Thanks, Todd and Effie, for your links, which were really interesting and pleasant diversions.

Todd, I am glad to hear that you finally got your SSDI and I hope now that you have it, that particular stress about the future has been alleviated. I was happy to be able to help you. I always believed that you would be able to get it eventually if you hung in there, but didn’t know when.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, all. Stay safe.

Nina

From: UTS <uts-bounces@starmanet.com> On Behalf Of Todd Andrews
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2020 12:50 AM
To: Under The Stars <uts@starmanet.com>
Subject: [UTS] Missing Effie's annual decorated tree photos + brief personal news

Hi All,

I went looking for something to satisfy my "itch" for the holidays and stumbled across a few interesting videos that I thought I'd share.

This shows what's possible using lots of low-power LED-type lights attached to a private residence:

2020 Christmas Light Show (about 3 min)

And this is even more amazing to me -- precision drone choreography. Drones in 3D space! Not a projection!

200 drones light up sky for Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival (about 5 min)

Biggest drone display ever! - Guinness World Records (about 2 min)

Enjoy!

A brief update: As of a letter I got dated Jul 6, 2020, the judge presiding over my Social Security Disability Income hearing on Jun 17, 2020 fully approved my claim. I heard sooner than I expected -- only three weeks -- but was told to expect it could be months or even longer than a year. Many, many thanks to Nina -- there's no way I could have navigated the bureaucracy as well as I did without your help!

My neck issues continue to slowly worsen (as expected) but I can still mostly take care of myself.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone!

Stay safe,

Todd