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DH's lemon cake

Happy Birthday to Diane's DH. I hope he enjoys celebrating.

Paula I am so glad to hear your post surgery reports, and that your recovery is going well. May it continue just so.

Liz, you have busy days ahead. I'm looking forward to pictures from your lanai in Florida soon.

Peps, your Dad story was lovely. May we all still have joyful moments no matter how many years old we are.

We are on the last leg of out trip. We enjoyed our time in Oban, especially our tour, whi*****luded the Highland Cows. It was a small group tour, but ours was a really small group, just us!Which is really awesome, because I LOVE to ask questions on tours. We learned a lot. One thing we learned is a dark part of Scottish history. About 200 years ago, the landlords who owned much of the land discovered they could make a lot more money raising sheep than what was being generated by the people who were basically sharecropping. So these rich people basically deported Scottish subsistence farmers and put them on boats. Many of them died on the boats. The ones who survived settled in Canada and the US. If you have Scottish ancestors, this could be your family story.

Today we took the train back to Glasgow and had a nice time just poking around the shopping and dining district. Lots of people out. Scottish people are so polite and friendly. So many people asked us where we were from, and what we had seen so far, and offered recommendations about things to do. Just genuinely warm. That has been a really lovely part of the trip. The congeniality of the Scots and the breathtaking natural beauty have been my favorite parts of the trip, besides being with DD. We travel together very well, and I've enjoyed just soaking up the time with her.

Tomorrow we take an hour train to Edinburgh and tour the Edinburgh castle and go on the Hop On, Hop Off bus. Then Monday morning, it's off to the airport.

DH is visiting our DS this weekend, and sent me pictures of their bike ride. Looks like fun. I can't wait to see him Monday afternoon.

The better properties in Florida are still selling and I'm sure more will come on the market before you go to look.

We are going to be looking for apple cider donuts!

118.6 - more snacking yesterday. Seems to coincide with boredom.

The next few days won't be boring so I will probably be happy when I have a quiet day again. We leave mid-day for central Massachusetts to stay overnight at DSD's home and leave Justice there for the week. We are meeting DD and DSIL for dinner out there. Possibly an Apple orchard in the afternoon. That's the one thing I miss about New England when I go south in early fall. The apples are so much better than you can get in Florida.

Not much else in the plan. I need to figure out what to pack as we are going directly to the wake tomorrow afternoon before returning to Cape Cod as it is somewhat on the way. Have a seriously super Saturday!

Greetings all

Overcast again. Spent the morning adulting trying to get insurance and tax info for the gallery. Tax place you leave a message and they will call you back in 3 or 4 hours. Well can't hang around for that. I think I have it mostly figured out and on the road to a solution. But boy did I have to waste a lot of time - on the phone twice to their tech support. Such baloney.

After all that I stopped at the store for a few things including some bananas to make the soft serve on the new machine. I was still cranky about all the morning's phone tag and tech issues and impulse purchased some Pepperidge farm cookies. By the time I got to the studio I had forgotten all about them., Duh!! Got a few new things made at the studio. The new glass space is all finished and looks great. The whiney crybaby glass members are gonna love it - or they should.

Meanwhile, got texts from DH that the garage door opener was kaput. He had it fixed but the whole thing likely needs to be replaced. It is all 30 years old so likely true. Another un fun expense

Liz glad you got the funeral dress figured out. Such items are things you end up not liking because of the cir****tances. Good that you could alter it and use it. Best wishes in your packing endeavors.

Paula great that you got a shower in. So glad you are not in pain. How long for compression?

DH birthday is tomorrow and I am going to a nearby bakery for a mini cake. Our football team plays so that is part of the plan.

Not much else.

Diane S