Merry Christmas

[Anguille]

Merry X-mas to you guys!

[airboy]

Merry Christmas to all.  Midnight Mass.  Grilled lamb chops for lunch.

Won't be on much until I get this advertising malware out of my computer.

[bayonetbrant]

But that kid Brant...that is a Christmas show stopper.

Yeah, I think we're going to keep her ;)

Glad too that nobody was hurt physically but the emotional scaring will be around for a long time because of some poor decision making.  Your daughter is adorable and that dollhouse must of been a nightmare to assemble! 

The kids slept through all the outside drama; we have no idea who the kid was that tried to mangle our street.  It just put a 90-minute delay in dealing with that dollhouse, so I only got about 3 hours of sleep last night.

Glad to hear your fiancée is OK, though  8)

[JudgeDredd]

Aftershave, a 3 month gym membership and GG:War in the West physical edition (the manual is superb quality) from the wife. Smellies from my youngest daughter.

Also, my eldest daughter got me a model Me:262 - but it's an Airfix kit from the 70's/80's. Very, very simple (as was the modelling techniques of the day). As soon as I opened it and looked at it, I was transported back 40 years, making models with my dad and brother. A very touching present from my daughter and, characteristically, a very thoughtful gift.

I had a great day. I hope all of you motely crew did.  :-*

[JudgeDredd]

My fiance fell off a step ladder last night straightening out a bow on the front porch and twisted her ankle.  The swelling was severe so we went to the ER (it's just a strain thankfully).  She was upset and saying that she "ruined Christmas" but it was nothing- an hour and a half at ER and we were home.  But that kid Brant...that is a Christmas show stopper.  Glad too that nobody was hurt physically but the emotional scaring will be around for a long time because of some poor decision making.  Your daughter is adorable and that dollhouse must of been a nightmare to assemble!

Ouch - I hope the booze is making her feel better  ;)

[Gusington]

Crap...MiniGus 1 and 2 got the same dollhouse for Christmas...

[bayonetbrant]

Have 2 screwdrivers. It'll go much faster. Also pay attention to the colors of the screwheads because they're color-coded to the background colors.

[JasonPratt]

Spent the night at Bro and Ishy's, on the living room couch, with every Christmas light in the house still on (so the girls would have Christmas ready if they came downstairs). Also, his house is apparently haunted by meteorites.

i think i may have finally entered sleep dperivanton spychois

(And yet I was clearly asleep for some of that time, because around 6 the oldest girl came down to where her aunt was sleeping and passed me by without waking me up, giggling at how much I was snoring apparently. Bro flopped the recliner open shortly before 6:30, the Promised Time, and jerked me awake without me knowing he had come downstairs either.)

No groggy presents per se yet for me or the girls (they don't get much groggy things anyway), but Ishy surprised Bro with the DVD of Star Wars Ep 4 or as we used to call it Star Wars. She hates that movie, so this was a huge shock to him (and a big squee from the girls, since they want to see what that movie's about ever since he explained his Yoda shirt to them); I knew it was coming because she made sure I wasn't getting it for him, and I couldn't process the words she typed together in that string. 

I shall try to remember to get a photo tomorrow of the Jesus / 13 disciples / Galilee boat minifig set set up with the first 11 Doctors watching over it.  (We'll be doing our gifts with the girls tomorrow here at the house.)

[Gusington]

Thanks BB...not looking forward to this. Maybe I'll just 'lose' this giant thing on the 250 mile drive home.

[BanzaiCat]

We had a decent day today. My wife loved the pyjamagram I got for her (whew) and otherwise everyone seemed to be happy with what they got. I really love my copy of Shadow of Brimstone and enjoyed fussing over putting the pieces together. I really hope to spend some time painting the figures at some point.

Tomorrow morning the wife, kids and I will be heading to San Antonio to spend the day on the Riverwalk, then we're staying at a hotel there. Saturday we're going over to my mom's for another Christmas, then we're headed home Saturday night. Then an entire week of no work to follow, though who the hell am I kidding, I'll be firing up my work laptop to check some things, I'm sure.

Hope all had a good Christmas. Glad to read that minor incidents didn't turn into anything major. :)

[Sir Slash]

I made out like a bandit. The family did the Secret Santa thing and my daughter-in-law, a new mother, pulled my name. She got me a very fancy Hummingbird feeder and some juice to feed them. But the box she wrapped them in was her Breast Pump Machine box. When I tore off the wrapping paper, I said, "Well there's something I NEVER got before". I thought she was trying to tell me I was too old to suck anymore. I refrained from telling her that I do all my breast pumping manually.

[Cyrano]

My wife sets up absurd Christmases, but this time there was NO stopping her as it was the first without her father who passed while I was away at Historicon in July.

My son got every Skylander in existence and some that have not yet been thought of by the minds of men.

I got JTS El Alamein, Bulge, Sicily, and Stalingrad; DVG's Battle for Stalingrad; another copy of Memoir '44 getting me ever-closer to my full D-Day Landings set; and a bottle of bourbon...which I have now opened...

Best part, though, was sitting after dinner, in the dark, watching "Patton" with my father.

Merriest of Christmases for whom that's a thing, and all the Best of the Season for the balance.

Glad to be in your company.

Best,

Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)

[Barthheart]

Glad to hear all your Christmases were Merry.  :)

Ours started with our traditional Eggs Benedict that I hand craft. The Champers and OJ were left out this year as we were both a bit hung over.  ;)

Gift opening followed with me getting a bright yellow pair of Hommer shorts. We kept things simple as we didn't want to have to haul everything down here then back again on the plane.

We then spent the day on the beach under a tree and read.

Champaign while we cooked out turkey breast, smashed potatoes and broccoli with cheese. More wine followed.

Today we have a large potluck lunch to go to out on the beach.

Here's the view from the command post:

[Airborne Rifles]

Somewhere in the southern hemisphere obviously.

[Barthheart]

Not quite southern hemisphere, about 12 deg. north. That's my view of the port of St. George's, Grenada.