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RIP Snoopy 2008 – 2024
Dan’s dog – our dog – Snoopy – was born on the streets of Tijuana, Mexico, and made his way to San Diego, where he was adopted by Dan. He passed away, mostly from old age, on January 16, 2024. Since 2019 and at the time of his death, he lived in Livermore with Dan’s parents. Dan flew up to be there for Snoopy’s final breaths and later that night he wrote this tribute to him. Continue reading
Posted in Snoopy
Tagged dogshaming, fox, Home Depot, Livermore, Paws of Pleasanton Animal Hospital, San Diego Humane Society, Snoopy
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2023 Spooky Season
We got back into the holiday swing of things this year with a month of Halloween celebrations. I have to say, though, we kept it all pretty chill this year. I will no longer go to pumpkin patches in SoCal on the weekends, due to crowds, so we went to a few favorites during the week and mostly celebrated with friends in our neighborhood and town. Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays, Sightseeing
Tagged chili, cowgirl, dinosaur, dragon, Fall-O-Ween, Halloween, Harry Potter, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Hermione, Home Depot, Irvine Park Pumpkin Patch, Irvine Park Railroad, OC Zoo, Orange County Zoo, Outlets at San Clemente, SUP, Tanaka Farms, The Home Depot, trick-or-treat
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A Full Fall
After a low-key Halloween season last year, in which we only went to one pumpkin patch while on vacation, we celebrated a return to mostly normal this year with visits to multiple pumpkin patches, festivals, Halloween events, parties, and more. Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Eating, Hiking, Holidays, Sightseeing
Tagged Autumn, Autumn Harvest Festival, Baker Ranch, Boo at the Bay, cat, chili, cookies, dolphin, Fall, Grandma, Halloween, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Home Depot, Irvine Park Railroad, jammies, kitty, Norco, OC Zoo, October, Odyssey Park, pajamas, panda, Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, preschool, Pumpkin City, pumpkin patch, Pumpkin Rock, pumpkins, Sally's Baking Addiction, Skyforest, Skypark at Santa's Village, Snow White, sugar cookies, tradition, trick-or-treat, Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
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New Year, Newly Painted Wall
Many years ago, I swore off painting for the rest of my life. I had painted the entire interior of my condo and Dan’s townhome and was done. When we built our new house, we paid the builders to paint … Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Home
Tagged Baker Ranch, Behr, charcoal blue N490-5, Home Depot, master bedroom, painting
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It’s Fall Y’all!
It’s Fall – perhaps the best season of the year! Sadly, we don’t live in a geographic location where we can really feel it, but we still can celebrate it, and boy did we this year! We started our Fall … Continue reading
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