1) Update on an update: We did it. We bought a new car. I might have cried when we drove by the Hyundai for the last time. We bought a Subaru Outback (if you want the details it's a Limited trim with a turbo engine). Is it really an SUV? Yes. Do I feel like I've let myself down? Sort of.
Her name is Lucy and she has heated seats and a heated steering wheel. Since the high topped out IN THE SINGLE DIGITS yesterday, I have made use of these features.
I would show you a photo, but I literally never see her in the daylight. Maybe you'll get a photo in May.
2) Let the season begin: We have finally joined all the festive people. Lights are up and the advent puzzle has been started. The holiday market is tomorrow and I'm hoping to do most of my shopping by the end of the weekend. Cards have been ordered. Tickets for the Rotary Gardens light show have been ordered. Let's GO.
3) Workity work: You know how work has been insane and I said things will slow down? I mean, that hasn't happened yet. The software launch has been a disaster and I'm still the point person for that. We have a new hire which will eventually mean less on my plate, but now means MORE on my plate. Eh. You know what? Who cares? It's fine. Just don't look at my work calendar.
4) Midwesterners must talk about the weather: If you follow other Wisconsin/Illinois bloggers, you might already know that last weekend an entire planet's worth of snow was dumped on us, followed by more snow, and then the temperatures plummeted so that the high yesterday was in the single digits. What does that mean? It means that snow ain't going nowhere and Hannah is by turns delighted by the snow and horrified by it. It also means my time outdoors stat is not doing well right now.
5) It's Spotify Wrapped time: The best of time of year is when I am yet again reminded that white trash stays white trash. YES, Tanya Tucker is one of my most listened to artists of the year. Do yourself a favor and listen to her cover of "The House that Built Me" and follow it up with "Lizzie and the Rainman." If you want deeper Tucker cuts, consider her version of "The Thunder Rolls," the sad story song "What's Your Mama's Name," my karaoke song "Delta Dawn," or the super romantic "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane." I am a basic white bitch and I intend to stay that way.
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Any big updates in your life? Do you want to talk about the weather? Do you have a song recommendation for me? Do you want to brag about any of the top artists on your Spotify Wrapped?
I am reminded of the large selection of Christmas music that I once had but lost when I switched computers. I wish that I still had access to it. It’s not that we can’t access music from multiple sources, but it is not the same.
ReplyDeleteNew car who dis????? Congrats on having that off your to-do list!
ReplyDeleteYour Spotify roundup is the equivalent of my Alfred Hitchcock reviews - a thing that I'm glad makes you happy that does not exist in my own life. I almost never listen to music!
OMG I cannot wait to talk about my Spotify Wrapped. It's wild. I will say that it got skewed because of 20 hours in the car to visit my parents, and then 16 hours in the car to visit friends. My husband wanted to listen to our son's "Country Bangers" which happens to be like 75% Zac Brown. Who I like! But I don't normally listen to that much Zac Brown. Tl;dr he is my #3 artist this year. Number one is the same as it always is, Aretha Franklin. But my top five songs are such a weird eclectic mix and I would never have guessed them.
ReplyDeleteI love my Outback so I hope you love yours too!
Your tree looks great.
Holy shit that's a lot of snow! That used to be how it was in Calgary - I mean, it still is, but I don't live there. We have had the lightest bit of snow and that's it. Rain in December feels weird to me and probably always will, but here we are.
You will like the heated features in that car!!! Why didn't we have things like that when I lived up north? Yes, I do actually follow your weather closely because my son is up there. BRRR. He is probably frozen to death- luckily he comes home again next week and it's 85 degrees here today. No, I'm not bragging- I don't want it to be 85 in December. Send some of your polar vortex our way!
ReplyDeleteI love your tree!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE a heated steering wheel and heated seats. This is my first vehicle with a heated steering wheel and I am ruined for life and can never go back.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't gotten a ton of snow (but enough that a snowman has been made!), but it is SO cold out right now. Brrrr.
Most of the top artists in my list were rappers (clean) because I have a tween son and he loves rap. Also, Taylor Swift. We were in the top 2% of listeners in the world of her music, apparently. Ha.
Your tree is gorgeous!
HEATED SEATS FOR THE WIN. I use mine all the time and almost year round. My 95-year old mother was very worried once because her seat was so warm; she thought she had wet her pants. LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm super jealous of your heated steering wheel. We test drove a car with that feature, but the car we bought did not have it. I felt so cheated. My hands are always cold, and gloves suck.
Any snow is far too much for me. We are in the secondary snow belt here in NEO, and we get lake effect snow. Luckily, we did not get as much as you did, but what's here now (a few inches with a foundation of ice) will be here for the foreseeable.
I stream music with YouTube Music, and when I was walking my miles every day, I listened to music that helped me along. According to my recap, my top five were:
1. Genesis
2. The Beatles
3. George Harrison
4. Carly Simon
5. Taylor Swift
for about 6k minutes. I also logged a bit of If Books Could Kill, listening to all those podcasts.
All the dogs in my neighbourhood are loving this snow, especially Sterling, the big Alaskan malamute/husky, who frisks and pounces every morning on his walks. The only exception is my granddog Zydrunas, who barely ventures down the back steps to pee with a pained look on his face and cannot come in fast enough.