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Greetings all

Overcast here. I made myself go to the gym and walk since I had been awol for a few days. Always good. Spent half the day trying to do business stuff for the gallery. Trying to call the state tax dept - wait time on hold was reported to be three hours. No thanks. And no response or call back from the insurance people. How do these people stay in business?

So we had this ready-to-eat sliced sirloin steak from costco last night. Pretty good though it was seasoned a little heavily. Like a lot of salt and garlic. More for tonight but I think I will make a little pasta with it to sort of dilute it. DH has requested some hamburger macaroni dish so this is it. His birthday is Saturday and not sure what we will do. Maybe get a small cake and see a movie. He has shown no signs of wanting to play with the Ninja Creami so that is not good. I think he wants the ice cream but wants me to make it.

Paula glad to hear you are doing well and have no drains. Heal fast. Glad there is no drain. Many years ago my brother had tummy tuck but had a drain. Good thing to skip.

Yeah Liz it is hard to know when to discard clothes. I just got rid of some pretty nice stuff that is a bit snug and I doubt I would wear anyway even if it fit. But where we live a clean hoodie is formal wear.

This morning I ate these sou vide egg bites from Costco. Pretty good but pricy. Also salty. I guess all the premade stuff is heavy on the salt.

Yeah funny how someone thought drinking slim fast was in addition to meals. Some people are completely clueless on food and nutrition. And I bet that most of you knew how many calories were in things as kids. I sure did.

Diane S

I have a funny story about nutritional drinks. I had a patient (years ago) that was drinking slim fast drinks to help her lose weight. She couldn't understand why she wasn't losing weight. After taking with her for a bit, she stated that she was drinking them between her normal meals, like there was something magic about drinks that melted fat away. I had to explain to her that the shakes are intended to be use as a replacement not an addition to her meals!

No weight, I have post-op fluid retention and lots of binders, Ace wraps and compression garments that I'm wearing.

Pain is well controlled. I didn't have muscle tightening in my abdomen, so that makes healing and my less painful. My surgeon also did a drainless tummy tuck so I don't have to deal with those drains!

Ill post pics on TT after I remove my bandsges

I am pretty sure there is some sort of a veterans office which can help find military service - I think I have had friends find the information that way. But going through the old boxes might be interesting...

I am glad you weren't close to that car accident - you could have been part of it. It seems like there are 1-2 daily near us lately. The road is divided with one lane until just south of us, then it is just striped with 2 lanes each way. It is that stretch from the town south of us to the one just north of us which is the danger area. There was an SUV on its side in front of the town hall yesterday. Can't even imagine what happened there at 10 am in the morning. Why is everyone in such a hurry?

Greetings all

It is another overcast day but calm. Works for me. The house got cleaned this morning and I started in on my list of serious adult stuff like deal with gallery insurance and tax stuff. Still more to do but got some of it done. Then off to the studio. A car accident happened right in front of me on the freeway! It was so fast and I think one car clipped the back of another. Didn't look too serious so I did not stop but I am wondering what happened since I didn't see it until it was underway. Icky.

Yay DD for sitting and drinking tea and looking at the ocean. Good plan. Agreed some places are "thin" and you just feel it. The abby sounds like a great place. And a surprise concert! Score..

Yeah Peps isn't it grand to be able to laze about the house with coffee and news and no need to rush out the door. It never gets old. We all were accustomed to that "on edge" feeling all the time with busy jobs and lives. Slow is good.

Paula hoping all has gone well and you are relaxing and recovering. Wishing you rest and good drugs.

So my mission this afternoon is to search through this big box of papers that was created after my mom died. My brother needs my Dad's military service ID so he can get that kind of insurance that serves the military and families. He thinks it is way better for so Cal So I will hunt for it but have no confidence I will find any such thing. Seems like there should be some other way to get this - especially since our family name is not common. Took a Claritin because that stuff is dusty!

Liz Bar Harbor sounds cool and fun. Be glad your DH golfs (ie keeps himself entertained for a few hours).

Trying some kind of pre cooked steak from Costco. will report.

Diane S

Liz I bet after all the moving around and coordinating schedules, some down time to choose what you want to do in Florida sounds great!

Looking forward to an update from Paula that all is well.

Oh, sad for your nephew Diane, to lose his fine dog. Your memorial gift will be well received.

I thought we would be sitting around, drinking tea and reading books here on Iona. I haven't touched my books! We did order up a pot of tea after breakfast and drank it in the ocean front sitting room where I had imagined we would be sitting with our books. I told DD I was determined we would at least "sit' there for a bit. It was peaceful.

We've enjoyed a deep dive into our spiritual beliefs, which we will probably counter with a ghost tour when we get back to Glasgow.

: ) This island is beautiful. I strongly believe it is a thin place, where the veil that separates this world from the spiritual world is thin. Whether these are only fanciful notions on my part or not, I feel some clarity in mind and spirit that calms me.

Today's serendipitous travel adventure: We were in a small shop chatting with the clerk and she said, Are you going to the Mendelssohn Concert? Turns out there was a string quartet playing, free will donation, that was starting in 10 minutes just around the corner. So this is how we came to be sitting in the Iona town hall, whose glass front looked out over the ocean, listening to classical music.

We are going to dinner in a bit. Tomorrow we start the journey back to the mainland: a ferry from here, a bus ride across the island, and then a ferry to the mainland. Luckily the scenery is superlative so the traveling is actually part of the fun. On Friday, we are going a small group tour that lasts about 3 hours, and takes us to a castle, and perhaps shows us some highland cows, followed by a seafood dinner. Saturday we make our way back to Glasgow on the train, where we will stay 2 nights. Sunday we will take a quick train ride to Edinburgh (about an hour) and explore. Monday back to Boston and DH, who I am missing, but not so much I can't enjoy myself. I'm sure he is feeling the same, as he made plans to go out with differnt groups of friends he hasn't seen lately.

Off to dinner!