Early in the pandemic I was a Bob Jones Trail die hard. James was home and so I’d submit a request for leave and hit the trail as often as I could. But these days I’m only free in the early evening and so the next best thing is what…
We’re deep into season three of Cobra Kai and are loving every karate minute. Except yesterday when there was an exceptionally brutal scene of a cruel Cobra kid named Hawk breaking Dimitri’s arm. Jacob was profoundly disturbed by the violence and stomped off close to tears. I’m grateful he could appreciate…
Last week James told me our neighbor Ralph told him that the two ugliest trees on our road are right in front of a Biden sign. It was a well-timed dig and just about the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time. Seriously, we’ve had two of the ugliest…
So Jacob’s been pretty set on studying computer science or computer engineering when he goes to college. I’m not sure the exact difference between these two, but I’m sure we’ll google it and get that checked off our list shortly. In any case, when he learned you can build your…
We really had the most peaceful and joyful Christmas this year. It was cozy. Our holiday candle smelled so good. We enjoyed the most perfectly cooked prime rib with Grandma Suzy’s Smashed Potatoes and a festive pomegranate salad. The pine needles on our tree only shot off like porcupine quills…
And now… my Christmas batteries story. I’ll never forget the very first time James took me home for Christmas. Everyone called him Jamey back then. They were never talking to me. Twenty-some years later and they’re still only occasionally talking to me. In any case, there were a lot of people…
Last weekend I decided it was time to round-up all of our old timey electronics and cords and take them off to the nearest e-cycling site. This has been something I’ve been meaning to get around to for awhile. Based on what we put into a large moving box, by awhile…
Twenty twenty will go down in history for oh so many reasons, one of which is… the END OF TOYS. Hard to believe so much joy could be sucked out of one single year. But it’s true. Ages 9 and 11 appear to be the final cusp of lusting after…
We’ve spent most of the pandemic playing pick-up soccer with our All Star buddies on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Since the Pacheco goals are being held hostage, we transitioned to the Cal Poly turf fields. It’s quite the workout on full-sized fields. Every week brings a new adventure. It’s amazing…
Teeth have been falling out of Jacob’s head left and right, top and bottom. I don’t really remember this being a big part of sixth grade? He lost one of his lower teeth a few weeks ago, then the matching one on the other side fell out on the third. His…