I’ve, maybe foolishly, considered myself the family puzzle master. For some
odd reason I’ve always enjoyed putting the damnable frustrating things together.
Ove the past few months I’ve come to realize I’ve lost my fictional crown to my
four year old granddaughter – the FBR. During our daily Facetime calls we’ve
kept each other abreast of the puzzles we are working on. Since yesterday saw
temperatures in triple digits in New Jersey, the FBR was confined to air-conditioned
spaces and knocked off a dazzling array of puzzles, all by herself, with no adult
assistance. I was stunned and a little ashamed when I only had my single puzzle
completed last night. Long live the queen.
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| FBR's Single Day Accomplishment Without Assistance |
We also caught up with the New Hampshire bunch last night. My Favorite
Son was in charge of both daughters as the ABFA escaped the house for some
beach yoga. She has certainly more than earned the break from the BRS and BR3. My
son was holding BR3 as he walked around the house while talking with us. She
was giving him a stern look that he interpreted to mean – “don’t even think
about putting me down”. My son is coming to terms with having a two-year-old in
the house and all that means. The BRS screamed if he walked too close to where
she was playing. He jokingly commented that he thinks he might be raising a
psychopath in his oldest daughter.
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| The Single Puzzle I Completed |
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| Newest Retaining Wall Addition to Wife's Vast Garden Complex |
Thanks to the shortsightedness of our southern states’ leadership as well
as blissfully ignorant young people gathering to party, the Pandemic is back in
full swing. This means Covid 19 memes have returned with a vengeance to social
media. As the northeast got things under control over the past month they had
kind of died away but they’re back, thanks to our southern brothers and
sisters. Once again, I include those posted by friends that caught my eye.
RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BR3
– granddaughter #3, BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second
granddaughter; FBR - First Blog Reader
- first granddaughter, ABFA – Amazing
Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College
Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two
close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd musquetera
(musketeer); Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog; PanaGals
– female relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife
accumulates wherever we have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member, Favorite Panamanian - the
wife (of course); First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her
single days in Brooklyn
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