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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Good morning! Yesterday got away on me … we met Matt, Tiffany and the girls at Canoe Creek service plaza about 2:30.

Hailey, Matt, Tiffany, Izzy and Angie 🥰

After a quick visit, we got back on the Pike to home. First stop was Applebee’s for an early dinner! Guess who was there? Wayne & LaDonna! They’d been in their boat most of the day and were happy to join us. They’d met the girls two years before in Pompano when we stayed at the K’s! It was super fun.

Back home, Nancy had been over to feed Robs ‘n Beez. 🐾🥰 They were happy to have us home at 6.

Mark’s ready to take Izzy hiking in the woods! We all had a laugh. Hailey & Angie had fun trying on some eBay outfits.

Unpacking later … lots of giggles putting on the fancy clothes.

Then it was pool time … 86F … we were in a couple of hours.

Sunday, June 11, 2023

🥳🥂🎶❤️ Happy birthday to our dear friend Shay! She’s having dinner at her sister Jan’s home tonight. Enjoy! (Shay’s birthday always makes me think of Rhona as they shared the birthday. She’s been gone since 2000, from leukemia.)

Shutterfly sent me a flashback picture from 2013. That’s Maggie and Robbie with Randy in Pompano.

Maggie loved getting into Randy’s gym bag … and chewed up his Tiger Woods shoes. 🐾🥰 (As you can see, Robbie was indeed the innocent pup.)

Mark groomed BeeZee and Robbie this afternoon … they look great! Robbie is getting a present he maybe doesn’t want … a muzzle. He nipped Mark during last night’s brushing. No blood, but a fair chomp on his thumb knuckle. 🥹 It obviously hurt as the dog went flying off his lap with the brush in hot pursuit. 😳 Hopefully the muzzle will help Mark.

Yeah, Scotties are big dogs with short legs. 😂

We had a great afternoon bobbing around in our SwimSpa … with the jets full on you have to hang onto something. 😅

Tonight we started into Citadel, a series Mark found. Pretty good! We REALLY enjoyed The Expanse, all 6 seasons!

That’s it for tonight.

Saturday, June 10, 2023

Hi … it’s been a moment since I felt like writing.

Mark’s cousin Kathie passed away suddenly Thursday morning in Buffalo. It’s thought that smoke from the Quebec fires affected her breathing. She awoke not feeling right and called 911. Kathie was dead before they arrived. Her mom, aunt Jane passed about a year and a half before. Sad. Kathie was always fun when we got together over the years.

Thursday morning I met Diane and the home inspector at 9 o’clock at the K’s ‘new’ Villages home. Funny thing is Randy V., the inspector, lives in my neighborhood. Haha. It was nice to see him. I measured spaces for moving and placing furniture. After closing in early July we’ll be busy! Diane was busy … no time to socialize; she’s a good broker. I went to the K’s current home, checked it and took a rough inventory of what will move, donate and sell.

Meanwhile, Thursday morning Mark took care of getting our water softener installed. (The old one was dated 1984!) The water tech expected to install a water conditioner and a cartridge filter. Surprise! Our water 💦 is supreme! The new softener was installed that afternoon. Yay.

Thursday evening Mark and I pre-bowled for our Monday league. It was difficult…maybe our brains weren’t into it. Lakeside But, we’ll be picking up the granddaughters on Monday. Lakeside oiled the lanes 33/34 especially for us. OMG it was heavy oil; very difficult to bowl well on. Oh well … I’m going to need the bowling shirt that Nancy wears. 🤣 It’s so funny!

Friday morning, Mark took the Kia in for tires. They still had plenty of tread but … with having a road trip on Monday, it was time. Ca-ching.

While all this was going on we enjoyed our SwimSpa daily and the of course the chores. 🙄

Nancy picked us up at 11:10 for Friday’s fun bowling. It really was fun, I won five dollars getting a strike on lane 25 after my ticket was called, and all in all, we won about $12 that day between Mark and I. We had fun!!! Later that day Nancy and I went for a bowling lesson with Rich. He’s great and we girls are happy to have a pro critique us and make suggestions! Nancy picked up so many spares during our 11 game session! Team member Linda K came too; her first time meeting Rich. 🎳 She seemed very pleased with her progress.

Now THE BIG news is the K’s arrived safely at their Canadian cottage today. It was a solid week trip with a repair delay in pricey Nashville. Rose had a welcome back dinner planned for them. 🥰

At Rose’s “cottage.”

That’s it for today! Whew. 😂

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Wednesday, June 7, 2022

Good afternoon! It was doctor day … I’ve lost 6 lb in 3 months! Yeah, I’ve been working ar it! Dr. Gundry’s shake mix, Vita Reds and MCT Wellness are meals #1 for my day. Meal #2 is Keto Slimfast with Vita Reds and MCT Wellness and unsweetened Almond Milk. Dinner is low carb something. Plus, bowling 9-12 games a week. It’s not easy, but hey, it’s working!

Mark and I went to the bowling alley for a few practice games. I was consistent, or fairly so, as I bowled a 140, 145 and 151. It wasn’t what I would call a real game, as I was working on aspects of my bowling lesson from last Friday. Anyway, I was happy with it. Once again, we had the crazy kids around us. I guess learning to ignore distractions is all part of it. Ha ha.

Matt found this afternoon and we have made plans to pick up Hailey, Angelina and Isabella on Monday. We are sure looking forward to this. Fun!!!

Sue and Wayne are still in Nashville getting an RV part replaced. They hope to get on the road tonight but if not, first thing tomorrow morning.

Randy and Dawn were at the bowling alley too, with their family entourage. Kenna, Charlotte, Brandon, Junior, and Brandon were there. It looked like a lot of fun, Dawn bowls so well, if she had a lesson or two, she could be dynamite. 🎳

Monday, June 5, 2023

Monday, June 5th, 2023

It’s earlier than usual for my Christmas nightmares to begin. 😂 When I awoke this morning, I had to laugh. Everything was so vivid and fresh in my mind.

It was Christmas day. I had prepared a beef pot roast. (of all things 🤷‍♀️) for the family dinner. When I went to retrieve it, I had stored the food in a big Tupperware in the clothes closet! It still looked good, but I was a little concerned.

Meanwhile, mom hung a 2 piece outfit for me to put on. I didn’t recognize it and wasn’t sure I liked it. I ran upstairs to turn on the big Christmas tree lights and guess what? Only two light bulbs came on! While I was under the tree attempting to fix the electrical issue, Sue started grabbing mismatched Christmas decor from a cardboard box and stuffing them onto a log that was under the stairs. Now you have to remember, this is a crazy dream, so who knows where the house was and what the layout was like. Then, my brother-in-law, Kris went to his truck to get some tape so I could put cardboard 3D stockings on the window by the front door. His roll of tape was most interesting. It had a beautiful Christmas print like fancy ribbon … and a tear strip! Good invention!

I had forgotten to set the table and was busy pulling four large tables together to seat 12 of us. Mom was hauling chairs around that were all mismatched. I just had that organized when dad yelled from the kitchen “I invited a couple of work friends to join us.” 😳

As I saw a car coming down the yacht club driveway, I frantically began shoving chairs around and making more space at the tables. Meanwhile, I realized I hadn’t put the wine glasses on the table and now dad was sitting in front of the cabinet where they were stored. Sue yelled that the upstairs tree lights still wouldn’t turn on but, the big train set was working! 🤪 I guess that was the final straw for me and I woke up laughing.

Yes, it’s time for me to start thinking about Christmas even though it’s just June 5!!! 😳🎄🤩😂😂😂

It going to be a Mad Hatter theme apparently! 🎄🥂🍾🥳🤩🤣

Saturday, June 3, 2023

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Good evening. It is Sunday night. What the heck has happened to the last few days?

Well, on Friday, we played fun bowl with Nancy, Linda, Herb, Mark, and me! It was as usual loads of fun. Lynn and Steve met us there and joined the team. Lynn won $50 by bowling a spare after drawing three cards in a game called pick your poison. Wowsa. 🤩

I won five dollars by getting a strike on Lane 25. Those were the two big winners until Mark picked up the 21 game. You have to score 21 pins in three throws on two lanes. And, he did it. 🥳🎳 Mark won $40 dollars. Then we also won an extra seven or eight dollars in quarters for various games within our games. You see what I mean by fun bowl!!!

Friday Nancy was dog sitting for a friend so we came home after bowling. Mark stayed home with our dogs and I picked Nancy up at 3:30 for our 4 o’clock lesson in Mount Dora. We are both learning some good tips and having some of our faulty delivery corrected. It’s great, and Rich is such a patient teacher. Next week I think Linda is joining us. She has potential to be a very good bowler with just a few tweaks to her delivery system.

Friday night I was worn out after seven bowling games! I’m sure Nancy felt the same.

On Saturday morning Sue and Wayne left for Canada. Did you know that they bought a house the day before they left? Well, Mark and I will be moving them while they are away and setting up their current home for sale. Sue said when she gets home it’s going to be like an episode of “Extreme Makeover” 😂

Randy and Dawn stopped over yesterday. Her mom Jan had just gone home the night before. She had a wonderful trip and saw everyone she wanted to during the month. Today, Randy and Dawn, we’re hosting Kenna and FAMILY for her birthday.

Us? We both had puttering around to do and Wayno stopped in today for a quick visit. They are going away on Thursday RVing so we have no time to go to dinner with them until the 20th of this month. Isn’t it crazy how time flies by!

We have been enjoying our pool every day and sometimes twice a day. Both of us are happy not to be RVing anymore. I guess it was a case of been there done that.