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Summer's exposed toes have returned to their natural color and sandals are lined up and waiting a good inspection and buffing up before returning to boxes and a long winter's nap. Nice foot wear has always been a thing with me, probably because they were the only fashion things that I didn't buy, no matter how awful, just because it fit. When I could, I totally went overboard with the wardrobe (luckily for the wallet, Saint Vinnies provided innumerable opportunities to overindulge). So, curious, Devon, did you buy all those lovely shirts sized for now, later, or a combination? I love a good deal and score a big one on you

Today, I'm prepping for a colonoscopy for tomorrow morning (routine) so of course, every time I walk into the kitchen I focus on the food nibbling I'm being deprived of. Can't say that true hunger has anything to do with the itch to eat, but does strongly indicate how much of a day's time is devoted to eating or thinking about food or planning and preparing the stuff. Shoot, I could have solved the worlds biggest problems with in the space of time I've devoted to the subject of "food" -

Speaking of which, I'm thinking right now just how I intend to dress up this gosh awful plain and inadequate orange jello tomorrow afternoon with fruity goodness and a mountain of fresh whipped cream.

Thinking it's about time to blow off some of the day with a book fallowed by a nap, then walkies with the Swann who, while remaining cool, calm and happy, especially enjoys provoking the neighborhood dogs to much verbal excitement.

Me too! But then I forget something like socks or underwear!!

I always pack more than I need somehow!

The cold air has arrived. Blustery cold front is bringing us a real taste of late fall. There are freeze warnings tonight, so I need to remember to bring in my houseplants that spend the summer on my shady porch.

I hadn't weighed myself for various reasons for a couple of days. I'm always anxious when I miss days, anticipating an unpleasant surprise when I get back to the scale. It's all good, my weight is staying within the same 2 pound range.

We enjoyed the show we saw yesterday. Afterwards we tried a new restaurant, a distillery actually. We were impressed with the food and whiskey. I also loved that although it was a big open space, and there were several large groups, the noise level was quite tolerable. Not a fan of some of these incredibly loud places.

Both the theater and the restaurant have co ed bathrooms, which leads to interesting etiquette. At the theater, the handicapped stall opened when it was my turn. The woman behind me had a walker, so I told her I could wait if that stall would be helpful to her. She thanked me profusely, both in the restroom and in the lobby. It was nice, but also made me wonder if this isn't standard behavior? At the restaurant, a young man told me to go ahead of him. Maybe my age, or my gender? Very polite, but is that also to be expected? He might never get to take care of his business if he defers to older women each time. I see a difference, the disabled woman can only use the one particular stall, so should have dibs on it. The young man and I can use any stall, so we can each wait our turn. But anyhow, I did thank him also, and it is refreshing to encounter such nice manners.

I'm having trouble packing! This is my last opportunity to wear my summer clothes, until a potential trip to Florida in February. I want to bring all my favorites, but I'm only going for 4 nights, so definitely do not need my whole wardrobe. Yesterday, I had to give in and wear close toed shoes. Galveston will give me a few more days of sandals, before they also get stored until February.

After adopting Justice from a shelter and getting such a love bug I don't think I will ever have a puppy again so I won't have to make those decisions about spaying/neutering. But the times I did they were all spayed at around 6 months because that was what was recommended by their vets.