Sunday, October 27, 2024

Congratulations on a negative test - hopefully your cold will clear up before the party.

We binge watched The Lincoln Lawyer this season too. Really good show!

Sorry you are still sick Diane but glad it isn't the dreaded Covid!

154.1. Down again but for how long? I had 2 glasses of wine at the show last night so might have been a bit dehydrated this morning!

Good church service at our new church this morning! First time in a long time that the worship music brought me to tears!

Otherwise, a pretty lazy day today. DSD, fiancé and DC1 all hanging out today doing a puzzle on the kitchen table. Only DC1 staying for dinner which is leftovers (my favorite?Not!)

Tomorrow I?m taking the kids (adults really) to the Pumpkin patch about an hour away. They have a petting zoo, homemade baked goods (the best apple pies), apples, pumpkins, a little coffee shop and a build your own caramel apple station! Should be fun. The kids want to carve pumpkins later this week. Nice to have some young energy in the house. We are bah humbugs about Halloween and usually go out to eat and keep the lights off so we don?t get Trick or Treaters. They honestly make the dogs too nervous!

I'm not sure yet if we're handing out candy. I get tired of answering the door, and get a sugar crash because I keep eating the fun sized bars. Even with Wegovy on board, I can manage a decent amount of candy. The trick of trick or treat is just to not have it around. Maybe we'll buy just a few bags, and once it's gone, it's gone. The littlest kids usually make the rounds earlier.

We are also not fans of dealing with trick or treaters and dogs. Luckily there aren't any here. I have carved a pumpkin periodically after my kids became adults but not this year since I didn't get one for decorating.

I finally understand what kind of car you guys bought, Liz. I didn't know it was a BMW until I looked up "X3". DF has a Touareg, which I love, but it would definitely be too big for you. I love the self-parking ability of a car--can't wait until we have one. Parking and unparking (is that a word?) is definitely one of my skills that has diminished over the years.

Yesterday I drove back to Kentucky with a fully packed car. It was a long day, but I had no tire or other car issues. DF has medical appointments this week, which he wants me to be present for. Today we'll be looking at cabinets for kitchen, closets, bathrooms, etc., a big TV, drapes, etc.--none of which we'll buy, but just taste-test and educate ourselves about. I think we're going to have a lot of fun making this house our home. DF is delighted--he's in his element.

Boy, it's dark o'clock in the morning these days. More coffee. Y'all have a good one. :)

Great to make a home together isn't it? My DH says he doesn't care what I do but that is false because he definitely has opinions on what he likes or not. For instance he didn't like how dark the living/dining room was here. It was dark because it was painted in very dark gray and the paint soaked up all the light, plus the furniture was all dark leather and dark wood. Now with the wall half white, a light paint above and a white couch it is nice and bright.

I thought the BMW emblem was showing LOL. DH and I both like the make. His last 4 cars were BMWs and my last 3 convertibles up north were. So though we considered other makes we felt most comfortable getting a BMW. An added benefit is that though the car is 7 years newer than our other cars, the instruments/features are still quite similar. The unparking isn't great in the car - it can only back up by following the same path it took to get into a spot. In other words you can't come out facing the other direction. But I think that when it perpendicular parks it actually backs in so you can drive right out - we shall see when I try it out.