Monday, November 8, 2021

Good evening y’all … it’s been a couple of busy days and I missed writing a blog yesterday. 😅 

We’ve been dealing with the usual things around home. While doing laundry I smelled “something electrical” … then the clothes dryer blew a breaker! Well, the new electrical panel we had installed professionally had a problem. 🤨 The wires going into the panel weren’t inserted far enough and shorted out. What the heck!!! Mark checked the panel and found the issue right away. Really, we’d have been better off doing it ourselves. 

Ernie messed up!

I tidied my beads and art cabinets and gathered more items for donations. Mark worked on staining the driveway … it’ll be another week before it’s done. Quite a tedious job. 

Sweet boy Robbie looking for a treat after getting his face washed. Both Scotties have slimmed down on the Dr. Harvey’s Paradigm program.

Awesome news for our family that Sue and Wayne had a great offer on their home and, will be moving to Central Florida in December! Yay! 🥂🍾🤩🥳

Tonight they met with Pat and Derek for dinner. 

The doggies came along as the buyers wanted into the house again. 

That’s it for us for tonight. Tomorrow, we will be pulling the RV out and getting ready to have fun at a rally. 

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Good morning! It’s a cloudy and cool day here after yesterday’s torrential rain. The kids are happy to walk without their rain coats blowing about. 

I sold the old black recliner and footstool for $30 on FB Marketplace. Well, in all the online confusion, Pat picked it up … not David. 😳 OMG … I’m in trouble with Marketplace now! I messaged David, but he’s probably driving and will arrive here shortly! Yikes, he’s going to be mad. 

Since we were hanging about waiting for people today I started Christmas decorating and discovered a topical allergy to the “snow” on my fireplace garland. Darn itchy hands now!

Half an hour later, but it was gone thanks to … OXYHIVES. it’s expensive, but it’s an over-the-counter medication that works almost immediately. It was funny when Ruth read how to use it and it said spray under your tongue. I had always sprayed it topically and it worked great. So today, I put it under my tongue and sprayed it all my hands. Bingo! Gone! 😅

Lani and Markymark invited us to Del Sol Mexico tonight for dinner to celebrate his green card.  The place was packed, service great and food excellent. We always have a good time there. This time, we were photo bombing 4 girls trying to take their selfie picture. And then, they caught us at it. It was pretty hilarious. 

Back home, we uncovered the fireplace and lit the first fire of the season. It’s 55° out there tonight and windy. 

Sue and Wayne went to meet friends Amy & Raymond at J. Marks in Pompano Beach for dinner. It’s apparently pretty chilly there tonight too. 

RanDawn are in Savannah Georgia for a couple of nights and staying at a haunted hotel, Marshall House. There will be stories. 😂 👻

Friday, November 5, 2021

Good afternoon. It’s been a pretty busy day between household chores, and walking the dogs in the rain. Oh, it has been coming down in torrents.

Yup, two wagging tails! 

Mark suggested we take a ride today and trade in a couple of target pistols we’re not using anymore. It sounded like a good day for it. Then, we needed cigars and rum so it was off to ABC the opposite end of town. We stopped to fuel-up and got behind a couple of slowpokes. And, the man fueled up a gas can in the back of their SUV … and his wife was sitting in the passenger seat. 😳 

Finally home, it’s relax time. 

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Good evening y’all … we had a busy day with the neighborhood garage sale and “sold out.” Oh we had things left but donated a few things to our neighbor’s antique shop and some goodies to our favorite charity, the Leesburg Humane Society Resale Shop. All in all, we sold $406 with our highest ticket item being under $20. Ha! That’s a lot of traffic. 

Beautiful sunrise for our sale day!

After we finished up about 2 o’clock we took a drive and drop things off at the Humane Society, and then went to My Cousin Vinny’s for lunch. The wings were good and the beer icy cold. After lunch, we stopped at the Depot for more driveway paint! 

Tonight, Nancy is coming over for front porch drinks and to pick up her sale purchases … Santa painting & Santa palm pod. 🎅🏼 

That’s it for tonight! 

Well, that wasn’t it for the night. Lani and Markymark saw us sitting out and came over and join the party. He got his green card today, good for 10 years. Congratulations! 

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Good morning. We were both up at 6 o’clock ready for a busy day. Good grief. How did we ever have time to work. Ha ha.

This week we are having a garage sale, on Thursday and Friday. Being that it is a community wide one, we are getting out all our stuff. Big and little things will sell, and what doesn’t will be donated. Once it’s out of the house, it’s out. 

Markymark needs some help this morning installing a boatlift. It’s not going to be an easy job, and an extra pair of hands are definitely needed. So, Mark is going over there for a few hours to help out. Meanwhile, I have tons of things to do to keep me busy.

Today was always a celebration during childhood. It was Nan’s birthday … and Mom ‘n  Dad’s anniversary. We remember. 🥰

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Good evening! We’ve just picked up great smelling food at Stavros and are heading to the L’s to eat. The kids are with us … fun times tonight. 

Monday, November 1, 2021

Good afternoon. Yes, we got through Halloween and onto All Saints Day … and Sue’s birthday!

Happy Birthday Sue 🥂🍾🎂

It was a day of sorting and gathering items for the upcoming garage sale. It’s going to be a biggie at our house. 😂 

Ebay sucks. Well, the story goes that I sold a 3M mask to a buyer in Doral Florida, about 5 hours from here. That was mid-October. It should have been there in two days, 3 max. Well, the package is still stuck in Miami … minutes from Doral. I followed up with the post office online … Mark spoke to our local postmaster twice … apparently the post office has 30 days to get a package delivered. WTF? Anyway … ebay deemed this too long a time to deliver and gave the money back to the buyer. Hey, I sympathize. But now I’m out the merchandise which will eventually be delivered to the buyer plus refunded the purchase price and postage. 🤨 

So we had a nice dinner … then a cigar on the front porch. Now it’s TV time. 

Sue and Wayne had dinner at … 

and it was very good! 

Beautiful pictures! Happy Birthday!