2020: One Day At A Time, We Will Achieve!!
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The experts also say the second shot is a necessity. If you don’t get it, the first shot is pretty much useless. I would think the Pfizer shot would be the hardest to get. Most places that give vaccines don’t have the freezers for the extreme cold it needs. It sounded like hospitals have the freezers so most would probably go there. The other vaccines just need normal refrigeration and pharmacies and doctors’ offices could safely store them.0
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Count me into the vaccine. This may be in the famous last words category - but - I don't get side effects. DH got them from Shingrix. I didn't. I am just hoping that the new administration gets a reasoned distribution plan in place. Apparently there currently is none. I also hope that they don't make us choose between competing vaccines and that it doesn't take literally years to get like it did with Shingrix. Shingrix was given to a whole lot less people, which worries me for the covid vaccine.
I decorate the house all year round. There are themes. The first quarter is winter/cardinals. The second quarter is spring/butterflies. The third quarter is summer/sunflowers. October is Halloween. November is Thanksgiving. And December is Christmas. DH only recently noticed (now that he's mostly retired). I kid you not. They aren't magazine worthy decorations but rather things I enjoy.
Nothing outside because DH would have a fit. The outside is his domain, so to speak.0 -
I drove by a restaurant yesterday that had a completely enclosed heated tent set up. Do they think that qualifies as outdoor dining? Are people really idiots when it comes to science or just trying to fool the populace?
I have a spreadsheet of Christmas chores. I made some real progress on it this weekend. Now I await some gift cards from amazon. With any luck, I'll be able to finish my list next weekend.
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We woke up to a dusting of snow this morning. It’s just a coating on the sidewalks but I had planned on not seeing ant snow this year. So goes the best laid plans. And now the sun is out. We have some errands but I’ll give the sun a chance to do some melting.0
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I was up late watching the news on the chemical plant explosion near our capital city. Traffic was held up for over 4 hours with I-77 being the only thing open. Can you imagine sitting in a car for over 4 hours in 29 degree weather, not to mention what do you do if you have to use the bathroom.
I am not working today as it is the day the kiddos do work at home, while the schools are sanitized. I blessed a friend in TN with a gift delivered directly to her from Amazon. Today, I'll get the office gifts ready as I work tomorrow and next week is in question.0 -
Jean, I’ve never been stuck in traffic for 4 hours, but I have had a few occasions where my usual 20 minute commute turned into 3 hours due to ice on the roads. We don’t handle ice well here in north Texas. We lack the equipment to deal with it and most drivers lack the skills and patience to drive in it safely, so it’s a nightmare when it happens. My last employer had a so-so record on closing the office when the roads got bad overnight, but the worst times were when the ice hit during the workday. We usually weren’t allowed to leave until the roads were already terrible and long after many other employers had already let their staff go. By that time the roads were icy and there were accidents everywhere, thus making my 20 minute commute more like 2-3 hours of white knuckled driving and praying that I didn’t hit anyone, get hit, or run out of gas. I am so grateful that I no longer have to worry about that!0
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Heck, we don't handle ice well in Maryland. Surprised us when we moved here as we didn't really move all that far. I remember being in Sun Valley and seeing all the snow moving equipment come out. Now that's impressive!! Anyway just one more reason I was glad to start working from home.
They are supposed to come tomorrow to fix our furnace. I drove two cats to the vet this morning to board. About 20 miles each way. I would normally see maybe one ambulance (since my route goes by a hospital). Today I saw FIVE in FIVE completely different locations. One had a police escort. DH said "what do you think it was" which I thought was sort of a "duh" type question. Covid no doubt.0 -
I’ve had more than my share of bad winter driving. The worst is black ice. A thin coat of ice forms on the roadway but you can’t see it. If you hit it, prepare to go flying. Two things I love about retirement are I’m usually down south before the first snow storm or if not, I have the luxury of staying home until the roads are sanded, plowed and safer. When I was working, the town would sometimes delay opening a couple of hours to give the plows time to clear the parking lots. Less frequently, the town might close early if the storm was really bad. I only lived 5 miles from work so my drive wasn’t as bad as most.0
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You would think that if you lived in an area where snow and ice are familiar road problems that people would know how to handle it. I'm cautious but there are those who like to "play" in it and make it worse for others. If I'm at home and it snows, I usually stay put unless it is a necessity to get out.
Ice, especially black ice, is a major culprit here along with people who do not adjust their speed when approaching a bridge, etc. I totaled a car on black ice. The road was fine until I topped a hill where the weather was worse. I tapped my break for a curve and the car went flying, hit a hillside and rolled. I spent a long time in physical therapy for neck and back.0 -
At my first job in Baltimore I had one co-worker with retinitis pigmentosa (sp?) and one who'd flipped a car in the snow so I - the most cowardly of bad weather drivers - was the designated one who had to go in to the office during bad weather. Of course this was pre computers. There are all kinds of advantages to computers. LOL!0
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Why are all female Republican office holders young, slim and have long hair?
Even the one who tried to take the Congressional seat in my district. She's black but young, slim and has long hair (her campaign photos looked like pin up posters). And she doesn't live in our district.
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I have no words ---well, except to note that in addition to being outrageous she's young, slim and has long hair.
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Big news in Baltimore:
Records prove Johns Hopkins University founder owned slaves, shattering belief he was a staunch abolitionist
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-md-johns-hopkins-slaveholder-20201209-54pkjy2a6jgrhkmpo6hub2lkuu-story.html0 -
I have to say, she reminds me of Amarosa. I’ve probably spelled her name wrong. She was on Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice and she had some kind of PR job in his administration the first year. They had a falling out and I think she wrote a tell all book.Why are all female Republican office holders young, slim and have long hair?
Even the one who tried to take the Congressional seat in my district. She's black but young, slim and has long hair (her campaign photos looked like pin up posters). And she doesn't live in our district.
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Maryanne, I just noticed you’ve logged in every day for almost a year. You’ll reach that mark this week.0
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I have to say, she reminds me of Amarosa. I’ve probably spelled her name wrong. She was on Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice and she had some kind of PR job in his administration the first year. They had a falling out and I think she wrote a tell all book.Why are all female Republican office holders young, slim and have long hair?
Even the one who tried to take the Congressional seat in my district. She's black but young, slim and has long hair (her campaign photos looked like pin up posters). And she doesn't live in our district.
She is a little reminiscent of Omarosa.
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