Pandemic

Let me just share a meme I saw the other day that heavily described how I feel about shopping during the pandemic. Actually, I'm going to share several. But most importantly, this one - Here's some statistics shared by Rehabs.com about Americans and their pandemic shopping habits - I mean, personally, I'm incredibly guilty of what I like to call "retail therapy"...

The American Hotel and Lodging Association's (AHLA) report on the state of the hotel industry in 2021 and going forward is, to say the least, not a pretty picture--especially here in Illinois.

It's crazy to think that we've made it far enough into this pandemic that we're looking back on early pandemic memories. Life before the pandemic seems like forever ago, and now, it actually kind of was. Remember at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic when a grandma in Rockford went viral for a video using a hugging machine to hug her great grandkids...

So, many of you here in the Rockford area found yourself among the millions of Americans who were forced to make a change during the pandemic lockdowns and closings, and you started working from home.

It's stimmy season! We've been in a pandemic so long we're really out here giving nicknames to the stimulus check. The stimmy. Have you gotten paid yet? The “Get My Payment” tool on the IRS website went live early yesterday and it's a great tool to track when you'll get your stimulus check...

Has the COVID-19 pandemic made you consider moving? It's almost a year later, and we're finally starting to see a taste of normal life again. But during quarantine, a lot of people had time to sit and think about if they really like where they live...

As the pandemic reaches the year-long mark, we've all had to learn new ways to things. One of those is how to flirt with half your face covered.

This is quite possibly the best thing I've learned in the last year. How many times have you struggled to open one of these without licking your finger?

A year of pandemic life has been a challenge, but along the way some things happened that will be useful way beyond this virus, I think.

The Shedd Aquarium Penguins in Chicago just went on another Field Trip. This time, I'm pretty jealous of the place they got to visit. If you haven't heard of The "Friends" Experience, then you're a fake "Friends" fan. Just kidding, if you've never heard of it, it's an in-person event with props and set items from the iconic show...