Good Moods!

 Buongiorno!
Am I still pushing forward on my Italian studies?

Si.

I do about an hour every morning on Duolingo (I'm not doing a commercial, it is what it is) and am most of the way through section 2. There are about 30 units within each section I don't know how many sections there are but DO know that there are tons of words that I don't know yet, as I find out when deliberately streaming shows with Italian audio and subtitles.

I have another app that I can speak into it what they said and get the English equivalent.  I COULD use google for it, but eh.  This applicazione is pretty cool.

Questo applicazione e molto bello.  *I'm probably not using the right endings on the words.*

And I've discovered, that much like English, each word can mean something totally different if you change the context or just think it differently. Perche, for example, can be "because, why or for".

Confusing much?

The show, LOL Chi Ride e Fuori, throws it and many other speedily spoken words all around and it's hard to keep up.  The pause button and the app are my friends these days and one 30 minute show can last up to 3 hours, broken up over the course of as many days.

Anyway, it's been an education and as based on my transcripts from high school and college, will probably level out to a B grade fluency after a few years.  And will never come in handy, much like Trigonometry, unless I keep streaming the shows in Italian.  and I'm sort of getting hooked on them, so that's ok.

I've got Duolingo until next October so I'm going to put it through the paces!

Communque...  (anyway)  Update on the kitchen cabinet.

I was straightening up the kitchen yesterday and stumbled on one chunk of wood that didn't get taken to my retired co-worker who is fixing the door.

I sent him this pic with a message, in case he hadn't started yet.

bummer - he had.  BUT he is nothing if not creative and had already started working on a solution!

So it's happening!!

I better do his wife's pant hems...

My nephew from Chicago, had business in a town nearby and had let me know some weeks ago when he found out.  As luck would have it, his visit landed on our weekly taco night with Meri, Josh and my household!  

After supper, we played a rousing game of Ticket to Ride!!  It was a lot of fun even with Aggie trying to build her own little train track with my trains and accidentally knocking them and other stolen cards onto the floor.

Needless to say, I did NOT win, but she wasn't the cause of it. I misunderstood a rule and accidentally kept a card to build a track from LA to NYC.  sigh.  I was only 5 trains from doing it but then my nephew ran out of trains and I didn't get a chance to do it.  Oh well.  I beat him!  The bonus of longest railroad did that for me! whew!

Meri floored us all with twice as many points as anyone.  I don't know exactly how she did it, but she's played it more.

Anyway, back to work so I can get over this hump day!  I've got some Christmas music playing from the google home in Leon's bathroom and that is putting me in a good mood.  It's nice to just yell in there, "HEY GOOGLE! PLAY SOME CHRISTMAS MUSIC!" and it knows exactly the spotifys to play!  Again, not a commercial.

Hoping something puts YOU in a good mood today!