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Our friends arrived just after 2 yesterday so we had a very late lunch at around 3:30. Cheese and crackers for dinner, then early to bed. They said they are usually up at 5, but it is 7:30 now and we still haven't seen them. They were exhausted by their 2 day drive and we were still tired from our travel day.

The plan today is to go out for lunch, then to the woman-run cider brewery I like so much. We have NYE dinner reservations at 8 at the Beach Club so will probably have some Cavo (in lieu of champagne) after we dress up fancy and before we leave. Odds are we won't be up until midnight. Especially since our friends need to be on the road by 6 am.

I just checked my weight against a year ago and I am 35 pounds lighter. Thank you tirzepatide!

Have a Toasting Tuesday!

So, so sorry about your friend. When people our age die whether suddenly or not it really does remind us how life is not guaranteed so we better live it to its fullest.

Has DH had an MRI before? If not and he is anxious about the process does he have Valium? I have had 3 - the first one without it, but I freaked out the second time and had to be rescheduled after I got a prescription, so I won't do them without. My SIL has brain MRIs about every 6 months and she can do it without a sedative but I don't know how. Or is DH mostly just anxious about the results?

DD and DH really have the same movie taste - so much fun for them to be able to enjoy a movie and discuss it afterwards!

Chicken feet story: In Brazil, another American girl who was also an exchange student and I got together, and she told me her host family served boiled chicken feet and they ate them sort of how you suck the juice out of lobster legs. A few days later, I opened our fridge and saw a bowl of chicken feet. Me: Oh no, I am going to have to suck it up and eat them or it would be rude. Just then my host Mom walked in and I timidly asked, Are these for dinner? She laughed and said, no those are for the dogs. Whew! Don't know what was going on with that other family...

Greetings all

It's sunny and nice but cold. OK by me. I went to the gym and walked. Upped the incline button by a tiny increment. I was sort of shamed into doing so by the presence of other old ladies who were walking much faster than me. Oh well. It works. I started this walking at 10 minutes on the theory that I can stand anything for 10 minutes. Up to 16.5. It sounds pitifully small but better than couch potato-ing. 49 calories burned. After that I went to the studio and then made a quick store run. They did not have what I wanted which was more chicken livers. But they actually had containers of CHICKEN FEET. Who buys that?

One more holiday to go. I will do scrabble tomorrow and make a gallery trip and bank deposit and that should be it for the year. Spent some time on the phone with the credit union about my required IRA distributions. I think they did it wrong. Few answers.

Paula that MRI can't come soon enough. Sorry for the friend you lost to the accident. Life has no guarantees.

Yay DD and Peps for enjoying holiday break. One more semester to go.

Ann. Day 7. or is it 8?

Liz I bet Justice is glad to be home. He is Florida boy.

DH took our dogs out for a walk. They encountered a little girl with a bunny in a pen outside. DH wisely crossed the street with our terriers.

There was a new york times article about protein powder and how good it really is. I dont' subscribe so I just see the headlines. Anybody read it? Anything worth knowing?

Deli wraps for dinner tonight. Alas, no pot pies available.

Diane S