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Rainy and chilly today, but the rain is needed, and the chill well, it's inevitable. It was nice and cozy in my bed this morning, knowing I didn't have to get up in the dark and head to work. Liz, DH was going to tey to get me started on golfing, but the summer slipped away. As your skills are growing, are you enjoying it?

After I did my work out, I went grocery shopping. I guess a dinner party requires several different stops. The menu: appetizers will be South Carolina Pimento Cheese, and anitpasti skewers (meat, cheese, basil, olive and artichoke hearts) with balsamic glaze. The saald course is a salad called Columbia 1905. The homemade dressing is really good! Dinner is Stuffed Pasta Shells and steamed green beans. Dessert is Italian Cream Cake. It is similar to Hummingbird Cake, but no pineapple. The cake is kind of heavy with a cream cheese frosting, so I might put out a small plate of cut up fruit for people who don't want cake.

A delightful thing happened while I was grocery shopping. A man came up to me and said excuse me, but are you Mrs. xxxx? I recognized him, he was a student I had 8 years ago! He told me is a nurse now, and how much I helped him during school. He thanked me for the kindness I showed him. Oh my heart! How absolutely wonderful that a young man who took a reading intervention class with me was able to go onto post secondary school and earn a professional degree/license. It's so what you hope for your students. And to know that 8 years later, he remembers me as someone who made a difference for him, well it brought tears to my eyes. You hope that's what you're doing in the moment, but it is so meaningful to have a student tell you that in fact, you did. I feel so grateful at this moment for the career that I had. And to think the sweet boy I remember is now helping others in his career. Perfect.

Today I am going to do some cleaning. It's good for me to have company once in awhile to spur me on to do some sort of deep cleaning. I hate messes on the counter or the stove or in the sink, but I have too high of a tolerance for dust. Company equals finally dusting. : )

Yay for getting back on the treadmill! Don't you feel that some days the exercise is energizing but on other days you just want to get it over with? Yesterday was one of the latter for me a****er aerobics but I keep doing it so I can keep on moving.

I looked up tastee sandwiches because you guys like them so much. I may try making them - they do look tasty!

So sorry about your aunt. It just takes a second for a slip and fall to happen as we age and the consequences are so much worse than when we were young (when we probably wouldn't fall but if we did we'd bounce back up with nothing broken). Hopefully her recovery won't be too onerous.

It remains to be seen if I'm right about the nickel allergy but once I suspected it, everything I read on it fit my situation. Though I did my own pedicure yesterday, I could have actually gone to a salon because my skin is completely healed. It has been 2-3 years since I have been able to do that because I always had broken skin from the blisters.

Greetings all

Pouring rain early this morning but it has subsided. Yikes, it is too early for the rainy season for me. I wi**** was always summer. I went to the gym and did my walking and felt better this time than last time. I guess I have to accept that some days I will just hurt more than others. Today I did the whole routine and even a bit of incline. After that it was studio time. I collected new things from he kiln and made some new stuff. Studio buddy showed up for awhile. I know she is missing art work but is hopelessly mired in the home building process. She wants to make her own decorative tiles for the bath and kitchen. I once entertained that idea but realized it would never get done and we needed a geezer proof bathroom pronto I sort of suggested that but...

Liz you guys are cute pumpkins. Sounds like a good event. Who knew that there was nickel in chick peas or anything else for that matter. Cool that you figured that out.

CC I am with your roofer - tarantulas would elicit squeals. Glad the roof is getting repaired.

That book sounds interesting Peps. I think I mentioned we watched the series "Adolescence" which was sort of about society failing teenagers and phones and social media were a large part of it. Enjoy a Monday of puttering.

Ditto DD. Funny about the chair. A boomerang chair. So sorry your aunt took a fall. She must be pretty uncomfortable and not much to be done but just wait and heal. Hoping she can get some relief.

Tastee sandwiches last night and again tonight. My DH is a peculiar person but he always seems grateful for whatever dinner I throw together.

Paula still channeling house sale energy. Are you feeling recovered from your plastics? I was amaze you went house shopping so soon.

Not much else. Diane S

123.5. Second week of being on shot. Still eating sweets and salty snacks but meals have been smaller portions again. Will need to reign in the snacking!

DH and I and DSD and DC1 went to the pumpkin patch today. Thankfully the rain held out for us! I got a small sliced apple with caramel sauce which ended up being my lunch and of course had my lavender latte! We also brought home an apple pie. This place makes the best apple pies. Just the right amount of tartness for me!

DS2 will get into town tomorrow. He requested poke bowls for dinner so of course I will oblige!

DSD heads home tomorrow.

No word on if our buyers are going to release us from our contract. They are supposed to let us know by noon tomorrow. Even if they do, I'm not sure we have the time to get it done ourselves before our deadline next Monday. We will have to decide if we ask for an extension, offer for our sellers to add a bump clause but keep our contract going or just drop it altogether. Wish I had a crystal ball that would give me those answers!