Sunday December 28, 2025

118.2 - unchanged.

Last full day here in the snowy Northeast. Hopefully CC got home without too much difficulty and Paula and her DH have safe travels today. It will be cooler in Florida than it apparently was last week, but will warm up again next weekend. I'm sure we can manage 4 days of temps under 70 (but over 60 during the day).

Yesterday we had another fairly quiet day, though we did go meet DSD and SIL for a very nice dinner at a beautiful fish restaurant on the Cape Cod canal. Good food, service, and company.

Plans today are the usual bus trip in about 20 minutes, a Justice walk for as long as he will go in the snow (his feet get cold), then laundry, packing and cleanup in the house. And we have to go pick up the rental car to take to the airport tomorrow morning. I think we are doing leftover Chinese food for dinner, but DH may do that at lunch in which case we will go out and split something.

Have a streamer Sunday!

I made it home! And my house is blessedly chilly. It's a beautiful day and I've been to Flagstaff and back with Kirby. He's fluffy and clean and rolling around on his bed and the rugs.

I'm supposed to drive back up there for a multi-hour software update tomorrow. Blech. I may reschedule.

Great googly moogly, the crowds are everywhere today. The road to my house is poorly parked hiker cars as far as the eye can see. This is always the most crowded week of the year. Bring on 2026!

I think my dad and his wife are coming for a chunk of the month of February. We'll see...

Anyway, I think a nap might be in order! Take care all...

Kirby rolling around, announcing to all I am home and these are my spots : )

I can just picture Kirby rolling around in all his fluff! Emma dog hopped right up on our bed as soon as we got home!

Crazy week for hikers!

Greetings all

More sun here. It is supposed to last quite a few days before the rain resumes. Loving it.

I am finally returning to the adult world (to the extent I previously inhabited it). The cold has resided enough that I think I will go to the gym and walk. I put some chicken breasts in the slow cooker with the notion of serving them with various Asian sauces. No clue on how long they need to cook. Maybe some rice.

I also made up a gallery deposit and started on some other year end finance chores. I am feeling smug for getting this stuff done. There is an annual information form we have to file with the state and I used to send it in on paper but it looks like that is no longer an option. So it is create an account and go through all kinds of bs. Liz I wish I had your tech skills

And Liz, safe travels and congrats on making it through snowy holidays.

CC good to hear you are home safe. Geez I guess everyone who takes a hike once a year is on your street. Agreed - put off the software update or whatever it is. Glad to hear your dad is thinking of coming for a month. It must mean he feels well enough to travel and be away from his doctors. Good news.

Paula hope you are home by now. Which brand of stove did you order?

We started a series "Nobody Wants This". Kind of a cute rom com. And no exploding aliens.

Diane S

Oops, i meant to say car software update. It's a recall.

Oh yuck! That doesn't sound fun at all!

I love your movie reviews. If there were a should you watch this flow chart, I think the first question should be: are there exploding aliens? Yes? Do no****ch, no? Next question Are there exploding cars? And so on. I have enjoyed some movies with explosions, but I can't think of any movie that I would find diminished if the exploding episode was removed. I scandalized my family by finally agreeing to watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy as long as I could fast forward through any fight scenes that dragged on (obviously dragging on was my subjective opinion so I held the remote). Once the tedious aspects of the story were removed, I found much to enjoy. : )

Tee Hee DD fast forwarding through the combat scenes. Years ago I read The Hobbit and loved i****ched the movie Lord of the Rings and hated it. It was just one fight scene after another and then it just stopped when they got to some big fort. No thanks. Explosions are ok if they are a spy thriller but not alien guts and gore. The new series DH started called Alien something is a series based on the old Alien movie. Gag. I have advised that it must be watched while I am out. Fortunately, DH likes all kinds of shows and likes chick shows like Emily in Paris.

And how wonderful that your kids are getting their lives worked out. You done good. DS

We love Nobody wants this! I got the Samsung Bespoke with convection oven with air fry and air sous vide and of course induction for the stove top. Same as what I had in WI except I got black stainless steel in WI and just stainless steel here in FL to match the rest of the appliances.