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Some short bits for today:

Well, 1, it's game day, and CandA are hosting the annual Ultimate Grabass, and since it seems to have turned into potluck, I anticipate deliciousness. I'm personally planning to bring cheese biscuits (grated up an entire 8oz bar last night, ow) and current cordial toddy, plus Drew is making wings. Judging by the rumors of who else is coming and where their specialties lie, I imagine I'll have to be rolled across Squire after the game.

Being a transplanted New Yorker in Massachussetts, I abstain from rooting for either the Giants or the Pats. I instead resolve to enjoy the game regardless and hope both teams bring it. Nothing more boring than a huge point discrepancy at the beginning of the game, you know?

It's been kinda quiet and low key with the kids this weekend - so far the only big bits of excitement is letting Kidzilla tag along to the farmer's market yesterday and cell23 baking red velvet cupcakes with them later in the afternoon. Later on cell23 is going to take Kidzilla to see Big Miracle while I chill with Lil'Beast; usually movies are my wheelhouse, but I'm really disinclined to see a cheesefest about whales so I figured since he's been bummed about missing the movie trip last time around, he could take her this time... and that way the oven'll be free by the time he comes back, lol.

One good thing about being subjected to Groundhog Day all day on Thursday is that I got to observe the iPad to HDTV hookup in action, and this weekend I got to test run it at home. I'm rather impressed with how well it actually works (and how little it drains Sikudhani's battery), and figuring dropping a little money on the cables while saving up for a Roku is a good investment - meanwhile not being tied to watching my avi files on my computer is well worth the price of admission, especially with regards to things like Sherlock that has a lot of tiny on-screen text. Also see getting to watch my DVDs again. The one complaint is that there isn't a way to control the playback remotely that I can figure out (I'm sure there's some vital iCloud/iTunes/wifi interaction I'm missing) but whatever. Getting off my ass is a good thing.

I've slowly gotten back on track with project 365 - will be posting the spotty fits of picture taking from the past couple weeks a bit later. Right now I have to go reason with an angry 4 year old - cell23's in the shower and Lil'Beast is quite put out that he can't get into the bathroom to fill up the teapot from Kidzilla's tea set. "BUT I WANT TO HAVE A TEA PARTY NOW." Sheesh, buddy. Four year old problems, heh.

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365 catchup, Jan 22- Feb 5th

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And then today's shot of cheddar biscuits baking up in the oven for today's game related festivities:



Things I've learned:

I seriously need a portable camera. Even a crappy one, I don't care. Need to get on that whole Preciousssss 2.0 project.

The secret to getting pictures of cell23 is to throw either kids or a cat in frame with him to distract him from the fact that his picture's being taken.

Really really REALLY need to quit using the cat as my "OH SHIT I NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE NOW" backup plan. I mean, she's cute and all, but come one, there are enough cat pictures on the internet as it is.

Conversely, I need to take more pictures of the kids when they're around. a) they're disgustingly cute and photograph well b) not like anyone else is taking pictures of them and holy shit are they growing up too fast for my liking.

I will fall prone to attacks of depressed/lazy and forget to take pictures some days. I will try to do better with this, but in the meantime I can also accept that some days I will fail and that's okay.

Need to work on the whole aperture/depth of field thing. I'm annoyed that I couldn't get both D&D minis in focus.

Pictures of food are always good. Need to remember to photograph what I'm cooking once in a while.