Saturday, December 31, 2022

Cheers from our home to yours! Happy & healthy new year! 🥳🥂

Friday, December 30, 2022

Good morning. It’s been a hustle and bustle of odds and ends today and then Carlos failed to start. Actually, he did start, went 3 feet, and began circling. I thought perhaps there was a particularly dirty spot there, so I stopped him and wiped it up with a cloth. No, that wasn’t the problem. I’m not sure exactly what it was but I had to completely delete the app and reinstall it. Now, of course, Carlos hast to learn the entire house over again. This takes five days.  😅 

Robbie’s foot seems a bit better today! He’s still hobbling about but I noticed he put it down to eat. And, he gave me a high five. Mark snuggled with Robs and put Light Relief on his paw. It’s been the instant cure for us over the years. Hope it helps him. 

This afternoon Mark and I went bowling and ended up on “Fun Bowl” with a (sort of) league. It was fun … met more bowlers and played 3 games. I’m getting better … 133, 150 and 118. Mark had a lousy bowling day but still scored 133 as his high. Good easy exercise for us. 

Tonight was front porch sitting … cigar and a drink with Robbie and BeeZee laying on their hammocks. 

Our beautiful granddaughter Hailey. 

Our extended Tawns family together for Christmas in Australia … Miles, Elliot, Patrick, Alastair, Melanie, Connie, Alex, Flo. They had a literal ‘Beach Ball’ …

Front row is Alastair, Melanie and Alex. What a blast! 

Tomorrow is the last of December. Enjoy it. 🥰

Thursday, December 29, 2022

It’s been a busy day storing away Christmas decor! But, it’s done and the house is tidy. Tomorrow I’ll give it all a cleaning, floors and all. 

Poor Robbie. He’s somehow hurt his front left paw. We can’t get into our vet til Monday morning for an xray! (There’s such a shortage of vets nowadays.) We have tramadol on hand from a previous surgery so he’s relieved of (some) pain. Mark checked his paws 🐾 and can’t see anything wrong … but he won’t put weight on it. So … it’s carry him in and out for potty time. 

The boots didn’t help yesterday! Poor guy. 

We are just back home from Diane and Chris’s place where we played the new monopoly game. It was fun, lots to learn as we haven’t played it since we were kids. The rules have changed as there is now a vault which does speed up the game! I was the big winner! Woohooo … I don’t remember ever having one monopoly in my life. Usually, Diane was the winner but tonight she just didn’t have luck with the dice.

Mark‘s cousin in Buffalo sent this picture. When you first look at it, it doesn’t look like much, but those are people shoveling the roof off, and the snow is higher than them.

Now that’s horrible!!! 

Wednesday December 28, 2022

Good morning! Our dark, cold mornings are DONE! The sun is shining, jackets stowed, it’s winter in Florida once again. 😂 (I know, we’re really spoilt after all the years in Floridah.) 🌞 

Mark ran the sprinklers early to green up things but there’s some pruning to do on the trumpet plants. That’s a shame as they were in bloom. They’ll come back; happens every winter here in Central Florida. 

Time for some goofy humor 😂

Boxing Day, 2022

Happy Boxing Day. I will post a couple of pictures from last night at Sue and Wayne’s Christmas dinner. We had a good time, and were home about 930. Nancy had come in for the dogs at 6 o’clock so it gave us extra time to partay. 

This morning, Mark went to the woods with Wayno. They saw a few doe and turkeys. Mark was home about 11:30 and uncovered our plants. It shouldn’t be frosty overnight, 36° is forecast. Tomorrow I will put my hanging plants back outside. 

Lynn called and suggested bowling this afternoon so we met her and Steve and played four games. The place was crazy busy with all the kids off school. 

Christmas Day 2022

Tomorrow, I will report on Christmas day. It was fun, and too much to write tonight. 

Christmas Eve, 2022

Good evening. It’s Christmas Eve, and very cold in Central Florida. Last night was down to 27° and I think tonight will be about the same. All the pretty poinsettias have been brought into the house and the sunroom now looks like a florist warehouse.   

BeeZee and Robbie posed for their annual Christmas picture. So cute. 

This evening, we are meeting at a restaurant with Randy, Dawn, Diane, Kris, Sue and Wayne. It’s our only chance to get together with Randy and Dawn. They have their own Christmas dinner tomorrow.

Making memories at Francesco’s Ristorante … Fabulously fun family dinner on Christmas Eve. 🎄

As usual, we were the 🥳 last group to leave the restaurant. 😂 

Stories were shared and lots of laughs! The dinners were excellent. 

Merry Christmas! We’re off to bed so Santa can visit. Ho ho ho have a fun time tomorrow. 🎅🏼