Good morning from Northside…
The snow was melting and so was this little snowman…
Genifer thought it was a snow mouse. I thought it was a little snow bear or hamster. Whatever little animal it was, it’s starting to melt now…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. We had the BBQ Cheddar Meatballs with bacon potatoes again…
It was really good. We like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot. 😀🌄❄️⛄️🍽♥️
Posted by Thadd F. on February 22, 2021
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It was very snowy this morning…
Good morning from Northside…
Work, work, work, work… And then the sun was really pretty this evening…
And good evening from Northside…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This one was Piri Piri Chicken and Feta with citrusy green beans…
It was another really delicious meal. The feta chicken was really good. And the green beans were topped crispy onions straws. It was really good. We like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.
Tonight, we watched Super 8 on Amazon Prime Video. It was good. Super cute. But you could tell it was an actual movie, not the typical low-budget schlock that you find on Prime Video. And that kind of takes some of the fun out of watching a movie on Amazon Prime. 😀🌄🌨️❄️🐔📺❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on February 16, 2021
https://tplusg.com/2021/02/16/a-winter-wonderland/
It was an overcast start to another work week…
The sun started to make a brief appearance this morning before getting enveloped by the clouds…
The sky looked really pretty. Good morning from Northside…
This evening it was just overcast and grey…
Good evening from Northside…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. We had the Asian Sesame Pulled Pork with broccoli and jasmine rice again…
It was so good again. The Asian glaze on the pulled pork was just amazing. At the grocery, we got a delicious little carrot cake to share for desserts this week…
It was the start of what’s going to be a crazy busy work week for me. I have two projects that both have deadlines on Friday morning. But I’ll get it all get sorted. Somehow.
While I was working on my stuff, we started watching Wanted on Netflix. It‘s wildly improbable and a bit ridiculous but very entertaining. 😀🌄☁️🥡🥕😰📺❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on February 8, 2021
https://tplusg.com/2021/02/08/here-we-go-again-3/
We work up this morning to more snow…
When we up atop the hill at the end of our street, a pretty big group of geese in their flying V formation flew by in front of us…
And then it was followed by two more Vs, all heading in the same direction…
Interestingly… A group of geese on land is called a gaggle. When they’re in flight, it becomes a skein, team or wedge of geese.
Also, scientists have determined that the V-shaped formation that geese use when migrating serves two important purposes: First, it conserves their energy. Each bird flies slightly above the bird in front of him, resulting in a reduction of wind resistance. The birds take turns being in the front, falling back when they get tired. This lets the geese fly for a long time before they have to stop for rest. The second benefit to the V formation is that it’s easy to keep track of every bird in the group, and may assist with the communication and coordination within the group. Ahhh.. the internet.
Anyway, it was a lot of geese. Good morning from Northside…
Hello moon…
And by this evening, most of our snow had melted again…
Good evening from Northside…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This one was Asian Sesame Pulled Pork with broccoli and jasmine rice…
Broccoli is probably my favorite vegetable. The pulled pork had an amazing Asian glaze and the rice was really good too.
And Genifer made almond flour cupcakes with strawberry frosting…
Cupcakes are always terrific. Good evening from our backyard…
Tonight, we watched In Darkness on Netflix. It was pretty good. 😀🌄❄️🐾🥡📺❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on February 2, 2021
https://tplusg.com/2021/02/02/lots-of-geese/
It was all snowy again this morning…
Good morning from Northside…
And tonight, it was actually still snowy…
Good evening from Northside…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This one was BBQ Cheddar Meatballs with bacon potatoes…
It was another really delicious meal. The meatballs were terrific and the bacon potatoes were really good. But honestly, it felt like something like that could just as easily been made from scratch. And that’s a good thing because maybe we could make this one again. It was really good. We like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.
And then we went upstairs to try to find a movie to watch…
We watched The Rhythm Section on Amazon Prime. It was not terrible. But our day was pretty good, especially for a Monday. 😀❄️🍽️🐾📺❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on February 1, 2021
https://tplusg.com/2021/02/01/another-snowy-day/
This morning, we took the dogs all the way around the block…
Good morning from Northside…
It started snowing this afternoon…
Good evening from Northside…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This one was Chicken Thigh Shawarma Wild Rice Bowl with tzatziki sauce…
It was another really delicious meal. Chicken and rice bowls are terrific. And we love anything with tzatziki sauce. We like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.
A lot of my favorite basketball teams aren’t playing because of COVID-19. Just tonight, Wichita State, Michigan and Grizzlies all had games postponed…
Thank goodness they haven’t paused all the games and we could watch some other games tonight. 😀🌄☁️🌨️❄️🏀📺❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on January 27, 2021
https://tplusg.com/2021/01/27/we-got-a-little-snow/
It was a very bright and sunshiny morning…
Good morning from Northside…
And the sun was out all day today…
Good evening from Northside…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This was Swiss Chicken with honey mustard green beans and crispy onions…
It was another really delicious meal. The cheesy chicken was really terrific and the green beans were really good. I think crispy onions can make anything even more delicious. We like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.
While I was working this afternoon, I listened to Leicester beat Chelsea 2-0 to go top of the Premier League. And this evening, we watched Michigan bounce back from their first loss by thumping Maryland 87-63.
We had another good Tuesday. 😀🌄☀️🐔⚽️🏀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on January 19, 2021
https://tplusg.com/2021/01/19/a-sunny-day-in-northside/
It was another overcast morning…
Good morning from Northside…
But it turned out to be a pretty evening…
Good evening from Northside…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This was Italian Romano Pork Meatloaf with Parmesan broccoli and red peppers…
And add some extra dust cheese…
It was another really delicious meal. All the meatloaf dinners we’ve tried have been outstanding. This was yet another meal that would have gone really well with garlic bread. But I’ve been told that not every meal needs to have garlic bread with it. Still, we like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.
We watched Michigan run riot on Wisconsin. At one point in the second half, Michigan was up by 40 points courtesy of a stretch when the Wolverines outscored the Badgers 43-6…
And they’re only going to get better next season…
And five years ago, Michigan beat then #3 Maryland…
“Who’s got it better than us?” Hail! GO BLUE! 😀🌄🐾🍽️〽️🏀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on January 12, 2021
https://tplusg.com/2021/01/12/a-43-6-scoring-run/
We’re back at it, working from home after having a long twelve day holiday break. And of course, it would be a grey and overcast, rainy Monday morning. I mean, why wouldn’t it be?
Good morning from Northside…
And good evening from Northside…
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This one had a really long name too. This was one Baked Chicken Parmesan with garlic herb butternut squash and Brussels sprouts…
It was another really good meal. The chicken was delicious and the veggies were really good as well. This is another meal that would have gone really well with garlic bread. But somehow, we were all fresh out. Still, we like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.
I was kinda hoping that today would be gradual easing back into work. Nope. That wasn’t the case at all. I got tossed in the middle of two turn and burn projects. The second involved me creating eight of these three-quarter view renders of designs I created well before holiday break…
I finally got them all done around 11:30pm. Nothing like a 16 hour day on your first day back after the holiday break. So much for a slow and easy first day back to work.
😀🌄🍽️💻❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on January 4, 2021
https://tplusg.com/2021/01/04/and-were-back-at-it-2/
We walked down to watch the sunrise…
And good morning from Northside…
Today was day 22 of my Lego City Advent Calendar…
We powered through our last work day before Christmas. And finished up our projects for the week.
Then it was time to take the dogs on their evening walk around the block…
Good evening from Northside…
For dinner tonight, we had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This one was Stroganoff Beef Meatloaf with green beans…
And it was another really delicious dinner. Those little meatloaves were just out of this world. I love anything beef stroganoff. I think it’s my favorite gravy. We really like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.
We received a card in the mail from Skyline today…
During one of the Xavier basketball games a while back, I won a $15 gift card during their Skyline Chili virtual parachute drop on Twitter…
And today, our gift card showed up in the mail…
Thanks, Xavier and Skyline! That’s pretty dang cool. We’re looking forward to having some Skyline very soon and cruising into the long holiday weekend. 😀🌄🍽️🧧❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 22, 2020
https://tplusg.com/2020/12/22/and-were-done-with-work/
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