Friday, January 16, 2026

Glad you are feeling better! No hurry on Christmas decorations- they come down when they come down.

Liz, your cruise looks wonderful. Glad one of us could suntan today! I looked up Alaska cruises on the liner you are on. Pricey but they look very nice! I think we will forego plane travel (at least together****il the dogs are gone now that we don't have kids to house/dog sit. I really should inquire about a local person just in case we do need to both travel!

Weight 120.2 for 2 days in a row, despite the Swiss rolls and Nutty Bars!

Very cold this morning. I needed to cover up my herb garden with a towel last night. It worked! Sunny and low 60's by the afternoon.

I filled out passport paperwork today and took our pictures. I'll need to go to a center to get mine since I have never had one. DH can mail his in!

Sausage mushroom soup on a cold FL day. Tasted wonderful!

You may both want to use those passports sooner than you think. If you were traveling together (say on a TT cruise as Diane suggested) would any of your children come to pet sit if you flew them down to Florida. I would have jumped at the chance in my 20s.

That's an idea I had not thought of. Perhaps my middle child would take me up on that offer!

It was Diane's cruise suggestion that finally lit the fire under my arse to do the passport paperwork. Now to schedule my in person appointment!

Yep, low 60's is still cold in Florida! Do ask the kids if one of them would stay with the dogs while you go away. They might enjoy a vacation in Florida. That's basically what my DS is doing. 6 days visit with us, but the rest of the time staying with the dogs while we are on this cruise.