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| Wife and Fam with Winning View |
My wife and I compared notes this
morning on our respective views – or “Vistas”. My Favorite Panamanian won in a
runaway decision. She, her sister, and a collection of cousins are up in Costa
Rica for the weekend and the stunning beach views she provided defeated mine ruthlessly.
Mine were composed of the ten inches of snow that fell overnight as Winter
finally remembered to provide New England with a real snow storm.
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| My Losing View - Deckzilla This Morning |
My wife kept apologizing for the contrasting
weather situations but I told her at least one of us was enjoying themselves which
was better than none. I did kind of sneakily enjoy finally getting the machine
out to throw some significant snow around since it’s been a paltry winter so
far. I did appreciate the decision they all made down in Costa Rica to make
sure I was with them next year when they hope to repeat the trip. I didn’t
enjoy the snow blowing that much.
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| More from Costa Rica |
Yesterday definitely qualified as a
recovery day from having way too much fun on Saturday up in my home town with
my all too excellent high school friends. I snuck out of Keene early because of
the pre-work week laundry list of chores awaiting me – including laundry. I’ve
got it pretty much down to a drill now and have even keyed into when the grocery
store puts out the fresh fried chicken. I was so far ahead of the game
that I snuck out for a movie before the
snow started to fall and then deployed the jigsaw puzzle table in the Man Cave
for the first time in a very long time. Does this mean that life is finally
slowing down for me? Hope doth spring eternal.
In the granddaughter report my daughter,
back from Texas, is dealing with a mini-version of herself in the strong willed
FBR. During the FBR’s recent illness she was allowed to watch television much
more than usual. She’s completely fine now but tried to cajole her mother into allowing
an afternoon camped in front of the TV. When that failed she staged a mini-strike
which I caught the middle of when I called. I couldn’t help but laugh because
this is exactly the same type of behavior our daughter had engaged in when she
didn’t get her way as a three year old. Karma. The BRS on the other hand was in
full motor status. My son now has the cold but the BRS was keeping him busy as
she moved ceaselessly. She also took exception when her dad focused on the
phone call instead of paying an appropriate level of attention to her. I’m
going to hazard a guess here that both of these young ladies are going to be
strong willed so – win.
The movie I went to see was Happy
Death Day 2U, a follow up to the surprisingly good first movie. I was once again
more than pleasantly surprised at how good this second effort was and most, if
not all, of the credit goes to Jessica Rothe, the lead actress. Although the
concept was virtually the same – Groundhog Day meets Jason Vorhees – the
writers took the plot in a slightly different direction which sustained the
quirky fun level of the first. As strange as it may seem with the heroine dying
multiple times this is really more of a comedy. Again this is a tribute to Miss
Rothe who is funny, sexy, smart, and totally engaging as she carried the entire
movie effortlessly. I’m guessing we’re going to be hearing a lot more from this
talented young lady.
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| Celebrating the Win |
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| Crazy Sister Stole the phone |
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR
- First Blog Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law, formerly known both as MEF – Most Excellent Fiancé
& MEG – Most Excellent Girlfriend; Wingman – my son
in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school
from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great
Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high school
friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla
– our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine
and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US
sisters, my wife is the 3rdmusquetera (musketeer); Buddy – AKA
the Wonder Pooch – family dog, a black lab – hates squirrels, died
in 2017; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy,
son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the BRS; PanaGals –
female relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia –
inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived
& their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close
friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife
(of course); First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday
of the Week; Excellent Boss – my former direct boss at
work; Deckzilla Dude – senior
citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth -
members of public who come to every Worcester public meeting to complain, all
are on public assistance along with demeanor issues
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