Rolando
Father of twins plus one! I'm back after taking a 5 year break from blogging.

Nispiros Portal - A Dad's Diary

Christmas 2022

It’s been a long year and are happy to have seen another Christmas in good health (more on that later) and good fortune. Normally, my brother...

Father’s Day 2022

Today was a nice peaceful day. The weather was perfect and so it was a good day to be outdoors. Just like for Mother’s Day, we...

Living During the Pandemic

For more than 2 years we’ve had our eyes and ears glued to the TV to understand the current status of Coronavirus and its mutations. I...

Christmas 2021

It’s been a long two days lol. This year we celebrated Christmas right at 12AM on 12/25. Normally, we celebrate Christmas on Christmas morning. But on...

Happy Holidays 2021

Now that the family is fully vaccinated, we feel a little more comfortable in going out. We still mask anytime we are around people. With this...

Weekend in the Bay Area

Last weekend we headed over to the Bay Area to visit my mom a week before her birthday. If she was with us today, I’m sure...

2018 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum

New to me is my newly acquired 2018 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum. I’ve only had it for a day, but spent days and hours researching this...

Health Update

August was quiet a busy month health-wise for our household. Since my first and last gout flare up last month, I have since changed my diet...

Living With Gout

Last week while I was on a business trip I woke up in the middle of the night we a gout attack. I had no idea...

Our Garden

Our Garden

I really wish I took pictures of what our garden looked like before we did our project clean up. It was pretty bad. For more than...

Tovala Meal Unboxing

Last week I picked up a new gadget, the Tovala Oven. Since I’ve had it I’ve made baked salmon, toasted bread, and heated a ready made...

Home Changes Due to COVID

Since the start of the COVID pandemic we’ve had to make lifestyle changes to better deal with staying at home orders. I think everyone and their...