Life is good

It's Sunday, which means the weekend is half over. Well, I do have Monday off from work so technically it's only a third of the way over. This weekend had potential to be one of the best of it's kind in a very long time for the simple fact that I had absolutely nothing planned, and that's just the way I like it. But did it live up to those expectations? Read on and find out.

Some people's weekend begins at 5:00 pm Friday evening, or even earlier for lucky others. However, I typically work about thirteen hours any given Friday, so my weekend does not begin until Saturday morning about 8:00.

Yesterday I rolled out of bed a little after 8:00, and fixed my daughter and I each a bowl of Coco Crunch for breakfast. I offered to take her to breakfast, but she insisted on cereal. After breakfast we watched back to back episodes of Sponge Bob Squarepants, and I stoked up the a fire in the stove.
10:00 am hit and I had an errand to run: There was a comic I missed earlier in the week, and had to go pick it up. My daughter and I headed up to Jay's CD and Hobby, where I browsed the racks of comic books for anything else of interest that I may have previously missed. My daughter picked out a couple of Star Wars toys. From there we headed back home where we resumed watching Sponge Bob, I read some comics and my daughter played with her new action figures.
My wife returned home from getting her hair done a little after noon; I had just fixed Macaroni and Cheese for lunch, but she wanted Subway. When I returned with lunch in tow it was time for my baby girl to lay down for a nap while my wife and I ate lunch. She wanted to watch John Carpenters The Thing, which is one of my all time favorite horror movies.
After lunch and the movie had ended, I was ready for a nap as well. I woke up an hour later refreshed and ready to complete the second half of the day. We had talked about going to the theatre; I wanted to check out the new Bond film while the wife and daughter were going to see the Madagascar sequel.
On our way to the movie, we stopped at Target for some snacks, and I picked up the new DVD release of Sukiyaki Western Django.
The new Bond movie rocked. I had some reservations after reading a number of reviews that berated the film for Daniel Craig's portrayal as characterization as less like Bond. In my opinion, Daniel Craig deftly added new layers of personality that had been missing from the character since...well, ever. The Bond girls were their usual one-note selves, and the action was intense, and kinetic. This is the first true sequel to a Bond movie, and is worthy of it's Predecessor, Casino Royale, which I still insist is the best Bond movie ever. I can't wait for Quantum of Solace to be released on BluRay to watch with Casino Royale back-to-back.
After the movies had ended we stopped by my In-laws place to visit. I hadn't seen my father-in-law since before he had an operation on his shoulder and wrist, and it was nice to catch up. My brother-in-law stopped by as well along with his wife and two kids. While the women chatted it up in the house, the guys sat outside in a large outdoor kitchen (plywood walls were added as a means of winterizing the area) smoking cigars, drinking beer and watching World Series of Poker on television. It was cold as hell outside, but a large gal/electric heater quickly warmed the outdoor kitchen. A few hours later it was time to go home.
Upon arriving home it was time to put my daughter to bed, and I read a bed time story before tucking her in. I stoked up the stove again, threw in a Party Pizza and sat down to watch Sukiyaki Western Django. My wife gave up on the movie less than half way threw and headed up to bed letting me know how stupid I was for wasting my money on that terrible movie. to each their own I guess because I really enjoyed the movie. It was corny, over-the-top, and exploitative, but very enjoyable non-the-less.
After the movie ended I crawled into bed. It was only 11:00 pm, but being old now, I was tried. And as you could tell I had a very full day!

So that was my Saturday, and Sunday is shaping up to be just as good. I woke up this morning, played with my rabbit...that's not code for anything perverse; I really do have a bunny rabbit! My daughter and I sat in the hot tub for a bit having a cup of coffee (or Apple Juice in her case), and discussed our favorite parts to the movies we had seen the previous day.
After I finish with this post it will be time to head back over to the in-laws house for homemade chicken and noodles and mashed potatoes.

Hanging out with nothing to do, but still spending time with ones I love. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend. Life is good!