CHRISTMAS CHEER 🐾🎅🏼

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Wyatt and Belize showing off their new Christmas collars although Wyatt tried taking his off by rubbing along the hallway wall. 😂

Thursday, December 11, 2025

​EATON BEACH 

Good evening! Today’s fun was lunch with pals KimBob at Eaton Beach. 

It was a couple hours of catching up. They’d been on a cruise in September, us in November. We had a great afternoon! 

Tuesday, Belize had bloodwork, ultrasound and a chemotherapy appointment. I dropped her off at 9 o’clock. She’s quite happy in her stroller and according to staff, easy going about it all. 

Afterward, I went to Nancy’s for a visit and coffee. She’d already had a morning workout! Darn … I hadn’t even had a coffee yet  😂 

Nancy opened a couple Christmas presents that I hoped would be good for her upcoming trip to Pigeon Forge - a goodies snack pack gift basket and flannel nightgown. Nancy had made Buckeyes … chocolate covered crunchy peanut butter and confectioners sugar balls. Too delicious!!! 

Mark ran manly errands (Lowes) and picked up Belize at 5 o’clock  it was a long day for her! Great news though … her next appointment will be SIX weeks away. She’s doing very well. (It’s a year since diagnosis of TCC Bladder Cancer.) She’s eating well and maintaining her weight and activity level. We’re thrilled! 🐾❤️

Our friends Pat & Ken moved from our former neighborhood yesterday, officially. They’ve been renovating their new nest. We look forward to seeing it. There’s nothing fun about moving but satisfying to see the plan come together.

The K’s have been wineing and dining in South Florida this week. 

RanDawn both had colds this past week; there’s a virulent strain going around with a wicked cough. When we talked to Randy today, he sounded much much better.  

That’s it for now. We have a busy weekend coming up with events. ‘Tis the season … 🎅🏼

Saturday, December 5, 2025

​good morning from foggy North Central Florida, where we have rain rolling in for the weekend. Mark and his friend Wayne are in the woods this morning. I’m not sure Mark should be out there as he had a sore throat last night. ‘Tis the season for colds! 

Last Wednesday was the kickoff to the December holiday parties with the Coast to Coast club. 

The party was great. The food was excellent, the decorating very pretty and the band awesome.  As you can see, everyone was up dancing.  

The next night was Yaya‘s at Nancy‘s!

It was a smaller group than some years, but lots of fun. Nancy cooked her famous Cincinnati Skyline chili with all the fixings!!! There were Christmas crackers with jokes inside, Christmas bauble necklaces for all and a gift exchange. Well done Nancy! Her place was decorated to the ‘nines’ !!!

Both Belize and Wyatt are doing well with daily walks and golf cart rides. We are keeping them as busy as possible.  Now with two misty rainy days upon us, I will have to dig out the toys with treats for a fun time.  

That’s it for now! Happy Holidays!!! 

Saturday, November 29, 2025

​good morning from chilly North Central Florida where it is 60° at the moment. Brrr 🥶 

We had a fun Thanksgiving day at Diane and Kris is home. Cindy and Hailey were there plus Diane’s neighborhood friend Tina. Nancy came with us and added to the fun.  We played a couple of games, ate ham, turkey and all the fixings! 

Whatta fun time! That’s Hailey up front resetting the picture timer. 😂

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

​GRINCHMAS STRIKES 😂

Good afternoon on this TG-Eve where we’re putting up Christmas lights for the first time on our “new” home! I’m having a blast whereas my grinch has 3 various sized ladder and his drill readied for the task. 

Check out his grimace. 😂 Next year we’ll have an easier time of it. I think.

We’ve put 100’ of bright C3’s across the garages, front and peak. Our inflatable Scottie will guard the front entrance. Three projectors will handle the sides of the house as we’re on a corner lot with plenty of wall space! (Maybe a picture once the sun sets tonight.) 

Last night’s sunset across the street from us …

Florida is beautiful at this time of year! 

This was happy hour yesterday after some grocery shopping at Walmart! It was mobbed!

We forgot a few things at Walmart and come home to our lights on full display! 

Our front porch Scottie 

Maybe tweaking here and there but overall it’s done. 

Now Mark’s cooking up a batch of turkey dinners for Bee & Wyatt. 🎶 The beat goes on … 

Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. 🥰

Monday, November 24, 2025

​Good evening! We’re home from Applebee’s burgers with Sue & Wayne. It’s a beautiful evening! 

Yesterday I went to our neighborhood holiday music concert. I was amazed at the talent and decorations. It was a nice kickoff to Thanksgiving and the Christmas season.

While I was “being a social butterfly” as Mark said, he was happily puttering about in the attic.

There’s decent headroom in the garage attic so a few pieces of plywood flooring is a good plan. Things like seasonal decor might be stored there eventually.

 

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

​Waaaa 😭 The Cruise is OVER

Jack, Jill, Janny, Mark, me, Tony … at the elevators, ready to go and disembark. What a fantabulous time we have had! The weather was perfect, the seas smooth. 

All eight of us at the departure lounge. Four of us have a 5 Hour drive home and four have a three day trip to Taiwan.

Departure was quick and easy. The ship had cleared customs and we all just walked off. We had to take a shuffle over to the parking lot as we didn’t come into the same slip.  We were about 2 miles or more away. Port Everglades is now huge. 

Back home, Nancy had taken a wonderful care of Belize and Wyatt. We had a white claw together and caught up on the news. Then she was off to a meeting in Tavares and we began unwinding.

Thank you, Nancy, for the new addition to our family.  “Just what this house needs” as my dad would say.  😂  It’s so cute and holds the big buddy cookies. 

So today Mark is running errands and I’m unpacking the suitcases and doing laundry. It’s great to be home, and we will be back to normal soon.