Tag: Patti

• Continued Remodeling, No Kings, and Outside Cats – Thoughts from October 19, 2025 – Part 2

  

  This is part two of my article from October 19, but you know that from reading the title. When I was last blathering on about Patti’s kitchen remodel, I talked about nature’s body glue. Actually, it was about a cracked cabinet that we had to return. Because we had to return it, I couldn’t build…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 17, 2026

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• Upper Cabinets, Corner Cabinets, and Nature’s Body Glue – Thoughts from October 19, 2025 – Part 1

  

  Believe it or don’t, I didn’t finish talking about the kitchen yesterday. Patti and I put up most of the upper cabinets with no problems. There was one time in the beginning when I tried to put one cabinet up on my own. About the time I could barely hold one cabinet up, I realized…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 10, 2026

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• Kitchen Remodeling, Potential Problems, and Little Time – Thoughts from October 18, 2025

  

  It’s been so long since I wrote a Thoughts paper, I don’t remember what I was talking about the last time so I might repeat myself. The biggest event in Patti and my life recently has been the kitchen remodel. For Patti’s birthday, one of her gifts was going to be the kitchen remodel. I…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 3, 2026

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• Kitchen Remodel, New Tools, and Outside Cats – Thoughts from August 23, 2025

  

  I had my appointment to check on my throat after my surgery to remove the polyp on my vocal cord. I knew it didn’t feel like it used to years ago. Seeing the image the doctor took with the camera down my throat was disappointing. The polyp was smaller than the last image before the…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 24, 2026

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• Senior Birthdays, Cats, and Alcohol – Thoughts from July 2, 2025

  

  This is the day of my birth. I’m 55 years old today. In many places, I can now get a senior discount. Patti and I are both seniors. I’m not normally off on Wednesdays, but I took off this birthday Wednesday. As with every time I got to choose what to do for my birthday,…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 17, 2026

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• Not Talking, Testing Beds, and Collecting Figures – Thoughts from June 3, 2025

  

  The day after my surgery, I thought it would be a good idea to look at beds. I did some research on beds online, but I wanted to feel them in person. Our old mattress was getting painful to sleep on. It was only slightly better than sleeping on the floor. All the mattresses I…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 3, 2026

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• Post Surgery and an Organized Tool Shed – Thoughts from June 1, 2025 – Part 2

  

  June 1, 2025 – Part 2 As I told you last week, I had my first surgery on May 22. We pick up the story after the surgery and my post-surgery days. For at least the next few days, I would be in Patti’s hands and the cats’ comforting paws. Patti had to drive me…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 27, 2026

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• My First Surgery – Thoughts from June 1, 2025 – Part 1

  

  I used to have times when I struggled to find subjects for my Thoughts papers. Recently, I’ve had to make lists of subjects to write about, so I don’t forget things. When I started writing these back in 1991, I had less happening in my life. Who would guess I had more going on in…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 20, 2026

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• Choking Cats, Surgery Prep, and Heart Bushes – Thoughts from May 18, 2025

  

  It has been so long since I wrote my thoughts, I had to make a list of things I haven’t written about. First on the list is finishing painting the house. Let me say that again for those in the back. We finished painting the house! The last thing we did was put up new…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 13, 2026

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• One’s Self, Avoiding Pecans, and Painting Mishaps – Thoughts from March 27, 2025

  

  March 27, 2025 Here we are again. I’m at the Honda dealer, waiting to get my car serviced. It sounds like I’m waiting for my car outside a brothel, but you need to get your mind out of the gutter. Why you, the future reader of these words, would plant that in my mind, I…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 6, 2026

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