10-31-26

 Happy Halloween and happy birthday to the Fremont troll!

10-30-26

 Spening the evening with this fun Pokemon crew.

10-29-26

Very different commute through Freeway Park today.  It's been a week of medical appointments.
 

10-28-26

My flu shot caught up with me.  Woke up with a huge headache and it just went downhill.  I want to crawl into a ball but I made it to my appointments.

10-27-26

Tuesday night is Poppy night and we went to the Bok Bok Park.  She loves those silly chickens. 

10-26-26

MAVen book club tonight.  Which means Poppy gets her cupcake tin of snacks to play with.

10-25-26

Playing with Poppy at her house tonight. 

10-24-26

Spending some quality time with Xander today. 

10-23-26

I hardly ever go to funerals, but today I took a day off work to go celebrate Thomas, who I call an uncle but is probably a second cousin.  It was a nice ceremony, reminding me of Tom and of how we impact others, and it was great to see Auntie Gram and have extended time with Mom and Grunkle and Shanna.
 

10-22-26

In another StepBet competition with the kids, which means minding my steps and trying to be consistent rather than accept the daily ups and downs.  I was concerned I'd be short on steps today, so I headed up to the roof to get about 20 minutes of laps in.  On top of my normal two laps an hour inside on my floor. 

10-21-26

 

AI is quite the controversial topic these days.

I am reading two different books about AI, both in a negative light.

At work I needed to get caught up on an AI training session.  This photo is so fake!  We don't have this background and don't work like this.

10-20-26

Poppy fun tonight, the highlight of the week! 

10-19-26

Monday night walk and dine. I eat a lot faster than Mom.

10-18-26

Coffee and reading the Seattle Times on the roof.  Loving this weather!
 

10-17-26

 Morning outing around SODO, mixing errands with adventure.  Love this whacky yard with the bike sleigh on the roof.

10-16-26

Sabbath prep did not get done yesterday.  I went through a three week pile of dirty laundry today and made some headway there.  The rest will have to wait.

I see remnants of the past several weeks activities here.  It's a messy life, on several levels, but it is a good life.

10-15-26

I try to do do at least 10 minutes of yoga each day.  And fail miserably.  Tonight not much of anything is getting done, but I like this photo of everyday life.

10-14-26

I had an 8am appointment and I was done and on my way to work by 8am.  Win! More time to participate in the earthquake and fire drill.  Less of a win!

10-13-26

Granpa and Poppy have so much fun together.  Especially if there are snacks invovled. 

10-12-26

Cute little birthday plant next to our cute little bird.

10-11-26

 

Happy birthday weekend to Bruce and Jacob! Enjoying lunch in Aberdeen after walking around the old neighborhood before slitting up to head back home.

10-10-26

Poppy and shorebirds doing their thing on the shore. Sticks, logs, rocks, surf bubbles, shells, kites, shovels, dump trucks, wet pants.
 

10-09-26

Hello Ocean Shores!  Nightfall on the beach, looking forward to another few days of family, rest, and sand!

10-08-26

Charity event tonight for SEEDS (Southeast Effective Development).  So exhausted but a lovely evening.
 

10-07-26

Small group tonight, Practicing the Way Sabbath practive again.  Last week focus was too stop chasing both productivity and accumulation.  This weeks challenge is a digital Sabbath.
 

10-06-26

Checking out a new restuarant with Poppy in Denny triangle.  Very kid friendly.
 

10-05-26

Wow the skies are pretty this morning! Fun to have mundane Mondays hit with a jolt of beauty.

10-04-26

Outing with the new bike.  Destination: Dahlia Bakery.  How hard could it be going a block?!?
 

10-03-26

Little miss Amelia Earhart loved climbing in and out of this airplane all evening in Issaquah.  All the kids were given grippy socks, which came in quite handy.
 

10-02-26

Just a girl with her grandnpa's keys making mahem.

10-01-26

 Happy October!  Release the Kraken!  Smith Tower is having some fun.

09-29-26

We got Poppy a new bike.  She enjoyed putting it together with Grampa.

09-28-26

MAVen book club.  We have Indian food, Poppy has snacks in the cupcake tin with magnet fun.
 

09-27-26

 Picklewood pickleball fun for Anastasia's 30th birthday.  

09-25-26

Out and about on a fall Friday night.

09-24-26

Poppy loves the Bok Bok park, she even asked to go there tonight.
 

09-22-26

Got my final sticker at a Lunch & Learn today, except I can't get the back off the sticker!  Retail occupancy is only 7% in Pioneer Square currently, that is a big win but still feels like a lot of empty spaces walking around.

09-21-26

None of our glass storage containers match the lids.  It frustrates us both.  After a lot of trial and error, found a paint pen to label the sides and tops of matching sets.

09-20-26

Poppy, her Little People, and a whole lot of distractions outside the windows.

09-19-26

 We took the ferry to Bainbridge for a lunch adventure today.  So many people!

09-18-26

 A super long super difficult week, nice to be at a Friday with WFH.  Banana stand walk.

09-17-26

Spent the late afternoon at the Optum Madison clinic. Their elevators are down so it is quite the upset condition as I headed from the temporary doctor office to x-ray to labs.
 

09-16-26

Got to have dinner with Xander tonight before he headed to the 5th Ave Theater. 

09-15-26

Poppy is home from Disney and is ready to hang out!

09-14-25

When I do downward dog in my Peloton yoga sessions, I see this Little People bear peering at me.
 

09-13-26

Wore a hat to church today and got a lot of compliments.  Most of them from Michelle, but a lot nonetheless.

09-12-26

Walked to coffee at the overlook and this composition caught my eye as the market was setting up for a busy day.

09-11-26

Made it to another weekend.  It will be a working weekend, but at least I can check out for a minute.  It was a rough day at the end of rough week. Checking out a new restuarant instead of eating at home, it has been that kind of week.

09-10-26

Good morning Smith Tower!  I took this photo to share with my stepbet group, but it cropped funny in the app.

09-09-26

This graffiti caught my eye on the way to work and I actually stopped to snap a photo.  On third avenue, where I am normally trying to move along.