KG's Five Best Things Ever: 12/19/20

Take a look at the hottest trends and coolest items in my life this week. It's the Five Best Things Ever for 12/19/20:

1. Pantsuit Politics Podcast - Considering the Covid-19 Vaccine episode:

Dr. Chris Beyrer, a John Hopkins epidemiologist, joined Sarah and Beth on the 12/11 episode of Pantsuit Politics to talk about the development of the vaccine. I thought it was a great conversation about what went into the trials and the time developing the vaccine. It’s an extremely helpful episode to hear if you have concerns about getting the vaccine when it becomes available to you. Pantsuit Politics is one of my favorite podcasts and I recommend the show in general, and especially this episode in particular.

2. Amaryllis bulbs

I usually buy both my mom and me amaryllis bulbs for Christmas with the idea that if we plant them on Christmas day, we will each have a flower sometime in January. One day in November, the Internet told me it was the day to plant Amaryllis bulbs. “So Early!” I thought. I listened though and immediately bought the bulb and planted it. I sure am glad I did. It bloomed this week and it will knock your socks clean off because it’s so glamorous and beautiful.

3. Kenny Moore II’s interception against the Raiders

Just Watch it. Oh, you already saw it? I don’t care. Watch it again. It was incredible. You suck Derek Carr.

4. 642 Tiny Things to Draw book

My friend Carrie is an excellent gift giver. She gives gifts that are so perfect, you wonder why you didn’t already own them. This year, she sent me an array of wonderful things including a guinea pig Christmas ornament and also this tiny book called 642 Tiny Things to Draw. It has 642 prompts of small things to draw and the space to draw them. The prompts are creative and sometimes challenging.

5. Who Killed Mr. Boddy (Clue #1)

This month, I’ve been enjoying reading a few of my collection of kids' books procured from either Little Free Libraries or the clearance section at Half Priced Books. My favorite so far is Who Killed Mr. Boddy. (Clue #1). It’s a collection of 13 short mysteries involving the shenanigans of the Clue board game characters. It’s ridiculous. It has puns. Here is a sample from the book, so you get the idea:

Mr. Boddy and the other guests chased the old woman through the hedge maze. But they all got bushed. 

Then they chased her through the family cemetery. This must be a plot! Thought Boddy. 

Then they chased her through the miniature golf course, where Boddy’s shoes began to hurt his feet. There must be a hole in one, he thought.

Even though they steal, burn down the mansion, and try to murder each other, Mr. Boddy keeps inviting the group over every week. I don’t understand why they are friends.

Scholastic made 18 of these and I hope to find more of them in book bargain adventures in the future.

That’s it for this week, my friends. These are the five best things ever in my life this week. Maybe I’ll see you back here next week. I’m not making any blogging promises though.