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on 10/13/25 9:39 am
Good morning! The roof estimator came this morning. Such a nice guy. He came two years ago for another leak I had when Kirby was a tiny puppy and they had a nice reunion. We had 0.60 of rain in less than an hour right before he came, but the leak in my room didn't start back up thankfully. Water is funny in the paths it chooses. Ah, it's raining again.
We agreed that the solution is to carry the roof material to the end of the ledge, so I lose the stucco. It won't be attractive like it is now, but it will be more durable. I don't spend enough time up there to worry about it. He's also going to give me an estimate to pull up the decking and redo the roof material underneath. If it means I don't wander that end of the house paranoid, looking for leaks every time it rains that seems worth it.
When he was up there, he checked the rest of the roof and I heard him squeal. Apparently, I have a tarantula on the roof and he thought it was dead (curled up like spiders do when they die), but when he reached down to take a picture, it spread out its legs and scared him... ha!
I have a MUCH needed hair appointment to have my hair cut for the first time since June. Woo, I need it. The color also needs work...
Not much else to share. Hope you all are well!
118.8
This week is supposed to be beautiful here: Sunny, lower humidity, no thunderstorms. Fall (or what passes for it in Florida) has finally arrived. It is my favorite time of year here because it isn't as hot but the crowds of seasonal people are much smaller than January to March.
Nine and Dine was fun yesterday though we came in DFL in our group. But we were the least experienced other than DH. Picture below. You can't see it but I also had a small pumpkin sticking out of my ponytail in the back.
Today I have water aerobics, then am playing 9 holes of golf with 2 other women. I played better yesterday than I had in the spring when I last played. Hopefully that will continue. I need to work on my packing list for Arizona as we leave Thursday and I need to be fully packed by end of day on Wednesday. Lots to do this week before we go: hair appointment tomorrow, bocce tomorrow and Wednesday, golf on Thursday morning before we leave.
Did I mention that for the last month now, I have had no sign of the weird skin condition that caused me to have blisters on my fingers and feet? I am becoming more and more convinced that it was due to a nickel allergy. I knew I was allergic because costume jewelry used to make me break out in blisters under the jewelry which would take a couple of weeks to heal. Apparently some people can have a similar reaction (usually on hands and feet) when they ingest foods containing a high level of nickel. I have avoided high nickel level foods since mid to early July and the blisters are gone. The foods that I was eating a LOT of and also have a lot of nickel were chickpeas and tahini in hummus (which I was eating a lot of daily), plus beans, lentils, and nuts. Lots to avoid since almost all foods have at least some nickel in them. I found a food list that categorizes foods in levels and the top 2 levels have way more nickel than the others (and include the foods I just mentioned). I guess the proof is whether the skin condition continues to stay away.
Anyway, that's it for self-diagnosis. have a mostly marvelous Monday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
One benefit of moving is that it does provide an opportunity to get rid of junk. We have very little of it in the Florida house. And my extra stuff in Massachusetts is minimal as well. I find myself avoiding keeping anything extraneous due to the pain of clearing it all out while moving LOL. But talk to me in 10 years - I bet we will have filled up all the extra drawers and bins we have here by then.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Isn't it nice to be able to wait to shop on a Monday vs the weekend!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Well that's a quiet day for you after the last few weeks. Rest up!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Fall is a great time of year up north. I love the warmth here all year round but do miss the trees turning color, the apples and the fall activities.
One week! Yikes is right!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Yes, removing all this junk is an endless task. Sisyphus anyone?
ETA: DH is currently out in the garage "making room" for some of my gardening stuff. I can almost guarantee that nothing has been thrown out, but carefully stacked and rearranged. As long as I can park my car in the garage, and get to my gardening supplies I am going to try and remain unbothered. One day I will get in there and start tossing/donating.
Greetings all
Oops, missed yesterday. I had a couple hours of early gallery duty followed by football. Our team won and it was an excellent game. Studio buddy came over so we watched our game plus parts of others. Whew, did not think she would ever leave. but she lives alone in a seriously crappy place so hard to be upset. This is the person who has been building a new house for going on five years. It is getting close and it seems like she would really want to pu**** to be finished but she mostly just wants to ***** about her contractors. Oh well.
So today's plan is to get my hair washed and go to the studio where I left my phone on Friday. I sold a lot of stuff lately and need to get busy on more. Then I need to do the gym which I cannot do without phone for music.
Liz the 9 and dine sounds fun. Except I would skip the 9. Glad it has dried out enough to play and get out.
DD meal planning for a week! What a grown up concept. And good idea. Kudos. Nice that you have that journal. Closest thing I have ever done to that is this. Continue to devour the sunday NYT. An actual paper newspaper seems such a luxury these days,
Yeah Paula neighbor's parents should buy your house. I sort of wish I had bought the house next door here though many for DH junk. Good luck with the whole sale thing.
CC no fun to have a leaky roof. They say flat roofs sooner or later will leak. Hope it gets fixed soon and that Kirby permits you to rest.
Speaking of resting Peps I still can't imagine traveling and walking all those dogs. Epic. Glad you are home safe with only the regular dog allotment.
Need to start getting in gear for Halloween. Mostly crap removal. Notice that I talk all the time about junk removal but rarely get it done. That would be my primary diary entry: need to remove junk; need to remove junk......
Some sort of hamburger item for dinner tonight. Maybe meatloaf.
Diane S.
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Good morning! Like Paula's weather, it is cool and overcast here. If it's going to be overcast, I do hope it rains as it is very dry with no rain these last two weeks. Liz, you would probably be happy to send us some of yours. Peps, I wouldn't worry about not dropping any of the travel weight yet, your body is probably still in shock over what it endured. Sleep, hydration, and your regular routine will get it going in the next few days.
I've had some tea, and read most of the NYT Sunday paper. When I'm totally done with the paper, I think I will make a grocery list for Thursday's dinner party, and for our meals this week. Right now we have a huge pot of chili. DH will be willing to eat it one more day. After that, I will freeze the leftovers, which will be plentiful.
The only other plans are to meet our friends for dinner that went on the NY portion of September's travels. They had some wine shipped from NY, and a we included a couple of bottles and shared the shipping fee. We have one bottle of their wine from a winery that doesn't ship to Minnesota. We offered to bring it home in our checked luggage. So we will have a wine exchange this evening.
Tomorrow will be coffee, thrift shop exploration, and hopefully procurement of items on the shopping list I'm creating today.
Looking forward to the pumpkin themed pictures Liz!
Surprisingly little movement on the scale this morning: 208.8. I thought surely I would be down at least a pound. Hmmmm...
I have two dogs to trim today. One will be easy peasy. The other will be a bit of work, but reasonable. Other than that, I'll take it easy. LOL... BFF is coming over tonight. We'll get dinner and maybe even take in a movie.
Not much else...
Super Sunday!
