First Things First

JUST DUCKY:  Today marked an historic first.

No, it's not the first day of 2015 I'm talking about. I'm talking about the first ever Bowl Championship Series college football playoff games! 

This afternoon, we watched the Oregon Ducks destroy the Florida State Seminoles. Entertaining enough first half, but aye, aye, aye, the second half was horrific. So. Many. Turnovers. You know it's bad when you're getting torched on Twitter by a fast food chain. ...

I made a ton of food so that we had the strength to make it through today's two playoff games. Hits included pulled pork nachos for lunch, and we worked our way into dinner, which featured homemade potato salad, Texas roadhouse rolls with cinnamon honey butter and a nice big ham glazed in cola, pineapple and brown sugar. Good stuff. :)

LITTLE BIRD:  Annabelle spent hours today painstakingly working on her little paper bluebird.

She started it yesterday, making dozens of tricky cuts. Today, it was folding and gluing time. 

She had some tense moments (for instance, when the beak went missing), and probably thought some bad words a few times, but in the end, she finished the project, and was quite pleased with the result.

CJ didn't make much headway on his bird today. Turns out that would have interfered with him laying on the couch in a robe and slippers.

MARATHON:  Last night and this morning, the kids enjoyed a marathon of "The Simpsons" episodes on the FXX channel. The station was broadcasting the premiere and finale episodes from all 25 seasons, in chronological order. It's no wonder that show has been on for over a generation now. It really is remarkable, relevant, and reflection of our life and times. 

Tomorrow, we'll spend less time in front of the TV. Well, at least until the Huskies' bowl game comes on ... Go Dawgs!