You might remember last year when The Geeky One and his Adorable Girlfriend-at-the-time (now wife) had a argument slight disagreement over what belonged at the top of their Christmas tree. She insisted on a star…he insisted on a hanging Jack from Jack-in-the-Box. He snuck in after they decorated the tree…and hung Jack on the star.
So we went over to their house this year for their annual wine and cheese party…and look what I saw!
It appears he’s a sneaky one, That Geeky One. He hung the Hanging Jack from their star again. 
Stephanie, you are a trooper for putting up with our weird family traditions.
Speaking of weird family traditions. My mom had these Christmas mice that she put out at Christmas. Who knows where she got them. She put them out every year. When The Geeky One was really young, he asked one year where are the Christmas Rats? We were like, huh??? We finally figured out he meant the mice. So from then on he got to put those Christmas “rats” out in my mom’s house. It was always hard to decide where to put them each year, don’t you know.
When he got his own home, my mom gave him the “Rats.” 
because she wanted to get rid of them. she knew how much The Geeky One loves them. She’s a good mom/grandmother like that. 
(See, I come by being a great mom genetically. Really!)
Here they are in all their glory! No doubt The Geeky One STILL has a hard time deciding where to put them each year! (Stephanie, seriously, you are the best to put up with us!)
As an aside…it pays to have really tall sons ™. The Photography One just reached my iPhone right up there to the top of the tree and took the photo of Jack for me.
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So SuperGuy has been bugging the crud out of me 
asking me over and over and over Well, he’s mentioned a few times that these 3 innocent little beer bottles out on the counter were annoying him.
“Can we recycle these”
“No, I want them for a blog post”
“Can we recycle these?”
“No, I want them for a blog post.”
Well, it went on for quite awhile because, you know…I wanted. them. for. a. blog. post. I was going to get all creative and write a meaningful post about how my change in beer drinking habits parallel my changes in my life. 
Anyway…started out being a Budlight drinker. Middle of the road, not too exciting, don’t rock the boat, people pleaser.
Then moved on to beer like Corona. Small step out of the box.
(pardon the heavy texture phase…I couldn’t find the original PSD file to re-edit this.)
Moving onto Blue Moon–finding my way.
Then finally figuring myself out. Trying new things. More pleased with my choices.
Anyway…I wanted to mess around and take some artsy fartsy photos of my new favorite beers…for those of you who have known me through all of my beer/life stages…
The Last Beers of Summer
And yes, dear, you can recycle the beer bottles now…
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So my oldest son comes up to me at the wedding reception and says, “Grab your camera. Stephanie’s lost that lovin’ feeling.” I’m thinking, what???
They plop her down in a chair. She says “I’m not doing the garter thing.”
30-40 boys all drop to their knees and start singing:
You never close your eyes any more
When I kiss your lips
And there’s no tenderness like before
In your fingertips
You’re trying hard not to show it baby
But baby, baby I know it
You’ve lost that loving feeling
Oh, that loving feeling
You’ve lost that loving feeling
Now it’s gone, gone, gone
Whoa-oh
Some of them really got into it… Gabe, that would be you… 
Seriously, are they not all having the best time?? Love these kids!
Stephanie totally enjoying herself.
The bum, bum, bum, snapping part of the song.
Yep, it’s too bad Stephanie lost her Lovin’ Feeling…just 3 hours into her married life!
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