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Coq au Vin via Instapot!

No clue what we were doing.  We have been watching “For All Mankind” at that point, along with The Morning Show, ST:TNG, The Mandalorian, and Castle Rock Season 2.  It was actually Sunday when we made chicken coq au vin in the Instapot that night, which was fun and fairly successful!

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Steaks, Sveta, and a Bad Back

This was the day I threw out my back.  Actually woke up where it was my left shoulder that was bothering me, as I could barely raise my arm without it hurting.   Then as the day progressed, all of a sudden it was my lower back.  Not sciatica as I know exactly how that feels, but right smack […]

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Fran & Joel Arrive; No Madonna 4 me

Fran and Joel fly in!   They got in early afternoon at LAX and managed to brave the LAXit – and it was fairly easy to navigate and it’s much better than it started out.  For dinner, we had our first order of Jerry’s Deli with them and it was a hit.  I had tickets to see Madonna’s Madame X tour […]

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Days 1-3 of my Caregiver Leave

This was the first days of my caregiver leave from PwC.   These few days were a bit of a transition from stressing about work to letting it go and focusing on Larry.  I did take some me-time to play video games at this point, along with just watching TV with Larry and making sure he had all […]

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Recovery from the Hepatic Pump Surgery, Sept & Oct 2019

Note:  I’m writing this from April 2020 – I did not post much of anything at all on my site during 2019 as Larry’s illness, my mom’s issues, and just general malaise kept my website motivation low.  After Larry’s surgery in the beginning of September, and the time he spent in the hospital at Memorial […]