Christmas Memories ...

One of my earliest Childhood memories about Christmas is when I was 5 years old and my grandparents Williams gave me a Lego set. One of the original sets with plain red and black and grey bricks, the standard little guys with the smiley faces. With this set you got an entire book of things you could create. One of those being a Mac Truck. I built that truck and spent hours playing with it. What a fantastic toy. My imagination gave me more fun than any other toys until I got into the Transformers. At 10 years old when I got my first Transformer (Wheeljack and then Prime) my imagination was sparked again. I would spend hours setting up battles with my Transformers, then I would take each apart with a tiny screwdriver set (pilfered from my father and then stripped pretty bare because I unscrewed everything.) and then put back together. I still have the love for the Transformers and thought I would share with you the view looking back at me from my desk.

Grimlock – 2005 Mustang GT

Tracks – Z06 Corvette
Swindle – Jeep Wrangler
Silverstreak – Subaru WRC
Dead End – Dodge Viper

Sideswipe – Dodge Viper Convertible
Hound – Jeep Wrangler
Jazz – Mazda RX8
Bluestreak – Subaru WRT
Optimus Prime – Mack Truck

My ‘Army’ or ‘Parking Lot’ depending upon my mood.

Review: Lumibricks Izakaya Building ...

The folks from Lumibricks sent me their latest building set, the Izakaya for free to build and review. Opinions are 100% my own. I've built a few sets from Lumibricks (formerly FunWhole) in the past and they are really fun and interesting. The photo above is of the Izakaya and also The Apartment. they are both part of a Cyberpunk theme called Neoncity. At this time there are also two additional buildings that you can build and add to this whole theme, the Game Stack and the Floating Train Station. The great things about these sets is that they light up. As you build you are also adding lights and wires and ways to illuminate the amazing build. Once you're done building you fire up some power and the lights blaze up. With Neoncity sets you get some incredible Nenon effects light signs and even neon tube lights. That is one of the coolest things about these sets is how the lights are incorporated into the build. Some very innovative bricks were made in order to thread the wiring...

2025 Family Ornament ...

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02515 We put our tree up the other day and I had already bought the 2025 Hallmark Keepsake ornament for our yearly family photo ornament. I love these ornaments on the tree. We have them from 2005 to now.

Christmas Tree Is Up ...

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02510 Yesterday we put up the trees and today we decided to decorate the tree after dinner. Our tree is now mostly our family photo ornaments. We have a bunch of ornaments but with over 20 years of family photo ornaments it look like the predominant ornament type that we'll see. We did get a 2025 Hallmark one as well and I have to select this year's photo.

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