and I thought this was a good idea... 
We did this last year, moved to celebrating Yule (and other seasonal celebrations)! Lots of pine boughs and stick ornaments at our house. If you have sumac you can use that too. A little bit of investment but if you can find some cheap hairspray, you can spray it to aid in the ornaments lasting longer.
Uff, I asked Alexa how to cook rice and she told me it doesn't fit my food preferences. She tried to give me a recipe for cauliflower "rice."DH brought an Echo Dot home yesterday. DS7 wanted to set it up, so they did. And played with it a bit.
Then I found ADHD parenting hacks using it. When knew a computer can nag your kids so you dont have to?! Yes please!
DS7's morning routine has never been easier.
Now I've set it up to harass me, so I might feel differently soon. Alexa has told me - twice already - that I planned to fast until noon. She told me to do yoga this morning. She also reminded me to set a reminder to go to the gym.
) And he pet Splash and tried to play fetch. Splash wasn't going to give up his toy though. 
He's a keeper!
I re-started food transition, so I'm hoping Splash doesn't get diarrhea again. Stanky farts!! I set up Alexa to alert me when he whines or barks. The home device tells him to "settle" and plays dog relaxation music - and sends a notification to my phone. Nice. I worry about leaving him too long when I go to the shelter and run errands on the same day. After a couple hours, he started barking/whining every half hour or so, so I headed home in hopes of avoiding a poopocalypse. All clear! I've barely scratched the surface of how I can use this tool. I plan to set up some movement/exercise routines because I simply forget to move when I'm home [in winter]. I've never seen Baymax play with another dog before this (and not for lack of opportunities...)
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