JACKIE, your man’s wardrobe sounds exactly like mine. The shelves are even labelled shirts, underwear etc. Rainy day later, but then Jill and I will be off to view our new place and see the dietician. I woke up thinking I no longer live here, I’m a visitor. Felt sad but mustn’t get maudlin.
More later. Jill isn’t eating. She senses things aren’t quite normal.

Anne.

Hello.

Sandy, sorry for my error. Two other people I know were leaving today to take a college student to school. One is actually going to a campus you know, GCU. This will be his second year and he loves the school. Good luck on getting anything from your cable company.

Jackie and Anne, why am I not that surprised that you both have a piece of furniture, the same down to the details.

Be safe everyone!

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
❤️❤️

DEAR ANNE,


You know I will be thinking of you today as you set off on your new adventure. It does sound like a warm, welcoming community so you will be just fine! Jilly too of course, what a star to break the ice. She will entertain everyone.❤️
Have a safe move and let us know when you are both settled in.

Hugs across the pond! Jackie 🥰

Hello Anne and all Sneakers. A busy day so I’ve walked for an hour with the pooches, carried out housework, cut the grass and drove into town to collect Betty’s special diet biscuits from the vet practice. In between, Sheila dropped in to collect keys and run through where George and Betty go out for a pee and any food requirements while I’m out tomorrow visiting Royal Horticultural Society gardens with Linda. Of course, rain is predicted but I’m sure the gardens will still be beautiful. I will take a few pictures!

Anne, whether oldies or swingers, I’m guessing you will get to know everyone individually and soon get to appreciate who is interesting and has similar interests. The meals sound wonderful, similar to being on a cruise with no risk of sea sickness! I’m preparing a pork sausage with baked beans and a grilled tomato so definitely the poor relation! 😆

Lin, I didn’t know about Kerry and Angela splitting. Perhaps his depression is difficult to live with. I know 2 lovely people whose split was really due to his PTSD after assignments in Afghanistan.

Sausage and beans cooked!
Jackie 🥰

Well, life continues haphazardly for me as always. Mark and Mary Jo brought over a rather posh baby gate that fits across the hall and stops Jilly running out the front door when opened. Whilst Mark was here I asked him to show me how to use the shower which looks complicated. This Mark did and the damn thing jammed in place so hot water carried on gushing out. Mary Jo took off at speed for the managers office and came back with a lady wielding some device. After a wrestling match she managers to unjam the faucet and turn it off. But what if I hadn’t asked Mark to show me the works! I shudder to think of me tomorrow morning and having to walk down a long corridor with dripping hair and wearing a towel.

Meanwhile the nurse showed up with my health chart to go into a health book of residents. It appears I’m pretty healthy apart from IBS except I have slightly above normal iron in the bod. She must have consulted with my doctor who didn’t tell me I’m iron man.

So here’s Popeye the sailor man signing off,
Anne.

Good evening. I did a tiny bit of organizing this morning, some floor and bathroom cleaning and spent the reminder of the afternoon checking payable amounts and writing all sorts of checks to be mailed about September 1st. Tomorrow, laundry and more sorting I hope.

This neighborhood seems to be different than when I moved here. There was another guy on the loose in the middle of night trying to break into cars and garages. One man actually went outside after being warned by his Ring cam and watched the unknown person running down our street. I had a dog exercise pen outdoors leaning against the side of my house where it wasn’t too visible. I was going to call my friend who works with the dog obedience club to see if they wanted it. It was taken. There are car noises quite regularly at 2 or 3 am. Late this afternoon something banged up against my house. By the time I got out there, no one was around. I will keep my door locked.

Jackie, I am glad you had a good day. It sounds lovely, a flower festival! I hope the wild weather is over by morning.

Sandy, how wonderful that you stayed long enough to get everything set up for Marisa. Safe travels and I hope you enjoy your train journey.

Anne, thank heavens the shower was fixed before you got in a bad situation with a faulty on/off control. I do hope they have the water temperature low enough that you couldn’t get my type of burn even with all hot water. That’s how I have my water heater set. Happy to hear you are so healty by the way. 👍🏻👍🏻

Well, need to sign off now.

Be safe.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
❤️❤️

Lin, great teapot

Anne, nice to hear that you are being well cared for

I've gotten back to my scanning project. Still have many boxes of items to either scan and discard or just discard but the items are all small and will take forever. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. That is how I am approaching this project.

Didn't set my alarm this morning since my walking friend has gone off on an adventure with her daughters. That allowed me to sleep a bit later and have my usual walk in the company of an audio book and come home a bit later since I had to no meeting to attend or facilitate at 9 and no grocery pick up at 8. I'll work in the yard for an hour this morning on the shady side of the house before it gets too warm.

I delivered three blankets to Project Linus this week which was quite satisfying. I've completed the first 8 inches of the next blanket so I am well on my way.

Barbie

It has been a dry day but the wind is still quite strong. I slept well after all the extra steps at the flower show and after breakfast took George and Betty on the moors. As I parked up on the side of the road, friends Christine and Richard drove past and stopped for a quick catch up. I will try to visit them next week, depending on Peter’s plans. Not much going on here but I did potter in the garden this afternoon. My unpleasant neighbours lost their plastic fence during last night’s storm so I’ve lost some privacy. No doubt they will set to and repair the damage because they won’t be happy that I can see them ( not that I want to!).

Lin, I’m so sorry to read you cut your hand. I expect you know to hold it above your heart level to ease the bleeding? Sit quietly for a while. ❤️. Another great teapot that I’m guessing is from the 1930’s. Very sweet!

Safe journey Sandy.

Happy Saturday everyone. It’s 6pm so time for me to make avocado salad for my evening meal and also feed the pets.

Jackie 🥰

Good morning everyone. I’m slowly drying after the wettest walk I can ever remember. Luckily, a few spots arrived as I got my car out from my garage so I returned to the cottage for their coats. I’m planning to watch the women’s World Cup final and cheer England on so kept going rather than delay and the upshot was, within 100’ of walking I was soaked through with the rain pouring off my waterproof jacket on to my denim jeans and down into my wellies! I wrapped both dogs in towels when we got back to the car and I sat on one myself so the seat wouldn’t get soaked. I had to laugh as we walked because I was the only crazy person out there, although a couple of horse trailers told me others would be getting a soaking higher on the moors. I’ve run the hair dryer over the pooches and my cold feet, made a mug of coffee and will now enjoy the football.

Anne, I completely understand the need for green veggies because when I spent 3 weeks back in Canada (Owen Sound) after the car accident my family was involved in, I had to eat in restaurants and despaired at the lack of fresh veggies. So nothing much has changed in 40 years! All that food would be too much for me too so I think you very wise to avoid a large evening meal. Do you have to eat at the same table for every meal or are you allowed to mingle? Be yourself sweetheart and wear your hair as you always have because it is gorgeous and suits you. You definitely don’t want to blend into the environment. Crikey, a chain around your neck too! We sneakers will come up with an alternative way of carrying keys I’m sure!

Final not far off so I will settle down for a couple of hours. Oh yes, and the sun is out!!

Jackie 🥰

Good evening. Super hot here today! We are in the midst of a heat wave and I receive a couple of excessive heat warnings each day. This sauna is forecast to last through Thursday.

I did attend online church this morning. I removed my bandaids and had a nice shampoo and shower. Also did one load of laundry, more tomorrow.

I am back to raising batches of sprouts and cooking small batches of beans. I have some packages of fruit juice ice pops. Nice cool treat!

Anne, I am glad you will have your fluffy towels. Are you doing your own laundry? Do you have laundry facilities in your apartment? I used to do my dad’s laundry in the nice machines that were available for people in the wing where he lived. It sounds like you are settling in well.

Jackie, sorry you got soaked this morning. How miserable. And your team lost…..very sorry about that. I hope the weather is better tomorrow.

Sandy, what a train trip. So glad you finally arrived and celebrated last evening.

Be safe everyone.

Lin🙋🏼‍♀️
❤️❤️

Happy Monday. Peter and his workmate Richard arrived before 9 and I then walked George and Betty round the block. Peter has the sweetest Cocker spaniel so he asked if she could sit in my garden and of course I don’t mind. I’m not so sure about George though because she is quite feisty and scares him. Lots of drilling and hammering into the walls as well that disturbs him but they are moving quickly along so if it remains dry, might be finished by Friday. Yes, that’s correct, a dry day although at one point it did try to rain but not for long. I have spent some time gardening because a lot of wild annuals are at end of life stage so need to be removed.
Just in time, I’ve noticed Brady’s cat flap was covered with the electric drill wrapped in plastic so I’m guessing they didn’t recognise it for what it is. When he came to find me in the garden the fur on his back and tail was angrily sticking out in all directions so perhaps the spaniel chased himself!

Anne, it was a shame our girls didn’t win the World Cup but I did think Spain was the better team. I expect it will inspire them to do better next time! I did giggle over the roast chicken leg for Jilly. I hope she is settling in to her new surroundings and enjoying lots of fuss. I think it’s good the two M’s live close by so you will see lots of them and they can take Jilly for walkies!

A gorgeous teapot Lin. I blanched more beans for the freezer and have picked the last of the French beans to eat over the next couple of days. It has been a short season, no doubt because the weather is so awful but my usual tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers in the greenhouse should continue to produce for some time. The unusual mint plants have been potted up into larger containers and are thriving already. There is Basil mint, Strawberry mint and a mixed berry mint!

Sounds as if you are enjoying yourself Sandy. I don’t know what bunco is and neither did predictive text!! I’ll go and look it up but have fun whatever.

Time for me to cook an evening meal then chill. I hope to shop early in the morning and told Peter I will leave a door unlocked at the rear in case he needs to plug in his drill.

Take care everyone.
Jackie 🥰

Hello all you Sneakers. We are finally home. I have just read a couple of pages of your posts. Wow, you are all such a busy group. Our trip driving up past Sacramento was a nightmare. There is alot of road construction and the traffic slowdown was horrendous. Finally made it safely, and of course, thats all that counts. Our friends daughter and husband own a craft brewery and a small gastropub. So we had dinner at the pub and played trivia at the brewery. The grandkids started back to school while we were visiting. We had a swim party the night before that was fun. The return hone was a little better drive. Now all our summer partying is over. Back to better eating before I get my labs done. 😲. My Medicare Wellness Appointment is in September. I dont know where to begin with all of your comings and goings,
Sandy, you seem to have a wonderful family, and friends network and were busy gadding about and enjoying them. Got your granddaughter to college.
Anne, what great news that you settled in and enjoying meals.
Jackie, experiencing rain and still walking about.
Lin, sorry bout the hand injury. Lots of very interesting tea pots.
I am sorry I cant remember all the posts I just read. My short term memory is shot! Dont want to leave this page or it will disappear. So, hello to all you Goldens out there. Have a great week
Joy