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Greetings all

It's sunny here and almost hot! We are comfortable but much of CA is having a serious heat wave. Friends need to go south for medical tests and were going to go inland to see a friend but decided against it because its 110 in sacramento. No thanks.

So we had lunch at the Chinese buffet. DH and his buddy always want to go there when other buddy is out of town. That one hates Asian food. Oddly, he is driving to Reno which sounds horrible to me.

So we watched 4 episodes of Griselda last night. Great show. I looked up the real Griselda and yikes what a vicious person. they named the 4th kid Don Corleone. I think she killed all of her husbands. Kind of like Breaking Bad South American style.

Last night's steak was good. No clue whats tonight. Did not bring home Chinese buffet food. Freezer spelunking is in order.

Liz it might be kind of hard to leave that house but after fixing and cleaning and all that work on it you will be glad to leave. We did this with our Omaha house that was twice as big as what we have now. By the time we got out of there I was so done with it.

Yeah CC I seem to go in cycles. Some days I want to snack and snack and others I don't. I can't really correlate it with anything except when I am home all day with no plans I seem to snack more. Note to self: be busy.

Paula was asking about extra protein items. Another good thing is pumpkin seeds. Costco has them roasted and they are good. I think they are the highest protein of any seed stuff. Also string cheese.

DD glad you got a respite from travel. You need a catch up day. Yay for First Class.

I think I need to open the front door and let the breeze in. Thats how warm it is!

Diane S

Yeah, ticks are gross. Once I find one I always worry if there is another hidden on Justice or me.

I am like DD. Sometimes more hungry than other times but it does give me a good stop signal and I am not craving the stuff that is usually my downfall. But I am also not a big social eater in that I eat less around other people than otherwise. My downfall is snacking more than anything. So it helps me largely because of the reduced cravings (don't go looking for snacks all the time).

My appetite has been all over the place with these meds. Sometimes I can't eat at all, other times I am hungry and eating every couple of hours. It does give me a good stop signal though, almost always.

I wish they had good trackers like that for when deceased DH was in wandering mode. They were some but they were very expensive and didn't work half the time.

Yesterday was a gorgeous weather day but today is yucky gray with rain coming. My mood so depends on sun.

Weight is 127.4, down 2.8 pounds, an extra .6 down from 2 weeks ago when I last weighed in Aruba. Only 2.4 pounds to goal.

We had a good 4th with DD, her fiancé, and my 2 SILs here for a barbecue. I really enjoyed sitting on my deck in the nice weather in my beautiful backyard. I am going to really miss this house - it really has been my favorite. If it could maintain itself I would keep it but I am just too tired to deal with it anymore.

We are getting to the end of the big cleanup. The large items (recliner, desk, large TV) went to the storage unit in the fiancé's truck yesterday. We will probably bring the electronics, tire, and a few other items to the dump today. We need to find a service to pick some old junky furniture for disposal from SILs home which DS had stored there but has decided he doesn't want after all. We also need to find someone to paint our cupola which DH said he was comfortable doing but has changed his mind. The final work is staging the house over the weekend. There isn't a lot to be done in that regard except for the stuff that DS has cluttering almost every room except for my bedroom. It drives me crazy. My realtor/friend is coming to the house on Monday morning to walk through and let me know if there is anything else that needs to be done.

Onto house prep work on this rainy day. Have a facinorous Friday!