Thursday, November 21, 2019

Good morning y’all. Well it started off just dandy til I started the fire and the big screen tipped over cutting my shin. Damn that hurt. Some polysporin and ice helped. 

Last night was fun. Lew and Lynn treated us to dinner at City Fire in Brownwood. Our friend Alan Darcy was playing from 7-10. 

The pot roast dinner was the best! Lynn and I enjoyed that! Lew had a Reuben open-face on flat bread that he really liked ... Mark had chicken with black beans and rice. 

Today is Rod and Shay’s 29th wedding anniversary. We phoned and sang, not well though. 😂They're going out to dinner tonight to a place called the watering hole. I think we were there before. 

Mark began working on our stone patio expansion. 

Today he picked up a load of paver sand, moved it and packed it. Tomorrow, a load of Chattahoochee stones will finish the task. 🥰

Pam is in Hawaii for daughter Christine’s wedding! Here’s the happy couple at the rehearsal today ...

Chase and Christine ... ❤️

 

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Good afternoon. It’s been a hectic day, and it’s only 2 o’clock. Ha ha. Mark left for the Woods at 5:15 which leaves me with more chores than normal. I managed to get everything done and picked up Rose, Cheri and Alice for today’s luncheon at O’Keefe’s Irish in Tavares. The food was fantastic, everyone was pleased. We all had a good gab session and talked about how we could get more neighbors involved.

When I got home at 2 o’clock, I had two eBay sales so got those wrapped and ready for the post office. 

Tonight, we are going out for dinner with Lew and Lyn to see Alan Darcy play in The Villages. 

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Catchy title. Heeheehee. Mark and I went for blood work today before going to breakfast at Jeannie’s. My doctor coded the bloodwork wrong and it would have cost me $315 not covered by insurance. So, I just had the test that was paid for. Mark’s were coded correctly. 🤷‍♀️ (Doc was checking my ‘normal’ readings.) Afterward, we went for Denver omelettes. Delicious!

Back home, Robs and Bee had rawhides while I began a small painting. Mark started the patio expansion project. 😅

Monday November 18, 2019

Good morning. I was up at seven, mostly just drinking coffee but also tidying up from last nights party. 

Pete looks like he’s wearing quite the amazing hat. Ha ha ha. Who does he think he is, Johnny Carson? The chicken tortilla soup was fantastic, kudos to Mark. He pulled it all together. LaDonna brought corn muffins Dawn brought bean dip and Karen brought sliders. It was an epic dinner with lots of laughs. 

We bundled up and sat around the fire pit, ate dessert and had more drinkies. There’s always a story being told in this group. 🥰

Randy’s checking out pictures on Wayno’s phone. 

Pete just being Petey. Antlers perhaps? 

LaDonna loved the swinging chair! 

It was a blast. 😅 Today, we tidied up the house and relaxed. It was a cool day so had the fireplace going and a couple of pretty good naps. Tomorrow, we get our annual blood work done and then go for breakfast. 

Ta ta. 

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Good early morning! Even with the new sinus meds I’ve developed the sinusitis cough. I don’t feel bad but can’t sleep because of it. 🤷‍♀️ (I slept fine in the recliner though!) 

It’s 53F today ... perfect for an early evening bonfire. At 5:30 the gang arrives ... then it’s cocktails and appetizers in the living room. After dinner we’ll head outback with a bonfire and have a few more cocktails.  

I baked my popular triple chocolate cake for dessert! Hope we have room for it after all the bean dip, popcorn, Mexican Tortilla soup, cornbread muffins, sliders and what-not. 😉

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Good morning. It’s a gorgeous cool start to our day. Yippee.  Mark and Bob and Lew are off hunting this morning. They are sure into it to be up and out by 515 on a cool day. How cool is it? 54F ... with highs in the 60s. 

My job today is to set up my artsy-fartsy room for oil painting! It’s been a few years since I pulled my brushes out. 🎨  (that was all accomplished by 3 o’clock at I was ready for a little siesta with the doggies on the sofa.) Schweeet. 

Mz Chiki has taken to guarding the toybox at K’s house!

What a cutie ... we’re looking forward to meeting the new additions over Thanksgiving. 

It’s now 630, we’ve had dinner, fed the dogs, baked 48 cheddar ‘n beef bisscuits for the kids and baked a triple chocolate Bundt cake for tomorrow’s dinner party. We’re whipped! Hahahaha

There are quite a few community events coming up, including renewing our dues. With that done, we’re ready for the month of December already. Our saxophone entertainer friend will be playing at the homeowners association Christmas party. 

That’s it for tonight. 

Friday, November 15, 2019

It was nice to wake to rain this morning. Our plans today are housekeeping and grocery shopping. Perfect.

After all the dusting and vacuuming, I started baking pumpkin applesauce cookies for Robbie and BeeZee. (They sure smell delicious!) Mark was happy to head to the grocery store with a big list. 

While Mark and I were away in North Carolina, Pam attended daughter Christine’s wedding shower in Valdosta, Georgia. (Pam said Valdosta is a beautiful area.)

Very posh! Nice picture of Christine and Pam. ❤️

After all our work today we treated ourselves to dinner at Stavros where we were greeted by Connor! He brought us wine while we were waiting for a table. Haha. A lot of heads swiveled. Ha. After dinner, I needed a couple of things at Dollar Tree nearby. Our friend Rick M. is wintering in a dubious area of Mexico. (Mark and I are not fans of that country at all.) Anyway, some background on Rick’s story from his blog ...

Well Mark tried this on for size tonight in the store. 🙄 

How’d he do? (Bad humor I know, but I had to laugh!) When I sent the pic to Rick he replied immediately ... 

start singing buddy. 😂 

Well that’s it for today.