BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01367 I popped over to Seabra before work tonight. I needed some things to eat overnight. I noticed that there was a cooler that had a bunch of pints of ice cream that I had never seen before. Strange since this ice cream company is apparently almost as old as I am. Barts Ice Cream Company has a ton of different flavors but the one that jumped out at me was the Caramel Heath one because I love Heath Bar. The ice cream is rather good, too. I’ll have to check out what other flavors they have because they are unlike many others that I see and I like trying new and different ones. Still working through my COIVD recovery.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01366 I’ve been sleeping in my office since Monday and haven’t been venturing outside of it for much of anything except to pick up the kids from school or to take them to their classes and such. COVID has been kicking my butt and I haven’t felt like doing much other than resting. I haven’t been thinking much about photos either. At night I do notice that I have many Glow-In-The-Dark Skylanders figures in my display case. I decided to take a photo, not a very good one, of them using Night Sight on my phone. The red is coming from the light son my computer but the figure int he back is a Skylander that Glows.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01365 The fifth and final Marvel X Fortnite Zero War comic came out today and with it another free downloadable cosmetic for the game. What I did not know was that there was an additional set f cosmetics that I would get for free from having all the comics. I got the Iron Man Zero War suit plus back bling and harvesting tool. This is a great set because it also comes with a built in emote and the suit can be both Iron Man red and Gold or Fortnite Blue and red. It looks great. I thought, however that I’d have it sort of exclusively for a little while. You know, a reward for people who actually bought the comic books and and collected the codes but when the item shop reset at 8pm there was the set that anyone could buy using their V-bucks. I was mildly annoyed, but not surprised. On another front, COVID continues to run its course. I’m really run down because of it. This has really killed my training and I’m not happy about it. I took a walk around the block twice ...

  If you are a teacher of kids from grades 4-6 or 6-8 Wizards of the Coast has created a new initiative to provide educational materials for teachers so that they can incorporate Dungeons and Dragons into their lesson plans. This is very exciting and so useful, too. It also comes out to coincide with a brand new starter set being released.. Dungeons and Dragons is very popular with many celebrities playing it and it being featured in some very popular TV shows. Kids are learning more and more about it but they may have never played before. There are many benefits from playing and many educational moments to learn from while playing. This initiative will even provide schools, libraries and community centers and enrichment organizations with D&D Afterschool Kits that will include everything to start D&D clubs and meetups. I have a full press release below with all the information on the initiative. I would also like to point you towards the website where you can download many...

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01364 A Few weeks ago I got an email from Disney + asking if I would like a Disney Drop. Apparently, they send out these special boxes to subscribers from time to time. At first I thought it was a scam email but then discovered that it was not so I signed up for it to see what would be sent. The box contained a whole bunch of things themed around, The Little Mermaid. There was Little Mermaid Bingo cards, a movie still with facts on the movie, some blank cards, a sarong, a Rubik’s cube, a pot holder and more. It was interesting but not really anything that anyone here in the house would use. Allison might use the sarong but that is about it. but, overall it was a nice thing to get. Had the kids been younger this would have been a fun box for activities.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01363 Well, it finally got me. I took a COVID test today and it came up positive. I’ve been sick since Thursday and I tested but was not positive. There wasn’t even a hint of positivity in the test the other day but today, today there was no doubt in the test. COIVD finally got me. So, I’m isolated to my office. The family taking care of me by bringing me my dinner and other things I need. I’m actually a bit mad about getting it. I had been able to avoid being sick for nearly two years now and then this past weekend I ended up taking two days out of work because I wasn’t feeling well. I tested and was negative. It persisted and so I took the test again and today it was positive. This means I can’t do much of anything for a while and it is annoying. I’m holed up ion my office and while I enjoy spending time there and playing video games, if that is the only option I get bored of it quickly. So, I’ll clean up in here, catch up on shows and get so

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01362 No, the cake does not taste like it was made of pickles. This is what Andy has called his creation. He colored the frosting to make this cake to look like a pickle, I guess. that is what he called it. It makes him happy to bake and to decorate.