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My kids have stockings made by my mother. I couldn't replicate them exactly, but I made one identical size, complimentary fabric, and quilted it for DS's serious girlfriend. She did not have contact with her family, and spent all holidays with us while dating DS, and I didn't want her to feel left out. They broke up, but I still have the stocking. Should I pick off the embroidery of her name, and replace with the new girlfriend's name? Kidding, I would never.

One of my friends also bought new stockings for the blended family. She hangs them all on a stair railing. Not sure what she has done for the new wives and new grandson.

Liz, sorry to hear about DH's heart troubles. Does he have a pacemaker/defibrillator combo or just a pacemaker? If it is the combo, at least it will shock him if he goes into a dangerous heart rhythm. I have the combo and know only too well that feeling of almost passing out from a heart arrhythmia! Pacemakers will kick in for heart rates/rhythms that are too slow but can't help you with rhythms that are too fast!

119.6 - the official weight for the week. Not terrible with a lot of going out to eat since our friends arrived.

Yesterday's golf etiquette lessons involved things like pace of play (go fast), how to properly fix divots and how to rake the sand bunkers after you tramp around on them. We learned a ton of rules like how to deal with going out of bounds near the trees vs properties or when your ball goes into the bunker. We only got to hit the ball once which was driving it over some mangroves - my ball made it over! It was 68 but super windy so we were freezing. This morning it is 46!

We went to the art museum with our friends and joined at a level where we can bring 2 non-members to the museum and to member-only events for free. We also will have reciprocal privileges at tons of other museums. It is a really great museum with interesting exhibits coming in all the time and member events are quite nice so we were glad we got a chance to get that set up.

This morning I am going with DH to his cardiologist because he had an event which his pacemaker monitor reported to them and they are concerned about. DH knew immediately what it was when they called because he said it was so weird. He said it felt like his heart stopped and he started to faint, then it just went away. He didn't tell me until the doctor's office called the next day - very concerning!

After that we will take our friends to Fort Pierce just south of us to lunch, then the Navy Seal Museum. Tonight is dinner at the Kilted Mermaid, an eclectic restaurant with live music and interesting foods like fondue.

Time to get showered. Have a fine Friday!

I agree that the guest taking the wine back home is weird. The only time I have seen that is when the host insists that they take it.

Snow!!!

Those dumplings sound interesting but it is hard to fathom what they would be like.