costco today when I came across one of the Costco sample ladies. Nice elderly woman serving up chocolate milk samples. Her eyes were scrunched a bit as she stared at me.

The Great White Mouse Hunter has made his first kill of the season. It was neither the expected nor desired outcome. And it wasn’t a mouse.

Damn right I did! And if you didn’t, you have no right to complain about anything that happens down the line that you don’t like.

Since I started this Colantrol period of my life, I have had a few sodas here and there. I’d estimate that, since July when I broke my overall Sodabriety, I’ve had a half dozen sodas, tops. Mostly Coke and Sprite, which are what we tend to have in the house.

So I’m now an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church.

Is my sink full of dishwater flipping me off?

How do we celebrate 23 years of marriage?

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you pay for some eggs at Jewel/Osco and head for the exit only to be confronted by…

I gotta admit I’m pretty impressed with my most recent time. Yeah, that one at the top.

Earlier today, Nate and I attended Brick Convention: A LEGO Fan Event at the DuPage County Fairgrounds about a half hour from us. Much like the LEGO event I attended way back in 2010, it was a combination of builders displaying their stuff and vendors selling their stuff. It was cool.

It might be time to retire ol’ Smiley, don’cha think?

Aaaaaaaannnnddd… DONE!

Wow. It’s been three months since we worked on a puzzle. I can’t believe it’s been so long. But it’s finally time to throw a new puzzle out on the kitchen table.

Are there any words you truly hate? Like, you hear them and they make your skin crawl?

Since Katie has a mandated uniform for her work, about the only freedom of expression she has is in her footwear. So she does. As much as possible. And sometimes, she gets funky.

Mine and Katie’s Northern Illinois Huskies football team won their game today.

Who knew a “Carversary” was a thing? Apparently Nissan knew and they decided to help us celebrate the one year anniversary of bringing Blue Bandit (“BB” for short) home.

We’ve been having some issues of late with our doorbell. Several years ago, we switched from a standard doorbell to a Nest wired camera doorbell. It’s been great.

How about a simple post of photos from our road trip to Indiana and southwestern Michigan that ended today just to put a little bow on the weekend?

I received this SMS yesterday morning. I nearly fell out of my seat laughing.

If you were sitting there reading a book and you saw this peering out at you, would you find it adorable or threatening?

Nate and I went to the Chicago Toy Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds near our house today for their summer show. It was our first time attending the summer edition as we prefer the weather in the spring and fall, but we had C2E2 in the spring and we will likely miss fall for other reasons.

Can anyone explain to me why adult toothpaste flavors suck rocks? Maybe it’s just me because my dentist has me using sensitive formulas like Sensodyne.