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Liz, I'm thinking about what you said, that tragedies bring both good and bad. DH's mother literally dropped dead in her living room 2 months after her 60th birthday. The impact on DH was of course, tremendous grief and shock. (My FIL died at 63 3 years later, of what I truly believe was a broken heart.) In the shock of his mother's death, DH basically handed me our life to manage for a period of time. The good that came of it is we navigated through it together. We had been married for 2 years. I do remember thinking this could break us, or make us stronger. Time passed, and I was thankful we emerged from it with a deeper intimacy. The good from the bad.

CC, good grief. That's all I can say. This shouldn't happen, but since it has, it should be fixed by now. And yes, Diet Coke in the purse is a good plan. I tote mine around in a Contigo water bottle, filled with ice. People think I'm so healthy :)

Good luck with your art show Paula! New endeavors!

We went for coffee at our place this morning, and then browsed the thrift store. It's funny when you see your own things that you donated. I'm always on the lookout for metal end tables or other decorative metal items to repurpose in my flower beds. Found something fun today that is now holding a plant.

Out to dinner tonight, then a few quieter days coming up. Weight holding steady.

A second puppy! We are happy we have 2 but when they are gone will at most have one and maybe none (depends on how much traveling we do). My dogs are little though. I'm not sure I could do 2 big dogs!

Sorry to hear you are still having alarm issues. Hope it gets resolved soon!

12:45am call from the alarm company. Good times. The most they can shut it down so they don't get alerted is 24 hours (it will still be ringing in the house).

I haven?l't heard from the people who installed it yet. Hopefully a plan can be made today.

****tail party was kind of fun. Next time I'm putting diet coke in my purse. No non-alcoholic diet drinks or water to be seen. That's two parties in a row! I will not be caught off guard and parched again!

Taking Kirby to a well-puppy/leptospirosis shot vet visit in a few minutes. I really like this vet.

Kirby's breeder has 2 male 10 week old puppies still available. They had a 15 puppy litter and a 6 puppy one a week apart! A surprise as the previous litter was one puppy. For a few brief crazy moments I have wondered if Kirby needs a brother?

I should head out. Take care all!

I applaud your clothing purge! I probably got rid of 1/3 of my clothing (including the old work clothes), but I have so much that fits my size which I had bought in the 4+ years I was at this point that I still have a LOT.

"A mix of plans and downtime": You already have the recipe for retirement!