As you’ve probably heard, the entire west coast is burning. Thankfully we’re not directly affected by the fires, just lots of smoke and hazardous air quality making for another weekend sheltering inside. Tuesday was very eerie with ash raining down in the afternoon as I left work. I keep indoor pandemic masks and outdoor filtering […]
More Heat & Smoke for the List
Happy Labor Day weekend! This time last year we were having a great rafting trip in Tahoe and I wish we could be there this year. But 2020 is a special mess, the few fun options for getting out this weekend are overly packed and it’s smokey thanks to more new fires and more triple […]
Better for the List
Well, it’s less smoky here now, the air quality has improved, but still not good enough for outdoor runs and dining out. And work has been busy, very busy. Friday was a very long day that started at 6AM with server issues, so it’s been nice to decompress a little this weekend. Miko has been […]
Tough Times for the List
Early Monday morning we were woken up by an intense thunder and lightening storm that’s very rare here this time of year. That storm system caused a lot of lightening fires around the bay area and valley. Thankfully we’re only affected by the smoke and ash, but the air quality has ranged between unhealthy to […]
Melting for the List
Ugh, we are melting here with a high of 110 degrees. The weather has been so strange this week, but triple digits every day for the next 10 days is a little depressing. It was already hot when I got up at 6:30 am this morning and had to get Miko out on a long […]
Lake Camping Trip
Thank you for the kind words for Miko. We have been adjusting to his medication and waiting for a second opinion appointment. And just trying to hope for the best. He has been such a sweet heart and acting like his usual energetic and happy self. This has been an interesting week, we took a […]
Tough Week for the List
Whoa, August already. Seems like months are blending together, but that’s just 2020 I guess. It has been a turbulent week here. A couple of weeks ago, Miko started showing symptoms of coughing more when drinking water and gagging sometimes. I did some research and found this is common for small dogs often caused by […]
Low Key Birthday for the List
Another week flew by and cases are so bad in CA now we’re just trying to hang in there are ride this out. Last week was my birthday and it was a low key day at home of presents, garden fun, vegan pizza and gaming. We joked at husband’s low key, shelter in place birthday […]
Garden Progress for the List
We’re still focusing on our garden during these crazy times and made a little progress this week around busy work schedules and triple digit heat. The starter plants are outgrowing the AeroGarden seed starter tray, so hubby finished up the drip sprinkler system on one of the garden beds to start relocating plants to – […]
New Garden for the List
To get through these interesting times, we decided to shift our focus to our backyard and make it more of an outdoor getaway and garden. We have a large side yard that had low wooden garden beds and fruit trees. But maintaining the ground around proved to be a challenge over the last couple of […]