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A trip to Egypt! Clearly, he's not looked into the cost of that trip! 
Definitely hire someone if you can. DH pretty much said, it will cost a trip to Egypt to hire it out, but even so, if he didn't want to cut it himself, I would support hiring help. But he is determined : )
on 6/19/25 8:03 am
I follow a guy on Instagram who got totally sucked into the case and reported on it daily. He couldn't believe how bad the investigation work was and that it ever made it to trial the first time. Sounds like a good thing she was acquitted!
Summer might be here at last for all of us?
Tree work makes me very nervous. My DH might attempt to do it himself too but I would try to insist on hiring someone.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
She really did! His experts hammered the prosecution and his closing argument was really strong.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Yesterday was one of those busy retirement days you all told me about. We did our workout, ran an errand to the Post Office, stopped at the grocery store to buy ingredients for stuffed pasta shells, bought some mulch at the hardware store, and tried to cut down a significant part of a tree next to our hot tub!
The tree is half dead, and needs to go, but it's tricky, because if DH just cuts off massive sections it will land on the hot tub or fence. So he's cutting it down piece by piece. It involves ropes, ladders, chainsaws on telescoping poles... So far so good, but the possibility of something going wrong or DH getting hurt certainly makes one live in the moment! He is very careful and methodical thank goodness. We were out there until about 7pm. My job is mostly to hold ropes and pray.
I am committed to making a few nice meals this week, to show myself I can I guess and to thank DH for all the cooking over the last 2 years. There will be no frozen pizzas for a good while.
Today more tree work and a concert in the park. The weather looks fabulous. Dinner will be food trucks. Celebrating the Solstice!
DD told me a little about this case, but I need to read this article I think, to really understand it.
I love the Solstice too. Its pretty dramatic at these Northern latitudes, with the sun setting at 4:30pm in December, and near 9:30pm in June. Last night we were outside and it was bright and beautiful at 9pm. The Swedish Institute in Minneapolis (which is in an awesome mansion) does a Solstice Party on the lawn of the mansion. We attended once on a balmy summer night, and it was so much fun to celebrate the return of the light.
I'd never heard of her until now. Also sounds like she had a great lawyer!
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
P.S. I'm now eating my first Just Crack an Egg, which I learned about from y'all. It's pretty good and massively easy!
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
