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grolelo

@grolelo

Family, Finances, Fitness, Philosophy, and maybe a little Fun.

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grolelo
@grolelo May 25, 2018, 1:45 AM UTC

2018-05-24: Inefficient

# Shallow Thoughts I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to optimize for efficiency in my life. There are limited hours in my day and limited years in my life, so I try to get the most out of i…

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grolelo
@grolelo May 23, 2018, 2:38 AM UTC

2018-05-22: Fruits of my Labor

# Shallow Thoughts The harvest has begun. We have the following planted in our garden now: * 1 Orange Frost Satsuma (citrus fruit) * 1 Sun Sugar Cherry Tomato * 1 Husky Red Cherry Tomato * 3 Okra * 1…

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grolelo
@grolelo May 22, 2018, 1:32 AM UTC

2018-05-21: Simple Pleasures

# Corn on the Compost I derive entirely too much pleasure from being able to husk fresh corn directly into my compost bin: I went with the GeoBin which was pretty cheap and easy to set up, and I'm pr…

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grolelo
@grolelo May 21, 2018, 10:45 PM UTC

2018-05-21: Addition by Addition (aka the limits of elimination)

# Shallow Thoughts If anyone ever asks you the best way to train grip strength, the answer is "pulling weeds": I have no idea what this weed is called, but it's in the grass family, so it can't be ki…

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grolelo
@grolelo May 21, 2018, 2:09 AM UTC

2018-05-20: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Barrel!

# Shallow Thoughts I have no idea what this bush/tree is, but it grows well in North Texas and I'm lucky that one of the prior owners of my house had the foresight to plant it: The flowers are gorgeo…

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grolelo
@grolelo May 7, 2018, 2:57 AM UTC

2018-05-06: Addition by Subtraction

# Shallow Thoughts Last weekend I bought some sausages from a local butcher, and I ALWAYS have beer with sausages. They're really just made for each other. It was just one beer, but the following mor…

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grolelo
@grolelo May 2, 2018, 3:51 AM UTC

2018-05-01: Functional Strength

# Shallow Thoughts I cashed in some credit card reward points for a Home Depot gift certificate and decided to spend it on a project to add a stepping stone path to my lawn and fix all the ugly spots…

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grolelo
@grolelo Apr 8, 2018, 3:52 AM UTC

2018-04-07: 24 Days in the Wild

# Shallow Thoughts Things are FINALLY starting to get back to normal in my household. According to Steemit, I was on a beach at Kiawah Island South Carolina 24 days ago, enjoying some much-needed tim…

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grolelo
@grolelo Mar 15, 2018, 2:23 AM UTC

2018-03-14: DFW -> CHS, Kiawah Island

# Shallow Thoughts For the first time in forever I took a REAL vacation with my family. . . we flew to Kiawah Island in South Carolina to get away from our daily grind in Texas so we can relax and un…

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grolelo
@grolelo Mar 13, 2018, 4:07 AM UTC

2018-03-12: Eastern Redbud

# Shallow Thoughts There are so many things I could write about. . . it's amazing how much life can happen in 4 days. I'll have to spread each story out to give them all their proper due, but for now…

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