Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Good afternoon. Today has been a day of fun pop-ins. Our friend Mary came over with some canvases for my art projects. She is still cleaning out things from her mother’s collection. I am very happy to get them. We had coffee and a good visit. Because of her auto immune issues, she doesn’t attend many neighborhood events in larger groups.

Then, Randy popped in after he was done golfing. He had a rough game today, but definitely had some fun. We like to tease him about how many golf shirts he has which is getting near 100.  Of course he and Mark dusted me on my growing house plant collection. 😂 Then, that conversation morphed into Mark‘s hunting items, and we called the truce. Ha ha Ha. No Mark has gone to visit Bob to loan him a hunting target. 

Our weather has become dry, and we have to run the sprinklers later today. Mark noticed that the lake of the woods was getting a lot of rain again. When I checked with Sue, they still haven’t gotten the dogs out for their morning walk because of the rain.

Sunday, August 14, 2022

Good afternoon. It’s a bright beautiful sunshiny afternoon here in Central Florida with a temperature of 88°F. We took the kids for a long golf cart ride and saw several neighbors out working in their flowerbeds. It was quite the beehive of activity. 💐 We stopped to talk to Nancy for a few minutes. She said our friends Pat and Ken will arrive home on Saturday from upstate New York. 

Spot the Scott … you can see a little of Robbie‘s beard behind us. 🐾🥰

This has been my style of gardening recently. I am into my plants lately. Everything old is new again. Ha ha, you see macramé plan hangers everywhere in the stores. It feels so 80s 😂  (Mark has been doing reverse gardening at the end of our canal. It had become very overgrown and had stopped the wind from keeping the water moving and clean.) 

Last night, we met Kim and Bob over at Pat and Ken‘s pool. We had some drinks and floated around in the water for a few hours. It was a balmy 87° in the pool. We didn’t bring the dogs with us last night as they had just had haircuts and baths. (I’m sure they were a little bit annoyed with us. 🐾) 

Robs relaxing after his haircut and bath yesterday. What a handsome guy! 

Cute haircuts eh! 

Diane posted a picture of Beau yesterday. He is looking so healthy! (I shared his picture online with aunt Jane’s family and they were all happy to see him looking so well.) 

Such a cute guy … king of his castle too! 🐾🥰 👑 

Pam phoned the other day and had been in New York visiting with Daniel and his family and Bob and his. Bob and Tracy were in the United States for summer vacation with their kids. This year they chose New York State and Texas for their visiting. We were happy to hear that Pam was able to fly there and see everyone. 

Bob & Tracy visiting in NY

I Our pal Rick called yesterday on FaceTime. He is back in BC from his annual fishing trip in Ontario and had a wonderful time. This year, however, the fish were too big ! What? It’s true … they weren’t keepers. Ruth had gone kayaking in the Broken Islands and was back from her summer trip. She too had a good time. Now they are planning to use their new motorhome for a short adventure trip, just the 2 of them. 

Congratulations 🥳 🥂 🍾  … safe travels! 

We phoned Matt this afternoon and caught up on their news. Of course the girls are back to school as of last week. Izzy likes her class and has made a new friend. Hailey and her friend Angelina are back to vet tech training. Tiffany had just gone to work. Everyone is doing well … we hope to visit them once Mark’s eye appointments are finished up. 

That’s all the catching up news! 

Friday, August 12, 2022

Hello from Central Florida in the Sunshine State. Lucky for Mark and me it was cloudy this morning! 😂 We’d bought three new plants to finish up the landscaping re-do at the K’s. 

Two Barley Blue Agapanthus and 1 Yellow/Red Lil Coreopsis were dug in along the dry stream feature by the front door. (It’s so clean!) 

The plants look so tiny shooting it from this angle.  😂

Roses are deadheaded and fertilized … looking neat and tidy. 

Tonight, we relaxed and watched more of Skinwalker Ranch.   

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Good morning. Mark and Wayno have gone hiking the woods this breezy day I hope they’ll enjoy it. Bob wasn’t able to make it today. He has had family commitments this week helping to move his mom into assisted-living. We know how exhausting that will be for them both. 

Me? Well, I’m in charge of breakfast for myself and the dogs. Ha ha. So it was boiled eggs all around, straight from a bag. 😂  It’s a good thing Mark “likes to cook” … because my style involves too much convenience food. 😉 Anyway, Robbie and BeeZee enjoyed their breakfast very much! Our Scotties are so easy-going. 

Our friends Rick and Dee have asked us to go RVing with them the first week of September. I wish we could, but will have to pass as Mark has more eye doctor appointments, and I’m not sure if the shower tile job at K’s might spill over into a longer timeframe. Anyway, we are booked to go with them in October and November.

Sue and Wayne have had company at their cottage for a few nights. 

Happy birthday Larry, my former administration. Ha ha. Larry has said about our family “it’s like marrying into the mob … you can never get out” 😂 

Larry has brought a special friend from the great state of Texas. I hope she enjoys some Canadian hospitality … and chips from the Kenora chip truck! Yum. 

Sue and Wayne have managed to get the Ranger out of the boat house and at least get a ride on their bay. Although the water is receding, finally, it is still very very high for this time of year. 

This morning I plan to go to our local jewelers and get a link taken out of my Gucci watch and two links out of dad‘s JewelWay watch. New batteries and both will be good for a couple of years. Losing a ton of weight has caused my rings to be loose too. 😂 I may just have a ring guard put on the one that is problematic.

Well … Dad’s watch had been stored for 22 years with the battery still in it. Although there was no corrosion, something had compromised inside the watch. It would work for a minute or two and then quit. So, it is just in the curio cabinet on display along with his warm medals. 🤷‍♀️ I had a link taken out of my Gucci, so it was not a wasted trip to the jeweler. 

It was such a beautiful day today, we took the dogs for a nice golf cart ride. It’s overcast and just 85°. Next, will be drinks on the front porch. So that is our day.  Ta ta til tomorrow. 🥰

 

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Good morning. I had a restless night thinking of all the things I needed to do before the girls came for game day at 1 o’clock. Now it’s nearly 730 and what am I doing? … sitting drinking coffee. Ha ha

Good news this week through the Biden administration and to former President Obama for explaining it all in understandable language. 

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After breakfast I got organized for game day! Mark will run errands this afternoon before his doctor appointment. 

It was a good game day, with 12 in attendance. One table played chasing marbles and the other played Rummicube. It was a good day! I’m worn out. 😅

Monday, August 8, 2022

Happy birthday dear Hailey 🥳🎂🥰 … hope you’ll have a great day celebrating. 

It’s back to school in 2 days for the Florida kids. 

Today’s job here was getting new homeowners insurance signed and paid. Yes! We saved money! Whew. While I was on the phone, Mark puttered about tidying up the end of our canal … then took the kids for a ride on The Caddy. 🐾

It was a nice day. We did a little shopping this morning … HobLob and Wally. That’s been our day. 

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Good afternoon. Well, we thought it was going to be a quiet Sunday with maybe a swim later until we got a text from KimBob inviting us to lunch with them. They picked us up at 11:30, and of course we had a fun time. We went to Hurricanes in Tavares! KimBob had been away scalloping for a week with family and had tales to tell. The woman entertaining was a rocker singing the Rolling Stones! Very enjoyable! 

So that was today. 

Last night we had dinner and drinks at the Dog House so we’ve burned the candle at both ends. 😅