It's been over a year since my fingers graced these pages. Since my last posting a lot has happened. I realize that I used to come around to write to help me cope with things or to get thoughts out of my head so that I could deal with life better and over the past year that probably would have done me good.
However, time moves on and life changes.
We are now sitting firmly in 2025 and life continues to change and evolve. Today I gave my daughter her last Xmas gift which is a quad so that she can ride around with her brother in the neighborhood.
He is the one who follows the rules and does things properly and she is the one I have to worry about. But, that's why she has to ride with him so he can keep her in line.
So, what is going on for 2025?
Well, I'm glad you asked.
I'll be playing Video Games.
I'll Be grilling Meats.
I'll be Drinking Beers.
I'll be Playing Pokers.
The more things change, the more they stay the same I guess.
I'm at a point where I feel like I'm ready to start playing poker again. I have a teeny tiny bankroll of wadded up cash in my sock that I'm going to start taking to the casinos (probably mostly South Point) and playin super tight while waiting for pocket aces so that I can get my money in pre-flop and hope that my opponent doesn't get lucky. You know, until I build up a few buy-ins and can play super loose and aggressive until I blow almost all of my money and have to resort to buying in short and pushing all in with anything that looks like it could help me win a pot.
I'm also going to work on losing weight again. I've done it before and it's time to do it again. I'm not giving pounds as there is no use for that, but I'll talk about successes and failures as I'm trying to get healthier.
I'll also resort to posting my grilling success stories and pictures of smokey meats that make mouths water and panties wet. I'm not 5 star chef, but my family enjoys what I cook and I definitely want to start making more (different) items on the grill.
When I say grill - I mean any of my backyard outdoor appliances that the wife has come to accept as I cook more which means she gets to cook less.
I also want to work on upgrading these backyard appliances over the course of the next year or so as I use them all the time and feel like I should treat myself to something better in one way or another.
For instance, I have a 22" griddle that I use. However, I want to retire this griddle to use as our camping/mountain excursion griddle and get a bigger one for the back yard. As it is now, when I'm doing steak and cheese sandwhiches I don't have enough room to cook everything all at once. So, I have to cook things in a rotation in order to accomplish the goal. More room will lead to a happier grrouch. This will also lead to drinking less which, I guess, is good in the long run.
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