... you can talk all night. But do try to talk about something other than the Trump resistance and the plan to spoil Biden's honeymoon with a big old impeachment trial. Surely, there are other topics! Did you leave the house today? What's something you've been cooking that's easy to cook? When's the last time you wept? Look at this darling baby hearing an echo for the first time. When's the last time you did something for the first time?
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 222 of 222Not really "new" things, but having a great time being a grandfather, and watching/helping the grandchildren have fun. Seven grandchildren ages 1-6, two live very close, three live about 5 hours away, 2 live 1400 miles away. Reading/going to the library, Legos, blocks, marbles, using PVC pipe of various lengths/diameters and connection types to make all kinds of stuff, Hot Wheels, HO train. Fairly inexpensive if you buy used. Essentially a second childhood.
Starting kayaking (primarily in small lakes) about 18 months ago - wife fishes from hers, I just paddle. (The kayak, I mean.)
Free Speech? https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=543&v=4Z2uzEM0ugY&feature=youtu.be
Watched "About Time" last night with the FWB while eating Crafty Crust pizza and Palm Beach Ice Cream for dessert. It was my second time seeing it but Vanessa wanted to watch it. A love story that was sort of a "Groundhog Day" setup but on demand.. Very endearing and we both were teary-eyed at several parts.
What did I cook this past week? Linguini with White Clam Sauce, Steak au poivre, Conch Salad, Guyana-style Indian Butter Chicken and lastly, a white chocolate mousse pie topped with cracked and unsalted pistachio nuts.
THEOLDMAN
Doing Black-eyed peas with Florida sweet onions and andouille sausage along with some collards tonight. A little late, but..
exhelodrvr1... My take on the kayak is that it requires extremely fine tuned sense of balance.
Is it so? I'd consider trying it with my wife, but she has an issue with deteriorating balance on land.
Kayaks are so much less tippy than people think. If you can walk without tipping over you can manage a kayak. Canoes on the other hand are out to get you.
I'm late to this party, however the professor has given homework so it needs to be completed.
1. Yes, for work. I'm essential.
2. Key lime pie. Lots of variations, all easy to make. Made with Persian lime juice, as we don't have key limes here. I did order some key limes in once, the taste difference was negligible to me.
3. When my dad died, 4.5 years ago already. Time does fly.
4. ok, that is cute.
5. Basically every day, since I am learning a new language (French).
BUMBLE BEE,
I would recommend it.
I'm definitely not an expert, and am very much "self-taught." My wife did quite a bit of canoeing as a teenager with Girl Scouts/Outward Bound in the Boundary Waters, and then Hobie Cat sailing for a couple of years in her early 20s, but nothing in the next 40 or so years, (other than us renting a canoe a couple of times for an hour or so) and she had not done any kayaking.
Based on my limited experience with canoes, kayaks are considerably more user friendly from a "not-tipping-over" perspective. My wife agrees with that. I have never come close to tipping, but we haven't been overly adventurous in when and where we go out. Pretty much limited to smaller lakes, and not on windy days - when we have gone out on larger lakes, we are even more restrictive on the amount of wind. FWIW, generally my wife will fish for about four hours, with probably 30-45 minutes of paddling spread out in that period. I will paddle for about two hours at a more strenuous pace, then go hiking or read until she is done fishing. (I don't especially enjoy fishing, so I don't participate in that, but I am nice enough to clean the fish she catches!)
They have two-person kayaks, so you could consider one of those. You can also rent them at a lot of lakes, so you might want to try that a couple of times, and your wife could see how comfortable she is with it. We have a Honda CRV, and transport them with a roof rack. It's a pain to load and unload them that way, although I can do it myself. At some point we will probably get a trailer for them.
mockturtle said...
I even bought an Instant Pot.
My daughter gave me one for my birthday this year. Wow! It is THE way to cook.
That’s what my wife thinks, but I think everything you put in it comes out the same. So use it sparingly or it will get old fast.
We went back to the hotel where we stayed the night before we moved into our "new" house, at the very end of December. That night we ate a delicious room service dinner; last night we ate in the re-opened hotel dining room. It is the only place in town, not fancy but trying to be good. I am very happy to be out of sanctuary Fluffya. The very first morning I woke up in Free America I felt a sense of relief. It continues. I can say what I want here, I think -- I still need a few people to practice that on.
They have two-person kayaks, so you could consider one of those.
Trust me, you don't want a tandem kayak.
--- Trust me, you don't want a tandem kayak.
Why don't you like 'em, Mockturtle?
Ours goes well. We won't be racing anyone, but we enjoy.
Tandem kayaks are very unwieldy. Glad you like yours but no other kayakers I know enjoyed the tandem experience.
Yancey Ward, off by a factor of 50.
Joan: I too have pondered the "white people have roots" thing since Crack raised the issue. When I asked my dad what ethnicity I was back when I was young, I got a loooong list of European countries from Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Poland...I may have even left out one. My German ancestors came to the U.S. after generations in Russia - so that has to be considered as well. Any roots tour of my origins would cover thousands of miles - given I'm such a mutt. And when they came to the U.S. - you forgot the old country, the spelling of your name changed - and you became an American as you could. Thus the concept of any old European ideas being handed down to me is laughable.
It only seems relevant to particularly insulated communties of white folk that only marry/hook up within their ethnic group. In contrast to my origins, I know plenty of 100% Irish and 100% Italians - those are the ones I think of in terms of having real roots.
I make terrific baked beans in the Instant Pot. Also corned beef is wonderful in the IP. Stays very moist. So much better than 3 hours boiling!
Blogger Sarah from VA said...
The most recent new thing I've done is signed up all six people in my household (including my 38-year-old self) for Tae Kwon Do lessons. We started with our 5 year old, but then my husband wanted to join too, and then the other kids would've been jealous of the five year old getting "extra" dad time, so we negotiated with the owner and got a family rate. And now we all troop off to TKD every Saturday.
I love hearing this! TKD with the family is fantastic. My youngest son started TKD back in 2015, and after 2 years of taking him there and watching I got the nerve to join him. Two weeks later my older son and my wife had joined. Now the boys and I all have black-belts. My younger son (the first to start) and I are still at it. We assist in teaching classes and are pursuing our second degree BB. I has changed our lives.
It also jump started my interest in fitness, and I'm looking to qualify for the Boston marathon if there is ever another qualifying race.
There are few things more gratifying than standing on the stage getting awarded your black-belt with your children who are doing the same.
I guess I don't smoke the crack because I'm a kid, and apparently every time, apparently grandpa just gives me the remote after we watch the Powerball.
One of my grandsons took Tae Kwan Do. His father is Korean.
I make terrific baked beans in the Instant Pot. Also corned beef is wonderful in the IP. Stays very moist. So much better than 3 hours boiling!
Ken, does corned beef freeze well? Cooking for one I use leftovers but there is a limit to how many days they last. Would love to try a brisket.
I Have Misplaced My Pants said...
"Don't be mad, Crack. I like you and we're on the same side on so many things. Can we be friends?"
I'm not mad - I've been here for 10 years: I know you guys - but you still need to notice what you're doing.
exhelodrvr1 said...
My experience is different. The only time I ever came close to drowning was in a kayak. Ive done many miles in canoes and the by far safest is a ubiquitous Grumman with a shoe keel.
My Boundary Waters Outward Bound class was 1969.
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