March 2020, Lisa and I returned from Chicago on Sunday as the news was discussing the severity of Covid-19 and then came Monday, everything in MN was shut down including the schools. Despite the shutdown, we had already planned a game night the week before with our neighbor fiends from across the street – besides the McKinlee and Oliva were not going to except no sleep over – get together was on! As I finished preparing the cheese...

March 2020 Lisa and I arrived in Chicago, Friday the 13th for the Sinead O’Connor concert. It was crazy, Friday everything seemed fine the concern of the virus was a discussion, however by Saturday they started closing the city down by end of Saturday smaller restaurants were closing and by Sunday they were all closed – even our concert was cancelled. When we went out to dinner Saturday night, I went into the bathroom and found this...

March 2020 I was on facebook and came across this pic in my news feed.  The first thing that came to mind was, it looks like its spreading – then I thought, “spreading the love!” Wish I had this piece of natural art growing on the side of my...

March 2020 I was at Target getting last minute items for Lisa and my trip to Chicago, when I spotted this jeweled heart on display.  Its interesting how people react when U are taking a pic in the store....

February 2020 Found this super tasty snack at Costco – Shiitake Mushroom; crispy, crunchy and seasoned.  These are so fantastic. It’s funny, Lisa an I went back to Costco the next week and bought about 8 more bags and was told they are being discontinued. We shared this new find with family and friends, letting them know where to get them, while they could. Well they did get some for themselves, and ironically about a month later,...