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 […]
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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 […]
Music in my head: What Lola wants…Lola gets…
So. [I really love beginning my posts with ‘So’ – “they” say it’s against rules of style/grammar but it also draws you people in – JK] So. I was listening to the “radio” (Spotify?) a day or two ago, and they played a tune that I’ve heard before (several/many times), but didn’t know where it […]
Paying it forward, 2014 style and 2015 invite
This past year, I did something that I’ve never done before that was very unusual and not at all typical. Without getting into the gory details, let’s just say I believe I put some surprise and (hopefully) joy into the lives of a couple of my former HS friends – two special and wonderful people […]
Lailah – Little Babysitting Terror that she is!
Another Friday, another day babysitting the beautiful little girl whose name cannot be uttered out loud (ssshhh: Lailah), the holy terror, the one that demands on a minute by minute basis: “come down here (to the floor, and off the comfortable lazy boy), and PLAY with me now, DARN IT!”, the little one that is […]
A story and my thoughts on Christmas
It’s midnight here in the Twin Cities and I wanted to share a short story (and some thoughts). I woke up this morning around the usual time, and looked out the window, and saw a most beautiful thing: Snow on the ground. This apparently occurred overnight while the Big Guy (me) was sleeping. It just […]
