Friday, August 15, 2025

118.4 - +1.8 after fried chicken fingers at 9 pm LOL

Quick post with the girls here. I walked, now am at the store with them, yoga at 10, boat at 1, dinner and dancing tonight. Whew!

DH and Justice got home at 2:30 am. Long travel day for them.

Have a fine Friday!

I'm definitely open to hosting a getaway in AZ!

Whew, it's humid right now. Not super hot, but when you have to run across the lawn unexpectedly because the dog chose this moment to be naughty and try to join little kids on their trip to the beach, it's extra humid. Like most puppies, he's good until he's not! 100% my fault for trusting him, but he has a way of lulling me into complacency. The invisible fence is still out of order. I had the guy out to fix it, but it chose the time he was here to work. Apparently with water being a good conductor of electricity, the rain was enough to complete the circuit. So he couldn't tell where the break is.

Paula, did I see you all were in for a lot more rain? Here the forecast is for 1.5", but I saw 7" for areas near you. Ack! Be safe.

My dad and his wife went on an overnight boat trip, but are back this afternoon. Drinks at a friend's tonight followed by pizza on the boat, then dinner at another friend's tomorrow. Lots of food here! My dad is doing well at the moment. His concerning bleeding has stopped (the Mayo doctor said it was probably too many stent changes in a short period of time due to the infections that also seem to be in check now).

I need to get dressed and start the day's chores. Take care all!

PS - so happy for the new retirees! Enjoy your days that are now your own!

Naughty little puppy. Invisible Fences are fantastic most of the time until they decide to stop working. It was batteries that were the problem for me. I was on the battery plan, but a couple of times they died early.

Good to hear that your Dad is feeling well enough to do an overnight on the boat. I hope they can come up with some way to keep him from having this infections over and over again.

And as I responded on the thread yesterday, I would go to Sedona anytime! I will be there this year October 19-22.

I'm in for the Arizona Adventure Getaway !!

An Arizona get together would be awesome. We don't have November travel plans yet. : )

Finally last night I had a good night's sleep and woke up naturally at 7:30am. In the morning I had to do some scheduling phone calls with my Aussie sister, work on some more details for my Scotland trip, create a grocey list, and go buy groceries. Entire morning consumed.

At 1pm, DH and I stopped by nephew's house to drop off a baby present. His wife is due on August 25, so I am hoping the baby will be here before we leave. We chatted with them for awhile and made it home, where I thought I would begin planning for our dinner guests tomorrow, but instead got sucked into more Scotland planning.

There are a number of food prep things I can do this afternoon, so I will start that in a few minutes. Other things I need to do is clean the bathroom upstairs, and turn the bed my nephew was using so my Aussie sister can sleep there Sunday night. I was going to take care of the bed yesterday, but got sidetracked somehow. Before I knew it, 5pm had arrived and it was time to get ready to go out to dinner! Very fun time with my dear high school friend, who was also my debate partner. A special bond.

BFF left this morning to go take care of her grandkids at their new condo. She returns Sunday evening. Aussie sister arrives at 10:45 am. It's been a full house most of the summer.

Today my boy turns 30. He's having a great time right now. It feels so good to see him happy.

Busy, busy! Enjoy your get together today. Nice that your Aussie sister is here and that she is going to help with your parents. When do you leave for Scotland? That trip seemed to come quickly!

Greetings all

The sun is out and it was actually too warm in my studio! It has some windows that open at the top - those old transom style ones - but they were stuck shut. The outside had been painted awhile back. Staff to the rescue with a box cutter. The studio is very close to the bay here so the breeze was immediate. Yay. Prior to the studio I ran errands for dog food and travel stuff.Then I walked at the gym and used the stairs. And DH, the electronics wizard, got the fitbit to work. He paired it with his own iPhone instead of mine. No clue why that worked.

So DH had lunch at the Marina cafe and brought home fish and chips. Dinner solved.

Liz enjoy girls day. But whew you wear me out with all the stuff you do! Kudos.

Ok CC I am in for Sedona. Look out! So Kirby had to go to the lake with kids. What's wrong with that? I guess plenty if he gets muddy. Glad your dad is feeling better as he must be to do a boat overnight. You guys know how to do summer.

As do you DD! Wishing you a little peace and quiet before you head off across the pond. We did a tour of the underground places people used to live in Edinburgh. Cool tour but weird way to live. And isn't it amazing how time slips by when you are not heavily scheduled! And isn't it grand?

Just realized that one of my pre trip chores is to remove more debris for the house sitter. She knows what slobs we are but you still have to pick up for the house cleaner.

Diane S

No AC at the studio?!?! Obviously unheard of in Florida, though there are some places in Massachusetts especially on the islands off of Cape Cod where they just rely on fans when it is hot.

No AC anywhere here. Average summer high temp is about 65. no need. ds

Wow! Not even 70? I think I would feel chilly a lot of the time.