FOTO FRIDAY: AND IT WASN'T A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART

FOTO FRIDAY: Although many folks caught a glimpse of  the eclipse, I wasn't one of them, 

But I did catch a very interesting sky that evening, wouldn't you agree? 

Last week was SEER SUCKER WINNER

TBT: RETIREMENT

TBT: RETIREMENT 10 years and this sentiment has not changed... Being retired, some days seem busier than when I received a monthly paycheck.  I, of course, do miss many things about being with my students but there's definitely one thing I don't miss.

For all my teacher friends: I have to admit that I do not miss orientation meetings/ any meetings for that matter!

Welcome back to the classroom. Have a great year!

MIDWEEK MUSINGS:TECH HELP NEEDED

MIDWEEK MUSINGS has me bemusing this past MONDAY MUSING as I had been searching for a solution for the lost DRAFT  tab. Actually, abracadabra poof, walking into the Apple Store fixed it. Seriously, the gent who assigns folks tech helpers after telling me I'd have an hour wait,  helped me.

I opened up my laptop's email and explained what I couldn't find. Apparently, there was a little faint arrow (I didn't see it before) that had condensed the folders and upon clicking opened the list; down a dozen or so titles was the word DRAFTS.  OMG. Problem solved. 

Then, I was also referred to Walmart for a new cell screen protector and watch batteries for my dead I-tags. Let me tell you I felt so accomplished at day's end.

Now, if only I had a tech person at home who could tell me how to replace my favorite daily online jigsaw puzzle since its availability on FB games was eliminated as of September 1st in addition to a notification re: Libre Office going defunct after the next  OS update. WHAT????

Does anybody have a teenager to lend? And I did say lend...

HELP!

tUESDAY tUNES: BOONE STEALS HEARTS

Back in 2021, I watched an American Idol audition with a 19-year-old kid from Monroe, Washington. Benson Boone was his name and if alliteration matters, his name certainly worked with his boyish charm, The innocence of youth won over Katy Perry (one of the judges)... But actually, Boone ended up being an American Idol dropout. He went his own way with his music and on to gain fame on TikTok with over a million fans.

Fast forward 4 years and Boone's The Wanted Man world tour from his recently released  American Heart album took it to arena-sized venues, Tickets sold out in 9 seconds. Is he the male Taylor Swift? He definitely has a worldwide following.

Through a last-minute invite last Saturday, I got to go see Boone do his famous flip, with an audience spanning the gamut of ages, with Grandmas like me, Moms with their tweens (and younger), along with all ages joining the sing-alongs wearing all types of get-ups... Some putting a lot of thought of what they wore to this concert and others not so much... We got an eye full.

Boone's lyrics and musicality speak for themselves as my 9-year-old granddaughter chose this one as her favorite for me to use:

BEAUTIFUL THINGS. I'm sure you've heard parts of it !

* A bonus listen is SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE  as it was one of my Jazzercise tunes.  Wink, wink...

MONDAY MUSINGS::UP'DATES

MONDAY MUSINGS: ' 'UP'DATES is not talking about my online dating experiences. That's a story for another day. I am talking about the most recent update on my Mac that has me fit to be tied. I thought I'd throw in an ' ancient idiom' since I am feeling pretty prehistoric after this past week.

This past 'update' has me dumbfounded on one of its 'improvements.' Where in the heck did the email draft feature go? Poof, it just disappeared. I discovered this after being interrupted numerous times while trying to finish a list on an email. There used to a subcategory entitled 'drafts' to reopen unfinished mail, but it has vanished.  POOF. Who was the genius that deemed this change necessary?

I have no clue where they stuck this feature, and I'm not the only one. When I searched help, there were numerous other folks just as perplexed. AND not one answer/ suggestion... GRRRRRR.

Fingers crossed that the Apple store will be able to help ... 

for me

FOTO FRIDAY: THE WINNER

FOTO FRIDAY: This guy's a winner. Lucky Bob surrounded by 3 beauties and also won the best outfit at the Symphony Guild's first Seer Sucker  Soiree. Good thing this man also wore his white suede shoes for all that dancing!

Last week's was Exhausted in Atlanta !

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG

MIDWEEK MUSINGS are a result of my granddaughter's birthday this week, as a former post and pic appeared of her birth 9 years ago, with its importance of adding a new generation to our family.

You see, I had invited others to send me a generational photo. Now after almost a decade in most of those pics, (not mine) there is one of those faces who is no longer with us... I know it's the cycle of life when folks have lived a long life, but I had never really thought of 70's as old before ...

Just last week I had spoken with a young female foreman in charge of the remodelling project next door and commented, "You are so young to be in charge of all these crews" and her reply was" I am middle-aged, I am in my 30's. " What? Middle-aged is not 30s in my book. 

Heck, maybe it's really true that I am too old to die young...  DANG, I am just going to keep acting young!