Okay, the cat was a great addition, and the Raiders are doing okay, and there has been lots of tasty BBQ'd meat, and we are all relatively healthy and employed or in school.
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December 31, 2016--So long, and don't the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out
2016 was a no good very bad year, and I (Editor, not Willie or Teddy) for one will not be unhappy to see it go. Not to say 2017 will be any better, but who knows--anything can happen.
Okay, the cat was a great addition, and the Raiders are doing okay, and there has been lots of tasty BBQ'd meat, and we are all relatively healthy and employed or in school.
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Okay, the cat was a great addition, and the Raiders are doing okay, and there has been lots of tasty BBQ'd meat, and we are all relatively healthy and employed or in school.
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12/30/2014
Life around here is anything but normal. Willie is busy applying for colleges (WTF? Wasn't he just popping up out of a box of cheerios yesterday?) and Teddy is working on first year high school stuff. Gramma and Grandpa are in town to see us and 2015, then on to AZ as is the habit of the eastern snow bird.
Lets see, a year and 3 months since the last post. Hmmm. What happened? Foods were eaten. Chores were done. Relatives were visited, and they visited us. Movies were watched. School was a beasty for everybody. Papa's sports teams let him down again and again, but he still seems to roll with them. The house is still standing (despite the BBQ incident when papa brought home the barrel smoker). Speaking of smoking--no more smoked turkey please--3 times since Thanksgiving is way too many. Ribs, yes. Brisket, yes. Tri tip, yes. Chicken, yes. Turkey, no no no. The people have spoken. [Ed. note: I liked the turkey.]
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Family Portrait December 2014.
The view from here--just goes to show that the sun always shine on the greener grass across the street.
Chanukah selfies.
And Latke sammiches. Yum.
Better outside than in--this one was a regular Shelob.
Mugshots were taken (but no crimes were committed).
More selfies were taken.
Meat was smoked.
Goop was concocted.
Memories were shared. Happy new year to one and all.
Lets see, a year and 3 months since the last post. Hmmm. What happened? Foods were eaten. Chores were done. Relatives were visited, and they visited us. Movies were watched. School was a beasty for everybody. Papa's sports teams let him down again and again, but he still seems to roll with them. The house is still standing (despite the BBQ incident when papa brought home the barrel smoker). Speaking of smoking--no more smoked turkey please--3 times since Thanksgiving is way too many. Ribs, yes. Brisket, yes. Tri tip, yes. Chicken, yes. Turkey, no no no. The people have spoken. [Ed. note: I liked the turkey.]
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Mugshots were taken (but no crimes were committed).
9/29/2013
We had a pretty sleepy end of summer. Not a lot of activities and much hanging around. We took a day trip to the Ho rain forest and saw Tante Rachel at her chocolate factory. That was fun except the factory isn't gluten free, so Teddy couldn't eat any. Afterward we went for Thai food, and we all ate pretty much everything, and we liked it. As long as we can make sure the restaurant makes gluten free stuff (there's that thing again), we all had a good time.
The Hi-Ho's (High Holidays) came and went, and the Sukkot. We had four dinners in the sukkah, and only one got rained out. Papa still ate all his meals in the sukkah, but sometimes very very fast. Mostly he's been obsessively following his beloved Oakland A's on their march to the playoffs. The A's gave him a nice gift today, besides the 9-0 victory, thanks to Auntie Shelley--see below.
Sorry for the delay--no excuses, but here are pics of the last two months.
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Papa scored that OLD Color Classic Macintosh running system 7, which he loaded up an old favorite game called "Crystal Quest" on. It made really funny sounds, but the computer was wonky and eventually refused to boot up any more. Stinky 20 year old computer.
On our way to the Ho, we stopped at what we thought was the beach, but it turned out to be a bluff.
Papa wouldn't even let us climb down. Hmmmph.
So we climbed over barriers and looked out over shear drops on perilous cliffs.
Then we got to the rain forest, and it wasn't raining. We want our money back.
There was a lot of moss however. Somebody is obviously falling behind on their tree tidying.
Mossy moss moss. Or maybe they are green arms out to grab unsuspecting carbon life forms. Hmmm.
Okay, while this looks like a volcano, it's just a really cool could.
This is glacial runoff on going thru the rain forest. It was all very picturesque. And we got to throw stones.
Speaking of stones, LeeAndra came thru town on her way to Sharon, MA for the Hi-Ho's with Auntie Iris, and papa was inspired by the memory of LeeAndra and Bruce's delicious canned plums to harvest the plums on the backyard plum stump. Actually, he sent Mommy down to harvest the plums and put LeeAndra to work with a paring knife.
Sukkot time--doesn't it look festive and inviting? We bring in chairs if we like you.
So Shelley asked the A's Manager, Bob Melvin, to get a signed bat for papa for his upcoming birthday and celebrate how big an A's fan he is, and Bob came thru in a big way. It even made papa cry, but that's not so hard to do.
It's a beautiful bat that is going to place of honor in papa's man cave. Wow! LET'S GO, OAKLAND!!! It's October baseball for the A's, and that's the best birthday present of all!
The Hi-Ho's (High Holidays) came and went, and the Sukkot. We had four dinners in the sukkah, and only one got rained out. Papa still ate all his meals in the sukkah, but sometimes very very fast. Mostly he's been obsessively following his beloved Oakland A's on their march to the playoffs. The A's gave him a nice gift today, besides the 9-0 victory, thanks to Auntie Shelley--see below.
Sorry for the delay--no excuses, but here are pics of the last two months.
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8/4/2013
It's been how long since we posted? We missed July? Are you kidding me? I know we were doing stuff, now what was it. Hmmm, end of June, oh ya, Teddy birthday, and we were in California. Then skidaddled back home so Teddy could go to his friend Jules' bar mitzvah--good thing Teddy showed up because he was one of the torah readers. Okay, back to the timeline--4th of July papa smoked a bunch of stuff. I sense a meat theme. 4th of July smoking went so well that he did it again at then end of the month, but more this time to throw some in the freezer to dole out to the inmates every now and again. Funniest thing is the pulled pork labeled PP in the downstairs freezer. Either way, it's probably safe from intruders, but if they taste it, it won't be safe for long.
We've taken a couple hikes lately, both urban and mountainous. The urban one was just to Butch's Gun shop, er, Green Lake Games (next to butch's guns) and the mountainous one was to the east peak of Rattlesnake mountain. There isn't any rattlesnakes on the mountain, but we did see one crossing the trail. We tried to climb Mt. Si a couple days later, but somebody started a fire on the mountain and the trail got closed, so back to Rattlesnake mountain. That's it for that one for at least a year. Seen it, done that.
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Hmmm, In N Out nutrition facts--there is no nutrition here.
Mmmmm, quadruple burger and fries.
Protein power. We don't think wrapping the burger in lettuce is to our tastes.
Just give me the fries, and I'm good.
Or maybe a cookie and a baguette?
Ghirardelli for free chocolate, and maybe I'll throw this treasure in the fountain.
Gluten free cocoa krispie treat birthday cake. Hooray.
We did go back to Lawrence Hall of Science and went straight to building.
Yes, it's as tall as it looks--7.5 feet by my estimation. The best was when Teddy knocked it over by kicking it down. We've got video but you'll have to come here and ask us to show it to you.
Did somebody say something about cookies? Chocolate chip cookies? What is wrong with this picture? Teddy is eating a cookie? It's okay--don't get your panties in a bunch. There's a fancy pants gluten free bakery in the Ferry Builiding called Mariposa and Teddy was not harmed by this cookie. Swear to god.
Er, scouts honor?
Another day we got to go to the new Exploratorium. It was pretty great. We spent the first half of the day building a wall based marble drop contraption, and then discovered other nice things.
Like free pinball!
Oh no, uncle Michael also found out about the free pinball. C'mon, give us smaller people a chance.
Thankfully some of the old exhibits made it to the new building. Mmm, toilet water.
Hey Willie, I have a surprise for you.
Baguette, and it's gluten free, so it's MINE ALL MINE. HA HA HA HA.
MINE, chew, MINE swallow, MINE, crunch, MINE.
MMMM, ribs.
Mmmm, meat on a stick.
Mmmmmmm
Pat the bunny.
Just see how creative adults get when they want to? Who knew you could make a basket out of watermelon and melon baller?
We got home from California, and Mommy said they needed torah readers in 2 and a half weeks so I checked to see if I could deal with the portion, and within a few minutes, I was up and running. It's a nice skill.
Speaking of skill, I'm improving my collection of pork product related clothing thanks to our friend Ellie.
Halfway up Rattlesnake mountain.
This point is called Rattlesnake ledges.
I don't see any snakes, I want my money back.
The top at last--now can we go home?
Ya ya, the view, we get it.
We developed a potato chip back holding system. Then somebody spoiled our fun by saying that's what we would look like in a couple years when we're carrying our babies up the mountain. Way a be a buzzkill.
And then we had pizza, so I guess like ain't all bad.
PRAISE THE MANUFACTURER--it's gluten free Joe-Joe's (or oreos by another name). Thank you Trader Joe's.
We've taken a couple hikes lately, both urban and mountainous. The urban one was just to Butch's Gun shop, er, Green Lake Games (next to butch's guns) and the mountainous one was to the east peak of Rattlesnake mountain. There isn't any rattlesnakes on the mountain, but we did see one crossing the trail. We tried to climb Mt. Si a couple days later, but somebody started a fire on the mountain and the trail got closed, so back to Rattlesnake mountain. That's it for that one for at least a year. Seen it, done that.
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