It is my anniversary today and I didn’t get distracted this year. We haven’t decided exactly where we are going yet, but did secure one of my wife’s friends to watch the boy for a few hours this evening...
Lucretia has a new nickname, given by the boy: “Miss Lumpy.” That came about because my wife and I kept calling her “the lump” as she would consistently hide under the covers forming a lump on our bed. We...
Really short one today as we are headed to the city, but I found out that they cancelled the carnival at the rodeo this year, and in it’s place they are having a petting zoo. A petting zoo. With...
We didn’t do much yesterday, and were too stuffed from dinner to go to the pool in the evening. I spent much of the afternoon in various stages of food prep for the twice-baked potatoes – 45 minutes to...
We have a new visitor to Toad Hollow – a mouse. We had a lot of wind yesterday afternoon/evening and a post was blown over into the window well, so I’m not sure if it got in climbing down...
My bottle gourd had its first bloom yesterday! It’s a lighter flower, seemingly closer to the bloom of a poppy than a cucumber or squash, but it was there, and a little bee was rooting around in it for...
JFC I hate AI phone attendants. My GrapheneOS phone was not working, and I had to call in to Verizon which took ~15 minutes before I could even get to a human. Not sure what caused the issue, but...
I think we figured out what Lucretia was screaming about the other night – When I was watering the catnip pots, which were placed outside the screened area on the deck until they grow big enough for the cats,...
While making my tea this morning I heard birds – a lot of them. They were right outside the kitchen window chattering away in the enclosed garden area. I peeked out and what I saw startled me a bit...
the past few days have certainly been a whirlwind. The weekend was somewhat chaotic getting all the last minute preparations finalized. The Roku TV I picked up to replace the one that had bricked during an update, bricked during...