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Otterly delightful

November 30, 2015 Monday

8:38am
60s last Friday, 20s today.  Brrr….

1:30pm
Benedict Cumberbatch is such a good sport! Otterably delightful!


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nz0dLHMHOo

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Royal revisit

November 29, 2015 Sunday
6:38am Phil 
Been to the Chart House many times. It’s a favorite. Have to try the Cosmo

8:35am Phil 
Good morning! Been up clearing out storage since six while the princess sips coffee. Some days I really wonder. At least I am making the final trip, then breakfast and football!

9:23am

Good morning kid!

9:23am Phil 
Took myself to Bob Evans for breakfast

9:24am

Ooh!  I wish we had them here.

9:25am Phil 

Felt like pancakes and eggs, and the mere sight of the princess pissed me off this morning, so treating myself to me time

9:25am

Good plan. Busy there?

9:28am Phil 
Not bad

10:55am
65 years ago… amazing photos of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip revisiting Malta 


The Queen and Prince Philip bade farewell to Malta yesterday, perhaps for the final time. The three-day visit by the 89-year-old British monarch and her 94-year old husband included the biennial Commonwealth leaders meeting and visits to places around the island nation where they lived from 1949 to 1951 when he was an officer in the Royal Navy and she was a young princess. It was a sentimental journey that included a stop to view the Grand Harbour, echoing a moment captured in a photo 66 years earlier, in 1949.

12:59pm

The latest pictures of Princess Charlotte, taken by her mother, The Duchess of Cambridge, in early November at their home in Norfolk.

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Xoxo

November 28, 2015 Saturday
8:15am  
Good morning kid!

8:56am Phil 

Good morning! More boxes today. Clearing the storage shed. Last thing to move to the house. 

Done something to my left hand with all this lifting. Afraid it’s a ligament or something. No time yet. Will get it looked at after everything is done. 

Have a beautiful day!

9:00am

Best of luck with the boxes.  I’m off to Mom’s as usual.  

Sorry to hear about the hand!  Ugh.  Pop by the CVS and get one of those hand ace bandages or velcro splints.  It can protect it from more damage while you’re carrying on?  and ice it down when you’ve having a cigar, stave off swelling.  Mwah!

9:08am Phil 

xoxo

1:57pm
Lunch with Mom at the Ninety Nine Woburn on a cold rainy day.  I had the turkey tips again!  


11:04pm  

Another couple of restaurant recommendations from a pal in Alexandria… 

“Cosmopolitan Grill for excellent schnitzel and wine. For anyone wanting a fabulous date night or richly decadent dinner, they are perfect!”  
http://www.restaurant-cosmopolitan.com

11:14pm  
Her other recommendation was the Chart House… the views are lovely.  
http://www.chart-house.com/locations/alexandria/
         
Alexandria Waterfront Seafood Restaurant| Potomac River Dining with a View | Chart House
Chart House’s Alexandria location, a historic waterfront restaurant on the Potomac River.


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Beach instead of stores

November 27, 2015 Friday
9:00am  
Good morning kid!

9:01am Phil 

Good morning! Getting the house right today

9:01am  

Yay!  Yesterday go okay? Kitchen works?

9:16am Phil 
Yesterday was great!  Everything worked, plenty of room. 

Trying to get my wife off her ass to clear the counter tops.  She’s pretty much useless in that regard. Did find all those Pandora bracelets though. They were in her closet buried behind all her junk. That was like finding 1000s in a drawer. 

Hoping to clear my garage and build some shelves and clear storage today. Ambitious but doable and maybe a little time to set up my office with a scotch or two

9:17am  

You’re in Energizer bunny mode I see

9:29am Phil 

Got to get it done!

1:38pm
Beach weather! 


4:16pm
Late lunch at Lobsta Land in Gloucester.  So yummy! 

 Classic clam chowder
 Crispy coconut shrimp
 Paella
 Creme brulee

5:34pm

Sunset at Good Harbor Beach Gloucester #optoutside

7:23pm  

Hiya kid, How goes?

8:04pm Phil 

Got a lot done. Relaxing

8:05pm
Yay!

8:06pm

See my paella lunch?
Didn’t look as good as yours but it was yummy.

11:22pm Phil 

Looked delicious!


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Happy Thanksgiving

November 26, 2015 Thursday THANKSGIVING
7:20am  
Happy Thanksgiving!

7:21am Phil 

Happy Thanksgiving! Have a wonderful day!

7:22am  

Everything cooking along?

7:32am Phil 

Bird goes in at 8:30. Other one goes in at 10:00. 
Going to stroll to 7-eleven for coffee and the paper
7:34am
Nice weather?  
We’re looking at 50s today and 60s tomorrow – bizarre but I’ll take it!

7:34am Phil 
Sunny, mid 60s all weekend!

7:37am

Your dogs cuddling are so precious!   
They doing okay?

7:38am Phil 
They are settling in nicely. 
Will be much happier when the fence is in

9:12am

Happy Thanksgiving! May you have uneventful travels, delicious food and easy discussions at dinner! I am thankful for you on my friends list!

3:05pm

My full plate – roll, green bean casserole, lobster mac & cheese, beet salad, butternut squash with apples, stuffing, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy!

4:12pm

Pecan pie, pumpkin pie and winter fruit compote.  Someone else brought pie too!  
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Free afternoon

November 25, 2015 Wednesday
1:05pm
Hiya kid!  I get to leave the office early.  
Hope you’re having a wonderful Wednesday.

1:35pm Phil 
Cool!  Been busy but took time to grab some scotch for the weekend

1:45pm
Making the best use of a free afternoon – suan la chow show from Mary Chung’s


1:50pm  

Gonna be away?

1:57pm Phil 
Nope! Staying home! I’m making a baked turkey and a smoked turkey breast, honey baked ham, green bean casserole, yams, mashed red potatoes, sausage stuffing, fresh cranberry sauce, mimosas for the cook and pumpkin pie for dessert.  Oh and of course creamed herring to enjoy through the day.

2:02pm  
Wowzers.  What a way to test that new kitchen!

Kids coming?

2:02pm Phil 

Nope!  Just the two of us

2:05pm  
Oh my…

2:06pm Phil 

I love thanksgiving left overs
2:06pm
Was just thinking you’ll have leftovers for days

2:07pm Phil
Small bird 14lbs, small ham 4lbs.  Will last the weekend any way

2:07pm


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Greek memories

November 24, 2015 Tuesday
7:57am
Good morning kid!

8:01am Phil 

Good morning! Happy Tuesday!

9:13am

Hiya kid! I’m feeling better, back working.

8:34pm  

Hiya

8:54pm
Look what I got for free today!  It’s especially great because Sis isn’t serving pie for Thanksgiving, so this is the only one I’ll get to taste!  


8:56pm Phil 

Hey there pretty girl

8:57pm

Awww… *melts

8:57pm Phil 

Nice relaxing evening. Anchovy pizza, red wine and Gibbs on TV

8:58pm

Oooh… that sounds wonderful!
Except for the salty fish.

8:58pm Phil 

Ha! Love em      
8:59pm
We had Greek food tonight…
always makes me think of you

9:08pm Phil 
Ah yes, what a great place!  
That was a very enjoyable time.   
Had a blast, hope you did too!

9:09pm  

The best!

9:14pm Phil 

[smiley face with hearts for eyes]

9:15pm  

Eating so many good things…
 listening to your stories, 
introducing you to the secret dessert from the kitchen, 
that amazing old waiter… 
and a long kiss stolen in the rainy parking lot!


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Speaking up

November 23, 2015 Monday

3:45am

8:20am
Good morning kid!
8:20am Phil 
Good Morning!
       
8:37am
Busy day for you?  I am home sick again… bleh.

9:28am Phil 

Clearing out the old house.

Gotta get this done so we can spend time on the new place
     

8:41pm  
Great to see you got done, and had help!

7:26pm
Dogs! Flowers! Pun! Yay!

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[photo of the living room in the old house, empty and clean]

8:42pm Phil 

Such a sense of accomplishment and relief!

8:44pm  

Hallelujah!

8:44pm Phil 

Amen

8:45pm  

It’s great when you plan and plan and then… it works out!

8:46pm Phil 

Sitting here watching helicopters and planes fly by on a clear but cold night. Rapidly feeling like home

8:46pm  

My sister said there is a whole different feeling when you design it…

8:48pm Phil 
Oh yeah. It’s all us down to the smallest detail

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Red and yellow

November 21, 2015 Saturday
8:49am  
Good morning kid!

8:54am Phil 

Good morning!

9:00am  

So how does the new place sleep?

9:21am Phil 

No shades yet so poochies barking all nite. 
Need a bed, ours is done but it was a great place to wake up to

9:21am

1:56pm
Spectacular foliage I had to stop and take photos of today! Red and yellow beauty.  

9:48pm
Amazing photos of animals “helping” wildlife photographers.  Hee!  I adored the meerkat ones. 
http://www.boredpanda.com/cameras-animals-helping-photographers/