-Mother in law broke her shoulder ice skating over Thanksgiving. She went in for surgery Dec 23. Spent Xmas trying not to take too many Oxycodone.

- Wife went down with flu Dec 25. Slept pretty much until the 27th.

- Daughter went down with the flu Dec 26. She's up, but we're letting her watch Miyazaki all day.

- Despite that I've been through 36 eggs, 5 lbs of onions, 3 lbs of potatoes, two bags of carrots, a bag of celery, 2 cups of whipped cream, 2 bags of cranberries and a pomegranate in the past three days. Also a 15lb turkey, which was organic, which wasn't heritage, and had about as much flavor as a ream of copy paper and still cost sixty fucking dollars.

- Got my daughter a big girl bed for her birthday (early Dec). My wife thought it would be "fun" to paint it. So. That's two boxes of IkeaSticks that need to be sanded, primed (2 coats) and painted brilliant blue (4 coats and counting) and I'm only one box of IkeaSticks in. Also, things look like shit because (A) 4-year-olds, even at their very best, aren't all that professional (B) JESUS FUCKING CHRIST FUCK SHERWIN WILLIAMS IN THE NECK. Four fucking coats of paint and I'm still seeing primer through it? You ever tried to control latex drips on pine with a brush through four fucking coats with a 4-year-old?

On the plus side, the occupancy permit is in hand. We're permit #7 for the year. Yeah. 7.

Now if you'll excuse me I have to go add coat #5 to this fucking bed.