My cup runneth over this week: Had a great sleep-over with Lailah on Thursday night, she then babysat me all day long on Friday (until her dada came by at 5 PMish to take her home), and I also got a chance to be with her tonight at the Saint Paul Ice Carnival. While walking […]
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Lialah’s first sleep-over (since Granma moved out)
Tonight was our first Lailah/GranPa Brian sleep-over since GranMa Rose moved out of the home we shared together (to her own place last fall). Lailah dropped by around 5:30pm tonight since it was Katie and Jordan’s (Lailah”s parents) fourth anniversary of being together, and Lailah wanted to babysit me instead of having to watch cartoons […]
Lailah visits the ‘night trains’ at Bandana Square
We took Lailah to see the “night trains” at Bandana Square on Saturday night (Energy Park Drive, between Snelling & Lexington – close to the state fair grounds). If you’ve not heard of this place, it’s a former railroad locomotive engine servicing facility originally built in the late 1800’s (not a typo), and now since […]
Movie: The Imitation Game
I had the opportunity to see the movie “The Imitation Game” tonight. Do not be put off by the subject matter. Just go see it. There is no violence (ok, maybe one short scene), no “F-words”, no sex, and not a whole lot of “action” (like cars chasing each other, etc.), it’s just a true […]
Power of a hug(s)
I’ve spoken a few times before, about a former colleague of mine – where we meet about once a yr for lunch, and we always welcome each other with a huge hug, and it’s as if it were “just last week” when you saw them last – and the conversation picks up where it left […]