As promised yesterday… The first full weekend in December we get and decorate our Christmas tree! | |
And now we get to enjoy!! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Weight / Health Update |
What’s Happening With You? | |
2017 | The Great Leveler |
Conservative Depressions | |
2016 | Election + 1 Month |
2015 | Dance And Sing |
2014 | A Measuring Stick For Progress |
2013 | Courtly Love Or Victory Over Habit |
2012 | Have We Met? |
2011 | Efficiently Useless |
Archive for the ‘Family History’ Category
It’s Official X-mas (Tree) At Home
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Pictures, tagged 2019 - X-mas tree, Family History, Family Tree Tradition, Picture of Sarah, X-mas Tree Tradition on December 8, 2019| 6 Comments »
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like X-mas!
Posted in Family and Friends, Family History, Pictures, tagged 2019 X-mas House Lights, Family, Family Tree Tradition, Pictures, Pictures of the House on December 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, Hil and I took advantage of a break in the rain to get the Christmas outside / house lights up… Later today, the tree… We have a family tradition of always getting and decorating the tree on the first full weekend of December. | |
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Believe it or not, the morning weather was dense fog which burned off to sunny / partly cloudy. These photos are about 3-3:30pm and it already looks like the sun is setting and it’s getting dark. It isn’t. These are just darkening storm clouds. It was just starting to sprinkle as I took these shots. Please excuse the poor focus. Everybody ain’t able… 🙂 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | No Reason To Turn |
2017 | Talking Knuth |
Seeing It Through | |
2016 | Hoping For The Best Come January |
2015 | Adaptive Security |
2014 | Wants |
2013 | Side Effects |
2012 | Just Trying To Earn A Living |
2011 | Productive Worry |
Happy 35th Anniversary, Hil!!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Included Video, Quotes, Videos, tagged Angels, Embracing, Family, Fly, Happy 35th Anniversary, Included Video, Josh Groban, Luciano de Crescenzo, You Raise Me Up on December 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We are each of us angels with only one wing. And we can only fly embracing each other. | |
― Luciano de Crescenzo | |
[Happy 35th Anniversary, Hil | |
You still raise me up… | |
Love Always, Your Kev XXX 00 X |
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— KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Happy 34th Anniversary, Hil!! |
2017 | Happy 33rd Anniversary, Hil!! |
2016 | Happy 32nd Anniversary, Hil!! |
2015 | Happy Anniversary Hil!! |
2014 | 30th Wedding Anniversary |
2013 | Number 29 (And Counting) |
2012 | Hammer ‘N Roses |
Happy Anniversary | |
2011 | I Can Hear It Now |
Proposing A Happy Birthday
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Included Video, Pictures, Videos, tagged 1984 Engagement, 1984 Proposal, Can't Help Falling In Love, Chad Brock, Elvis Presley, Fondue, Happy Birthday Hil, Music Videos, Pictures of Hil And Me, Walnut Creek, Yes! on October 29, 2019| 4 Comments »
Falling In Love & Yes!! |
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Thirty-five years ago, my girlfriend (Hilary) and I got dressed up and went to try out a fondue restaurant which had opened in town (Walnut Creek, CA)… It was also her birthday! | |
I had written to Hil’s father (in advance) asking his permission for her hand and he gave his blessing. We had just met (a little over five months earlier) in May. | |
We were (and are) very much in love. I got down on one knee in-between the tables and I asked Hil to marry me… | |
She said: “Yes!“, and we were married in early December. Thirty-five years later, the rest is history (and the unwritten future…) | |
[Happy Birthday, Hil !! | |
All my love, | |
— ALWAYS — | |
Your Kev | |
(XXX – OOO – XXX) ] | |
PS: The fondue restaurant is no longer there. It is now a Greek restaurant. We will be going there (for an early dinner) to check it out. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Forever |
2017 | Too Good To Be True |
Plain Speaking | |
2016 | She Is Still Singing |
2015 | Don’t Complain |
2014 | Nothing Is The Same |
Orange October (XII) – Giants Win Game 7 (3 To 2) And World Series (4 To 3) | |
2013 | Hours, Days, And Years |
2012 | In Kev Are In Hil |
2011 | No Game, Didn’t Really Happen |
A Good Post | |
Family Visit
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Pictures, tagged Family, Pictures, Pictures of Michael Romero, Pictures of Sean on October 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week I got a call from my cousin Michael (from Arizona) saying he would be in the Bay Area and he would like to visit with me and my brother (Sean). It turned out he was going to be visiting / staying with his niece about two miles from my brother’s house, so I said I’d pick him (Mike) up and we’d go visit there (Sean’s) for a few hours. My brother is on dialysis four days a week, so he is hooked up to a machine for several hours at a time or recovering from being hooked up. I called Sean to make sure he was up for a visi,t and Friday, the three of us got together. | |
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over 10 years since Sean and I drove down to Phoenix and visited Mike (and his family) at his house. I had to go down there for a business meeting, so I offered to pay the costs for Sean and his son to drive down with me. That way we could also make some side trips (to the Grand Canyon and to Yosemite). (This was before my AFib and Sean’s kidney failure.) | |
Anyway, it was terrific to see my cousin Michael again! (And, see my brother Sean, too, of course.) And, yes we talked Warriors, Niners and Raiders. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Forests, Shorelines And Mountain Paths |
2017 | Reach Down |
2016 | And Women When You Are 59 |
2015 | Intersections, Explorations And Relationships |
2014 | [!(±*=)/≠], [!<] |
Orange October (XI) – Giants Win Game 5 (5 To 0)!!! | |
2013 | Hard To Deserve |
2012 | Cloudy Between Games |
Admiration, n. | |
2011 | One, Two, Three – Blink |
Dave’s Not Here, Man!
Posted in Family and Friends, Family History, Humor, Pictures, Places, tagged 2019 Trip To Liverpool, British Pubs, Family, Hiding From Wife, Humor, Images, Liverpool, Plaques on September 29, 2019| 4 Comments »
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The image above is a plaque in one of the pubs located in Liverpool, England – which my wife visited on her latest trip to spend time with her mum and family… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Intensity Doesn’t Make It Correct |
HF2: 1940’s Grapes | |
2017 | Proof Sits In The Oval Office |
2016 | Tragic Determinism |
2015 | Maybe It Should Be Clearer |
2014 | Make It Your Strength |
2013 | Four Score |
2012 | The Ruler |
2011 | Forever |
2010 | Just Cuz |
How Do You Mend A Broken Heart? | |
It’s Alive!! (3rd Pair Shoe Review) | |
Love Like This…
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Included Video, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Family, Happy 35th (Return) Anniversary, Included Video, Something Just Like This (kids choir) on August 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Something Just Like This (cover by COLOR MUSIC) |
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[On this date, 35 years ago, my Hil came back to me (from Liverpool) and we began our life together… And our love is still new and growing. The “official” video by the original artists (with lyrics) appears off of my “Poems” tab. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Open Hearts Find Strength |
Day 32: Planning The Future | |
2017 | Thinking Out Loud |
2016 | Fighting Change |
2015 | Get Change |
2014 | Trapped (Again) |
2013 | Someone Else Believes |
2012 | The Practical Value of Science |
2011 | Seize Gladly The Difficult Task |
A Constitutional Conversation | |
2010 | The Fierce Urgency Of Now… |