Lets Go Kiddo

It’s been about 4 years since I’ve needed a winter coat.  In SD, it was unneeded, I could get away with a hoodie or a light coat and hoodie.  In BKK it was completely unneeded.  Here, however, it’s starting to get cold.  Yesterday the high was 15C (59F) and the wind was about 15-20mph and just cutting.  The weather is changing and we are all getting a dose of it and used to it.  For J and myself, it has been a while.  For our Lil Thai Popsicle, she’s been freezing! We call her our little Thai Child.  She loves the hot.  She has a bunch of Thai gestures and mannerisms.  She is also a bit spicy at times.  So, when she’s freezing, she’s our little Thai Popsicle.   The last time I had on a winter type of jacket or coat was the last time I visited WI in the winter.  That’s 4-5 years ago now.  I can’t really recall, it’s been so long.  It’s really no matter.  The point is that I now have a winter coat again....

There are times when I miss working; When I miss getting up without having to figure out how to fill the hours of the day.  I know, I know… complain much.  It’s an odd thing (at my age) to be retired.  At least semi-retired.  Maybe once J is done with her Masters program, I’ll get a burr in my butt and want to go back to school.  Maybe even become a teacher and we can do a double salary thing.  Or maybe I’ll pick another field that has international implications and go that route. However, as I sip on a coffee at the Starbucks across the street from where Kiddo does her drum lessons and think on it as I write this, I gotta say, being home every day, writing every day (even if it’s not for the blog), cooking, walking, and just having the day to fill as I see fit and not as some boss or employer tells me is a nice feeling.  It certainly is less stressful.  My biggest concern is figuring out what to make for dinner and then walking to the grocery o...

Kiddo has a “bestie” at school.  Her name is H.  H is a good kid.  Sweet.  She’s been over a couple of times, had dinner with us a couple of times, and J and I like her.  Kiddo has also gone over to H’s place a few times.  They play at the playground a few days a week also.   H is cool.  She rolls with the uniqueness of our family.  She’s down with Poley and always giggles when I do the Poley voice and talk to Kiddo as Poley.  Last week, she was over for a day and was going to be having dinner with us.  Kiddo, of course, needed to check in on Poley and see how things were going.  Poley, for his part, was hangry and wanted to eat 7 salmon, but Kiddo would only let him half 2 so he didn’t ruin his dinner.  As a polar bear is wont to do, he called Kiddo a Butthead.  Kiddo, for her part, told him that if he kept that up, he would be punished and wouldn’t get any salmon.  As you can imagine, Poley was not thrilled w...

A week ago, on Monday, we woke and the fridge wasn’t very cold.  Odd, but I would work the problem.  Maybe a bunch of stuff was stuffed in the back and we weren’t getting good airflow.  Maybe the temp got bumped up on accident.  I had to get Kiddo breakfast, J was moving around and getting out the door ready and I needed some coffee.  It wasn’t urgent.  By Tuesday, out was obvious that the fridge was dead.  Freezer was fine.  The second cooling drawer area was fine, but the main cabinet was toast.  I moved some things around and we made it work.  Besides, the main cabinet is insulated, so I started playing a game of ice packs.  See, we have about a dozen ice packs.  About 4 would keep the main cabinet cool.  We lost 1/3rd of a container of yogurt, a few eggs, and a serving of leftovers (man, that was my lunch) but other than that, I saved the brie and string cheeses and we ate cool apples for a few days. We also got smac...