Dentist and Finished Office

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Noah had a dentist appointment first thing.  We needed to get the tooth removed that was causing the abscess.  We left the house around 7:15.  The actual extraction only took 10-20 minutes.  Most of that time was cleaning out the infection around where Noah's tooth had been.  Apparently the baby tooth should have come out and it didn't come out so the tooth was dying and causing issues.  We were home by 9am.

When I got home the contractor was finishing up my office as well as the transition from the family room into the kitchen and the backsplash.  I worked in the morning from the dining room.  By lunch, they had fully finished and I was able to move back into my office.  Below is a picture of the office.  I still need to hang pictures and put in the filing cabinet behind my desk with the printer.

Rachel came home after lunch.  Then she went for a run.

I had a meeting to end the day while Rachel tutored over the computer. 

For dinner, I made grilled chicken.  I marinated the chicken breasts with olive oil, lemon zest, oregano, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper.  It was good.

The boys are upstairs playing on the Playstation.

Until next time...

Back to School + Crazy 2020

 Hello again... after a long, long time.

I kept thinking I should write on the blog again, and here we are.

So, here's what's been going on in the last several months.

On March 12, the Thursday before Spring Break, Morry and the boys were looking forward to their annual Spring Training Florida trip.  We were starting to hear about more and more COVID-19 cases and by the end of the day, Spring Training was canceled.

On March 13, we got an automated call from the school district saying all schools and offices would close that day in order to remain vigilant and healthy.

So, pretty much everything started shutting down after that.

Spring Break was extended and the kids went back virtually on April 3.

Since then, we have mostly stayed at home except for occasionally shopping and outdoor activities.

Evan went back to baseball and they had several games and practices this summer.

We also got a kitten. A friend of mine need to quickly find a home for a kitten and we volunteered to "help". 

Here's Pixel.

Over the summer, instead of going to Europe as planned, we updated our kitchen and some other areas of our house.  We added wood floors in the kitchen, removed the half wall between the living room and dining room, removed our old kitchen island and column, and replaced it with an counter-height island.  We also had the cabinets painted and other walls in the house painted.  Oh, and we put tile in the laundry room and bathroom.

Before:

After

Tomorrow, we go back to school.  The kids start their online school. Evan is now in 9th grade at high school and Noah is in 7th grade in middle school. 

My school is going back in person tomorrow.  I'll be teaching two middle school math classes.  I'm hoping to use the outdoor classroom as much as possible.

That's it for now.  I took videos and pictures over the last few months and will add more of those later.

Zayde

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The cold, wet weather has just not let up.  I realize it's warmer than many other places, but it's still pretty cold here and still too cold and too wet to walk to school.  We drove and walked the trail this morning as we've been doing.

Rachel cleaned the kitchen today.

At lunch, I ran to the bank and then to Aaron's for just a bit.

We drove to get the kids.  It was misting the whole time.  You don't really get wet but everything - the ground the streets, seems very wet.

Around 4:30, the boys and I left to get to the airport to get Zayde while Rachel tutored.  The airport went smoothly.  The boys were very excited to see Zayde.

We drove straight to Rudy's where we were supposed to meet Rachel.  She came and we had a good dinner.  Evan ate really well.

We came home and Noah read to Rachel and Zayde.

The boys are in their rooms now.

Until next time...

Latin dance workout class

This morning I dropped Evan off at school. On the door to the classroom there are individual pictures of all the kids in the class. Every time we get to school Evan wants to find and show me his picture on the door.

Noah and I hung out at home for a little bit and then we went to the gym to meet Yenis. She’s a member of 24 Hour Fitness and invited me to come with her to the Latin dance workout class. They have childcare inside the gym. I filled out that paperwork for Noah and went to the class. Noah seemed fine when I dropped him off. The class was fun. It was a good workout, but not overly hard like some classes can be. It is an hour class, but after about 50min someone from the childcare came in looking for me. They said Noah had been crying for 5 minutes and they couldn’t get him to stop. So, I had to leave the class 10 min early. As soon as I held Noah he was ok. I left his pacifier and blanket with them, but they hadn’t tried giving those to him. I guess it will just take some time for him to get used to it. Maybe next time I will bring both Evan and Noah. With Evan being there Noah might feel better.

After the gym we went to Yenis’s house for a little bit. We ate some leftover soup from last night. It was very good. Then, we went to pick up the boys.

Evan was busy playing in the kitchen when I got there. He was having a good time.

We came home and I put both boys down for a nap. Blanca came at 2:30 and I went to a focus group at 3. I got a call to be part of a focus group. They pay $100 for 1.5 hours. The focus group ended up being for Southwest Airlines.

Morry and I tried out some new recipes for dinner. We made marmalade chicken and corn chowder. The marmalade chicken was really good. The chowder was ok. Here’s the recipe for the chicken if you are interested http://www.recipesia.com/recipe/show/18322-marmalade-chicken