Posts Tagged With: Holiday Song

Day 4744: Foofaraw

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Because of my history of needing hospitalizations for heart issues just when I started feeling confident and positive about myself at an early age, I unconsciously expect disaster to happen if I am feeling very happy and secure. This relates to the word of the day: “foofaraw.”

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After spending a fabulous day yesterday with my son (who is visiting from graduate school) and my husband, I do not want to make a foofaraw about a minor medical issue I am experiencing today.

Also, I talked to my son yesterday about my music and how I avoid adding foofaraw when I’m recording my original songs.

Without any foofaraw, here are my images for today.

I don’t want to make a foofaraw about the fact that they’ve changed the eggplant fries at the Deluxe Town Diner.
This is a new dish at the diner that I love!
Without any foofaraw, Aaron and I got new shoes yesterday at the Shoe Barn in Newton.
Here are my husband Michael and son Aaron, without foofaraw.
We got plantain chips on the house at Comfort Kitchen!
No foofaraw in this delicious seasonal salad.
The fish curry.
My favorite dessert at Comfort Kitchen.
Tiramisu!

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Do you think there’s any foofaraw in my Holiday Song?

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Thanks to all who are here for my daily foofaraws, including YOU!!

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Day 4741: Those I Love

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, on Christmas Eve, I spent precious time with those I love.

For those I love, I performed my new holiday song before we sang the usual holiday songs. Without rehearsing at all, everybody joined in and sounded great, which I loved.

Can you see those I love in my images for today?

I love the Daily Bitch calendar.

This is probably what I sounded like performing my holiday song for those I love yesterday.

Feel free to sing along!

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Thanks to those I love, including YOU!

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Day 4737: Choices

Posted on December 21, 2025 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, I made many choices while using GarageBand to record my new “Holiday Song.” So far, my choices include a vocal track and a ukulele track. Today, I’ll make other choices to create other tracks before I release the single.

One of my choices yesterday was to perform the song and post it on TikTok:

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I hope people’s choices include sharing that song as best they can, because it supports whatever choices people make about holidays.

In the evening, I ran into my dear friend Barbara’s dear friend Amy because we had both made similar choices about where to dine, which was my favorite restaurant, Brassica Kitchen. Every day, Amy makes the choice to read this blog, so Hello, Amy!!!

What choices do you notice in my images for today?

I am making the choice of captioning my food photos today in honor of Amy. This is a hamachi crudo.
Dried beef dumplings.
Usually we don’t have the choice of ordering grouper and this brand new dish was soooo delish!
Mussels!
Duck with béarnaise sauce, Michael’s favorite.
Amy’s choices and our choices for dinner differed because she doesn’t like flan.

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My reading and TV-watching choices lately have included the author and activist Lindy West:

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Thanks to all whose choices include visiting this blog, including YOU!

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Day 4736: Mistakes

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Ann Koplow

When I make mistakes, that affects my self esteem, which is a mistake, because we all make mistakes.

I’ve made mistakes, apparently, dealing with the annoying noises I’ve been hearing in my head for two years whenever I speak or sing. Unless I’m mistaken, other people don’t get annoyed with the noises I make whenever I speak or sing, which is good.

Do you see any mistakes in my images for today?

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I’m still making mistakes when I play my new holiday song, but I’m going to try to create a good enough version of it with GarageBand today.

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Here’s what I find when I search for “mistakes” on YouTube:

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Thanks to all who are here for my mistakes, including YOU!!

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