We had a great time watching the United defeat Sporting KC today 2-1! It was a great last regular season home game. It was only 47 °F and 3 of the 4 of us were woefully underdressed but we still belted out Wonderwall at the end! 🖤💙⚽️
Lucky wanted to drive today.
We stopped in at SI Hobby in downtown Faribault for their grand opening today! Tyler got a few Pokémon card packs. We arrived about 10 minutes after they opened the doors and there was already a good crowd of people there. 👍
Time for s’mores! 🔥
Our first year with the garden was a good success. We learned a lot and had successes and misses. Tammy and Mazie reset everything so we are ready to plant in the spring. We are giving one box just to strawberries.
I really dig the clear vinyl of Brandi Carlile’s newest album. 🎶
The Detritus of Fall.
Tyler and I had an awesome time at the Dude Perfect 2021 Tour! We got tickets two years ago but it was moved due to COVID-19. The show was great. Funny skits, great tricks. Awesome Father-Son time! Shake Shack for dinner before. 🤩
I like these new “What’s new” screens that Drafts started showing. This is a great way for a subscription product to make sure that people see the continued new capabilities being added all the time.
Just upgraded my first machine to macOS Monterey. Very smooth. Took about an hour. I’m giddy to see Shortcuts on my Mac now! Going to be playing around for a while now.
I loved this bit of public art in Indianapolis. The blue metal pushing the rusted metal to the side, juxtaposed with the grass and plants below, and the concrete above.
Custom Puzzle Box
Our upcoming Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser is going to have a lot of our Wicky Thing Candles, but we are also introducing a new custom product that our family created — the first Jiggy Thing Puzzle! We received the order today and I was very anxious to see how the box art came out. We’ve done puzzles before so I wasn’t worried about that, but we had never done a custom box design. I love how it turned out!
Creativity on Shoes with Kicasso
On our final evening in Indianapolis we did a completely new thing — we painted shoes! Kicasso is a one of a kind experience where you take a plain, white pair of sneakers and express your creativity with them. We had a blast and it was a great experience for us all.
We all took very different paths. I made what may go down as the geekiest shoes ever commemorating the 200th issue of the Weekly Thing. Tammy hit on her favorite color, green, and kept it simple and awesome. Mazie tends to take a lot of time, she likes to be a perfectionist. She created a great multi-color pair with light touches of color and glitter. Tyler went all over with the color and was the only one that decided to paint the whitewall of the soles as well, which he sort of wanted to undo but its paint! 🎨
Overall it was a fabulous 2.5 hours and we had a great time expressing our creativity with our shoes! The folks behind Kicasso aren’t aware of anyone else doing this, so if you are in Indianapolis this should be on your must do list!
MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 9: Drive home!
Weather: Clear, cool weather the entire way home.
- 6:52a Coffee and pastries to go Blue Collar Coffee.
- 7:02a Depart Indianapolis.
- 9:14a ET / 8:14a CT Enter Illinois, now in Central Time again.
- 9:50a Enter Wisconsin.
- Rocky Rococo’s pizza in Sun Prairie.
- 2:32p Enter Minnesota.
- 3:05p Arrive at home! 1,577.4 total miles.
Part of MEA 2021 collection.
MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 8: Explore Indy and Custom Kicks
Weather: Little cool but sunny.
- Breakfast pastries and delicious coffee at Blue Collar Coffee.
- Explore area: City Dogs Grocer, Moonshot Games, Homespun: Modern Homemade, Penn & Beech, and Decorate.
- Return to Pins Mechanical for another round of Duckpin Bowling.
- Lunch at Punch Burger.
- Shopping at 8 Fifteen.
- Return to Cake Bake Shop for some cake to-go: Gwendolyn’s Famous Earl’s Court Chocolate Cake, Pumpkin Chocolate Cake, Millionaire Cake, and Carrot Cake. The Carrot Cake and Millionaire Cake were the family favorites.
- We all made custom designed shoes at Kicasso!
- Dinner at Public Greens.
- Final round of billiards at the Bottleworks Hotel.
Part of MEA 2021 collection.
MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 7: Rainy Day in Indy
Weather: Cool with high in low 50’s and drizzle rain nearly all day. 🌧 Scrapped outdoor plans in afternoon as a result.
- Late wake up and checkout of Airbnb.
- Breakfast at Milktooth.
- Visit Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
- Aimlessly try to figure out what to do with an hour while it is raining and cold.
- Coffee at Georgia Street Grind.
- Check out Wooden’s Legacy statue.
- Visit Vonnegut Museum and Library.
- Check into Bottleworks Hotel.
- Play billiards in lobby before dinner.
- Great dinner at Livery.
- More billiards at hotel lobby.
- Puzzle room at Twisted Room Escapes.
Part of MEA 2021 collection.
We completed Alice’s White Rabbit Rescue at Twisted Room Escapes in Indianapolis tonight. 56m 40s.
It was cool to visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library today. Tammy loved his books in college. An amazing author, artist, and activist.
Indianapolis World War Monument on a rainy and cloudy day.
We had a fun time looking at dozens of Indy race cars over the years today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. It is amazing how much the cars have changed.
