1. Take II – I was supposed to be in Italy mid March 2020 when the pandemic hit and closed everything down. A little over a year and a half later, we’re going to give it another try. Hopefully my next blog will be all about wine, cheese, and awesome photos.
   
   
2. Not to get all threatening or anything, but those who post spoilers on social media will get unfollowed immediately. This happened recently with a movie just released the day before. The movie was still good, but would have been better had I not known the outcome. #Unfollowed
   
   
3. In my opinion, the only bad french fry is a cold french fry.
   
4. I love using the term, “Spitballing.”
   
   
5. I feel weird saying “thank you” to Alexa, but I feel rude when I don’t.
   
   
   
   
6. While looking through my spice cabinet recently, I realized the one stable item I’ve always had on hand since Sydney Rose was born was Ipecac. I picked it up probably for the first time ever to actually look at it and discovered it expired 2001.
   
   
7. It hurts my heart whenever I hear one of my senior pups having what appears to be a nightmare while snoozing next to me. As they get older, I find myself doing what I did when Sydney Rose was a baby, I’d watch her sleep, and watch her chest rise and fall to ensure she was still breathing. 
   
   
   
   
8. My heart hurts a little less after finding the senior pups had gotten into my toilet paper stash. #NoShame #NoRemorse
   
   
9. When watching women on their weight loss journey, I can’t help but debate internally, is it better to lose weight and be healthy and look older, or is it better to have a little extra weight to enhance the softness and reduce the wrinkles and look younger? #VanityAtWork
   
   
10. The phrase WTF is clearly warranted when one learns that President James Garfield (1831-1881) was not only ambidextrous, but he had the unique talent of simultaneously writing in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other.
    
    
    
    
11. One of the ways to manipulate Facebook is to just look up things you wouldn’t mind seeing ads about when scrolling through their news feed, just go to Google and other search engines and search for “learn how to cook” or “popcorn” or “kittens to adopt.”
    
    
    
    
12. And staying with the topic of cats for a moment more, a headline I saw that made me laugh out loud: Cats Recognize their own names – even if they choose to Ignore them. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/cats-recognize-their-own-names-even-if-they-choose-to-ignore-them
    
    
13. From my favorite quotes file: “To travel is to live” – Hans Christian Anderson
    

Thanks for listening!