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123.9. Exactly the same. Pizza didn?t do any harm!

Very hot here the next 3 days. DH and I took our walk (I refer to them as my DH walks in my head, just like Liz takes Justice walks) early due to the heat and we were still sweating like crazy. Rest of the day will be spent in the comfort of our air conditioned home!

I think I might make chicken club pita sandwiches for dinner. DH wanted me to grill out. Standing in front of a 500 degree grill with a 100 degree heat index! No thank you! Perhaps we will make an ice cream run later. He has been hinting at wanting to do that all day!

I think DC1 will have their second date with their new person today. Hope it goes well!

Got a few more art fair cards made today. I should be set for the next fair that is in July (just a one dayer this time).

Im so excited for this hot weather! I finally get to wear one of my new Tommy Bahama dresses to church! Still deciding we will go to friends house tomorrow and go to their neighborhood pool with them. We said yes, but I can imagine it will be quite crowded.

Who knew the National Park passes were so reasonable for seniors? I have a few more years to qualify but that sounds like something DH and I would get good use of! I'll have to Google where all the National Parks are located. We buy a WI State Park sticker every year!

Sorry your Dad is still in the hospital. At least he is in good spirits! My poor Mom is so sick of being confined to her apartment. Depression is definitely increasing for her. I would love to bring her here for a bit but she has so many follow up appointments with her doctor's that it just can't be done!

I don't recall the cat patio story. Please retell!

Neat that you got to finally go to the fortress. I look forward to seeing the views from the hill on TT!

Hopefully your sicknesses will stay at bay and not hold you back from sightseeing!

With all our new retirees and the mention of the $20 annual senior pass for national parks, an even better long term deal if you like national parks is the Lifetime Senior America the Beautiful Pass for $80. Same pass as the annual one, but lasts the rest of your life. My hiking friends loved them because it works so many places! You're eligible for it at 62.

My dad is still in the hospital, but I talked to him last night and he sounded in good spirits. They are waiting on the urine culture and blood tests to make sure they are giving him the right antibiotics and that his kidney is hanging in there, which take 24 and 48 hours. So he probably won't be discharged until tomorrow. But his TV has the golf channel and there is a tournament he can watch today, so that's a plus.

I finally got approved by the HOA for my new retractable screen for the patio that will probably always be referred to as "the cat patio". So that can be ordered (takes 6 weeks). I have an electrician coming on the 30th to find a way to put an outlet in the ceiling for it.

Did I mention I figured out how to fix the driveway lights? They turned them off inside the screwed-shut transformer. I must admit I patted myself on the back for figuring that one out with no help!

Today I am meeting my bff half way (well, more like 2/3 me-1/3 him) for lunch to give him back some mirrors he gave me a million years ago. He had them in his first house, he gave them to me for my second house, I'm giving them back for his current home. Recycling!

Today is only going to be 86! Woohoo! And tomorrow 82! So exciting. I even walked Kirby last night which other neighbors also decided to do, so his nose was in super sleuth mode smelling his friends the whole way.

I think I'll go walk Kirby again since he'll be alone this afternoon and it's only 73 now.

Take care all!

That's awesome you had a nice visit with DS. Preparations for Europe must be getting underway. Any updates on your SIL and her plans?

Yesterday I came home from my workout and thought, I'm tired, although it was physically tired, not mentally. So I read on the porch for awhile. Also a good retirement activity.

My Aunt's surgery went well, and she will probably be released today! Although its about 2 hours drive from Boston to Amherst. I hope that isn't too much. We arrive in Boston Monday. They have a caregiver lined up until Tuesday, which is when we'll take over.

Not good news about my friend's husband. He can't have his biopsy yet because he needs to be off Plavik for 2 weeks. The scan shows 3 tumors: the biggest in his pancreas, another in his liver, and one in his stomach. His blood work has some kind of cancer marker in it, which is astronomically high. Hope is always still an option until it isn't, but ... Another painful reminder that we must embrace the time we are given.

Off to a babyshower. My nephew and his wife are expecting a son in August. T will be lovely to see all my nieces.