Founders Day In Celebration Florida & I Made A Porch Pilgrim / Thanksgiving Shopping At Hobby Lobby
Celebration Florida Nov 2025
Transcript
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here as
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the recording of this TGIF. It is
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Friday, November 7th.
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It's already been a week since All
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Hallow's Eve. November is in full swing.
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Thanksgiving
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in view. Two weeks from today, give or
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take a day. two weeksish
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I will be departing and going to another
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international destination another
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country overseas a little bit of a ways
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long flight
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also the flights right now I'm kind of
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glad I'm not flying currently cuz a lot
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of flights are being delayed canled
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dismissed etc so hopefully in the next
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couple weeks that's rectified and not
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really as hectic of a thing but that's a
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couple weeks off.
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I have no major game plan today other
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than going to get a coffee, doing some
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stuff around my homestead,
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setting up more
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Thanksgiving decor, and I'm curious to
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see who around town has any Thanksgiving
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and if anyone has put up any Christmas
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stuff yet. That's my day. I'm inviting
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you to join me, shall you?
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>> Oh, yes. The turkeys are out. They're
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not gobbling.
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The turkeys are out.
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Inflatables.
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Nice.
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Thanksgiving's almost here. Few weeks.
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Also, I'm waiting patiently for this
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cold front Florida's supposed to be
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having right now. 73° going to get up to
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82, but I think in a few days supposed
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to dip down a little bit. But as of
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right now, the cold front has not
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arrived. I'm waiting for it. waiting
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patiently. More inflatable turkeys
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over here.
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They got a nice little Mickey and Minnie
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Thanksgiving flag there.
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I might put a flag up today for the
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holiday for the upcoming Thanksgiving
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holiday. I don't think mine's Mickey and
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Minnie, though.
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Look at Donald right there in the middle
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getting in the Thanksgiving mood. He's
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got turkey on his head. Parking spot
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acquired down here. Not too hectic
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downtown. There are a few golf carts out
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and about this morning, including one
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right there.
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Go ahead and grab a coffee. I tried the
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peppermint mocha latte yesterday.
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Yesterday was the first day for the
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upcoming Christmas season, Christmas
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holiday, Thanksgiving, Christmas season
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at Starbucks. I did not like the
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peppermint mocha latte. It was a little
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too too much for me. So, let me go back
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to my traditional
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regular vanilla sugar-free or fat free
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vanilla latte or sugar-free vanilla.
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Sugar-free vanilla latte. Vinty. That's
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usually my go-to hot.
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That's my usual order. Yeah, it's a
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little toasty to be completely honest.
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The sun is really permeating and very,
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very warm. Again, really looking forward
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to the supposed cold front that Florida
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will be receiving sooner than later,
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supposedly. Maybe hopefully according to
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the weather.
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I'm always looking for the shade. It's
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like some nice little shade here.
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I see myself in the future. I mean, this
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is like way off in the future, doing
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like the snowbird thing where I'm in
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Florida in the in the winter months, you
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know, from like Halloween till February
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and then other times, even though right
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now it's already post Halloween, but
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It is nice out though. It's just no
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clouds. No clouds in the sky. There's
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nowhere to hide. Nowhere to hide from
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Mr. Sun. It's like Starbucks got their
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holiday cups in. It was really busy in
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there. I mobile ordered. Even with the
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mobile order, it gave me a time to
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return 10 minutes after the mobile
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order. But usually when I mobile order
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from downtown Celebration, it's like a
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minute later. But it was busy in there.
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I think I'm going to go out. Well, I'm
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going to return back home, get my car,
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and go out and look for some more
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Thanksgiving stuff. I feel like my yard
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needs a couple more Thanksgiving items.
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And I'm also
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going to put together a pilgrim
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mannequin today. That's right. I'm going
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to have a pilgrim on my porch.
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Here's an update in town. So, the
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community, well, it might be the school
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or community baseball field here until
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recently never had a fence around it.
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They have just added this in the last
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week.
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Well, I'm noticing it in the last week.
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They have put up a fence completely
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around the batting cage and the field.
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And it not only goes past the baseball
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diamond, but all the way into the
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outfield and all the way towards the
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main road over here.
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corner of Starling
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and Celebration AB. See? Runs right down
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the side of Celebration A. Downtown is
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right over there. Yeah, maybe they got
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tired of people maybe driving up on the
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grass. Who knows?
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I met up with a guy I know from the San
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Diego area, Oceanside. He's a tattoo
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artist. He drove out to Florida to do
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some some work. This is this is his
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company,
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but he wanted me to have this painting
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he did from five years ago of Big Al.
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So, I got to find a spot for that.
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Pretty dang cool. been trying to meet up
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with him for a long time. So glad he was
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out here
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to get that big Al piece, but also he
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has a
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t-shirt company that he's starting,
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Christianbased tattoo
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company.
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He's got the Isaiah 535 on the front
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there, and that's his logo. So he gave
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me a shirt also.
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Yeah, pretty cool.
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All right, I got a pilgrim to build. Big
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Al now has a spot in my guest room where
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friends and family when they come to
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visit stay. Got some other artwork in
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here as well. Got the guest bed.
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And over here on the wall, got a map of
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Disneyland.
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Little guest room. I always like the
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piranha
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that's underneath here,
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underneath my buddy Jason's artwork here
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that he gave me when he came to visit me
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when I lived in California. When I first
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moved to California, 2015 and middle of
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16, he came to visit, did this piece for
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me in spring of 16.
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And I got that on my wall also. So, this
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room's coming along. Slowly but surely,
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this room's coming along. Okay, flag has
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been installed.
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Got the gobble gobble turkey on it right
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there on the balcony.
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Not a lot of wind at this particular
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moment, but enough to have the turkey
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swaying in the breeze.
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It's the first time I put a flag on my
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front of my home.
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they have a pilgrim
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on their porch.
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I will admit though,
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he's slightly creepy.
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He's got his belt,
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but his face.
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Yeah, that's what he looks like. Got to
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make my way over to the Hobby Lobby on
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Highway 27 and I4. Get a few more things
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for the yard for the upcoming
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Thanksgiving holiday. I will not be in
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town on Thanksgiving Day.
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I still got a couple weeks to have the
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yard decorated for that holiday pre
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Christmas decor. But I got Christmas
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stuff, too. Plenty of Christmas stuff
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for when I get back.
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about to enter the lobby
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full of hobbies. Hobby Lobby.
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I haven't been in this one. I've been to
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the one over by the loop in CMI, but not
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on the one by Davenport on Highway 27,
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but the one by the Loop had a lot of
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Thanksgiving stuff and Christmas. But
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I'm looking for more Thanksgiving. I
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kind of like this. I saw it the other
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day and I didn't buy it, but I might get
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it today. It's like a little stand up
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three-piece, like a 3D kind of pumpkin
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>> kind of setup here.
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I think these are real or props. No,
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those are props. Not only is their
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Christmas stuff 50% off, but all their
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fall decor 50% off. So, whatever the
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mark price is would be half off of that.
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So, pretty good deals
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here in Hobby Lobby. Really impressive
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amount of
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amount of stuff. Do I need
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Do I need like a regular fake pumpkin?
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Like that would be $27. That would be
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$13. Feel like I need a bigger one. It's
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going to like pop out in the yard. Like
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maybe one of these right over here.
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Maybe this one here. How much would this
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be? That is $60. That' be 30 bucks. I
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ended up getting these two.
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You know, Halloween just ended and I
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have some had some jacko'lantern type of
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things, but a jacko'lantern different
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than a pumpkin cuz these are not carved
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with a spooky face
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in it.
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I already got my wreath for the front
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door. I like all these things, too. You
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get all these different things you could
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stick in the front yard. This is only
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$9. That would only
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That's not a That wouldn't be a bad
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deal. Oh, that's that's weird. It
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doesn't stick in the ground. just like
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it has a little thing that you can stand
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it up. It's different. All right. I just
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talked to one of the employees here. She
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said to go ahead and grab these, but
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there's only a couple of them left. And
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there's only a couple aisles left of
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Thanksgiving stuff. It's almost gone.
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This is the only saw a couple of these
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little corn stalks left. So, got that
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also. She said all the holiday stuff is
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gone quick, including Christmas, but I
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think I got enough Christmas stuff. And
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this is the last one of these I see.
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It's got a little extender. put that in
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my yard and that'll spin around when the
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wind blows. It'll spin the leaves
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around. I like that. That's the last one
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I saw. So, I went ahead [music] and
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grabbed it. That was how many how much
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is it? $10. $30. So, $15 with the half
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off discount. I also think these would
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be I got some of these on my bushes, but
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I also So, I got some of the
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sunflower and the fall colors on my
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bushes, but they had the pine cone ones.
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I think I maybe put these down a couple
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of the pillars.
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So, I got a couple of these.
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$37. So, let's call it $18 with it or
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$19 with the discount for each of those.
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All right. Definitely not as heavy as I
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went with Halloween and definitely not
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as much as the Christmas stuff I have
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prepared
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into December.
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Again, I'm going out of town and I'll be
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back about a week or so before Christmas
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Day. So, I'll put all my Christmas stuff
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out mid December. But, I got my
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Thanksgiving stuff out. I got this
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little spinny thing, which is kind of
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neat.
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Got the corn stalks right here. Here, I
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got a little garden growing. I got my
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pumpkins.
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I got my solar powered lights
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right there that are going to illuminate
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onto the pilgrim.
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I've also added the
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two pieces there on the front, the decor
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work going down the side of the pillars,
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and then I got
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those right down there. and the little
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3D stack print.
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Nothing too crazy, but
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I'm happy with it. Kind of adds to the
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neighborhood a little bit.
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And the flag up top,
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which right now is not waving in the
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breeze, but you get the idea.
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I'm going to drive around the golf cart
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a little bit later.
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It's humid out. So once the sun starts
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to set, temperature will drop
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considerably. And I'll go out around the
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c on the cart. See whether Thanksgiving
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stuff is out.
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I've noticed around town these little
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scooters and electric motorcycle bikes
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are really just taking over. Look at
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this.
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So many of them. So many.
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Haven't seen any deer out in a little
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while. So hopefully might have missed
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the cusp of it being dusk. Sometimes
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they're out at dusk, but even though
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it's classify this one under late dusk,
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more almost nightfall, but usually at
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dusk they're out around generally in
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this this vicinity here within a few
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blocks of here.
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Hey, sweetie.
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What are you doing?
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Oh, one of your friends over there.
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really got to do something about that
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engine noise. I know it's like a digital
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thing. It's not even a real engine.
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there's a bunch back there. I can hear
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more rustling around in the woods.
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They probably think I have food.
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I know there are some
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in the area that will will feed them
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grain and things and corn.
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I'm not doing that. But
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that's probably why they
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staring at me like they are.
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They're just so cute.
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Okay. See you later.
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See you later, dear.
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The sprinklers in front of the fountain
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over here seem to be really
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overpowering more than normal. I don't
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know if that's why the fire trucks here
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and the officer, but yeah. Interesting.
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You hear him really loud. See him in the
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rear view there. Oh, okay. That's not
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what it is because up here there's
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another fire engine.
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Okay.
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Maybe they're just grabbing a bite to
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eat downtown
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county out.
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The carts are taking over. I'm also
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noticing now that the weather's getting
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a little nicer after sunset. More people
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on carts like all of them. And then also
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golf carts are out and about. Weather's
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nice.
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People are out. Ah, looking beautiful
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down here in the eve, the new fountain
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that they put out, I don't know, five,
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six months ago, all illuminated. I think
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they're having some sort of special
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event for the town folk. I'm not sure
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what it is, but I saw they have the
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barricades up over there. So, I'm going
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to go check out and see what's going on
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for the celebration. Residents have been
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kind of out of the loop. And maybe it
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has something to do with the Ocio County
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being out. Maybe they parked here.
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That's as close as they could get
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to go over to the event down there.
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event entrance
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straight ahead. Let me ask what it is.
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All right. I asked and in fact this is
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founders day. Now it is not the
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technical anniversary of the tab but
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this is to celebrate the founding
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members and the founding people who
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moved here around 30 years ago. Was it
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31 29 years ago? That's what they're
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doing. They're having a little thing
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over here. So just I'm just po just
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popping in. Probably not going to stay
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long, but they got some booths and
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things like that. So many people out
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being active, people playing basketball.
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They got an inflatable pump over
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inflatable thing over here. We got way
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to put up. They got a bounce house.
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Love it.
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All right, it is 94. Got some giveaways
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over here. A little bag. Check out the
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celebration journal. Oh, is that a pen
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right there? Look at this. It's like a
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water tower pen. Oh, look. That's the
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one over at Publix Plaza. a water tower
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pen right there. Are these complimentary
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for
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>> Yes.
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>> Oh, okay.
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>> Great. Thank you.
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>> So, these are these are pins. This is
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the original magazine.
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>> That's the original one
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>> that was ever published for town.
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>> Okay.
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>> Copies of those.
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>> Thank you. Didn't know I was going to
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get some souvenirs and a really cool new
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pen of the water tower
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and the original brochure pamphlet.
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Well, the book
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when they created this place 31 years
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ago in '94. Over there, they're going to
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have a some live music and a lot of
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people sitting around. Well, actually, a
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lot of people sitting around at some
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tables waiting for someone to the live
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artist music to show up and start
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playing.
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I'm just going to keep cruising around.
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But yeah, got myself a
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bag full of a couple things. Pretty
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cool. That was unexpected.
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Very cool. I do love a a new pin or two.
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Got a nice view of the fountain right
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here. The spires at the former theater
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are not illuminated, but the marquee
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portion is. And whatever they're doing
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to the inside of the theater, they have
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stopped the construction on it. I don't
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know what's going on with it now. It's
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not a theater anymore, but whatever it's
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going to be, it's halted. I just got a
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pin of this
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founders day 31 years ago. Was talking
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to one of the original homeowners. I got
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that snow globe
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a month or two about a month ago when
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they had the garage sale around town.
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Someone was selling off just for a
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couple bucks at the garage sale. one of
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the original snow globes that they go
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gave each the original homeowners.
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Obviously, the town has expanded and
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grown considerably since then. I am so
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happy to have landed here and bought my
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house here.
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Such a great little community. Nice
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little town. The bubble if you will.
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Celebration.
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That's the nickname it is given.
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Just because once you get off of Highway
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192 and step into Celebration, you're in
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the Celebration bubble. That's Highway
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192 there. I'm standing at the cusp of
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the town I live in, Celebration.
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Very happy with my decision
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to purchase a place here.
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Love the community aspect of the town
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and the events. It's just great.
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Especially
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as I get older and get up in years, this
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be a nice place to to be. Not really
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home so much now. Next year, I'm not
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going to be home much either.
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Thankfully, the Tampa Bay Rays are going
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to be staying in the Florida area. They
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have not decided exactly if they're
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going to be in Eore, they're going to be
24:35
in Tampa, if they're going to be in St.
24:37
Pete, if they're going to be in Orlando,
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which I highly doubt,
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but they are staying in Florida. Got
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some new ownership. Steu Sternberg sold
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the team a few months ago. The new
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owners are already starting to make some
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decisions. I believe Tropicana Field is
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going to be opening next year for the
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2026 season. Not sure how many games I'm
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going to be going to, but I will be
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going to a few. Getting back in the
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trough will be nice.
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And then if memory stirs me correct what
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the new owners are talking about within
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three years, maybe four years, the new
25:08
stadium will be opening. So
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I'll always be around rooting for the
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Rays.
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Love some baseball. Again, I'm leaving
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town in two weeks. So from now till
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then, going to another country for a
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month. From now till then, it's going to
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be a lot of stuff similar to this. some
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theme parky stuff, Central Florida
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stuff, celebration stuff, golf cart
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stuff,
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at home type of things,
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but after I leave it'll be
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new places and 2026,
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US back roads the whole year. Well, I
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mean, I'm going to come home sometimes,
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but the majority of it's going to be US
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back roads, small towns, and
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highways.
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Bag of stuff accomplished. Going to head
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home now. I got a couple 4K Blu-ray sets
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that came in of movies I really like
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that have a lot of special features and
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commentary on it. So,
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>> that's going to be my evening.
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Also, yeah, yard looks pretty good with
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the little solar lights illuminated left
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over from Halloween. They got the little
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fake flames burning right there.
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And this looks pretty good, too.
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Even from the road, the pilgrim.
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Definitely looking good. Definitely
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looking good.
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Let me get back and get a wide angle.
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Definitely not as expansive as my
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Halloween decor, but I think it's a
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pretty pretty nice little Thanksgiving
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time display.
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Pilgrim on a porch. So, within the last
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few days, I picked up a couple 4K
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releases I want to show. I just talked
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about those when I was at Publix. So, I
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got my Celebration Journals right there.
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But I ended up get the X trilogy, which
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is X, Pearl, and Maxine. I think Pearl,
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of the three of them, Pearl is my
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favorite or the best made one of the
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three of them. I think that's the best
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of the the trilogy, starring Mia Goth.
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But Maxine
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I think is my personal favorite just
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simply because you know it's 1985 which
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I love 85 love Hollywood it's filmed at
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Warner Brothers filmed at Universal
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filmed at Hollywood Forever filmed on
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Hollywood Boulevard so love some Maxine
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but Pearl
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Pearl is the superior one of the three
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when it comes to you know film making
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and acting and all that but all three of
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them are great. So much commentary on
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these. I was really looking forward to
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this arriving. These are all the
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featurettetses here
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commentary behind the scenes
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etc. Very very cool.
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So I got that to go through. Also comes
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with a a book
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with all kind of stuff in it.
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There's your three rolls. Mia Goth
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playing in all three films.
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I don't buy a lot of Blu-rays too much
28:25
anymore, but some of these new 4K
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releases with the special features are
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hard to pass up. Also movie I really
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love, The Florida Project, which is just
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filmed a few miles from me right down
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the road. I've covered the filming
28:36
locations before about four or five
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years ago. Maybe I could do an update
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one day for the anniversary. I think
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next year it turns 10 years old.
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Shawn Baker won the Academy Award for
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his newest film and I have been waiting
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for a running commentary by Shawn Baker
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on his movie Florida Project and he
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finally did one. Also comes with a lot
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of stuff here, you know, little behind
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the scenes photos, promo photos and an
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entire book also
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of stories, photos. There's William
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Defoe, etc. This is great. three four
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three disc 4K set.
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The Magic Castle
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recently
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changed to ownership and just not purple
29:22
anymore, but it's forever immortalized
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on film.
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So, the rest of the evening going to
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make some food and go through the
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special features and commentaries on
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this. Thanks for watching. I'll see you
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in the next video. The vlog
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is over.