We had spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread for dinner tonight…

I love spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread! Taken with Instagram. 😀🍝❤️
We had spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread for dinner tonight…

I love spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread! Taken with Instagram. 😀🍝❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 11, 2017
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I read a heartbreaking story about a border terrier named Rocco. He lost his life after his collar got caught on a kitchen door handle while his owner was at work.
Tonight, we have taken Oscar’s collar off in memory of Rocco…

We’re going start leaving his collar off while he’s at home. Love and thoughts are with Rocco’s family. RIP Rocco. #CollarsOffForRocco 🐾💔 Taken with Instagram.
Posted by Thadd F. on October 11, 2017
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We went to Second Place to watch the USMNT take on Trinidad & Tobago in the final qualifying match for next summer’s World Cup in Russia…

Our USMNT needed a win against a Trinidad & Tobago squad that had only won one match in qualifying. They had one win, eight losses, and no draws. Handing T&T one more loss would guarantee the USA a spot in Russia but a tie would more than likely put them into the World Cup finals as well. And the USMNT played really well against in their 4-0 rout of Panama on Friday…

And the USMNT lost 2-1. They finished fifth behind Mexico and Costa Rica and Panama and Honduras. Fifth out six teams in the hexagonal table. Next summer’s World Cup finals will be the first without American involvement since 1986. Disappointing doesn’t really cover it. It’s just really dang embarrassing. But I haven’t been this disappointed and embarrassed in the United States since Trump was put in the White House.
But hey, at least it was a pretty evening before the match…

What the heck is happening to our once-great country? 😀🇺🇸⚽️😬😥🚫🏆😭
Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2017
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Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2017
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You Hold the Key is a community awareness and engagement campaign aimed to promote dialogue and inspire empathy around the issue of homelessness in Greater Cincinnati through public art.
Today, I saw some of the You Hold the Key artworks along Eighth Street on my way to pick up something for lunch…






ArtWorks transformed people and places through investments in creativity. Each year, ArtWorks employs local youth and professional artists to create community impact across our region. 2017 marks the 10th Anniversary of the ArtWorks mural program. They believe our city is a gallery and are proud of the 100+ murals in 37 Cincinnati neighborhoods and 7 nearby cities which celebrate our history, heroes and legends, to date.
ArtWorks is expanding its strategic focus to support the awareness and advancement of key regional issues by partnering with organizations working on the front-lines of these issues, to create community dialogue through art. ArtWorks’ social art practice hinges on the power of art and art-making to serve as a catalyst to promote health and wellness, spark conversation and invoke empathy.
Visit YouHoldTheKey.org for more information. 😀🏡❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2017
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We just wrapped up Week 5 of the 2017 fantasy football season and my seven teams are a combined 29-6! At 4-1, I’m in first place in my money league at work. Rounding out the rest of my teams, I have another team at 4-1, two teams at 3-2, and I have three teams that are still undefeated at 5-0! 😀🏈👍❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2017
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The sink in our second-floor bathroom is now fixed!

HOORAY! No more leaks! Taken with Instagram. 🛠️🚫💧
Posted by Thadd F. on October 9, 2017
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Genifer made this amazing slow-cooker chicken enchilada chili for dinner tonight…



It was delicious! And there were crescent rolls too! I love crescent rolls!

YUM! Genifer is such a good cook. 😀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 9, 2017
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This afternoon we dodged the raindrops and walked down to Higher Gravity to watch FC Cincinnati’s second to last match of the regular season away to Ottawa Fury and that other “professional” football team from Cincinnati was playing too…

Genifer’s mom, Geri has been staying with us while she closes on her new house…

FC Cincinnati lost to Ottawa 4-0. Now they sit precariously in the final playoff spot with one match remaining. After the soccer match, we went home to watch our Dallas Cowboys take on the Green Bay Packers. And we got some delicious NYPD Pizza for the late afternoon game…

Isn’t it amazing how all pizza is so similar yet so completely different at the same time?Oh. And the Cowboys lost on the final drive of the game, 35-31. It was another really fun day in Northside if you get past all the losing. 😀🍺🍕🤠🏈😕❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 8, 2017
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