I, for one, am fascinated by both canning and tea. It's what I've been doing since I was little. Also, that Sherlock purr cured my headache. He's such a cute little (huge) baby :3 I'm glad your phone worked in the end! I'll be off now to check Christmas with Cox :D
Yep when I was small I got this Barbie doll that was cake scented, swear whenever I come across it, despite it being like 20 years old, it still smells like cake! Very nostalgic haha
Sherlock is so precious. Makes me miss my cat who I lost last xmas, right before new years eve. Snuggled with him all holiday until he passed away. Remember to give your cats love everyone!
The shocking is the static discharge coming from your sweater that it built up and is discharging to the copper coils in the headphones through to your computers ground/earth, any headphones will do that is close enough to your skin.
Dodger, Those headphones are propably shocking you because of electrostatic discharge. Wearing that sweater can do that to you and the fastest route to ground yourself is through those headphones. You could try grounding yourself by touching for example your pc case, a radiator (since all metallic plumbing are grounded) before using the headphones.
This hasn't been boring, hearing about your day-to-day life and thoughts is why we watch! The fact that you're down to earth about vlogging is what's so appealing.
Fun cat fact you may not know (or maybe do IDK) : cats do the head bonk/rub thing with someone/other pets when they accept them as part of the family. They're marking them with the family scent. Typically it's done mainly by the dominant male, but other cats may do it too.
I used to help my mother can when I was a kid, we'd do mostly fruits and vegetables since we'd make our tomato sauce as needed from our own canned tomatoes. A really big hit though was home-made apple sauce and pickle relish. They're super easy to make and so yummy.
11:37 Sherlok's look : Hey Sam, you watching this? I got her all to myself for the evening, you better let me join in on the bed tonight or you'll be sleeping on the couch. I mean, cats are evil tsunderes, so yes.
These are the vlogs I love to see most. Just a person I adore hearing from, talking about their day and what's goin' on without it being all about super exciting things. It's very chill and incredibly relaxing. Also, cute kitty snugs are always a big bonus to a happy new vlog. :3
Watched this one over breakfast with my toddler. After the Sherlock smootches at the end, toddler decided his stuffed black kitty is now named Sherlock and has been cuddling it all morning, haha!
That blinking oven clock! It made me actually avoid looking at the screen during that part of the video. Never had that before and had me laugh at myself :D
Based on my experience on electrics. if your headphones shock you, your computer or office have groundloop problem/s that can lead to something lite a 60V floating potential diffrence betwn your computerchassie (and headphoneframe and menbrane) to say the floor (thru you). if its in the computerm try a diffrent powersupply. if its in the office wallpower use a 1:1 transformer to seperate your setup to a separte groundplane. i have taken apart those headphones and changed leads a couple of times and there is noting that can shock you other then grounding issues. the audisignas are only about 5V. grounding issues are common with built computers in large quantaties. hope you find a soulution.
For the canning issues you can use a tea towel in the bottom of the pot or you can get a pressure cooker which almost always comes with the rack you wanted.
I had a phone that kept restarting at the most inopportune times. I got to be lost in downtown Chicago while sick, alone, and carrying heavy bags. Fun times :D
Eyeliner(with my extremely little experience with makeup) is extremely resistant to leaving your face. During high school we, guys, had to put eyeliner on for musicals. After every performance I would go home and use a makeup remover and it would usually have little to no effect
I had the same exact issues with my iPhone 7 and it was stressing me out too. I updated my phone a few days ago, glad you figured it out for yourself too.
Hey doogs, you don't have to submerge the jars completely, - if you just fill up a sterilized jug, you can use that to pour into sterilized jars on a wire rack - thats what my family has always done and its worked for years
The mesh thing you describe sounds a lot like the thing I use to keep hops from touching the bottom of the pot. It´s used for homebrewing, so get one of those, and also start hombrewing :)
Tip for eyeliner removal: use a teeny tiny dap of a gentle lotion and massage it around your eyelid. Last step, take a soft cloth and wipe slowly downward (less chance of getting it in your eye.)
Ah, the Happy Holiday flavored tea, smells like a childhood toy, nostalgia. And whence the holidays were still precious and delightful. Hence the name.
I can never get all my eyeliner or mascara off either. I don’t even use waterproof. I’ve never understood it, cause it looks like it’s all gone and then in the morning it’s under my eyes again!
"Rooibos is an herb native to South Africa that isn’t even a true “tea” at all. Rather, it’s a plant that when harvested and dried can be brewed into a reddish-brown herbal infusion dubbed “African red tea” or “red bush tea” by the tea industry." - People who know more about tea than I do.
Rooibos is pronounced 'Roy-bos'. Its a south african tea. Its literal translation from Afrikaans is Red bush tea. Enjoy 😊 its certainly an acquired taste teehee
I actually prefer rooibos, but it needs to be made correctly, which is why I always rather make it myself. If you let the tea saturate the water and make a strong tea out of it, it will taste like garbage no matter how much sugar you add in it, in that case it is most definitely an acquired taste and I would recommend tossing that shit away and make a new cup. Water needs to be light red and not dark red; absolute worst idea to make a tea pot out of it. If you do it right then all you need is 1-2 teaspoon (depending on taste) of sugar and it is perfect. Also like with coffee, getting the good brands will also help with getting a better taste
Oh strange, I love rooibos and I let it seep for the entire time that I drink it! Imo if you take it out when the water is only slightly red it doesn't taste like anything - and making a pot of it is amazing! Just add a little honey and you've got the perfect mild sweet tea without the bitter taste of normal black tea :)
How dare you... Afrikaans was totally not known as being Kitchen Dutch while we where a British colony, how rude to say it is just a dialect of Dutch :P
The trick to saying rooibos correctly is saying it quickly and under your breath. Also when I think of toys with smell I think of like the odd sweet plastic smell like glow worms dolls or something.
Eventide I definitely favor tea with a great aroma in general over the taste- my favorite tea with chocolate usually have a strong chocolate smell but a faint aftertaste. And with the chai tea its not super sweet and artificial, its just rich and spicy. There's also a chocolate orange tea I really like, that one smells incredible too.
For me it’s usually my mascara that does that to me! I swear that I have got all of it off, only to find a bit later that I definitely haven’t. It is such a pain!
I have hyperX headphones that I took to work, they shock me all of the time. I always assume it's because my blanket is like making me all static-y or whatever. Idk... But yes, I feel you
Not sure what toy would smell like a tea? But I know I had this little doll once, about the size of a hand, that smelled like strawberries. Maybe there was another flavor of that doll that smelled like orange berries or whatever they would put in Christmas tea.
I for one am interested about hearing about your phone xD and I'm glad for that you didn't end up getting a new phone due to that bug. I work with tech support, lol. And I've seen that issue when the screen goes black, then shows a spinning circle, and there is a specific fix for it in the 11.2.X update. I've had some people who actually got new phones for it, an issue which just an update could have fixed. :P
You sniffed that tea so much I felt I could smell it vicariously through you lol. Honestly I have that same problem with waterproof eyeliner. Hope you're feeling better Doogs, ginger is good for stomach issues too!
When you were going over the teas, the one that you couldn't say is pronounced "Roy-boss" (I don't know how to spell the tea's name but my mom has had that tea many times before so I have heard her say the name many times)
I used to have Beats headphones and I stopped using them because after about an hour my ears would get really sore! Shame because the sound is great but man they suck comfort wise.
Chocolate tea is actually surprisingly good??? I got some chocolate chai from the company I get my loose leaf from and was pleasantly surprised by it. (Also tea is never boring)
Dooger. It wasn't boring. I'd love to hear more about your tea and phone problems. #relatable xD
I could propably just sit and watch Dodger talk about mugs for and hour and be entertained.
Did she tell us if the tea was good or not? :P i want so badly to know XD
Nope. :p Me toooo...
I do feel like people who watch this generally like it because it goes into stuff like that...
I agree, the Vlogmas videos are so nice and cozy. I love that they have little to no music and you can listen to the quiet with Dodger's voice :3
I, for one, am fascinated by both canning and tea. It's what I've been doing since I was little.
Also, that Sherlock purr cured my headache. He's such a cute little (huge) baby :3
I'm glad your phone worked in the end! I'll be off now to check Christmas with Cox :D
Yep when I was small I got this Barbie doll that was cake scented, swear whenever I come across it, despite it being like 20 years old, it still smells like cake! Very nostalgic haha
Sherlock is so precious. Makes me miss my cat who I lost last xmas, right before new years eve. Snuggled with him all holiday until he passed away. Remember to give your cats love everyone!
condolences :( at least you were with him his last days.....your angel watches over you.
A jarring episode.
TheLettuceGuy look, bad puns are a terrible way to preserve you dignity
Can it, that was great.
She has smaller cans guys.
At least she's not just phoning it in!
TheLettuceGuy She is so ajarable
The shocking is the static discharge coming from your sweater that it built up and is discharging to the copper coils in the headphones through to your computers ground/earth, any headphones will do that is close enough to your skin.
Hope you feel better soon Dodger. I godda say tho, I was thoroughly confused by your canning explanation.
Can I just say that I wasn't bored? Most of her day is relatable so not boring. Plus Sherlock is such a cute floof.
Don't ever worry about coming off as boring. I love watching you just mill around and being comfortable.
You're never boring. You are utterly precious & lovely, shine with your positivity to everyone around you!
I hope you feel better soon!
Dodger, Those headphones are propably shocking you because of electrostatic discharge. Wearing that sweater can do that to you and the fastest route to ground yourself is through those headphones. You could try grounding yourself by touching for example your pc case, a radiator (since all metallic plumbing are grounded) before using the headphones.
sonofkikkoman Either that or their is a fault in the device which she is using which should definitely be checked out as it can be a serious problem
Yeah, I don't think normal electrical appliances should not have built-in grounding.
This hasn't been boring, hearing about your day-to-day life and thoughts is why we watch! The fact that you're down to earth about vlogging is what's so appealing.
Fun cat fact you may not know (or maybe do IDK) : cats do the head bonk/rub thing with someone/other pets when they accept them as part of the family. They're marking them with the family scent. Typically it's done mainly by the dominant male, but other cats may do it too.
I used to help my mother can when I was a kid, we'd do mostly fruits and vegetables since we'd make our tomato sauce as needed from our own canned tomatoes. A really big hit though was home-made apple sauce and pickle relish. They're super easy to make and so yummy.
Listening to Dooger for 10 minutes talking about cans and jars is the thing i need every day.
Hey i think it's 6:54
6:54
6:54
HOLY SHIT. I JUST REALIZED THAT THE TIME STAMP OF THE JOKE I'M MAKING MATCHES WITH THE TIME FLASHING ON THE STOVE.
ILLUMINATI
Im sure it is Dodger trolling
11:37 Sherlok's look : Hey Sam, you watching this? I got her all to myself for the evening, you better let me join in on the bed tonight or you'll be sleeping on the couch.
I mean, cats are evil tsunderes, so yes.
Yan Tse I mean it's a known fact that her number one boy is totally Sherlock XD
These are the vlogs I love to see most. Just a person I adore hearing from, talking about their day and what's goin' on without it being all about super exciting things. It's very chill and incredibly relaxing. Also, cute kitty snugs are always a big bonus to a happy new vlog. :3
Please set your stove clock! Seeing it blink is killing me.
I love how affectionate your cats are! I've had one cat and he was only nice to me when he wanted something.
Watched this one over breakfast with my toddler. After the Sherlock smootches at the end, toddler decided his stuffed black kitty is now named Sherlock and has been cuddling it all morning, haha!
Look up the episode of Good Eats about canning - Alton Brown has a way to individually get handles on cans without a canning tray!
That blinking oven clock! It made me actually avoid looking at the screen during that part of the video. Never had that before and had me laugh at myself :D
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. I mean, I loved all the previous ones too, but I especially enjoyed this one.
isn't going to target and buying canning stuff considered as "you" time? I think it does!
Based on my experience on electrics. if your headphones shock you, your computer or office have groundloop problem/s that can lead to something lite a 60V floating potential diffrence betwn your computerchassie (and headphoneframe and menbrane) to say the floor (thru you). if its in the computerm try a diffrent powersupply. if its in the office wallpower use a 1:1 transformer to seperate your setup to a separte groundplane. i have taken apart those headphones and changed leads a couple of times and there is noting that can shock you other then grounding issues. the audisignas are only about 5V. grounding issues are common with built computers in large quantaties.
hope you find a soulution.
Yeah , if it's not just static discharge; could be something bad with equipment or wiring which could be kind of dangerous.
Boy, this episode was action packed! didn't expect how action packed it'd be! Not a dull moment! Whoa~!
For the canning issues you can use a tea towel in the bottom of the pot or you can get a pressure cooker which almost always comes with the rack you wanted.
I had a phone that kept restarting at the most inopportune times. I got to be lost in downtown Chicago while sick, alone, and carrying heavy bags. Fun times :D
Eyeliner(with my extremely little experience with makeup) is extremely resistant to leaving your face. During high school we, guys, had to put eyeliner on for musicals. After every performance I would go home and use a makeup remover and it would usually have little to no effect
I had the same exact issues with my iPhone 7 and it was stressing me out too. I updated my phone a few days ago, glad you figured it out for yourself too.
love lime popsicles they really are refreshing. Those teas sound divine. I'd love to get some for my hubby.
Hey doogs, you don't have to submerge the jars completely, - if you just fill up a sterilized jug, you can use that to pour into sterilized jars on a wire rack - thats what my family has always done and its worked for years
The mesh thing you describe sounds a lot like the thing I use to keep hops from touching the bottom of the pot. It´s used for homebrewing, so get one of those, and also start hombrewing :)
Don't worry about being boring. These are actually kinda cathartic.
You are the greatest vlogger of all time. This world is not ready for your vlogs
Tip for eyeliner removal: use a teeny tiny dap of a gentle lotion and massage it around your eyelid. Last step, take a soft cloth and wipe slowly downward (less chance of getting it in your eye.)
Ah, the Happy Holiday flavored tea, smells like a childhood toy, nostalgia. And whence the holidays were still precious and delightful. Hence the name.
Rooibos tea is very delicious. I drink it all the time and it's very calming.
Sherlock and Watson are so adorable!! I have a Sherlock kitty too and it makes me so happy 💜💜💜
Thanks for finding this year's Xmas sweater for me! Your cat one is the most perfect!!!
I think it's the low humidity, the Santa Anas, they cause static electricity to build up. Getting zapped by my car the past week or so.
Best video yet, because it was about you and no one else.
Its Rue(like the little flower, or girl off hungergames)-Bosh(like the tool company) and that tea helps bad stomachs
That mug looks amazing! Also awww Sherlock is adorable!
If Dodger only realized her nasally voice near the end was signs of the sickness to come 😷
Whoa, I have that same knight's helm mug. I've never seen anyone else who has it... rad!
In this episode of Vlogmas; Dodger smells tea for 5 minutes, and some quality cat cam 👌
I can never get all my eyeliner or mascara off either. I don’t even use waterproof. I’ve never understood it, cause it looks like it’s all gone and then in the morning it’s under my eyes again!
I have a 5s and my phone was running awfully until I updated it, too! Not as badly as yours, but I was getting preeeeetty saltywith it.
Would be pretty rad if you did a mini canning series. I’m very intrigued by it. Family used to can pickles when I was little.
The flashing clock on the oven may be triggering me...
Also, Canton Tea do a lovely chocolate and vanilla black tea. Really good on cold days.
My iPhone 6 did the exact same thing last week. It was resetting every 5-10 seconds and the update fixed it.
these vlogs are the high point of my day. Keep em coming doogs :D
✋ always, always lingering eye liner. And even when I think I do a great job, maybe a good ol double wash, it still creeps back.
I would totally watch a cooking/canning video from you!
We love hearing about the mundane! Christmas is honestly about the joy of hearing people talk about nothing for hours, isn't it?
Day 17: thank you dodger for letting us know where to find Christmas with jox now I can watch beautiful jesse for Christmas ❤💚❤
I had the same problem with eye makeup until I started using a cold cream instead of makeup remover. Works like a charm! :D
The Rooibos tea is naturally sweet and delicious. I've had some from a different brand and it was excellent.
"Rooibos is an herb native to South Africa that isn’t even a true “tea” at all. Rather, it’s a plant that when harvested and dried can be brewed into a reddish-brown herbal infusion dubbed “African red tea” or “red bush tea” by the tea industry." - People who know more about tea than I do.
Vlogmas makes me so happy, thanks for sharing!
Rooibos is pronounced 'Roy-bos'. Its a south african tea. Its literal translation from Afrikaans is Red bush tea. Enjoy 😊 its certainly an acquired taste teehee
Redbush is a generic herbal tea though? It's not an acquired taste at all...
I actually prefer rooibos, but it needs to be made correctly, which is why I always rather make it myself. If you let the tea saturate the water and make a strong tea out of it, it will taste like garbage no matter how much sugar you add in it, in that case it is most definitely an acquired taste and I would recommend tossing that shit away and make a new cup. Water needs to be light red and not dark red; absolute worst idea to make a tea pot out of it. If you do it right then all you need is 1-2 teaspoon (depending on taste) of sugar and it is perfect. Also like with coffee, getting the good brands will also help with getting a better taste
And Afrikaans is a heavy dialect of Dutch :p
Oh strange, I love rooibos and I let it seep for the entire time that I drink it! Imo if you take it out when the water is only slightly red it doesn't taste like anything - and making a pot of it is amazing! Just add a little honey and you've got the perfect mild sweet tea without the bitter taste of normal black tea :)
How dare you... Afrikaans was totally not known as being Kitchen Dutch while we where a British colony, how rude to say it is just a dialect of Dutch :P
The trick to saying rooibos correctly is saying it quickly and under your breath.
Also when I think of toys with smell I think of like the odd sweet plastic smell like glow worms dolls or something.
i watch dodger vlogs bc i dont care what shes doing, i just like hearing about it. lazy days are also good
Chocolate tea is AMAZING! A chocolate mint chai tea is among my favorite blends.
Eventide I definitely favor tea with a great aroma in general over the taste- my favorite tea with chocolate usually have a strong chocolate smell but a faint aftertaste. And with the chai tea its not super sweet and artificial, its just rich and spicy. There's also a chocolate orange tea I really like, that one smells incredible too.
Eventide thats understandable! There is so much variety in tea and everyone has such different tastes, it's really interesting to me :)
The kitty scene at the end was super cute
this vlog was great. It wasn't "boring". I look forward to these kind of vlogs and all the other vlogs too!
For me it’s usually my mascara that does that to me! I swear that I have got all of it off, only to find a bit later that I definitely haven’t. It is such a pain!
You'll like the Rooibis tea Dodger, it's pretty festive for Christmas time
Biting ice-cream? My teeth hurt just watching it...
Artibius Yea me too. My teeth are super sensitive, that would have killed me >.
It's the only way!
The "thing in the bottom" of the pressure cooker is a trivet - just like when you are roasting something, Dodger.
Oops - didn't listen long enough. My mom called it a "canning basket", but I have no idea if that is the correct term or not..
I have hyperX headphones that I took to work, they shock me all of the time. I always assume it's because my blanket is like making me all static-y or whatever. Idk... But yes, I feel you
I was going to say you need to update your phone to fix it. I had the same issue.
Great vlogmas episode. I'm glad the phone issue is resolved. I'll have to try me some lime pops.
Not sure what toy would smell like a tea? But I know I had this little doll once, about the size of a hand, that smelled like strawberries. Maybe there was another flavor of that doll that smelled like orange berries or whatever they would put in Christmas tea.
11:30 WE LOVE GETTING TO SEE SHERLOCK! YES WE DO!
Who's a good little kitty-widdy!?!?
I for one am interested about hearing about your phone xD and I'm glad for that you didn't end up getting a new phone due to that bug. I work with tech support, lol. And I've seen that issue when the screen goes black, then shows a spinning circle, and there is a specific fix for it in the 11.2.X update. I've had some people who actually got new phones for it, an issue which just an update could have fixed. :P
doogs you are adorable
You are not alone in your eyeliner woes. I feel like mascara/eyeliner is just really hard to get rid of completely.
Ah, you had the soft reset issue in iOS 11.1.1 and 11.1.2 most likely!
rooibos is awesome. also, im rewatching Friends too, almost every Christmas :D
Holy cow. My OCD is triggered by your oven time blinking. I will set it for you and Sam!
You sniffed that tea so much I felt I could smell it vicariously through you lol. Honestly I have that same problem with waterproof eyeliner.
Hope you're feeling better Doogs, ginger is good for stomach issues too!
but the question that never goes away is: "Are you returnable bag ready?"
Yo doogers! Where'd you get that mug? That is an awesome flipping mug!
Maybe like when you're dying eggs for Easter or when you're steaming vegetables? A similar grate or whatever to that?
That looping issue with the iphone seemed to me very much like planned obselecence. "Hey we have a new phone, dont u wanna get rid of this old thing?"
Insteas of using water to get rid of eyeliner, try using oil or Vaseline. It makes it easier to wipe off.
When you were going over the teas, the one that you couldn't say is pronounced "Roy-boss" (I don't know how to spell the tea's name but my mom has had that tea many times before so I have heard her say the name many times)
dodger in a pinch put lids in the bottom of the pot you are using for canning
Otherwise they sell the baskets inside of the black canning pots.
I used to have Beats headphones and I stopped using them because after about an hour my ears would get really sore! Shame because the sound is great but man they suck comfort wise.
that escalator cam was strangely satisfying
Okay but learning about canning was pretty fascinating
Dodger is a great conductor confirmed
Dodger I have the same problem removing my eyeliner!
God I love doogers voice at 10.28
I know it’s weird but I got really excited when dodger started talking about canning. Can we get a farming skills with Dodger show?
Sometimes a certain smell will take me back to when I was young. How come I'm never able to identify where it's coming from?
So you're saying Apple basically forced you into getting an update? How nice of them ruining your product. Neat!
Chocolate tea is actually surprisingly good??? I got some chocolate chai from the company I get my loose leaf from and was pleasantly surprised by it. (Also tea is never boring)