The difference of a year…

Redemption photo time. Almost to the day. This time last year vs. this year. A year ago I had JUST gotten my Jeep back from the engine debacle, Little did I know all the gremlins he put into the thing… ;-)

This year, I've got a beast all built and running just the way I want. Bonus, I could drive it around and tinker with maintaining it over Christmas break and even get a few off-road trips in instead of babying it. Win-win.

I liked this pic of Zac and Chloe

It's fun to see them in his truck that he took on the trails with me.  I like their smiles. Happy❤️

Planet, moon, sunset and a plumber!

It's nice when the help comes with all its own tools!

A Christmas present with installation included :)

I bought Julie a new industrial faucet for her sink for Christmas.  Andy offered to install it for her as his part of the gift.  A great idea, and a really nice faucet.  Gone are all the restrictions that made the pressure useless… Now we get hot water quickly and can easily spray off our dishes, pots and pans!  Thanks dude❣️

Nooooooo, blog2print is gone…

The place I usually use to "print" many blog to a PDF yearly seems to have closed its doors (top left).  I found a spot that seems to make really nice looking books (right side), but they don't have any digital options so it would be nearly $1,000 to get a hard copy…!  I really like their format though.  In my search I found BlogBooker which seems to do the job nicely and has the bonus of being free.  I used to have to pay about $20 for each year.  Eventually, blogging will be so out of style that peeps won't support it… :( I might have to go to a diary if that happens, haha!

New Year’s Day lunch with my boy❣️

Andy got me a new knuckle bone.

It was a nice surprise Christmas gift.  He'd ordered them from Canada and they took a while to get here so they showed up later in my break.  Of course he got me purple heart wood!  He knows my grandpa and I always loved it.  This one is a collab with Grain Theory and Around Square.  I'm a Grain Theory kendama fanboy, so that's fun.

It’s cool to see Andy’s precious memories shelf in the background.  Baby Puppy, his blanket, and Toothpick all made the cut. :)

We decided to turn over a new leaf this year…

…it seemed a shame to keep shaming cats. So we decided it was time to shame the dogs instead, hahahaha.  So far, they're even better than the cat ones.  Jan 1 was pretty funny.

Cool Christmas lights

I think they're on the top of the P&G headquarter buildings in Cincinnati.  Also on the way back to our car.

Walking back to our car after the hockey game.

The left over balls of various metals and minerals…

Now I guess they better clean up the ice from the burned out remaining "crumbs" from the fireworks.

A nice little collage of the different vibes

In the end it was about a 10-minute show.  I imagined like 30 seconds or something, hahaha. We were pleasantly surprised.

Not too bad for an inside show!

Enjoy my four-minute hockey and New Year’s Eve fireworks highlights reel :)

YES, they’re setting up for a fireworks show…!

What better way to celebrate the impending new year!? Indoor fireworks after a hockey game.  Sounds a little scary but fun.