It was the first real Toastmasters meeting of the new year for GREENSBURG since last meeting was the club contest.

Overall it was a great night. We had four guests show up and all gave an introduction of themselves and what they hoped to accomplish.

Mike Dalton served as Toastmaster and did a great job introducing our three speakers. Diane Svec spoke on how important it is to check yourself. Ina Bazley talked about rhubarb. Michelle Teague did a high performance leadership speech concerning the upcoming Spring conference.

Afterwards, yours truly served as your table topic master. With Valentine’s Day approaching, I felt it was an appropriate theme. I had a lot of participation from the members. Everyone liked the questions I had.

Denise Pullen served as General Evaluator and our Evaluators did an excellent job. Victoria Baur, for her first time evaluating, did great and she had a pretty important speech to cover. Sam Wieder stepped up to the plate and evaluated Ina’s speech. Faerie Grace gave her feedback on Dianes’s speech. Everyone gave their best suggestions and offered room for improvement.

We got word that we were praised for having all seven of our officers trained at December’s TLI. I also talked to Jim Teague about his upcoming Area contest on February 29 at Pitt-Johnstown; as well as the Division Contest March 28 being held at the same venue. He’s looking for help at both events.

Jim approached our guests and piqued their interest in joining the Greensburg Club. We believe it’s going to happen. One of the guests was a colleague of Jim’s who now works at Pitt-Greensburg. I love our club and its members and our guests who know they’re going to get a great experience.

We finished the meeting right on the dot at 8pm, after doing club business and planning the next couple of meetings. I stayed until just after 8:30.

I want to give a shoutout to my wonderful Toastmaster friend Sarah Souri, whose daughter just got accepted into the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program at Slippery Rock. Her son in law is in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at SRU. They picked a great school to attend.

Live your best life. Be your best you. ROCK out because you are worth it. Don’t forget to laugh because laughter is the best medicine. Friday’s coming and so is the weekend.

Have a great night. ❤️ you.

It may sound like I’m being redundant in the blogs but, still, read them anyways.

2019 had its good, bad, and ugly moments (coming back to WIS, getting more involved in Toastmasters, Grandma’s cancer diagnosis, and the loss of a good colleague). But aside from all that, the year had its great moments. We just had to wait until the end of summer for them.

My happy ending to 2019 began at the end of August when I saw a familiar face at the Greensburg Rite Aid. It made my day to see Chase come back even if it was only temporary (at the time). I had Maura to thank for that because she called him to come.

The month of September turned out well. We had our family picnic in the middle of the month at Laurel Hill. I made plans to move back home soon after. Originally we were going to have a full house and have everyone living under one roof. A few weeks later we changed our plans and I was going to switch with Katie and Annabelle. I attended a Toastmasters event in Baltimore and made some new friends in District 18. Just before that was a work trip to Ashtabula where I got a new perspective on things, particularly my attire. We had a casual, laid back night out and Emily, one of our coworkers, looked like a million dollars. Wearing my gym shorts and T-shirt, I felt the need to dress better after that night.

October started great and then I slumped at the end. I got my Distinguished Toastmaster during our open house at the beginning of the month. A week later was our Fall Symposium (which replaced homecoming at Slippery Rock; I’ll be at HoCo this year). Towards the latter part of the month, the loneliness really began to sink in. I actually talked it out with Maura at her Dollar General. She was a good listener and I thanked her and Ashley for being there for me that day. I got sick at the end of the month and was ready to move.

I moved back home in November but my slump continued. The low point of the year was the disastrous Mayfield Heights trip and the next day everyone was just burned out. It’s over, it’s over I thought. You’d have to be an idiot to think this year would end well after that week. But I wasn’t going to be outdone. I quietly got on the winning track after that week.

I got to work a lot with my favorite people that second week of November. After I thought I made a stuck up comment; and, felt I owed my friends an apology, Chase assured me it was cool and that he and Emily enjoyed my friendship. She and I complimented each other’s leather jackets and upon leaving the DG in Scottsdale, I told them “Bye, Love You” and was on my way.

While on another overnight in Erie, I started launching my blog. Those first few posts were about me looking for my significant other. I’d been struggling with loneliness since my grandma passed away and I’d been trying to break chains in my life that have been holding me back. I also posted something confidential that I shared with a few people when I went out to dinner before Thanksgiving.

I wouldn’t be working with my favorite people as much over the next few weeks, but I did well for myself. I was winning because I started to believe in myself more. I dodged a bullet too because everyone got a bug and I didn’t. TLI and the Christmas parties were approaching and I was doing pretty good for myself.

Just when things looked bad in November, I found myself on a roll heading into December. We had one of our well attended TLI’s in recent memory with 143 officers there for training. Greensburg had all seven officers trained. On my day off Monday, I attended the Cranberry High Noon club meeting and got a very nice reception. They were loving my blog and calling me by the name of it. I stuck around after the meeting and had a nice conversation with Sarah, one of the members. She’s also one of my good friends and biggest supporters of my blog.

The Greensburg Toastmasters Christmas Party was well put together. Jim and Michelle ordered pizza, Faerie put together a great Table Topics session, Chuck played some Trans-Siberian Orchestra on his guitar. He had some trouble getting the lyrics down, but we helped him out. We had some ugly Christmas sweaters in the room. Our husband and wife team rocked them well. Denise had a game ready for us to play that everyone had fun trying out.

My work Christmas party occurred just before that. We almost didn’t have it due to the snow squalls but eventually the weather broke and everyone showed up. There was good food, music, and great conversation. The attire was great too. There were ugly Christmas sweaters, festive Christmas sweaters, and stylish outfits being voted on. Overall it was a great party that our boss was very proud of planning.

It was a nice Christmas for me. I got some great gifts, including my TV. I gave gifts to my squad a few days later at work. Everyone loved the gifts I gave the (they all got the same thing).

Overall a happy ending to 2019. DTM, Blog, and my squad. Weekend’s almost here. Bye everyone. ❤️ you.

2019 saw another successful season for Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs. Their seventh consecutive winning season and fifth straight in the playoffs.

On the field it was a great season for Patrick Mahomes despite missing two games to injury. His group of receivers (Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill, and Sammy Watkins) put up big numbers. On the defensive side of the ball, Tyrann Mathieu, Frank Clark and Chris Jones made big plays. Longtime defensive end Terrell Suggs starred on the team as well.

The Chiefs won the division handily over the Broncos, Raiders, and Chargers. They completed a season sweep of the AFC West.

September started off with four straight wins to start the season, including one of the only wins over a Ravens team that went 14-2 in the regular season.

October was a little hairy with two back to back home losses against Indianapolis and Houston. On a short week in Denver, the Chiefs blew out the Broncos and continued their dominance against them. With Patrick Mahomes out, the Packers were victorious on Sunday night against the Chiefs. Three straight home losses in October.

November saw the Chiefs get off the home losing streak and beat Minnesota while losing a tough one to Tennessee (they’d meet again). Kansas City went into the BYE with a win against the struggling San Diego Chargers (sorry can’t bring myself to call them LA).

December came and KC rolled through their final five games. No win was more impressive than that of the Patriots, in Gillette Stadium no doubt. Changing of the guard possibly? The Chiefs avenged their AFC Championship game loss and put the Patriots on notice that they were coming. In Week 17 against the Chargers, the Chiefs did some scoreboard watching. A win by Kansas City and a loss by New England would give the Chiefs a first round bye.

As the game was going on, the score of the Miami-New England game was shown. The Dolphins had won so all the Chiefs needed to do was win. Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon called the game and announced part of the Patriots contest. KC pulled off the win and was getting the bye. What a happy ending so far but the road to Miami would have to go through Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

There was no crazier postseason than this one. Especially when it came to the Chiefs. In every game including the Super Bowl, they were down by a pretty good margin. None more noticeable than the division game against Houston. Down 24-0 after one quarter it was easy to write off Kansas City. But you play 60 minutes of football. They scored 28 unanswered points to lead at halftime and then they made it a blowout. What was a blowout ended a blowout (for Houston).

The same thing next week with Tennessee but not as wide a margin. It looked like Derrick Henry and the Titans were going to punch their ticket to Super Bowl LIV. But you can’t keep Patrick Mahomes down too long. 29 unanswered points put the game out of reach. A late touchdown by the Titans meant nothing as the Chiefs would clinch their first Super Bowl berth in 50 years. Their next opponent: San Francisco.

This Super Bowl was one of the best in a while. I wonder why. That’s right. No New England. It looked like for three quarters, it was going the 49ers way. They built a 20-10 lead and kept Patrick Mahomes in check. Just like with Houston and Tennessee though, you can only keep #15 down so long. Three touchdowns late gave Kansas City the go ahead lead and their first Super Bowl win in 50 years. Patrick Mahomes was named MVP.

Overall a great season for the Hunt family, Andy Reid, and the Chiefs. This was indeed, KC’s happy ending.

Yesterday, I talked about the perfection trap and how nothing we ever had is perfect. There are going to be flaws no matter what.

Today I’m going to talk about why it’s bad to feel insecure 😟. This is has always been an issue for me. I will elaborate with a few examples.

In high school we always got our report cards handed to us every nine weeks. Teachers would mark our behavior as either a one (superior), two (satisfactory), or three (unsatisfactory). The last one I never got because I was always a good student.

I always questioned why one of my teachers always gave me a two because I felt like I was one of his best students. He answered my question by telling me he always gives a two. Some people are just the way they are, so I respect that.

I got a bad grade on an exam at Slippery Rock one time and I was just beside myself for days. It was a bad bad score. It was on Valentine’s Day. I wasn’t loving 🥰 💔 myself on this day. My friend had a hard time trying to convince me that I was not stupid. It was a really bad day.

For a long time I always felt like I wasn’t good enough. I worked a menial job despite having a college degree. I learned to accept it later in life. But I fell into the perfection trap and the comparison trap for a long time. It was a hole that was very difficult to get out of.

Recently, one of my coworkers complimented me on my winter coat 🧥. I thanked her and then I told her I had a leather jacket like hers but didn’t wear it to work. Right there I felt like I made a stuck up comment and felt insecure. I spent a lot of lot of time overthinking what I said.

The next day I felt like I owed an apology and compliment to my coworkers. While on a smoke break, I apologized to Chase for what I said yesterday and he told me not to worry about it. He and Emily enjoyed my friendship no matter what. Then at the end of the day, before I went home I told Emily I liked her jacket too. I told them “Bye, Love you” like Maura says to me and they returned the favor.

We may feel insecure because we don’t measure up to the standards of the world. Or if our significant other looks at another person then we may feel like we’re not good enough. They make us feel that way and they blame us for it.

Time to close off the blog with my advice to you. Live your best life. Be your best you. ROCK out because you are worth it. Don’t forget to laugh because laughter is the best medicine.

Have a great night. Tomorrow will be one day closer to the weekend. Bye everyone. ❤️ you.

This is a shoutout to a longtime coach who has waited for his first Super Bowl victory. We’ve known the feeling in Pittsburgh with Coach Cowher who waited 14 years for his first victory.

Andy Reid’s NFL coaching career began in Green Bay under Mike Holmgren in 1992. Reid moved his way up to assistant head coach in 1997. He took the head coaching job with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999 after former coach Ray Rhodes was fired. (Ironically Rhodes went to Green Bay in 1999; he was fired after one season). Reid led the Eagles to immediate success with the team clinching a playoff spot in 2000 and winning the first of four straight division titles in 2001. For all the regular season success his teams had in the early part of the 2000’s (my college years) they couldn’t win a Super Bowl.

Three straight losses in the NFC Championship game put the heat on Reid. The fourth time was the charm as the Eagles topped the Falcons en route to Super Bowl XXXIX.

Following that Super Bowl, the success began to wane. There were a few playoff seasons and the 2008 NFC championship game against Arizona (another loss in the Reid regime that left him 1-4 in conference title games). The Eagles made the playoffs in 2009 and 2010 but were one and done both seasons. Two non playoff seasons followed and then it was time for a change following the 2012 season.

Reid landed in Kansas City in 2013 and led the Chiefs to a 9-0 start. Eventually the team finished 11-5 and clinched a playoff spot. This was the year they blew the four touchdown lead against the Colts in the playoffs and lost in a shootout. The 2014 team has been Reid’s worst so far, going 9-7 with no postseason play. The 2015 season ranks as one of my favorites as the team comes back from 1-5 to clinch the playoffs. That was the year Marcus Peters ran back an interception 90 yards in a win over the Ravens. Kevin Harlan’s call on that play is amazing. The Chiefs won their first playoff game since 1993 shutting out the Texans but they came up short against who else but New England.

Reid has had his share of playoff frustration in KC as well. Losses to Pittsburgh in 2016 and Tennessee in 2017 questioned Andy Reid’s ability to coach in the playoffs. What have you done for me lately?

The Chiefs reached the AFC championship game in 2018 but lost in overtime to Tom Brady and the Patriots. But this next year would be different and I’ll talk about 2019 tomorrow.

Andy Reid took over as KC’s coach in 2013. Around that time I experienced my own personal turnaround. While at a memorial service in Slippery Rock for a friend who died of cancer, I was able to take in some memories.

Following lunch, I drove out to the university and was finally able to accept my time there after so many years of wondering why I went there when nothing came out of it. I remembered the buildings where I had classes, walked past the ARC and the old University Union (by now the new Robert M. Smith Student Center had been up a little less than a year). I knew I was meant to be there and the good times came right back to me. One being the dinners I had with some girls I knew from North Hall (Weisenfluh Wednesday’s and Wrap Thursday’s).

Homecoming at Slippery Rock has long been a tradition I’ve kept. After enjoying the first few years it got stale for a bit. However I made a big comeback in 2016 and look forward to continuing the tradition this fall as the blog has taken off big time. While I enjoyed last year’s Fall Symposium, it made me appreciate my Slippery Rock experience even more. October 10 you know what I’ll be doing.

Enjoy your Tuesday everyone. I’ll be back later today with blog #2. Another motivational message. Bye everyone. ❤️ you.

Lots of double blog days this week as I elaborate on the Super Bowl as well as my own life.

I watched a another motivational Monday message on Facebook today. Shoutout to Vanessa for putting these out every week.

Today I’ll be talking perfection and how it has impacted my life in the past. These days I don’t worry about being perfect but in my 20s it was a big issue along with the comparison trap that I talked about last week.

Perfection kept me from having a great college experience. It wasn’t so much an issue at Hiram G. Andrews Center or the community college as it was at Slippery Rock. Maybe it was because of my major and I thought getting good grades would get me more job leads. I looked back on it on years and wondered what I could have done different. I even considered returning to school with a different major.

Perfection kept me from having work. That summer of 2006 I was turning down jobs because I wanted that perfect ideal job. It was the worst summer of my life. It started to get old with my parents and pretty soon I was going to have to take what I could get. By the middle of August, I was applying everywhere. Eventually I ended up at Kings Family Restaurant in Delmont.

Perfection is a trap because even if you find the perfect outfit or have the perfect body, you will find flaws. You will also find something that’s better than what you have because what you have is not “perfect” enough.

No job will be perfect. You have to make it perfect on your own and learn to like it. I’ve made my own job like that and it’s come in handy with all the traveling I do going around to Toastmasters events and conferences. I have that leverage thanks to working at WIS

I’ll close this blog out with a Slippery Rock shoutout. It looks like the work on the north end of campus is really beginning to come together. The Performing Arts 🎭 Center is looking nice and the construction 🚧 on East and West Gym is getting done. I’ll have to check it out this Spring when I make my visit (one of two along with Homecoming). Here’s pictures from the Facebook page.

Have a great night. Remember, live your best life. Be your best you. ROCK out because you are worth it. Laugh 🤭 too because laughter is the best medicine.

Bye everyone. ❤️ you.

Last night was a magical night 50 years in the making.

The Kansas City Chiefs ended their half-century long drought of winning the Super Bowl with a 31-20 come from behind win over the San Francisco 49ers. One thing I’m taking from the 2019 NFL postseason is this. You can’t keep Patrick Mahomes down.

Twice before the Chiefs were behind in the playoffs, by 24 to Houston and 11 to Tennessee. Eventually the Chiefs woke up and when they did, they never relinquished the lead. That divisional game against the Texans was crazy. It was nice though not to see New England in the Super Bowl, even better to see them one and some. Even the best teams fall.

This Super Bowl is not just for Patrick Mahomes, Tyrann Matthieu, Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill, and Andy Reid. It’s for the ones who never got to experience holding the Lombardi trophy.

Derrick Thomas (RIP) who spent 11 years terrorizing opposing teams’ quarterbacks. An automobile accident cut short his career and his life at 33 in February 2000. One of the greatest linebackers and defensive players of all time.

Tony Gonzalez, one of the best tight ends in the game, played 12 years with the Chiefs and five with the Falcons. A basketball player in college, Gonzalez transitioned to football and had a stellar career. He is now on FOX’s pregame show with Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson, and Terry Bradshaw.

Last but not least, Marty Schottenheimer. Canonsburg’s own, Marty always came up short during his long coaching career with Cleveland, Kansas City, and San Diego (I don’t count that one year in Washington). So many disheartening playoff losses including two in his Browns career to Denver (one more to the Broncos in 1997 with the Chiefs). The Colts loss in 1995 was hurtful too. The closest Marty got to the Super Bowl was the 1993 season when they faced Buffalo. Overall, Schottenheimer was 5-14 in his playoff career with no Super Bowl.

Congratulations to Andy Reid for finally winning the big one himself and ending the long championship drought in Kansas City. I’ll be highlighting him tomorrow and talking about how my life has gotten better since 2013 (Reid’s first year in KC).

Another week comes to end. Plus we say goodbye to January and hello to February.

I was hard pressed to find some good content for the blog but I managed to come up with some good stuff.

On Monday, it was appropriate to mourn the loss of Kobe Bryant as he and his daughter and several others were killed in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles. I offered my condolences in the blog.

I got inspiration this week from some Toastmasters friends for some of my blogs. I watched a video on Facebook by my fellow Greensburg Toastmaster Faerie Grace and that helped me with my first blog. This one I called “Live Your Best Life”. The next day I did a blog about getting out of the comparison trap which was inspired by Vanessa Matthews, another Toastmaster, who does motivational videos every Monday.

I got into some Squad Goals on Thursday, both with Gilmore Girls and some colleagues whom I consider my squad. I won’t bore you with Gilmore Girls, so I’ll jump to my work squad.

The 3609 squad is Ashley and Maura and Chase and Emily and Myself. I felt I was accurate with my squad goals.

Play 🎹 like Ashley,

Party 🎊 like Maura,

Game 🎮 like Chase,

Dress 👗 like Emily,

Blog 🤳 like James

I ordered some more new clothes this week online at JCPenney and Amazon. I’m impressed with how quick everything came. My jeans fit well (as long as I eat good it won’t be a problem) and my blazer will look good with my colored V-Neck tops. You’ll see pics next week in my Stylish Outfit Party: Expanding my Wardrobe.

Oh and Gilmore Girls blogs were done this past week. Oy with the blogs already.

Have a great start to your week and remember, Live Your Best Life, Be Your Best You, ROCK out because you are worth it. Don’t forget to laugh because laughter is the best medicine.

Enjoy the start of your workweek. Have a great night. ❤️ you.

Well I got to the end of season two of Gilmore Girls. Didn’t think I’d last one season, did you? I’m glad I stuck with it because I feel there were good episodes and storylines.

This season the series moved from Thursday night to Tuesday night on the WB (replacing Buffy the Vampire Slayer). It would remain on Tuesdays for the rest of its time even after going to the CW in 2006.

This season saw Dean and Paris (Jared Padalecki, Liza Weil) get added to the main cast, plus we were introduced to Jess (Milo Ventimiglia). The latter being Luke’s nephew who makes his uncle’s and Lorelai’s lives a living hell. Christopher makes occasional appearances throughout the season as well. While I thought of him as a jackass when I watched GG in the past, I got to know his character a little more watching the series on Netflix. He’s not that bad so far.

Some of my favorite episodes from season two include The Roadtrip to Harvard. What sparked this trip was Lorelai’s broken off engagement to Rory’s teacher Mr. (Max) Medina (Scott Cohen). It was a possible preview of Rory’s future and what could have been Lorelai’s past. They were escaping all the gossip of the breakup and it seemed like a nice road trip.

The Bracebridge Dinner brought all the townspeople together at the inn as a blizzard cancels the historic dinner that Sookie had planned. The bombshell of this episode was that Richard quit his job (er, retired) at the insurance company he worked at. Emily was upset and angry at first but came to accept it. My favorite quote from this episode, “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Gilmores of our lives.” Nice reference to Days of our Lives, Lorelai.

The Dean-Jess-Rory triangle is quite interesting. Dean and Jess seem to fight for Rory’s attention. “A Tisket, A Tasket” was a good example as Dean is upset over Jess winning the picnic basket and sharing it with Rory. “Teach Me Tonight” when Rory and Jess get into a car accident after Jess swerves to avoid an animal in the road and Lorelai is ready to kill Jess (I could see Dean punching him out for that. But boy, did he hit the roof when he found out from Rory in the next episode).

The season finale which I watched this morning was really touching. Sookie and Jackson get married and just as Lorelai thinks she gets Christopher, he goes back to Boston because his girlfriend Sherry is pregnant (just as Lorelai thought they were on the outs). So deja vu all over again like when he got Lorelai pregnant at 16 and was absent in her and Rory’s life?

So here’s my review of season two. I liked the storylines, the addition of new characters, and the Dean and Jess drama made things interesting. I think Emily is a bit much in some of the episodes (Lorelai’s Graduation Day) and Lorelai’s indecisiveness on things (It Should’ve Been Lorelai) gets to me. Overall I give this season an B-plus

Coming up this week in the blog is another motivational post. I think you all liked what I had to say so I’ll make this a once a week thing. I’ll go more into detail tomorrow with my week in review.

I expanded my wardrobe yet again so you’ll be seeing a lot of pictures. But you’ll have to wait until Friday night. Lots of colored V-necks, plus my red leather jacket (that makes three now… I have an obsession) and some blazer pics. I’m trying to make a good impression. I work hard so I like to look good. I have an outfit already picked out for Wednesday’s meeting too.

Time to close off the blog with a Green and White shoutout. We had a gloomy January (I stayed in good spirits though with all the blogs I posted this month) but #Ineedsunshine. Here’s a late Spring pic outside North Hall. Credit goes to the photographer who snapped this awesome pic. I’ll be making a trip up there this Spring myself if the weather cooperates.

Live your best life. Be your best you. ROCK out because you are worth it. Laughter 🤭 is the best medicine. Enjoy your weekend. Are you hoping for an early spring or six more weeks?

Bye Everyone. ❤️ you. 😘 🤗 😚 💗

Yes, another Gilmore Girls blog today. But today will also center on the attributes of the characters.

You’ve heard of squad goals. Some may not though. Let’s go over the definition of squad goals. Squad goals is used in reference to a person or thing seen as a model to aspire to or emulate, especially with one’s friends.

I don’t know if Gilmore Girls started the whole squad goals thing, but there’s ways to emulate the main characters of the show. Here’s the many ways.

Coffee ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ like Lorelai— Isn’t it obvious? The woman is a coffee connoisseur. I remember the pilot where Luke wanted to refuse her a cup because she had five already; but she insisted because his was the best. If Stars Hollow had White Rabbit and Sun Dawg, Lorelai and Rory would be regulars. Talking gets honorable mention because she is a fast talker. Read Lauren Graham’s memoir if you get a chance. You won’t be disappointed. She worked on it while working on the revival in 2016.

Read like Rory—The girl is smart as a whip and has a collection of books. I can identify with Rory when it comes to reading even though my tastes are a little different than hers. If blogging was popular during the show, Rory would be a pro at it. Unlike her mother, Rory has a better relationship with her grandparents. If I had to choose boyfriends, I’d choose Dean over Jess. Dean genuinely cared for her more than she knew even to the point of being overprotective. Jess, so far, is nothing but trouble but as the seasons go on I’m sure he’ll get better. I’m nowhere near the Logan years yet on my GG viewing.

Cook like Sookie—This was Melissa McCarthy’s big break. As good as she’s gotten since GG, playing Sookie did wonders for her. I love the friendship that Lorelai and her had on the show. They worked great together at the Independence Inn and I’ll be getting into the Dragonfly Inn soon. As for Michel, I don’t he added much to the show and came off as a prick to me. Jackson and her make a great couple.

Rock like Lane— Rory’s best friend on the show. In real life, Keiko Agena was much older but she looked young for her age. Her mother owned an antiques shop in their house and was very set in her ways. Lane always found ways to work around her mother but most times it backfired. She was also musically talented as I’ll come to see in later years.

Drink like Emily—Let’s face it. When your daughter gets pregnant at 16, and makes questionable life choices. Add to that, your daughter’s love life has always been questionable, you need to have a drink or two or three. Lorelai had an acrimonious relationship with her parents due to the way things turned out. The pilot episode introduces us to the reason Rory got into Chilton, and that was her grandparents paying for her education. What’s the catch to that? Lorelai and Rory going to their house for Friday night dinner.

Talk like Paris—A know it all who wouldn’t know a bad grade. Paris and Rory have a love hate relationship. Sometimes the worst of enemies, other times the best of friends. As the series goes on, I’ll learn more about how they get along.

At work, I also have my own squad and with that their own squad goals. We worked together a good bit in the fall last year. I consider them like my squad and like family. They came through for me when I was in mourning and feeling lonely. Let me introduce them.

Ashley and Maura and Chase and Emily

I’m always a little careful because I don’t want to act like I’m on another level. Chase always insists and says that that he and Emily love having me around. The fact is that I’m grateful for the girls’ friendship and for that of Chase and Emily too.

As I said, they did come through for me a lot. Having the girls around to talk to helped me feel like I’m not alone. I loved our getting together at Bud Murphy’s back in November. Having Chase come back after his summer hiatus made me enjoy my job more. Getting to know Emily helped make me a better person.

I have squad goals for my work squad as well. I’ll even include my own.

This is my squad goals shoutout; Blog like James, Dress like Emily, Game like Chase, Party like Maura, Play like Ashley.

The small quaint town of Ligonier is just 35 minutes away from me. Since we’re on the subject of Gilmore Girls, I want to talk about how much the small town reminds me of Stars Hollow.

It has its share of small businesses. Many of the restaurants could pass for Luke’s. Second Chapter Books could be Stars Hollow Books. The Dollar General could be Doose’s (Taylor is quite the character). Ligonier Valley High School could be Stars Hollow High School. Friday night dinner could be held in Westmont (Lorelai’s parents could get a nice house there). There’s a library in town for Rory to study at or check out books. One of the bed and breakfasts could pass for the inn that Lorelai runs. Then there’s the Wicked Googly which would be a rocking hangout. I could take this all sorts of ways.

Time to close off the blog with a shout to the Green and White. We had no real sunshine this month but I kept my hopes up with all the blogging that I did. Here’s a picture to get you in the mood for Spring.

Live your best life. Be your best you. ROCK out because you are worth it. Weekend’s almost here. Have a great night. Bye everyone. ❤️ you. 😘 🤗 😚 💗.