All posts for the month October, 2020

And the rest of our Saturday.

It was a grey and overcast Saturday morning in Northside…

Good morning from Northside…

We ran over to the grocery this morning…

They had both the panda bear and the train again today…

And they had lots of my new favorite BBQ Chicken flavor ramen…

There were some great balloons this morning too…

We stopped to get our Saturday morning Mad Llama coffee…

We had this shelf in our kitchen…

Genifer ordered a new sideboard to go in its place…

It took a bit to put together but it turned out pretty nice…

It took too long for Oscar. He was out…

For lunch, we walked down Hamilton Avenue to check out Northside’s new taco shop called Taqueria 251. It was pretty good stuff. I don’t know that we’ll be rushing back. They had this corn appetizer called Esquite that was out of this world good. And they had incredible churros for dessert. I think we’ll still be satisfying our taco cravings at Django Western Taco. But I think our perfect meal would combine the best from the two places.

And good evening from Northside…

And from our backyard…

Before we headed upstairs, we stopped to admire our new sideboard…

It looks really nice in our kitchen. We like it a lot.

then we soldiered through The Reckoning on Netflix. It was just plain bad. There wasn’t one likable character in the entire series. So not good. At all. 😀🌄🐼🚂🎈☕️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 10, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/10/the-rest-of-our-saturday/

Worlds Mental Health Day.

Today is Worlds Mental Health Day. I loved today’s Milk & Mocha Bear…

I like the message of this one too from last year’s World Mental Health Day...

Be kind. Always. Those are great words to live by.

And don’t worry so much about things you can’t control. Same goes for silly work emails. I really love Milk & Mocha bear. 😀🐻❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 10, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Ffffound, Milk & Mocha Bear, Northside, Oct12, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/10/dont-worry-much/

A morning trip to Trade Joe’s.

Good morning from Northside…

We ventured out to Trader Joe’s this morning before work, and on the way across town the sunrise sky was so beautiful…

It’s been a minute since we’ve been to Trader Joe’s…

And Mad Llama is right around the corner from Trader Joe’s (kind of)…

When we got home, we finished up our work week before having Trader Joe’s delicious Mandarin Orange Chicken for dinner…

Good evening from Northside…

And then we all crashed out…

It was another long week. Thank goodness it’s Friday. 😀🌄☀️🥡🐔❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 9, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on October 9, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/09/a-morning-trip-to-trade-joes/

The best thing to do.

I love Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. 😀🐻🐷❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 8, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Ffffound, Home, Northside, Oct7, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Piglet, Seen and noted, Winnie the Pooh

Posted by Thadd F. on October 8, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/08/the-best-thing-to-do/

My ballot arrived today.

Good morning from Northside…

For dinner tonight, we had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals for dinner tonight. This one was Hawaiian Boneless Pork Chop with bacon green beans…

It was another really delicious dinner. The pineapple with the crispy onions on top of the pork chops and the bacon green beans were outstanding. The sauce was kind of an Asiany soy sauce. We really like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.

Good evening from Northside…

My voter packet arrived in the mail today…

The first one was a no-brainer. The rest were just really everything straight Democratic ticket. Now I just need to figure out the judges. 😀🌄🐷🍍🗳️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 7, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Posted by Thadd F. on October 7, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/07/my-ballot-arrived-today/

With… Sprinkles.

Good morning from Northside…

The front yard of the house at the end of the street is out of control…

Genifer made P.F. Chang’s Orange Chicken for dinner tonight…

And she made dumplings too…

For dessert, she bought home a three big of cookies from Taste of Belgium…

I thought the sugar cookie with sprinkles was the best one…

But maybe I just really like Sprinkles.

And good evening from Northside…

And the evening always ends with ball in the backyard. 😀🌄🥡🍪❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 6, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Cookies, Dumplings, Good evening, Good morning, Home, Home Sweet Home, Look up in the sky, Northside, Oct6, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Orange chicken, Our backyard, P.F.Chang's, Seen and noted, Taste of Belgium

Posted by Thadd F. on October 6, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/06/with-sprinkles/

Mondays are always hard.

Good morning from Northside…

And good evening from Northside…

Not a cloud in the sky all day long. And then we just crashed out…

We just blew through both The Five and Safe. Both of the series were based on books by Harlan Coben and both were really outstanding. They had so many twists and turns. We never would have guessed the ending in either series. They were sooo good.

And that was another Monday in the books. 😀🌄🐾📺❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Dogs, Good evening, Good morning, Home Sweet Home, Look up in the sky, Mack, Netflix & Chill, Northside, Oct5, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Our backyard, Pets, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/05/mondays-are-always-hard/

Google Maps Local Guides Level 9!

I FINALLY DID IT! I just made it to Local Guide Level 9! I’ve been plugging away and working really hard on my Google Maps/Local Guides. I’ve been posting photos and reviews of every place we visit to try to inch myself from Level 8 up to Level 9. I’ve been painfully close to level 9 for a while, and this evening I finally made it…

HOORAY for Level 9! It doesn’t really mean much to anyone other than me. I don’t get anything. I just think it’s fun. It’s kind of like my Swarm. It’s another way to share our experiences and especially another place to share all the dang photos I take of every little thing every single day.

And that’s really why I like Google Maps Local Guides! #LetsGuide 😀🗺️📷9⃣❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged #LetsGuide, 2020, Cincinnati, Google Local Guides, Google Maps, Home, Home Sweet Home, Level 9, Northside, Oct5, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/05/google-maps-local-guides-level-9/

#TBT Pause for paws.

These photos of Oscar popped up in my Timehop…

He was so cute and so fuzzy in these photos. Thanks for the memories, Timehop. 😀🦕🐾❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged #TBT, #Timehop, 2020, Cincinnati, Dogs, Eight years ago, Home, Home Sweet Home, Oct5, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Oscar, Pause for paws, Pets, Seen and noted, Timehop

Posted by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/05/tbt-pause-for-paws-59/

Burger King and some whaaaat?

Good morning from Northside…

We were so lazy today. We laid around all morning. Finally, we started to get hungry and ventured out of the house. On our way to get lunch, we stopped to get gas in Finneytown…

And there was this sticker on our pump…

And then it was onto the Home of the Whopper. We ordered a BK feast through the Burger King App…

Usually, Burger King is reserved only for road trips. But it just sounded really good today. And we ordered a bunch so we’d have snack for later.

I’m just going to leave these scores here without comment…

😳😬😲 What makes it even more nuts is when you combine today’s Liverpool and United results with last weekend’s thumping of City by Leicester…

It brings me great joy whenever United or Liverpool lose. And to have them both great thumped on the same day, just makes for a really great Sunday. Now I have a couple of matches to go back and watch to see just what the heck happened.

Good evening from Northside…