AuburnChick's Adventures

Happy Wednesday, sweet friends. We are on a countdown around these parts. I have three more days before I’m off for the wonderful two-week break that the college generously grants employees each year from Christmas through New Year’s.

Alrighty. Let’s get to the questions Joyce has bundled together for us this week.

1. What’s one thing on your to-do list that you want to get done, need to get done, or that must get done before the year ends? 

I’ve been itching to go through the clothes in my closet and grab the items I no longer wear, so my husband can donate them before the end of the year. I’ll probably do that first thing next week. I’ve got a lot, let me tell you, so I’m looking forward to all of the empty space that will be left behind.

2.  December 17th is National Maple Syrup Day…are you a fan? Do you like maple flavor in other food items such as candy, cookies, donuts, oatmeal, hot toddies, coffee? 

I love maple syrup! Fun fact: My mom was from Canada. In fact, I was born there too. My grandfather had maple trees. The maple syrup on tap is NOTHING like pure maple sap that comes from those trees. It’s almost clear and heavenly.

As a vegan, I use maple syrup quite often. I’ll take it in anything when given the choice.

3. Time magazine names a person of the year every year.  The tradition started back in 1927 with a ‘man of the year’ but has since changed to recognize not only an individual, but also to consider the impact of a group, movement, or idea that most influenced the year. The selection is not always someone or something good (think Hitler in 1938 and Stalin twice). 

This year they’ve named The AI Architects as their ‘person of the year’. What say you? Is this a good choice, an obvious choice, a logical choice? Who do you think should have been named person of the year? 

What a terrible choice! I’m so disappointed with the popularity and promotion of AI. I’m also scared of it. With everything that has happened in our world this year, why choose that group of people? I’m convinced there’s a whole lot of people with no sense whatsoever.

4. What’s a city, state, or country you’ve visited that you never care to visit again? Tell us why. 

Seattle, Washington is a place I’ve been to twice – enroute to both of our Alaskan cruises. It sure did change a lot from one cruise to the next – a span of about ten or eleven years in between visits. I was disappointed by how dirty the city had gotten. The airport was a nightmare to navigate through as well. I’ll purposefully avoid this city in the future.

5. Next Sunday (December 21st) marks the first day of winter (or the opposite if you’re living down under). What’s one thing you love about this new season? 

I’m not a big fan of winter. It’s way too cold when I walk into work each morning, and the darkness I face when I leave each afternoon is depressing. I guess the main thing I like about this season is that I can finally justify hunkering below a big pile of blankets.

6. My Random Thought

Y’all, we have had the hardest time getting things we’ve ordered online delivered lately. Oh, it’s not a problem getting things to my house. Things that we are having sent to our daughter’s house, from MAJOR retailers, are going missing on the way to the shipping companies.

What is happening?

If I hadn’t been on top of my tracking, I wouldn’t have known either because NOBODY bothers to communicate information any more.

I’ve had to reach out a total of four times (twice for each company) in the last week to get down to the bottom of things.

This “Person of the Year” award shouldn’t go to the AI people. They obviously haven’t figured out a way to get our packages to show up at the intended addresses.

Maybe if they could do that, I’d be less salty about the nod they were given.

I’m stepping off of my soap box now.

Ha!

Have a wonderful Christmas!

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