Author: Chris M. Day

I'm almost 59 years old. I've been online for 33 years - starting with my own dial-up bulletin board system in 1993 - and continuing with AOL, my own dot.com web site, Myspace, WordPress, Twitter / X, Flickr, and Facebook.

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Holidays Money Shopping Travel Weather

Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

Here’s what’s on my mind (pure energy):

1.  I was north of Dallas Texas for an entire week last week to celebrate a combined Thanksgiving and Christmas with my Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister-In-Law, and Canine Nephew. We also visited extended family up near Wichita Falls Texas. That’s the first time I had ever been to that fine city. I’d like to visit it again this upcoming Summer. I may drive there. ROAD TRIP !

2.  Neither airport that I flew in and out of – FLL nor DFW – was hardly busy on the Saturday before and the Saturday after Thanksgiving. My keen observation summarizes that holiday air travel is a casualty this year of the global recession that we’re in.

3.  So America has officially been in a recession for an entire year now – since December 2007. This just in. I am not in a recession. I remain in a vast economic expansion – one that has lasted for over 15 years. Many of you reading this are also in an economic expansion (although you may deny it). Many Americans claim that they are in a recession, but couldn’t tell you why they state so. ‘Because they said so on television’ is not a valid reason why you are in a recession.

4.  According to the National Weather Service it was the coldest November in 24 years in Miami, the coldest in 27 years in West Palm Beach and Naples, and the coldest in 38 years on Miami Beach. I blame this on global warming. 🙄

5.  Happiness Is – Performing a well-orchestrated ‘grab and save’ at a local neighbourhood Walgreens store and saving a whopping $9.00 while purchasing only two unique items within a matter of a few mere minutes. I also saved $9.10 versus the normal prices that I would have paid for these two items at Publix. Cyber Monday – It’s not just online anymore !

Those are my thoughts on this Tuesday night. Thank You for your time.

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Blogging

Blatant Promotion

We’re officially in our 2ND year of blogging here on WordPress. After a short 6-month stint on MySpace we grew up and moved on up to WordPress during the weekend following Thanksgiving in 2007. Over 650 blogs later we’re still here thanks to your loyalty.

Coming up later this week for your bloggertainment:

– Tuesday – An all-new assortment of thoughts ‘Grab Bag’ style.
– Wednesday – See how bad I did with this past weekend’s NFL picks.
– Thursday – Watch as I try to redeem myself with all-new NFL picks.
– Friday – The always-anticipated rundown of my favourite blogs.
– Saturday (AM) – The ‘Walk-A-Thon’ – back on home turf.
– Saturday (PM) – An all-new trip back in time ‘Retro’ style.

It’s all ahead this week, so stick around as the hijinks ensue.

Have a safe and peaceful Monday night, and … REMEMBER THIS !

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History Shopping

Monday Night Countdown

TODAY – the 01ST of December – is my 21ST anniversary of living aqui en el Sur de Florida. I arrived at Homestead Air Force Base during the wee early-morning hours of the 01ST of December in 1987. Aside from the 19 months immediately following the destruction of the Homestead area by Hurricane Andrew I’ve been here ever since. This is my home. This is where I belong. These are my TOP 5 favourite shopping malls of all-time here in South Florida:

5.  Cutler Ridge Mall / Southland Mall
It’s much nicer (and safer) today than it’s ever been. It’s officially the first shopping mall I ever visited here in South Florida back in December 1987. I had been going there a few times a year over the past 14 years or so. I’ll be visiting more often since they have a nice movie theatre there now.

4.  Miami International Mall
Before the Dolphin Mall ever existed this was the shopping mall to visit on my way to the airport, the Flagler Dog Track, Miami, or the Beaches. This is your basic standard neighbourhood Simon mall. Sometimes you just need to go back to basics and shop the simple life.

3.  Dolphin Mall
If I lived in the neighbourhood then I’m afraid that I’d be there every single day shopping, eating, drinking, and watching movies. This is as close as it gets to Downtown Disney West Side. It’s a good thing that I don’t live in the neighbourhood. There could be trouble.

2.  The Falls
A stroll through this luxurious outdoor shopping mall is like a stroll down memory lane for me. This was the cool place to hang out a generation ago. When I was a kid I used to hang out there. Of course for me ‘kid’ means early-20s. 

1.  The Shops At Sunset Place
I watched this jumpin’ joint get built a decade ago, and once it opened for business in 1999 I planned entire Saturdays around it. If you couldn’t find me in Homestead on any given Saturday from 1999 to 2005 then I was probably hiding out at the Virgin Megastore, the Barnes & Noble, or the AMC-24.

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Weather

Homestead Cold Weather Alert

14 days in a row of below normal temperatures in the 70s late in the afternoon and in the 50s early in the morning – that’s what we enjoyed here in Homestead from the 16TH through the 29TH of November. It all came to a screeching halt today as it felt more like tropical summertime rather than arid wintertime.

But the cold air from the continental north shall return on Monday night. Get ready for early-morning temperatures on Tuesday morning in the lower-50s with wind-chills in the upper-40s. Wednesday morning will be even colder with some pockets of the Homestead area dipping down into the upper-40s with wind chills in the lower-40s !

Warmer air returns on Thursday. Until then bundle up Homestead !