Sunday, September 7, 2025

No weight as we stayed at DSD's home last night. Good thing as 3 (small) apple cider donuts were consumed.

Nice dinner with DD and DSIL last night. They are updating their kitchen, dining room and bathroom on a limited budget and making some good choices. What a difference already! They laid vinyl planking over linoleum, pulled down old paneling in the dining room, and painted the walls in all the rooms. New vanity and painting the bathtub. DD wants to host Christmas dinner at her house which is what is energizing the effort. She is a bit more than one week out from surgery so is just supervising but she looks really good.

This morning it is raining but the bus will leave for breakfast shortly. We are staying at DSD's home until mid-afternoon when we leave for the wake which is on our way back to the Cape house. Justice is staying here while we go to Maine for the next few days so we will swing back by here on Thursday to pick him up.

Enjoy your last day in Scotland DD!

Paula, when do you go house hunting in Florida? I just looked back in my calendar and we flew to Florida 3.5 weeks after my tummy-tuck to close on my previous Florida home.

Have a superb Sunday!

We fly out on September 21. Pretty close to what your time line was!

Greetings all

Big sun today. I went to the gym and did my walking including the stairs. I am slowly resolving that I will never actually like any kind of exercise but can at least tolerate a minimal amount that is essential. I have sort of short stubby legs and my stride is short. Always has been. I read today that a mile is about 2000 steps. Not for me. 8/10 of a mile is about 3000 steps. Oh well, another thing to whine about.

So yesterday was a nice DH birthday. The lemon cake was excellent. Light and fluffy. We did not get the banana sorbet made. Tonight maybe. I indulged DH by watching The Gorge with him. Not as horrible as I expected - an action thriller with explosions and slimy zombie like creatures. Dinner was some taquitos that said "Beefy Taquitos" on the box. Got them home only to discover they are vegan! I feel so deceived. But they were not horrible. Quiche tonight. Our football team won big time and we watched more sci fi. So all is good.

Went to the studio and did some glazing. One of the cranky glass people was lurking about so I avoided that.

Liz so cool that DD and her husband are fixing up the place for holidays! That will be fun. Glad she is recovering well.

Keep on healing Paula.

The naked lady lilies are blooming big time. The harbinger of the end of summer. The sweet peas finally decided to bloom but they are underwhelming.

Diane S.

Yeah, short legs stink for walking and for having any reasonable height to reach things on shelves.

I really don't like exercise on machines either as I find it super boring. Group classes and walking outside (especially the latter) are the only things I am willing to keep doing. That's why I don't pursue the "personal trainer" thing.

LOL on vegan "Beefy" taquitos.

202 today

Dog show weekend is done... Overall good results, two group 4s, a group 2 and today a group 1. Buster earned 90 owner handled points this weekend. He has 4 more show days left before the end of the Owner Handled year (mid September to the next mid September). Would be nice to rack up a good number of points to keep the #2 dog at bay.

While at dinner tonight, feeling a bit tuckered out, I thought how civilized it is that I get to REST tomorrow instead of start a new school week. Such a fantastically liberating thought!!!!

Liz, your record keeping, list making, organizational ability is mind boggling to me. The fact that you can look at your calendar from years gone by to check something like when you flew to Florida to close on your house and how many weeks that was after your tummy tuck.... A -fugging-mazing!

Paula, how goes recovery?

DD, hope your last day in Scotland is even more wonderful than the days you've already had. BTW, I loved the Gates of Iona post you made on FB.

Diane S., I am curious to hear about how it goes with the Creami. I was gifted one by Auntie Kathryn. She won a brand new one in a raffle. She bequeathed me her original. I have not used it yet, so I'm looking forward to your report.

Oh... I bought THC/CBN gummies at the brand new dispensary that opened just across the street from the dog show grounds. With a new customer discount combined with the weekly Sunday discount, we got 25% off everything in the place. I am now well stocked with sleep aids for at least 6-8 weeks depending on how strong a dose I wish to take. Yee haw! Sounder sleep, hear I come!

I only have easy access to that kind of information because EVERYTHING is on my computer. I worked in IT related roles for years so went paperless a long time ago.

Congratulations on Buster's success!