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Weight 117.8-119.6 (depending on the scale).

Peps, just .7 to see a 199 in the beginning!!!

Paula, best of luck for your Mom's surgery.

Just another Tuesday in paradise. We got a little bored yesterday partially because we haven't been swimming as much as usual. It has been a bit cloudy and more windy than usual so that even at a temperature of 87 it feels cool. I did do water aerobics in the morning and will again today. So different than the ones I do in Florida! There we are mostly in deep water with flotation belts and use water barbells, paddles and noodles in our exercises. Here we stand in the shallow end and use the floor of the pool. So my hair doesn't even get wet. I'd say less cardio and stretching but more arm strength stuff here vs Florida.

Today we may go to the butterfly farm which is an activity that many repeat annually but I have never gone. It is supposed to continue to be windier than usual for the next couple of days but should be a bit more sunny. We never actually sit in the sun here, but are under a chickee/palapa all the time. We are only in the sun early when we walk and if we swim. Even with that I can see faint strap lines at the end of each day. The sun is amazingly strong.

Have a terrific Tuesday!

123.9, holding pretty steady!

I'm back at Mom's. Gave her her pre op shower tonight. We have to be at the hospital at 6. I'm setting my alarm for 4 am. Yikes! She is supposed to have another full shower in the morning. Not happening! Sponge bath it will be! Almost 89 years just don't get up and at 'em! I scrubbed her extra good tonight and she is sleeping on clean sheets in clean PJs per their instructions!

The high rise area is where the Hyatt Regency and Marriotts are - most of the casinos and fancier restaurants and stores are in that area. Crowded narrower beaches without waves. The low rise area is much more laid back, older resorts with many like mine right on the wide beach. The best beach in Aruba and actually most of the Caribbean is in the low rise area - Eagle Beach. Our beach is an extension of that technically Manchebo Beach I think. Way quieter here so I love that especially off-season in June.

Greetings all

Sunny but super windy here. Power flickers plus power is out in Trinidad where the gallery is. I took some stuff up there and you could hardly walk down the street it was so windy. White caps on the bay. Good day to stay home. I did go to the studio to get new stuff and I did some glazing. Work work work. I need to get ahead!

Liz I say the balance scale is the correct one. Are they not more accurate? I had no idea there were high rises there but I guess every tourist island has them.

Quiche again tonight and then it is done. I will have to find some other way to not cook. Maybe visit the taco truck where I saw horse****ched to the fence the other day. That is so Humboldt - ride your horse to the taco truck or - as has been reported - through the Starbuck's drive through.

Skipped out on gym today. Gotta do tomorrow. DH is taking the Nissan to the dealer for an electronics issue on the map downloads. They are having a technician come in from out of town for this so DH will have a total nerd fest. Personally I would have ignored the whole thing. Who cares. But it is his car.

Well Peps, let us know when the giddiness becomes a generalized euphoria. When is your trip?

DD sounds like your send offs are fun. Enjoy. Then don't look back. Nice that the kid gave you a home made card. That means a lot.

We watched the last of the Residence last night. Pretty good.

CC I hope you are feeling better. Rest up (like Kirby will permit that).

Not much else. Diane S

I have posted them from Florida in the past... I have been to contests in Fort Myers beach and Siesta Key beach.