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Today was Pi Day (3.14) so we went to Taft’s for pizza pie…






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Posted by Thadd F. on March 14, 2021
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Our Kroger Prep+Pared Taco Tuesday was delicious. ๐๐๐ก๐ฎโฅ๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on March 9, 2021
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The dogs found a little patch of sunlight in our front bedroom…





Michigan lost to Sparty to end their championship regular season. The Wolverines first game of the Big Ten Tournament will be on Friday at 11:30am.

Around 10pm, we were watching the NBA All-Star Game on TNT and our lost our power. Apparently, all of Northside lost power…


Genifer got a text from the power company that said a car hit something that knocked out power to the entire neighborhood. I woke up around 1am and thankfully, our power was back on. ๐๐๐พ๐๐ฆโค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on March 7, 2021
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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 hadย another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. We had the BBQ Cheddar Meatballs with bacon potatoes againโฆ

It was really good. We like theย Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kitsย a lot. ๐๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฝโฅ๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on February 22, 2021
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Good morning from Northside…


We ran over to the grocery…





And we stopped for Saturday morning coffee…



This afternoon we ventured over to the East End of Cincinnati…



We met our friends Ben and Mehwish at The Hi-Mark…















We had so much fun getting to hang out for a bit…

Good evening from Northside…


We had a very fun Saturday. ๐๐โ๏ธ๐ปโโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐โฅ๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on February 20, 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 hadย 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 theย Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kitsย 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. ๐๐๐จ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐บโค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on February 16, 2021
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Happy Valentine’s Day!




Good morning from Northside…


We ran over to the grocery this morning…

I thought Ice Bear had been pulled out of the claw machine…

But he was just moved from the front corner to the back corner. poor guy…

They were still out of pandas and trains…

But there were still plenty of Valentine’s Day balloons…


Lotsa balloons…

Cincinnati was expecting a big winter storm starting later in the afternoon. And that made the check-out lines really long…



And we stopped for coffees…




Arsenal smacked around Leeds United, 4-2. And Michigan was finally back from their three week COVID pause and they had to play away to Wisconsin…


And BOOM! They didn’t miss a beat…

After the Michigan game, we went over to Taft’s for pizza…






We tried Taft’s newest beer, Hazy Cabana Juice…


It was really good. We got some loaded tots…

Very blurry tots. And we got a pepperoni, sausage and mushroom pizza…

Taft’s had a Valentine’s Day special with a heart-shaped pizza and cannoli. We didn’t get the special deal but they had extra cannoli and gave us a couple…

Good evening from Northside…


And then we hung out and had a few drinks and watched Mavs basketball…

It probably wasn’t the world’s most romantic Valentine’s Day but it was a really great Sunday. ๐๐โ๏ธ๐๐โค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on February 14, 2021
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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 againโฆ

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. ๐๐โ๏ธ๐ฅก๐ฅ๐ฐ๐บโค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on February 8, 2021
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Happy Superb Owl Sunday!

We were up super early this morning, even before the sunrise…


Good morning from Northside…




And we were off to run over the the grocery…

We always go to the grocery early, but we wanted to get over extra early this morning. We thought it might start to get a bit nutty with people stocking up on supplies for The Big Gameโข…

It looked like Ice Bear was rescued from the claw machine…

He used to be right where the zebra is now. I hope he went to a good home…

Both the panda and the train were out of stick in the International Aisle…

And there were still a few balloons left but no owl balloons…

Just lots and lots of hearts…

As is tradition, we stopped for coffee after the grocery…


Here’s another photo of Genifer’s new desk. She moved it over in front of the window…

It looks really nice in there.


And good evening from Northside…



I was cheering for Tom Brady in The Big Gameโข…







And there you go. We had a whole bunch of chip and dippers while we watched the game. It was a pretty great Superb Bowl Sunday. ๐๐โ๏ธ๐ฆ๐๐บโค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on February 7, 2021
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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 hadย another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals. This one was Asian Sesame Pulled Pork with broccoli and jasmine riceโฆ

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. ๐๐โ๏ธ๐พ๐ฅก๐บโค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on February 2, 2021
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