Basement Escapee

Christmas turkey must have awakened the Halloween beast chained in the basement. Geeeesh Ken, just let him believe having the short end of wishbone is a good thing...

Friends once again.

Zoo Lights

This lion fountain is so old; I remember it from my childhood zoo visits.

Hey, where is his RED NOSE?!

We heard someone took a $5 dare and touched the flame guard of the heater, so the joke of the night was "I will give you $5 if you __(fill in the blank)__."

The cold drives people crazy; why do you think Yetis eat bunnies?

"All your base are belong to us"

We met up with friend, Ryk, and his gang for a few games of laser tag at the Incredible Pizza Company. We haven't played laser tag in a L-O-N-G time! The Blue Team rocked the Red Team (of course we were on the Blue Team)! Each time our group played there was a few little people running around gunning us; kids are brutal! Once you've been hit, they stalk you and wait for you to reset, just to shoot you again!

The arena.

Ken and Ryk ready to defend our base.

Deep Fried Bird

This year for Thanksgiving we did things a little different and we deep fried the turkey! The turkey turned out great; it didn't take FOREVER to cook, the skin was golden brown, the meat was nice and juicy, and it wasn't greasy. The only downside? The clean-up took a lot of time. I am a big fan of turkey and will chose it over ham, chicken, or beef. I have a turkey unthawing for Christmas right now. :)

Ken injected the bird with a mix of Italian spices. I think Ken was happy to have a reason to get some more kitchen gadgets (i.e., another electronic kitchen thermometer and a marinade injector).

Dad made up the cranberry salsa; it has jalapeños in it (I love spicy!).

OH YEAH!

So, I am in trouble for taking this photograph and now, I am in MORE trouble for posting it... HAHAHAHAHA!

Cobh, Ireland

On a cold, icy Sunday morning, we took the train to the Irish port of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), formerly known as Queenstown. It was very early in the morning, hence the photographs with little or no people, we couldn't find any coffee until we were almost ready to go back to Cork, and we visited a church and a few memorials. On April 11, 1912, Cobh was the last port of call of the R.M.S. Titanic; we visited the memorial. It is a little haunting to know passengers boarded tenders here which ferried them out to the Titanic. In addition to the Titanic memorial, the R.M.S. Lusitania is also remembered in the town of Cobh. She was torpedoed by a U-boat on May 7, 1915 and sank in 18-minutes; many of her victims are buried close by.

Kent Station.

Funny billboard near the train station.

Inside of Kent Station.

Titanic Memorial.

Lusitania Memorial.

St. Colman's Cathedral.