That'll do, Donkey.

I'm sure you're desperate to know what in all the land we've been up to, since I clearly haven't been busy keeping you updated on the Chia Shrek.

Working two jobs, first of all, as one ends (hooray!) and another begins. Making two different pans of homemade macaroni and cheese in one night, secondly, and making my neighbors rate them so that I will be prepared with something fabulously delicious for our family's Superbowl Extravaganza. It's a non-stop party around these parts, which is the excuse I'm giving for the reason my house looks like a bomb exploded.

We attended a fancy-pants dinner with the rockstars of Paddy's office. (Don't judge him for being an overachiever. We were basically the youngest ones there by, oh, a decade or so.)

Bug's been busy, too. Busy getting into Mama's eyeliner and drawing herself a beard.

Chia Shrek is plugging along! Here are some shots of his progress over the last week:

For your patience with me, I'll grant you another of my oh-so-accurate inanimate object-human comparisons. (see the others here and here)

Isn't my Chia Shrek very

Terry Bradshaw?