Random photos for Feb

Some last minute photos from February!

Looks like Graham is down to his final retainers:

We do need to get him to an oral surgeon - to get some consultation on his wisdom teeth.  We'll see how that goes. I need to need to actually set that schedule first!

I came home one day and Charlie is practicing his golf swing in the driveway.  Looks like he's quite dedicated on trying out for the golf team for next year!

A good friend of mine and his wife talked about celebrating milestone birthdays. And so, with a milestone birthday this year for me - it's Year of Cindy! And looks like it's starting early with some fun t-shirts :-)

Love it!!

So, I told Graham to put the dishes into the dishwasher:

Yeaaah, not the first time Graham has done this. This kid, I tell you!

We went to a Mexican restaurant recently.  Such cool decor!

Would be cool to have one of these lights?! :-)

OMG, the churro ice-cream sundae was huge!

Didn't stop us from eating it all. LOL!!

Quite the art installation here:

They are all butterflies!!

Not exactly Charlie's birthday, but it was my sister's!  

I never did get a chance to superimpose my sister's face in that photo. I'll have to try that AI stuff one day!

We walked out of the restaurant and saw this one - America's first avocado-based restaurant?!?  Maybe one day we'll have to try it. But oh wait, Graham actually has an allergy to avocado - hence, this face. Ha!

We have no idea how Graham has an allergy to avocados, especially the extra ripe ones!

Graham has been doing more 3D printing. And he placed this one on the floor. Pretty cool :-D

And my once-a-year facial.  I might have to do this twice a year.  I think the glossy lipstick helped too with the "glow" ;-)

Okay, so I did splurge.  Once a year. Ha!

Bobby, Charlie, and I went to an Italian restaurant recently and tried out Panna Cotta for the first time.  It was quite yummy!

We sent the photo to Graham and he sent this photo back to us.  Haha, quite the resemblance. LOL!!

If you're unfamiliar with this "creature", it's from the Netflix series Stranger Things.  Charlie and I watched the entire 5 seasons. Ha!

It was exciting watching all the Winter Olympic sports this past February. So many stand-out athletes! ... including this ice-skater:

I did hear an athlete speak during a press conference. I wish I wrote down her name and the sport she was in.  But her words were so impactful that I had to write it down!

"You can control WHAT you think. You can control HOW you think. And therefore, you can control WHO you are. I can become exactly WHO I want to be."

Words that we can all live by!!

Trip to ABT

So I've heard about store called ABT. It's an appliance store, or I thought it was.  O.M.G, the entire store is like a mini mall.  It was just Graham and me as Bobby and Charlie were in Florida at this time.

We walked through the side door and find these old dryers. Can you imagine using one of these? I suppose it's still better than actually having to wring-dry everything by hand!

There were also some other old things in this little section - definitely a section Graham enjoyed:

And then, into one of the main parts of the store:

We're looking for another dryer.  How about this one with quarters??! LOL! This one totally reminds me of my college days!

Oooh, wouldn't one of these be nice :-)

Found Graham - in the drone section, of course:

Oh wow, the store even has quite the decent size fish tank.  Look at this eel!

OMG, looks like they stuffed one of the old ones. Ha!

Check out the size of this TV!

And here, we've walked into the "plaza"? And there's like more stores - like a mall!

Here's a quick preview:

The kitchen show-room downstairs was pretty fancy, to say the least:

Check out this TV - the first ever transparent TV. Isn't it so cool?!!

Although, I'm not so sure if it's like $60K cool!!???

Remember the Golden Tee? There were all sorts of games in "The Cave" store:

Upstairs in the showroom section - so fancy!

Looks like Graham has found a chair that he likes:

I liked this one :-)

Wow, what a store!  We spent a lot longer time in that "mall" than I had anticipated.  Okay, time for dinner!

Figured we'd try something new.  Graham ordered a fried chicken but did you notice the bun? It's actually a donut!

A fun outing for me and Graham! :-)

Charlie goes to FL

We decided to send Charlie out to Florida recently as an unaccompanied minor.  Bobby was already there for work and spending the long holiday weekend with his brother.  And since Graham had Tech Crew and I had work, we figured Charlie could go on a mini-vacation to play some golf.  Lucky Charlie!

I was actually able to get through security and walk Charlie to his gate.  So nothing too stressful!

And looks like some dinner first. I guess this counts as a road trip? That's the only time we really allow fast food:

Happy Charlie!

I was trying to take a photo of Charlie heading into the gangway, but I was too late! He was escorted by one of the airline staff:

In the meantime, while Charlie is on his flight - Graham and I go out for dinner. No cooking for me!

Graham is not in a smiling mood when it comes to photos now. LOL!

Another night of going out for dinner. It's actually Valentine's night and so glad it was quiet at this BBQ restaurant:

In the meantime, Charlie and Bobby are enjoying some sunshine in FL:

I'm so jealous - hitting off real grass.  Aaaahhh!!

Looking pretty good with that back swing there, Charlie!

Oh no, this spot - maybe not so good. Ha!

Glad they are having a good time!

A few days later, time to get back on the plane. But first, steak dinner. Seriously?!

Hopefully Charlie gets on the right flight!

Charlie's flight was delayed for almost 3 hours, but so glad he finally got on the flight!

We didn't get to bed until about 3:30AM the next day.  I ended up getting a 3-hour nap before having to wake up around 6:30AM to get Graham to his orthodontist appointment.  Yikes!

Charlie is totally hooked about wanting to go back to Florida again!