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I have the same issues of income bracket in Florida. In Massachusetts we are on par more or less with our friends. Some have more, some less, but not a broad spread. In Florida most of the people in our community have scads of money either via very high level jobs in their past, family money or both (though often it seems to be the latter). I know they don't care but sometimes our one car seems very small as does our condo. Even though we love it. I know they definitely don't care but...

Enjoy the peace! I look forward to times when we have company but we are always happy for the quiet after they leave.

I loved the Winchester House Tour!!

Allegiant? I use to take them from Providence to ***** Gorda.

Greetings all

It is sunny and almost hot here today. Maybe 70 degrees. Further inland it is pretty dang hot. DH has the ceiling fan on and with the front door open toward the ocean the house is cool and breezy. No weather complaints here. Grateful for no fires. Yet.

So the house was cleaned this am and our dogs love the cleaner. She is also our house/pet sitter and is set up for when we go to LA in a couple of weeks. After house stuff I went to the studio and made more stuff. No visible drama or burning crosses. A wheel throwing class was underway and that is always fun to watch. After that I stopped at a big traditional grocery store which carries my fave coffee and got that and a few other things. Sure seemed hot in the asphalt parking lot.

So I made the zucchini bake last night and it was good. More for tonight. DH made no comments so I don't think he much likes it but oh well. It is one of those things with eggs, cheese, cottage cheese plus some chopped up veggie so it could work with most any available veggie.

And speaking of veggies it is so cool that your church grows them Paula. Nice idea. There is a church here in our town that does the same thing and there is also a farm stand and family services center there. Not sure how they are connected. Sea Goat farm stand.

Well crap on the smoke Liz. At least you will escape that in FLA but spoils cool cape weather. CC must have really bad smoke too which cannot be good for her dad or anyone. Yuck to being at a lake or ocean and having to stay inside due to air pollution.

We watched the last of The Hunting Wives last night. Incredibly trashy but fun. The killer was revealed. No spoilers here in case any of you watch this stuff.

Getting my hair cut tomorrow. It is getting so I just can't stand it long anymore. As a college student I had waist long hair. Can't figure out how I did anything besides wa****

The house across the street continues to be the Winchester Mystery house. For as long as we have lived here there is constant remodeling going on there. Like for 20 years. A crew has been there several days and they have been on the roof but no clue what they are doing. It is not that big of a house!

Diane S

I had a nice gathering with my coworker/ friends yesterday. Outside of Christmas Eve , I haven't done much entertaining these last few years, even though I used to really enjoy it. Two things I needed to push through: 1. just about everyone I know is in a higher economic bracket. I know, I know, I know they are not judging my worn out carpet on the stairs, or my deck with 37 year old wood that is a little rough for wear, or my scratched builder grade sink in the bathroom, or the fact I don't even have a guest 1/2 bath or an ensuite bath, that they're using my actual bathroom etc. But it's hard to convince myself sometimes when my friends have such nice homes, and cars, and cabins... 2. It's okay if everything is not perfect. I forgot to wipe out the slider door track. Oh no!

I am proud to say I did not have any pre party melt down. This is how it's going to be going forward: As long as the shabby house is clean, I've put some effort into thinking about and preparing what my guests need/ want in terms of food and drink and I am hospitable, I am going to calm down and enjoy having friends over.

DH didn't work this morning, so we went for coffee. Before we left, we loaded up our car with some of nephew's things he's been storing at our house, and brought them over to his condo after coffee. One less trip he'll have to make.

His children left our house after a raucous morning for their summer day camps, and will be with their mother the next few days. I don't know if they'll be back for the weekend, or if they'll stay in the condo. BFF will continue to stay here off and on until October 1. It's so quiet for the moment. DH and I were going to go work out after we dropped off nephew's things, but decided to go home and savor the peace. We'll go this evening when the after work crowd has thinned.

The sky is mostly blue today. Hoping the smoke is dissipating in other places.

Thinking about the veggie bounty for the food shelves. Wonderful. I also think it's time for me to hit another farmer's market and buy ingredients for ratatouille.