Out of the Wilderness

My family is excited to watch the playoffs game this afternoon. Just like everyone who’s not already an Alabama fan, we’re anti-Alabama big time tonight! It just so happens that Cincinnati is the team opposing them, so we’re rooting for Cincinnati. Hopefully the game will be fun to watch, but to sweeten it up a bit we created a bingo board we’ll play throughout the football game. The board is attached below, but first here’s the list filling out the 24 squares. Feel free to copy these (we found most of them on other sites, as well), and have some bingo fun of your own!

Bingo squares:

Cincinnati touchdown

50+ yard play

Do your ownnTD victory dance

First down

Nick Saban angry

Alabama touchdown

Field goal made

Stadium design talk

Alabama turnover

Mentions everything is bigger in Texas

Mentions Nick Sabans houses

Alabama winning at half time

Cincinnati scores first in second half

Insurance commercial

Fan with no shirt on

Cincinnati turnover

Referees mic doesn’t work

Either mascot does literally anything

Plate sob story

Alabama band performs on tv

Field goal made

Beer commercial

Mentions Luke Fickles family

Truck commercial

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-Out of the Wilderness

Against what my body was telling me (which was, “go to sleep!”), I stayed up to watch Minari because my brother-in-law and niece were excited to watch it. Granted, it was only around 915pm but what can I say, I was being an tired old grinch. Also, though, I was still feeling the affects of Covid so sleep seemed like good medicine.

I said, “I’ll give it 10 minutes,” and if I was still interested I’d watch. I wasn’t pumped the movie was 116 minutes and I figured after 10 minutes I’d shuffle off to bed.

Well, dang it, we connected an actor (Steven Yeun, who I liked in “The Walking Dead”) to “The Walking Dead” and I felt myself get a little more invested in the movie.

Also right off the bat, the young actor who plays the son, David, was the most adorable kid. Just wait till you see him in his little cowboy boots.

Then the grandma shows up and I’ll just say this, between her and the young boy, you’ll be laughing and rooting them on for the rest of the movie. In other words, I stayed up for all 116 minutes, and that includes about 15 minutes of an internet outage delay. 😬

I recently read a YouTube comment about the film saying it’s a feel-good movie. I wouldn’t call it that; there is more heartache than there are heartstrings being pulled. But I’ll say this in regards to what I enjoyed, even with all the setbacks the family faced – I love the humor, the raw emotion (in some of the arguments), the natural dialogue (flowing in and out of Korean and English), and the way the actors seemed to be working off of a loose script. It all just seemed so genuine, as if it was a documentary of a real family vs. actors reciting memorized dialogue. You know when it just seems like there aren’t things you can script? I’m thinking of when the son is trying to peal the banana. It’s a great but quick scene.

So the most important question, is it worth watching? For the wonderful acting, yes. But if you’re looking for a movie that will cheer you up or one you don’t necessarily need to pay detailed attention to, this is not the one.

If you watch it, or have already seen it, leave a comment below with your thoughts!

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-Out of the Wilderness

I thought I would post some photos from the past few days of spending Christmas with family in north Florida. We had presents, turkey, pie, singing,hugging,but none of that is pictured below. Take a look at these photos including a Christmas service at a local Tallahassee church, glowing balls, a camel, trees full of buzzards, and more!

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-Out of the Wilderness

The title automatically makes you think this will be a story about a hip, woke, person who cares way too much about which pronouns people use but I will give you some immediate relief…it’s not! It’s actually about 3 people- 2 she’s and a he– who tested positive for Covid in a matter of a week or so.

Covid has been the story of this Christmas for my immediate family. Among the 10 of us who were able to gather for the holiday, one of my nieces tested positive, then me, then my sister.

My symptoms were unlike any sickness I had before so even before testing, I was 99% sure it was Covid. When I get a cold, for instance, it’s very predictable. Starts with a scratchy throat. Progresses to a runny nose and sneezing. Then it’s over.

This one, though, was nothing like that. The first night of symptoms included cold sweats, a headache, and an achy body. Cold sweats made me think I had a fever….but my temperature has been 97/98 the entire time.

Then on day 2 my throat started to hurt and it got really bad by day 4. It felt like swallowing glass for a couple of days, actually.

I’m on day 8 now and thankfully my throat is back to normal but I’m still feeling a lingering achiness and lethargy.

My sister is on all the meds and vitamins I had been taking so hopefully her worst days are in the past also. The peculiar thing about her catching it is that she’s been vaccinated! So much for that, I guess.

For Christmas gift exchanging, we all sat outside, spread out, and opened presents. One of the benefits of December in Florida, I guess.

2021 isn’t wrapping up the way I would’ve planned it for me or for the time spent with my family, some of whom I didn’t get to see because of getting Covid. But we are rolling with the changes (as the REO Speedwagon song goes) and hopefully with this story not going how we would’ve liked, were about to turn some pages.

-Out of the Wilderness