Return of the Fat Bastard - Stretched out on the back seat and licked herself.

December 4th 2016

Before

      Ho Ho Horrible! That was the weather yesterday when I was putting up the outdoor Christmas lights. It never stopped raining and the temperature hung in around 3 degrees. It took all day to do. Mind you I had no shortage of breaks. I drank a lot of microwaved Jo and consumed the occasional bowl of reality retardant so I could stop feeling sorry for myself. It's hard not to be enthusiastic about Christmas in Casa Lisa because the lovely Lisa Christmas Psycho is on a bagel! That's kind of a roll.

As I write this the lovely Lisa Christmas Psycho is about three quarters finished in the living room that is. There's still the kitchen and the bathroom to do. It just wouldn't be Christmas if the Elf on the Shelf wasn't there to watch you pinch off a Yule Log!
      Today of course the weather is spring like. Sunday. The day I usually spend in front of the TV watching football. I ended up spending the day out of the house doing errands with the lovely Lisa. Yesterday I was absorbing moisture like Sponge Head Square Bob! Meanwhile Gramma Lisa was shopping for a helmet for Christo Taking him and Bella for lunch and then taking them up to Cypress. We buy the Grandkids yearly ski passes and equipment rentals.

Christo and his snowball

Good snow pants are a must

Olympic memories

Bella Queen of the Castle

      This is Christo's first year but Bella's on her third year and was Schlussing to beat the band at the end of last season.  They got up the mountain and had several difficulties of a technical nature. One being the idiot staff that told the lovely Lisa there were no lessons being given until mid December only to find lessons being given when they arrived. Gramma Lisa went in to the office and was on the staff like a raccoon on a pizza box! It accomplished nothing but did scare the crap out of the Grandkids to see  Gramma Lisa Bare her fangs! Then when Gramma Lisa went to put on Christo's boots that he was fitted for three weeks ago only to find he has had a growth spurt and his boots were too small. I tell you the kids a junior Sasquatch. So they played in the snow for a while before going for icecream. Meanwhile back at Casa Lisa I was cold, damp and one of the light strings I put up was now not working. I checked it before I put it up. I swear I did. The worst part was I was going to do the big Clark Griswold reveal when the lovely Lisa got home. As her car pulled up to the driveway I plugged in the lights and the one string didn't come on.

No lights under the peace sign...Bah Humbug!

The front door

I have put up hundreds of lights. I spent all day in the rain putting up those hundreds of lights. What does the lovely Lisa say to me " The lights in the corner are out" Then she breezed past me with the announcement we were going to Rivers Reach for Pizza.
      Two hours and A Canuck win over the Maple Loafs later we were eating Pizza at the Rivers Reach. Duffy was there when we got there and we sat with him. He had a couple of  beers while we gobbled down Hot Wings and Pizza. It was pushing 10:00 when we left the pub then we meandered home through residential neighbourhoods looking at the Christmas lights. We do it several times each year. Just drive aimlessly around the city checking out the lights.
      My dreams of football watching were dealt a harsh blow when the lovely Lisa laid out my itinerary for the day. They were playing in the snow in Green Bay and Chicago! I love that stuff! First GMcT and Sharrie stopped by. I played them my new song. I've been practicing like crazy. I find an improvement every time I play it. I'm still struggling with the tempo and I played it too slow for GMcT. Well at least the words are finally finished. I have to perform it live in front of a panel of Judges on Thursday at the Magnetiq Lounge formerly Fireball Lounge in New Westminster. If your out and about Thursday come by and hear twenty or so singer songwriters play their original Christmas   song.

The lions

    The lovely Lisa and I left the house about 12:30 headed to the Teamster Hall on East Broadway to drop off an envelope. That's all I can say or I'll end up with Jimmy Hoffa. Then we went to a Thai Grocery on Kingsway looking for Pad Thai noodles and sauce. We got the noodles, no sauce.
      It was a beautiful day today so we took the Ratdogs to Trout lake.

Trout Lake

The sun was drawing people out of their dens like the Pied Piper draws out Rats! It was like a freakin parade! There were people and dogs and kids everywhere you looked. We were back in the car and headed for Tentatsu Too for an early dinner. Chef Boy R Lisa is up at 2:00 so we had to eat early and we still had the work shop to do.

Yummy Sushi

We had our usual Avocado Tuna Carpaccio and Chicken Teriyaki Dinner. I ordered wild salmon sashimi because it is so good here. The Ratdogs were in the car. When we opened the door Elvis jumped out and peed on a tree Nutmeg just stretched out on the back seat and licked herself.
      The shop took about  40 minutes and I was home before halftime of the Seahawks game. I thought about going out to play some music at the Fireside in Sapperton but ultimately stayed home and caught up on my writing and played the song a few more times. The lovely Lisa is up at 2 am. I don't know if I can last that long. I have the Grandkids tomorrow before school they're being dropped off at 8 am.

That's all I've got
Till next time
Peace out Y'all