Holiday 🎄 on Lost In Haste

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:09:00 -0500

#Flashback-Friday 📷 2024-12-19

As is our annual tradition, my partner and I went to the local Zoo to see Christmas lights…and wandered into the penguin house to warm up a big. 🤣🐧🎄🏳️‍🌈

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:57:01 -0500

🎙️ Just listened to the holiday episode of Upgrade on @relay@relayfm.social, laughed so hard at Jason’s gingerbread house story and it was so gratifying to hear the two hosts views on green-bean casserole (they hold to proper viewpoint that it’s an abomination and is ranked “F” 🤢). 🎄

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:37:16 -0500

We normally take down Christmas on January 6th (growing up, we’d leave Christmas up until Epiphany) but given the craziness of last weekend (trip to the theater, an engagement party, chores, & migraines), we just didn’t get to it…so tonight is it, say farewell to the Home Alone house. 🎄📷

Snowfall and a Show

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 16:51:36 -0500

Over the weekend, my Partner and I were offered tickets to see Mrs. Doubtfire at the local theater. 🎭 It was an unexpected treat (our friends had just come back from London and were rather jet-lagged), both the show and the holiday decoration in the theater.🎄 📷

It was also the first serious snowfall of the season. 🌨️ It was mostly melted by the time we woke up in the morning but it was a pretty drive home (took back roads, to avoid all the people who are bad at driving in snow 🤣). ❄️

All in all, it was a lovely night. 👏🏻

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 13:14:12 -0500

Merry Christmas everyone! ❄️🎄🎁🎅🏻☃️

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:48:00 -0500

🍿 For our last movie of the night, we’re watching Make the Yuletide Gay. As with most LGBTQ movies made in that era, it isn’t the greatest of movies but it is our Christmas Eve tradition. 🏳️‍🌈🎄
★★★☆☆

Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:45:15 -0500

🍿 For the second viewing of the night, we’re watching the Holiday, one of my absolute favorite holiday movies. 🥰🎄
★★★★☆

Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:51:58 -0500

🍿 This movie has grown on me since last year, Spirited is kicking off the movie viewing experience of Christmas Eve. Three stars…but that might change once this movie is over. 🎄
★★★☆☆

Sat, 23 Dec 2023 08:00:10 -0500

Happy Festivus! 🎉🎄
I hope every enjoys the airing of grievances, I know I will. 🤣

(Side Note: I’m only awake at this ungodly hour b/c I took a friend to the airport. ✈️🌺)

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:42 -0500

🍿 Ended up doing a double-feature tonight and watched the Christmas Setup, a lovely holiday movie. 🎄 It’s sappy but I do love seeing LGBTQ movies hitting the mainstream. 🏳️‍🌈
★★★☆☆

Plus, it has Fran!

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:46:29 -0500

🍿 We watched a Christmas Story tonight. 🎄 It isn’t my favorite movie but my Partner loves it, so every year we watch it.
★★☆☆☆

Holiday Lights @ the Gardens 🎄📷

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:16:07 -0500

Last weekend, my partner and I went to see some holiday lights at our local botanical garden. It was a wonderful time, they always so such a great job of decorating things and of course, me being me, I took well over two hundred photos (yes, I’m that guy). I wanted to post them all but that would be a little overkill, instead, here are 30-ish of the best ones.

Note: I wanted to post these photos the day after we went to the garden but I wasn’t really in-love with any of the gallery plugins available…so I ended up making my own.

When all was said and done, everyone had a great time. 🥰🎄📷

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:28:26 -0500

🍿 One of my favorite holiday movies, While You Were Sleeping always brings happy tears. 🎄
★★★★☆

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:06:05 -0500

We went to see the lights at the local botanical gardens this weekend, it was a fantastic evening and the lights were gorgeous; will be posting photos in a day or three… 🎄📷

Sat, 09 Dec 2023 23:52:48 -0500

🍿 Decided on a second movie tonight: The Holiday Sitter. 🎄 It’s a silly Hallmark holiday movie but it’s rather adorable and kinda nice to see my people represented in the genre. 🏳️‍🌈 We’ll be adding this to our Holiday movie rotation.
★★★★☆

Sat, 09 Dec 2023 22:14:46 -0500

🍿 Full of mac ‘n cheese, in honor of Kevin’s meal during the movie. This is my Partner’s favorite movie, even after more than 30 years, it has reviewability. 🎄
★★★☆☆

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:23:15 -0500

Follow-Up: The IKEA Sonos speaker is working perfectly (which is more than I could ever say of the HomePod Mini stereo set up) this morning; holiday music is flooding the room whilst I’m debugging some legacy Java code. 🤓🎄 (Yes, I had a spare speaker lying around… 🤣) 📷

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:41:23 -0500

🍿 Tonight’s feature film was an old family favorite: Christmas Vacation. 🎄
★★★☆☆

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:25:03 -0500

🍿 Another favorite, tonight we watched White Christmas. 🎄
★★★★★

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:49:11 -0500

Currently Listening: A Holiday Carole by Carole King. 🎵🎄

First heard Carole on Gilmore Girls and then bought her compilation album at University. When I went home over the Holiday break and I was listening to it, my mother expressed shock because she listened to Carole when she was my age. 🤣

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 21:26:16 -0500

🍿 Kicking off the winter movie season with You’ve Got Mail, which is an old Holiday favorite of ours. 🎄

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:51:04 -0500

We put up the tree last night, with one of my favorite ornaments in a place of prominence. 🎄 We bought more than a few of these beauties in 2020, giving them to a number of Friends. 🤣 📷

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:37:23 -0500

🎵 Yes, I know it’s too early for holiday music but it’s been a rough year…and it’s Cher, so the rules don’t apply. 🏳️‍🌈

Bring on the holiday music! 🎄

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:52:17 -0500

🍿 As it’s Halloween, of course we’re watching The Nightmare Before Christmas. 🎃
★★★★☆

I suspect I’m going to start decorating for Christmas tomorrow; it’s been a rough year and I could use the extra “holiday” time. 🎄

It's too early for this, right?

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:06:45 -0500

Went to a hardware store last night (my Partner is ripping up the carpet and putting in new flooring) and as we walked in, we were assaulted with Christmas cheer. Given the past few weeks, I was digging it but a couple walked in after us and one of them was complaining it was too early for Christmas stuff. 🎄 I was inclined to disagree but I didn’t say anything…just smiled beneath my mask. 📷

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:26:25 -0500

📸 September 2023 Micro.Blog photo challenge. Day 6: Well

Closest thing I could find in my photo library, this is a “well” of alcohol at a Holiday party back at University. 🎄🍾🥳 #mbsept

Holiday Lights at the Zoo

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:03:00 -0500

Every year part of the local Zoo is decorated with lights and Holiday cheer…and the past few years, my fella and I have made a point to stroll around.

Pretty night for a walk by the lake

It’s just one of our Holiday traditions, to wander around the lights, see the penguins, and share a hot chocolate.

Note: This post is from my old site and was ported over into Micro.Blog when I consolidated from two sites into one. All of the migrated posts can be found here.

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 01:02:53 -0500

Didn’t expect to enjoy Spirited to much but wow, that movie…lots and lots of sad but mostly happy tears. 🎥 What a great #holiday movie! 🎄
★★★☆☆

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:39:15 -0500

The Christmas village has been destroyed…it might be time to take it down, before further casualties are caused by the feline invasion.