Saturday, November 15, 2025

Love the fashion statement photo!

I have to say again, that haircut/style looks really great. The skirt is indeed fashion forward!

Fun picture of you Diane! And yes, final walk through tomorrow and closing and move in on Monday!

Love the skirt! And no thank you on the deer meat pizza ;)

I like the nails a lot Liz. Years ago I used to get acrylic nails, and while they were pretty, I agree they were expensive and time consuming. I did not enjoy appointments because they were so booooring. Pedicures I like, but manicures are tedious.

But now I see I am an outlier in our group. I LOVE pepperoni pizza. But I'm also happy with just cheese, or a veggie pizza. Just no sausage please.

Yes, today I tackled the fridge. It looked pretty good in that I didn't really need to throw out stuff, but the interior and handles needed a good scrub down. Doing more laundry, and I also found a basket of clothes that currently fit my Mom crammed in a closet in the guest room. I sorted through it with her, and folded the ones she wanted to keep and put them in the rotation with the other clothes she wears.

It's been two long, long days. I'm hoping my Dad is back by 4pm tomorrow. I am using my disassociation skills to remain kind of numb and teflon. Last night my Mom woke me up 3 times to help her with things like she couldn't get her blanket over her feet, she was thirsty, and she wanted an orange. She doesn't really sleep for more than a few hours at a time.

That's all the news from here. Looking forward to my house tomorrow.

You are getting many, many good person points for helping out your Mom. Good find of the clothing!

Nice nails Liz! I'm living this FL weather so far but am surprised how chilly the mornings and evenings are. I actually have to sleep with socks on and a good weight blanket is on the bed as it feels so cold!

Pretty relaxing day today. DH and I walked the VRBO neighborhood, spent a lot of the day pool side, drove around the community we will be moving in to and checked out another tiki bar restaurant for dinner. Drinks were better at tonight's but the one we went to the other night had better food. They are literally 2 doors down from each other, so we could always do drinks at one and eat at the other. I guess both have live music often.

Tomorrow we are going to check out a church and then have our final walkthrough late afternoon.

I've been ordering patio furniture, a makeup vanity for the master bedroom, and some decorations for the house. More to come but I need to measure spaces first!

The humidity is really low compared to the rest of the year right now which is part of why I like fall. No need for the AC to be on especially at night.

I agree with Peps that you need to give the VRBO people a review that includes the refrigerator situation. I wouldn't rent a place from someone who didn't give you a break on the rent or some similar recompense. It's just not right. We rented a place once that was advertised to be a single family but it turned out that someone lived downstairs. As a result we didn't feel comfortable using the backyard. The owner did give us a reduction in our rent when we complained about the false advertising. We suggested they tell the truth in the future.

Florida homeowners tomorrow! Seems like it came fast. When will your furniture arrive? Will it have any furniture at all before your stuff comes?

Our stuff should get here on the 22nd. The house is fully furnished with furniture but doesn't have kitchen supplies, towels etc. I packed what I thought we would need for that first week in our car.

I probably will leave a review on the VRBO but they are actually selling this place and it is pending so not sure how much longer they plan to rent it out. Perhaps they have other properties though.