Bits & Pieces

Hey everyone. Seems that my "twice-a-week" postings have been cut in half lately. I could give you a long drawn out explanation for this. But I hope you'll appreciate my brevity when I simple say, life happens and sometimes gets in the way. 

This has been yet another busy week for me; a combination of everyday tasks and, believe it or not, yet more health related issues. I won't bore you with the details. Instead, I'll try to write for you something, that hopefully you'll find somewhat entertaining.   

I'm going to share some random thoughts or stories that individually wouldn't warrant an entire post by themselves. 

Valentine's Day weekend, Paula and I watched the first season of The Mandalorian on Disney+. I didn't realize that "The Child" (referred by most as "Baby Yoda") was such an integral part throughout the entire season. I thought it came in near the end; but not so. 

While we are not what you would call big Star Wars fans, over all, we enjoyed it. 

As many before me have said, it is a return to the universe of the STAR WARS we remember seeing for the first time when we were teenagers. We will be sure to watch season 2, when it comes out this fall. 

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We also watched a couple of movies on Disney+:  "Togo" & "Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made". 

"Togo" was very good and shared a little known aspect of a compelling historic event. 

"Timmy Failure" was both funny and unsettling at the same time. Seeing things from the perspective of children (especially Timmy) was at times hilarious. However, the way the mother, teachers, and other adults dealt with the boy detective's behavior and obvious mental (paranoia, hallucinations for example) and emotional issues was unsettling. 

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What happened to the world I knew? While I was a kid, parents, teachers, and all other adults with any authority warned us. Do not to get into a vehicle with a stranger; even if they offered you candy. Nowadays we actually call strangers to come and get us. It's called "taking an Uber."

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I don't know about you but you couldn't pay me enough to get on an airplane or a cruise ship right now. 

I sure hope things improve enough to make air travel a little less risky by summer. We'd like to be able to fly to Vegas. 

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Back in early January, while I was stuck in the house staying off of my broken foot, I spent a lot of time putting together Lego sets. Among them was the Brick Headz version of Mickey & Minnie Mouse. 

I really liked them and put them up on my display shelf in my office for everyone to see. But by themselves, this version of Disney's most iconic couple seemed incomplete.

At the beginning of February, Lego released a couple more Disney Brick Headz that resolved this issue.  

Presenting the Lego Brick Headz Disney Fab Five. 

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The final thing I want to share with you is some pictures from Paula's first Color Street vendor event for 2020. It was a bridal expo held yesterday at a local convention center. 

Looking to connect with some of the future brides who attended and joined her VIP group, Paula created something special.  

The rings and bow were my idea but with the help of her "crafty" friend, Jenny, my wife worked hard to make this very impressive coupon. a reality.  

Also new for this event was a display board with the expo exclusive specials. 

This is what her booth looked like. 

The main focus for this event was not sales (although she did sell some sets). It was getting the nail strips on the engaged young ladies looking for ways to make themselves look beautiful on their upcoming special day.

Once again, Paula did what she does best at these events; demonstrating how easy having beautiful Color Street nails can be. 

 I so enjoy sitting back and watching the faces of those gathered around my wife as their expressions go from "doubter" to "believer". It's awesome. 

So that does it for this "bits & pieces" post. Hope you enjoyed reading it. I will do my best to be back again on Friday. See you then. 

  









  





Finally, I want honor the memory of actress Kellye Nakahara, who passed away on February 16 at the age of 70. . 

She played a nurse on my all-time favorite TV comedy series, M*A*S*H. 
Over the 11 years the show was on the air she was Nurse Kellye. She started as a background character. But over the seasons that role expanded to a supporting role. Nurse Kellye was even the focus of an entire episode in the series final season. She may be gone but will live on in reruns for many years to come.  









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