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Good morning y'all ! I'm hanging firm at 139. My ten year surgiversary is at the end of this month and I am simply grateful. I'll be sharing more on TT.

And that is why big house renovation/construction projects are so stressful! Good luck getting things resolved. Speed of execution seems to be a common issue everywhere. In Florida when they say a week they usually mean 4-5.

Weeks later ... hullo again!

After nearly a week back home after my last work life runway moments, not much has changed here except that DH and I are getting testier and testier with our contractors, who've now started work on another big remodeling project and are spending barely 10 hours a week here now. We've discovered some booboos that we've discovered--some cosmetic, some potentially a pain in the ass, some their fault, some ours because we weren't C L E A R enough about what we wanted. Also, we're dealing with our own laissez faire approach to prejects we now wish were completed or further along--mostly the living room draperies. Also, the best upholsterer in town has cashed a big deposit we gave the company 4 weeks ago, but has not begun working on any of our drapery and upholstery and bedding projects.

In other words, everything's normal here.

Tomorrow is Derby Day after a big Derby Week. We're not going to the track this year, but will be attending a fancy party--the kind you drive your car to and then uber home from because the hosts don't want to be financially liable for any DUI events. I bought a lovely fascinator this morning to wear with my party dress after realizing that that at a sit-down dinner party you don't want a big ole hat 3 feet wide and 3 feet high obscuring your vision and preventing conversation. DH is pretty bored by the Derby scene, having celebrated several dozen ways from Sunday throughout his life. But I'm still enough of a Derby ingenue to want to attend. And an hour ago we received a pre-party party invitation from some other folks who are going to the big dinner party. I volunteered to bring a nice bottle of champagne and was told that tomorrow (day and night) is only about bourbon. Alrighty.

My current shopping challenges are finding the most powerful cleaning products that will remove decades of schmutz from our garage door windows and the best cleaning products for quartz countertops that won't damage the quartz. My big errand success today was getting Kroger to combine DH's and my Kroger frequent shopping accounts into the same account, while preserving all our digital coupons and fuel credits.

And that's all the news that's fit to print. :)

Cilantro lime rice sounds yummy! I think we are going to that Mexican restaurant tonight since you inspired me.

The cost of homes in Florida usually does go down after the snowbirds leave as there are just so many fewer people. But the market in our area has changed a lot over the last 2+ years from being a sellers market to a buyers market. Lots more homes competing against each other. People who bought within the last 2-3 years and reselling are taking a loss. I know 2 couples in that situation and they may have to take a significant loss (about 10%) if they sell it now so they are thinking about renting their homes for a while (both already bought another home).

118.2 - official weight of the week.

The end of another work week for Peps and DD. One week closer to retirement!

DSD got home smoothly yesterday thank goodness. She had to work before she left, DH had golf, and I had to go to the dentist with the car so she took an Uber. Thank goodness the airport is so close.

I never made it to my golf association ****tail party last night. The anesthetic for my crown prep lasted from 2:30-7:30 and my mouth drooped until it wore off. I couldn't smile or even drink anything without a straw or a napkin under my mouth. I don't remember it ever lasting so long - he must have used a lot!

Today we have someone coming to clean the carpet in our bedroom and walk-in closet (the only rooms where we have wall-to-wall carpet). I have yoga, then I think we will probably go to the beach club for the afternoon. Looks like the weather will hold in this gorgeous spring pattern through tomorrow but then we start to get more humid with a threat of showers daily next week. That usually starts during April in south Florida so we were really lucky this year.

Have a fulfilling Friday!

PS: Just saw a news story that Eli Lilly sued HenryMeds and 3 other telehealth GLP-1 providers on 4/23. That's why HenryMeds stopped dispensing tirzepatide.