Monthly Recap (Jan 2021)
Major updates * Well, a new year and a new adventure for me at Sigma Computing (bit more on that soon) Minor updates * Played a bunch with silly-but-fun air-pump "rockets" * Switched…
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Annual recap- 2020
Me: * “Company kick-off” cruise in the Bahamas * My first (and probably last) ever * In retrospect, very happy this didn’t turn into a COVID super-spreader event * Started tiny daily meditati…
Monthly recap (Dec 2020)
Major updates * A stay-at-home end-of-year vacation * Lots of driving around or walking around locally Minor updates * A day trip to San Francisco (chocolates at Ghirardelli, having coffee ou…
Monthly recap (Nov 2020)
Major updates * Tara turned six !! Minor updates * Lots of social trips * Ergonomic improvements (more on this soon) * Sleep schedule has not been great * Visited Barnes and Noble (after a ye…
Monthly Recap (Oct 2020)
Major updates * Gradual “actual physical school” transition for Tara * Halloween! Minor updates * Introducing card games to Tara: War, Go Fish! * Misc maintenance * replacing hood and r…
Monthly Recap (Sep 2020)
Major updates * Trip to Capitola Minor updates * A new family board game: Labyrinth * Re-activated my Facebook account, mostly to follow Tara’s school account * This month went by … really qui…
Monthly Recap (Aug 2020)
Major updates * Tara began (virtual) kindergarten (!) Minor updates * Garage cleanup * Finished my fourth 1000-piece puzzle * Haircuts * Some dentist trips * Trips: Pleasanton to meet friend…
Monthly Recap (Jul 2020)
Major updates * Tara “graduated” from pre-school * Bunch of day trips (Rockaway beach, Sanborn county park, Waddell beach, Seascape beach) * I became a year older :-| Minor updates * Assembled…
Monthly Recap (Jun 2020)
Major updates * A few interesting excursions (picnic in Lexington reservoir and Loch Lomond, an afternoon at Greyhound Rock Beach. * Trips to parks (Tara playing, farewell to a close friend, some s…
On the "Quilt" activity
Sometime last year, we were at a restaurant where they were nice enough to provide paper and crayons for my daughter, but the paper didn’t have the usual “shapes to color in”, and the crayons were an…
Aerobie
Stumbled across one of these in a small gift shop and picked it up. I have to admit my ignorance at not coming across this before, but it flies amazingly smooth. I mean frisbees fly too, but you have…
Smart TV adventures
We have an Android TV at home. Turned it on tonight to watch some Netflix in the background, get informed that “the network needs to be set up”. Okie dokie ... wait, the router isn't scanned? We&…