The Force Is With These Toys

The force, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

These Happy Meal toys are now taking up permanent residence on top of my Star Wars pinball machine.

The Fix Is In

Hasn't, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

This is the kind of thing that would only happened to me. I'm hanging around Target waiting for the kids to finish checking out all the toys when I notice that somebody was really, really bored and had posed all of the animal toys in various scenes of carnage. I don't think anybody was keeping score, but the predators had a huge lead over the prey in the assorted matches.

Far be it from me to let the goofy teenagers who undoubtedly posed all the animals traumatize all of the little kids who were going to come strolling along and witness this circle of life apocalypse. I start putting all the animals back on their respective shelves., but I can't resists snapping a camera phone pic of the classic battle of alligator versus cow. I grew up in the Midwest - this sort of thing happens all the time.

And, of course, that's when two store employees come cruising around the corner and bust me taking the picture.

Dave and Kelly

Dave and Kelly, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

I thought about buying this little couch that folds out into a bed to put in the room upstairs where the kids watch TV.

Under the sea

Under the sea, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

Fish at the Georgia Aquarium.

Almost there

Almost there, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

Flying back home after visiting Scott for the weekend.

Two

Two, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

The second floor in the North lot.

Five Pears

Five, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

Pears from the tree in our front yard.

Bryce's Go Cart

The Whole World In Your Hand

Civilization, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

The biggest time waster ever in a convenient portable package.

Shopping Cart 2

For some reason, I never could find my way back to the store. I think my dad ended up returning the cart in his truck.

I like to think this video explains the "for sale" sign you see in the background in a neighbor's yard.

Shopping Cart 1

Some nut(s) ditched a shopping cart in my parent's yard while we were there visiting, so I attempted to return the cart to the store from where it came by repeatedly riding it down the hill next to my parent's house.

Darn

Darn, originally uploaded by biroschik2000.

For the party