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Greetings all

Typical summer day here which started foggy and now is sunny. Scrabble first and I won two but lost to the Shark. Only by a little. He is just so good and is dictionary of weird words. Skipped out on the studio as I need to get it in gear with washing and chores for our upcoming guest. DH has in fact cleared out the back bedroom. I am not sure where all this stuff has gone. Quite a bit was empty boxes but I am still worried I have not found his latest junk stash...,

Wow that is a long walk Liz. I bet there were lots of cool shops and places to look in. Glad the flamenco was good - so classic. And yeah so continental to do stuff late Years ago I remember being in Paris with two people who grew up on a farm. They were annoyed when they could not eat dinner at 5 pm becuase no place was open. But jeepers - 2am is the early bus?

DD I bet you have a sleep deficit so you need some naps. Isn't it great to have unstructured time? The birds here have been pretty vocal as well. Nice. And exercise is better when it is leisurely and not a crammed in chore. In fact everything is better on one's own time,.

Well Peps, so face first. Waiting until new year seems like a good idea though maybe that was not your choice. And hey I spend morning time with coffee on the computer. It is fun.

CC have a safe flight. Glad Kirby is tidy. Cleaned up so he can get muddy in the lake. Flagstaff is pretty far isn't it? Quite the distance for medical stuff.

Hamburgers tonight. Now I need to go start the laundry which seems endless. We have all kinds of sheets and covers over the sectional due to dogs and they all need washing.

Diane S

203.2 - So the water weight gone, it seems to me I really only gained about a pound over my 18 days of travel. That is a huge win for me. That has never been my norm - even post VSG.

Liz, you are a great travel adventurer! I love that you just get out there and GO! My brother is like that, too. I am less so. While Ron and I went off to the Hungarian countryside to see the horse exposition, my brother walked around Budapest exploring. I thought that was pretty cool.

DD, I still want to know - front porch or back porch for your reading and lattes??? I'm glad you are finding your flow. I am not sure I am finding my flow yet. I think I am spending a little too much time in the morning with coffee and the computer. But that's okay. I will find my flow soon enough. Maybe this will be it - Super leisurely mornings with most errands run in the late morning and afternoon???

PS consult was pretty much what I thought it would. He broke it into face work and body work. He suggested to start with what is most important. I decided face is first. (Ron was surprised I chose face before getting rid of the loose skin on my waist and belly, which then made me question my own priority.) One thing that was great for me was the surgeon's remark about the skin on my torso, arms. He told me that he was shocked by how well my skin responded to the weight loss. He said my skin had great "snap back". He understood my want to get the tummy tuck. He works out, so he gets it. He said, "Oh, yeah. You've got obliques under that fold. I can see them. I can see why you want that to show. I like my core work to show, too." I go under the knife on January 7, 2026. Deposit is paid. I think I'm doing basically what Liz had done at about the same age, if memory serves me: neck and lower face. It's basically from the eyes down. Focus for me is neck tightening, jaw line (I HATE the jowls), and nasolabial folds.

My goal is for a time on task Tuesday! Adios, muchachas!

Just came back from another 2.5 hours of wandering up and down some cute little side streets. More well SIL did not come again because she has a terrible cold. Hoping less well SIL and I don't get it!

It is July already! Just one more night in this apartment as we move to the hotel near the wedding tomorrow. And DH arrives around mid-day tomorrow. Yay!

We are using an app called Splitwise to keep track of expenses and split them up. Anytime one of us pays an expense for the group we enter the amount and check off who is splitting it and it keeps track of it all. Really helpful! To use the free version each user can only add 4 expenses per day but if you start it fairly early on that should be plenty.

I did take a long walk on my own yesterday (2.5 hours). I tried a walking tour I found online which started in our neighborhood but it kept me more in the neighborhood than I liked. This is a safe, sort of middle-class area but there is a lot of trash thrown out on the sidewalks to walk around which gets a bit disgusting. So I walked up to an area I had been through previously and walked streets fanning out from there. I also found a newer way back to the apartment which was more pleasant. I found what is supposed to be the world's largest Primark store and bought a lightweight dress for walking around during the day. Most women wear long flowy skirts or dresses here - they do also wear pants and shorts, but dresses/skirts are more prevalent. Yesterday afternoon I went with DSD to a few art stores to look at prints. I got one but she didn't find anything.

The Flamenco last night was fantastic and we enjoyed our dinner at the world's oldest restaurant. Hmmm...oldest and largest - seems like Spain likes to have the mostest LOL. The dinner at the restaurant was good but expensive. Our waiter was a bit cranky and seemed annoyed if we didn't make decisions quickly. One of those kinds of places where they want you in and out quickly to make way for the next group.

We are somewhat getting used to later dinner hours as most restaurants don't open until 7:30 or 8. The wedding on Thursday doesn't start until 7:30. Dinner is at 9:30 and the first bus back to the hotel is at 2 am (the last at 4 am). These Europeans like to stay up late.

This morning I want to walk back to the section we were in for dinner last night and explore. This afternoon we have a private tour of the palace booked where we will push SIL around in a wheelchair. Dinner TBD with the 6 of us (nephew and niece arrived yesterday and were with us at dinner last night).

Have a timely Tuesday!

Sounds like a nice apartment! Do they have any outdoor space?