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Greetings all

More sun no doubt stolen from other parts of the nation. It is great. We still have loads of pansies and petunias though the sweet peas are done. I resolved not to leave the house today and instead am quarantined until I do some of the major picking up work needed for Halloween. There are boxes of stuff still not sorted from when we changed out the floor 3 years ago plus the never ending piles of junk. So some of it is now put away and I have started the endless dog blanket laundry. Stacks of paper which I am sure are 90% trash. Lordy it is a curse to be a pack rat but two in one house is beyond disaster.

I noticed a house for sale on Facebook that was highly appealing. It was a one story about the same size as our home plus it had an attached MIL unit. I have always thought that would be a great thing to have so DH could have his own junk space. He actually has that now but it is full. Anyway I doubt I will even look at it but fun to dream. It is in kind of an out of the way spot anyway.

You may about be home by now Liz. Hope it all goes well and that Justice is thrilled to see you. You have earned down time.

And you have earned down time Peps. Isn't it grand to have a day with no commitments so you can putter and catch up on chores. On an as needed basis or as-I -feel-like-it basis. I bet those couple of Runza pounds drop quickly.

Well no other direction but onward. Guest list for Halloween is shaping up as are the plans. Next stop: sofa in front of tv with large pile of papers and recycle bin.

Chicken tenders for tonight. Maybe a few new potatoes. I had hoped to harvest chives but dogs or snails seem to have eaten them.

Diane S

Last day with no weight numbers. I don't think there will be any damage but we shall see.

We got the car returned and to the hotel without difficulty, then ate dinner here. Pretty good food. We were in bed by 8 (11 eastern time) and I woke up at 3 this morning (6 eastern time). So I am more or less back on my normal time schedule. DH is still asleep at 3:30.

Our flight is at 8:25 and hopefully all goes on schedule so we can pick up Justice. We are due in at 3:25, have to get our luggage and drive almost 1.5 hours to pick up Justice before 6 pm. Doable but tight. Cross your fingers!

Have a thriving Thursday!

All the stuff related to home sale and purchase is nerve wracking until it is all complete. When I was buying my first place in Florida the mortgage officer was delaying because he wanted documentation of the community being an over 55 community. But it wasn't. Turned out the appraiser wrote that it was in the appraisal based on an assumption. The mortgage officer wouldn't approve the mortgage until the appraiser reissued the appraisal with that reference deleted.

I went to another plein air event tonight at my neighbor's house. Great setting, but I'm biased given it's my 'hood. Several of the newer neighbors came which was nice and I introduced them to each other. It was a beautiful day for painting with big clouds after the rain and a pretty sunset.

I didn't buy anything today, because I started to think, hey, I can just look out the window!

I also had a board meeting for the HOA today, which was surprisingly painless. A good day all around!

Hope you had a great last day in AZ Liz! Safe travels home tomorrow.

123, back up!

Same ol', same ol' today. Worked on my Bible study and more packing!

Hello Fresh meal was a steak stuffed pita. We had left over Hello Fresh Chicken pita so I ate that while DH and DC1 had the steak. Steak just isn't my thing!

Bible study tomorrow morning and then need to check if all the home loan stuff is completed. That all needs to be secured by Monday and I got a call from loan officer today that the HOA dues make our debt to income ratio to great but he had the HOS numbers wrong, was looking at the quarterly rate as the monthly rate. I sent him documentation so hopefully all is well but I'm not chancing another contingency problem. Grrrrr!