Day 163 - Chillen in the Holiday Mall

I have learned that everyday is a special day even on the day you like to crawl back in bed and hide away!  Today was not one of them days in fact it was a very bland day really - but the odd thing is I have also learned that a bland day is a good thing - see no bad thing or no good thing happens that means over all it was a good day for it only takes a small BAD thing to screw up a day. This afternoon I had some time to kill between appointments so me being a people person stopped by the mall. YES I STILL HAVE MY MAN CARD!

The mall is all X-massfied (I don't associate Christmas with money driven decorated stores that is why I use X-Mass) The music was playing all the lights were twinkeling and all the stores were all holidaied up. As I walked through the mall I noticed one thing - ALL THE STORES LOOKED ALIKE - it was kinda surreal - It was like each store was their own but yet the same - clothes were not that different even the colors were simular - the decorations were all the same and they all had HUGE HUGE HUGE SALESSSSS ---

I did not see anyone smiling, I did not hear any happy workers - did hear a few dreading BLACK FRIDAY (I remember those days in retail (shiver) )

I do not condemn stores for their greed it is human nature and the nature of business - I do not protest the exploration of the holiday season for it is the individual that must chose to be exploited. - I sat in this little area and chilled with the fake trees and realized this year the human exploitation is not bothering me as much - maybe today I just was happy to be here to see life going on! 

Have a chillen holiday/Christmas/x-mass -- Whatever it is you want to have just be happy this year to be here.

Day 162 - Chillen with Lions

Simple day - Church - hunting land scouting, eat some Lunch, watch some Football, and Chillen - --- 

What a country I get to LIVE IN and HOW awesome is this Life I get to LIVE :) 

Day 161 - Chillen On Wii 2

Today was a wonderful 50 degree day in MI - Sun was shinning and the day was full of pointless endeavors which made it over all a GOOD DAY - Tonight I got out the smoker and used some apple wood chips - put on a dry rub over some Ribs and smoked them -- This was for my Mother-in-laws BD - then we all had a couple of rounds of Bowling on the Wii -- in the pic you will see my feet one of my little girls feet and my wife - don't tell her that I took the pic with her in it LOL --

Day 160 - Chillen and Trout

Today I was off so my wife and I just hung out and hopped about town doing this and that - What we discovered was that we and have no friends that are our age that do not have little kids! We are going to be the  only ones that can go out and chill do to our smart planning of children early in life - My little gril will be on college before I am 50 - I think when we drop her off to college I will have tickets to Disney Land for me and my wife (note the one in CA not FL)  LOL --- Anyway the trout has nothing to do with the day other than my wife made this for me and I thinks this is very cool!

Day 159 - Chillen in 1st snow

Ok was just a day to get things done that had to be done for work - then I got home and all of a sudden there was a snow squall the put snow/ice pellets on the back deck and I quick hoped out there to CHILL for real LOL --- WEll until day 160 -- stay chilled everyone---