The day got off to an overcast start…
Good morning from Northside…
They started working in front of our house again this morning…
There was a lot going on for quick second on our street…
And that’s the progress they made today…
Good evening from Northside…
Mack and Oscar were all tuckered out…
It’s not everyday construction equipment rips up your street, let alone your front yard. 😀🌄🚧🐾❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 24, 2020
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Good morning from Northside…
We ran over to the grocery. They always have different balloons…
I like looking at the balloons. And then we got our Mad Llama coffee…
And we got our delicious Mad Llama bagel turkey sausage, egg and cheese breakfast sammich on an Asiago cheese bagel…
Tomorrow, they’re going to start working on the water mains on our street again. I went out to move the Jetta up to the end of the street and it wouldn’t start. Again. I just had a new battery put in it the last time they worked on our street. I think it’s probably the alternator but we’ll see. This morning, AAA came out to take it to one of their repair centers…
And there it goes. I hope it isn’t too expensive.
Oscar was just hanging out…
It’s Sunday. We must be going to Taft’s Brewpourium for pizza…
We got to watch the crazy end of the Cowboys game…
Taft’s is such great stuff. And today, they had fried mushrooms….
The sky was so pretty this evening…
And good evening from Northside…
We asked the two people standing on the hill what they were watching for, and they said the International Space Station was just about to fly over…
And suddenly, there it was…
It was just a little pinhole of light. It almost just looked a star but it was really moving quickly across the sky…
And there it went…
How neat was that? Just being in the right place at the right time.
It was a really cool way to end a great weekend…
Next week is probably going to be another crazy one. 😀🌄❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 20, 2020
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It’s nice to visit new places but it’s also really nice to be home…
And good evening from Northside…
It’s nice to be home. 😀🏡🐾❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 30, 2020
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Good morning from Northside…
We ran over to the grocery store to get some groceries for the week…
How adorable were these buttons?
If they would have been magnets, they would be home with us right now. And this llama pillow was pretty cute…
There were some good balloons today too. I got five on it with some stars…
There were a lot of Back-to-School balloons because it’s about that time….
And without a hint of irony, the Back-to-School balloons were right next to the Get Well Soon balloons…
There should have been a promotion, Buy any Back-to-School balloon, get one, Get Well Soon balloon for free.” Ugh. It’s hard to believe that the pandemic has been raging for six months now, and nothing’s getting any better. And speaking of the pandemic when we were done at the grocery, we ran into Target…
While we were at Target, I got an eye exam…
If you remember a while back, I cracked my glasses right in two. I’ve been going without glasses for a minute. And today, I ended up getting two new pairs. One near-sighted pair with blue light filter for working on my computer and one far-sighted pair for driving and watching movies. Both of them compensate for my pretty considerable astigmatism. I’m so excited for my new glasses. They’ll be ready in a couple of weeks. The best part is that between my insurance and health savings account that both pairs of glasses cost me a grand total of $10. How cool is that? And I also got this new little bluetooth speaker…
It has a really good, full sound. Also full was my belly after eating a BLT with turkey bacon and Canadian Bacon for lunch…
It looked like it was raining off in the distance…
And good evening from Northside…
This evening I trimmed the grass in our little front yard…
And our little front yard flowers are really flourishing…
And of course, we played some ball in our backyard…
Mack was waiting for us upstairs at the top of the steps…
When we got upstairs, we watched the Grizzlies lose the the 8/9 play-in game to the trailblazers in the NBA bubble. It was a really good game. I love the Griz but I think the Blazers will give the Lakers more problems. And it was be awesome if the Lakers got knocked out of the playoffs.
We also watched Louisville City beat Loudoun 2-0.
It was a pretty darn good Saturday. I can’t wait for my glasses. 😀🗓️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 15, 2020
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Good morning from Northside…
I don’t remember what we had for dinner. But we finished the cupcakes…
It’s always a little sad when you eat your last cupcake.
Good evening from Northside…
And we played ball in the backyard…
We watched the Grizzlies beat the Bucks by 13 to officially clinched a spot in the Western Conference play-in game against the Portland Trailblazers. It was probably the Grizzlies best win of the bubble. I like the Grizzlies. I think they have the best logo in the NBA. But then again, I just really like bears. So I might be biased. And we watched the Phoenix Suns finish a perfect 8-0 in the NBA bubble as they defeated our Mavericks, 128-102. I’ve been really getting into the NBA bubble games. The officiating has been horrible as ever. But it’s been fun to watch the basketball. 😀🌄🐾🏀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 13, 2020
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The sunrise this morning was a really pretty one…
I bet Mack was wondering what the heck I kept looking at…
And here’s what it looked like when I shared it on Instagram…
It was pretty morning in our backyard too…
And good morning from Northside…
When Genifer went to lunch with her coworkers at Taste of Belgium, she also brought home a bag of blueberry Belgian waffles, and those waffles are delicious…
It was pretty this afternoon in our backyard as well…
While I was working this afternoon, Mack wandered into our office and set one of his squeaky toys on my leg and left…
And Bear was crashed out in Mack’s crate in our office all afternoon…
For dinner tonight, we had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals for dinner tonight. This one was Italian Sausage Penne with sun-dried tomato cream and sweet corn…
It was another really delicious dinner. We really like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.
After dinner, we shared a giant chocolate chip cookie that Genifer brought home with her from Currito…
Oscar likes laying under our dining room table while he waits patiently for us to finish eating dinner so he can go on his walk…
And good evening from Northside…
And then we wrapped up our Tuesday back in our backyard again to play more ball…
We had a pretty darn good Tuesday. 😀🗓️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 11, 2020
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Good morning from Northside…
Fast forward to this evening…
And good evening from Northside…
It was another Monday. And Mondays are the most uneventful day of the week.
It seems like we never do very much on Mondays. 😀🌄❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 10, 2020
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Happy Sunday! Good morning from Northside…
Here’s another photo our new hose, still without any leaks…
Genifer made cupcakes this afternoon…
But before we ate cupcakes, we took the time to slow down and grill…
We were about to grill up a whole bunch of good stuff…
Why does everything always taste sooo good off the grill?
Recently, we stopped buying hamburger and hot dog buns. We could never eat them all and we would end up throwing a bunch of them away. We found this sweet Hawaiian bread that we really like. It’s really tasty. We’ve just been using that bread for just about much everything. And now, we don’t waste a bunch of buns!
After we finished eating our grilled feat, we went back out in our backyard to play some ball. It was a really pretty afternoon…
Oscar doesn’t really play a lot in the backyard. He prefers to go on walks instead of running around in the backyard. The only time he really runs in the backyard is if a squirrel wanders into our backyard. Mostly, he just likes to sit on the patio and take it all in. But sometimes, he’ll leave his patio and go out and sit out in the sun…
Later, we went on our evening dog walk…
Good evening from Northside…
It was a really nice and relaxing Sunday. 😀🗓️🌄🍔🌭🐾❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 9, 2020
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So far the weather has been almost autumn-like all week. It was only supposed to reach a high of 79º today. This morning was chilly enough to wear a hoodie while we were taking the dogs on their morning walk. And it felt like we should be getting ready for college football this weekend. (Like there’s going to be college football this year.)
Still, it was a very pretty morning…
And good morning from Northside…
I realized that I never posted any photos of our freshly painted living room…
The living room turned out so nice. Genifer did such an amazing job with the painting! We’re looking to get a new sofa with a new, bigger TV and TV stand for our living room so we can hang out in our living room more.
And good evening from Northside…
We had BLTs for dinner again. We love BLTs. I had a BLT wrap. It was terrific…
Genifer went out to lunch at Taste of Belgium with coworkers today. And she brought home a oatmeal raisin cookie and brownie for us to share for dessert…
The icing on the cookie was so good…
And the brownie was more like fudge than brownie. It was very rich…
We played ball in our backyard for a half hour tonight…
All the dogs were so tuckered out afterwards. Mack always crashes out in the weirdest, most uncomfortable looking positions…
And when we got upstairs, Oscar made his way under the sofa. Almost…
It was another pretty good Wednesday. 😀🗓️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 5, 2020
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There was a pretty sunrise this morning…
Good morning from Northside…
It was started out as another slightly overcast day…
Bear was crashed out with me in the office all day…
And we had delicious Mongolian meatball ramen for dinner…
But it turned out to be a very pretty evening…
Good evening from Northside…
And then we played some ball in our backyard…
The Reds beat the Indians 3-2. And we started watching Dexter on Netflix. It was a pretty good Monday as far as Mondays go. 😀🗓️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 3, 2020
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