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Walk the walk of walking the walk

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I’ve bumped around a lot of cities in my life.  Way way back in the olden days of the 90s (LOL), when I was hanging out with X a lot, we’d walk and talk.  Just wonder around the neighborhoods, either his or mine, and chat.  We did the same in Madison a lot as well.  When I lived in Da Bay, I would walk, until I needed the cane as that took the wind out of my walking sails.  Before that, BV and I used to walk a lot.  I remember some of the walks in the Redwoods and just around places in Da Bay with her.  We’d also walk to groceries and there was an Indian place she knew and liked about a mile away and that was always a nice walk.  We also did Yosemite and the Bay to Breakers, so we walked often. Covid was a whole new thing.  J and I would walk.  A lot.  We’d get Kiddo out and walk.  Well, Kiddo would power around on her Scootbike.  Even nights, to burn off some of the kid energy, we’d take Kiddo out.  A short walk....
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An RX for a Xmas Tree Set up.

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Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we are on to Xmas and all that.  The good news is that we got the tree set up this weekend, as you can see here. The bad news is; We didn’t do LegoLand or Thanksgiving this weekend. Thursday, Kiddo woke and complained of not feeling well.  It wasn’t burn out.  You could see it in her eyes and face that we was sick.  Plus, she was warm to the touch.  Not burning, but warm.  That, however, reminded us that we didn’t own a thermometer so I got on ordering that and we had it the next day.  By Friday, she was worse.  Worse to the point that we made a doctor appointment for her.  Now, let me say that we are not see a doc for everything kind of parents.  Kids get sick.  Usually, drink some water, rest for a day or two, and get back to life.  When she is sick, however, we will get medical intervention. J was also not feeling well, so we had a lazy Friday hoping everyone would rebound. ...
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Mastering our Thankfulness

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It’s Thanksgiving week and we have a lot to be thankful for this year.  First and foremost is the grill and the fact that I can do a chicken for us.  I did a prep run the other week and all was great.  Timing was spot on.  Sides were easily manageable.  Heat control was on point.  I over cooked by about 12 minutes, but my meat thermometer was dead (not everything needs batteries and wifi, but that’s another rant) and I was going a bit on feel.  Considering the last time I roasted a chicken, let alone on a grill, was over 4 years ago, I was happy.  The only other complaint was the gravy.  I got a bit heavy handed with the flour and it was a little over thick.  Both things are easily fixable.  Again, after 4 years away from doing to cook to be a little over done and the gravy a little over thick isn’t the worst.  It’s fixable and the chicken I’ll be getting for our Thanksgiving meal will be about 300-400g heavier, so that should ...
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Wild Weekend

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It was a Kiddo weekend, that’s for sure. Saturday, J had to go to the doc and get some blood work done.  Nothing serious, just standard bloodwork for a yearly check up, so instead of fasting all day and trying to teach, she scheduled it on a Saturday in the morning at first appointment.  After that, however, she wanted to hit the climbing gym and I wanted her to have some time for her; She’s been working so hard to finish her Masters (two more weeks!) on top of teaching, mom’ing, wife’ing, and general awesomeness’ing.  That said, I was on Kiddo all day Saturday.  It was great.  We got to doctor for a bit and then she helped cook again.  She’s really getting the hang of it.  We did a tofu stirfry and Kiddo rocked the greenbeans and celery. The real fun was going to GET the produce.  It was a lovely weekend.  Really just fantastic weather.  Yesterday it was 23 out (74F) and Saturday was 21 (70F) out.  So, we hoped on our bikes and...
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