Saturday, January 11, 2025

Good evening! We’re just home from a great party at newer neighbors Shelley & Kipp’s. They hired a band, invited the entire neighborhood and had food galore!

The full moon peered down on the festivities! Nice bonfire kept the party going into the evening. 

Beautiful evening! Downtown Eustis across the lake. 


The band was very good! They played 4-5 hours. It was a cool day with a high of 60F. 

I came home at 5 to feed the kids then took a cigar back with me for Mark. We met some neighbors we didn’t know. Good event! 

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Good morning from Central Florida, where it is a bright sunshiny day. It is a little chilly with the north wind.

Mark is at University of Florida in Gainesville with Belize for her fifth appointment. Robbie and Wyatt had a walk to the circle with me before I head out to lunch with the girls. Tomorrow, it’s my turn to drive to Gainesville. It’s not too bad, we are getting used to it.

This week has been one of phone calls and looking for lost items that were apparently shipped. One company, on a small present for Mark, has given up responding to me. I ordered November 10 and they refused to give a refund. So yesterday, I got on PayPal And negotiated a refund.  This morning, I had to deal with another company. I had ordered 412 V batteries on December 20. They were supposed to arrive December 30. I gave it a few more days with the holiday rush. However, today is January 8 and all I ever got delivered was one battery. They are sold two batteries minimum. So how in the heck did they manage to ship only one. Anyway, and trying to deal with the company they only want to give me half my money back. I am willing to return the one battery if they can’t get me three more. So, today I had to deal with MasterCard, who has started a dispute. Is anything going to be easy this year? 

Sunday, January 5th, 2025

Good evening! It’s a chilly-willy night here in Central Florida with temps dipping to 52F. We’re snug with the fireplace going and watching Goliath, a 4 series with Billy Bob Thorton.  It’s a bit gruesome. 

Earlier we met Sue and Wayne in Leesburg for lunch at Wolfy’s. (It was good!) Of course we had some laughs. 

BeeZee had 3 radiation treatments last week that she tolerated quite well. In fact, we think she’s feeling better! The radiation continues 4 times a week til the end of January. Lots of driving back ‘n forth to Gainesville, just under 2 hours, door to door. 

Front porch sitting yesterday afternoon. 🐾❤️

Robbie had a big wart removed last Tuesday and seemed not to notice. We gave him CBD oil for possible pain. Hope to hear good news on the wart cytology. 

That’s it for now. 🥰

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Good afternoon. Yes yes it’s really me writing a blog. Unless I publish it before I’ve looked it over, it disappears!!! There have been a few technological grinches around lately. Ha ha. 

So what’s been going on you ask. Our friend Bonnie came from Oklahoma for Robbie’s 14th birthday party in mid-December! We had a fun time and the little guy got a lot of wonderful treats and some new toys from his friends. Of course Belize and Wyatt got in on the action and ate cake as well.

Bonnie and me at Ski Beach for lunch. 

Everyone wanted to help Robbie open the gifts. Fortunately, there were no dog fights that day. 😝

Quite a haul for one wee Scottie! We ❤️ our ol’ boy!

Christmas was fun. On Christmas Eve we met at the Olive Garden restaurant for dinner. Lots of laughs and a good meal.

As you can see, the restaurant expected some shenanigans and tucked us away in a quieter area with a huge table. 🥰

Christmas morning, we managed to open quite a few gifts considering it’s just the two of us and three wee Scotties!

Everyone had fun! 

Christmas Day dinner was at Sue and Wayne‘s! This year was roast beef with all the trimmings. It was delicious and we had a wonderful evening.

The table was beautifully set. 

The latter part of Christmas went by rather quickly as we had appointments for Belize at the University of Florida small animal Hospital in Gainesville. Our Miss B has been diagnosed with TCC, a form of bladder cancer.  We’ve been ongoing with test since November trying to discover what was the problem. Now that we know, she began a series of radiation on December 31 that will last through the end of January. Four days a week we drive two hours each direction for her appointment. It’s going to be grueling, but we hope with the right food we are feeding and these designated treatments, that we will have her for a long, long time yet.

And as if that isn’t enough, while Mark was at the Gainesville appointment with Belize, I was at our local vet office with Robbie. He has a wart that we were watching for quite some time that suddenly grew. We had it removed yesterday and sent off to cytology. So, now we wait for an answer on that. And that pretty much describes how the last month of 2024 went for us. Ca-ching! 

Today, we are putting Christmas away and getting ready for a very busy month of back-and-forth. Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy and prosperous new year. . 

Wednesday December 11, 2024

Hello and Happy Holidays from us here in Central Florida. It’s been ridiculously busy since Thanksgiving!

Christmas is just a couple weeks away. I hosted YaYa’s for 14 partiers on December 5th … with a fun gift exchange! 

Mark made us Chicken Tortilla soup as the main course and it was delicious! We had B52 shots and Sex on the Beach shots for starters! That really amped up the noise. 

Sue asked me for a big painting. The canvas is 24x36 and has taken me a couple weeks to complete. I’ll

post a pic tomorrow when the varnish dries!

Mark’s been working on our generator hookup this week. Our weather has been nice for puttering about outside.  

Upcoming is our Robbie’s 14th birthday celebration! Bonnie, Robbie’s breeder, is flying in for the fun! Robbie was the first puppy born to her Rosie & Rebel in 2010. That’s the year Mark was laid-off … and we went to Oklahoma to adopt Robbie … and settled in OKC for a year and a half. What a story. 🐾🥰

Our friend Nancy is traveling this month … guess where?

How fabulous is that destination!!! 

Thursday, November 28, 2024

It’s turkey day in the USA … Diane & Kris are hosting our little family. We’re at 6 for the holidays nowadays and lucky to live near enough to get together. Kris is cooking! 🦃 🥧 Sue’s making the green bean casserole and we’re bringing pies. It’s a feast. 

Waiting on the turkey! Kris made some ribs for an appetizer! Everything was delicious! 

The table was nicely laid. 

Our friend Nancy is in NYC and saw the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade streetside. I’m betting it was magical. We watched on Telly.  

Mark wrapped a few Xmas presents while I worked on a big painting for the K’s. 

Sunday November 25, 2024

Good Sunday evening. It’s been a fun weekend for us. 

Randy came for a visit Saturday morning. When Mark opened the door he thought he was looking in a mirror! 

Haha! Kenora dinner jackets!!! It was a good laugh. 

Later that afternoon we saw The Little Shop of Horrors at downtown Eustis’ State Theater.  It was well done and funny. The animatronics for the “plant” were good. There were 12 of us there; friends from our neighborhood. Afterward we went to Uncorked for drinks and all but Mark and I stayed for dinner. (Our kids were ready for their dinner!) 🐾🥰

Today, I wrapped Christmas gifts and began a painting for the K’s Margate property. It’s a big painting, 24x36. While I did that Mark finished up the shed painting. 

We’re glad that job’s done! 

Tonight, Nancy came over for a game of Catan and brought homemade Brownies! Yum. We sure enjoy that game! 

That’s it for tonight.