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Category Archives: family
extra company
The youngest stopped by this morning after doing a pre-school drop off of her nephew. With, of course, the other nephew in tow. Since she works remotely, I wound up with the little guy who really needed a nap while … Continue reading
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More mini-village
Since I promised to get Alex to his dental appointment this morning, it was going to leave me with hanging out time. The mini-villages are actually decent portable stitching – I scanned and imported the pattern to PK, and I … Continue reading
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on to the sunflowers
At least I think they are sunflowers. This is as far as I got before errand running time hit. Since I was going to be at the El Cerritto Mall for a while, I took a walk back along San … Continue reading
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Winter Phoenix
which was started in the SFO Airport on the 30th while waiting for the first leg of our journey to Morocco. The pattern is by the Blue Flower and came as hard copy as part of a kit from ForbiddenFiberCo. … Continue reading
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Mel’s Original Diner
I am sure that there are a lot of Mel’s Diners out there. The one in Pinole (Contra Costa County) here in the east bay is the one that Alex (son-in-law) and I have been going to every week or … Continue reading
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Coughing isn’t fun
No one needs to listen to me whine, which is all I have felt like. Also explains why I am not bothering to send out mass emails. It all started perhaps on Saturday night, but certainly by Sunday I wasn’t … Continue reading
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Three Dog Night
If you are as old (or older) than George & I, perhaps you remember the group Three Dog Night from their hit days (1969-1974). Two references for you – first – the actual band website here – and secondly my … Continue reading
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Turkey Day
And US Thanksgiving rolls around again. Unlke when we lived in Germany, we don’t often have extra people at the table. Invitations were extendewd but schedules conflicted. We hauled out the “good dishes” (Troubador pattern from Villery&Boch which we bought … Continue reading
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Three heads might
Just be better than one. at least if you are a German Shorthaired Pointer in a costume competition (Netflix series Kaos, Cerberus & Handler from Hades security). Dani survived it with a sense of humor, apparently Quake had a wonderful … Continue reading
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Elephants on the stairs
I am thinking there is a major cultural difference between the US and Germany as to the presence of open vx shut doors. I will have to inquire further. In any case, I shut doors when I need to keep … Continue reading
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Scanning
I decided a while back that I really didn’t want to know my life’s cumulative radiation exposure. I had yet another PET scan this morning. It made sense to do it – if all the increased activity that showed up … Continue reading
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We took him to brunch
At Saul’s at the late morning time when you can order off either the breakfast or lunch menu. I like the food and they have excellent vegetarian options (plus no chance of pork being involved in greasing any pans). But … Continue reading
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Bastille Day
Which, not being a Francophile doesn’t mean a lot to me. But there was a concert in the Redwood Grove that is a part of the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens. George loves the location, thought he would enjoy the concert … Continue reading
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Overpasses
I was thinking as I drove to the Oakland VA Clinic yesterday about how much of the freeway system here is elevated. In some places there are overpasses on top of overpasses while roads travel beneath as city streets. As … Continue reading
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Not as hot
as it was predicted. Instead of the 30-31 predicted, it made it to 26 on the flats (all in Celsius). What should also be no surprise, apparently everyone didn’t manage to use up all their fireworks yesterday so we were … Continue reading
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Summing up June
Another month, half the year gone Fast? Slow? It seems like both and neither. First half of the year – birthdays for the Eldest, the Guy, the Youngest, and Lev. Birth of Ilan – grandson number two. Almost no travel … Continue reading
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Only five hours
devoted to errands yesterday. I had actually allowed for a lot more time. It could have bene even less if I had not been a bit absent minded. But leaving home at 0900 I managed to get to El Sobrante, … Continue reading
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Insidious
The smell of coffee in the morning is insidious. It wafts across the room and teases your nose. The aroma is so lovely that it almost makes up for the fact it is 0600 and I hadn’t planned on being … Continue reading
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Block stitching
First – George’s follow up appointment yesterday morning went fine. As Clint put it – the tea strainer over the eye look isn’t a particularly good one for anyone. Following that- he appeared to be an older dude trying to … Continue reading
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Went well
Apparently, he was the first patient on the schedule this morning and we were back home by close to 0900. I happily crawled back into my stitching area and George went to “watch” the European Championships from the comfort of … Continue reading
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