Navigating November 2025 W.I.S.H. Thread

[ShannyMcB]

Happy Sunday any time for self care today?

 

[ShannyMcB]

Currently outside with DD so I guess I am getting more sunlight. Got some pumpkin bread baking so that will be a nice treat later

 

[PollyannaMom]

Happy Sunday any time for self care today?

The guys were both not home, so I spent all morning watching a Hallmark mystery series and taking notes from a library book I need to return tomorrow. It was quiet and restorative.

 

[Oneanne]

This morning I woke up feeling sickly, as if a cold is coming on. Ugh. Really need to not be sick this week, as I'm supposed to be traveling this weekend to lead another on-site testing effort and there's a lot to get done before then. It does explain why I had so little energy over the weekend and why barely anything got done. I also didn't get nearly enough protein in me, so still working on that.

 

[ShannyMcB]

I know we are sans leader this week but I was on a call today and heard a question that would make an interesting topic Tuesday. Before the days of phones and portable dvd players how did you pass time on long car rides?

 

[PollyannaMom]

I know we are sans leader this week but I was on a call today and heard a question that would make an interesting topic Tuesday. Before the days of phones and portable dvd players how did you pass time on long car rides?

When my brother and I were kids, we used to bring the box of cards from the Trivial Pursuit game, and my mom would read questions for us to answer.

We also had Car Bingo cards with little plastic sliders, and we played that game where you had to find the letters of the alphabet in order on signs, other cars' plates, etc.

With DS, I did the same alphabet game, plus one we called "three scenarios" where we had to come up with three different possible explanations for weird or interesting things we saw along the way.

I also remember having a magnetic board to keep track of license plates from each state. - Somehow, we got Hawaii once! (on the drive between Boston, MA, and the Finger Lakes region in NY)

 

[Summer2018]

We sang to the radio and played the license plate game…how many different states could you spot on the ride. My parents were the type to go on Sunday rides just for fun and then eat dinner at a fancy restaurant. I used to get carsick in the back seat and hated every minute of it. It didn’t help that my parents were smokers and only cracked the windows open an inch. Also, the seatbelts were tucked under the seats so I was rolling around in the back.

As an adult, I read books. I don’t get carsick, but I wear my seatbelt, and nobody is smoking.