I am on my vacation and doing my Annual Birthday
Extravaganza. Today I went to Home Depot and...

...bought another cactus for my bathroom window.

This guy is beautiful. I'm going to put him in 

another pot in a day or two and I will post

a picture of him after I do. Huzzah!
The Extravaganza continues tomorrow.

!!! WEDNESDAY BONUS PHOTO !!!

I found a french fry in the car.

As I have written before, the rule here at El Rancho is that

our outdoor Christmas lights go up on Thanksgiving, and

come down on New Year's Day. I unfortunately (or fortunately

depending on how you look at it) worked yesterday. So this

year our lights came down today, the 2nd.

A less exciting event that when they go up to be certain,
but it gives my son and I a chance to spend some time
together, so it is all good.

And we do have a system. The whole operation goes
smoothly and pretty darn quick. It makes it really easy to
hang the lights up again next year, the Lord willing
and the creek don't rise.

AND it never fails that when we do put up or take down

our lights that the sun is in juuuuuuusssst the right position

to blind us as we work. That is why we invented the "Ye Old

Sun Blocker©". One of us holds the Ye Old Sun Blocker© for

the other as they work so that it shades their eyes from
the sun and presto! Problem solved.

You can't buy the Ye Old Sun Blocker© yet, but

we are working on getting it out there.
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2024!

Late night run to the campsite's market
and liquor store.

Merry Christmas 2023
from Your Friends at El Rancho De La Tex.

This is Tom. You remember Tom. This is Tom in

2006 when I received him for Christmas. Today

Tom and I wish you a Merry Christmas Eve.

Right, Tom? Tom says, "Yep!"

I love Tom.

Stay safe, friends.

And watch out for those guys
going through red lights.

OOCH OUCH! OOCH OUCH! OOCH OUCH!

!!! CHRISTMAS EVE EVE BONUS PHOTO !!!

A few of my mom's roses.

What?

Oh! Thank you!

Thank you very much!

And back at ya!

O Holy night!
The stars are brightly shining.

~ Adolphe Adam, 1847 ~

Back on Sunday, April 13, 2014 I had written "I pass
by these rocks all the time and they remind me of
something. I can't put my finger on it, but
when I do figure it out..."

I figured it out.

Porcupine quills at the
Indian Store.

WHEEEEE!!

I wanted to see "Violent Night" in the theater when it

was released last year but I didn't get the chance, so this

year I ponied up the dinero and bought my own copy.

This one I am saving for right before Christmas. I will

most likely be working Christmas Eve so it will be some

night right before that. It's all Christmas movies at

Borden Cinema up until the big day now and I
can't wait to see "Violent Night".

I'm hoping it is Holly Jolly John Wick.

Panda Express.

November 12th, 2008.

1627 hours.

How about a bear's head bottle opener that I bought

a long long time ago for practically nothing that you

are supposed to hang on the wall and I was going to

put in the garage but never really found a place

for it out there so I just kind of use it as
a paperweight of sorts?

Here's a blast from the past.

Rob Zombie's Halloween II.

Regal Theater. August, 2009.

Taken with my Motorola
Razr Flip Phone.

My latest creation.

It's alive! ALIVE!

I haven't been sick for a loooong time but when I do get

sick, I don't mess around. 102.8 degree fever.

Man, am I achy. My skin hurts.

Just watching some movies
and taking it real slow.

I recently took my son in for a minor exploratory procedure

and this sign (a holdover from Halloween I am sure) was over

the door that leads to the operating rooms. I don't know about

my son, but I appreciated the levity in an otherwise slightly

stressful situation.

They found nothing wrong,
thank goodness.

Back on Monday, July 10, 2017 I had posted a few pictures of

some Star Wars Transformers Crossovers made by Hasbro.

Here is another one that I bought around the same time as
I bought those, which would be around 2009. This is an AT-AT
(All Terrain Armored Transport). I bought his guy because 
I wanted an AT-AT and this thing was about all I could afford.
This guy transforms into an Imperial Trooper.

And as I wrote back in 2017: I have never "transformed" it. I am

afraid that I would never get it back together again. I think you can

still buy this, but it is out of production, pretty sure.