Sunday, June 6, 2021

Good morning. We’re up and getting ready to take Mrs. R. B. cruising to the state theater. Lani, Markymark, Kim and Bob are coming with us. There is an open house at 2 to 4 at the theater with refreshments to follow. We are going to take leave and go for dinner before cruising back home. It’s going to be 90 … we know to dress cool.

Speaking of cool, here is cousin Miles Tawns dancing at the RAD Festival of Dance in Perth Australia. 

Miles & Ella

Melanie and Alastair have certainly raised an artistic family! 

The event at the state theater was very nice. There were hors d’oeuvres and champagne for all. At 2:30 a presentation was held revealing the plays for this year. Raffles tickets were drawn … Markymark and Lani won tickets to the play Mamma Mia. Afterwords we went to Mexico Del Sol for delicious Fajitas. It was a fun afternoon with lots of laughs. Back home, we got the dogs fed and worked on eBay packages. 👍🏻

Friday, June 4, 2021

Good afternoon y’all. It’s been a couple of fun days around here! I painted awhile yesterday ... then golf cart rides with the kids ... then we met the L’s at Crazy Gator for dinner. They came over to see the kids and a PARTAY happened. 🥳

Clean up time about 11:30ish. 

The B’s walked over about 9 o’clock and shared some fun stories. 

So a  few days ago Markymark walked into his side yard and heard a thud by his feet! It scared the crap out of him. 😂  A squirrel had fallen out of a palm tree! Before he could really react the squirrel had recovered and scooted up the palm tree again. He went in the house and told Lani it had scared him to death. The very next day MM was out in the yard when he got hit on the head, Yep you guessed it, by the same darn squirrel. He said it nearly knocked him out. The squirrel ran up the tree again. He wobbled into the house to tell Lani that he had been hit on the head and was a bit dizzy from the squirrel attack. Lani had a good laugh! WTF? An attack squirrel? The two walked went down to the boat at their other house where MM was bitten on the ankle ... but by what???  His ankle swelled and he had to hobble to the other house for an ice pack! We all had great laughs over his misery. He actually went home a little bit early because he had a buyer coming for Lani‘s dad‘s bass boat today. Yes, that’s the one that was old smoky in the pictures a few days ago. There will be stories!!! 😬

The boat buyer took the ol’ Ranger for a test ride on the lake and Mark he thought they were going to be swamped!!!  Anyway, the fella bought it so over to the boat ramp MM went, alone. The buyer drove the trailer to the boat ramp. That’s the end of the story on the Ranger boat until our next happy hour. 

Tonight we met Karen & Pete at Oakwood Smokehouse for ribs. We hadn’t seen them for about a month and had a lot of stories to catch up on. They are planning a trip to Canada next year with an RV group and then the following year a big trip out west. They are certainly enjoying their camping.

The son who married last November is going to make them grandparents! Nice. 

Sue and Wayne are on quarantine at the cottage but not alone. This morning they had a fox in their yard and then about breakfast time they had baby bear at one window and mama bear at the kitchen window. I asked Sue if she had taken any pictures, but she said she was too shocked to even think about it. Ha ha. I guess!!! It’s very HOT 🥵 up north right now ... at Emerson it was 104. WTH? 

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Good afternoon. Mark and Bob went to the woods early this morning just set up some cameras to check on the wildlife. It was a nice morning in the 60s but they were home about 11 o’clock before it got too warm. We still have low humidity and our temperature staying in the 80s. Not too shabby for June 2.

eBay sales have been relatively brisk and keeping us motivated. Mark wrapped up some packages while I worked on the listings today. Soon we will have to pony up to Markymark and to Lynn has quite a few of their things have sold.

This afternoon we went bowling, Wednesday is dollar day. So we bowled two games and had some boneless wings and a couple of beer, making our contribution towards the bowling alley. Mark‘s first game wasn’t his best but he picked it up for the second his scores were 148 and 188. I had fairly good games considering it’s me. Ha ha. My first one was 126 and my second one was 131 I think maybe it was way more than that but that’s what I think.. 😂 It’s  503 and we are on the way home to feed the dogs. Robbie will be quite annoyed as he likes to eat at 5o’clock on the dot. 

Mid Century Modern hand mixer ... blah blah blah ... I worked 8 hours tweaking listings today. 

Monday, May 31, 2021

Good morning. I was up early, coughing. What the heck brought that on? Everything‘s been good since we quit eating carbs!  Anyway, I worked on the large cottage painting ... doing it in stages. Yes, I am still involved with the art course but the last couple of weeks have been oddball lessons with a lot of cutting and pasting. 🤔 We’ve been too busy with eBay for me to bother with nonsense. I know it’s meant to stir your creative juices, but really? Next week will be two main lessons, so I will participate in those! 

Sue and Wayne are crossing the border today and heading to their cottage for the summer. I hope everything goes well for them. It’ll be another Covid test, and quarantine for two weeks. But, they’ll have a lot to organize when they get there. There’s always a truckload going up!!  

This morning on TV, karate was demonstrated as it will appear in the Olympics this year. When I was in karate all those years ago Nishiyama Sensei, from Japan, was working very hard with the Olympic committee. I was lucky enough to sit in on many breakfast meetings with him over the years. Judo and kickboxing were approved but points scoring was a problem for the Olympic board. Anyway, I will be delighted to watch both the kata and  kumite events now that the scoring has been decided! 🥋 

A very memorable memorial day weekend was spent in the United States (Circa 1984-85) with Marr and Fusaro sensei. 

 

Wayne and LaDonna popped over at 5o’clock for a quick visit and just left at 10 o’clock. We always have so much fun, just sitting around having a drink and gabbing. Here’s a picture of Robbie, as soon as Wayne stood up he grabbed his chair.

Hahaha! 

Mz Bee sat with her Daddy

Fun times! 🐾💕

Sunday, May 30, 2021

Good afternoon. It’s been quite a nice day around here, Mark was trimming the palm trees and I had a chance to paint. I also finished up the eBay listings for Markymark and tidied the garage and put away the photo studio. ✅

It’s memorial day weekend here in the United States. We have no plans for tomorrow, a bit unusual for us. Sue and Wayne are in Minnesota tonight, and eating at their favorite little restaurant. 

Before dinner we took the dogs for a golf cart ride. There’s a chance we could get rain later on today so we got them out for a ride plus a walk.

Mark made us meatloaf for dinner, which was very good. We don’t use our oven anymore, just the Nuwave infrared. 😋 

We walked over to see Markymark and Lani‘s pool before they begin working on Tuesday putting on the Gemcoat. It’s one big ass pool ...

That’s MM way down there 💦

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Good afternoon 🌞 ... it’s been another busy day with no time for art! 😬 We tried to finish up all the eBay listings today, but have three items to list tomorrow. That won’t take too much time, I hope.

We took a ride this morning and dropped off a box of items at the resale shop for the Humane Society. We had to look around, but have too much to sell ourselves. Ha ha.

We tried to visit aunt Jane at the Cove, assisted-living. Unfortunately it is still under lockdown due to COVID-19. The only way to get in is to be a mediate family and have an appointment. And that is only for compassionate care. It must be very hard for Jane not seeing anyone.

Sue and Wayne had their COVID-19 test which came back negative. Now they are able to cross the border. It’ll be about a 450 mile day to the cottage. That’s a very big travel day on those particular roads. 

The rain came down in buckets last night just as we were ready to go out to dinner. Pat and Ken picked us up at 5:30 and we went to Puddle Jumpers on Lake Dora for dinner. The service was great, and the food delicious. Nancy joined us, so there were the five of us. Afterwords Nancy invited us back for a nightcap, sitting out back by the lake. It was beautiful, the rain gone.

This was the rain just before we left for the restaurant. Noticed how the storms wraparound our house, missing us with the worst of it. 😇🤣

Friday, May 28, 2021

Good evening. It’s been a nice day around here, but now probably close to 90°. We are expecting some rain to move in by Monday. This morning I went grocery shopping with Mark for the first time in a long while. He had a coupon for $40 off $160. That was a heck of a deal so we went and stocked up on some items we needed. Between that and his Winn-Dixie points, we saved $86. Tonight is steak and mushrooms for dinner. We’ve already had our salads.

Sue and Wayne are in a small campground near Chippewa Falls. They will be there for two nights before crossing the border. It was cold and windy today! 

We had a message from granddaughter Izzy that she received her graduation card and money. The kids always know exactly what they’re going to buy with it. I guess we were the same. 

After our steak dinner we sat on the front porch listening to music and had a short visit from Markymark. He’s working on the pool, getting it ready for the final finish on Tuesday. Then the water is put in but we can’t swim for about two weeks. Drat. Anyway, we sat outside till about 1030, was beautiful and breezy.

That’s it for today. Now it’s TV time and relaxing.