Perry brought home some viral thing from work. He gave it to me and then I gave it to Ben. It’s a whole lot easier to pass it on than to get rid of it. Perry’s going on 2 weeks of blowing his nose and coughing. I’m almost to 1 week now and Ben has just a few days under his belt. It’s why I didn’t post here for a few days.
It’s not so bad you’re bedridden, but bad enough that you don’t want to do anything. Just ask Perry. 😉
The weather doesn’t help.
With Thanksgiving tomorrow, we’re going to pretend like we’re back in the ole’ COVID days. Perry’s in charge of smoking a ham and I’m doing a turkey breast with noodles, deviled eggs, mashed potatoes, and dressing. Mom’s doing slaw and desserts with Carl’s help. Then we’re going to split it up and eat it separately.
While not an ideal way to spend a holiday, I don’t want those Pesky neighbors to catch the bug.
I’ve never been a huge fan of Thanksgiving anyway. I figure we’re getting all of this sick crud out of the way now so we’ll all be healthy for Christmas — my favorite holiday. Two trees inside, a few lights outside, and wreaths on the doors is as good as it’s going to get this year.
It’s funny how this tree looks so small here when it touched the ceiling and looked at least twice this size in Seymour. 🙂
Mr. Pesky has decorated for days and I can see most of his display from here. I’ll share photos at some point before 12/25/24.
Now you know: In 1995, Johnny Depp saved Courtney Love’s life after she overdosed outside The Viper Room in Los Angeles. Depp performed CPR until paramedics arrived, helping revive Love before she was rushed to the hospital.
It’s been one of those days. I fixed the meat and boiled the pasta. Had the garlic bread ready to go, too. About to put it into a dish to bake for dinner, I realized I had no red sauce. No spaghetti sauce or tomato sauce… nada. Dinner turned into tacos instead. Oh well…
While I’m complaining, I have 3 things that are currently about to make me lose my mind.
I pay monthly for Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop. They’re running a Black Friday deal — probably until Christmas — that’s an offer to upgrade for a reduced amount. Thing is… they’re using an annoying pop-up window to sell me what I don’t want! Every single time I open the program that I’m PAYING for, they’re serving up their ad to me.
YouTube TV — that I also pay for — has commercial breaks. When they don’t have an ad to serve up, they display an image that pans from left to right over and over again or video clip on loop with the notation, “Enjoy the Zen.” There’s only so many times you can watch a left to right pan of a football with crowd noise in the background, or a pie baking in fast motion. Gimme LESS zen in my life.
A little brown hound that barks at EVERYTHING.
The good news is… he no longer looks like he’s starving. ❤️
Now you know: Tommy Cooper was a Welsh magician/comedian whose shtick was “a clumsy magician messes up his tricks.” He had a massive heart attack, collapsed and died on stage during a live broadcast, in front of 12 million viewers, with the studio audience laughing at what they thought was just one of his acts.
An estimated 135 million people in the US listen to podcasts monthly. That’s a 5% increase from 2023, and it’s currently at an all-time high. In the US, 47% of the population over the age of 12 listen monthly, and Americans over 55 is the fastest growing age group. Gen Z listeners (ages 12-27 currently) grew by 62% in just a year.
This data proves I’m younger than my years!
I’m not a fan of podcasts! That means my preferences fall within the 27 to 55 age group that’s simply not as engaged in that type of media format.
If I were a podcaster, I would take note of those numbers if I offered a product or service for either the young or old. Oh… but WAIT! The top 2 most popular genres of podcasts are (1) comedy and (2) true crime.
I should stick to what I do best. 😉
A podcast about dog problems doesn’t have a big following. Since I’m not an expert on anything but that, there’s no way I can carve out a profitable niche in the podcasting arena. I’m fine with that…
What about you — do you listen to podcasts? Subscribe to them?
Now you know: Darryl Hannah was diagnosed as autistic as a child. Doctors recommended she be institutionalized but her mother opted for a change in environment, moving to Jamaica with her.
Jerilyn waved the white flag of surrender 1 week before the final weigh-in for our fat chicks diet challenge. She was only 1 pound behind Katie and threw in the towel! I was surprised that she did great for almost 3 months only to give up with so little time left.
Katie and I didn’t waste any time either…
Within an hour of the contest’s end, Katie had pizza and I ate a Big Boy and fries from Frisch’s. And a Hershey’s chocolate bar. The fattest girls left around here both have 4 legs, but if I eat like I did today it won’t be that way long.
Now you know: Londoners, to prepare for war with Nazi Germany in 1939, voluntarily killed over 400,000 of their home pets in a one month period so as to ease the strain on resources. It was known as the Great British Dog and Cat Massacre. 😞
So Jerilyn found a box of old photos she hadn’t seen in years. She started taking photos of the photos and sent a few via text of me and Ben. Then, she sent a group text with Sherry and I and sent a photo of the 3 of us. We’re cousins and it was taken at some family reunion decades ago.
It was back when I believed I was fat and that blondes have more fun.
We’ve changed, for sure. But what’s crazy is I still see the 2 of them just like they look in the photo above. It’s only ME I see as an elderly, overweight woman.
What I do see without distortion is the beautiful fall display here at the barndo…
Now you know: Wisconsin produces over half of all cranberries in the world. 5% is sold fresh: majority is for sauce, juice, dried fruit, etc. Settlers called the fruit “crane berry” cause the blossoms resemble the head of a Sandhill crane. It takes about 4,400 cranberries to make 1 gallon of juice.
