Early Christmas in Detroit, 2023
Back at the house, Sandy’s cozied up in the living room.
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Early Christmas Dinner in Detroit
Anne was decorating a lot of these cookies, and eventually Liz joined in on the action. I… mostly ate the cookies?
Kirt’s Birthday Dinner, 160 Main
Group photo, with a lot of lovely lights in the background.
Travel Day, Chicago to Detroit
A silly moment, which Liz was able to capture while I Was driving. It’s only going to make sense to me, and the folks I work with at Grubhub. But still, pretty funny thing to spot.
Travel Home
Checking out how the family photos (and the silly one in particular) turned out.
Early Xmas in Detroit: Day 2
A view of the chaos, from above.
Early Xmas in Detroit: Day 1
I also got to sit in the recliner, which is the one spot Sandy is allowed to climb up on. So between Sandy and the blanket, I was extra warm. Best seat in the house, IMO.
Game Day in Detroit
I think we really need something like this at my office, at work. If you can’t afford the space for a full on Thunderdome, this might be the next closest thing to use for settling disputes.
Early Christmas in Detroit
Mid-morning today, I was down in the basement with Kirt helping to set up the Super Chexx machine. For all the time I’ve spent playing this game, this was my first time actually touching the puck (pretty cool).
Transporting the Super Chexx
As part of his Xmas gift, Kirt got Jackson a Super Chexx hockey game. I played one of these a decent amount as a kid, growing up in arcades. And it was fun to see one of these guys in person again, after all this time. I was working remote today, but was able to help Kirt move this from…
Travel Day to Detroit
Google Maps led us to a Jo-Ann’s in a mall area, but the route we took ended up going to a very dark (and seemingly closed) entrance. The whole mall, in fact, looked not just closed – but haunted and closed.
Driving through the parking lot, it felt like we were in the opening 10 minutes of a horror movie.
Early Christmas in Detroit, Celebrating my Dad’s 80th Birthday in Indianapolis
Going out for a big meal like this is not something we normally do. But then again, an 80th birthday isn’t something that happens all that often, either.
Early Christmas in Detroit, Part 3
Late in the evening, several of us took turns in the basement to wrap up Christmas gifts. With three families to celebrate with, we’re doing Christmas slightly early here tomorrow, so tonight’s the big night.
Early Christmas in Detroit, Part 2
Around the tree in the sitting room, Kirt had set up an old model train track. The train cars themselves were all pretty substantive, and suggested to me this was an old set.
Early Christmas in Detroit, Part 1
We rolled into Detroit a bit later than we planned, but the nice thing (and the thing I’ve een struggling to remember) is that we are officially on our holiday break. There are no strict schedules, and no timelines beyond the ones we wish to keep. If we’re running a little late, then so be it – we’ve got the time (which is still a novel concept).
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