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Oooops.... Knew that ass-kicking was coming!! Wait until she sees the "Ben & Jerry's" post! UH OH!!! More lashes with a wet noodle for you! Ditto, Karla.... and I'M 66 and I would've helped you push it in! And I'm a weakling wimp!! Turkey meat loaf sounds good! Got some Lean Cuisines at Albertson's yesterday... on sale this week for $1.88 w/Albertson's card. And if you buy 6 of them you get a free box of Skinny Cows! So I got a box of Truffles... 100 calories each, not 140 like the ice cream sandwiches. Speaking of kicking ass, I think you need to kick that DD's ass right out of the house!! I think you need some empty nesting and she does not appreciate what she has. She is inconsiderate and takes advantage of you! Sorry... just telling you how I see it! Let her go live with her "study group"!:thumbdown::smile2::blushing: :thumbup:

Grain-haulers for lunch?? I just had leftovers!:thumbdown: Glad you had a pleasant weekend. Sorry about the vertigo!! We did miss you here! It was a little quiet and boring without you. HO HUM!! LOL! Sorry gals!! Uh oh!! You sound kind of unhappy!! :blushing::biggrin::thumbup: Like they said.... it will get better, but first it might get worse!! :smile2::biggrin::glare::eek::bored: Sorry! Yes... Gas-X, very definitely. And lots of walking. Both will help. Being hungry is a b-----, but... try to stay occupied with other things. It won't last. When you get on some real food, and start getting fills, things will be a whole lot better! We've all been there, so forgive us if we're smiling just a little bit. We promise, you aren't going to be sorry you did this and within a few weeks, all this misery will be a distant, vague memory! Great grades, kiddo!! You're doing a wonderful job w/school! Underwear.... I think I was about a 13 pre-surgery! And now down to 9! I wore a 7 in high school, so that's pretty good for me! Just bought about a dozen new ones! I had an appt with a personal trainer at a nearby gym this morning. It was a bit of a disappointment because all we did was talk for 30 minutes and I thought he was going to get me started on machines. So, I think I'll go back tomorrow and do some time on a bike and treadmill for starters. He wanted me to come back Wed. to get started on a routine, but I can't do Wednesdays, and he only works Mondays and Wednesdays! So... I'll start on my own and I have another appt with him next Monday. I don't know what the deal is... they haven't talked to me about $$$ yet! I had a 1 week free pass from my DD, but.. when the owner showed me around last week he said I could have 3 free sessions with a personal trainer! Sr. rates are only $25 a month, so I'm more than willing to sign up! But so far no one has asked me to! Maybe when my 1 week is over, but kind of surprising that they'd give you free trainer sessions before you even commit! Julie... hope you're having a quiet, restful and pain free day... or at least, less pain! So sorry for all you are going through! So... you are organizing your 40th HS reunion??? Want to do our 50th??? LOL! Here I am on the other side of the country and they all keep asking ME what we're going to do for our 50th next year!! HELLO????? Most of you are in the area so why aren't YOU doing something about it!????

WTG!! CONGRATS!! That's fantastic!! Have a GREAT time in TX!! I had some back problems crop up in March. Went to urgent care and they put the x-rays on CD for me to take home to my Dr.. Pretty interesting because you can see my band and port. Thought I'd share one!

I use WAY less catsup than I used to! Sometimes, for fish, I mix miracle whip and catsup.... my DIL got me started on that. Yeah, I'm excited about the gym thing. Best part is, it's almost as close as the distance from the RV to the pool! Well, maybe twice that far, but probably less than a mile away. Maybe a little too far to walk because I don't want to be tired when I get there! But easy scooter ride on days when it's not raining! Price is great! And I think I could add Earl for only $10 a month... but he says NO! Back is doing okay... minor aches and pains but nothing like 3/10!! That was horrible! I'll see if I can post one of those pictures where you can see the band and the port. Pretty interesting! A spreadsheet.... Earl would be proud of you!! LOL! Don't know what kind of Visa you have... but our costco American Express is great.. At the end of the year you get a printout of everything you spent and what category... travel, gas, restaurants. And the rebates are good... Got a check at the end of the year for almost $350. And we can go online any time to check our balance or see where we're spending our money. Have to have a backup cc as there are places that don't take AmEx. Tracy & Jim use a card that racks up air miles. But... yeah, it can be easy to pull out the plastic when we know we shouldn't! But.... I WILL have to check out that Moreno Valley Mall that you always talk about... next winter!! Stupid gym!! Yeah... so put up a sign... NO WATER!! I am using less catsup, honest. Using a lot of hummus... my latest snack.. in fact, lunch yesterday.. one rye crisp cracker, thin layer of lite cream cheese, hummus, and a little salmon on top... or... Earl bought me a can of smoked oysters... very good... put a couple of those on top. Says the whole can is one serving and fairly low calories, but so far I think I've had about 4 servings out of that can. Have enough left for one more cracker. Weather is GREAT everywhere in the country except here! I didn't even wake up until almost 9:30 a.m.!! I planned to sleep in today.... but not THAT late!! No sun coming in the window to wake me up! it's 50 degrees outside now and showers predicted for pretty much the whole weekend I think! I did manage to squeeze in some cruising this week between the rain drops. And Earl is making me keep a big umbrella in my basket at all times! I'd walk over to the d..... Surf Shack if the weather was decent. Did it with Candice one day last week when we were walking the dogs. Bus stop/park and ride is about half way, so... can stop and rest if back/hips are hurting. Usually a few minutes sit down and the pain goes away. And I keep bugging my Surf Shack lady that she told me last summer she was going to put out a table and some chairs! She has limited space... and limited income. Doing good with her new mobile van, though. And... as she pointed out, there's a bench in front of the nearby tavern where I can sit and rest. And Tracy and I have used it a few times. They don't care. The owner is the one leasing her the space for her coffee shack. But... to get back to the subject I was pursuing... the weather here sucks!! Well.... Happy May Day, everyone!! It's Tracy's 44th birthday and we are going out to Tokyo Steakhouse with them tonight. And it's opening day of the boating season! Whoppee! Big stuff going on in downtown Seattle... in the rain, no doubt!

I started a shopping list. Earl is at the hot tub. I should be on the Wii!! But, I'm cold! And I'm watching Bones. And my stomach does not feel good! Just pb'd some of my salmon! Why does that happen every time I eat something I like... salmon, tilapia, etc! I'm excited about the gym thing! It will be great! Tracy and Alisha go there... can go with them sometimes. Found the CD with my spine x-rays on it this afternoon. Laptop wouldn't read it when I treid it before, but it did today. Pretty interesting! I can see my LapBand and the tubing and port in most of the pictures. Very cool!

Yes, I think this gym will work out perfect for me! I was hoping to find something like that when we got home. So much miss water aerobics. Some of their equipment actually has earphone jacks and a place to plug in your iPod or Blackberry, etc. Unfortunately, the bike I want to use doesn't have that, but it does have a place where I can hang my iPod. And it's only about 10 minutes away by scooter, less than that if I drive over. Probably 3 minutes... like 2blocks away! When is the last time you had a new CPAP machine?? Insurance will give you a new one every few years if your policy pays for that. I just got a new one this year and I love it. It adjust automatically to whatever your needs are. It sounds like it is not meeting your needs! Does your mask fit well? I have a lot of problems with my mask. I've lost so much fat in the back of my neck that the mask just sort of slides off the back of my head. I guess you and I are the only ones around tonight! Just had some Alaska salmon that one of our Sky Valley neighbors gave us before we left. It was in the freezer. He caught it last spring. First few bites were nice and tender, but the rest of it was sort of well done, so now it's not wanting to stay down even though at the end I smothered it with catsup to lubricate it!!

TGIF!! Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you're all having a GREAT day and off to a good weekend. Julie.... so sorry for your dr. appt and the disappointing news. Laura had some good advice. And I'd definitely give the epidural another try. I've had a couple that did nothing and I've had them give me months of relief, so it's worth a try. I am so sorry you're having to deal with all the pain. I had an appt for a dental cleaning yesterday and forgot to take my mandatory prophylactic antibiotcis beforehand! DUH!! How many times do I have to reschedule before I remember??? So... had to go back this morning. Thankful they had another appt available so soon! I have to take 1500 mg of Keflex one hour before and three hours after dental work, including cleaning, because of the hardware in both knees. Had a good appt.. complimented for my good oral hygiene! Had a hygienist that talked non-stop. Then I continued to cruise the neighborhood on my scooter... which is sort of like my golf cart now! I can walk so much better, but... long trips around the neighborhood... I take the scooter. One of my stops was at the gym where my DD#1 & GD work out. DD gave me a coupon for 1 free week, so I thought I'd go check it out. I had a personal tour by a nice looking young man who showed me every nook and cranny except for the ladies' locker room which I explored by myself. So, at the end of that I made an appt with a personal trainer for Monday morning. I will see what kind of program they recommend for me and probably join. A 1 yr Sr. membership is only $24 a month, and they will freeze my account when we leave for the winter and restart it when we get home. I think that is quite reasonable. I miss my winter time water aerobics, so this wil be very good. They have all kinds of equipment! And places to plug in your iPod, so I will have to put together a "work out" playlist. Cool, cloudy, rainy weather persists here in the NW and I am so missing the sunshine and warm temps in southern CA. I've heard they've had horrible wind this week, though, and that is never fun! Another good reason to start going to the gym.... when weather is yucky I sit in my recliner in the condo and veg on the laptop!! I did do a load of laundry today and made some progress in the book bags, etc I have to sort through.. stuff that came out of the RV that is still sitting around the LR!!! Tomorrow is DD#1's 44th BD!! SIL made reservations for 4 of us to go to dinner at Tokyo Steak House... never been there but sounds good. Someone at work told her about it so we'll give it a try.

Good afternoon! It's mighty quiet here today! Everyone must be busy. The beach house..... we have to pay the balance of $802 by the first of June. I count 8 of us... Janet, Karri, Karla, Steph, Rose, Linda, Candice and me. Is that right?? So.... I need a check for $100 from each of you between now and the end of May. I already have Linda's. $200 of that is the security deposit, but rather than have $25 to refund to each of you, if its okay with all of you... I will spend $200 on groceries. Janet wants popcorn, we need coffee, wine, breakfast stuff... Please make suggestions as to what I should get. Need to know how many drink wine and how many white vs. red. Also need to know if you want me to get other "adult beverages". Like... if we want to make Margaritas, I'll get a bottle of tequila. I had a dental appt yesterday and forgot to take my antibiotics prior to the appt so I had to reschedule for today. I have to take 3 Keflex one hour before and 3 hours after any dental work including cleaning because of the hardware in my knees... for the rest of my life. My dentist is just a block away, so I took my scooter instead of the car. Then I went to the grocery store next door to get Earl one sour dough roll. After that.. Tracy had given me a 2 week free pass for the gym she goes to which is also in the neighborhood. So I cruised down there and got a personal tour of the whole place by one of the trainers. What a gREAT place... they have a day spa... do hair, nails, facials, pedis, massage. Then they have a small pool heated to 96 degrees that is used for physical therapy. They have lots of equipment, all different types. The rate for Srs. is only $24 a month. You have to sign up for a year, but they'll freeze my account while we're away and then resume when we get back each spring. So I think I'm going to sign up. I have an appt with a personal trainer for Monday morning right after TOPS.

No nasty FB messages between family members today! Praise God!! I can't deal with much more of that! Beach house.... You gals are going to love it. Setting is just wonderful. Place is smaller than I pictured it, but it will work just fine. The outdoor areas are GREAT... pray for good weather so we can enjoy it!! July 4th weekend can be wonderful, or not!! The remainder of our bill is due June 1... $802, and $200 of that is cleaning/security deposit. So we'll get that back. But... I think we have 8 confirmed.. so $100 each. If you are in agreement, I will spend $200 stocking with groceries, wine, etc... whatever you want me to get.. and then The $200 deposit will be mine, assuming we get it back. And I don't know why we wouldn't. Let me know what I should get... I know red wine for Candice and I. Then... what else... Long Island Ice Tea??? Tequila?? Vodka??? Beer??? Seems we drank mostly wine at Candice's, but I'll stock whatever you want me to get. Then... suggest some breakfast items... Kashi Go Lean?? Eggbeaters??? Yogurt??? Give me some suggestions... I may have to spend more than the $200 but we can sort it all out later. Place is rented Thurs night through Sunday night... so those coming in a day before or staying the day after, can stay in the condo here with us. We have an extra bedroom with queen bed and a pull out single in the LR. Suzanne preferred payment by PayPal with the deposit. Some of you had a problem with that, so just send me a check for $100 and I will deposit the checks in my checking account and pay with my PayPal account. Sounds like you guys are driving hard this week!! Relax... take your time, smell the roses! Are you stopping at the Mall of America after Steph's??? I hear Uncle Ed is doing pretty well... still a little confused at times. I think themain thing is tha he is depressed... I can't drive anymore, therefore my life is over. Making comments like, "I'll be leaving this place soon", etc. My sister, Barb said he was already talking like that before all this happened and now it's worse. Told my Mom they can't go to church anymore because he doesn't want anyone driving him aroujnd! Ridiculous! Their complex has a shuttle that will take them places. AND, he's been driving ladies who can't drive around to church, lunch, etc., for YUEARS!! Male ego!! UGH! Kinda pissed at Earl the last couple of days. Since we bought the new car he's doing things like sending me a detailed email account of our projected expenses for the next 6 months telling me our finances will be "touch and go"!! RIDICULOUS!! And today's thing... having a fit because I'm taking the cat for her once a year checkup and shots tomorrow... about $75. He wants me to take her to the animal shelter for the shots and not get a check up! He says he doesn't get a yearly check up so why should she??!! She's 13 yrs old! I'm taking her in or a check up tomorrow and shots!! Told him I'll take the money out of my "mad money" account if necessary! We only financed $10K, and our son-in-law financed that for us... so we're paying him...at 3% interest instead of what the car dealer was going to charge us. So the payments are minimal. Did it all formal with a contract and all. And it is not going to stress out our budget!! He had our financial adviser take a few K out of our IRA so we could have a "cushion". I told him... in 3 more years Uncle Sam will MAKE him start taking money out of that based on his life expectancy. That was a revelation for him... guess he thought he'd have control over how much he withdrew. Not the way I understand the "rules". So... then our income tax is going to go up. It's to our advantage to start taking some out yearly NOW! WHAT are we saving it for... for our kids to spend when we're gone!! SORRY... TMI, I know! I have had 2 glasses of wine and I am really frustrated... and YOU are truly my closest friends!! I have to VENT to someone!! Oh, CRAP!! News is reporting there is NOTHING you can do to help ward off Alzheimer's! Can't prevent it! But.. a better diet can lower the chances of getting it! HUH??? May have made more sense before the wine!? What a cheery new report! Now they're talking about breast cancer! I think I'll be done with the news now! Too depressing! Oh... here's some fun news from my family!! My nephew... sister Mary Lou's DS#2... just about to finish many years of school and officially be certified as a pediatric neurologist.. His wife and he wantd to wait until he was finished to start their family. He is 36 years old this month. I got a very clever email from him a few days ago about a "high terror alert". It went on and on with all these big words... and said the "non-specific indications of terror" were to increase on or about Oct. 14. There were two photos attached to the email. They were the most amazing ultrasound pictures I have ever seen... 3-D... of their TWINS!!! It was incredible! You could actually see that they are undoubtedly fraternal because they don't look very much alike... and one looks just like he did as a baby! They don't want to know the sexes, so you could only see the torsos, but, you could see the placenta, details of the fingers, etc. Needless to say, my sister is on cloud 9. She is 62 with 4 kids over 30 and these are her FIRST grandchildren! She is so thrilled! She already ordered two "onesies" online... Dr. Seuss theme.. "Thing 1 and Thing 2"!!

Always enjoy your photos! I love to take pictures and I love to look at other people's pictures! Pickled eggs??? Yep... I think I'll be one of those turning my nose up! I don't care for much of anything if it's pickled, especially in dill. I don't like the taste of dill at all. Shakes... I wonder if you could make a Merlot shake?? HAHAHAHA!! Well, your guess was right on with me! Nurses' Aide in a nursing home. If you don't count all the babysitting I did in the neighborhood prior to that. Yeah.... wiped butts, etc. And, I too fell in love with those old folks and that's what prompted me to decide I wanted to be a nurse. I had several "favorites"! One lady who had cerebral palsy. She was very picky about who took care of her and she liked me. She even came to my wedding. Then there was one who had her feet rubbed every night with lanolin cream, and sometimes I came in on my days off because she loved the way I massaged her feet. I have a good story about my first day on the job. I was assigned to one of the "experienced" nurses' aides. I was to follow her and help her and learn what the daily duties were. So... first thing in the morning, we were to go room by room and put fresh ice water in everyone's water pitchers. I observed and assisted about half way down the hall before she let me go in to one room by myself. I came out with what I thought was a stainless steel water pitcher. But, my "mentor" burst into laughter and told me that what I had in my hand was the man's urinal!! He probably didn't want ice water in that!!! HAHAHAHA!! There was an old Italian lady who didn't speak any English and she and I got to be good buddies. She'd see me coming down the hall and she'd do a little dance for me. And she'd talk to me in Italian.. she taught me to say "NO CAPICE"... don't understand! So she'd talk and I'd say, "NO CAPICE" and she'd giggle and keep talking! Apple... sounds like you had a VERY busy life even as a 13 yr old!! Hadn't thought about it until you mentioned it, but all 4 of my GPs had died prior to my nursing home job, too. I just absolutely loved that job! Makes you wonder, doesn't it? I especially missed my maternal GM because she used to take the bus out to our house in the suburbs and I'd walk down to the bus stop and wait for her to get there and walk home with her. Don't remember my maternal GF.. he died when I was about 3 yrs, I think. And paternal GPs were German... didn't speak a whole lot of fluent English so my relationship with them wasn't as close. My most vivid memory of my paternal GM was that she'd give us a warm smile and give us each a quarter, but didn't say much! Sat in one corner of the LR and smiled a lot and listened!! Thiings are so different these days. We grew up in close proximity to our GPs.. I did, anyways. And there were frequent get togethers with all our cousins at GP's home. But our kids grew up across the country, basically, from our parents. Society is so much more mobile these days and our kids don't get to know their cousins as well.. and other family members. I was so touched that our daughter-in-law decided that they would spend spring break week this year back OUR home town in Buffalo NY to visit my Mom and family and DH's family. I guess she gets it! In fact, both of our daughters have gone back for a week or two in recent years. It means a lot to me that they do value those relationships! That just makes me tired!! Don't know how you did all that, even at 13 yrs old!!!

Good Morning! Hope you get a nap today, Karla! I had a tough time getting to sleep last night. Went to bed a little before midnight, then couldn't get to sleep for a couple of hours. Yeah, this whole stupid car thing has everyone stirred up. Nasty FB messages still being flung around. It's ridiculous. Another cloudy morning here. Primetimers today so have to get in the shower soon. Tomorrow.. kitty shots in the morning, and then dental.... we both get out teeth cleaned. I finally made appt to get this "nevus" on my cheek looked at, but first available dermatology appt .... June 1st! Also seeing my ortho guy in two weeks to complain about the right knee. The more I walk the more it bothers me. And still have to get an appt for my back. They want a referral from my primary care doc but she's never seen me for the back problem, so I may have to go see her first! What a hassle! Hope you all have a GREAT day!

HAHAHA~!! Nothing to do with dog hair... didn't see any! I've been bugging Earl for a new car for a couple of years. A couple of weeks ago someone emailed him something that made him nervous about keeping the 2002 any longer.. over 100K miles on it, too. So our plan was to start looking. Then he told Jim that after we got home last week and Jim said they wanted a new CRV, too. Theirs is a few years newer and had 60K miles. So then we all started joking about how maybe they'd give us a good deal if we bought two! But, kind of spur of the moment decision to go car shopping Sunday afternoon when they were over here having lunch after church. And the rest is history.... twin cars! So sorry to hear about your friend! That's terrible! I'm still unpacking our RV stuff!! I'm a great procrastinator! I did get a nice long cruise around the neighborhood today, though! Hit ALL the stores! But Tracy called and chewed me out because she saw me crossing the highway on my scooter!! LOL! I crossed with the walk light, and I put on my emergency flashers. But then I have to ride up the shoulder for a block and some idiots like to drive on the shoulder!

I have same experience with ironing! Got paid a nickel a piece and we also ironed everything from pillow cases to Dad's boxers! Hated ironing! Then Earl was in the AF when we got married and I had years of having to starch and iron FATIGUES!! He was so particular about them I finally started taking them to the base laundry! If you get a chance to go to South Coast winery while in Temecula, I think our step-granddaughter-in-law works on Fridays... Stephanie. Say "Hi" to her. She's a sweetie. Very good news, Julie!!

Good Morning! Everything good with the car now. Just have to get a new tow bar put on the front so we can drag it around behind the RV. Lots of frustrating stuff going on at home in Buffalo! Uncle Ed took a bad fall about a week ago. Wouldn't go to the ER. Then about 3 days later, suddenly became disoriented while driving, hit a car, turned around and kept on going, knocked over a mailbox and finally stopped in a friend's driveway and my Mom went in and called 911. They took him to hospital in an ambulance. Said he had a stroke. I think maybe bleeding in the brain from the fall. At any rate, he was discharged the next day... go figure!!! And the cops were there when he got home. Charged him with leaving the scene of an accident and property damage and took away his drivers license. So..... my youngest sister quickly decided that the car should be sold to her daughter since Uncle Ed can't drive anymore! As I understand it, they each paid half for the car but it's in my mother's name. The situation deteriorated in to a huge family feud over the car because my niece really doesn't have the resources to pay for the car. She is a social worker who doesn't make much money, single mom of 2, including a new baby, and in the midst of all this, found out that her boyfriend has another girlfriend. He totaled her car, so his car was her only transportation and I assume she kicked him out. It's a huge mess with everyone mad at everyone else all over a stupid car that's maybe worth $7K! Ridiculous. Glad I live on the west coast!! I just have to deal with the phone calls, text messages and nasty FB posts!!

I'm here!! Spent another 3 flippin' hours at the Honda dealers. Yesterday they couldn't find the 2nd key for our new car... they had one key and the valet key. They kept saying they were "looking" for it! So we had to go back today to take the rest of the keys and the title for the old car. They were still "looking" for our other key! So then they decided they'd give us a new key, but that meant the other two keys had to be "reprogrammed"! But Earl left the valet key at home. So we had to go all the way back home to get it and then wait an hour for them to reprogram all three keys! And we found out that the two bar from the old car won't work on the new car, so another $1200-1500 to get a new tow bar on the new car and then hope it'll fit on the RV hitch so we don't have to replace that, too! Had left over fish, a few frys, and a little bit of leftover Soup for dinner. Then I went and PB'd a good part of it! Happy days!! LOL!

Well, it was called "opal" and it was a real pretty shade of green. Kind of "seafoam" green. And then the dashboard was dark grey, but the rest of the interior was that awful yellow. Like baby poop yellow sort of. Yeah... we all agreed before we left that we were only going to LOOK today. I wanted to drive a Mazda Tribute and a Subaru Forrester before we made up our minds, knowing we'd probably end up with another CR-V because we liked our old one so much. But.. before we knew it we were test driving. But Earl didn't go with us because he was measuring to see if my scooter was going to fit, and pushing to get a trade-in number. I never saw him make a car decsion this fast. I'm not sure we ever bought a car on the first trip. Amazing!

What a day!! Went to church this morning... tried a new one.. met Tracy and Jim there. Then I invited them over for chili. Had a bunch left over from when Peter and Candice were here. So.. we had lunch, and then we decided to go car shopping. I think that was around 2 pm! We got home at 8 pm! And we bought identical Honda CR-Vs! Both "Glacier Blue". Only difference is theirs has a leather steering wheel cover and built in bluetooth. We both liked the same color, both wanted 4WD! We saw a green one we liked, but the interior was this really obnoxious bright yellow! I said I could live with it, but Earl said NO! Didn't want white or grey, didn't want the dark colors because they show the dirt too much... so we finally decided we'd just both get the same color!

Lots of showings.... that's good. Are you getting any feedback from the lookers?? I got an iTouch for Christmas and still learning to use all of it's functions. I bought an "iTouch For Dummies"! Now if I could just find where I put it... the book, that is!! We're still unpackng. I have one more basket of clothes to put away and a whole bunch of books to sort through! Now I've been thinking, maybe I should'nt have talked DH in to getting me one because maybe I want an iPhone when the new ones come out! I'm almost due for an upgrade on my cell phone. Salesman was trying to talk me into a Motorola Android the other day. It was pretty impressive but.... bottom line is.. I'm not sure I can give up my Blackberry!!

So sorry to see Peter and Candice leave this morning! We had a GREAT visit. They're on their way to Ninaimo on Victoria Island to visit Peter's brother.

Sightseeing with Peter and Candice

NO, we're NOT eating any chocolate. But, no comment on the wine! :biggrin: And we're feeling FINE this morning!

Yep... it's definitely wine time. When you're retired, "Happy Hour" starts no later than 3:30 p.m. Sorry about the crabby lady. Most RV parks are very friendly, but we've been in a few where they hand you the don't do this and don't do that list! Give me a break. Reminds me of a B&B we stayed at in the UK once with our DD#2 and SIL where we weren't allowed downstairs on the main floor because it was "family" space. So basically, we could be in our little bedrooms or in the bathroom. And as I remember there weren't even any chairs to sit in. But, on the other hand, we stayed in one in Victoria B.C. once where the people insisted we use their car for the weekend! We got up there without a car planning to take buses all weekend only to find out the buses had gone on strike! They were the nicest people! They had a van camper and siad it they needed to go anywhere they could use that. We had some good conversations with them and others who were staying there, and then we ended up going to church with them on Sunday morning. So.... usually the positive experiences outweigh the negative. I hope most of your stays are more pleasant than this one!! Tracy says you can park at her house if you want, but Earl says no problem running an extension out to the parking lot. We will take the dogs over to Tracy's for a good run, though if you want. She has 5 acres all fenced in!

Yes.... Surf Shack makes the BEST lattes!! But.... when I picked up my mail.... there was my Starbucks GOLD CARD!! I bought so many lattes this winter that I reached GOLD status... I think that takes 30. So now I get a free one every 15 drinks, 2 free hrs of Wi Fi every day, free flavors, free soy milk in your drinks, etc. But I won't be doing much Starbucks until fall! Sounds like your weather is pretty similar to waht we're having! Rain, rain, rain... high in the 50's today! Candice and Peter will be here tomorrow. I probably should get the rest of the STUFF unpacked and out of the living room!! Bags of books that need to be sorted out and put away somewhere! Wonder if I'll ever actually READ all of them! Earl is on top of things... RV almost all unpacked. Yesterday we both worked for several hours. I put a garbage bag in the bathroom sink and took EVERYTHING out of the medicine cabinet! It was a total mess... such that you couldn't find anything in there! Cleaned it out, sorted through everything and only put back those things that we actually need! And way too much of that, probably... like a whole shelf full of bandaids, adhesive tape, etc. Oh, well.... guess we're prepared. Can add it to our C.E.R.T. kits in case of a catastrophic emergency!!! Also took everyting out of my make up table. Found an Alaska headband I'd been missing for about 4 years stuffed way in the back! Problem is... what to do with all the crap I took out and brought home! Probably most of it needs to go in the trash! Little bottles of shampoo, lotion, etc.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Linda! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Lori! :smile::party::drool::party: Yes, and she definitely doesn't consider her dogs to be "animals"!! LOL Nice pictures, Laurie! Apples.... very much enjoyed your description of your farming! Interesting and informative. I didn't understand the "tiling" before either. Janet, hope your day goes better today! Still unpacking, but it's almost done. I have way TOO MANY books! I need to sort and get rid of a lot. That will be a challenge! I don't like to get rid of any books! But I probably had close to 50 paperbacks in the RV and that's sort of ridiculous. Certainly need to get rid of those I've already read, and I need to get rid of those I probably never WILL read! I like forensic novels, so I have a bunch of Tess Gerritson, Kathy Reichs. Then there's a whole set of Catherine Coulter, Dean Koontz and throw in a few J.D. Robb. Okay.. so I don't have just a hat, purse, shoe problem... books, too!! LOL

What the heck!! Where is everyone?? My almost 8 hr old post is the LAST one!! We unloaded more stuff out of the RV today. It's over at Tracy's now. Her dog, Misty thought it was great fun to run up and down the RV steps. Then she decided to come in. She got a little bolder with each trip and explored a little further each time. One time she even pushed me out of the way with her nose! Then she started sniffing around the kitchen... found the place mat where the cat's food usually sits. Earl keeps a little piece of non-slide fabric under it so it doesn't slide when we're driving. So, Misty goes running out the door with it in her mouth! By the time we figured out what she had, she'd chewed it up, dropped it and ran away! So... since she started stealing stuff, we didn't let her in again! LOL! She's a riot! It was nice and warm Sunday/Monday, but temp dropped about 20 degrees today and it's been cloudy all day. Sprinkled a little, but not the pouring rain they said we'd get today!