Ronnie's Reflections

Episode 59

12/25/2022

Listener Feedback - what is something you strongly believe in?

Kelly: “It is always better to be the one who smiles and waves than to be the one who doesn’t. You never know who’s day you can turn around just by letting them known they’ve been seen. After hearing this as a child I’ve spent my life trying to make sure every person I pass feels seen. 😊

Aidan H: A quote that I have lived by for the past few years is that “life does not get easier, you just get stronger.” Adversity can strike at any time, it’s how we respond to it that truly matters!

Richard: Hard work and a good attitude will one day pay off. I know it can be hard sometimes to have that mindset, but I do truly believe it. I put 10 years into my current job and finally after being passed on multiple times for leadership roles. I finally got my time and I’m gaining so much experience on how to lead people and handle certain situations. It’s hard work and a headache sometimes, but I like the challenge.

Question of the Week

What is one of your greatest motivators in life?

Stuff I Watched This Week

White Lotus Season 1 and 2 - 4 out of 5

1923

Yellowstone

Games I Played

High on Life

Other Stuff and Things

Biggest card I’ve ever pulled

Christmas plans

Episode 58

12/18/2022

Listener Feedback

What has been the highlight of your week so far?

Aidan H: I had to wait awhile to comment, but the highlight of my week so far was finishing my 3rd semester of college! It's wasn't easy at all, but now I have 3 weeks with no classes!

Question of the Week

What is an idea that you strongly believe in?

Stuff I Watched This Week

A Christmas Story Christmas - 3 out of 5

Bad Santa - 3 out of 5

Bad Santa 2 - 2 out of 5

Four Christmases - 4 out of 5

National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation - 3 out of 5

Home Alone - 4 out of 5

Guardians Xmas special - 3 out of 5

Games I Played

Pokemon Violet - 5 out of 5

Fortnite - 5 out of 5

Other Stuff and Things

Money -

Sourced from United States Census Bureau's Annual ASEC survey

individual income earners: median = $46,001; top 25% = 80,002; Top 10% = $132,676; Top 1% = $401,622

sick

Music program

Episode 57

12/11/22

Listener Feedback

What part of yourself would you like to improve?

Slippery Bricks: One thing I like to improve about myself is to not procrastinate. Or not so much at least. It doesn't feel right to not get things done immediately and you have more things coming. I have all these personal projects I like to get done in my head and wound up forgetting about them. This doesn't happen at work, fortunately. When a task comes, it gets done almost immediately to prevent more tasks coming later on to stress me out. I'm improving by starting to write a to-do list and crossing them out as I go. Not at the pace I want but hopefully I'll get better at it.

Kelly: I find it very interesting that we both chose getting over things and moving on from them. It’s my biggest struggle. We are two peas in a pod. 🤣

Richard: I really need to work on my attitude I see the effects it has on certain situations. I feel like I have been doing a better job with it lately. But I do notice if we’re doing like a family thing, and there is a lot going on at once I tend to get overwhelmed and I become a Debby downer. And I don’t want to be that guy.

Carter: I need to work on consistency within posting, writing, eating healthier and working out

Question of the Week

What has been the highlight of your week so far?

Stuff I Watched This Week

National Lampoon’s Vacation - 3 out of 5

National Lampoon’s European Vacation - 2 out of 5

Bad Santa - 4 out of 5

4 Christmases - 4 out of 5

Games I Played

Pokemon

Fortnite new season

Other Stuff and Things

Feeling good about poke investing and a little tired of eBay

Chiefs lost to the Bengals…again

Beckett and video games

Episode 56

12/4/2022

Song of the week:

“In Absence of Identity” By XLHC

Listener Feedback - What is one moment in time you will never forget?

Carter: I will never forget reading the email telling me that I got cast in a nation wide Verizon commercial! That moment was proof to me that I needed to pursue a film career in any way.

Richard: I will never forget finally being able to take my son Noah home from the NICU. Seeing the smile on my wife’s face in the back seat was so wonderful.

Kelly: Moments in time I’ll never forget…

• roasting marshmallows, I liked them burnt. So when they would catch fire I’d blow them out and eat the top layer and then repeat. This particular day I decided to wave the flaming marshmallow in the air to put it out and the marshmallow came off the stick and landed on my nose. That was the most painful experience of my life.

• The day I could have became a statistic… when I was maybe 6, we were leaving to go to my big sisters softball game. While heading out my mom sent me to my room to get different shoes. When I finally came out of my closet with a different pair of shoes I noticed my mom and all the rest of the kids were gone. This was the first time I’d ever been left alone. I was absolutely terrified and ran outside crying looking for moms van and a neighbor that I’d never met before was coming home. He pulled over, got out and checked to see if I was ok. I explained to him that my mom forgot me and we jumped into his car. As I was explaining to him how to get to the ball fields we saw my mom fly by. The stranger flipped around and followed her back to the house, thankfully 😬 I still to this day remind my mother of this day. It kills her. Ps in her defense she had 9 kids with her that day so I understand her confusion thinking everyone was in the van.

Question of the Week

What part of yourself would you like to improve?

Stuff I Watched This Week

Yellowstone season 5 episodes 1-4

Krampus - 3 out of 5

Games I Played

Scarlet and Violet

Fortnite Season 3 into Season 4

Other Stuff and Things

Chiefs are favored to win super bowl, Mahomes favored to win MVP

Hot Mulligan concert

I’m a cat guy

Beckett’s hide and seek and art abilities

Episode 55

11/27/2022

Intro Song: Dirty White Vans by Kenny Hoopla

Listener Feedback How well would you get along with your clone?

Emile: That's a good question. I know for a fact that I'd get impatient with my clone, but then again, I'd be able to get things done in double the time. It would be one of those love/hate relationships.

Kelly: I do not believe it would be a good idea to clone me. We don’t need two Kelly’s losing everything. I can’t imagine that being anything but a hot mess lol

Richard: We wouldn’t get along at all. Seeing a clone of myself would freak me out to much. I would have to take him out ASAP. Lol

Journal of the Scotts: Would my clone invite me to hang out? haha cause that would need to happen. I'd hang out, have a great time, and then neither would go out of their way to invite back. Story would end there.

Question of the Week

What is one moment in time you will never forget?

Stuff I Watched This Week

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies - 3 out of 5

The Office extended versions

Games I Played

Scarlet and Violet

Rabbids

Other Stuff and Things

Thanksgiving

Neck hurts

Golf

Episode 54

11/20/22

Music: “The Sun Is Dim” by Coast to Coast

Listener Feedback - what is a talent or skill you have always wanted?

Emile Nightshade: When I was a kid, I always wanted to draw comic books. The art styles and the layouts always fascinated me and I would try to redraw and replicate them when I was younger. Mind you, I was never really good at drawing, but I would spend hours on a Saturday drawing and coloring.

Richard Mincey: As a kid who grow up shooting the bow, and watching lord of the rings. I have always wanted to be able to never miss my target. Wether it’s shooting bow, throwing rocks or shooting hoops.

Kelly Daniels: We already discussed mine. Playing guitar… and now you are stuck with teaching me.

Carter Allen: Talent or skill I’ve always wanted was to be good at basketball…I’m 5’5 so hint…I’m not very good 😂 can get myself some pretty deep threes from time to time but that’s about it

Question of the Week

How well would you get along with your clone?

Stuff I Watched This Week

The Crown Season 5

Seinfeld

Games I Played

Mario vs Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Pokemon Violet

Other Stuff and Things

No heat

Treadmill and weight

Pre-bedtime wrestling

Episode 53

11/13/2022

Listener Feedback - what is life teaching you right now?

Richard Mincey - Life is teaching me friggin patience. Which I’m not a fan of unfortunately. But I do see the positives of it. Being more patient with my son let’s me better understand him, and improve our relationship. So instead of getting on to him about the little things. I’m more understanding of why he’s acting out and can better handle the situation.

Brickitect: Your business deal with the thrift store is a tricky one. I think your offer is very fair considering you will be doing all the work and the fact that all they did was receive the donation. I would list/sell a few items and document all the time you spend to determine if it is worth it. You could also take the “teach the man how to fish” route and have them give you the 50% off teach them how to list on eBay. That’s a win for everyone. Although your finds there might dry up pretty quickly once they put it all online.

Emile Nightshade: I have one specific goal that I've always thought to be just out of reach, and through hard work and perseverance, I’ll only be able to achieve said goal at a point in time that’s beyond my control. The last two weeks have taught me that there's no time like the present to get things moving in whatever direction you want your life to flow towards. The power to influence the fate of our own success in life lies in our own hands, which is a notion I find extremely empowering.

Kelly: Everything in life has set you for the path you are on therefore they are all wins. Without Emily you wouldn’t have Beckett. We wouldn’t be friends without you being a Principal. Your hardships shaped you into you. With that said, life has been teaching me to accept where life has taken me. Through all the ups, the downs and even the off road courses, I’m in a good place. You are too. Everything will turn out as it’s supposed to so there is no point in worrying about it.

Question of the Week

What is a talent or skill you have always wanted and why?

Younger Ronnie: Drawing/art and video games

Highschool Ronnie: To be absolutely irresistible to the ladies

College Ronnie: To get a job that I loved, was good at and that paid me well

Current Ronnie: To be able to build and fix anything around the house

Stuff I Watched This Week

Where the Crawdads Sing - 4 out of 5

Inside Man - 3 out of 5

Re-watching House of the Dragon

Games I Played

Mario vs Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Other Stuff and Things

Failed Pokemon opening

Hot Mulligan videos

An amazing Saturday

Episode 52

11/6/2022

Listener Feedback What is the most beautiful sound in the world?

Kelly: I’m going to have to say thunder, the most beautiful, sound is thunder. Especially on a day I can stay home and do nothing but lay around and listen to it.

Michael A: For me I love the sound of a tennis ball being bounced on a court.

Richard: You wanna know the most beautiful sound in the world. It’s when your main sewage line gets clogged. And after hours of trying to unclog it you finally here this loud suckage sound. And all the poop water goes away. That my friends is the sound of saving 400 dollars lol.

Question of the Week

What is one thing life is teaching me right now?

Stuff I Watched This Week

Inside Man

Rings of Power - 3 out of 5

Man of the Year - 2 out of 5

Pokemon Ultimate Journeys The Series

Games I Played

Fortnite Star Wars update

Other Stuff and Things

Thrift store opportunity

Hot Mulligan reaction videos

Pokemon Silver Tempest experiment and Flea market booth expansion

Episode 51

10/30/22

Listener Feedback What is the most meaningful affirmation I've ever received

Aidan H: I don’t have any specific positive affirmation that is the most meaningful to me, but I can definitely relate to holding certain people’s feedback higher than others. Back in elementary and high school we were spoon fed positive feedback but now in college it feels more rewarding getting a kudos from professors and faculty because the workload is so much more demanding.

Richard Mincey: For me it was when I was coming in super early and staying late at my job. So that we could get caught up in receiving. My manger told me he really appreciated me for the time I sacrificed for the company, and that he liked my hard work. And it kept every body from having to come in on Saturday. So my team was very thankful. Now let’s talk about dominos. Next time order a pan pizza with Alfredo sauce, bacon, and mushrooms.

Question of the Week

What is the most beautiful sound in the world?

Stuff I Watched This Week

X - 3 out of 5

House of the Dragon - 5 out of 5

The Patient - 4 out of 5

The Mole - 4 out of 5

Games I Played

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Other Stuff and Things

From Emily: In this week’s edition of how our son has scarred me for life…..

Last night I was helping him wipe his butt before he took a shower. He normally takes a bath (which is in a different bathroom) so I didn’t have wipes in there…..so I was just using toilet paper. For some weird reason, he clenched his butt cheeks and ripped the toilet paper out of my hand…….so there was pieces stuck in his buttcrack. I told him to get it out, but he was laughing too hard. So I tried to pull some of the pieces out…….and then all of the sudden he yelled “Mom why did you put your hand in my butt???????”

So then I was trying to explain that it was not IN his butt……I was trying to pull stuff out of his buttCRACK.

Pokemon buying story

Crunchy peanut butter

Sitting by the fire and reading

Episode 50

10/23/2022

Listener Feedback

Aidan: People are most surprised about my music choice as well. I am a huge Machine Gun Kelly fan, but I also jam out to Harry Styles (weird combo I know haha).

Richard: Yeah people are shocked when I tell them I had to, give myself self a pep talk before going to a event. I’m always awkward at first but once I get comfortable. I become the funny awesome guy that has a good time.

Emile: People are mostly surprised to learn that English isn't my first language, since I do not have a heavy accent like most South Africans do.

Journal of the Scotts: Yea, I surprise folks when I tell them I have introverted tendencies. Im not as high on the spectrum and fake it pretty well these days😀 but my mom is outgoing nurturer and my dad is clear white. So I ended up as a nice mix.

Carter: Not to blow smoke up my ass but I’ve always been told I’m good with kids and I feel like it comes off as surprising to people but I don’t know why

Kelly: People are often surprised to find out that I hate country music 💁🏻‍♀️ no one ever expects punk or rock. They always expect me to BE country and I don’t consider myself anything. I’m well rounded, I guess.

Slippery Bricks: You forgot me buddy! But nah it's fine I'm usually the kind that lurks on the side and unnoticeable.  I'm the supporting role in a movie than the main character which I prefer. That makes me believe I'm white. Only one way to find out. Keep you posted. Introverts unite!

Question of the Week

What is one of the most meaningful affirmations you have ever received?

-EdTech Academy promotion one year later

Stuff I Watched This Week

Barry Season 3 - 4 out of 5

Rings of Power, House of Dragons, The Patient, The Mole

Games I Played

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Other Stuff and Things

The best chain pizza

Reading and fire pitting

Apple watch maybe if i don’t cover it earlier