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I’ve never had a service dog, but I’ve always had a connection with dogs. I love having them. I’m so glad you have such wonderful memories of both of your service dogs. I hope you make many more with your next companion.

Brianna, what a bummer that you can’t really celebrate! My brother is in a similar situation. He’s graduating high school and there is talk of the entire ceremony being cancelled. I wish I had some ideas for you. I guess you could always bake a cake to share with your parents? It’s not fancy, but you really can’t go wrong with cake.

When I was younger I wanted to open a coffee shop bookstore.

Thanks Mike! I knew you’d have some good suggestions.

Hi Deborah— yes! I recognized your name from Instagram. Which part of CT do you live in? Would be great to get together one day. 🙂

This post made me smile. My service dogs have changed my life for the better, too. Thanks for sharing, DeAnn.

Love these ideas DeAnn. I guess I haven’t really played many games in this quarantine because I don’t have any ideas for you haha. Although…

Not really a game, but my best friend and I have been FaceTiming and watching the same show on Netflix so we can talk about it while simultaneously watching it. I know there’s Netflix party but you can’t…[Read more]

Thanks for all the input! Yes, I’d like to know how routines work as well? That would be a great and useful feature for me as well.

Crystal, I too have a close relationship with my brother! I’m so happy you have him to make this isolation a little less isolating. My brother is an essential worker and it’s been so hard not being able to see him. But, today his boss decided he can work from home now, so hopefully, I can see him soon! We’ll probably give it 14 days just in case.…[Read more]

Robert, how did you get a routine like that set up? Sometimes the volume gets turned down, so my pca doesn’t hear when I drop in.

Alyssa, I like Question of the Day, Volley Daily Trivia and sometimes Jeopardy. I also like listening to some actual radio stations through it. Plus all the stuff everyone else has mentioned.

DeAnn, these are awesome ideas! Might have to steal some of these! We’ve been FaceTiming my grandma. We decided that we can play board games this way and played Life last night.

I mostly use mine for music. (That’s actually what I’m doing right now.) But I also like using her as my alarm. You can set one time alarms or reoccurring ones. And she right by my closet so when I pick out my clothes in the morning I sometimes ask her what the weather is so that I know how to dress. And I sometimes use her for reminders. She doe…[Read more]

Crystal, that’s awesome that you’re so close to your brother! It’s great to have someone that you connect with like that.

I 2nd the great days of old when Mastermind was the absolute best use of a smart device ever, I never used anymote but I get pretty good functionality with IR devices by voice using the harmony hub.  Anymore, besides controlling my home automation devices, the most useful services I use are tune-in so I can be scared every day listening to CNN or…[Read more]

I don’t know of any useful skills really. I mean, I have multiple news skills (including the SMA News Today one) that I listen to. But besides that, I listen to music, the Bible, and play games. The games are my favorite but my favorite games are hard for me to use since they require a lot of talking. There’s The Magic Door, which is a choose your…[Read more]

Wow that’s incredible Halsey!
Mine is a bit more personal. The one good thing about the Coronavirus for me is that I get to see my bro sooner than we originally thought. My bro, Nick, is my best friend and he’s in college right now. Or at least he was. Now he’s home due to the Coronavirus. Anyway, we both struggle with depression and we go to…[Read more]

If you liked 2020 Oscar Best Picture winner Parasite, check out the South Korean film ‘Burning’ which is available on Netflix.

i recently read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale which has been on my to-read pile for years, along with the sequel The Testaments. Both books provided ample escape from the somewhat surreal daily life we’re a…[Read more]