{"id":2305,"date":"2025-02-01T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T23:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2025-02-01T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T23:38:02","slug":"we-made-it-at-least-to-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?p=2305","title":{"rendered":"We Made It \u2013 at least to February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a long long January, my friends, but we made it through \u2013 thus far. As far as the next few years, I think it&#8217;s time to buckle up. We&#8217;re in for a rough ride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/436086.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"616\" data-attachment-id=\"2306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?attachment_id=2306\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/436086.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"741,616\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"436086\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/436086.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/436086.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/436086.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/436086-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My hubby and I did manage to get one thing accomplished in January. We finally replaced our ancient Toyota Highlander with a brand new Subaru. It&#8217;s been 20 years since we bought a new car, so things have changed, you bet. There are so many standard new features that we&#8217;re going to have to take classes to learn all the ins and outs and bells and whistles. Driving home from the dealership was a little adventure. I kept having visions of Stan and Ollie trying to figure out their Model T. As for the Highlander, we did trade it in, and much to my own surprise, I started to weep as I signed it over. My husband and the sales guy didn&#8217;t quite know how to react. That Toyota was a good car, and we bought it new with money I inherited after my mother passed. It felt to me that I was breaking a link with her by letting it go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyhow \u2013 the Subaru is nice, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure and check back here on February 20 for my Tell Me Your Story guest, Penny Orloff, Penny (https:\/\/pennyorloff.com\/) a former actor\/dancer who had featured roles on and off Broadway and sang more than 20 Principal Soprano roles for New York City Opera. Her first solo show, \u201cJewish Thighs on Broadway\u201d, is based on her best-selling novel of the same name. Since 2012 she has enjoyed acting in shorts, Indie, and feature films (silver-white hair and a Botox-free face are, apparently, in short supply in LA\u2026). A professional Life Coach and Tarot reader, she is the author of \u201cArt as Lifework, Life as Artwork,\u201d and is currently working on her new book, \u201cWho Would You Be If You Had Nothing to Bitch About?\u201d Don\u2019t miss Penny\u2019s incredible story beginning February 20 and running until the end of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a long long January, my friends, but we made it through \u2013 thus far. As far as the next few years, I think it&#8217;s time to buckle up. We&#8217;re in for a rough ride. My hubby and I did manage to get one thing accomplished in January. 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