Switched to Super Password on Buzzr. Leslie Bloom and comedian Jack Carter were the celebrities. Jack was really impressive. He might have been even better at Password than he was at Match Game. He got a lady through the Super Password bonus round with maybe one bobble in pretty decent time.
Got my schedule at this point, too. I wasn't sure I'd get the whole week off, but...thank heavens, I don't work at the Acme again until early next Saturday. I won't be back at the after-school program until January 5th! I'll be able to enjoy a nice, quiet Christmas break doing what I want to do without rushing.
Headed out after that. I wanted to get my grocery shopping done before the snow and ice arrived. My first stop was the Target Starbucks for a treat. I was surprised at how quiet they were. All the teens who usually hang out there must have been at home, messing with their new gadgets and listening to music. I got a wonderfully minty peppermint hot chocolate without a fuss.
Sprouts was only a little busier. I didn't need much here under any circumstances. Found more of those white chocolate-filled coconut pillows, this time marked down to 99 cents. Got dried mango slices, coconut milk, and diet soda and sparkling water. Found white chocolate macadamia cookies with clearance stickers on the bakery rack.
Hurried down Cuthbert, past the library, the McDonald's, and the Haddon Township High School to the Acme. They were a lot busier, and had been even worse earlier, if the lack of carts up front and the devastated shelves were any indication. Mainly needed yogurt and apples here. Grabbed probiotic sodas on good sales. Grabbed bread to have sandwiches this week. Had online coupons for yogurt, bags of gala apples, and granola. Finally found the Fresca again. Got one last bottle of Winter Spiced Cranberry Sprite Zero, too.
By the time I rode home alongside Newton Lake Park, it was much cloudier. Those clouds had the pearly gray sheen of ice and snow. The park is now fully embracing winter. The grass is a little greener than usual for this time of year, probably due to all of the rain and snow we've had, but the trees are black brushstrokes, the lake is still slightly frozen, and the only animals around are the honking Canadian geese. (And even they were pretty scarce today.)
When I got home, I put everything away, then had lunch and spent the rest of the evening watching YouTube. Match Game Productions fixed the audio issues he had with his What's My Line Christmas marathon. Though there were two color episodes from the early 70's with a man who sold Santa Claus suits, the majority of the episodes were the black and white shows from the 1950's and early 60's. In addition to flat-out Christmas shows like the one I watched last week with Johnny Marks and the Salvation Army, there were episodes featuring singers associated with Christmas songs (like Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Johnny Mathis, and Andy Williams) or those with Christmas-related "lines" (like the man who sold bells). There was even the Christmas episode where the spouses of the panelists (Tony Randall joining regulars Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Kilgalleon) appeared as Mystery Guests.
Find out if the holidays are really bigger than a bread box in this elegant and delightful marathon!
Wait, there's more! We have the 1983 and 1984 Christmas episodes of the Richard Dawson Family Feud, Brett giving a naughty answer that got censored on Match Game in 1977, a hilarious and rare post-Christmas episode from 1978 where a contestant gave Fannie a huge kiss despite losing the match, more of the Carol Burnett-Bert Convy battle on Password Plus during Christmas 1979, and Illene Graff and Pat Harrington tossing out wisecracks on Super Password during Christmas 1988. It's the gift that keeps on giving - more game show bang for your holiday buck!
Called Mom during the What's My Line marathon. Apparently, she's doing fine, and everyone liked my gifts. Aurora really loved that book on being a big sister I found at the thrift shop in Woodbury! Mom said it really helped her. She's more worried about my brother. Apparently, his knees are going and he has gout and arthritis in his hands, and he's only in his early 30's. I have an arthritic thumb (though my bad knees are more from bike accidents than family history), so I do understand what she's saying there. With Keefe, I wonder if he's just worked a little too long at the Naval shipyard.
It started raining - and raining hard - somewhere around 6 PM. I'm not sure when the ice came, only that by the time Family Feud and Match Game were on, everything was covered in a sheet of dully glistening ice. Good thing I am off tomorrow. If it doesn't melt by early afternoon, I won't have to go anywhere.
Finished the night with Forest by George Winston. This was a better choice than I thought. The CD includes lovely versions of "Walking In the Air," "Building the Snowman," and "The Snowman's Music Box Dance" from the British animated special The Snowman. Other lovely, calming numbers here include "Troubadour," "Graceful Ghost," "and "Lights In the Sky."
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