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Wardrobe Wizardry With Magical Mushrooms
Way before our house purchase in Northern Portugal, Andrew and I looked to Goldilocks for inspiration. We wanted a house that was just the right size for us, our family of furry friends, and all the things we shipped internationally. Maybe even more importantly we wanted to use our space as efficiently as possible. In…
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Facebook Flashback: Bond And Martinis #4
December 29th, 2015 (FB Post Date): Thunderball Our least favorite so far. It’s worth mentioning that even without martinis, it was often hard to follow the plot. Gadgets: Lots of underwater stuff, bad guys had cool mini subs. A completely unneeded jetpack?Bad Guy: Spectre, with a plan being run by #2. Meh.Martinis: None imbibed.Bond Girl:…
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Celebrating With An Egg
As you may have guessed by our lack of blog posts, our summer has been a bit hectic. We’ll be doing a few catch up posts talking about what’s been going on here in Portugal! Don’t worry, all is well (eggcellent even) but it did feel like the last few months disappeared before we were…
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Facebook Flashback: Bond And Martinis #3
December 28th, 2015 (FB Post Date): Goldfinger Our favorite so far! Here’s what we thought… Gadgets: Aston Martin. We saw Q’s lab. Sweet.Bad Guy: We both loved that he was in your face from the beginning of the movie. He really didn’t want to just kill off Bond. Odd Job is so great.Martinis: First we…
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Dry July, A Dishwasher, And A 1 Year Food Experiment
During our careers as 911 dispatchers Andrew and I did several diet detoxes. We would commit to 3 weeks without dairy, red meat, caffeine, alcohol, sugar, and refined grains. We took a bunch of supplements, drank a lot of water, spent a fair amount of time in the restroom, and somehow made it through half…
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Facebook Flashback: Bond And Martinis #2
December 28th, 2015 (FB Post Date): From Russia With Love I didn’t like it as much as Dr. No due to the lack of bombast. Gadgets: Multifunction suitcase, quite cool.Bad Guy: Meh. Spectre is cool but #3 and #5 play minimal roles.Martinis: We tried a best guess recipe based on the Bond books (his recipe…
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A Date To Celebrate 25 Years Of Dating!
It was May 4th, 2001 and I was a couple weeks away from moving from Minnesota to Oregon by way of Alaska. I was crashing on the couch of my long time friend (and secret crush) Michelle. She was taking vacation time off work to drive with me to Alaska on a farewell trip. Someday…
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Facebook Flashback: Bond And Martinis #1
Way back in 2015 Michelle and I did a series of posts on Facebook in which we watched James Bond movies in chronological order and wrote some silly comments. We also drank martinis and tried to perfect our favorite recipe as the series went on. Fast forward to 2026 and we thought, “Why not revisit…
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A Geeky Discussion About “Gateway Games”
Our board game club, Board Guimas, has a relatively active user group that talks about all things game related. A couple weeks ago one user commented about which gateway game was the most interesting (in their opinion) of the most popular five. This coincided with some similar discussions I’ve had with Michelle and another friend…
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Some High Stuff: Arouca 516
After moving from Minnesota to Oregon it was darn near impossible to avoid adding hiking as a hobby. The state is known for amazing trails and we could get to the Pacific Crest Trail in 30 minutes. Our normal routine was day hikes in the 5-10 mile range. Our longest hike was 39 miles which…