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Greetings all

We are still having sun. It's still fire season in California though not here. I dutifully did my walk at the gym today. No grunters but lots of geezers. I asked the desk guy about the least busy times for the pool and he said its mid day and early afternoon. One of my old lady friends wants to go there so we will plan an excursion. Must locate the pool shoes.

After that it was studio for a bit. Picked up newly finished stuff and took it up to the gallery. Crisis of cash there as someone paid with $100 bills. Sorted out for the moment. People keep trying to text me on the land line regarding cash issues. Not gonna work. After that I got some groceries and here I am.

Old appliances are indeed best. Plus they have simple controls. Our washer dryer are 22 years old now. Hoping they last. My first dryer was a used one I got for $50. Worked for years. Eventually the door would not stay closed so I had to prop it shut with a fireplace poker held in place by an old law school text book. No fixing it. We are lucky in our dinky town that there is a decent and honest appliance repair service.

Vaccuming in the dark CC! Sounds kind of kinky. But yeah I bet you find more dog fur.

Trying to think good thoughts for Florida. Looks like it will be terrible. I sure hope everyone pays attention and evacuates.

We watched the rest of Lady in the Lake. Had an interesting twist that I will not reveal. Good show.

Get home safe Peps. No place like home.

Liz glad house is coming together. I suspect adult children always think of parents homes as they did when they were kids and don't think about helping as much. Gotta speak up. You will handle it. Love the term "integrating the kitchen".

Diane S

Feeling Monday tired kind of tired. No big crises at work, but lots of little details to handle and my brain is a bit fried.

I was thinking more about our lives as they existed in whatever we consider our before. I think mine has a clear delineation: before and after I went to Brazil at 18 as an exchange student. It was one year, but it changed everything. I had fun and some accomplishment in my high school years, but looking back, I always had the sense that I was marking time, waiting for something big to happen. So I got on a plane, flew 10,000 miles to Southern Brazil to live with people I'd never met, who spoke a language I'd never studied. Something big at last! And that's when my real life began.

I hope Peps made it home safely, after napping on the plane. And CC is enjoying her hair free home in the moments it remains that way.

Sand has to be the downside of living near the beach. When my Aunt and Uncle lived in Ipswich, one car was designated the beach car, so they didn't have to deal with sand in both cars. Liz, the two of you handle everything so efficiently and effectively, the kids haven't caught onto the fact you're growing older and could use some help. They are still looking to the two of you to help them. You indeed might have to clue them in a bit.

Our dryer stopped working last night. No surprise, because it is 37 years old. Yes, my washer and dryer are 37 years old. After about 25 years, I became very intrigued thinking about how long they would last. Apparently a long time, because DH is certain an easily replaced part will have the dryer up and running tomorrow. He sees no need to buy new ones if they still work. Perhaps they will rust out from the bottom one day. Or maybe they are immortal. Whirlpool should pay us to do a commercial.

I would be afraid of what I would see vacuuming at night LOL.

I am pretty confident our condo will be okay as the amount of rain and wind predicted isn't terribly onerous in that area. We are not on the open ocean, but on the intracoastal and we are on the third floor of our building. I am worried about some of our friends on the other coast. I contacted a friend who is driving down right now to Venice with his brother. They are going to stay in Virginia until after the hurricane comes through. If their place is damaged or there is no power/water, but our place is okay, they will go stay at ours..

Heading to lunch with my friends in a few minutes. Tiles guys are here. It's like Groundhog Day.

Oh no, I just saw Hurricane Milton is at a category 5. As if more destruction is needed in that part of the country. Liz, hope your place will be okay.

Not much else to report. Silly thing, but I may never vacuum during the day again. I bought a $10 LED vacuum light (my cordless doesn't have a light) and vacuumed last night. I thought with my daily vacuuming I was being thorough, but NO! The amount of dog hair and dust that is magically revealed on tile floors in the dark with a little LED light is astounding. I filled the oversized canister twice and didn't do 3 rooms. I vacuum daily! Areas I would have bet money were clean were covered in dog hair and dust. With the light on, they look completely clean. That's what counts as excitement to me and DD, why none of my life's stories (unlike Tom Lake) will ever take more than 15 minutes to tell.

Take care all!

I've not read Tom Lake yet and might wind up doing so. However, I have been to Ann Patchett's bookstore in Nashville. It's a lovely place.