Fred's Minnesota Blog: October 2006

Sunday, October 29, 2006

October Paella

Gerardo's mother and Aunt Sylvia came over last weekend to make Paella. This is to continue the tradition from last year. We tried to make a paella for Father's Day, and while it was good it was not as good as Gerardo's Mother's. This year we observed the operation closely and made notes for the future. Aunt Silvia suggested that we should try a paella that uses pasta instead of rice. Next spring we will try it.

Raw ingredients. We used chicken, pork ribs, squid, shrimp, mussels, lobster, green beans, onions, garlic, and rice.

Preparation was as noted before, the ingredients were cooked separately before assembling.

Cooking together is much of the party.

Serving.

After dinner and the kitchen was cleaned up it was time to play Dominos. Aunt Silvia was the big winner. Here she is asking Kate, "I don't like the merchandise, please give me my money."

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Friday, October 20, 2006

Yard Projects

This past week has been spent getting the yard into shape for the winter. I bought some sod for the front garden and moved all of Kathleen's flowers. I planted a couple of Maple Trees. We got a number of Acorn Squash but the tomatoes were less than expected.

YiYu loved the last couple days of fall and was running around with great abandon in the back yard.

I had a minor problem with my lawn mower. I mowed up a rock in the garden and sheared the key in the flywheel.

Next thing will be the snow.

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Fred's Birthday, 17 October 2006

Getting ready for the party.

The birthday party at Kate and Gerardo's house.

Gerardo's Mother, Kate, Gerardo, Fred, and Aunt Silvia. Plenty of presents for everyone.

Aunt Silvia and Gerardo's Mother.

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Monday, October 02, 2006

Michigan Trip, September 27, 2006

I took some of Kathleen’s flowers down to Alicia for her to plant in her garden then off to Phyllis’s (Kathleen’s sister) house.

Ed and I finished installing his ground fault circuit for his pond. In the process I twisted off the head of one of the mounting screws.

Ed was very lucky and we were able to drill it out and replace it.

Phyllis’s party was very nice, though everyone was home by 11:00 PM. We had plenty to eat and I brought home the leftovers to break down into lunches and dinners for Kate and I.

While I was in Michigan I also visited Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and Bob Herwarth at Albion Machine.

The Blazer ran flawlessly and I averaged for the trip home 63.2 MPH. I came within the thickness of a piece of paper of rear ending a lady in Chicago.

The 255 R 70 15’s and 4 wheel discs came through when I needed them.

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