Q*bert

During a google image search for a picture of a cinnamon cake doughnut, a sadly undermade and underoffered delicacy of modern America that I now crave daily, I managed to stumble across an image of Q*bert.

If you were a kid in the 80s, you can stop reading as all further information will be well known to you. This was absolutely one of my favorite arcade games, and I took my task of turning all the little blue triangles yellow quite seriously. I do apologize for Coily the Snake's absense from this image.......we was a worthy adversary much deserving of representation. But worry not. I did manage to find both he and Q*bert memorialized in a pair of earrings.

My Christmas list is now complete.

Labor Day festivities

We had a very exciting weekend here in 'lanter. My mom and Allen were in town for some shopping and big city adventures. Though we sadly did not make our way to Dragon*con (next year or bust!), we certainly had much more fun at the Decatur Book Festival. JK. Actually, with the weather finally giving us a break, there couldn't have been anything finer. Sunday night we all headed to Burk and Heather's for a yummy bbq to celebrate Labor Day in proper fashion. Harrison was the clear winner of the "Cute with Bubbles" Award.

Peter proved his father with camera capabilities with this auto-timer pic of everyone as the night ended. What's with that giant belly on Ash? Hmm...anything going on there?

To wrap up the weekend, Thomas arrived to begin the 'lanter recolation project. Per their blog, we should have them settled in by October, but not without herculean effort. We'll be so happy for them to be here, but even happier for them to be here and finished with their month of mayhem. I think Carter's opinion on the subject shows in this picture ;)