What Are You Doing Today? (an SKMB greatest hits)

FlakeNoir

not_nadine said:

Beautiful! The first one needs to be a painting - or at least framed and mounted!

I was just saying this today, 😃 we were out looking at some wall art while shopping for hallway runners. I mentioned that I had some nice shots of the dogs and river that we could get framed. 

GNTLGNT said:

....age, the "great" equalizer.....*sigh*.....

Oh boy, you're not wrong. She is 15 yrs now. Our kitty boy ("J") is turning 18yrs. 🤞🙏🐾❤️

Hedda Gabler

I love them . 

FlakeNoir

Hedda Gabler said:

I love them . 

Me too, so very much. 🐾❤️

Hedda Gabler

❤️❤️❤️

Kurben

I think E and M somehow have etched their way into many hearts by remote. Strange but there it is.

GNTLGNT

...nope, not strange at all....animals can make us fall in love with them-even though there ain't hide nor hair of them about....

FlakeNoir

 Hedda Gabler said:

I love them . 

Hedda Gabler said:

❤️❤️❤️

Kurben said:

I think E and M somehow have etched their way into many hearts by remote. Strange but there it is.

GNTLGNT said:

...nope, not strange at all....animals can make us fall in love with them-even though there ain't hide nor hair of them about....

Awww.. thank you guys, I've loved sharing them with you all. 🐕🐕‍🦺🐈🐈‍⬛ 🥰

Hedda Gabler

I completed Duolingo Spanish. It took me 657 days. I had a streak of 643 days of working on it every single day. Which means I didn’t commit the first 14 days. 

Can I speak Spanish? Not really.  

Can I understand when Spanish is spoken? Depends. A slow clear speaker— yes. I am confident I would get the gist (jist?) of what is being talked about. 

Can I read Spanish? Yes. This is my strongest area. I studied roughly 6343 words. I do not remember all of them, but again, context clues of what I’m reading, I would do okay. 

Was it worth it? Absolutely. The last 7 years, I needed many creative outlets to survive. Duolingo was one of those things that kept one foot moving in front of the other. 

This class has been the one thing that has kept my focus. 

I would recommend it, but pay for access. The first 14 days, I used the free program to see if this was something I would stay interested in. The free program SUCKS. When I mentioned I was doing this to my kid, lo and behold, he had a paid account and he added me to his family plan.  That made all the difference. 

There was no fanfare for my achievement. Duolingo did not pat me on the back loudly in front of the thousands of language learners so I could rub the losers faces in their flop sweat.  

Once you finish, you unlock a section for daily practice. I will continue with that. And, I think i’m going to start at the beginning and really focus on the vocabulary and not worry about the competitive part they suck you into. 

I’m pretty proud of myself. Adios. 
 

FlakeNoir

Hedda Gabler said:

I completed Duolingo Spanish. It took me 657 days. I had a streak of 643 days of working on it every single day. Which means I didn’t commit the first 14 days. 

Can I speak Spanish? Not really.  

Can I understand when Spanish is spoken? Depends. A slow clear speaker— yes. I am confident I would get the gist (jist?) of what is being talked about. 

Can I read Spanish? Yes. This is my strongest area. I studied roughly 6343 words. I do not remember all of them, but again, context clues of what I’m reading, I would do okay. 

Was it worth it? Absolutely. The last 7 years, I needed many creative outlets to survive. Duolingo was one of those things that kept one foot moving in front of the other. 

This class has been the one thing that has kept my focus. 

I would recommend it, but pay for access. The first 14 days, I used the free program to see if this was something I would stay interested in. The free program SUCKS. When I mentioned I was doing this to my kid, lo and behold, he had a paid account and he added me to his family plan.  That made all the difference. 

There was no fanfare for my achievement. Duolingo did not pat me on the back loudly in front of the thousands of language learners so I could rub the losers faces in their flop sweat.  

Once you finish, you unlock a section for daily practice. I will continue with that. And, I think i’m going to start at the beginning and really focus on the vocabulary and not worry about the competitive part they suck you into. 

I’m pretty proud of myself. Adios. 
 

Bloody good job, girl! I'm proud of you too. ❤️

GNTLGNT

.....yeah, yeah....congrats....but I would rather she had donned chainmail and rubbed their faces in flop sweat.....

not_nadine

what

not_nadine

Heading down to the Florida Keys tomorrow for a couple of weeks. 

Happens to be Ernest Hemingway week.  They gather.

They've already had the running of the Hemingways. 

Hedda Gabler

This looks like so much fun nn. Be safe and have a great time. 

not_nadine

Thank you. 

 I made it down, the drive was spectacular.  How can water be so clear, aqua,  .turquoise and every other color that you can dream?  So many bridges.

Hells bells, my big thing was going to the Jersey Shore as a child.

 You can actually gasp.

The Conch Republic is the only place you can  feel like you have left USA without a passport

And they make sure you know it.  

 

Kurben

I applied for a new national identity card today. Not very complicated but they took a new photo to go with the card. Heck, i would be scared to meet that person in a dark street! I look like an european second tier gangster (in american movies they always wear suits) think Jean Reno or Javier Bardem when they look their meanest. I thought i had smiled but i look like i am contemplating which way most effectively to kill you!!!!!

GNTLGNT

Kurben said:

I applied for a new national identity card today. Not very complicated but they took a new photo to go with the card. Heck, i would be scared to meet that person in a dark street! I look like an european second tier gangster (in american movies they always wear suits) think Jean Reno or Javier Bardem when they look their meanest. I thought i had smiled but i look like i am contemplating which way most effectively to kill you!!!!!