Thursday, August 28, 2025

117.6 - my same weight streak is broken.

Yesterday was a great day. The weather was perfect and going way out onto a beach in a car was very fun. We had a spot where there was a pond safe for the kids right next to us, but one could walk 50 feet to get into the open ocean water. DSD's nieces are absolutely adorable. The 6 and 4 year old get along great and have perky personalities yet are quite different from one another. The almost 1 year old baby is a bit in stranger-danger stage but still would smile and wave. She is just about ready to walk and kept letting go and balancing on her feet - in the sand! DSD's brother is a wonderful father and he and his wife are both very relaxed yet firm parents. Nice to see that. DSD has talked a lot about her dysfunctional family life with their mother and stepfather (her brother's father). She is really happy to see her brother have a good family environment.

We capped the day off with an amazing Italian dinner, then jumped on the 6:45 ferry and were back home at 8:30 to a house which hosted 4 dogs (ranging in size from 11 pound Justice to 80 pound Luna), and 10 people. With one bathroom! Cape Cod cottage living...

I leave around mid-day today to stay in Central Massachusetts tonight. I will meet DD and DSIL for dinner (though DD can only have liquids). Her surgery is early tomorrow morning. She had an iron infusion yesterday. Assuming all goes well tomorrow I will head back to the Cape late in the day.

Time to jump into the bathroom while it is empty! Have a thoughtful Thursday!

10 people! Now that is definitely a full house. Hopefully they are a lot of self service types because that could get overwhelming real fast.

Well it's here. I've packed and repacked. Yesterday I did re open the Scotland suitcase and took out 2 summer weight sweaters so I could bring another pair of tennis shoes. I doubt I would wear the sweaters as the forecast is very cool and rainy. I think all systems are go. First stop Boston and then tomorrow night we leave for Glasgow.

I'm actually looking forward to airport food. We have very little in the way of groceries, so I ate poorly yesterday and I'm hungry for a sandwich or something more substantial. Also, today is shot day, so you know I'm a bit hungrier than usual. :)

Time to put the last items in the carry on!

Everyone is completely self sufficient but you have never seen so much junk food on the counters, in cabinets, and clogging the fridge!

Safe travels!!!

Just received shocking news that the wife of a good friend of DH died suddenly. She had recently retired from being on the Board of Selectman in their town and they had gone on a couple of great trips. I think she was younger than I am. What a shock!

Oh, Liz, I am so sorry!

Oh no! So sorry to hear that!

Terrible news. I'm sorry!

Little snafu in my plans to arrive home yesterday.... Landslide on I 80 east of Truckee. The slide caused two accidents, reduced westbound traffic to a single lane, and caused an hours long back up. I chose to stay the night with friends in Reno. But now I am HOME!!!!

This was a quite a long stretch to be gone - a full 14 days traveling on the road with two dogs. I logged over 70 hours driving 4360 miles, consumed 272 gallons of gasoline, and am feeling a bit worn around the edges.

At the moment I can't remember what I was thinking to schedule all for tomorrow a DEXA scan, a hair cut, a NUT session, and my dad's monthly palliative care check up... Well, at least those things will be done and taken care of. And I don't have too much choice in the palliative care appointment scheduling.

Y'all are gonna laugh and shake your heads, but I have a grooming scheduled at 3 pm. It was originally scheduled for this morning, but I rescheduled for this afternoon when I decided to spend the night in Reno.

Paula, some time during my trip you must have made the decision to sell and move. Last I remember the people who the realtor wanted to bring by wanted to buy immediately and you and your DH weren't ready to do anything that quickly. So, I guess congratulations are in order! What is the countdown to surgery?

Diamond D, safe travels! I bet you are going to have a wonderful, wonderful trip!

I do not want to get on a scale tomorrow, but I will.

More later!

You are on a roll! Thank goodness you had a place to stay in Reno. You need to learn how to slow down!!!

Oh my goodness! That travel schedule was insane. And the first day back activities insane as well!

The sale of the house went to another couple that were looking for a ranch in our part of town. Their kids are getting a bit older and will be leaving the nest in the next several years so they were wanting something that would work now and down the road as they age!

Surgery is next Wednesday! Excited and a little nervous!