October 2024
On October 31, 2024 Thursday - My brother moved a couple of his goats to the outside of the chicken pen to help clear some of the overgrowth. Goats are such weird looking animals. However, this particular goat with its blond highlights makes me think he’s the lead singer in an all-goat boy band.
October 30, 2024 - Wednesday - This morning I had a doctor’s appointment in Ft. Worth. As luck would have it, the office was around the corner from my sister’s favorite donut shop. My appointment ended just in time for me to get there minutes before they closed. This isn’t the best photo but by the time I looked at the photo the donut was long gone.
October 29, 2024 - Tuesday - Today I had full day of work and then quite a bit of freelance work to do too. I worked at my desk and continued to watch Pixar movies on my iPad while I worked. The intro to Up might be the best visual storytelling in any movie. The piece of music in the background is also beautifully written and complements the visuals.
October 28, 2024 - Monday - After building my Legos the other day and thinking about the movie I decided to watch all the Pixar movies in release order. I’ve not seen the latest Inside Out yet. The first one made me wonder how did I mess up my daughter with the way I raised her. It made me wonder what memories I put in her head. I guess she turned out okay. hahaha
October 27, 2024 - Sunday - I love this guy and I missed him so much while I was gone. My nephew’s wife and kids helped watch the pups for me while I was in Mexico. Unfortunately his anxiety and old food aggression got the best of him. He bit my nephew’s wife. That’s all I’ll say about that, except that I feel so badly for her. She’s such a sweet kid.
October 26, 2024 - Saturday - Last night I put together the Lego set I got in Mexico. It’s from one of my favorite Pixar movies. I love how they give robots so much emotion with their “faces”. I don’t think Eve says any word’s other than “Wall-E” and “directive.” I’m probably wrong, but that’s how I remember it. They just say each other’s names with different inflections and emotion.
October 25, 2024 - Friday - This evening I took the pups for a walk after work. I got this photo by the mailbox. After our walk I went to pick up a pizza for dinner. I still haven’t gone grocery shopping since I got back from our trip and I’m getting tired of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
October 24, 2024 - Thursday - Today my brother’s went and picked up lunch for me and my sister. We ate on the patio for a little while. I had a lot of work to do today. My brother’s cat came over to see what I had for lunch. She didn’t want any of it, she was just curious. To me she’s pretty creepy looking with her yellow eyes.
October 23, 2024 - Wednesday - Today as soon as I finished work I came out to the couch to do a little personal book keeping. Pancake is staying real close by. I think she likes to to run Zak off the couch just because she can. She knows if she lays close enough he’ll jump off the couch and give her all the space.
October 22, 2024 - Tuesday - Today after work, was the first time I really got to relax on the couch with the pups. Biscuit was especially needy this evening. She jumped in my lap almost as soon as I sat down. Pancake wasn’t too far off though. Zak got his turn on the couch a little later.
October 21, 2024 - Monday - After work I walked the pups and made a little dinner. I started reviewing my photos last night and finished up this evening. It’s hard picking just one photo for most of these days. We did so much practically every day. This is the sand that shook off my clothes from the beach and a little rock I picked up. I got a little dog hair too when I swept up the sand.
October 20, 2024 - Sunday - We stayed at a place called Iguana Island and for good reason. I had no idea these got so big. I got out this morning to try to get a few shots of them before we had to leave for our flight. The big one wasn’t out today. At night there were enough raccoons to consider naming the place Raccoon Island.
October 19, 2024 - Saturday - Today we had one appointment early this morning. It may be the one! We spent the afternoon and evening walking along the beach and in town. Our first choice for dinner was a complete mistake. We left after the appetizer. Our fortunes turned when we walked into the next place. Probably the best meal I’ve ever enjoyed. Ending our trip on a seriously high note.
October 18, 2024 - Friday - Today we had two appointments to look at venues. The first was a beautiful hotel a bit north of the airport. It was so quiet and peaceful compared to the one place closer to town. The second venue was a hard “no.” We kinda all took the rest of the day off and just relaxed/napped at home. We did get out for a pretty good dinner.
October 17, 2024 - Thursday - This morning after a quick breakfast we went to our first appointment. It was a nice hotel with a really nice venue for a wedding. They agreed that it would be an acceptable Plan B if one of their favorites doesn’t work out. After we all went down to the beach for the first time. After dark we walked around town for a while.
October 16, 2024 - Wednesday - After a delicious breakfast of drowned eggs made by Ari’s 87 year old abuela we got ready for our very short flight to Puerto Vallarta. They rented us a cool three story AirBNB on the marina. It was a short walk to lots of shops and restaurants. It was also pretty centrally located for the venues we’ll be looking at over the next few days.
October 15, 2024 - Tuesday - Today was a more relaxing day. The four of us spent a bit of the day walking around the mall. We all did a bit of shopping. I found a Lego set that’s discontinued in the states. I had a nice quiet relaxing evening at home while Riley, Ari and all his cousins went out for a cousins dinner. They took some great photos. I may have some new nieces and nephews.
October 14, 2024 - Monday - Today we spent most of the day with Ari’s dad. What a cool guy. When I first grew my beard I was hoping for a result more like his. He runs a culture center in a rough part of town help keep kinds off the streets and out of trouble. Riley played this 100 year old piano while Ari visited with his dad.
October 13, 2024 - Sunday - Today a big bunch of us went into town to the Plaza. That was to get us out of the house while they prepared for The Party. It was a reception for his brother coming for the first time in a really long time and to celebrate Riley and Ari getting engaged. This has to be one of the warmest, most generous families ever. It didn’t take long to feel like family.
October 12, 2024 - Saturday - For my birthday Riley and Ari gave me a trip to Mexico. I’m going to get to meet his dad’s family for a few days and then we’re heading to Puerto Vallarta for a few days to do a little wedding venue shopping and a lot of vacationing. It’s a pretty quick flight to Guadalajara. I like when you get to walk down the steps out by the plane.
October 11, 2024 - Friday - Today was a bit of a late day getting all my work wrapped up before heading out tomorrow. When I was done I went to pick up a couple of pizzas for my nephew’s family. They’re watching the pups for me while I’m on vacation. After dinner we went out for a late evening walk. My last Texas sunset for a while.
October 10, 2024 - Thursday - Today was a busy day with work. I spent about half the day at my desk and moved out to the couch after lunch. This is the look I get when Pancake wants up on the couch. She and Biscuit can’t hop up unless I let out the recliner. This was toward the end of the day when the sun was shining in the window.
October 9, 2024 - Wednesday - I got an email the other day with really good sale prices on lenses. I ordered one for myself and it was delivered today. I was pretty busy with work but when I was done, I put on the new lens and got a few photos of the pups. Biscuit and Pancake were with me on the couch. Zak was on my bed. I thought the sun shining on him looked nice.
October 8, 2024 - Tuesday - Today my sister and I went to a burger place for lunch that she heard about a while back. It’s not too far away but they took quite a while to make our order. I worked a bit late to make up for being gone so long. It was getting dark when we went for our walk. We spent time on the couch after.
October 7, 2024 - Monday - Today I got out to pick up some prescriptions at lunch. I took all the pups with me. They all do so much better with Zak in the back and the girls in the front. I got this photo with Zak while we were waiting at the pharmacy drive thru. At the end of the day I realized I hadn’t taken any other photos.
October 6, 2024 - Sunday - Today I spent most of the day doing some freelance work and a lot of house work. I watched the Cowboys doing their best to try to give away the game to Pittsburgh. During the game I realized I didn’t have a photo for today. I looked over at Pancake sleeping.
October 5, 2024 - Saturday - Today was a really fun day. I went to my friend’s house for most of the day. I brought Dutton to meet some of her distant cousins. It was fun watching her run around with my friend’s two corgis. The hard part of getting all three of them to stand still long enough for a photo only happened with then went out to pee.
October 4, 2024 - Friday - Dutton turned out to be a pretty fun house guest. Zak has been so good with her. Biscuit and Pancake are definitely not a fan of hers. She’s also my 5,000 photo in this Photo of the Day collection. She’s such a sweetheart but she’s definitely still a puppy. She has lots of energy. Biscuit and Pancake are too old the her nonsense.
October 3, 2024 - Thursday - Here lately my go-to quick, easy and lazy dinner or lunch is a Caesar salad with grilled chicken. This evening after work I sliced a bunch of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, rubbed them with a bit of olive oil and then seasoned them with a bunch of Ziziki seasoning. I decided to have a beer while I did the grilling. I hate mosquitoes.
October 2, 2024 - Wednesday - Today my niece came over and brought her Corgi, Dutton over for a visit. I’ll be sitting her this weekend. It took a long while but Zak eventually calmed down quite a bit. It may be a long weekend. I’m very close to another milestone photo in this collection. This is my current count as of today. Hope I can get to the State Fair this year.
October 1, 2024 - Tuesday - On our evening walks now the sun is just above the horizon. I got this photo of all four of our shadows on the trees. You can see me and Zak pretty easy. You can see Biscuit’s shadow on the tree below Zak. Pancake is the hardest to see. She’s just ahead of Zak and her shadow is in the bushes.