Tag: leftovers

• Hosting Christmas Eve and Remote Controlled Gift Frenzies – Thoughts from December 30, 2025

  

  Patti and I hosted Christmas Eve, but we couldn’t do it at our house because our kitchen and the rest of the house are not usable. I planned to work on the kitchen on my four days off from work, but rain prevented it. We had our hosting night at Patti’s sister’s house. It’s much…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 16, 2026

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  2025, Archie, asleep on the floor, battery powered tools, blindfold with eyelashes, blindfolded, cats, cats freaking out, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas games, cotton balls as snowballs, dietary restrictions, enourmous kitchen, exchanged gifts, gift exchange frenzy, gifts for a child, growling bear, hosting Christmas Eve, kitchen island, kitchen remodel, leftovers, meowing, new carpet, no shoes rule, our cluttered house, outside noises, overflowing cotton balls, packing the car in the rain, Patti, Patti’s nephew, presents, rain, remote controlled Disney characters, Scout, Scout’s kids, shoes off, snoring, stuffed mushrooms, thoughts, younger relatives

• Avoiding Wheat, Error Code 9, and Nerdy Audio Discussions – Thoughts from December 3, 2025

  

  Patti and I went to Thanksgiving at her nephew’s house. None of her older sisters were there, so the day was incident free. The only thing I avoided eating was the stuffing because of the wheat. Patti made it from a mix and said I wasn’t missing much. The new baby is walking around now…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 5, 2026

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  2025, 26 screws, 8 tracks, ADAT machine, audio cables, audio interface, audio meters rising, audio tracks into the computer, avoiding wheat, boring holidays, brilliant idea, digital audio, easy holidays, error code 9, finishing leftovers, leftovers, nerdy audio discussion, new baby, Patti, shy baby, simple discussions, stuffing from a mix, syncing machines, tape playing mechanism, Thanksgiving, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, transferring audio to the computer, transport belt, tricking the machine into working, VCR tapes, weird restroom habits, XLR audio cables

• Birthdays at Home – Thoughts from July 1 and 6, 2024

  

  July 1, 2024 July is here, and the hot summer bugs are singing their songs. To me, the songs mostly sound like Happy Birthday because tomorrow is my birthday! I don’t know if I’ve ever talked about what it’s like to have a summer birthday, so here I go. If you have a summer birthday,…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 27, 2025

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  2024, 54 years old, alcoholic drinks, annoying birthday aftermath, Beatrix, being held back a year, Ben and Jerry’s dairy free ice cream, Blue Milk, cats hanging out with me, celebrate on my birthday, chili dog from Wienerschnitzel, chocolate chip cookie dough, choice of beverages, dairy, dairy-free ice cream, Disneyland, eating as you drink alcohol, eating in a restaurant, fireworks, food is better at home, Fourth of July, girl cats, Happy Birthday, hearing problems, holiday near your birthday, home body, hot summer bugs, lactose intolerance, leftovers, Luna, no school birthdays, Patti, sample cocktails, Scout, senior citizen, singing bugs, sliver of bed space, Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, staying at home, summer birthdays, sushi on my birthday, the cats, thoughts, Willow

• Dessert for Breakfast and Restroom Restrictions, Thoughts from June 18 and 25, 2024

  

  June 18, 2024 I must go back to four days ago. It was June 14, and we ate at Super Sushi in Redlands. We took the leftovers home. Patti also bought two pounds of tiramisu while we were out before we went for sushi. I had some later that night, but Patti had some the…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 13, 2025

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  2024, accepted restrictions, accepting reality, age restrictions, anniversary, breathing heavily, Cheerios, choos wisely, dessert for breakfast, grunting and straining noises, justifying bad behavior, layer of sugar, leftovers, men are gross, men sitting down to pee, mini vacation, Mini Vacation Land, neutralizing smell, observations in the restroom, Patti, Redlands, restroom, restroom habits, restroom options, restroom talk, restrooming, stomach problems, sugary cereals, Super Shushi, thoughts, tiramisu, unhealthy habits, urinal, weight problem, you make the choices in your life