Closet Project Day 3: Contents reloaded, floor clear, boxes labeled, donations bagged, mischief managed #whatnext
Category: Personal
Cleaning Project Day 2: Stacks of photos reviewed, sifted, sorted: many Photos discarded: quite a few Glasses of wine shared: multiple
Cleaning Project Day 2:
Stacks of photos reviewed, sifted, sorted: many
Photos discarded: quite a few
Glasses of wine shared: multiple
Cleaning Day 1 Tally: Big bags going away: 3 Stacks for sale: 1 Trash cans full: 1 Refs as “hard-hearted”: 4 Glasses of wine after: a few
Cleaning Day 1 Tally:
Big bags going away: 3
Stacks for sale: 1
Trash cans full: 1
Refs as “hard-hearted”: 4
Glasses of wine after: a few
Cleaning Project, Day 1:
ME: You can already tell, Mom, I’m going to be a nag
Cleaning Project, Day 1:
ME: You can already tell, Mom, I’m going to be a nag MOM: That’s okay, you come by it honestly.
As Dave Hill, International Man of Mystery, sets off on the adventure we call “The Case of the Crowded Closets”!
As Dave Hill, International Man of Mystery, sets off on the adventure we call “The Case of the Crowded Closets”!
Why we have no spare time in our lives
Things We're Watching via the DVR (because we watch nothing on live TV where we have to watch those awful commercial):
Marvel's Agent Carter
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Arrow
The Flash
Supergirl
iZombie
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy [animated]
Gotham [recording, not watching this season yet]
Star Wars: Rebels
Galavant
Blindspot [recording, not watching yet]
Sleepy Hollow [recording, not watching this season yet]
The Expanse [recording, not watching yet]
Childhood's End [beginning to watch]
Into the Badlands
Face Off
The Profit
Shark Tank
Hell's Kitchen
Bar Rescue
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Booze Traveler
Chopped
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
WAITING FOR THE NEW SEASONS OF …
Doctor Who
Sherlock (on Masterpiece)
The Musketeers
Killjoys
Forged in Fire
Battlebots
Food Network Star
PLUS …
On Netflix:
Jessica Jones [watching]
Sense8 [watching, but need to rewatch]
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries [only starting to watch]
And many DVDs/other:
Babylon 5 [mid-4th season]
Fairy Tail [caught up with what's been dubbed … for the moment]
AND, COMING UP …
Lucifer
Daredevil [season 2]
AND, OF COURSE …
Well, family. And homework. And high school extracurricular support. And friends. And church stuff. And, um, jobs. And the rest of our lives.
And now, officially lacking in wisdom
Kay had her wisdom teeth out today. She was a bit … woozy when she got home, but got plenty of ice cream to make up for it.
Moments in Becoming a Grownup
I laughed at this a lot more than I probably should have.
(Btw for those who have been grownups for too long, "FOMO" = "Fear of Missing Out".)
Originally shared by +Les Jenkins:
Moments in Becoming a Grownup
Becoming a grownup is a terrifying (yet sometimes satisfying) experience. Here is a comic I made about it that originally appeared in Cosmopolitan.
Christmas Eve, nine years back
Achievement Unlocked: Christmas Cards Finished
Got them done last night. Some will be late in arriving, but all will go out before the 25th.
Given the debacle of Amazon's delivery of this year's cards, I ended up using bits and bobs of leftover cards from years past, as well as scavenging some from my mom (thanks, Mom!). But it's the thought that counts, right?
One of the nicest things about staying with Mom at the holidays
Her bolognese. Mmmmm. I night never leave.
Tickling the Familial Ivories
It seems the +Kay Hill is doing keyboard work with her school Winter Percussion group, so while we're out in California for the holidays, she getting some piano lessoning from +Gloria Hill.
Christmas Cat
We've been cat-sitting the In-Laws' cat, Souffle, the past few days. She provided some photo ops against the Christmas Tree last night.
The Old Manufacturer Changeth (Disney Princess Edition)
As of 1 January, all Disney Princess figures, backpacks, costumes, and other swag will be made by Hasbro, rather than Mattel. The business is estimated to be worth up to $500MM in retail sales.
It's a really interesting article (written as the dad of a daughter who was never too Princess-crazy, but did have her moments of Aurora-worship), both in terms of how the business has evolved, and in terms of the changes that Disney and Hasbro (who also manages their Marvel and Star Wars stuff) have in mind:
– Promoting all the Princesses, including a number that Mattel had neglected (Pocahontes, Tiana, Mulan, etc.).
– Smaller and a bit more cartoony but more distinct characters (less just "Barbies with different colored hair and color coded dresses).
– Less emphasis on "happily ever after," more on "empowered heroines."
It's all very meta, but it's fascinating nonetheless.
The $500 Million Battle Over Disney’s Princesses
How Hasbro grabbed the lucrative Disney doll business from Mattel.
I sometimes think this is my wife's unspoken dialog to me
Yeah, I admit I am sometimes not very helpful on the subject, +Margie Kleerup.
Originally shared by +Chris Hallbeck:
Choices.
http://maximumble.thebookofbiff.com/2012/12/06/523-shrug/
What my dear daughter has to put up with (Star Wars edition)
On the other hand, I'm buying +Kay Hill's ticket for Saturday night, so she can just cringe and bear it.
(via http://boingboing.net/2015/12/16/tom-the-dancing-bug-a-long-ti.html)
A quiet, lazy evening
The snow meant no travel, which meant we were stuck hanging out at the house last night, which turned out to be (for the cats as well as ourselves) rather restful.
(Though I have no doubts the cats would have found it restful regardless.)
Looking for blame
The underlying article (https://www.grammarly.com/grammar-check) isn’t all that great, but I loved this image.
Toys in the attic
I'm not saying this is true. I'm also not saying it wasn't an unexpected side benefit.
Originally shared by +Chris Hallbeck:
Toys in the attic.
http://maximumble.thebookofbiff.com/2014/08/26/926-vicarious/
#funny #lol #comic #webcomic #toys #starwars #tmnt
Please do not buy this for my daughter
Please. Really. We'll never pry it off of her.
(Go away, +Kay Hill.)
Originally shared by +Les Jenkins:
You know you want one.
Carry Your Cat with This Fluffy Neko Suit
It’s fall. It’s cold and wet. Maybe you don’t want to go outside. Maybe you don’t want to get properly dressed. Maybe you have a cat.
