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5 with a 90 minute lunch break on sunday we were occupied from 9 until noon so there wasn t much time to take advantage of the festivities however on friday we walked through the art show as it was being set up we also watched part of the parade anyone who was a fan of classic cars would have been in nirvana but after 20 minutes the exhaust was too much for me and i went back to the hotel five years ago ancestral mathematics posted by kathy g at 2 00 00 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday april 29 2026 step up and show up once again this week there were three ethel aarp challenges waiting in my inbox on sunday the week four theme was step up and show up and focused on engaging with the community the challenges were to one plan a trip or excursion to somewhere i d never been two introduce myself to someone new and optional register for an aarp class or event thanks to my weekend trip i didn t get around to checking my email until late in the day but by then i had already fulfilled the first two challenges one out of town trips by definition lead to places i ve never been and after sunday i can cross seeing a game in the san francisco giant s stadium off my list i know some people make an effort to visit major league baseball stadiums i m not one of them but if an opportunity falls into my lap i ll take it two i actually introduced myself to people on two different occasions on sunday morning when i was at the park i observed an oriental woman who looked to be about my age doing stretching exercises eventually she started doing some impressive spinning jump kicks when i followed one of the grands over to that area i complimented the woman on her athleticism she told me the move was called a butterfly kick and came from kung fu at that point her phone rang and i moved away five minutes later she came over to where i was standing and struck up a conversation i learned that she lived alone and came to the park every day to exercise because she enjoyed the people and interactions public domain vectors at son brian s party there were several people i didn t know i made sure to introduce myself and find out how they knew the birthday boy optional st louis aarp used to have a robust network of in person events but when i looked on the website i couldn t find anything i guess once again i ll be passing on the optional activity this week five years ago who doesn t like stickers posted by kathy g at 7 46 00 pm 24 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 28 2026 forty trips around the sun son brian s birthday was at the beginning of the month but in order to fit everyone s schedule the party took place this past weekend it was a great one hubby tony son donald and i flew to san jose on friday non stop flights are extremely rare so we went into san diego and then waited for the connecting flight this was our first time to take southwest since they transitioned to assigned seats i was a little concerned but the process went smoothly the biggest issue was people trying to stuff their suitcases into the overhead bins to save the checking fee because our trip was only for a long weekend i chose not to bring a big suitcase which didn t contribute to the problem brian and nicole s house doesn t have enough sleeping space for three guests so after picking up a rental car we drove to a nearby hotel where we had reserved a room for the weekend it was also the same hotel that son tony and family stayed at on saturday night saturday was filled with family time errands were run games were played and crafts constructed we got to see grandson jay play baseball sadly grandson ell s game got cancelled everyone came back together for dinner tony jr s family left shortly after eating so the kids could get to bed tony donald and i left after book reading time later that night all three brothers met at a restaurant near the hotel for drinks and conversation sunday morning we met tony dil ie and their family for breakfast at the hotel then went to a nearby the park when it was time we drove over to the birthday boy s house and got ready to caravan to the main event san francisco giants the party was held at oracle park in san francisco where nicole had purchased a suite for the giants baseball game versus the miami marlins the guests were a combination of family friends and work associates some i knew and some i enjoyed meeting the game got off to a slow start but in the end the giants won by 3 runs after the seventh inning stretch tony ie and the kids left for their ninety minute drive home we stayed around for a while after the game talking but left when i realized i wasn t feeling well from too much junk food when we met back up at brian s house for dinner the salad i ordered from a nearby restaurant was just what i needed monday morning tony donald and i opened up the hotel breakfast buffet at 6 am after breakfast we returned the car then walked across the street to the airport terminal security went well and there was almost an hour to kill before the flight boarded tony and i took the opportunity to talk with josé the ai powered robot he did a good job of answering my question about where in the terminal i could find an atm for my bank when tony asked him do you know the way to san jose aka the burt bacharach song sung by dionne warwick the bot just shook his head if he had eyes i bet he would have rolled them this time we flew into austin we already had a longish layover but thanks to strong storms in st louis our connecting flight left about two hours late instead of getting home at 7 pm we rolled in just in time to feed smokey joe his last meal of the day five years ago not yet approachable posted by kathy g at 4 25 00 pm 24 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday april 22 2026 a poem for earth day picryl the way through the woods rudyard kipling they shut the road through the woods seventy years ago weather and rain have undone it again and now you would never know there was once a road through the woods before they planted the trees it is underneath the coppice and heath and the thin anemones only the keeper sees that where the ring dove broods and the badgers roll at ease there was once a road through the woods yet if you enter the wood of a summer evening late when the night air cools on the trout ringed pools where the otter whistles his mate they fear not men in the woods because they see so few you will hear the beat of a horse s feet and the swish of a skirt in the dew steadily cantering through the misty solitudes as though they perfectly knew the old lost road through the woods but there is no road through the woods five years ago jefferson barracks posted by kathy g at 9 07 00 pm 19 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 21 2026 another challenge concluded remember my experiment with cooking lupini beans i am happy to announce it was a success ready to enjoy after soaking cooking and changing the water in the beans twice a day for an entire week yesterday i completed the final step a salt water brine soak this morning i tried a bean then i tried another they were firm and had a chewy texture almost like edamame the brine lent just enough salt i asked hubby tony to try one again he went for a second and we agreed that we liked them so now what in the mediterranean area lupini beans are eaten as a snack they re high in protein and fiber and low in fat and carbohydrates my experiment will keep for one week refrigerated or can be frozen for up to three months that s good to know because the pound of dried beans i started with expanded to halfway fill a three quart bowl it will take some time to get through them in other news this week s spring forward challenges were start reading a new book later in the week i have an event coming up that will require a lot of sitting so before then i need to load a couple of light summer reads onto my tablet any suggestions plant a favorite herb or flower i was sorry to have to pass on this one for now before moving into the condo i used to have a lot of plants now the sunlight on the deck is too strong for shade loving plants and not strong enough for sun lovers and the cats like to nibble on anything i grow inside so i don t the bonus challenge was to play a game in the aarp games center i looked at what was available and decided that none of them were better than the games i already play so i will pass on this one five years ago a happy coincidence posted by kathy g at 12 50 00 pm 30 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday april 18 2026 yikes on thursday i got a text from the company that issued the charge card i use the most it asked me if i had made a recent purchase at a restaurant i haven t eaten at in months instead of replying to that text i went to the company s website and found out that there were actually six purchases i hadn t made one of the charges was in my area and the others scattered around the country my account had been hacked stockvault i couldn t click the button to say i didn t recognize the transactions fast enough the company let me know they were cancelling the old card immediately and would send me a new one they assured me i wouldn t be responsible for any of the unauthorized charges i spent the rest of the afternoon remembering all the companies that had the card on file for automatic purchases and giving them the new card number i will be so glad when the promised nondescript envelope with my new card shows up the middle of next week but until then i ve had to cobble a plan together so far i ve accidentally used my bank debit card once fortunately the account had enough money in it to cover the transaction and the other times i ve pulled out a secondary card five years ago today go away posted by kathy g at 12 55 00 pm 32 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday april 15 2026 goose intimidation it s the middle of canadian goose mating season here and the birds can be aggressive and territorial hubby tony and i were walking home from the grocery store yesterday when i saw a pair of geese the female was on top of a retaining wall where i assume there was a nest the male was keeping watch on the sidewalk below her i was walking on the other side of the two lane entrance to the strip mall but after i snapped the photo the male still hissed at me after passing the pair i stopped paying attention so when i rounded the corner at the street i almost ran into the second pair of geese standing on the sidewalk once again i got hissed at and the male started toward me i had to quickly step out of the way five years ago take me out to the daytime ball game posted by kathy g at 8 56 00 pm 33 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday april 13 2026 some challenges started and some achieved i had two spring forward challenges this week and a bonus activity waiting for me in my inbox yesterday the challenges were try a new recipe from another culture or order takeout from a place i haven t tried before and try an online stretch dance or yoga video the bonus activity was to clean out a junk drawer or closet i am an adventurous cook and eater and there isn t much i haven t tried before but i decided to finally tackle preparing the lupini beans i bought a couple of years ago at a local italian grocery store the reason i never got around to cooking them is that when i got them home found out that unless they re prepared in a specific manner the beans are bitter and toxic due to alkaloids the elaborate preparation involves soaking for 24 hours cooking on the stove for 60 90 minutes rinsing with water putting in the refrigerator for 5 7 days and changing the water a couple of times a day soaking for 24 hours in a salt brine so far i have soaked and cooked more will be revealed on this project the vast majority of days i meet my 10 000 step goal and i go to the gym four times a week for a group class so i really didn t feel the need to add anything however in the spirit of trying new things i took a look at the ymca app and discovered they had a pretty robust selection of on demand videos i picked a spinal mobility stretch which was just challenging enough and finally the bonus challenge was just what i needed to get around to posting the pile of things in my office to the buy nothing facebook group this afternoon and make a pile of old tax papers from three years ago that i can shred on april 15th five years ago today taking care of business and more posted by kathy g at 7 48 00 pm 27 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday april 11 2026 i admire an optomist a funny from a friend jacob considers himself to be one of the lucky ones because he s the only one of his family to have survived two years in a nazi concentration camp he s now nearing 90 and his only remaining joy is the lottery which he s been playing for years without success but then he wins a big one a prize of 10 million dreamstime a journalist calls on him for a story jacob tells him as i m the only one in my family to have survived the concentration camps this has helped me decide how to make use of my large win i ve decided to donate 5 million to the save the children fund 3 million to the simon wiesenthal center 750 000 to the jewish museum 750 000 to hadassah hospital and 500 000 to be shared amongst my friends i m also thinking of donating 1 to the nazi party from my winnings the journalist is surprised but jacob how can you think of donating even 1 to the nazi party after everything that s happened to you and your family jacob rolls up his sleeve points to his arm and replies it s only fair they gave me the winning numbers free svg five years ago today time to sleep posted by kathy g at 7 34 00 pm 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday april 9 2026 poor guy on my post two days ago about no housekeeping day jj left a comment asking if part of my free time included extra lap time for foster cat smokey joe sadly the answer to her question was no since he came to live with us last november smokey joe has been treated for parasites fleas fungus and worms some of them more than once his positive feline immunodeficiency virus fiv status means that his immune system is weak making him susceptible to infections and secondary skin issues for example at the beginning of the year hubby tony and i found several bald patches on the cat s skin after a couple of trips to the vet and a couple of medicines everything healed up but the issue came back this time thick scabs covered the bald patches when one of the scabs fell off there was an angry red sore underneath so on tuesday 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