Happy 250th U S A

​Good morning, and a happy Fourth of July. Mark wore his “we the people are pissed off “ T-shirt to breakfast at Darrell‘s diner. It wasn’t very busy being just 7:30 am. Mark was hungry, but I had to bring most of mine home for lunch later on.  

With the summer heat upon us, we’ve been walking Wyatt about 615 in the morning. It’s muggy, but cool-ish. One day last week it was 65 in the morning but most mornings it’s around 75. Daytime highs lately have been in the 90s and we’ve been hibernating. 

Since my last Blog I learned to play Mahjong and enjoy it!!! My set of tiles are spread out at one end of the kitchen table so I can practice a hand or two every day. Of course once I get onto this 2026 national Mahjong league card, it will be updated and I will learn a whole new batch of hands. 🤪  There’s a version you play online, but having an iPhone and no tablet it’s a bit difficult! 

A couple of months ago, we began East Coast swing dance lessons. It’s easy and fun. The idea behind this is that we go to all these dinners and dances here in our community and generally sit and watch. Well, you can’t burn a calorie doing that. 😜 We have gotten to know our dance instructors and have gone to dinner with them. They live just down the street from us and we are going there for dinner next Thursday. 

In FAMILY news, Diane has a job working at the hospice store and loves it. Kris is waiting for a procedure that will give him better breathing. Meanwhile, they are both happy in their updated mobile home on a big lot. They have two dogs, Belle who is 13 years old and Chewy, a recent adoption.  

Randy and Dawn join us fairly often at Applebee’s for family night dinner. Otherwise, they are busy with the granddaughters as Randy is official “Uber” man for after school pickup. It keeps him busy while Dawn is still working three days a week.  

Sue and Wayne are still in Florida at this time! Usually, they are way to the lake by now. Wayne has some boat business to handle before they leave.  Meanwhile, we are enjoying having them around and are joining them for dinner tonight.  

Monday, April 27, 2026

​Happy Birthday Mom … We miss you so much. Tonight we’ll have a toast to you at Applebee’s. 

🥂❤️

April 25th, 2026

​Good morning from sunny Florida! Wyatt and I are just back from our first walk of the day. It’s 65F heading to 85 later. The weather has been beautiful this month. 

Last evening Mark cooked up a storm … roast beef, gravy, potatoes, carrots and mushrooms. We had two couples over who we’ve gotten to know. It was a good time. Debbie’s going to teach me MahJong and I’ll be a “fill-in” on their team when someone’s away! Perfect. Mark enjoyed the guys company while cooking. 

We’ve been into Tai Chi for a couple months and have found it fun and beneficial. Our balance is better and my breathing has improved. The instructor is a bit comical and plays a variety of music, sometimes a bit loud  🤣

Last weekend was the neighborhood spring garage sale. This time we were buyers rather than sellers. It was fun going around on our spiffy golf cart and stopping here ‘n there. 

The hand carved wooden bongo drummer was my favorite find! The Kennedy bank was a good find which we gave to Nancy! 

(Wyatt interrupted … “I am hungry and daddy didn’t cook me anything!

Me … well you didn’t want what mumsa cooked for you! You’re a fuss-pot Mr. Wy.)

The weather vane we found now occupies a space on the high high living room ledge. We met more neighbors in our cruising the garage sales!

Mark is back from the woods …

That’s a big bobcat he saw today! 

That’s it for now. Ta ta  

Happy Easter

​We’re wishing you and yours, a Happy Easter.

We had no particular Easter plans today and needed just a quiet day of reflection. I think we’re still reeling over the loss of our Queen Bee. We took Wyatt for a long golf cart ride today. He really gets excited with all the sights and sounds. We think he’s doing well and is adjusting to being an only dog. We’re doting on him and doing two big walks a day. Also, more attention and games with him.

Thank you all for the kind messages and beautiful cards regarding the loss of our girl. Much appreciated. 🐾❤️

Last evening we met with Randy, Dawn and her mom, Jan at Texas Roadhouse for dinner. They came back to our house for a visit afterwards.  It was a really nice evening with lots of laughter. Jan had some funny stories that apparently Dawn didn’t know about.  That made them even funnier!!! 

Mark and I have been going through the motions keeping up with social events and tai chi at our community center. Marshall and Nan are fun instructors.  

We hope to get to know them better.

Mark’s been working diligently replacing plants we lost to extreme (history making) freeze in February! 

We added a Hong Kong orchid tree, a Magnolia tree and four Japonica Camelia bushes plus rose bushes and red Pentas. We are sure hoping that the Eureka Palms we planted around the dog fenced area come back. We lost them right down to the ground.  

Well, that’s it for today. And thank you Aurelia for the Easter call today.    

Thursday, March 24, 2026

​After 15 months of active cancer treatments on our sweet BeeZee aka Belize, she went to Rainbow Bridge today. Up until this week she was tail wagging, walking and eating well. Two nights ago we suspected cancer had gotten into her spine and made the dreaded call to Dr. Rebecca for an “at home” euthanasia. 

Thank you for all the support we’ve received from family and friends and Veterinary Services. 

Our Queen Bee will no doubt find Robbie at the Rainbow Bridge. 

Belize was still on neighborhood watch yesterday. 

Enjoying the new golf cart rides with Wyatt. 

BeeZee had a tough time last night with pain and bloating. I gave her a Gabapentin but suspect it made things worse. 🥲

We’ll be back to happier news next week I hope. 

💔😭

Saturday, March 7, 2026

​Happy 🎶 Birthday to W A Y N E 🥂

Sue hosted a pizza and birthday cake party for Wayne tonight. It was fun to get us all together and of course we were talking all at once. 😂

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

​LUNCH AT NANCY’S

Good evening. We had a wonderful day taking Belize and Wyatt for a big car ride and dropped off donations at Leesburg’s thrift on 473. It was so busy there and hard to park! Afterward we had a visit at Nancy’s. She picked up haddock, fries and coleslaw at the Fish Camp for lunch! It was quite a feast with prosecco and cheesecake! Belize & Wyatt were so good … and had blueberries with Cheerios for their lunch. What a fun visit!

Back home we ALL had a nap! 😂 Then Mark went hunting hogs with his friend Wayne.  

That’s it for tonight!