And That's a Wrap...

Instead of heading back to The Kenozoic Era, I not only decided to start a fresh new blog, but I decided to jump in early as well.

Catch up with me at the ongoing Kenozoic Tales...

Christmas Eve 2016

I went to Dad & Ma's for our annual Christmas Eve family get-together last night.

Dad & I watched the 2nd half of the Patriots' destruction of the Jets. I had some pepperoni, cheese and crackers. Kevin's clan arrived. Sarah's clan arrived (minus Hayden, who had popped in earlier). Then we ate dinner (I had meatballs with mushrooms & gravy, dinner rolls, and mac & cheese - very low-key) and watched more football.

The girls all loved the art supplies (high-quality drawing pads and colored pencils/art pencils). Jared & Drew liked the Hot Wheels, and Ma was thrilled with the Blue Moon glasses. Plus: Dad is psyched for the Celtics game on January 18th.

I lucked out (as usual), with the following:

From Kevin's family: $15 in scratch tickets.
From Sarah's family: $25 Amazon GC (gift card).

From Dad & Ma:

• A 3-pack of Strathmore paper pads (sketch/newsprint/drawing).
• $15 Starbucks GC.
• $25 Barnes & Noble GC.
• $50 Master Card GC.
• Two "Life is Good" brand tee shirts (see images below).
• A brown tweed & leather Red Sox cap (see below).
• A pound of Starbucks Christmas Blend ground coffee.
• A 19 oz tub of soft peppermint candy.
• A pair of GreenLife frying pans.
• A box of wooden matches and a giant Yankee Candle (Christmas Wreath scent).

They always take care of their 4 kids, I am lucky to be one of them!

Guys' Night Out

I got together with Jeff & Jim, Darren (who drove up from NY just for the evening), and Mike at Keith's house tonight. We had a couple of beers (I brought a growler of the so-so Opa Opa Winter Warmer) at the house, and then went down to Blueprint in the center of town for supper and more beer (I had the house lager, which was also just so-so).

Left: Darren & Jeff. Right: Keith & Mike.

L to R: Darren, Jeff, Jim, Keith, Mike, me.

Jeff & Jim headed back to Boston, and the rest of us hit the liquor store in town, then went back to Keith's for more beer (Samuel Adams Irish Red - 3 for 3 on the so-so beers - very unusual!). After hanging around and catching up with Keith, I was "last man standing", and left around midnight. What a fun night. Keith & I are going to hang out at Mike's Wednesday night with old high school chum Pete (and others, most likely).

Cha-CHING!

All i$ good in the world again...

R-E-L-A-X

Yesterday

I spent yesterday (Saturday, December 10th):

• Watching "Smokin' Aces"
• Eating pizza
• Watching "King Kong" (original 1933 version)
• Drinking a 22 oz. Lefty's Brewing Company Oktoberfest
• Watching "Superbad" and "Saturday Night Live".

OneRepublic - Kids

First Snow

The first real snow of 2016's winter: