BenSpark Family Adventures

Photo-A-Day #02858 Andy has been making all sorts of great things with pop tabs, soda cans and more. Their creativity is really amazing. This is a butterfly that Andy made from a Monster Energy drink can.  Today was also our 21st wedding anniversary. However, we barely saw each other. Allison had work and I had work and also rehearsal. I did drop off an iced coffee and treat to Allison before work. Allison got us a little tiny cake to share when we finally got home together. We'll have to go out for a meal soon. 

Photo-A-Day #02857 We are going to be trying to sell some Turkey shaped pretzels for Thanksgiving. Not sure if anyone will go for one but that does look pretty cool. It does have a good amount of pretzels that you can pull from the turkey. It is actually a good deal of a dip plus the pretzel for $20.

Photo-A-Day #02856 Did some grilling tonight. I had to move the grill over into the light so that I could see what I was doing. Had a quiet day today because my hours at The Pretzel Factory are being cut for a while. I am thinking that things are not quite going that great. I did propose that I do all the opening all week and that way it would free up my boss to go and get some contracts and do business calls. But that fell on deaf ears. I can get the place going and everything ready for opening and twist all the pretzels before they get in but for some reason (because it wasn't her idea) the bosses wife said that would not work. Makes no sense to me but I am just working there.

Photo-A-Day #02855 Tonight Allison, Andy and I went to Patriot Place for dinner and then to see the movie Wildwood. While we were there we saw the Dunkin Donuts that had been temporarily changed to Gronkin' for Gronk's induction into the Hall of Fame. That was fun. We had dinner at Citizen Crust. It was okay, could have been better but we enjoyed the meal overall. After dinner we went to see the movie Wildwood. This movie was incredible and what is even more incredible is that the entire thing was make via stop motion. Visually it was amazing. The story was also very good. Andy was thrilled to see this movie and with all the things that Andy has been creating lately I could see how this was so appealing to them.

Photo-A-Day #02854 Today was rehearsal for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This is the backstage area. Our set design team did a great job on stained glass windows. They look fantastic and even cool from the back side, too. The play is coming along and the kids are doing a good job. My co-star from The Winter Wolf is starring as Imogene Herdman in the play. she's perfect for the role. Smart, tough and sassy. I knew immediately that she'd be cast as Imogene.  Tonight I decided to watch the 2024 remake movie and it is very good. I'm also going to find the 1983 version with Loretta Swit. It is on Youtube. So watching them back to back will be interesting. The 2024 version was really well done. I enjoyed it a lot. I forgot the original not only had Loretta Swit but Fairuza Balk. Seeing both has gotten me more excited for the show.

Photo-A-Day #02853 We have a customer at the Pretzel Factory who works next door at Edible Arrangements. Her name is Kaylee and she comes in all the time and buys Monster Energy drink. Those drinks have special colored pop tabs. Andy has been making really cool little beetles with the pop tabs. I asked Kaylee if she would mind saving them for me so I can give them to Andy. She said sure and that she also had a ton of pop tabs at home that she and her sister had been saving for years. Yesterday she came in and handed me two large bottles full of tabs. Today I woke up and heard Andy sorting through them all. They had poured them all out and was separating them into different colors and types. Apparently there are a bunch of soup container pop tabs as well. In Andy's words "There is an alarming number of soup tabs." Yes, yes there are. That very large pile off to the right of Andy are soup tabs. Andy is not sure what they can make out of them but I am sure it will be somethi...