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We didn't even realize that we picked a rewards day to go to the movies: tickets were $5 a piece, for the nice, heated recliners, and there was free popcorn! I can see Tuesday movies becoming part of the routine.
DH loves just about any kind of movie. I'm more fussy, so he will also go to the movies by himself nd see the ones I don't like such as horror or action adventure. He used to do that a lot when I was working. I've also gone by myself occasionally, and it's very freeing. You don't have to share the popcorn, can sit where you prefer, and don't have to wonder if they're having a good time. I think midweek matinees are prime time movie going for solo retirees. If you want to see Wicked 2, I would just do it : )
Hmm, I wonder if the shark has a knickname for you after you trounced him!
We had cold here today too Liz. It was a pants day for sure! The spa felt good tonight!
I get sick of eating out all the time too. We are back on a Hello Fresh kick 3 meals a week. Nice not to have to meal plan or shop for at least some of the meals! Have you tried it yet? I think it might work well for you and DH.
121.2, down from the 122 I saw yesterday.
Our house is pretty much out together! Yay! Today I vacuumed the whole house and finally cleaned all the floors. All rooms except 2 are tile and those 2 are luxury vinyl flooring, so I could use the swiffer wet mop on everything.
Had to sort out banking stuff today. I bounced a $50,000 plus check from one of our new FL accounts. I thought I was writing a check from our Money market account (which has the bulk of our local funds) but wrote it from our checking account instead. Whooooops! No fee from our bank but I might get one from the place I was writing the check to! Grrrrr! All accounts balanced tonight and funds transferred to all checking accounts so checks and automatic withdrawals can be covered. We have way too many accounts right now. Once I'm sure all the automatic deposits and withdrawals are transferred, we can close the WI accounts!
Haircut and color tomorrow! Hope I like my new hairdresser!
Octordle is 8 WORDS each containing 5 letters. Every guess applies to all 8 words. It's freakin' awesome!!!!!
Mama dog is okay. Her liver enzymes are a tad high, but that can happen with pregnancy and her calcium levels are high (but Kathryn has been overdosing her with calcium due to her history of eclampsia). It's all good in my opinion, but Kathryn is a worrier to the nth degree.
on 12/9/25 6:01 pm, edited 12/9/25 10:10 am
She's talented, but a little nuts. I would never use her because of the nuts part!
Yay that your BFF can use your "old" stuff! I can't believe his designer friend rearranged your whole house without asking! Yikes!
Hopefully no more house stuff for awhile! You've had your fill of repairs!
Congrats on beating the Shark!
We will be in an Air Bnb for Christmas so I ordered a premade meal from the grocery store DC1 works at. Ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, dinner rolls and French silk pie! $90 and will feed our whole crew!
Wicked! That's the last movie I saw. Have not seen part 2 and probably won't since I went with DC1 and it isn't one DH would want to see!
Sorry those last pounds are being stubborn!
Hope mama dog is okay.
- I think regular Wordle is challenging enough, not sure I would want to try Octordle! Eight letters instead of 5?
First DH and I took his Mom's china, it was a supermarket giveaway where you earned pieces based on what you bought. His Dad owned the grocery store so I bet it wasn't difficult to get the whole set. We donated it to Goodwill when we sold our home that had a custom built china hutch. We never did use the china.
I can't even remember the last movie I went to! Good idea! You and DH have great dates. Nice that you make spending time with each other a priority. My DH and I need to get back to that!
on 12/9/25 5:08 pm
Woohoo for Octordle! My cousin, David, turned me on to it. He would be thrilled there is another convert.
Today the vent people came back to finish up. And wonder of wonders, the contractor was able to find a source for some purple flagstone that I have slabs of on top of pillars along my front entryway. I have asked so many people if they can find me a new slab because one of them has crumbled from the freeze/thaw cycle and no one has been able to find me one. They found me one in a day. So exciting!
But the most exciting thing today was my BFF and his designer came to shop "Ceci's attic". They CLEANED ME OUT! multiple tables, lamps, chairs, mirrors, and a ton of tchotchkes. What a relief to know it's going to a good home and I can visit it!
His designer, Anna, I've known through him for a while. She is a whirling dervish who can't sit still and basically just goes room to room moving all your stuff. She even re-hung paintings and a mirror she thought were too low. While a couple of ideas I liked, most of it I moved back when they left! We were supposed to go to lunch, but she was so busy rearranging my house we didn't have enough time.
The landscapers' plumbing guys came and finally re-hooked up my broken fountains with new pumps. Hallelujah after two months! They are absolutely filthy with raccoon and bobcat excrement and dead scorpions. I'm going to have to have the guy that cleaned my fountains come back and drain and clean both of them. They also tested my irrigation system, and found and fixed a leak where a varmint had chewed through the pipe.
After all that I'm looking forward to a quiet Wednesday!
