Upside of the Lockdown

Posted on October 21, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Your halitosis is no longer a problem for your friends and neighbors.

Halitosis mask

That doesn’t mean that it is an upside for you, but then you know what you gotta do.

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Upside of the Lockdown

Posted on October 17, 2020 by kimerer_brian

OK here’s another upside of the lockdown.

Your Aunt Millie didn’t visit this year.

Dancing for Joy

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Upside of the Lockdown

Posted on October 12, 2020 by kimerer_brian

OK here’s another upside.

It gets you off the hook for that social gaffe that just came out when you put your mouth in motion before you put your brain in gear.

Talking thru the mask

Trust me. It works.

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The Upside of the Lockdown

Posted on October 9, 2020 by kimerer_brian

It is difficult to find any upside to this long, never-ending lockdown.

But, here is one.

You never have to go out wondering if you have a piece of spinach stuck between your teeth.

You get this:

DG Masked

Not this:

DG No Mask

Ewwww.

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Boulder

Posted on September 29, 2020 by kimerer_brian

You may remember that back in June, the Kids went out when it was 91 degrees and dug this rock out of the ground.

Rock and Glove

In case you need a memory refresher, here is a link to that post.

The Rock

They named the rock “Horatio”.

Don’t ask me. I don’t know. I don’t name rocks.

Anyway, last week they ran across this rock.

The Boulder

While it wasn’t 91 degrees out, the rock provided a challenge because it started out here:

Rock in the hole

Yep That’s in a hole, like, three feet down.

So how do you move a rock that must weigh 500 pounds out of a hole with nothing but hand tools and determination?

Moving the rock

You pry it up a fraction of an inch and then put smaller rocks under it to hold it there while you pry it up again and put small rocks and then pry it up again. Rinse and repeat. Inch by inch. Hour by hour.

Almost out

You keep doing that until…..

At top

The rock is out of its hole, leaving behind a trail of smaller rocks used to lift it. And then, there it is.

Rock with mallet

So…. what was I doing during all of this? I was sitting inside surfing the ‘net, of course, and trying to memorize the number for 911…. in case we ended up with a broken leg or something.

Oh.

And they named the rock “Jennifred”.

Don’t ask me. I don’t know. I don’t name rocks.

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Helloooo….. anybody there?

Posted on September 11, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Dear Reader: Hellooooo? Anybody there?
Me: Yep. Still here.
DR: Really. What’s going on out there? It’s been over a month and nothin’…
Me: Well, we’ve been busy.
DR: Busy? Doing what?
Me: Just stuff.
DR: What stuff?
Me: Growing hair.
DR: Say again?
Me: Growing hair!
DR: What do you mean…. “growing hair”?
Me: DG has been working hard growing his hair back after pulling it out doing his taxes.
DR: You’re kidding…. that’s a get-a-life hobby.
Me: Well, DG is taking it quite seriously…. considering that he only has one hair.
And actually, he is rather happy with the outcome.

DG Selfie

In fact, he took weekly selfies to keep track of his progress. Here they are all strung together. Take a look.

 

DR: Hoo boy, we gotta get out from under this lockdown.

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Mister Peanut

Posted on August 7, 2020 by kimerer_brian

I was glancing at the photograph in my previous post, and I noticed that Mister Peanut apparently  is living in my car.

Mister Peanut

And the worst part of it is that now that I have seen it, I will never be able to unsee it.

 

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Sooo…… you bought a new car…..

Posted on August 1, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Sooo…. you bought a new car…… and it is all sparkly new and clean and it still has that “new car” smell… and you are still worrying about getting that “first scratch”……

Sooo…..

What do you do to that new car?

Here’s what I did to ours.

Dirt

Yep. That is dirt!

Bwha ha ha haaaa!

She’s all broke in now!

You see, the car is an SUV, which stands for Sport Utility Vehicle. While some folks think of this car as an Suv, I think of it more as an sUv, and this is the U part of the equation.

Don’t worry. I got out the shop vac, and she cleaned up real nice.

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All tuckered out

Posted on July 22, 2020 by kimerer_brian

DG chased those bunnies so hard that he got himself all tuckered out. So he decided to take a nap.

DG Napping

I can’t believe that I just animated DG taking a nap.

We have been locked up too long.

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Rabbits!

Posted on July 15, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Now that DG can move, I thought it would be a good idea if he got up off the sofa and went out to do something useful.

“Hey, DG, now that you can move, why don’t you get up off the sofa and go do something useful?”

Wha?

“You heard me. Get up off the sofa and go do something useful”.

Like what?

“Oh I don’t know. Why don’t you go out and chase the rabbits out of the garden? They are eating everything”.

And so, he did.

Well, at least he’s not sitting on the sofa any more.

Do me a favor and let the loop run for a while. DG needs the exercise.

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