We watched Flamin’ Hot tonight and it was great! Wonderful movie and even better story! 🔥🌶️🍿
First time playing Tsuro. Super interesting strategy requiring an indirect approach to attacking other players.
Hector, Mazie, and I took Lucky on a walk for her 4th Birthday! Happy Birthday Lucky! 4️⃣
Played a round of Skittles tonight. Mazie scored 540 points on the last round to leap into first and win the game.
- Mazie 1,315
- Jamie 1,040
- Tammy 890
- Tyler 830
Tyler and Mazie made Cake Pops for the first time today. They tasted great! 🤤
Tyler completed this fabulous Starry Night LEGO kit. It looks amazing. 🎨🤩
Mazie and I got a barn selfie on our daily Lucky walk at the cabin.
Seasoning the griddle on the new Blackstone. Few applications in already. 🔥
Finished my Piranha Plant LEGO Super Mario build. Fun and unique build with many special pieces. I like how the mouth and leaves move. The hidden gold coin feature is a bonus. Will pair well with the Question Mark Block!
I assumed this project wouldn’t get done until spring but with nicer weather and no snow Mazie and I assembled the new Blackstone Flattop Grill! 34 steps and about 2.5 hours.
Mazie and I had a nice walk with Lucky on our typical loop enjoying a break from the rain and temperatures in the upper 40s!
Christmas LEGO project for 2023: Piranha Plant from Super Mario collection. Progress after bag 2.
I adore this new ornament that Santa left for me 🎅🎄
Mazie’s Gingerbread house is epic this year.
Lefse flower with delicious lefse from Freddy’s Lefse! 🌺 🎄
Record warm Christmas Eve means traditional tenderloins on the Big Green Egg in shirt sleeves!
Mazie and I took Lucky for a walk today. Vests. Open water. No snow. Unusual for December 23rd.
612 Series — Cherry and Spoon
My favorite local NFT project has been 612 Series by Erik Halaas of StayNftyMpls. I’ve collected 35 of them, and am the only person to have one of every landmark in the series.
To celebrate collecting all of the unique landmarks Erik asked if I would like a block painting of one of my favorites. I leaped at the opportunity and suggested one of the most iconic Minneapolis landmarks in the collection — 612 Series #134 Cerry and Spoon
Here is the NFT image.
And here is the amazing block painting!
I’m going to get this framed and likely have a print of the NFT alongside it. So very fun.
Everything happens so much.
I won the auction for the “10 of 10” museum quality brass plaque that Jeff Atwood auctioned in his I Fight For The Users post. It arrived today and is even more awesome in person! 🤩
Description from the eBay listing:
Let’s celebrate the death of Twitter in style, with the best tweet of ALL TIME! This museum quality brass plaque features a famous tweet on June 28th, 2012 (which just so happens to be Elon Musk’s birthday) by @Horse_ebooks that reads, “Everything happens so much.” It’s almost 8 pounds, 14" wide by 8" tall, and will outlive all of us, regrettably. Includes brass bolts for mounting, too (not pictured). All proceeds are donated directly to The Trevor Project charity, which provides 24/7 crisis support to LGBTQ young people.
This is a unique item, 1 of 10 in the world, and it’s for a good cause, so bid appropriately :)
Wonka
We saw Wonka this evening and all thought the movie was great. Wonka tells the magical origin story of Willy Wonka. Timothée Chalamet plays the role of Wonka perfectly. I highly recommend going.
I wish we would have picked a different theater though. The seats were dirty, there was popcorn and debris all over, and the other people in the theater kept talking and making noise at various times.
Thinking about the experience had me thinking of the ideal. It would be incredible to see Wonka and get a box of chocolates to have during the movie, that are timed with the scenes in the movie, and matched with the flavors and story. There are several scenes where chocolate is a key character and having a taste to go with it would be incredible. 🤩
