Dump sounds kind of bad, so I figured let's call these monthly photo blogs - "Fun"!
Welp - 2025 has pretty much been a shit show. I don't even have the word for how fucked up everything is rolling into this new year. BUT - I will still share the highlights each month. Because dammit - Joy is needed. So here we go, 1st month of the year:
I was Hell bent on getting at least one of the 2 New Years Souvenirs for Geocaching. Didn't get out for the NYE one, but New Year's Day we took a walk and found one! Seems a few new ones have been hidden across the street from our place!
Food of January
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Pat got a Pizza Stone, so this is his 1st attempt at making pizza!
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Just noticed how pretty food is sometimes
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| Shaken Beef with Tomato Rice! Super yum! |
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Smokey Pork Sliders with my Corn/Bean Salad. So good!
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Hikes/Nature Walks
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I'm in front for a change
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Bowling started up again!
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| Cesar came out to watch one night! |
After breakfast with Carol one morning, I stumbled upon this cute little park in Dana Point called Heritage Park. Of course found a geocache!
On MLK day, we both had work off, so we headed over to a new area near the Great Park in Orange and found a fun little walking trail with a bunch of geocaches!
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This was part of a series, that has a bonus cache at the end if you collect all the clues...sadly I'm not sure I'll be able to and you'll see why below
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Easy find
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Poe is so lazy
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Loved the little acorn container!
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My boys waiting for me to find my cache
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The only one not part of the "series"
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So this is the one I may not be able to get. I've never seen something like this before - it's so high up! I assume I'm supposed to find some kind of a long thing to get, but it seems so odd because - hello - people will wonder what you're doing?!?! Next picture shows how high....
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How the fuck am I supposed to get that one up there?! Zoom in and you'll see it.
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Had a wonderful brunch with Kristina in Belmont Shores!
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Love this woman
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Mimosa Flight!
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One night Pat and I went out for Thai food and the sunset was ridiculous!
We had Jaden and Romeo over one night and Pat taught them how to play pool.
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Prof Pat
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We did a birthday brunch for Cori!
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Libby got a sundae for her birthday too!
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This succession of pictures with Libby and Aimee is hilarious...
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For our monthly brunch Julie and I returned to Bluewater Grill. It's just such a good one...
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There were a bunch of jellyfish around the dock outside the restaurant. So cool!
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Look how many!
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We did our wine pick up. A shorty one, but still lovely as always.
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Lunch at South Coast Winery while Poe sunbathes
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Europa pick up!
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Bowling has started up again!
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Jenny is bowling with us this season and we have shirts now!
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Got my adventure group out to Bowers Museum one afternoon for the Fantasy Exhibit!
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Pat has that book!
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This were moving projections on the walls
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Mom used to read me Grimms Fairy Tales when I was little
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These all were moving too
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Mom wants a pet dragon
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I read that! And the Odyssey!
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D&D one...took that for Pat who was a proud Dungeon Master, LOL
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These also moved. So rad!
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Always love Alice
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Finding my inner Alice
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The group sans Andrea and Amber who left little earlier
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We also had Wolf Moon in January. I started messing around with my phone camera and here were the results. Some are pretty cool!
Had a long overdue visit with Rick!
The end of January was spent in AZ which you'll see in the other blog before this one. So there ya have it - one of the longest months done!
