Week of February 3, 2025

Long week. Charlie was home 3/5 days of the work week (sick, then doctor, then snow storm), and work was very busy with a lot of people out sick or with kids home with school closed.

I feel like all I’ve been doing at work this week is reacting and adapting to unplanned things. Multiple late nights. This happens from time to time. Hoping for a normal week ahead.

Even with the late nights at work, I got in a little bit of woodworking and fly tying to wind down after Charlie went to bed.

I tied:

Some futsu kebari with the dubbing I made

A pheasant tail futsu

Some large sakasa kebari for murky spring runoff

Next up on the fly tying front:

Some more bead head nymphs

Some Japanese lanterns

Some jun kebari (soft hackle, not reversed)

Dyeing some marabou feathers (olive) and coyote fur (ginger).

I also turned an oak platter, which I wrote about here:

Oak Platters

The day Charlie had to go to the doctor, Amanda and I switched off working and childcare like usual. I took Charlie to the post office and then to the local bookstore, where he found some train books and magazines. We bought one and it is popular! Big into trains right now.

Friday night I went to dinner with my friend Dave. The wings and drinks at the new Copperhead Club are pretty good!

Beforehand Charlie and I picked up Five Guys for Charlie and Amanda. While we were there:

“Daddy, do you want to eat some peanuts? I got these for you!”

Saturday Amanda had a friend over for some crafting and hanging out, so Charlie and I got out of the house for a while. We went to the Mid Hudson Discovery Museum in Poughkeepsie and had a great time!

Afterward we picked up some Detroit-style pizza at Hudson & Packard (which I’ve wanted to try for the last two years). I was underwhelmed. Baci’s Detroit is so much better! The dough has more depth and the sauce has more flavor.

The Hudson River up in Poughkeepsie had a lot of ice.

Between 8pm and midnight Saturday night it snowed about four inches. Charlie and I went out and made a big snow mound Sunday morning. Amanda joined us later for some more fun. Then Amanda and Charlie made a snow slushie!