Thursday, June 17, 2025

Still no weight though I found the scale. My plan is to fess up tomorrow morning after 2 days of regular eating. The fish and chips, High Tea, and travel food the last few days of the trip made me worried. I'm going to weigh Mr Justice too as the ruff around his neck seems to have increased in size. Apparently that's where his excess weight settles LOL.

Speaking of Justice, he had a couple of fun adventures yesterday. He was sleeping on the deck with me in the afternoon and suddenly woke up to another dog staring at us who Justice chased out of the yard. Turns out it was the next door neighbor's dog as she came over to apologize profusely. Very nice person and the dogs ended up sniffing each other enthusiastically with their tails wagging. The woman complemented the house and commented that it was looking really good lately. It really is! Will take a picture after the driveway gets redone.

The other excitement for Justice is that he also chased a coyote. Good thing they run fast and he gives up the chase relatively quickly. There are a lot of healthy coyotes around and they don't like confrontation at all. After the next few days that stuff will largely go away as we are having the back yard fenced in and they start today.

DS, DD, and DSIL are visiting this weekend arriving tomorrow. We are looking forward to it. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Have a thrilling Thursday!

Your house is experiencing the wife affect! It's good to hear you are having the backyard fenced. Although Justice showed that coyote a thing or two, its probably best he not tangle with them in the future.

I hope your eventual weigh in brings good news for both you and Justice.

Yesterday's rain brought a cold front. It dropped into the high 50s yesterday after a string of 90 degree days. This morning is beautiful and sunny, but more like a perfect fall day than a mid July today. Too cold for the porch this morning.

It is blissfully quiet here this morning. Having an unexpected visit from Aussie sister and her DH was delightful, but I don't mind being alone right now. And BFFs son, my adopted nephew is right where he should be in his current crisis. He is the perfect guest, loading the dishwasher, leaves the bathroom in pristine condition, quiet as a mouse when he leaves for work at dawn. So I don't in any way resent his presence, but it does require more energy from DH and me.

I've drank all the tea, read the daily paper. My muscles aren't getting any stronger sitting here in my reading chair, so it's time to get going to Planet Fitness and get on with the rest of the day.

Company is great but so is quiet time. Weird when you have drastic fluctuations in temperature isn't it? It is very hot and humid here but the humidity is actually dropping from what it was this morning. Tomorrow should be quite nice, but still warm.

122.4, time for some pizza!

Bible study went well today. I?m still leading the group. No idea when our regular leader will be able to return. I?m not minding it at all though. Good practice for leading a group in FL if I?m so called!

DH and I went to the Botanical Gardens after lunch. Roses dying off but lilies and zinnia in full bloom plus a bunch of others that I can?t identify without my plant app.

DD is right, crazy weather here. It was only 60 when I left for Bible study this morning. Absolutely felt like a Fall day!

Funny that DD mentioned the wife effect on the compliment on your Cape home Liz . I was thinking the same thing! Why do little dogs think they can take on big animals like Coyotes? Bella chased a doe with her fawn once and I was so afraid she was going to get kicked by mama deer! A fence does seem in order!

Wood fired grilled pizza with DH and DC tonight! Looking forward to it! Might need to eat ice cream later to get my daily calorie total up. Oh darn! That is the one sweet treat that still draws me in! I can easily pass on cakes, cookies and pies but ice cream and right now Gardettos snack mix are calling my name! I love the garlic chips the most in the mix so buy an extra bag of just them and mix it in!

My exercise routine has been almost non existent the last week. Will try and remedy that tomorrow!

Sounds like you do need some more calories. Enjoy that pizza and ice cream!

Most of what DH has done to the house has been his idea, but I add tweaks. Like painting the doors after the new siding went on, adding a whale number plate and a board with whales above the garage with the same color as the doors, adding a whale doorknocker, replacing the old pinkish adirondack chairs on the porch with blue ones in keeping with the door colors, planting flowers and trailing greens in a large planter at the front door. But he does the lawn which is quite lush in the front and mulches all the hydrangea beds (the house is surrounded by hydrangea bushes and grasses).

Sounds like the perfect Cape Cod Cottage!

It's the details that really make the difference! And you are a pro at the details!

Greetings all

It's a mixed day here but plenty warm for me. Due to guest and gallery chores I have gotten behind in studio stuff so I did some catching up with that today. There is always something to attend to business wise. Today it is a new debit card for the studio bank account due to some attempted fraud. Ergo; hand the task off to Diane. So be it.

Also stopped for dog food at the pet store as our dogs eat this boutique dog food. And there was a quick trip to the grocery for a couple of items at which time a bottle of A and W root beer forced its way into my cart. it is a summer treat.

So Liz, Justice has a neighbor dog friend. Good deal. Maybe you have a new friend too! Beware of those coyotes. They are known to kill small dogs and cats. When my brother lived in Oceanside there was a coyote den found that had a number of little collars in it. And yep, you are refining the house there and it sounds lovely. Hydrangeas rule.

Glad you had a nice visit DD with Aussie sister. Fun. But agreed, there is nothing quite like having the house to yourself if only because you can walk around in underwear. Theoretically anyway. Lucky you had a slow cooker dinner to offer.

CC nice that you got a new couch. Comfort rules.

Paula I bet you do a great job leading bible study. There will likely always be a position for you doing that no matter where you go. Pizza and ice cream!! Sounds good.

Shrimp last night and more tonight.

So we have been watching this series Ginny and Georgette. It is mainly about being a teenage girl of mixed race and her single mother who was only 15 when the girl was born. So it is teenage stuff plus a slowly revealed back story. Good show. We also like the Buccaneers which is a show about young wealthy women from New York who go to England to seek husbands with titles. Set at the turn of the century so it has all the fancy clothes and such.

Diane S

Will have to check out those shows. They sound like there are no aliens or zombies in them.

Well, I forgot to press submit on this post this morning, so it is hours old....LOL

It's a lovely, quiet morning here, too! Sun is shining, the air is cool as we are having below normal temps. It only got up to 79 here yesterday. For me this is PERFECT weather - warm enough for shorts, a tank/tee, and flip flops, but not at all hot.

200.4 this morning. Shot day today... Did not get to the gym yesterday. Something had to give, and I chose that. That just means I will go tomorrow, which is fine.

I have a show dog client today. I worked on him last week, so today it should not be physically draining, but still time consuming. It will be more finishing work, which, while time consuming, is fun. It's sculpting with hair.

Still not managing to get all my "chores" done, but I realize I am CHOOSING to spend a lot of time relaxing... I spend time on and off throughout the day sitting down to read on line, check email, play word games, etc... I'm sure if I cut back on screen time, I'd get more done. Food for thought. But then again, I am adjusting to my new normal. wink, wink... Here's what I did yesterday:

Got up, coffeed, morning computer time, fed dogs,... Puppy client at 10; Vet appointment for Lulu at 12:15; ate lunch; 3 pm: Visit with dad followed by Costco and Trader Joes; 6 pm: Trimmed Blitz until about 8. Then fed dogs, cooked dinner and watched TV. Went to bed around 12:50am. Got up 7:30ish.

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6:30 pm now... Show dog client took arrived at 11 and about 3 1/2 hours. We had lunch afterwards, which was pleasant. I got to the gym around 4:10, got an ab, arm, and chest workout done by about 5:20, ran to the post office and here I am. Have to work on Buster for a bit and then get dinner on the table. Until tomorrow, my friends.