Jen

Today, in 2018, I took Justice out for a walk in the fall leaves 🍁

I’m biased but I think it’s well-deserved 🥰

Also, the law that they’re trying to circumvent was passed in 2019 and signed into law by Trump during his last regime

Just a reminder that pay for Congress is protected by the Constitution (Article 1, section 6 and the 27th Amendment) They’re still getting paid during the shutdown!

I mean yeah, but she essentially admits in writing that she didn’t actually care until it affected her/her family.

I mean I personally enjoy the ridicule performers receive when they come and say “hello AL-benny!”

There’s a bunch of cities that occasionally end up on the difficult to pronounce lists that I don’t understand.
Cuh-hoes it’s practically phonetic!
Niskayuna is another (Nisk-kuh-you-nuh)

Fun with town pronunciations in upstate New York!

If it’s not gwa-la-la I’m going to be sad because that’s very fun to say!

Answer key!

Canandaigua = cannon-day-gwa
Skaneateles = skinny-atlas
Coxsackie = cook-sah-key
Canajoharie = canna-joe-hairy
Oswegatchie = os-gatch-ee
Schroeppel = screw-pull
Coeymans = kwee-mans
Irondequoit = ear-on-duh-koyt
Schaghticoke = skaa-tee-coke
Valatie = va-lay-shuh

The best description I’ve heard is they’re Native American words, spelled by the Dutch, and pronounced by Upstate New Yorkers with flat accents

Canandaigua
Skaneateles
Coxsackie
Canajoharie
Oswegatchie
Schroeppel
Coeymans
Irondequoit
Schaghticoke
Valatie

Haven’t seen any of those

Okay going to nerd and take a guess:
pwee-al-up or pu-al-up

I know puy can be a French term for volcanic hill which given the giant volcano in Washington state would make sense. The French pronunciation is more of PU whereas English is more PWEE.

It was my first time in Texas too. I remember looking out the window as we were landing at DFW and just thinking “man that’s a lot of brown.

There was a park roughly a mile from the hotel so I was thinking I would run there and then around the park. Do you think I could find a safe route?

I’m very proud of you. The next test will be that I’ll give you a list of upstate NY towns and you have to pronounce them correctly. 😈

We do have an office in the US Virgin Islands. I’ve been trying since I started at the company to have a team meeting there. No luck so far.

I don’t see Upstate New York on that list, sir..

I mean, I wasn’t wishing it for you. But my last two business trips were to Indianapolis and Grand Prairie, Texas. You think I picked those locations?

Is your month-long trip to Orlando? Or are you moving on to someplace else?

Screenshot from an article from ABC News that reads: Last month, ACIP voted to abandon its previous universal recommendation for annual COVID- 19 vaccine shots for anyone aged 6 months and older, instead suggesting that Americans can get the vaccine "based on individual-based decision-making," or personal choice. Patients are recommended to speak to their doctor about the potential benefits and risks before deciding whether or not to receive the COVID-19 immunization.

I’m sorry, but isn’t that the definition of a recommendation?

“Hey we think you should get it, but ultimately it’s up to you.”

You might like this too. I guess some of the police departments in nearby towns are having a contest on who has the best Halloween logo. 🎃 👻

Did you say charismatic animals Dwayne? 😉

Rory, a medium size, red and white dog with light blue eyes lays in the grass looking at the camera. Rory’s mouth is slightly open and he looks content. Rory also has a copious amount of rolls around his neck and looks very snuggly

Rory, a medium size, red and white dog with light blue eyes stands in the grass, looking at something off camera

Some photos of me from the candids taken at the canine expo last weekend. 🥰
#DogsOfBlueSky #HandsomeDog

Finley, a light brown dog with darker brown markings or reddish nose and hazel eyes looking at the camera. Finley’s mouth is open in a calm, but happy expression.

Finley, a light brown dog with darker brown markings, and a reddish nose lays on his side in grass, mid roll. Finley is looking in the general direction of the camera, mouth open & eyes wide with joy.

We found some pictures of me in the candids taken at last week’s canine expo. The human says together they’re a perfect visual of my personality! 🥰
#DogsOfBlueSky

It’s only supposed to be in the high 70s up north today and likely cooler in the mountains

Already planning on Thursday. But the high that day is 49° 🥶

Well that sucks - I didn’t go hiking today (it’s by far the nicest day of the week) because I had a doctors appointment… that just got canceled
(They had a family emergency so it’s understandable, but still sucks)

Oh man, so many. I have not seen:
Star Wars or Star Trek (any of them)
Friends
Gilmore Girls
Sex & the City
The Matrix
The Office
Any of the Bachelor or its spinoffs
John Wick

And probably so many more I can’t think of

Decided I was in an autumn-enough mood to make a brussels sprout salad & may have totally miscalculated the amount of brussels sprouts I needed.
Spoon for size reference 🥄

Luckily, the mountain rescue team in the Adirondacks can and have rescued humans and their dogs before so I figure at the very least I can get into cell-phone reception