Random Happy Tuesday

 Welcome.  I'm linking up with Sandee and Stacy.

The Covid-19 vaccine is here!  My step-son, who is a healthcare provider, will likely get vaccinated today or tomorrow, even though he has some reservations about it.  If I were still teaching, I would be in the next group after frontline workers to get it.  I'm thankful I'm retired now, though.

I'm sure you've heard about the 2 people in the UK that had allergic reactions to the virus.  There is actually a 3rd person now.  UK health authorities say that People with a "significant history of allergic reactions" should not be given the vaccine.

The CDC here in the U.S. is contradicting that.  They say that people with severe allergic reactions can still get the vaccine as long as they are monitored for 30 minutes after the injection.  Well... as a person who has had more allergic reactions than I can count - to a wide variety of medicines as well as the tetanus vaccine -  I'm going to need to see what happens to other people first.  I have had anaphylaxis (also called anaphylactic shock) multiple times, one in which I stopped breathing.  Thank goodness for epinephrine!  So I am going to wait. I won't say no forever, just for now.  My husband, on the other hand, will likely get one as soon as he is able to.

On to cheerier topics.  Are you ready for Christmas?  I'm in the Christmas mood!  My son took me on an outing last night.  He surprised me with hot cocoa and let me listen to Christmas music while we drove around looking at lights.  It was so fun!  We may do it again before Christmas is over.

I have almost all of my shopping done.  Well, all but maybe two gifts.  I still have some hand-made items to finish.  I haven't wrapped anything yet, though.  Last year I was so busy I didn't wrap many presents until Christmas Eve, and I don't want to do that this year.

And now...

I would never do that!!!!  Or would I?

I actually said this to my husband a few weeks ago.  It's a good box!

I was thinking about ordering this shirt!  LOL!

And last, but not least...

Have a great week!

Photo Wednesday

 Photos of a "Great Egret" (a type of heron) taken at

Robinson Park in Seabrook, TX last month.

I'm linking up with image-in-ing and Wordless Wednesday.  Drop by and see more photos!

Happy Random Tuesday

 Hello!  Today I'll be linking up with Sandee and Stacy.  (Btw, I love the holiday look on both of your blogs!)

This time last year I was working two jobs, one of which I retired from on December 18 and the other one I quit in May, and I remember doing all of my Christmas shopping and especially the wrapping at the last minute.  I'm vowing NOT to let that happen this year.  But, with covid, this is already shaping up to be a strange holiday.  My family and I are exchanging gifts, we just don't know how, when, or where since we aren't gathering in a big group at someone's home. What are your plans?

A couple of weeks ago, I watched part of a show on HGTV called, "Holiday Crafters gone Wild."  I watched them decorate a festive holiday dinner table, a tree, and even a mock house.  I wish there was more than one episode.  Anyway, as I was watching, I was struck by how much Jay Manuel, the host, and Mikie Russo, one of the judges both reminded me of Caesar Flickerman, the master of ceremonies for the Hunger Games.  What do  you think? (Jay is in the center of the first picture.)

I think I might be watching too many Hallmark Christmas movies lately.  When I'm not watching them, I'm thinking of different scenarios that could be used as a premise for a new movie!  They are all formulaic: main characters meet (or meet again), start a romance, get the wrong idea about the other one wanting to leave or whatnot, then realize they were meant to be and live happily ever after.  But I enjoy them anyway!  They're very different from the types of books I usually read.

And now, on to something funny...

Wouldn't this be great?

This made me chuckle!

Story of my life!

This dude knows what's valuable!

And before you go...

Awwwwww!

Have a great week!

Photo Wednesday

 These were taken at Armand Bayou Nature Center November 15, 2020.

I loved the way the wind was blowing this pampas grass.

I'm linking up with image-in-ing and Wordless Wednesday.

Random Happy Tuesday

I'm linking up with Sandee and Stacy.

 I just watched Michael Jackson's last rehearsal before he died (on the TV show How it Really Happened).  The song was "Earth Song."  Very emotional.  He was just a few years older than me, and I saw him grow up on TV, first singing with his family then his solo career.  He had 13 number one hits - and collaborated on another one that gives him 14, more than anyone else in history.  My three favorite songs that we used to dance to in the clubs when I was in college are "Don't Stop till you get Enough," "Wanna be Startin' Somethin'," and "P.Y.T."  I like so many more, though!  What are your favorites?

I have been watching Christmas movies every day for ten days now.  They are so formulaic, but I don't care!  I even watched one I had watched last year!  It's one type of normalcy in a very abnormal way of life right now.  I wonder if I'm going to get to see any of my relatives over Christmas.  Probably not, unless the weather cooperates and we can gather outside.  That's totally possible here in Southeast Texas.  I remember playing outside in shorts on Christmas when I was little.  I also remember a time it snowed on Christmas Eve.  Bi-polar weather!

One more observation before I get to some funnies... With all of the advances we have made in clothing, fabrics, etc., why are women's bras still made with hook-and-eye closures?  There are maybe two alternatives but, for the most part, it's hook-and-eye.  Why?

So true for us!!!!!

I actually said this a few days ago!

This cracked me up!

And before you go...

Have a good week!