Pandemic, make-it-work router table. #homehomehome

The girls’ band trip was wisely postponed this summer. Thankfully neither of them are seniors and have some school to go…hopefully next year’s trip goes off without a hitch.

Here’s a throwback to @jthess2 and my band trip to Pasadena in 1993. It was enjoyable. No, I don’t have any close up pictures of us or others. You wouldn’t want to see the hairstyles and complexions anyway.

I bet kids will be running around each other’s yards again soon, masked up playing robbers and robbers. Very sanitary robbers and robbers.

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My daughter, Ava, has been making coloring pages to pass the quarantime. Maybe you or one of your wee ones would like this coloring distraction? If so, check it: avahess.wixsite.com/alhcreati…

Naively we visited germ factories.

We went on pilgrimages.

Y’™all remember weddings?

Goonies never say die.

I assume bacteria will eventually break down any tiny shards of glass from this fermentation mishap?

My dad and I went down to Kansas City for some, what we hoped to be, warm April baseball. Mother Nature had different ideas and we had 30-degree baseball. But we had baseball! Not pictured is the fact that my dad was super food-poisoned for most of the long weekend. He enjoys telling the story.

We had just gotten married and strangely decided to catch a sunrise. I remember we rented a Grand Am and thought it was the fanciest car we’d ever seen. #extrafancy

Oh the lakes we have seen.

In our younger days we would visit large cities. Sometimes we’d have family there to show us around. It was lovely. #jessespregnant

One time long ago we even tried to camp. I don’t know if I’d choose that over quarantine.

Badlands ‘99. Back when we used to drive around from place to place.

About 20 years ago we went on a trip. That was nice. I enjoyed that.

It paid off keeping a too-large container of yeast in the fridge for a couple years.

That sinking feeling when…

These tandoori barbecue chips for Aldi are really good, but methinks they take themselves a bit too seriously.

Visited the school.

A friend texted me last weekend mentioning his temptation to go to his home office and do some more work. He said he needed some work-from-home tips. I figured with 13 years of working from home under my belt, it’d probably be a good idea to write down some of my own experience and suggestions. Click through to my [old] blog if you’d like to read them. And I hope you’™re well!

Cleaning out some old folders in the filing cabinet.

Before:

And after:

Happy birthday, Jesse! I wrote all the mushy, personal stuff in the card I gave you. I think this is a nice picture as long as people don’t notice my sweaty hat.