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Greetings all

Mixed clouds today as I sit here drinking coffee and watching war erupt in the middle east. Jeez I just can't understand why these people can't figure out that war is good for nothing and no one wins ever. It is truly beyond me. Guess I should be grateful I do no live in a war zone ****alifornia....).

So DD its a wrap!! Enjoy your well deserved retirement time. May this weekend be filled with tea drinking and plant shopping. Enjoy.

Peps I looked up the Cologne cathedral. Magnificent! What a thing to behold. Hope the palace is equally great.

Well heck Liz, no fish. Just as well - nothing to clean and cook. Plus more Mexican opportunities.

Gallery duty this afternoon. DH has gone to lunch at the Chinese buffet so he will bring that home. All is good.

We have been watching season 2 of The Recruit. Pretty good. Almost done.

Not much else. I really need to figure out how to get some more veggies in our diet. I like them but DH has reverted to little kid eating. I love rattatouie. He does not.

Time to get moving. Hope to have time at the gallery to do some walking.

Diane S

Happy Retirement Day, DD!!!!!!

Liz and I started today's thread at the same time, so I will post here and try to delete the one I started!

We crossed over into Germany last night. I felt a little joyful as it happened. Germany is my mom's country of origin. I feel a deep and strong connection to that part of my history.

We are docked near Cologne. We'll go by bus for a tour of old Cologne after breakfast. This afternoon I have us booked on a tour of the Bruhl palace, a UNESCO sight. I also put us on a wait list for an historical tour of the cathedral. It is of high interest to Ron. I would rather see the palace, but I'm willing to compromise on this one. Actually I'm hoping that there will be a single ticket for Ron, so I can go to the palace. LOL! I would not mind doing the palace tour solo.

Shot on board. I'm hoping it doesn't interfere too much with my enjoyment of my meals over the weekend. Saturday and Sunday are generally my lower intake days.

Okay... Back from the walking tour. The highlight of the morning tour was Cathedral, so Ron is happy and wants to go the palace. I will say the cathedral was awesome in the true sense of the word. I was absolutely awe struck by the architecture and artistry.

Resting up for the afternoon tour of the palaces. Perhaps a little more later.

So far, Royal Viking is worth every penny spent.

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Friday the 13th, but it is DD's lucky day! 1/2 day until retirement!

No fish from the fishing trip yesterday. DH said it was mostly just a nice boat ride. One small barracuda was caught. DS picked up Justice and made it to the Cape house. Justice was thrilled to see him. I didn't do much other than water aerobics. This instructor really worked us and I feel I picked up a lot of arm strength over the last 2 weeks. Need to figure out how to maintain it. Dinner was once more at the Mexican place across the street.

The remaining 3 nights here are already planned. Dinner at a romantic restaurant near us tonight, dinner with DD and SIL at a great steak place tomorrow night, and our 3rd meal at Bingo which has small and large portions of meals on Sunday. We are actually ready to go home though it will be nice seeing DD. When we get back, DS will be with us at the Cape house until Saturday.

Have a fulfilling Friday!

Sometimes we need a do nothing day to recharge and start moving the next day. My DH doesn't know how to do that but I am very happy just reading all day.

Greetings all

Sun is out now after a foggy morning. All is well. Yesterday I got nothing done - no studio and no gym. I gave into my spirit animal - a slug. Today I did better and went to the gym and even upped my time a tiny bit. Then I went to the studio and made more of guess what. Got some good news on our gallery member in the hospital. No heart attack and nothing terrible going on.

DH had an electrician come by to see about expanding our electrical panel in order to get solar and some stuff. We have a good roof exposure and with two electric cars it seems like a good idea. He learned some things so we may do this. It amuses him.

So Peps windmills! I had no idea they still work. Do they really grind grain? Part of travel is to enjoy the food so have at it. Kick that other person out of your head (said she who also has a food goblin living in her head).

Liz and Paula you both seem to be doing so well maintaining. Kudos. You got this. And yeah Paula, wind is the enemy of all craft set ups. And Liz maybe your DH will bring home fish for dinner

DD one more day.

More shrimp tonight. Gallery duty tomorrow so I may stop by the grocery there for dinner tomorrow night. It is a small but complete grocery and deli and you can always park right in front. Very convenient. Nothing like the major trecks I used to make to the gigantic midwestern grocery stores where the parking lot has a separate zip code. Cheers. Diane S