12/15/14

And so, after nine long months of remodeling, Johnny's basement bar and rec room was finally completed. Now the tougher task of obtaining some actual friends to come over and make use of it began...

Always the entrepreneur, Maureen decided to put the TV Guides into the slot meant for Reader's Digest and insert some her own recipe booklets into the Reader's Digest slot on top, thus cashing in on all those years of collecting dog-eared delicacies from old magazines and even older relatives.

Whenever the Gibbons brothers got together to cook breakfast for mom, it was up to Chester to scramble the eggs and saute them with the ham and potatoes and it was up to Danny to pick out the stray chest hairs before the meal could be plated up!

Denise thought she'd gotten everything sewn up the way she wanted, but then was presented with a cloth-bound, 20-page pre-nuptial agreement from Darryl's family that she was expected to sign before the ceremony could take place the following morning...

With the help of her fellow consultants, Venetia hoped to finally rid Clarice, once and for all, of those dreadfully thin, misshapen eyebrows that had gotten under her skin since their first meeting three months prior.

Cheryl was delighted that Santa brought her not only one but two Barbies for Christmas, complete with a wardrobe of stunning fashions. Unfortunately, brother Scotty was already earmarking them for use as targets with his own treasured present, a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle...