So sad. One of her brothers died in July also.

Happy Birthday !!!! 🍾🎂

I heard this afternoon that Dolly Parton died. So sad, she was one of my fav’s. She did so much good with her fame and money so much more than most celebrities do or other billionaires for that matter.

We have a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 pm. I hear thunder off in the distance and it is getting dark. We shall see what we get. We did get a light sprinkle of rain earlier today. It is now 72 and starting to rain.

I just doctored up a Bellatoria Ultra Thin Crust with Roasted Vegetables pizza. I added some basil and oregano, more…

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🍰 🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!🎉🎈 <div>That’s why you got that suncatcher puzzle!!!</div><div>Is it today?!? </div><div>Hope you get to do something fun and have great eats!</div>

Sounds like you were pretty sick! I hope you are doing better and can enjoy the cooler 62! Must feel chilly after those crazy hot temps.

One of my neighbors was in North Carolina for a month and just got back. She said it was horribly hot!

I hope they are good neighbors!

Thanks for sharing! Even though there were some not-so-great moments, the rest sounds pretty cool!

Photos are great! Nice photos of you and Joe. When he smiles like that, he just looks like such a happy Italian!

I am really glad you had no scary bad weather. That heat was enough!

I hope your next cruise has nicer weather – not too hot or too cold…

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The water is so blue!

That sounds like a HUGE ship!

Charlottesville is a pretty area. I haven’t been through there in a very long time but would like to go back one day and spend some time there.

Happy birthday to you!! Today was my granddaddy’s birthday. I was really close to him. Anyway, I hope you have a special day.

What a whirlwind weekend it was! I think I was busier with Justin and family camping than when they stay here! It sure seemed like it. Justin had forgotten his bag with his insulin and stuff in it so he had to drive back to Roseville, Minnesota, spent the night at home and driving back the next day. I went and picked up Elowyn and Yas from…

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I have had both now and, to be honest, I really don’t care as long as it works!

Good morning! It’s on the cooler side here, too. No complaints! Yesterday I had my exercise class and today I had PT and by the time I got home I was comfortable – unlike previous weeks where I couldn’t wait to get inside in the AC to cool down and then hop in the shower! Today was my last PT day, too. Yay! The therapist printed out pages…

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Good morning. The sun is shining and it is cool. It’s 64 headed for a high of 79. It will be back in the 90s next week. It is usually in the 90s on my birthday but today is going to be lovely.

I don’t have anything planned for today. I hope to get outside to sit for a while.

What a nice morning!!! We are like 62. I don’t know when we’ve seen temps that cool. Everyday but one has been in the tropical meter for humidity and this morning it feels like it’s Fall. Temps and humidity will go up this week but wow, what a nice day today. I’m almost afraid to sit outside though with all that I’ve been dealing with. …

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It is definitely getting dark faster too. I heard last night we are losing 2 minutes and 48 seconds of daylight per day now.

Today will be a gardening day. Its only 60 so Joe can get the grass cut and I’ll be weeding and cutting back some of the planters. Everything seemed to survive us being gone a week.

I talked to Matthew last night and…

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Another cool morning today summer is on the way out.

Good Monday morning! Work went well. Stuck in the dairy cove the first 2 hours. It’s really not that bad but jeepers there are too many varieties of yogurt!! And stacking them is a PITA for sure. The rest of my shift I basically stocked.

Have my exercise class at 11:30 and then PT tomorrow morning at 7. Honestly, I don’t want to do…

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Well he wasn’t actually unhappy. He spent a lot of time in the casino or the inside areas of the ship which were very nice. But he said he wouldnt’ do another cruise because of the amount of walking and the chaos getting on and off the ship. He does not wait well. Like most men he is very impatient.

I wish it was chilly here but it’s not too bad so I shouldn’t complain. At least we will be in the 80’s today. Upper 80’s but that’s better than upper 90’s.

I am still on the mend. Didn’t sleep all that great last night but….what’s new.

I am home today again and might try to go to my a/u’s tomorrow. We’ll see.

Good morning. The sun is shining and it is cool. It is 64 and a lot less humidity. The high should be around 77. I am glad that the Farmers Almanac is predicting a cool fall for this part of the country.

I don’t really have anything planned for today. I will probably sit outside for a while but I may need to wear my sweater. The breeze…

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Those are great pictures. I am sorry it was so ridiculously hot. It’s a shame Joe was so unhappy. I am glad it was a good time.

We are only at 58 right now and the rain will continue off and on all day. my body is in shock after the 90s last week.

Today we need to go grocery shopping since Joe just went and got bread and milk yesterday. The fridge is very empty.

I also need to finish up the laundry. When I go away I wash everything when I get back even clothes…

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Rain and cool this morning.

I have an Iphone and joe has an android. I can’t do anything on his phone and he’s not very techy so he can’t really either. If he needs to send an attachment with an email its takes two of us to figure it out.

WEll I have never lived alone. I got married at 21 and moved from my parents house into a house with Joe. Isn’t that sad. Probably alone though, other than family I can’t imagine living with someone. Although I do watch the Golden Girls and they all seem to have so much fun.

Joe can stay at John or Matt’s house next time. I’m sure we would love to help them fix things around their homes. Glad you didn’t hit storms.

I feel like I’ve turned the corner. Still not 100% but so far I’m feeling so much better. Praying it stays this way because one day this week I thought the same thing and a few hours later it felt like a truck had hit me.

Hoping to go to bed a little early tonight. We’ll see.

Oops! Forgot to check in! Work went well. Nothing really much to report there – just the usual.

Home and was starving to death. I did buy some cabbage so I sauteed some cabbage with my new chicken/turkey kielbasa. I tried wrapping it in a low-carb sourdough tortilla. It was okay but I don’t do that again. lol. Then, sitting here…

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The dr seems to think it’s sinus. I haven’t been around anyone in about 6 days. Fever lasted about 24 hours. I might get some Covid tests when I do get out but I’m not sure if I will or not to be honest. I did have some but evidently, I’d used the last one up.

Thank you, Anne, for the detailed explanation and all the pictures! So jealous! I’m sorry that Joe didn’t really enjoy himself and that the weather was so hot. I’ve never been to the Caribbean before but it looks awesome!

Good morning it felt so nice to sleep in my own bed last night And this morning to have a decent cup of tea.

Today will be laundry and I’ll be picking up a few groceries at some point. John also said he’d come by for a visit too.

We have rain all day today but the grass does need cutting guess that will have to wait til tomorrow. …

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Is it a sinus infection or covid? I saw you said you have no tests but you can get them at Walmart. AT least here we can get a box of 5 for $20 I bought some in the winter . If it is covid you might want to avoid your aunt and uncle for a while since they have health issues.

Betty loved it but she loves any travel that involves my grandkids. And because she still works even though she is 72 she just loves any vacation when she is not at work.

My daughter loved it but not as much as the one they took last February. It was on a similiar ship but it holds less people for some reason so they said it rarely…

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Well, I feel bad for all of you with the weather. For YOU to say the heat was miserable is bad. I understand how you felt though. When it’s like that it’s just too hot to enjoy it. They’ve been saying our humidity here in NC is tropical for weeks and THAT is like what you were experiencing, I guess. It’s awful. I’m with Joe on the…

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Another great picture.

Love all the pics and that green is your color for sure! Or at least one of your colors. lol

Sunday morning and I’m having some coffee. I slept good for most of the night but woke up around 5:30 all stopped up again. I guess the Afrin spray wore off. You can only use that 3 days / twice a day. I have 3 more times I can spray it. It works great but I wish I could breathe like that without using that. Maybe in another day or…

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One of the other big issues for Joe was the whole airport situation. Our flight going down was delayed because the flight arriving was late. When we finally boarded it went smoothly. BUt coming home this morning. The flight was delayed again it was supposed to leave at 12:30 and at 12 they had the people with disabilities (us) line up…

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Yes that is one of the problems we keep having. I want to travel and he does not.BUT he doesn’t want to stay home on his own. But there was just way too much walking on this trip for him even with his cane. And we both agreed the scooter wouldn’t have worked either. People with a scooter would wait even longer for elevators and the…

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Yes they had these yellow adirondack chairs all over the deck. This was outside a restaurant called the Mason Jar. Every day from 4 – 6 they had $6 margharita’s. So joe always liked to go there and sit. It was one of the only shady parts on the ship

Joe is a trooper for going.. Sorry he did not enjoy it as much of the rest of you. I assume the girls went with their parents for the add-on trip?

Is this pic from your trip? I have outdoor metal chairs I was thinking of painting yellow; your picture convinced me I should do so.

One big disappointment was that I coudlnt’ really use my balcony much it was so hot. I like to sit out there in the morning and have my tea but by 8am it was already in the high 80s and in full sun. Then I’d usually sit out there around 3 with a glass of wine and again way too hot. I did sit out around 9pm in the dark to read my book…

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so a little bit about this cruise. It was 6 days and the ship was Allure of the Seas Royal Caribbean. We boarded Sunday and Monday was spent at their private island which has a beach and pool and you can get lunch over there and they have water slides and stuff for the kids. Tuesday was a day at see so on the ship all day, wednesday…

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And it’s Saturday. I have just been sitting here at my computer and completely spaced out checking in!

I was sleeping so soundly when my alarm went off at 1 this morning. That’s actually unusual – I’m usually awake ahead of my alarm, waiting for it to go off. LOL. I realized the outside temp was in the low 70s so I opened all the windows as…

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