Here is where Artoo that I bought at Comics-N-Stuff

resides now. Right in-between Luke's Landspeeder

and the Millennium Falcon. You are looking at 

four birthdays here.

And I had also gone to World Market yesterday to

stock up on incense. I splurged and bought some

jalapeno stuffed Greek olives. These are World

Market's own brand and are not inexpensive

(to me) at $4.99, but they are soooo good. Once

every year or four I will buy a jar. REALLY good.

I went to Comics-N-Stuff today. They have a LOT of figures

that I would love to have, but as you know I have no more room.

So any new figures are off limits for now. Less expensive and

 space gobbling are the old kid's meals toys and such that

they have tons of in big ol' bins. For the last few years

on my Annual Birthday Extravaganza visits I usually

just buy one of these type little things.

This is what I bought this year. This little R2-D2 toy was made for

Burger King kid's meals in 2005. This is the "Star Wars Episode

III: Revenge of the Sith" Artoo. I looked him up online and his special

trick is squirting water, like a squirt gun. This is below Artoo's dignity

and I can assure you that there will be no squirting of water while

Artoo is in my company. I will post a picture of R2-D2's place at The

Ranch in the future.

I thought Spencer's had closed, but they just

moved upstairs, theming and all.

This was all was a lot more long

winded than I wanted it to be.

!!! Huzzah !!!

I received a new popcorn popper for my birthday! This

is "The Original Spinner" popper made by the Great Northern

Popcorn Company. My Whirley Pop brand Popcorn Popper died

on me in July of 2018 (after almost five years of heavy use) and I am 

excited to have this new one. I will be poppin' again in a day or two.

 

Oh, and here is a picture I took today of some cactus. There is

always a new growth or two or a hundred to take pictures of.

A very nice day.

Because in the San Diego area, that's the way they roll.

 

Here are a couple of things I picked up today during my

2020 Birthday Week Extravaganza. One is an Opinel knife.

I have always wanted an Opinel. This is a very small one.

Also a Sea to Summit Spork and Knife set. I love outdoor

cookware and utensils. Time to try these.

I also went over to Fry's Electronics. I don't know what is

going on with Fry's. The store's shelves are empty. Going

out of business? I sure hope not. That would be sad to me.

One thing is for sure, their prices have not been cut. The

above photo illustrates how few DVDs and Blu-rays they

have anymore. Took me five minutes to not buy anything.

 

 Today during my Birthday Week

Extravaganza I went to see...

..."Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker".

It was a lot of fun. I love Kylo Ren and I love Rey and I love

them together. But anyhow, no spoilers. I can't rate it yet as

I am not sure how I WOULD rate it. I will buy it when it comes

out on Blu-ray and give it another watch. But it is DEFINITELY

worth seeing.

Tomorrow the Extravaganza continues.

~ Happy New Year 2020, from Lizzy Tex Borden ~

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 ~ 11:30 P.M. ~
When I got out of work tonight to start my
2020 Birthday Week Extravaganza, I pulled
into the gas station to have a full tank for tomorrow.

While standing at the gas pump I looked down and
ka-BAM! THREE LUCKY COINS AT MY FEET.
THREE of 'em. I hope this is a sign for the coming week.

That would be good.

It was a nice night for a fire, even if the fire was

just a burning Duraflame log. That was all that

was needed for tonight.

Everybody I work with loves these things. I like heat

but I am generally not into the lime thing. It hurts my

senses. But at Walmart I finally impulse

bought this bag to try.

We will see if the lime sour makes my mouth contort.

A nice Christmas gift and

year round thought.

~ Merry Christmas 2019 ~

Lizzy Tex Borden

Thank you to my friend at work

for the Christmas stocking!

Escape hatch.

I bought "Rambo: Last Blood" on Blu-ray. As I wrote when

I went to see it (I HAD to) in the theater in October, I liked it,

I didn't love it. But I knew I would buy it when it came out as I

want to complete my "Rambo" collection. "Rambo 4" (2008)

 has been my favorite so far...

 

 John!

The back of the Blu-ray.

Will this be the last of John Rambo?

I hope not.

That's right. "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" will be released

to theaters on December 20th and shortly thereafter I will be seeing

it during my Annual Birthday Extravaganza. Tonight I will be watching

"The Last Jedi" in preparation for the event. Life is good.

#Popcorn

EBT Welcome.

Jack in the Box.

Happy Friday the 13th,

December 2019!

And of course my movie choice for tonight is
1993's "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday".
Pictured above on the Borden Cinema screen
is Jason Voorhees doing his very best to dispatch
one Steven Freeman. Will he do it?
No spoilers here.

Fun thing to watch out for: Creighton Duke's
method of payment for the information Steven needs.

A friend was telling me about a candy called "Kinder Sorpresa".

I was curious about them so she brought me one.

The candy starts out looking like what you see above.

Inside the wrapper is a delicious looking chocolate.

I am all over that.

But wait! That chocolate is actually not through and

through, not solid. It is just a shell concealing a strange

looking capsule. What the hay?

Pop that capsule open and peek inside. There is a puzzle toy

in there. Take all the parts out, follow the instructions and...

...Ta-daaaaa!!!! THIS guy is in there.

That is dang cool.

!!! BUT BEWARE !!!

Why is Kinder Sorpresa banned in the United States?

"The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibits confectionery

products which contain a “non-nutritive object”, unless the non-nutritive

object has functional value. Kinder Sorpresa eggs are legal in Canada

and Mexico, but are illegal to import into the US."

Oh man. I guess we had better keep today's entry on the down low.

And thank you to my friend for thinking of me.

I never take that for granted.

It is also the time of year for toy trains that

travel in circles around Christmas trees.

!!! TUESDAY BONUS PICTURE !!!

Guess what?! Pictured above is yet another "Father Knows Best"

episode that has Roger Murtaugh's house from the "Lethal Weapon"

movie series in the background.The episode was titled

"Betty Goes to College" and first aired in 1956. You are looking

at Robert Young as James Anderson and Billy Gray

as the young Bud Anderson.

I believe that this location was also Gidget's (Sally Field, "Gidget" 1965-1966) 

home as well as the Baxter home from the "Hazel" (1961-1966) television show

starring Shirley Booth. But as I wrote before, it will always

be Lethal Weapon for me.

It's time for cute Christmas ornaments.

This is a new one to me.

I found a few leftover Black Friday deals at Walmart.

These are all movies I have been planning to buy when

the time was right. The time was right, or at least semi-

right. No extraordinary prices, but okay.
They are all DVDs.

"Annabelle Comes Home" was the most expensive

at $7.96. I expect it will be in the $5.00 bin within

a few months, but I want to see it NOW, dang-it all.

"The Nun" was $5.00 and that is most likely priced right.

"Glass" was $5.96. We will see how that pans out.

Of course, if I LOVE any of these movies a Blu-ray

upgrade will most likely be in the future.