We had spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread for dinner tonight…
Hmmm…
These meatballs need some dust cheese…
That’s better. I love spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread. 😀🍝❤️
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It’s what’s for dinner.
Posted by Thadd F. on March 16, 2020
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Working from home: Day 1.
On Friday, Grey Midwest had a trial run of all employees working from home. About half way through the day, it was recommended that all Grey Midwest employees should work from home until further notice. So this morning was the first official day of my working from home. Thankfully, we have our terrific little work space setup on our second floor, and it will finally get put to good use…
I pulled in some dog beds from upstairs and barricaded us in the office…
And I got to have some of my giant Lunchables I got at the grocery for lunch…
Everything worked really well. And it was so nice and quiet. Our internet was able to keep up with all the video conference calls and meetings. The dogs were really good all day. And I continue to make small adjustments to my working from home set-up but I’m really feeling it so far…
It’s definitely not terrible. I think I could get used to working from home. 😀🏡💻❤️
For the time being, Genifer still has to go into the office to work. Hopefully, she’ll be able to work from home soon too.
Posted by Thadd F. on March 16, 2020
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Is this heaven?
I really love milk & mocha bear. As a pretty big introvert, I really love the notion of working from home. And it looks like, over the next few weeks (maybe months), I’m going to get to see if working from home is as nice as I think it would be.
I hope everyone is going to be okay with their working from home, social distancing and self quarantines. Just like mocha bear, for me, it’s pretty heavenly. 😀🐻❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on March 16, 2020
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Our last trip to Taft’s Brewporium?
Despite the world starting to spiral into a pandemic-induced panic, we went out for pizza tonight at our favorite pizza joint, Taft’s Brewpourium. Hamilton County and Cincinnati still don’t have any confirmed cases of the Corona Virus. But you really wouldn’t know it because we practically had the entire Brewpourium all to ourselves…
And little did we know that it would be the last time we’d be dining out at a restaurant for the foreseeable future…
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on Saturday that the Ohio Department of Health issued a Director’s Order that will close all Ohio bars and restaurants to in-house patrons, effective at 9:00 pm, March 15, 2020. Restaurants with take-out and delivery options will still be able to operate those services, even as their dining rooms are temporarily closed.
Our world will probably never be the same after the Corona Virus. But hopefully, we can get Taft’s delicious New Haven-style pizza again sometime soon. 😀🍕🍺❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on March 14, 2020
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Sunny Blu Coffeehouse.
A while back a little coffeehouse in Cincinnati’s Camp Washington neighborhood followed me on Instagram. I followed them back. And I’ve been admiring them ever since. The coffeehouse was called Sunny Blu Coffeehouse. And this morning, we finally drove around the corner to Camp Washington to see what they were all about…
Sunny Blu Coffeehouse is super cute on the inside…
Genifer ordered a cappuccino with a little caramel added to it. I pondered what I would get for literally one second before ordering the Hot Vanilla Chocolate. People love their coffee, I love hot chocolate.
Sunny Blu also had some terrific-looking sweets…
But I had to try their french toast breakfast sammich. And we got these Cold Brew Cocktails to try later…
Their french toast breakfast sammich was out-of-this-world good…
We really like Sunny Blu Coffeehouse…
And the best part is that Sunny Blu is located right on our way downtown. Camp Washington is conveniently located between Northside and Over-the-Rhine/Central Business District. It’s great to have another wonderful coffee that we can stop at on our way downtown in the morning. If we ever get to go back downtown again, that is.
I love Google Maps too…
And we love Sunny Blu. We can’t wait to come back. Very often. 😀🌞🔵☕️❤️
Oh, and the cold brew cocktails were really good too. Strong. But really tasty.
Posted by Thadd F. on March 14, 2020
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Pause for paws.
Posted by Thadd F. on March 14, 2020
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It’s what’s for dinner.
We had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals for dinner tonight. This one was Carolina BBQ Chicken with cheesy broccoli…
It was another terrific meal. The Carolina BBQ sauce was great and broccoli is just my favorite vegetable, especially when it’s cheesy broccoli.
We really like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot. 😀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on March 13, 2020
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Grocery shopping during a pandemic.
Grey Midwest was going to have a trial run of the entire office worked from home next Tuesday. But yesterday afternoon, they decided to move that trial up to today.
This morning, we got up extra early and went to the grocery before I got down to some work business. I was really interested in seeing how picked over the store was going to be. I heard stories about people buying up all the toilet paper and paper towels, which is weird to me because COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, not a gastrointestinal one. And we found that was actually the case at the Kroger we shop at the most. There wasn’t much toilet paper or paper towel to be found…
There also wasn’t very much cold medicine left…
The hand soaps were pretty picked over…
As was the milk…
And the bread…
And the cans of soup…
But also the frozen pizzas…
And the hot dogs?
Thankfully, there were still plenty of Shining Stars…
And I thought this bear was pretty adorable…
The check-out lines were long but not terrible…
This couple’s carts were pretty ridiculous when you really stop and look at them…
They must have been planning on not leaving their house for the next couple of years.
I thought it was pretty ironic that there were already strategically placed “Get well soon” balloons at the check-out aisles…
So that was what shopping will be like for a while in the new world we find ourselves in during this pandemic. People lose their minds a bit. We just got our normal groceries.
And then we got Biggby Coffee and headed home with our groceries…
I needed to start working home. 😀🛒🛍️☕️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on March 13, 2020
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A world without sports.
Last night, the NBA shocked everyone by abruptly suspending the remaining games of their season after a player on the Utah Jazz tested positive for coronavirus…
But at least, my Mavs are the 2019/20 Champions. This afternoon, Michigan was set to begin their 2020 B1G TEN tournament against Rutgers in Indianapolis at a Bankers Life Fieldhouse without any spectators…
And just as the game was about to tipoff, the entire tournament was canceled…
Both teams were on the floor, warmed up and ready to tip-off their tournament and then the plug was pulled on the whole thing.
Some things are bigger than basketball. This is a global situation and we need to make sure we follow the guidance and direction of the experts and health officials. While we are disappointed of not being able to play this event — especially for Zavier and Jon.
We need to stay bonded together during this time. We want everyone to stay safe and take precautions to protect yourselves and loved ones.
We are a Michigan family… forever.
— Michigan Head Coach, Juwan Howard
But on the upside, Michigan is still undefeated against Rutgers.
And less than an hour later, MLS postponed their season for 30 days…
No Minnesota United soccer for a while…
In a related story, I’m done with FC Cincinnati. Completely done. But that’s another post for another time. And not long after MLS, USL followed suit and suspended their season for at least 30 days as well…
Louisville City just completed their soccer-specific stadium before the beginning of this season, and now they’re going to have to wait a little while longer to christen their stadium. But it looks just beautiful…
A few hours later, it was baseball’s turn…
And then later this afternoon, March Madness turned into March Sadness…
Ha. And when I got home from work, I saw an update from England…
Apparently, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been diagnosed with COVID-19…
The FA is scheduled to release a statement of the future of the English Premier League season. I’m guessing it will be postponed for the foreseeable future…
And there you go. Now we’re living in my nightmare, a world without sports. It’s a very sad day. And it’s going to be a really long month. 😭🚫❤️
UPDATE: The Premier League season has been suspended with the intention of returning on April 4. The League intends to reschedule the postponed matches.
And the NBA season is likely to resume. Games could return in April and possibly go straight into the playoffs, or the league could push the entire calendar back. But my Mavericks will always be 2019/20 NBA Champions to me.
Posted by Thadd F. on March 12, 2020
https://tplusg.com/2020/03/12/a-world-without-sports/
2019/20 NBA Champions!
Tonight, I was watching my Dallas Mavericks play the Denver Nuggets on ESPN. And during the game, the NBA decided to cancel the rest of the NBA season while the Mavs game was still going. The Mavs ended up thumping Nuggets by 16 points.
So since the Mavericks won the final game of the NBA season… THEY’RE YOUR 2019/20 NBA CHAMPIONS!
Luka Doncic dropped 28 in the final game. He was just one rebound short of another double-double. But your final MVP is Boban Marjanovic with 31 points and 17 boards.
And the Mavs rested one of their superstars, Kristaps Porzingis in the championship game… just because they could. Gangsta.
DALLAS MAVERICKS 2019/20 NBA CHAMPIONS!🤣🏀🏆❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on March 11, 2020
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