Hello, Posse!
I hope things are going great wherever you are! We are fast approaching Yule, Christmas and the start of Kwanzaa (are there other holidays you celebrate?). I don't know about you, but I'm feeling a tad burnt out right now and looking to do things to replenish my energy and motivation. We haven't been able to take a vacation since 2019 and it's starting to wear on me.
I think I personally need to do a bit of self-care and will be taking some time off from blogging and marketing from December 24th to January 3rd; just a week. I'll try to write ahead and have things scheduled to automatically post, but the program I usually use for that is highly unreliable (and a regrettable waste of money) so we will see if they go through. I might just try scheduling them manually on each social media site. It's more work, but at least I would know they would actually post.
Don't Worry. . .
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That concludes the business portion of this blog!
We return to our regularly scheduled nonsense.
A definite silver lining for us is P.R. will be off work from next Monday until well into January. It will give me more time to write because P.R. will take over more of the cooking duties since there will not be online meetings until 7 pm for a while. It will be a nice break for both of us! P.R. loves to cook and I love not having to cook once in awhile.
While we are both tired from work, we are thankful that we have work to do. So many are still struggling with employment and at the holidays that just increases stress. We may be living under very strict health regulations, but we are healthy. I may be very tired of deciding what to cook every night, but we have food to eat and a safe place to cook and sleep. We have so many silver linings on every small cloud in our sky, and for that we are grateful! That was my attempt to find a creative way to say we are blessed even when stressed!
I hope each and every one of you are blessed as well, but without the stress. I hope your sky is so filled with silver linings this holiday and into the new year that it is literally blinding to behold! I hope my books and blogs help bring a little joy and entertainment into your days even if it is to just groan as how bad my "Dad Jokes" are.
Speaking of which . . . it's time for the jokes!!!
Have a wonderful weekend, Posse!
And happy holidays!
Stephen
Q: Why don’t clams give money to charities?
A: Because they’re shellfish.
Q: How did the carpenter carve wooden rocking horse?
A. Whittle by whittle.
Q: Why did Adele cross the road?
A: She wanted to say hello from the other side.
Q: Which knight designed the round table for King Arthur?
A: Sir Cumference.
Q: What has 4 legs, large ears, is gray, and doesn’t matter?
A: An irrelephant.
Q: Why would the flu make a bad criminal?
A: Because it's really easy to catch.
Q: What do visitors like best about Switzerland?
A: Well, for starters, their flag is a big plus.
Q: How do you know Will Smith has been walking through the snow?
A: You'll see all the fresh prints.
Q: What do you call a manufacturer that sells generally acceptable products?
A: A satisfactory.
Q: Why should you never eat your watch?
A: It’s too time consuming.
Q: I recently got a new a job cleaning mirrors.
A: I can really see myself doing this job.
Q: What do you give a man who has the heart of a lion?
A: A permanent ban from the safari park!
Q: A glass company expanded their product line and have started making glass coffins.
A: If there will be a demand for them remains to be seen.
Q: Why did the hunter give up looking for a new camouflage jacket?
A: He couldn’t find any.
And last but not least . . .
Q: How many ears do Star Trek fans have?
A: They have three: a left ear, a right ear, and the final front ear.
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