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2023 Project 52 – 37/52

More washer/dryer fights this week. The brand new one we had delivered last week leaks on the spin cycle. They’ll replace it, but now we wait … again. Work is crazybusy as usual. I know eventually I’ll get to a…

2023 Project 52 – 36/52

Not my favorite week. Work was overwhelming. The washer/dryer saga continued. And the weather downright sucked. But that week is behind me. All I can do is put my head down, tackle the to-do list at work, and make more…

2023 Project 52 – 35/52

My work week was almost entirely meetings. Rough. I made up for it by plenty of walks and enjoying the time off. The daughter came over Friday night for dinner. Then we walked down to King Street for some ice…

2023 Project 52 – 31/52

Our trip spilled over into week 31 with our final day in Portland. We took the son to the Japanese Garden in Washington Park, then we wandered around the International Rose Test Garden to see about a million varieties of…

2023 Project 52 – 28/52

Big news this week. First, I finished my hellish Secure Software Development course. I was at the point where I was hoping for a “C” in the class. The professor apparently curved the grades and I got a “B+”. Woohoo!…

2023 Project 52 – 27/52

Tuesday was Independence Day here in the US, celebrating the 247th anniversary of our country. We walked to Bob & Edith’s Diner for breakfast, then went to the nursery to pick out plants for the backyard. That’s right, the yard…

2023 Project 52 – 26/52

Halfway through the year. And what a year it’s been so far. This week was a lot of catchup on homework for this class. I’m currently on the last week of the class before the final. Not feeling great about…

2023 Project 52 – 21/52

What happened this week? Let’s see … the usual work and school. We also had a tree in our side yard removed and had a new dishwasher delivered and installed. The weather was wonderful this week though. We saw the…

2023 Project 52 – 20/52

The weather was lovely this week. Lots of evening walks and plenty of time enjoying Old Town this weekend. My summer class started on Thursday and I spent almost my entire Friday off of work reading and doing homework. It’s…

2023 Project 52 – 19/52

Enjoyed the nice weather this week with lots of walks. Tried a few new restaurants in Old Town: Fontaine Caffe & Creperie, Taverna Cretekou, and Royal Restaurant. Caught up on the latest season of Taskmaster, Ted Lasso, and now Queer…

2023 Project 52 – 18/52

We packed a LOT into this week. We closed on the old house, so we’re back to just one mortgage now. With help from my parents, we were able to purchase the new house first and then sell the old…

2023 Project 52 – 16/52

Starting to really learn our little city now. The wife and I will randomly quiz each other on which streets are where. I wonder if I’ll every truly remember which street certain landmarks are on though … probably, but we’ll…