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Hello you sassy beast!  Ready for another flip flappin' fantastic weekend?  Yes indeedy, Ally Sheedy. It's been a week of working ahead for me as I try to work on ideas for holiday posts.  I know, no one is ready for Christmas but spit balling stuff is actually getting me excited for the season.  I like to try to give myself the month of December off from writing new posts (except updating weekly happenings) so all I have to do is respond if needed.  It lets me take a little mental break during the holidays to try to enjoy what I can then hop back into the new year hopefully rested and ready to roll.   We did book our 30th anniversary trip, which is the same one we had to cancel this year and of course got travel insurance.  It's just nice to have something to hopefully look forward to and it makes you go "where the heck did 4 1/2 years go?" because it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating our 25th.  Do people even celebrate their 30t...

Hump Day Poll: Social Media Turnoffs



I don't know if it's just me but there are a few things I see repeatedly on IG, that drive me up a wall.  

1)  Snapping their fingers in a long pause to show a transformation.  (Also throwing a blanket then showing the made bed or chucking a roll of wallpaper at a bare wall to show the finished wall type crap.)  Can you imagine if I left out all of the details of the horror of a bathroom remodel like Monday's post and just snapped my fingers and was like "we had some challenges but look at this after!"  Skipping the process gives unrealistic expectations and will cause me to immediately scroll past or block an account out of sheer irritation.

2). Wagging their finger no to show you their 'better' way.  I think I may be guilty of this in one or two MKK videos but it was before EVERYONE started doing it and the way it comes across to me is super condescending depending on execution.  There's this middle aged dude who does gardening tips and he does his finger wag so over the top that he makes me want to throw my phone or fight him in the garden.  You know that golden retriever that dude trained to make it look like he's a big charging flumper that always knocks him over "unexpectedly?"  I want to do that to the garden dude while he's filming his next video.

Ahh, clearly therapy is helping. 😆

What are some of your social media pet peeves?


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  1. I just plain hate that more videos for these shorts are shot in vertical and more of those are being made than regular videos now. When cellphone video first started we all thought it was funny and a mistake when someone filmed that way but now it's becoming a standard and I hate that. I even find myself doing it and I hate that too!

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  2. The main thing that comes to mind is I cannot stand Tik Tok. I don't like most social media but that one gets under my skin real quick.

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