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Greetings all

Oops, missed yesterday. I had gallery duty in the afternoon and it was quite busy. Open studios and artists doing demonstrations plus some kind of giant yard sale in town. I also had big boxes of stuff to deliver but another member helped me get them inside. Shopping bags. Lots of customers all afternoon and I sold a lot of items. Gotta make more. A good day but lots for me to do. Plus our power and internet went out at about 11 pm. Power came back in a couple of hours but internet is just now back. No clue what caused that as there is o wind or storm. Just junky infrastructure I guess.

So today's mission is to go to a few open studios. Studio buddy will be over in a couple of hours. We will go riding around in the newish car. A third person is not coming which is just as well due to the chaos factor provided by two people who talk non stop.

DD sorry to hear of your day of high drama. Definitely a two martini event. Glad to hear that a bit of a plan has formed even though I know from personal experience that agreeing to a plan is just the first battle of the ongoing conflict. We are thinking of you and remind you that you are not kindling for this bonfire. Wishing you peace at what should be a fun time.

Liz thanks for the sand sculpture. Very fun. Enjoy the various outings. A toddler at the beach is very fun.

Bon voyage Peps. Hopefully it is an uncomplicated flight and all is smooth. I predict you will be leaving a pound or two on the continent, French pastries notwithstanding.

Time for me to get this old bus in gear and make some eggs so I can face the compulsive talker. I seem to attract such people because I am a listener.

Happy Fathers day to all.

Diane S

Have a wonderful time! Safe travels!

119.6 - new week of people so the gym was relatively full compared to the usual one person on a treadmill last week. The crowd will die out over the week LOL.

Our friend's family arrived and their adorable almost 3 year old grandson had us quite amused in the late afternoon. He announced to his grandmother that he really liked Aruba last night.

Dinner out was really nice last night. Good meal and beautiful ambiance. I'm all about the atmosphere. No cafeteria style restaurants for me when we go out. Before we went there we had a Happy Hour drink at the resort up a few again. Much nicer bar and service there than ours which is particularly noisy and crowded on Saturdays after everyone arrives in the afternoon.

It is Sunday, so it is out for breakfast day but the bus isn't leaving until 8 am. We are going to our resort's restaurant. They do a good breakfast except on Father's Day when they have a terrible buffet (as we learned last year). Father's Day is a big deal in Aruba so we will probably skip breakfast that morning (too crowded) and do it another morning instead.

Today we may or may not go snorkeling if the wind is a little less than it has been. No specific plans for dinner though we might go to a little place on a pier in the high rise area where they have a live band playing on Wednesday and Sunday nights.

Have a superlative Sunday!

So excited for your first post-retirement trip if a lifetime!

I know you will have an absolutely phenomenal time! So glad you can kick off this new phase in life with such a great trip.