tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267882246285869412024-03-12T17:42:15.401-07:00Andi's Happy PlaceThat special place I go to when I need to create something fun, hide from something not fun, or just have 'me' time!Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.comBlogger699125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-55530039237033712652023-12-05T05:29:00.000-08:002023-12-05T05:29:24.410-08:002023 December Daily : Monday December 5th<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcQl2FM5rqFeaqz_LeJLxW4y_VGr0ZvkwMT96NHFHENMOBfhlNZOPCkJtwo1RFpPM3kX-gLHfFiW3HrPTVI1BSuAQxc4nyLFmtDEuIHKvU9XjqV6iI9099QcZf7_vF6VWV14YMpMxRYlQq5ESzlQFk-VWCoV3wRU3cjWG_J8qlT2GqzolTJYnBGfV5Rk/s4032/20231204_090553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcQl2FM5rqFeaqz_LeJLxW4y_VGr0ZvkwMT96NHFHENMOBfhlNZOPCkJtwo1RFpPM3kX-gLHfFiW3HrPTVI1BSuAQxc4nyLFmtDEuIHKvU9XjqV6iI9099QcZf7_vF6VWV14YMpMxRYlQq5ESzlQFk-VWCoV3wRU3cjWG_J8qlT2GqzolTJYnBGfV5Rk/s320/20231204_090553.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monday's Morning Adventure</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kzZk1J3AsQ7AqSzZjkrbJEmA5Kyuz9wILu0vYucdqtTdYlZTCQ7I5YuqgNfC4agISGM1VX7qZ43ieqKR61KHuaYySPD8rNKWpUlWcE5dvj-tMdZDU7A_Kq_XyflHAG4Ygal5FXV7GGbOMHfokRqhV5fHo-VvkkZ48FQ3l6jvBHq6XxtNxq4gxBrmCt0/s4032/20231204_103101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kzZk1J3AsQ7AqSzZjkrbJEmA5Kyuz9wILu0vYucdqtTdYlZTCQ7I5YuqgNfC4agISGM1VX7qZ43ieqKR61KHuaYySPD8rNKWpUlWcE5dvj-tMdZDU7A_Kq_XyflHAG4Ygal5FXV7GGbOMHfokRqhV5fHo-VvkkZ48FQ3l6jvBHq6XxtNxq4gxBrmCt0/s320/20231204_103101.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This word keeps showing up for me!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMieYc9ZPCMC1enXyjnQ_RAA3GOydL3LoGM71-Zvbne5vX4wUL-jTN1r9zn2v_cqoLjWryn_Mm2n1Ngj0sh0b0g6qOgNBbOX43nOrN_E_GUAl7agMR_Ty6jsl2v3rDnROURIxGJsQ2gJvwXRr1Y1YJOKpbga3oQYrEQ53tWgbthRsRE0HmTbqL5-2h78/s4608/20231204_104454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMieYc9ZPCMC1enXyjnQ_RAA3GOydL3LoGM71-Zvbne5vX4wUL-jTN1r9zn2v_cqoLjWryn_Mm2n1Ngj0sh0b0g6qOgNBbOX43nOrN_E_GUAl7agMR_Ty6jsl2v3rDnROURIxGJsQ2gJvwXRr1Y1YJOKpbga3oQYrEQ53tWgbthRsRE0HmTbqL5-2h78/s320/20231204_104454.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again. Hope. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqljb5WlHd8qQNk0JtPH3_U3E7hUnZ_I7UvCN1TGInDt0E8zdOp75kGINgbfWmzB3ZE3qAQxHHeOZj-ho75jlLIvZDyWttUxcb0F8JcqbD5pjK-Bt0u8UOuhoejk9MACOtHIFNppAwmRY3Cb-aw3pqfEYFIJZiYkECEHoT3YUew5GAmfzklavC2FhwZ0/s4032/20231204_140003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqljb5WlHd8qQNk0JtPH3_U3E7hUnZ_I7UvCN1TGInDt0E8zdOp75kGINgbfWmzB3ZE3qAQxHHeOZj-ho75jlLIvZDyWttUxcb0F8JcqbD5pjK-Bt0u8UOuhoejk9MACOtHIFNppAwmRY3Cb-aw3pqfEYFIJZiYkECEHoT3YUew5GAmfzklavC2FhwZ0/s320/20231204_140003.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Dukey!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8inUJ5zaW8o1Vi1wMAgac2EdKF2bwqgkpfed7rp-I49OhiO3H3kM9bfsWS2cb0vbg2CSezVrJnBelEtq88xtmQJ9MOD9viAM6tkLr4lEIRm5V6LICh4cTN4kbfm5etioFLPkM8FASK7ydFRc5Oopy5pxvof_0b6oLSbH0I2QQ-FPxBlbnwDuOtivwF3k/s4032/20231204_140018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8inUJ5zaW8o1Vi1wMAgac2EdKF2bwqgkpfed7rp-I49OhiO3H3kM9bfsWS2cb0vbg2CSezVrJnBelEtq88xtmQJ9MOD9viAM6tkLr4lEIRm5V6LICh4cTN4kbfm5etioFLPkM8FASK7ydFRc5Oopy5pxvof_0b6oLSbH0I2QQ-FPxBlbnwDuOtivwF3k/s320/20231204_140018.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Carly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdrzU909941dlDJLhG9EhOLaiBtaE3YXz-VTlmqxcRQqhwVz80U-4CW0mqPreR7iIpBg4EH1iRsTvj2jIztNk5hRGLebB1UiLTb83I6b5Tx_c-o88iQt7oPsMtevGLq9cF_oPcUq4T7f4CKbS-x6uuuflcGnnN3qIYwokDzSSIDkZ6sA6pchrj0382nM/s4032/20231204_140925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdrzU909941dlDJLhG9EhOLaiBtaE3YXz-VTlmqxcRQqhwVz80U-4CW0mqPreR7iIpBg4EH1iRsTvj2jIztNk5hRGLebB1UiLTb83I6b5Tx_c-o88iQt7oPsMtevGLq9cF_oPcUq4T7f4CKbS-x6uuuflcGnnN3qIYwokDzSSIDkZ6sA6pchrj0382nM/s320/20231204_140925.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sami and Lane's Dirt Road to get to their house. <br />Sloppy and Sloshy!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The good? </p><p>Alan E. brought us a Christmas Tree!</p><p>I also visited Sami's critters to make sure they are ok. Mr. Kitters did not have water or food again!</p><p>Smart me realized (when I was almost home) that I should but out 2 or three bowls of water! Duh.</p><p>The bad? </p><p>The tree is still outside. I have no energy to get it and set it up and water it every single day.</p><p>And Phil's very bad morning..... </p><p>Hope...</p><p>********************************</p><p>The morning on this Monday was a bad for Phil. He had taken a pain pill/meds the night before and it gave him bad dreams. And, he is 'spinning' in his head. Death. Radiation not working. What if this is it? Tired of being in pain. Tired. I asked him if he wanted me to stay. If he wanted me to drive him to his appointment for fluids. He said no. </p><p>I went to work. He called at 8am. Said he needed me.</p><p>On the way home Katie and Jenna called me - conference call. Phil had called all his girls saying he was struggling. We all agree he needs all hands on deck, so to speak. I shared my fears and frustrations. He has all the meds and food he needs, but wants to do it his way. Sets him back. </p><p>He is spinning in his head. And getting anxious about the Pet Scan next week. 7 days a way. </p><p>Depression.</p><p>When I took him to Bootsma for fluids he perked up. Chatty. With the girls and on the phone the whole time chatting with guys. This is frustrating for me. He shows up for everyone else. I get the down.</p><p>I ran errands while he was getting his infusion. Tires to storage. Grab the Christmas stuff out of storage. Get gas. Get his meds. Get the soups and electrolytes he and nurses at Bootsma are recommending and field calls while in the grocery store. Take calls from Katie. Rush. Let work know it's a home day for me. </p><p>I'm exhausted. </p><p>Crash. </p><p>How to balance all of this?</p><p>It exhausts me.... </p><p>Hope. I hope he has a better day today (early Tuesday morning). </p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-18276842023257252822023-12-05T05:14:00.000-08:002023-12-05T05:14:53.153-08:002023 December Daily: Sunday, Dec. 4<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue4KgZt97AxSlHZ6982y9fGq5tZPJN7DbAEs0JsTjsfCkQWOwnAs7BKl3W_6atfNr_7lqqYUSkNvnqV-Pel_eMxl2-F04QPkNqueok6XhhCLIOy8llN1JxKMOihCSTH4bHa3jtsClm0mJBJD7zOvsmr-CzgPKrxE029Zx1DFF5z_H7MNeaQQMdLtwtNA/s4032/20231203_064113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue4KgZt97AxSlHZ6982y9fGq5tZPJN7DbAEs0JsTjsfCkQWOwnAs7BKl3W_6atfNr_7lqqYUSkNvnqV-Pel_eMxl2-F04QPkNqueok6XhhCLIOy8llN1JxKMOihCSTH4bHa3jtsClm0mJBJD7zOvsmr-CzgPKrxE029Zx1DFF5z_H7MNeaQQMdLtwtNA/s320/20231203_064113.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 3! Lavender Aromatherapy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifktDplZRwwY18746TBlatMtu5sqSxf1fakVDDQbxlM53FrR9b73vUmnQp1E0pYoGD6HmijIheqXOK-30NsIi6CbkV4zrKtRjV3ICpQvuINqvsP_cF0FeFPsm8ZUiyAx7vz-ww78t2_VP0-d3IMu-VucDLgEFj1p_IyAMefTBFjqnmf3NV9WTVSGxW2U/s4032/20231203_082121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifktDplZRwwY18746TBlatMtu5sqSxf1fakVDDQbxlM53FrR9b73vUmnQp1E0pYoGD6HmijIheqXOK-30NsIi6CbkV4zrKtRjV3ICpQvuINqvsP_cF0FeFPsm8ZUiyAx7vz-ww78t2_VP0-d3IMu-VucDLgEFj1p_IyAMefTBFjqnmf3NV9WTVSGxW2U/w320-h240/20231203_082121.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil and Tim Taylor work on the snow plow system</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAk-BAT6zNsbgv-Yp-2PcI3p4DYF2bGwVT6NS6WiContxEZhgFGTfgtKkNdOb6lTjIIdI42QvhgBIbJ676WvRtKvrUzSwcevIqbjo6T_e1zVy2Cl6_gegO5SxduNRjBeds73CwjuTZtLwr07JTbhe_OzrxYTSwrF31S5eVapP0VWiSxIl1n-Vv5Hd7pAw/s4032/20231203_082857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAk-BAT6zNsbgv-Yp-2PcI3p4DYF2bGwVT6NS6WiContxEZhgFGTfgtKkNdOb6lTjIIdI42QvhgBIbJ676WvRtKvrUzSwcevIqbjo6T_e1zVy2Cl6_gegO5SxduNRjBeds73CwjuTZtLwr07JTbhe_OzrxYTSwrF31S5eVapP0VWiSxIl1n-Vv5Hd7pAw/s320/20231203_082857.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowing!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBPYnUL4_qyDcUBYap9QWXLFMy9fOWWowyFrWqE2f3hBzQMW6AHmscLj6HNb1QYVPAiVGtDix_W59KMg4hY1YVuWJ5iUrUmXiL_zRUI20mO3GWHIjf8J0n9ny4zY0N-Ri0avgxU9OGeZAMZILZSSi8YaLwa_FtE7EDZpVFoRUfjhPNrS_DvU3oJji1Bs/s4032/20231203_132424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBPYnUL4_qyDcUBYap9QWXLFMy9fOWWowyFrWqE2f3hBzQMW6AHmscLj6HNb1QYVPAiVGtDix_W59KMg4hY1YVuWJ5iUrUmXiL_zRUI20mO3GWHIjf8J0n9ny4zY0N-Ri0avgxU9OGeZAMZILZSSi8YaLwa_FtE7EDZpVFoRUfjhPNrS_DvU3oJji1Bs/s320/20231203_132424.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crafting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NJbNHwVv-lD5MTYq8P6gkbrh4MA3dl3sZrdkxQvN6KFEoHWY4Hrwpuliapyb0R1VR6ctC-mQ6QLpQXaTgUgsCHmFUEvoh20u3GVQD7MBDJX0GSim2b84JnKt4PPG8GaV3BKKvC9T-GuhVRoLD7C2Me9GLcPuVRyOFr9IkV23mjpB2Q9Re5IVuUdd6KM/s4032/20231203_152736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NJbNHwVv-lD5MTYq8P6gkbrh4MA3dl3sZrdkxQvN6KFEoHWY4Hrwpuliapyb0R1VR6ctC-mQ6QLpQXaTgUgsCHmFUEvoh20u3GVQD7MBDJX0GSim2b84JnKt4PPG8GaV3BKKvC9T-GuhVRoLD7C2Me9GLcPuVRyOFr9IkV23mjpB2Q9Re5IVuUdd6KM/s320/20231203_152736.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A visit to the sunflowers. Winter food for birdies</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Phil: Realized he was 'behind' on his food plan and needs to gain weight. Got on it.</p><p>Phil: Went out to put the blade on the quad for snow plowing. I asked one of our friends to 'casually' show up to help him out. Phil has no strength. </p><p>Beautiful snow in the morning, but rain later in the day.</p><p>I did some snow shoveling... front and back. </p><p>I took a crafty card class today: My escape. </p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-19091684467188865322023-12-05T05:10:00.001-08:002023-12-05T05:10:36.136-08:002023 December Daily: December 2nd, Saturday<p> </p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6wY_BMVeQhGeBPeobo_I2z1JcvZj3XldJmPdAY7r3n7Pn1d6akRUbIiUY4d3CMtxUIbhew1mL0Pg4bQ0sut6PLqUTYBzM1YzIirHu8NKlnbxr5P_AmL02mNmQyTB6GLm3rS2wjufAXL4rtfiJRhW-RbcZ9zizY38InEwxJvuBty9X_ipL4r-6buLeA4/s4032/20231202_093324.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6wY_BMVeQhGeBPeobo_I2z1JcvZj3XldJmPdAY7r3n7Pn1d6akRUbIiUY4d3CMtxUIbhew1mL0Pg4bQ0sut6PLqUTYBzM1YzIirHu8NKlnbxr5P_AmL02mNmQyTB6GLm3rS2wjufAXL4rtfiJRhW-RbcZ9zizY38InEwxJvuBty9X_ipL4r-6buLeA4/s320/20231202_093324.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's my car, with the hatch open!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmZOcxB0Fjdkmc56UGIBh2HPKWagPyNUTtrv01yYIvjXKR98rhJQMxbfoOH4FOj0-YXlH4HJFYDMRIVEr8HGBNN-bRdQR6XcxjcEHeP60QqL67YyJW791FGgUD6DPlojBHis7W_B2OIyjvRYTACWjH_IIk5bD-s4Fbt7_00t7DGFhLYqv9PtTo-PRcxM/s4032/20231202_115249.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmZOcxB0Fjdkmc56UGIBh2HPKWagPyNUTtrv01yYIvjXKR98rhJQMxbfoOH4FOj0-YXlH4HJFYDMRIVEr8HGBNN-bRdQR6XcxjcEHeP60QqL67YyJW791FGgUD6DPlojBHis7W_B2OIyjvRYTACWjH_IIk5bD-s4Fbt7_00t7DGFhLYqv9PtTo-PRcxM/s320/20231202_115249.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advent goals new Christmas Coffee Cup</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4quK-b6vv_IY025UaoSVXqZrvWYjArj_-M3dDYZEKzdWSsaPvyRi_6HanDrScbqdwgQOSQ3ZpgRd_IS1gpt25VFZGGuDTbsVp2ywF4RTASBpeu4zItVrRuTvzDvMzYjOTC6yP8wT2wC1anHd9qgbpIvdY59iWg0RFKz1qw0EKnGlrvYDA-7ATaWc4z4/s4032/20231202_035315.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4quK-b6vv_IY025UaoSVXqZrvWYjArj_-M3dDYZEKzdWSsaPvyRi_6HanDrScbqdwgQOSQ3ZpgRd_IS1gpt25VFZGGuDTbsVp2ywF4RTASBpeu4zItVrRuTvzDvMzYjOTC6yP8wT2wC1anHd9qgbpIvdY59iWg0RFKz1qw0EKnGlrvYDA-7ATaWc4z4/s320/20231202_035315.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to get Phil on a regular schedule </td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Saturday, December 2nd.</p><p>I had a 9am appointment to get my winter tires on. Now no more slipping and sliding. </p><p>And we got more snow! </p><p>I had a list of things I was hoping to do, but as is life right now, planning is often futile. </p><p>I did get into the hot-tub though. </p><p>*********************************</p><p>Around 7:15am Phil interrupted my zoom call with my sisters, to have a serious talk. </p><p>He asked me to take him to the ER 'now'. Said goodbye to my sisters, and after 2 hours, he got the relief he was hoping for. But he was wiped out and did not eat all ay. Which, since he is on a feeding tube, is not good.</p><p>It's been rough. He is having a hard time. Trying to see the good, yet he is focusing on the bad.</p><p>Looking for the light in all of this. </p><p><br /></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-38069863376327158892023-12-04T13:01:00.000-08:002023-12-04T13:01:00.399-08:002023 December Daily: Photo of the Day and Story... <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJywybcjuEX_K42Xq2cpQe2TXcPfxsgprDMFxoCYIfJ_AsMijaU6kxVkbOwyOHZCPb2uAn1I5JhtcMyRl6xDQRO3jopVhGnZkR1UJcPc5PYe_6SnJRjEhC8y7gv5j0pfGib4tc6lDX11AVTrBzLVjr22b7OWlQWRdyrwOMVDXmpItk-id2LIxcrX5tjgs/s4032/20231201_143234.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJywybcjuEX_K42Xq2cpQe2TXcPfxsgprDMFxoCYIfJ_AsMijaU6kxVkbOwyOHZCPb2uAn1I5JhtcMyRl6xDQRO3jopVhGnZkR1UJcPc5PYe_6SnJRjEhC8y7gv5j0pfGib4tc6lDX11AVTrBzLVjr22b7OWlQWRdyrwOMVDXmpItk-id2LIxcrX5tjgs/s320/20231201_143234.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tommie (and I) waiting to see what we got!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpdu3TVa5mxDU2PvQzUXkRrJzFtxX24hDlumF7wCJyI713pBIuyXazqTKfd_YLndL7QdIxTQg4yBJwz3W46sSB-072-D0Rg3bIsT73U-yHVokKYOv7e20zB_D3G3_kWYK6dUxW4n0vXAWm_6EBHxnilRfTm4FmCWUH_fRQ4bHcUkIg8jOyMkoFV5zi6g/s4032/20231201_144312.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpdu3TVa5mxDU2PvQzUXkRrJzFtxX24hDlumF7wCJyI713pBIuyXazqTKfd_YLndL7QdIxTQg4yBJwz3W46sSB-072-D0Rg3bIsT73U-yHVokKYOv7e20zB_D3G3_kWYK6dUxW4n0vXAWm_6EBHxnilRfTm4FmCWUH_fRQ4bHcUkIg8jOyMkoFV5zi6g/s320/20231201_144312.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello cute little advent gift from my sister Avis</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Hello December Daily 2023...<p></p><div>December 1st:</div><div>Today's story. The Fed Ex guy drove in (during a Pause of our first series of snow storms) to deliver this cute gift from my sister Avis. She, Paula and I decided to do Advent gifts this year, with daily prompts. They both received my big box of goodies as well. </div><div><br /></div><div>We came up with this idea in August. Last weekend, Friday after Thanksgiving was the day I wanted to ship mine out, but the shipping store was closed! So, I had to do it on Monday. Fifty bucks later, in shipping costs, they arrived by December 1st. That was my goal. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm just like a kid. I love having something to actually open each day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you Avis for playing along with me! </div><div><br /></div><div>*****************</div><div>Other little notes of December 1st:</div><div><br /></div><div>Phil started eating real food! Yay!!! (ramen for lunch and dinner, ice-cream, and a bite of my scrambled eggs). After a very rough week of throwing up and being nauseous and getting down to 160 lb. Monday Katie and I called all the medical team members we could. We put him on a strict meds routine, and food routine. As in take your meds and quit saying you are nauseous and can't go on like this! We had to get ahead of it. He is not a good patient. And, he had to eat slower, more frequently, and with less volume (he has a feeding tube and wants to get it done, now). He was also in pain at his tumor location. I think it's blistering. But he doesn't want to take pain meds. They make him constipated. Not.A.Good.Patient. Wednesday was the 2 week post-radiation mark - and poof! Now we are now seeing daily improvements. Wednesday was the first day he did not throw up... Thanks Be to God! Let me tell you, Tuesday I was beat and wanted to make the call for reinforcements to help out. Exhausted. Emotional. Scared. </div><div><br /></div><div> I went to visit Sami & Lanes critters (they are on a cruise in the Caribbean for their Honeymoon) they have a critter sitter, but I'm a grandma in training and worry about such things. Mr. Kitter's needed water and his box cleaned out. He had NO water last Tuesday when I visited. And Duke was on the wrong side of the fence! He crawled under and couldn't get back. Grandma to the rescue. I feel better now. Jake is babysitting their kitten. That was a good call! I'm sure he is all snuggly and warm and getting lots of playtime. </div><div><br /></div><div>First snowstorm hit us on December 1st: Gads.. my tires on this Ford Explorer suck (new car in 2022). I was sliding at every turn and having difficulty at stop signs. Worse part? I went into the Albertson's parking lot and almost hit a car when I turned into one of the parking lot lane's! I could not complete the turn. Kept sliding while turning. What a show. Back up, start again. Nope. Back up, start again... did it. I parked at the end, and walked in. Instead of parking in the 'stop and go' spot up front - I had an online order to avoid walking in the snow stuff. Did not want to it any cars! I was shaking like a leaf from that experience... </div><div><br /></div><div>I have an appointment to get my snow tires on today, December 2nd. At 3:30am I realized my tires are at the rental in Baker City. In the back shed. It seemed like a good idea during the summer! And the rental is occupied. Awkward. </div><div><br /></div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-15163932841507438382023-05-07T16:56:00.003-07:002023-05-07T16:56:43.314-07:00Bridal Shower for Sami, May 6 2023<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjhwKJi-icJCbwFTtW6dLpDDpFrl47-x3jUgg5ihJf3K5LEdM9qEQU4rbQwQ0f5Qf8KPuyR5LhpIN-swWxIft9_P_o5lDpKNmoaG7qtJ5A7YqvI2hwQxhwxiprLxZN7yF2yD3PmoLFq5yIQPhhnS6PCXxfzyIo8eDhDCp7WWBYiU_2EAKLbN3rgCx/s512/48735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjhwKJi-icJCbwFTtW6dLpDDpFrl47-x3jUgg5ihJf3K5LEdM9qEQU4rbQwQ0f5Qf8KPuyR5LhpIN-swWxIft9_P_o5lDpKNmoaG7qtJ5A7YqvI2hwQxhwxiprLxZN7yF2yD3PmoLFq5yIQPhhnS6PCXxfzyIo8eDhDCp7WWBYiU_2EAKLbN3rgCx/s320/48735.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The full moon going down at 4:30 am! </td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p>If you know me, you know I get up at the crack of dawn. And, if I have a project/event? It's go go go!</p><p>Yesterday was that day for Sami's bridal shower. I got up at 4:30 am and I was 'at it' until 5:30 pm - but then I changed clothes and went to another event, got home close to 10pm, and poof! Today? I'm recovering....</p><p><br /></p><p>But, back to the bridal shower! </p><p>Sami's future MIL - Liz was a great help. She ordered some beautiful cupcakes to match Sami's wedding colors. She also brought a mimosa bar! Both were a hit! Along with petunias for the guests to take home. </p><p>I provided the venue, did the invites, managed all the responses, arranged the games, prizes, etc. And decorated. Getting the house ready was my biggest challenges, since, well, it needed a good spring cleaning. Inside, and out. </p><p>Thank you to all the ladies (15) that came to celebrate this special day. We even had Lane's 'Aunt Vickie' who drove from Vancouver, Washington, aunt Becky from the Tri Cities area, Liz, her daughter Lindsay, and Lindsay's mother-in-law who all drove 2 hours each way to be here. </p><p>My family? It's just me here in Oregon. My sister Paula, who lives in Missouri, helped me with the centerpiece. </p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWfQT1QBMMAJdqJ5r1bzOpRyba16Zcrg7GsHayNYAy3UnWyKgASOlyuJH5AxX4xYnULUwFuAFTvFPkyhHbr_Jh0jNCJEjuRYaMcpsHLG0_Fy8Gc7gfL1gfmFnJAqoCyNTJ_aniEt311d3IzIXEiPfz34p_MZWdxJzQbH6s0axG2Ib1JvVVW4Vkecu/s576/48736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWfQT1QBMMAJdqJ5r1bzOpRyba16Zcrg7GsHayNYAy3UnWyKgASOlyuJH5AxX4xYnULUwFuAFTvFPkyhHbr_Jh0jNCJEjuRYaMcpsHLG0_Fy8Gc7gfL1gfmFnJAqoCyNTJ_aniEt311d3IzIXEiPfz34p_MZWdxJzQbH6s0axG2Ib1JvVVW4Vkecu/s320/48736.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning decoration making... I ordered the sign some time ago!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Lz602knbELMecbBrL-l17Tbh2K9lO1DCGTC19R6r6ugbKxa1rlj9Vhd4JmiIlzfAx8ASx1uQgm4GlVybBjNjNo1H8SUD0VtUiipI982XUqzDkGC5NE_Hkb6j_TcAqjub-OiuiJ-qPgQrZ8O7Z7YgnrVnhjViSUd9bdilOBD114oCuHZ6XuaWYWpP/s576/48737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Lz602knbELMecbBrL-l17Tbh2K9lO1DCGTC19R6r6ugbKxa1rlj9Vhd4JmiIlzfAx8ASx1uQgm4GlVybBjNjNo1H8SUD0VtUiipI982XUqzDkGC5NE_Hkb6j_TcAqjub-OiuiJ-qPgQrZ8O7Z7YgnrVnhjViSUd9bdilOBD114oCuHZ6XuaWYWpP/s320/48737.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tissue Paper Flowers - before, and after</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Warmer than the other days.</p><p>I actually made a post on Instagram with my words and photos:</p><p>Here they are:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWikbVF7stM3FCVYc8Ox82Yz1IlmZBYpL9Lveql05NEoe0NNrt7HgOsxqekKbC_vz5A0YxndHMHoKnIfu-6rDjWNPv7HKTL9fV742KCzy9_yaZjB2a1PfKmxm7WYCjHjgb1yQnLtV56JeNzPK4BKgeDO3O_G8U2MXFOKqOjv9SeNsBRQC_IncmxK8/s4032/April%2028%202023%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWikbVF7stM3FCVYc8Ox82Yz1IlmZBYpL9Lveql05NEoe0NNrt7HgOsxqekKbC_vz5A0YxndHMHoKnIfu-6rDjWNPv7HKTL9fV742KCzy9_yaZjB2a1PfKmxm7WYCjHjgb1yQnLtV56JeNzPK4BKgeDO3O_G8U2MXFOKqOjv9SeNsBRQC_IncmxK8/s320/April%2028%202023%20b.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqWkTpi5xtvUKYMCX_hqNokz7SQjkpPtUUM4PQWFVnIG7xPdPgrN8mYARhjLU-277f50vroLsqxhvkMo0F48oZyzSvm-IMkbOKye4lEqa0O1CFZ0v0Gj3AZYnK1Ytsd6L9uqzHaEqSzwKPh_WJELvv5gIOpdrr0tR2B2psJs1i5bMg0wKcZ3Lx-uJ/s4032/April%2028%202023%20d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">1. I've been starting my days with the Hallow podcast. Trying to expand my knowledge and spiritual journey.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2. A beautiful flower on my office desk. (Ever since Phil was diagnosed with Cancer, I have flowers delivered every other week). </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">3. Workout stash at my office. Teaching a morning stretch class at 630am.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4 Traveled 1.5 hours to a dermatologist doc appointment. I had a mole removed from the bridge of my nose the week prior. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">5. Shopped for toilet seats. Geeze. Did not measure beforehand. Will need a do-over. This is for the 'Baker House' we are fixing up as a rental. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">6. First car wash of the season! Fancy place in Ontario with attendants!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">7. Kittens, 10 days old</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">8. Created a few fun stenciled card panels - a new favorite dish cloth was used as inspiration.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">9. In the garden! Asparagus peaking it's head!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">10. Evening walk with Tommie.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Not captured:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">1. I made a garlic butter shrimp pasta dinner so Phil had something to eat when he got home, late, from golfing.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2. Fields got ditched!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">3. Bought lots of blue and white flowers for the back deck. Looking forward to yard time!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4. Started a documentary about Judy Blume. Wow! I only read her 'Are you there God...' book. I'm adding Key West to my bucket, for several reasons. She is my new hero.</span></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-48724079190277656542023-04-29T08:18:00.007-07:002023-04-29T08:19:25.809-07:00Week in the Life - Wednesday, April 26 2023What were Wednesday's highlights?<div><br /></div><div>Walked Tommie before work.</div><div>Walked with Sami and Duke during my lunchbreak</div><div><br /></div><div>And, at work we had a hosted a public meeting in response the the outcry from neighbors of a house we bought intended as an Oxford House. To be honest, only two people were really upset. Which caused a whole community discussion. Especially on social media. And of course one of those persons' was in the audience and he refused to sign in, and he was so disruptive through out the meeting that it made my heart race! Ug...</div><div><br /></div><div>The good? Total steps were: 7,745. My daily goal is 6,000.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, for Wednesday's photos:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVFyCsl4q6iWTiumtW4kTfCgTLwIHv6wK6i-Qpu-QC5m2Ia6l7EhKq_9W_YNtXMJ_ij6IjoZ50exkuJQnNdilcbKdNlC5z55gj3Btt1sW65yRf_0-eBwLwndqf3OFHjj2TtpYg5EsIP3EsF2OFeb1A-B4YwQSxY76FV01nIjLd94oKRgBN66e2GYU/s2944/April%2026%202023%20f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVFyCsl4q6iWTiumtW4kTfCgTLwIHv6wK6i-Qpu-QC5m2Ia6l7EhKq_9W_YNtXMJ_ij6IjoZ50exkuJQnNdilcbKdNlC5z55gj3Btt1sW65yRf_0-eBwLwndqf3OFHjj2TtpYg5EsIP3EsF2OFeb1A-B4YwQSxY76FV01nIjLd94oKRgBN66e2GYU/s320/April%2026%202023%20f.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capturing Phil's morning route. <br />He sits in bed, with his coffee and computer </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34POZjZh8uAj_Cdb5Ptugjfd2KoASiDckVASMHOAg4RNdydf31d_D-uQ1LJQnITGGnPiU2EG1MOewWXGYxSNAMqGkw8uBK6LqChvKgQPlrq4ecXQduschsmkuVdkaLICOBSaC3T0bNZY3ziPX-KmrHv2s8JQIFEGXHAAHMWlHN8VAX02xrmDWj7-4/s4032/April%2026%202023%20g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34POZjZh8uAj_Cdb5Ptugjfd2KoASiDckVASMHOAg4RNdydf31d_D-uQ1LJQnITGGnPiU2EG1MOewWXGYxSNAMqGkw8uBK6LqChvKgQPlrq4ecXQduschsmkuVdkaLICOBSaC3T0bNZY3ziPX-KmrHv2s8JQIFEGXHAAHMWlHN8VAX02xrmDWj7-4/s320/April%2026%202023%20g.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, it's Spring. Yes, it's going to be a beautiful day.<br />But this is how it starts! 26 degrees</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhykfCfm2RXHf1c19B8q8uqo5gRRM-9_bN2Y4apur444aVZzritwmlL78IbPmJfPFLCUelt84NiTVYS9xKeYHqDjeL1b1sMuLlhQCQFd3dF6rGAkSV2tG5WBHPbsa5HvppGA6WQbDiNbHB5Lqp349Ij554xXIxd_NzWkNA2LLX8F-o0qFgspItDL4H/s4032/April%2026%202023%20h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhykfCfm2RXHf1c19B8q8uqo5gRRM-9_bN2Y4apur444aVZzritwmlL78IbPmJfPFLCUelt84NiTVYS9xKeYHqDjeL1b1sMuLlhQCQFd3dF6rGAkSV2tG5WBHPbsa5HvppGA6WQbDiNbHB5Lqp349Ij554xXIxd_NzWkNA2LLX8F-o0qFgspItDL4H/s320/April%2026%202023%20h.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See? Lovely day later. No shoes! These are our peonies... <br />Sloowwwww growing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0SnBTMKt4OGghgga_O3yeUimH4U3AuN_Q5w_nHwCnThtSqLQwvuVLknLFSlh7juDezbEwL_YyTlPxtGMvnuCifT14spgEgRAyRonfSyQm3mjDoU4G-KNM2TsORckMeppAWuttfHcq4ZvTVzo7WaiMPcsL8a0O7ub8nOzGkKuYaXNKuSFN4qMW02-/s1440/April%2026%202023%20i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0SnBTMKt4OGghgga_O3yeUimH4U3AuN_Q5w_nHwCnThtSqLQwvuVLknLFSlh7juDezbEwL_YyTlPxtGMvnuCifT14spgEgRAyRonfSyQm3mjDoU4G-KNM2TsORckMeppAWuttfHcq4ZvTVzo7WaiMPcsL8a0O7ub8nOzGkKuYaXNKuSFN4qMW02-/s320/April%2026%202023%20i.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning capture of Sassie Kittie to the right of the door<br />She's actually on Tommie's old bed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpp948nMpSg_8SpCmsiNX9RGYPoIqffBAj_U-B_E3L5cuDswjwPI--Lp5jweGO1wGnFE8JQNfgJUjEIUoQ-5ORb1vBGvCKOE30r0BNZFG8qwCbw5ckaCSoOwl4nlwNZQOUxdCVte-LxbRRSkjBoZxz2rDEhoJDVo3uTgocTbmZWQe_95KtNy6pwauQ/s1440/April%2026%202023%20j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpp948nMpSg_8SpCmsiNX9RGYPoIqffBAj_U-B_E3L5cuDswjwPI--Lp5jweGO1wGnFE8JQNfgJUjEIUoQ-5ORb1vBGvCKOE30r0BNZFG8qwCbw5ckaCSoOwl4nlwNZQOUxdCVte-LxbRRSkjBoZxz2rDEhoJDVo3uTgocTbmZWQe_95KtNy6pwauQ/s320/April%2026%202023%20j.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch time walk - never went this way on the path!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirm07cU-zqzYMDJMRXZYiuMAuknYXmYuYKohqBqwuwPzbQa6HIsX4Jkrez2vbTFvTi_EeKN4rGiKAjZyrGvGumgKVWkNz_m7du9tenTXAGXbONYfNi9FuaeIscex1I1eL5njNPw-OvKIfT9bvkRpI3itntlwdTtKnyuMGkrRtYRy2dTb4B08gar7DW/s1440/April%2026%202023%20k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirm07cU-zqzYMDJMRXZYiuMAuknYXmYuYKohqBqwuwPzbQa6HIsX4Jkrez2vbTFvTi_EeKN4rGiKAjZyrGvGumgKVWkNz_m7du9tenTXAGXbONYfNi9FuaeIscex1I1eL5njNPw-OvKIfT9bvkRpI3itntlwdTtKnyuMGkrRtYRy2dTb4B08gar7DW/s320/April%2026%202023%20k.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch time walk with Duke and Sami Jo.<br />She is leash training him.<br />He's a big puppy!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3rjYwQTh85g9Si0ayJiSkXMP2EOoSFmIETbzI2ixjjeG-brH7XMwqxT0ZBSqJlq0XufBXo7EoQBwvATDlcPhE6pq2Gvtk1BhsTV1PLONQly0Bo6wuQsmjZE8hkDl8v747kPNkajvzFaMHV6w6K6NBxc4LDpnJ68OftC20eTmsRnCte0-Vdn6iFLk/s1440/April%2026%202023%20l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3rjYwQTh85g9Si0ayJiSkXMP2EOoSFmIETbzI2ixjjeG-brH7XMwqxT0ZBSqJlq0XufBXo7EoQBwvATDlcPhE6pq2Gvtk1BhsTV1PLONQly0Bo6wuQsmjZE8hkDl8v747kPNkajvzFaMHV6w6K6NBxc4LDpnJ68OftC20eTmsRnCte0-Vdn6iFLk/s320/April%2026%202023%20l.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From my morning walk with Tommie.<br />This is one of the ditches Phil burned yesterday</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZF_lMyvh-9CXyoqElje6In78tYzLXJee2_gb1UNlGCMcdTNobpAxK6lSTz06064QJE4FvBtzQzDi0vYZZ9yzW2l_ftdceJiSrQizwzB75lC6FnXuXsQIzDUfAJzSEwPyrzwq0qTa_UH3ZU4010gCu3tSVq8Xun_0LpeeewBCbWi17iGf_DjcPvam/s1440/April%2026%202023%20m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZF_lMyvh-9CXyoqElje6In78tYzLXJee2_gb1UNlGCMcdTNobpAxK6lSTz06064QJE4FvBtzQzDi0vYZZ9yzW2l_ftdceJiSrQizwzB75lC6FnXuXsQIzDUfAJzSEwPyrzwq0qTa_UH3ZU4010gCu3tSVq8Xun_0LpeeewBCbWi17iGf_DjcPvam/s320/April%2026%202023%20m.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning walk with Tommie.<br />This photo was taken in our yard, facing East!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZO1tWo_IiO8fxr12B-f7pvQtLL9i0gYNaOHlLgr1nXgvJvPa-f29aXXKtndq318sq5mGiY7xxT_HZH1_VH_wGsLi_3pcj4-T7tbYFBFENPD5ArIaNWpp7Irf_hLQbqywKcB2dxd_82A7nZsgZiMTywGzjiwTyX1TnVJzOGwesEJPhtUSyCy4ogfMJ/s4032/April%2026%202023%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZO1tWo_IiO8fxr12B-f7pvQtLL9i0gYNaOHlLgr1nXgvJvPa-f29aXXKtndq318sq5mGiY7xxT_HZH1_VH_wGsLi_3pcj4-T7tbYFBFENPD5ArIaNWpp7Irf_hLQbqywKcB2dxd_82A7nZsgZiMTywGzjiwTyX1TnVJzOGwesEJPhtUSyCy4ogfMJ/s320/April%2026%202023%20a.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely backyard!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0ttKdsTjYyHqduToxin4o76FXxNUCGaOGhhcF_ObOo5Rx1eRgV6bDWfddtN0u0eiOU8YUG1AC8RHuRZrr4pHNt6W_CU4r6s4LttIw6XpzJdlp6qNalP02oU10rrDNeBLs6QeS7pfqrzBXmnNgdavES8suWulMudhrhtPY5u81XVM4mkHZMU2OjrO/s4032/April%2026%202023%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0ttKdsTjYyHqduToxin4o76FXxNUCGaOGhhcF_ObOo5Rx1eRgV6bDWfddtN0u0eiOU8YUG1AC8RHuRZrr4pHNt6W_CU4r6s4LttIw6XpzJdlp6qNalP02oU10rrDNeBLs6QeS7pfqrzBXmnNgdavES8suWulMudhrhtPY5u81XVM4mkHZMU2OjrO/s320/April%2026%202023%20c.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flower beds are ready for planting!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhRGwQnzlJKYDDAKOEtAMOcD3SOSzziwX0h2FcmNGKPG-RcshpmJGqo4mjxMiEtqUQKelLQQfIdhpZCpQMFBaeaAg8YJwW2W3MzOUqxA8qQHfIKye4dwvg3R1r6OCu0l0rnhtio2X7oxbr13C0GFaspB_37OycCmk9vPv9E1JCH8GVvHxFCtkPoHX/s4032/April%2026%202023%20d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhRGwQnzlJKYDDAKOEtAMOcD3SOSzziwX0h2FcmNGKPG-RcshpmJGqo4mjxMiEtqUQKelLQQfIdhpZCpQMFBaeaAg8YJwW2W3MzOUqxA8qQHfIKye4dwvg3R1r6OCu0l0rnhtio2X7oxbr13C0GFaspB_37OycCmk9vPv9E1JCH8GVvHxFCtkPoHX/s320/April%2026%202023%20d.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our one bulb... </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SM-msUjVy9IpzgK3FSzVP9RJU9NKc62AAOuQCl_HfGLI-ZeaIJtHRdGhBxYfG6xWf4FRnjeYLqifgMFp8Z4bU341gU1SXMt-trrbutshqDzQGQr9zxzoLn8Am-fw--Vp2UPs9K5Wr32USO3yCjjBXVGYQaGunrek1B4A7fz8QhVDOSjqyd-dMjKQ/s4032/april%2026%202023%20e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SM-msUjVy9IpzgK3FSzVP9RJU9NKc62AAOuQCl_HfGLI-ZeaIJtHRdGhBxYfG6xWf4FRnjeYLqifgMFp8Z4bU341gU1SXMt-trrbutshqDzQGQr9zxzoLn8Am-fw--Vp2UPs9K5Wr32USO3yCjjBXVGYQaGunrek1B4A7fz8QhVDOSjqyd-dMjKQ/s320/april%2026%202023%20e.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you look real hard, you can see Phil at the BBQ.<br />He is wearing his chemo ball pack.<br />This is our life. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-67612544067547110742023-04-29T05:49:00.003-07:002023-04-29T05:49:23.614-07:00Week in the Life - Tuesday... April 25th, 2023So, of all the days this past week (I started writing this later, on Friday), Tuesday was my 'strange' day.<div><br /><div>It was strange in that I was having very odd muscle or vein spasms. They were 'throbbing'. I could 'feel' them, and see the pulsing in my arm. They started in my knee the week before, then moved to my left arm on Sunday, and then to left side of my neck, on Tuesday. That's when I panicked. </div><div><br /></div><div>I felt like something was wrong. And it was worse in the morning. I wasn't thinking clearly, and my head was tingling... similar stuff happens when I get a migraine. I did have a pain behind my left eye. </div><div><br /></div><div>I visited our office MA's, and they said it sounded like my circulation system was 'odd', like a pinched nerve somewhere. I wasn't having chest pains, so not a heart issue. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, I went to the Doctor, to get checked out. He couldn't find anything obvious. No pain, no bad headache, all my reflexes were good, etc. etc. etc. He ordered a Cat Scan, which still has not been scheduled by the hospital... Gotta love Rural Health Care. </div><div><br /></div><div>So far, no answers. And I now, am 'back' to me. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's as if I had some sort of episode. and, it was all on the left side of my body too. </div><div><br /></div><div>Makes me, well, freaked out. </div><div><br /></div><div>******</div><div><br /></div><div>OK, so on to Tuesday.</div><div><br /></div><div>Other highlights (as if the above wasn't enough):</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It was Phil's Chemo Day... this happens 1.5 hours away. Again, rural living. </li><li>Phil burned the borrow ditches along the highway when he got home.</li><li>Well, the fire caught a wooden fence post - a railroad tie actually. And he did a few trips taking gallons of water to it. I wanted to help! So I loaded up two buckets in the back of my car. And yes, they did slosh around. Whatever </li><li>A neighbor called later, after we we cozy on the couch and watching a show, about the 'fire'. He had go out again... </li><li>Today was Johnnie's first birthday. Katie's 2nd child. Phil forgot to call her. Even though he was reminded a couple of times. Chemo brain. Or just plain 'I'm doing other things' brain. </li></ul><div>We are both having memory issues right now!</div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>photos from the day.... </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVAWBmaT6WiVrt91yDrwSyx7JBg6OBLoY1DfKQIgdmjKUGTG6Q21DjNwGpwb3vlf0t4xZI0MC3reRqjTf4aCBkv7sQ95BYyrIG4Xg2Marw29YOloLZPeKh531_9-udtYiFvJrqIiZ2kiWwEB5KvY8S24BdkWhjyWriEuv_Pkw8LTry8dlOHQWMlVl/s4032/april%2025%202023%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVAWBmaT6WiVrt91yDrwSyx7JBg6OBLoY1DfKQIgdmjKUGTG6Q21DjNwGpwb3vlf0t4xZI0MC3reRqjTf4aCBkv7sQ95BYyrIG4Xg2Marw29YOloLZPeKh531_9-udtYiFvJrqIiZ2kiWwEB5KvY8S24BdkWhjyWriEuv_Pkw8LTry8dlOHQWMlVl/s320/april%2025%202023%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tuesday's Dinner was burritos. I cooked. <br />Love the message at the bottom of the Tillamook cheese bag!<br />To see these photos larger, just click on them</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfV1ZSonu2D11Tlfnblo2tffMKZ58TRJyE7l92IZGYf6OYGE5auqRoGdh1tzAmNtcZxq4di0Z2T09gNTQnnTPvuOF4RSHpHd1PFdxQYQtciW2RWlhqc8YSOzRL1FAmPVgiJuwZB3TDIvv4n_iozABuz1PvkXCCm9tPga1KCz3z6e1obvrOsFrOK2zA/s4032/April%2025%202023%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfV1ZSonu2D11Tlfnblo2tffMKZ58TRJyE7l92IZGYf6OYGE5auqRoGdh1tzAmNtcZxq4di0Z2T09gNTQnnTPvuOF4RSHpHd1PFdxQYQtciW2RWlhqc8YSOzRL1FAmPVgiJuwZB3TDIvv4n_iozABuz1PvkXCCm9tPga1KCz3z6e1obvrOsFrOK2zA/s320/April%2025%202023%20c.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drive home? Led Zeppelin <br />(I just noticed my photos are in reverse!)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQAnBzrT5TOEgMEb-IBGCwnKsHDq8BImjbMs5TYAH_Z7iI3_G3aLqOkcFNOlUqjDN_w23m67GGdLYqqeXyGzEFysqISj6Z1YpVgDOc-D0FVyVfjpQbWkmUjK8cwHn8dk3UQHurodACL1fBBlsUtUOmpolwBi1YH1u_Woj1hb5gVfHO_0-gkl_nUq2/s2944/April%2025%202023%20d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQAnBzrT5TOEgMEb-IBGCwnKsHDq8BImjbMs5TYAH_Z7iI3_G3aLqOkcFNOlUqjDN_w23m67GGdLYqqeXyGzEFysqISj6Z1YpVgDOc-D0FVyVfjpQbWkmUjK8cwHn8dk3UQHurodACL1fBBlsUtUOmpolwBi1YH1u_Woj1hb5gVfHO_0-gkl_nUq2/s320/April%2025%202023%20d.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love that the weather is finally warmer! Wearing no sleeves and my fun shoes. <br />At work I wear a sweater over my shirt. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnnV5c9g90H_CeIQSqOF6UvUD9GjpSSow9cY3tEW5oly-Qz_FoQ0HG0sZx2XgUe9ejzYuN9MBdjMMpnfq58KQ8r367hLx3fwZShIqZUNhj0L0DfueNQbM6GPx_Moz_CRo-qThZwj0mpsyXSeDLCSa_m2WcwN3ZNPNtZ_zkvQuPMWwczlyHGe-adUR/s4032/April%2025%202023%20e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnnV5c9g90H_CeIQSqOF6UvUD9GjpSSow9cY3tEW5oly-Qz_FoQ0HG0sZx2XgUe9ejzYuN9MBdjMMpnfq58KQ8r367hLx3fwZShIqZUNhj0L0DfueNQbM6GPx_Moz_CRo-qThZwj0mpsyXSeDLCSa_m2WcwN3ZNPNtZ_zkvQuPMWwczlyHGe-adUR/s320/April%2025%202023%20e.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doctor's Office</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqejQMD57OujxOSraJHcAeb3PcN3nc6ujT0plXqoP3o56R5fKiuGJv417CQEv2kkBTqprakXMbCUtZCBWWNf2HVqXDMqB3NdSAbnroVHnTfNXR_bBEvKDt_BVE1T5KUFPS3NRmyNQ1m9iRAHbhtWtkDHvOnWS2Vg_cORSOAAxHtJ6LVyH2Ny474SO/s2280/April%2025%202023%20f.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqejQMD57OujxOSraJHcAeb3PcN3nc6ujT0plXqoP3o56R5fKiuGJv417CQEv2kkBTqprakXMbCUtZCBWWNf2HVqXDMqB3NdSAbnroVHnTfNXR_bBEvKDt_BVE1T5KUFPS3NRmyNQ1m9iRAHbhtWtkDHvOnWS2Vg_cORSOAAxHtJ6LVyH2Ny474SO/s320/April%2025%202023%20f.jpg" width="152" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During lunch on Monday I got a great salad from a favorite coffee shop!<br />I didn't get a photo of the salad. <br />This is from their IG account. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTX2WEkDf91yv8DoAEtkR-QqXufiusqTAmzvXPuOkO9lJ9apJBPzVyWWHbkN-eIbba8wL965UZhkTPITcL90VRu5VVGGVcpyNSeJh6OHAgzzNOW2BNA_uNLMh4NjPOuCi-CfP2_gaoDENwIFY19ivs0eBmgeh3pwr7WwqKLfTWGrJJ5BP3sezbcfn/s4032/April%2025%202023%20g.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTX2WEkDf91yv8DoAEtkR-QqXufiusqTAmzvXPuOkO9lJ9apJBPzVyWWHbkN-eIbba8wL965UZhkTPITcL90VRu5VVGGVcpyNSeJh6OHAgzzNOW2BNA_uNLMh4NjPOuCi-CfP2_gaoDENwIFY19ivs0eBmgeh3pwr7WwqKLfTWGrJJ5BP3sezbcfn/s320/April%2025%202023%20g.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My daily grind. This is my work calendar for the week. <br />I leave home at 6am, and get back about 4:30 pm.<br />Typically. Depends on meetings, etc. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt45RmDrOhlanCFvm-K-oxTcGp63lJgxWqI2WR7ev6lYAEV5C0sQtLSB1fze2h2rPaNnIQXQ60_pXlbNZv-ZrGrUv2fFtOLJo0Xi7VpFL14k5JlECM5W-pIizx_2Tj6dMJOkfYLEDS0shezLGu5T1acL20Dz4ElYu_fz1ItJcvxzTVm-WbE8Bm6hty/s4608/April%2025%202023%20h.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt45RmDrOhlanCFvm-K-oxTcGp63lJgxWqI2WR7ev6lYAEV5C0sQtLSB1fze2h2rPaNnIQXQ60_pXlbNZv-ZrGrUv2fFtOLJo0Xi7VpFL14k5JlECM5W-pIizx_2Tj6dMJOkfYLEDS0shezLGu5T1acL20Dz4ElYu_fz1ItJcvxzTVm-WbE8Bm6hty/s320/April%2025%202023%20h.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And my personal calendar to jot those crazy thoughts<br />I get throughout the day. I was documenting the health stuff on one side,<br />Sami's wedding stuff on the other side</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7R9nNMY5kPyrpkrsMFSu-MvNY3v4TVLvNb_shoaW1zzFSUDGJ_LDjsXIBC-SUCfKS0kKm81OX9ojnjUlY6D-WiJ55eTWcTG-7ygsniRstyQsCMtJy5MZ3JQXBz_kZL1qdaOhzcWcqM8_kbFMzdi1tkiWJhcGV8Uc0MoM3b0NX77Dr_ejNWzvRkpwG/s4032/April%2025%202023%20i.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7R9nNMY5kPyrpkrsMFSu-MvNY3v4TVLvNb_shoaW1zzFSUDGJ_LDjsXIBC-SUCfKS0kKm81OX9ojnjUlY6D-WiJ55eTWcTG-7ygsniRstyQsCMtJy5MZ3JQXBz_kZL1qdaOhzcWcqM8_kbFMzdi1tkiWJhcGV8Uc0MoM3b0NX77Dr_ejNWzvRkpwG/s320/April%2025%202023%20i.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My fun shoes! Pink Rothy's<br />So happy to have exposed skin again, meaning,<br />not living in Smartwool sox or boots</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomn7aJxpxBQI5nQyUVVVgTKB7ywfzaXAvczksaiJWdZy0D8TT8bXvSFXKhqfL_DnxRX0i8G0x1tpApgsy13RCC55tdFhdrqPqjqANZp0FB07vCuJHoFwm2PrXo5wHSxvzal177Lq7ICqROuwlLlIJY1jrmFzfrR7WimeYDB-AX-aVk2TB5p5Uhc_S/s4032/April%2026%202023%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomn7aJxpxBQI5nQyUVVVgTKB7ywfzaXAvczksaiJWdZy0D8TT8bXvSFXKhqfL_DnxRX0i8G0x1tpApgsy13RCC55tdFhdrqPqjqANZp0FB07vCuJHoFwm2PrXo5wHSxvzal177Lq7ICqROuwlLlIJY1jrmFzfrR7WimeYDB-AX-aVk2TB5p5Uhc_S/s320/April%2026%202023%20a.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil has been working on our yard<br />Look how lovely it is!<br />I cleaned out the flower beds. <br />They are on my 'to do' list!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-4663653273899063792023-04-27T05:26:00.005-07:002023-04-28T06:11:49.086-07:00Week in the Life: Monday, April 24<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmHX7J5D9wJUQcRrUu5e5T8n1R819xkHbAwaRDCki6-QWvzjg0dGDLPrtpaGWh8_tSsMdQw2pYX2_KKHLUwfuHbgy4AjbeksqVLmfHRNLlXwntgLgKzOVcc_gGuNJzWc7EBUfFdWuAl2rTut0mYhwhTjP3Evcvn4BTwbUib5QSsGpKvnp4uEAH-Zb/s2280/April%2024%202023%20e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmHX7J5D9wJUQcRrUu5e5T8n1R819xkHbAwaRDCki6-QWvzjg0dGDLPrtpaGWh8_tSsMdQw2pYX2_KKHLUwfuHbgy4AjbeksqVLmfHRNLlXwntgLgKzOVcc_gGuNJzWc7EBUfFdWuAl2rTut0mYhwhTjP3Evcvn4BTwbUib5QSsGpKvnp4uEAH-Zb/s320/April%2024%202023%20e.jpg" width="152" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, our first warm weather since October </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oeFz2mPcjTedeMbVZFvj2Mj9HrLyJWswuuVz98Xlo7MRPV_K1pPiLaJTi0N-LAR5oTdCBBq9JGEVZeSljzjlGE75vBPGZ9Y06-UvHspDNBYTBk8CVbMikfFad_Mi3dLdqOLYEwpXv4eqz4GsR2QOAGxTUhvKHhgLMv8weM18bqy_7B2UQmYyv1ib/s3024/April%2024%202023%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oeFz2mPcjTedeMbVZFvj2Mj9HrLyJWswuuVz98Xlo7MRPV_K1pPiLaJTi0N-LAR5oTdCBBq9JGEVZeSljzjlGE75vBPGZ9Y06-UvHspDNBYTBk8CVbMikfFad_Mi3dLdqOLYEwpXv4eqz4GsR2QOAGxTUhvKHhgLMv8weM18bqy_7B2UQmYyv1ib/s320/April%2024%202023%20c.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning Walk with Tommie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOKWj_mmsLCkeskBxVc98aCSHXj2yF9Q9IwLpC7tfvZg1jwvvFa-fliPDGyvlNRwDO74IODgkeacxtD_7c9TEi57SsKL489vFNbqXYcL-_jMpH0Wxjf9b9NLa-pBVCC1vnjf2tinGYz_o1FJGtFr-aDaerONSKD2411MZMukI2vvVXV-08h4FV96Y/s4032/Apirl%2024%202023%20d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOKWj_mmsLCkeskBxVc98aCSHXj2yF9Q9IwLpC7tfvZg1jwvvFa-fliPDGyvlNRwDO74IODgkeacxtD_7c9TEi57SsKL489vFNbqXYcL-_jMpH0Wxjf9b9NLa-pBVCC1vnjf2tinGYz_o1FJGtFr-aDaerONSKD2411MZMukI2vvVXV-08h4FV96Y/s320/Apirl%2024%202023%20d.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At work - Coffee Coral drink at lunch, a<br />nd my wall calendar with everything</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWWk-1PLE0pkeiZHl0RBw9606b2dVudbkC6JH5QUQ_tFOhm9co1IDOrYmeP5xOSo_hViq1--wq-tE0Rp9AQCqecvM6q5dG3zL_Qy-jx73X892c43GfS4NDKvZcXE4ZWAvdzaNVGdFsZKOYYvI0mi53KK3lJDO02KWXahkCzEH5NWDogk5P4SgKgox/s4032/Apirl%2024%202023%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWWk-1PLE0pkeiZHl0RBw9606b2dVudbkC6JH5QUQ_tFOhm9co1IDOrYmeP5xOSo_hViq1--wq-tE0Rp9AQCqecvM6q5dG3zL_Qy-jx73X892c43GfS4NDKvZcXE4ZWAvdzaNVGdFsZKOYYvI0mi53KK3lJDO02KWXahkCzEH5NWDogk5P4SgKgox/s320/Apirl%2024%202023%20a.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made a breakfast burrito for Phil - early in the morning<br />to make sure he ate something other than a sticky bun</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>It's Week in the Life with Ali Edwards. </p><p>Monday's story is really about Phil, but you don't see it here, other than the burrito. </p><p>And really, this entire next story is about what lead up to the burrito. Which was last week.</p><p>Phil has been running himself ragged, by not eating a real breakfast, then 'working' hard, then crashing, then being hangry. He pushed himself all last week by hosting 3 hunters from Canada, and hiking each day. Oh, I did help with dinners btw for Monday and Tuesday. Up real early to make lasagna sauce, before putting in my own 9 hour day at work. Then came home to cook, two nights, grocery shop, etc. And on Wed. I had to go to the dermatologist 1.5 hours away, come home, and they went out to a nice dinner - but Phil talked me out of them bringing me back a to-go dinner, because 'we will be hanging out and by the time we get back it will be too late for you to eat'. Which was true, but I could have ate it the next day.</p><p>Anyway, after the hunters left, then Phil had golf night Thursday. And then Friday he started helping Logan with the Baker House floor install. Followed by dinner in La Grande with his daughter and her husband.</p><p>So Friday night he finally came home, tired, and upset, from another 'talk' .</p><p>He also had a bad dream about seeing a lot of people he hasn't seen in a while, and then flying off. As in dying.</p><p>Saturday and Sunday? He worked hard again at the Baker House. He just wanted to do nothing. But Logan could only work on the weekend. This was their agreement. He was hiring Logan to put in the floor. I took them lunch on Saturday and I called him on Sunday to see if I needed to make him lunch. He declined. It was 1pm. He said he would snack when he got home and eat at the concert venue that night. </p><p>Well, he did NOT like the food menu, and decided it was better not to eat. Like a toddler. </p><p>He was pissy. Pissy about 'who is this Haley Hendrick'? He was hangry and tired and by god, was he going to let me know it by pouting the whole damn time from the time we left to basically when we got home. He refused my offer to stop at a restaurant to eat before the concert, he refused to let me cook him something before we left. He preferred to pout. </p><p>So, Monday morning, I got up earlier than my 4:30 am and made him a burrito to make SURE he ate a decent breakfast. </p><p>So, unfortunately, that is Monday's story. </p><p>My Monday? I felt the weight of entire week on my shoulders.</p><p>I tried to release most of it with my Monday morning walk with Tommie. </p><p><br /></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-12694170662439000812023-02-17T05:17:00.000-08:002023-02-17T05:17:01.376-08:00Home!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslt3eLVUTMeWUGdfOQ67giFevJ6DKp__DVXSoGwPnqJwojRtSOH_jmD-zYm_B2U645Ho1bGcyo3wD84WFuKeRQ_ypOoOISlaJO3HOB2ieSMxat1OAnBc00mkXAVyd-w-O_2hSmWLN9e2-4GFIIsiPnqsTXOYTk1LkmZVy6zZZfDrl7IQy5zt-RAQO/s4032/20230215_064254.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslt3eLVUTMeWUGdfOQ67giFevJ6DKp__DVXSoGwPnqJwojRtSOH_jmD-zYm_B2U645Ho1bGcyo3wD84WFuKeRQ_ypOoOISlaJO3HOB2ieSMxat1OAnBc00mkXAVyd-w-O_2hSmWLN9e2-4GFIIsiPnqsTXOYTk1LkmZVy6zZZfDrl7IQy5zt-RAQO/s320/20230215_064254.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from my home office window</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJdHn4WTJz_VZDeRwMIwXIPmj9hjhCeWCQx8poTb9Sw0UFkw3XGPooHN7e7MfPQvggdBCbfNWHfu9kpwRekd4cNE3Bz0s29YneM5_XKGNV7MVeV59ZWBX4fz3RJm1RTVdpUjx_USG6SktNFQnKzFCuKYNYXBun-WTBOhllI70F_HZkqvNw_O_6hxK/s4032/20230215_101149.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJdHn4WTJz_VZDeRwMIwXIPmj9hjhCeWCQx8poTb9Sw0UFkw3XGPooHN7e7MfPQvggdBCbfNWHfu9kpwRekd4cNE3Bz0s29YneM5_XKGNV7MVeV59ZWBX4fz3RJm1RTVdpUjx_USG6SktNFQnKzFCuKYNYXBun-WTBOhllI70F_HZkqvNw_O_6hxK/s320/20230215_101149.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out on my favorite solo walk/hike </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokbcthAfAFu1-qVe5Y_EJljNggvm4ea7FtP0yxoBjoWsGriqtF0UUW-FCyBTPhjaE4jEzRv9-xFRwmXWCc5dMzFIkm1w0PJrArBcZnAsl4IV898Yrhdt7GXvLXyhj2d1nj2r1-rmBmgIWbypFQ7jjypY6aMnDmDnLO6ZKbSRgmX8KsdvXNrsoZRWV/s3648/20230215_102326.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokbcthAfAFu1-qVe5Y_EJljNggvm4ea7FtP0yxoBjoWsGriqtF0UUW-FCyBTPhjaE4jEzRv9-xFRwmXWCc5dMzFIkm1w0PJrArBcZnAsl4IV898Yrhdt7GXvLXyhj2d1nj2r1-rmBmgIWbypFQ7jjypY6aMnDmDnLO6ZKbSRgmX8KsdvXNrsoZRWV/s320/20230215_102326.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top of Coyote Peak! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JNBxAtVR5JTFS8E9dGP8TW_9SfuUUJN1VPGBN_lbha0NW7zbJgkBqUmAcxIDR9REDpLxnWzyImmbZqNKGRllx_fDYgJUWFwKZfH_L4CdTb1C8wgJ2t_uTVhLid5vdH-sZ0M74DXZwCIJ-no79E0dfKXCrLtFT58KxWK9UULiSeVYDiIeCeijdjYm/s4032/20230216_154316.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JNBxAtVR5JTFS8E9dGP8TW_9SfuUUJN1VPGBN_lbha0NW7zbJgkBqUmAcxIDR9REDpLxnWzyImmbZqNKGRllx_fDYgJUWFwKZfH_L4CdTb1C8wgJ2t_uTVhLid5vdH-sZ0M74DXZwCIJ-no79E0dfKXCrLtFT58KxWK9UULiSeVYDiIeCeijdjYm/s320/20230216_154316.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Latest book to read. And my clock radio died, after 30 plus years! <br />So my Portmeirion clock is stepping in until my new one arrives.<br />I need one I can see in the dark. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Kt_7CT30mg1KP4gw2utjwzJ8fuF4DO1Fi36DHEKEy2u0sgceVs2RROiOEuNinJNgyZGf_VfFPnS5DcuJmqO4IWr0quqaTQiEO-D1MwBYGa2bGbJ3SsD9UaNvExM4jXey6FVzJNttPUT_nKNPDFW_LzRJzAvRQVdZ99rUKnINkx-XdUMiuV6a7-Xe/s3214/IMG_20230213_075719_983.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3214" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Kt_7CT30mg1KP4gw2utjwzJ8fuF4DO1Fi36DHEKEy2u0sgceVs2RROiOEuNinJNgyZGf_VfFPnS5DcuJmqO4IWr0quqaTQiEO-D1MwBYGa2bGbJ3SsD9UaNvExM4jXey6FVzJNttPUT_nKNPDFW_LzRJzAvRQVdZ99rUKnINkx-XdUMiuV6a7-Xe/s320/IMG_20230213_075719_983.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo through the windshield on 2nd day driving home - St. George area</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRYaJdj_alFQ0UnFRoo4BS1nyGrfOlGu39ZJl7VOz3ozVSyWSX4vW6d5EFEj9lYQIrp_IRkNkscCxBwHcPBVfLI7CHhiazhNnPRrLmoiZpk9pF0R-VjGikbwG8Av4SkcQfiafk_gHoPVRbYGm1xwWwWHPIymTioGO9ueSH0iCY5jRoQ6r83XmMIX_/s1440/IMG_20230215_150901_129.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRYaJdj_alFQ0UnFRoo4BS1nyGrfOlGu39ZJl7VOz3ozVSyWSX4vW6d5EFEj9lYQIrp_IRkNkscCxBwHcPBVfLI7CHhiazhNnPRrLmoiZpk9pF0R-VjGikbwG8Av4SkcQfiafk_gHoPVRbYGm1xwWwWHPIymTioGO9ueSH0iCY5jRoQ6r83XmMIX_/s320/IMG_20230215_150901_129.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top of Coyote Peak -Wednesday, Feb. 15</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJ7lBuPz3i052zZKwlmmYSPpUzp5qiRCzQVkH077EmPVX7JRgtdwdvNwc4ijvCcmXtoPdjeJ0Udo7zekV5KRasCb0Ve7Cboy_f2xWxrn2DdeyOfpkE8K73kgq3xoaG5y_a5cm8vKvSDpw6Pq9TMYwb6TgAaD5wzDU23NgCUQ_P5K0GQnoQIa60x3f/s1440/IMG_20230216_143106_078.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJ7lBuPz3i052zZKwlmmYSPpUzp5qiRCzQVkH077EmPVX7JRgtdwdvNwc4ijvCcmXtoPdjeJ0Udo7zekV5KRasCb0Ve7Cboy_f2xWxrn2DdeyOfpkE8K73kgq3xoaG5y_a5cm8vKvSDpw6Pq9TMYwb6TgAaD5wzDU23NgCUQ_P5K0GQnoQIa60x3f/s320/IMG_20230216_143106_078.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cross Country skiing at Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort yesterday<br />That's our friend Connie Sundbad with Phil</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0TqFmxz1DYWk5faGp0uofVGYOkOYB-9NUUiLIsW39DiEz3rcC2_Jv9lRoRUKlG_-BJENZqF9nvE4Vn5jFsL5eZpxiWNVyZrSwpZOYi92sjvQQslM2DS3nG1odLGAQBM10ZPPQ6jySdvZ8XjfWznu5UMEdnJxrXHjRqqUpMB949w0NM0sNZwnYLYV/s1440/IMG_20230216_143106_211.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0TqFmxz1DYWk5faGp0uofVGYOkOYB-9NUUiLIsW39DiEz3rcC2_Jv9lRoRUKlG_-BJENZqF9nvE4Vn5jFsL5eZpxiWNVyZrSwpZOYi92sjvQQslM2DS3nG1odLGAQBM10ZPPQ6jySdvZ8XjfWznu5UMEdnJxrXHjRqqUpMB949w0NM0sNZwnYLYV/s320/IMG_20230216_143106_211.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And me, yesterday's XC ski day</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> We made it home on Tuesday, Feb. 14! Finally. <p></p><div>I'm so glad to be home. I'm not made for this retirement stuff. I need something to do each day, that has purpose. I'm sure it would be different if I was in my own home, around friends, but let me tell you, doing 'nothing' all day, day after day, is not my thing.</div><div><br /></div><div>I think I could do a 50/50 plan. Half work, half 'life'. </div><div><br /></div><div>And I need some breathing room. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thank God I am going back to work today.</div><div><br /></div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-90599346737883681422023-02-17T05:02:00.004-08:002023-02-17T05:02:52.088-08:00Capturing Phil's Stories: His Introduction to Sushi (originally written on Feb. 10, 2023)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfdyjuSHVo7TTdQ_Q41u1RDCM1wWYnVEH0yHsWChOQzoBl9SrVw2__tLhaDAagiozJoSfrYwuRdo7tsqfTOVD8V6qkTYBZa1Gij7pMjJRV4UH_FYwvdLe5KkJhA0_9Hdt7xOPNPmjw48FYB3HoAljt-QK4QuolR4fYQFEU6gn-EWoh9SGahX3OuRK/s892/VideoCapture_20230210-060308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfdyjuSHVo7TTdQ_Q41u1RDCM1wWYnVEH0yHsWChOQzoBl9SrVw2__tLhaDAagiozJoSfrYwuRdo7tsqfTOVD8V6qkTYBZa1Gij7pMjJRV4UH_FYwvdLe5KkJhA0_9Hdt7xOPNPmjw48FYB3HoAljt-QK4QuolR4fYQFEU6gn-EWoh9SGahX3OuRK/s320/VideoCapture_20230210-060308.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>We went out to dinner last night to P.F. Chang's, here in Palm Desert. For our starter, Phil ordered a spicy tuna roll, sushi. It arrived, and although good, was not the 'best' we have ever had. We reminisced about our time in Jackson Hole, oh about 8 years ago, and a sushi place we went to that definitely had the best sushi the two of us together have ever had. Phil then remembered the first time he ever had sushi.</div><div><br /></div><div>But before we get to those details, the story of course has to start with the origin of one of his many good friends, Carlos LeCroy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Phil met Carlos when he guided him and another hunter on his own ranch in Wyoming (Phil's, not Carlos's). Another friend got a hold of Phil and said 'we drew tags on your ranch, can you help us?' and of course, Phil did.</div><div>Well, there were two guys from Florida, and one was a endodontist named Carlos LaCroy. Phil was 40 at the time, and broke, and newly divorced. Carlos and Phil hit it off. Great hunting and all that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, a ten year relationship developed with Carlos often flying Phil to Florida to fish. Carlos was a fisherman and took Phil out - my guess is, this was in exchange for hunts with Phil. Carlos was very wealthy, and spoiled Phil on these trips. He paid for everything. And, he introduced Phil to sushi - the best. Phil said this was the first time he had sushi and it was wonderful.</div><div><br /></div><div>Phil shared he went to Florida many times over those ten years. </div><div>They were 10 years apart, Carlos being older.</div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately Carlos died at the age of 60, due to a massive heart attack.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-6581344424922719062023-02-05T06:31:00.004-08:002023-02-05T06:31:32.066-08:00Capturing Phil's Stories: Three in One<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6paK_DK31HarG3jcC1-1pLFvfhVR-qQHckNM6Mqu93S7A4hvEgvzQocHqpc3y6XDADxZxM29ymV8baiHg-CilLCtJkfVWw2w7iEXs3EwsaUy4XRt5yXGdMiWt35SsiMXcDm4KfdD3HsK9XiK68-eGqbegqtby6OMfI4OV-1ANy_9hQH08itc6IaS/s4032/20230203_121256.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6paK_DK31HarG3jcC1-1pLFvfhVR-qQHckNM6Mqu93S7A4hvEgvzQocHqpc3y6XDADxZxM29ymV8baiHg-CilLCtJkfVWw2w7iEXs3EwsaUy4XRt5yXGdMiWt35SsiMXcDm4KfdD3HsK9XiK68-eGqbegqtby6OMfI4OV-1ANy_9hQH08itc6IaS/s320/20230203_121256.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo from our outdoor lunch in downtown Palm Springs<br />At a Greek restaurant! <br />PS. I had a Paloma - introduced to me by Sami on Christmas Eve.<br />Her's are sooo much better! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>On Friday, while we were sitting at lunch in Palm Springs, someone walked by and we got a whiff of patchouli, that fragrant oil associated with our hippy days. Well, for those of us that had a phase of living a life somewhat 'natural', free, bohemian, and cheap. Shit, I was in Chico going to school and threw away a good investment of Tupperware, because it was plastic. And, to this date I still regret that toss! I miss some of my funky containers, hose bright oranges and yellows. The covered plates were my favorites. Oh, and I had that phase of not shaving my legs or armpits, while I was still living in the bay area, just before going to Chico, and then there were all my beautiful printed skirts, and shirts, with gold thread woven through, and bells on the drawstrings.. I got them dirt cheap. These days? So expensive! Thanks Coachella music festival and burning man for making the bohemian look 'the look'. but I digress....</p><p>Back to Phil's stories.</p><p>So, the patchouli scent prompted one of Phil's memories... He was a freshman at 'Rocky' in Billings Montana, and on the football team. He was lucky to be on the big boys team (I forget the words he used) and they were traveling on a bus to South Dakota. Well, the bus driver was also a cop, and drove the bus as a side gig. Anyway, he and Phil were outside the bus, chatting, and a gal walked by who smelled of patchouli, and the cop said 'that girl smells like weed', and Phil said, 'that's not weed, it's patchouli' and the cop insisted it was pot, and Phil then educated him on patchouli oil. I'll let your mind wander on that one, such as how many folks might have gotten 'checked out' for pot because they smelled like patchouli oil.</p><p>Then, later that day, (present day, not the college day) we were doing our 2 mile walk with Tommie down the road and back, and a school bus drove by... which reminded Phil of a friend who used to sell Freebird school buses. This was in Casper, WY. Just some random memory that popped in his head, while we were walking. He talked about the friend and his wife, who Phil and his wife would spend a lot of time with when Molly, Phil's 2nd daughter and one of their daughters were friends. He said it was short, about 2 or 3 years out of their lives. But the couple were great people. </p><p>And then there was a 'well isn't that something' thing that happened to <i>me</i> while I was getting my golf lesson yesterday. So, this was my 2nd lesson with an instructor by the name of Mary Oliver (love her name, as in the wonderful poet). My first lesson was 'the basics' which was how to hold my clubs correctly and get setup (MAJOR game changer), and the 2nd lesson was on chipping, which is the worst part of my game... Anyway, she was talking about the mind will 'remember' a habit, how to 'tic toc' and sweep the grass, and then she said 'Kidneys'! Which is a Philism! He says 'Kidneys' when referencing himself being smart!</p><p>I need to google where this kidney thing comes from. I thought it was from his family, but he said nope, it's something he picked up. </p><p>There you go... </p><p>ps. We played 18 holes on Saturday. My first hole was the worst, I hate it when people behind us can see me tee off. But after that? Did better and better! Chipping included! </p><p><br /></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-81890802113622450562023-02-03T07:39:00.001-08:002023-02-03T07:39:16.049-08:00Feb 2nd: Recap of Palm Springs Day<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7B9kdJTQIf6TCKYpsPsRcvB4e3cTrhE1qs7JfQFtFeSQTpBFwAECnl9ap5qA5h4HrOTKBWpO3MCU--rfx5yMEwn1ucBGQM05EfnZLeKhueFEWNznJN-bW52WCu-JXtJu5ER3wP2YBDL3ju1-XjKEdwOyvsRth_-Ko8EGZGIRMOSC_II9WcfDljO5/s4032/20230202_120610.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7B9kdJTQIf6TCKYpsPsRcvB4e3cTrhE1qs7JfQFtFeSQTpBFwAECnl9ap5qA5h4HrOTKBWpO3MCU--rfx5yMEwn1ucBGQM05EfnZLeKhueFEWNznJN-bW52WCu-JXtJu5ER3wP2YBDL3ju1-XjKEdwOyvsRth_-Ko8EGZGIRMOSC_II9WcfDljO5/s320/20230202_120610.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found a great little Greek Restaurant and sat outdoors</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sj2bkEgp0g0V6p4ixIODq_7fdhkhOUSzBj3Fte2NUt-CYx-j9E9_bhOHyfcvwC0GXJwSPz8TgXkoXY1Odf6pkrjMDsYaNCMkBgT66esfmKdPp7jQdGzuhU7cRnqQPjRn5Atv0KpZsbkWr0wFqodLHC6CffE4ZgGVpFASekSxHIuQjPes4zXAPJQb/s4608/20230202_123427.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sj2bkEgp0g0V6p4ixIODq_7fdhkhOUSzBj3Fte2NUt-CYx-j9E9_bhOHyfcvwC0GXJwSPz8TgXkoXY1Odf6pkrjMDsYaNCMkBgT66esfmKdPp7jQdGzuhU7cRnqQPjRn5Atv0KpZsbkWr0wFqodLHC6CffE4ZgGVpFASekSxHIuQjPes4zXAPJQb/s320/20230202_123427.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My lunch was a veggie option</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPzrHuV1r0qdgxVTtJ2ag-aJTgdod028HB9VHhmxnqiL8bAf9x-3FS10NA1QzH8imYRuHFF64Q5hPGK_2GGtu3QD4KX5I3Nc-6v4X9z6T4UbzPo3O1HEBIzyGWtJ62CkkQ6bcBl9E1lswefiTg5bTnGlqVTPSvhZrZA7zv2VmvfTg__vPdzsm31Wg/s4032/20230202_132542.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPzrHuV1r0qdgxVTtJ2ag-aJTgdod028HB9VHhmxnqiL8bAf9x-3FS10NA1QzH8imYRuHFF64Q5hPGK_2GGtu3QD4KX5I3Nc-6v4X9z6T4UbzPo3O1HEBIzyGWtJ62CkkQ6bcBl9E1lswefiTg5bTnGlqVTPSvhZrZA7zv2VmvfTg__vPdzsm31Wg/s320/20230202_132542.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just one of the great things to see along the strip downtown. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUpPjcQuqVUUmxAgGguvWRilbE4zWM0jOfztV8g2E3nrMiULMBxvetmWSzOM5IQLF9Lxen5oVJua11LMgL6gt1tTxO3VGLWmWSfkVgCMrZZTB2m8fncn5XjnPZyI-YJz1OlvMiOlLDe7LhIXY6jwLho86sIb4m6o5kTnmQ8rTIQ01KQSIHBAQ5vOz/s4608/20230202_154533.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUpPjcQuqVUUmxAgGguvWRilbE4zWM0jOfztV8g2E3nrMiULMBxvetmWSzOM5IQLF9Lxen5oVJua11LMgL6gt1tTxO3VGLWmWSfkVgCMrZZTB2m8fncn5XjnPZyI-YJz1OlvMiOlLDe7LhIXY6jwLho86sIb4m6o5kTnmQ8rTIQ01KQSIHBAQ5vOz/s320/20230202_154533.jpg" width="152" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at our home away from home. I'm on book #2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-PiawJTrjumHIovgD9TrCMQFj6mHK7hUFMFtn7EfFHZz9Fn-hKKwSr73M4uY38x_gwdYGkW8BM8aVyUDKh8R_3WPPgAkQpGF3U3RoN7IIVK_hV3hK1KYGoSOyL5mM5zHn68ubPm2dP6H_PZqYOaZFbO4Fzcx3oZPe1iIfvikkXOSXn3dk5wKSsbV/s1440/IMG_20230202_153317_058.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-PiawJTrjumHIovgD9TrCMQFj6mHK7hUFMFtn7EfFHZz9Fn-hKKwSr73M4uY38x_gwdYGkW8BM8aVyUDKh8R_3WPPgAkQpGF3U3RoN7IIVK_hV3hK1KYGoSOyL5mM5zHn68ubPm2dP6H_PZqYOaZFbO4Fzcx3oZPe1iIfvikkXOSXn3dk5wKSsbV/s320/IMG_20230202_153317_058.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close Up of Phil and the Palm Springs 'Scene'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Yesterday we headed to Palm Springs to walk, eat and shop. Phil has never been to Palm Springs, so this was a new adventure for him. I will tell you, downtown PS has tons of Mexican Restaurants and from what we could see they are all very good! I ate with at a Mexican Restaurant with my girlfriends earlier in the week so we chose Greek instead. A wonderful choice.<p></p><div>Back home it was more lounging around the pool and reading books.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are definitely living 'slow' on this trip. I'm having a hard time adjusting. I keep making lists of all the projects I want to do, and things I want to do... when I get back home. I don't think I could really 'retire' like this. I need my projects. I can see working 1/2 time, so I work 1/2 time and have my other home life stuff. I know it would be different if we were home for a month instead - meaning, I would be getting LOTS done, but then I wouldn't be present for Phil. </div><div><br /></div><div>Did I mention I do all the driving? He has only driven 2x: three hours when we came here, and the other day, when he went golfing alone, because I stayed home sick. Yep. I have been fighting a stomach/intestine thing since the girl's left. It actually started Monday night and here it is Friday.</div><div><br /></div><div>TMI: I have a golf lesson today, so hopefully, I will be able to keep it! Let's just say, food is moving through me fast. :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-51874675755738055332023-02-02T07:18:00.006-08:002023-02-02T09:18:41.205-08:00Capturing Phil's Stories: One random conversation at a time<p> Phil is a man of many stories. He has said many times 'I should have written down all the hunts I guided, the people met, etc.'</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm going to try and capture some for him.</p><p>Yesterday, while out at the pool lounging (here in Palm Desert) we were talking about something that got him to remember two coaches that had fished at the ranch.</p><p>This is how our conversations start. (This paragraph was been updated since talking to Phil to get the right city). My two friends who were visiting us for 3 days had left 'our' place here in Palm Desert and Phil and I were visiting and chatting. Santa Barbara was mentioned in our conversation. We were talking about Pam's daughter attending UC Santa Barbara. Well, then Phil remembered a coach from UC Santa Barbara who would come to the Wyoming Ranch to fish along with another coach from UCLA. He said their names, but I can't remember them:) And then, he shares how one was a great guy, and the other an arrogant dick.</p><p>Well, the first offered him a referee job, which he took. Phil was a basketball ref for various levels - high school, college. That's another chapter in Phil's life. We could go down that rabbit hole too, for days, regarding the adventures encountered on trips taken to referee games (like when other refs get to drinking after games and then want Phil to drive the 3 hours home in the dark and snow, or the food eaten in the hospitality rooms because refs are too cheap to go out and eat - and the food had been sitting there for hours, and they got sick), or epic winter storms driven through (which then leads into that one time when he was in college and his team's bus broke down and they had to walk 12 miles home, late at night, and thank goodness he didn't eat the homemade sauerkraut at the dorm because everyone at home had been in the toilet all night from food poisoning) and the games where he and Rosy or another ref had to be escorted out of the gym so they wouldn't be accosted by mad parents... See how this works? Start with one story and Segway into another!</p><p>OK, back to the coaches from the California Universities. Well, one of them, who moved to Wyoming, I think the one from San Diego, had asked Phil if he could bring his deceased dog out to the ranch and if Phil would bury it at the ranch. Phil said yes. If you know Phil, you know he steps up to help regardless of the why. So, they take the dog up to a special place, that Phil knew was sandy, and Phil starts digging. He gets a good plot made, and the coach wants it deeper, 'I don't want badgers digging him up'. So, Phil keeps digging and gets to his waist. Coach still wants it deeper. Phil keeps digging, up to his armpits and says 'that's enough'. He has to crawl out of the plot. They bury the dog. Coach is happy. </p><p>Well, coach dies sometime later and his wife calls saying dog #2 died, and can she bring him out to be burred. Phil says yes. He said this time it was a shallow grave, and they stacked rocks on top. He wasn't going to dig another deep plot like coach wanted!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-15234417585582111042023-02-02T06:57:00.001-08:002023-02-02T06:57:21.176-08:00My Declutter List: New Year stuff for 2023<p> While I'm down here in sunny Palm Desert I am thinking about the projects I want to do back home. </p><p>Mostly, decluttering.</p><p>Letting Go of all the stuff I do not need/use/etc:</p><p>I am capturing my list here, to come back to:</p><p>Clothes Closet: Stuff not worn. Apparently, we use 10% of our stuff - over and over and over again. So much that the stuff we do wear, is getting worn out, while all the other stuff just sits. </p><p>Dresser: Ditto. Need to let go of all the t-shirts, etc, sox, etc. I am not wearing</p><p>Bathroom Drawers: The myriads of small samples, unused makeup, shampoos, vitamins and other crap that I bought but labeled as 'fails'. Along with the gifted lotions and potions that I just have stored. </p><p>And.. finally, my craft room! Goodness. Where to start on all of this? </p><p>I subscribe to a few craft room organization groups and let me tell you, 'we' crafters hoard a bunch of shit! It boggles my mind to see everyone else's crap stacked up to the ceilings. I don't want to be that woman. I need to get rid of the old, and just keep some favorites. This will be hard for me. I mean, I have TONS of Christmas stamps and stencils! Ditto with Halloween. It's super cute stuff! But do I really need TONS? Nope. Ug... My goal is to have one shoebox size for each holiday, of favorite supplies, and ditto for everyday things. Like Birthdays, Thinking of You, etc.</p><p>I also need to organize my cardstock by color - and purge what I don't need.</p><p>Ditto with patterned paper. And my seasonal kits that are not getting used up.</p><p>I think I just want a 'fresh' look, and 'fresh' start. Do-over. </p><p>Ditto with all my planning supplies - and boy, is there a stack of that crap! I keep them as journals, but never go back to them. Need to weed. Not Feed.</p><p>Wish me luck! </p><p><br /></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-27711842739122741622023-02-01T06:43:00.001-08:002023-02-01T06:43:09.295-08:00January Recap: Journal of Memories<p> </p><p>Recap of my January memories/moments:</p><p><br /></p><p>Jan. 1: A sunny day and cross country skiing out in the yard with Phil and Tommie - Oregon home. </p><p>Jan. 2: The New Year Women's Retreat that I organized! </p><p>Jan. 5: Sami turned 25</p><p>Jan. 11: We purchased the Baker House (Phil and I): 1035 F Street</p><p>Jan. 13: The start of our Pause Retreat: Drove 7 hours to Salt Lake</p><p>Jan. 14: Massage at a Salt Lake Spa</p><p>Jan. 15: Epic 'eyeball hurting' drive to Palm Desert: 10 or 11 hours of weather. Ug. But there's a lemon tree and orange trees in the backyard and a pool and a hot tub/jaccuzzi! We made it! </p><p>Jan. 16: The start of our 2 mile/day walks - </p><p>Jan. 17: Bighorn Overlook Trail hike with Phil and Tommie</p><p>Jan. 18: Beautiful dinner at a French Restaurant</p><p>Jan. 20: Hitting golf balls at a beautiful golf course: SilverRock Golf Club. </p><p>Jan. 21: Hike to Palm Desert Cross with Tommie and Phil. Paula's birthday </p><p>Jan. 22: Played 9 holes: Executive Course. </p><p>Jan. 23: Found a great ramen place for lunch! Sapporo</p><p>Jan. 24: Walk along Butler Adams Trail</p><p>Jan. 25: I made a lovely dinner, Phil golfed 16 holes at Desert Willow Golf Club</p><p>Jan. 26: Back to Bighorn Trail - lunch at Sherman's</p><p>Jan. 27: My golf lesson. 1 hour. How to hold the club and distance from ball. Game changers!</p><p>Jan. 28: Erin and Pam arrive for 3 days! Beautiful dinner at the Cork Tree</p><p>Jan. 29: Murray Canyon hike with Erin and Pam outside of Palm Springs (on an Indian Reservation) and lunch in Palm Springs. Another lovely dinner, this time at a Italian Restaurant. Mamma Gina. </p><p>Jan 30: Shopping and bopping. Palm Desert with my friends while Phil got a massage. Favorite store? Sundance!</p><p>*****************</p><p>Deep conversations with Erin and Pam. Heavy stuff. Pam's husband's death, 8 months ago, and how she has been surviving. Family Drama. How to move forward. What am I doing for my own end of life preparations as well as Phil's. These drained me. I'm still tired. Exhausted. </p><p>Too much eating and drinking. Need to detox. Feeling bloated and large.</p><p>Lots of snuggles with Phil. Beautiful time with this man.</p><p>Lots of great walks with little miss Tommie, who know goes to the door when we say 'let's go for a walk'. And then she tries to lead.</p><p><br /></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-53126251234524425422023-01-28T07:49:00.002-08:002023-01-28T07:49:37.155-08:00Our First Visitors Are Arriving Today! Two of my longtime friends. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9fPqEDrr1GJhUyfj_J5JYfa_fupIIhD-SUDJ20R2RbJsMOHASCBuhwrmaD4mIu3HV2I8qSjMbF8zP0K0yb2ZrNalrV6v4M6MBCsBXGkpAWXn5LvIdkKxw7Eul0BvunYh81R8DW6ccOcB1sI8yqtP3EaG0Ka3uOMfpBElUal8CTaW29KBrd5AosB-/s646/IMG_5210(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="646" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9fPqEDrr1GJhUyfj_J5JYfa_fupIIhD-SUDJ20R2RbJsMOHASCBuhwrmaD4mIu3HV2I8qSjMbF8zP0K0yb2ZrNalrV6v4M6MBCsBXGkpAWXn5LvIdkKxw7Eul0BvunYh81R8DW6ccOcB1sI8yqtP3EaG0Ka3uOMfpBElUal8CTaW29KBrd5AosB-/s320/IMG_5210(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo from CA visit in 2019: Andi, Erin and Pam</td></tr></tbody></table>- What is with my goofy face? And back when I still dyed my hair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCJhlaB16C2cAAb6GdrDAcnP9RMvGicXkH1HfZqbnw3XXQKzgZPwYR3bHkD0gq0IB-03nRSemCMi1stQobAb0WfIbFyYdccpo7uVbe6-nEg3LtRwoGnM2uytZP3izLK02aFc5KsdqYTXUAXMSSSqgTH4GyJn-hC01nuU4KS5SYm1k5ab4aF__ceyG/s3000/5A272B09-(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCJhlaB16C2cAAb6GdrDAcnP9RMvGicXkH1HfZqbnw3XXQKzgZPwYR3bHkD0gq0IB-03nRSemCMi1stQobAb0WfIbFyYdccpo7uVbe6-nEg3LtRwoGnM2uytZP3izLK02aFc5KsdqYTXUAXMSSSqgTH4GyJn-hC01nuU4KS5SYm1k5ab4aF__ceyG/s320/5A272B09-(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erin and I - many years ago! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9Q97LL0_fnFcnnbZw87ZyMXIEKsjaYj2T-Zn83PifbmfDImWc3D5bkFD2M__r0Ohh7nC1KEQoPGC_uhofRjyOnQWjIFcztMAZQ5V5r0PSLl18yvroR6vTI5SqF0M4Y8E0gbSm5z99RK85vYZvrdizUiB_z4bYTSq0aGJ1qBq-8jKiny_ztBhan6W/s2048/IMG_4607.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9Q97LL0_fnFcnnbZw87ZyMXIEKsjaYj2T-Zn83PifbmfDImWc3D5bkFD2M__r0Ohh7nC1KEQoPGC_uhofRjyOnQWjIFcztMAZQ5V5r0PSLl18yvroR6vTI5SqF0M4Y8E0gbSm5z99RK85vYZvrdizUiB_z4bYTSq0aGJ1qBq-8jKiny_ztBhan6W/s320/IMG_4607.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erin and I: In April of This Year when we celebrated my 60th Bday in CA </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyb5q9O4Z3GZ0LeEAwSMluKvDk9TPNZijRN7VLrQd5-5dcgyyYPLt7cRD1y78tYVrBfm2x69LqqlZzkGW9voLZuUmY_ObK0xJoYbrLoDZGDqBJjpNg8vfDAQxLTVPT-LUABtwiRjPB6YBiQT2njKK-baEVZER0QXcEFYR0AgD1266uOtScTB9QnMv9/s1824/Resized_20220813_084104.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1824" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyb5q9O4Z3GZ0LeEAwSMluKvDk9TPNZijRN7VLrQd5-5dcgyyYPLt7cRD1y78tYVrBfm2x69LqqlZzkGW9voLZuUmY_ObK0xJoYbrLoDZGDqBJjpNg8vfDAQxLTVPT-LUABtwiRjPB6YBiQT2njKK-baEVZER0QXcEFYR0AgD1266uOtScTB9QnMv9/s320/Resized_20220813_084104.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erin and I in Boise this summer, after Phil's Diagnosis</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><div>Two of my girlfriends are coming to visit us for a couple of days. Erin and I have been friends since I was 14, which goodness, is what, 60-14= 46 years? And Pam is one of my friends from my Chico State days, we were roomies and then she actually lived with Erin when she became a biologist for a winery in Healdsburg.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pam lost her husband the same week that Phil was diagnosed with cancer. Erin and I reached out to try and figure when we could all get together, the three of us, to lean in. The same week as her husband's death her daughter was graduating from high school and family were coming in for her graduation. She was overwhelmed - funeral and graduation - highs and lows - yin and yang. </div><div><br /></div><div>We had hoped to do something for her 60th, in November. Unfortunately, the stars did not align, until now.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pam lives in Santa Barbara and Erin in Davis. So, since we are all now in California, we are going to finally get our time together!</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll share photos later:)</div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-13180376006475938272023-01-27T06:25:00.001-08:002023-01-27T06:25:13.183-08:00Jan 23 thru 26, 2023: Palm Desert<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlNTmv-gKWu1hAWHzL5Z6mPQpRyQ6R0nWj03wkDYYebuT_YsOuqRTi8NS-KkMraSSd2qkrYbi-C23GIPiz2SD-P0VNeNGSpVkeVCdQy6WYyqws2RkYScm4v99qaviVnwBl42Dnn_NOepYpj-RWtAyH3Aa2XBM3lG5Onh6am2k1xJYHJ4vL3AAnECW/s1830/VideoCapture_20230126-134010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1830" data-original-width="864" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlNTmv-gKWu1hAWHzL5Z6mPQpRyQ6R0nWj03wkDYYebuT_YsOuqRTi8NS-KkMraSSd2qkrYbi-C23GIPiz2SD-P0VNeNGSpVkeVCdQy6WYyqws2RkYScm4v99qaviVnwBl42Dnn_NOepYpj-RWtAyH3Aa2XBM3lG5Onh6am2k1xJYHJ4vL3AAnECW/w189-h400/VideoCapture_20230126-134010.jpg" width="189" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan 26: Tommie and I along the hike near the Ritz Carlton<br />Palm Desert has a ton of hikes that start at the base of the mountain</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLH_VDsj9cVQ5unUO6Ik04nWmYc4xnGcjtUJQD9VAMRW6UYscxCGIIdBo73WNSLPKnnEtBr4AG0APChwETC0m8YQfzqR2_ikxlh3tW2rZsR3eYbGfSICBp23qMKe5ZmjE1VptDnwQykGKJMl-0czHlT1ibGHxPw2VGAyPfNfU36gePhYmqDnbN7H1L/s4608/20230126_122517.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLH_VDsj9cVQ5unUO6Ik04nWmYc4xnGcjtUJQD9VAMRW6UYscxCGIIdBo73WNSLPKnnEtBr4AG0APChwETC0m8YQfzqR2_ikxlh3tW2rZsR3eYbGfSICBp23qMKe5ZmjE1VptDnwQykGKJMl-0czHlT1ibGHxPw2VGAyPfNfU36gePhYmqDnbN7H1L/s320/20230126_122517.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan 26: Phil's lunch at Sherman's Deli. He ate most of it!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXH2jHbbsma3gi3hKbzl2AR21vtVuSJLSoeTfJTQwjh-m8PdHLeIA8Ijn1xeNo11q98ToV7KCNq8ACqxyrefOH5tRMOM2ateNmusARAak-fzm51Gu6etxPkPTrBNZDIxfBgudYwMrhgjmiJAeL1gXxllNceCBCnD8YVwfzUmsPvy19FJZqReJLHWY/s4032/20230126_115030.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXH2jHbbsma3gi3hKbzl2AR21vtVuSJLSoeTfJTQwjh-m8PdHLeIA8Ijn1xeNo11q98ToV7KCNq8ACqxyrefOH5tRMOM2ateNmusARAak-fzm51Gu6etxPkPTrBNZDIxfBgudYwMrhgjmiJAeL1gXxllNceCBCnD8YVwfzUmsPvy19FJZqReJLHWY/s320/20230126_115030.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sherman's Deli: A 'famous' spot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFCZvoxQ4yjiTon9SO_ws_fLDYAWll16Z0VD2puoTXAJWNunDHCIG5IYpqzDcE6JIn0r0FmtkLi-zwA8yWWGIBXpDqn_qHAq-0aYVVBkMCYkOZSWfxXpxyoGTLxa044akCVJZ6Ebvs04PpU6wbDFZFeECEUuf_8cYgOlFH0H9U5kLQ5xAo2S7OIlV/s320/20230126_110838.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan. 26</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmWFIoMFZD6HQWautkwc6k9VBDIGYACT87t3O9bICs5JhUPCyiIKrdf7wZO3pM1XtWWiw1Yqruv-PmnWXM08Ybn-udWjwFPXiXDnlXDKPdgYZ1Vaqr6dGWcH9xTV6gSUA7Ed99-dLHUmcJHIm8vx6vuhpGJk-VMNEDKaffe66V6G_pNcCUZmHGV5x/s4032/20230125_183905.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmWFIoMFZD6HQWautkwc6k9VBDIGYACT87t3O9bICs5JhUPCyiIKrdf7wZO3pM1XtWWiw1Yqruv-PmnWXM08Ybn-udWjwFPXiXDnlXDKPdgYZ1Vaqr6dGWcH9xTV6gSUA7Ed99-dLHUmcJHIm8vx6vuhpGJk-VMNEDKaffe66V6G_pNcCUZmHGV5x/s320/20230125_183905.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wednesday, Jan. 25: I actually made dinner!<br />A sheet pan meal I found in my Instagram Feed<br />It was very tasty... </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Golf at this place is $150 per person.<br />I did not feel 'worthy' enough to play on the course so I did my own thing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOImE4f_AKhQjsPiUuN2vD4VQhXluZMfCAW57MTiC5wT8CFiFcB_qfsBtJx9eYs61VEQII_0VyE3PHsR5AobRzKezJdRC6i2Ncdc4VjyDdJPxB1CJltq4PeUVES-dqr53Jxj8-uAXMcFYQIhsec4Dn9U6Ejxojwv9_iTH4aaIY1vIRxZkr99Xp-LDc/s4032/20230125_150137.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOImE4f_AKhQjsPiUuN2vD4VQhXluZMfCAW57MTiC5wT8CFiFcB_qfsBtJx9eYs61VEQII_0VyE3PHsR5AobRzKezJdRC6i2Ncdc4VjyDdJPxB1CJltq4PeUVES-dqr53Jxj8-uAXMcFYQIhsec4Dn9U6Ejxojwv9_iTH4aaIY1vIRxZkr99Xp-LDc/s320/20230125_150137.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan 25: My own thing was playing with Tommie and cooking dinner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xZYdTMJv7cSMiOwxV50bSSRhejVqlooBgb4brangb4B73iQrj6tsscoNH72XI7iClNBFDorJ1pCYGGxOXqToU6tJRZcfoeOtDkxov1jOsW3YoQZMOWiJbO6JitAIPV1Am5KlRcmd4bHqq0g0w1c5ChsCrL_60TKi_ZNCG8E9N9BxHswI-275rFoK/s4032/20230125_150056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xZYdTMJv7cSMiOwxV50bSSRhejVqlooBgb4brangb4B73iQrj6tsscoNH72XI7iClNBFDorJ1pCYGGxOXqToU6tJRZcfoeOtDkxov1jOsW3YoQZMOWiJbO6JitAIPV1Am5KlRcmd4bHqq0g0w1c5ChsCrL_60TKi_ZNCG8E9N9BxHswI-275rFoK/s320/20230125_150056.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAlEBMmsqo8AmeLVmYWXGp7K-D2P1i6c3o_Q-dxyAmWlwOBxQM5MACAhYsxSjU2aJLu0gpsPJ5wZwU0VKmpNroszUpCLvvVR1hIRYlJn6Kgs9SlaRE9ArtTr9Ka1cB3bCHaE1Kgfupfnq9i-fCRzKxgWl8FgVl094aCnxXlJCfz2NY9SxI8RgSrMx/s4032/20230125_150016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAlEBMmsqo8AmeLVmYWXGp7K-D2P1i6c3o_Q-dxyAmWlwOBxQM5MACAhYsxSjU2aJLu0gpsPJ5wZwU0VKmpNroszUpCLvvVR1hIRYlJn6Kgs9SlaRE9ArtTr9Ka1cB3bCHaE1Kgfupfnq9i-fCRzKxgWl8FgVl094aCnxXlJCfz2NY9SxI8RgSrMx/s320/20230125_150016.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdBLNbrw66c6rOHPPVrSs3b4XrrDHQiQUD8sKUQo6T7q03P9hI39Gr_wEcmTGWFHdWriUiRd459gF6DTC3V5wBGnJ1UAgfZnRsfuhD9nkDJglmW7L6NsA_ugk7SWlyv0plMwsUeG1_V5C-ReRGSbBmFFpc35DCw6gpxu0sYzCXgesUycLuSmLrygk/s4032/20230125_061443.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdBLNbrw66c6rOHPPVrSs3b4XrrDHQiQUD8sKUQo6T7q03P9hI39Gr_wEcmTGWFHdWriUiRd459gF6DTC3V5wBGnJ1UAgfZnRsfuhD9nkDJglmW7L6NsA_ugk7SWlyv0plMwsUeG1_V5C-ReRGSbBmFFpc35DCw6gpxu0sYzCXgesUycLuSmLrygk/s320/20230125_061443.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan 25. Sunrises around here! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCl5bEN_3hpVsC0Oin17lwysCOlS_tpWjdL7B8n-xCCAWWUPaAWeD_SUNJW1iMxmsagUdHdAqiEFEVnOmMKZ_vPpjY6inZW_pCVfUNvfsyikXDNxwi6dD9j8zsYqe10e8YsNGYpfVJZxLuCOsjTMLAjgDaRagFtef1kIh-BsggJ5GeEgjd0P-DUGe/s4032/20230124_105337.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCl5bEN_3hpVsC0Oin17lwysCOlS_tpWjdL7B8n-xCCAWWUPaAWeD_SUNJW1iMxmsagUdHdAqiEFEVnOmMKZ_vPpjY6inZW_pCVfUNvfsyikXDNxwi6dD9j8zsYqe10e8YsNGYpfVJZxLuCOsjTMLAjgDaRagFtef1kIh-BsggJ5GeEgjd0P-DUGe/s320/20230124_105337.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan 24: This was another walk - the Butler Abrams Trail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWs-56-7ahlmyeld5ckyo_Cjy1SdRPziaYHYMwg3Y3jrtF--FNuQolVIq62Y1vK2IvyMsERiUdxxFJsgFWRHWvknc6uZ7QtBjacHURoKTaDMocmVHlDmsuSVbwgtgdeDB3GK8ehU0XazJr4w6ZrvredSwrZu_yiLK1Gsun1qyTdiG7GofTPgDCBAg/s4032/20230124_105246.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWs-56-7ahlmyeld5ckyo_Cjy1SdRPziaYHYMwg3Y3jrtF--FNuQolVIq62Y1vK2IvyMsERiUdxxFJsgFWRHWvknc6uZ7QtBjacHURoKTaDMocmVHlDmsuSVbwgtgdeDB3GK8ehU0XazJr4w6ZrvredSwrZu_yiLK1Gsun1qyTdiG7GofTPgDCBAg/s320/20230124_105246.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Along the Butler Abrams Trail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPiLsuak-_MuHAu3ODN4ZrJFg_g15yDLWIPM98s9Qkopz3humbo7H54zlC8_iWmTxdu6_GxNRlYoVAHr9vFss93AHx0cy5N70U--7wK6hBKbkp_9VKXHEUkDupILkcCnteUcFWieIbAUOD_-0QWMe9dybM_hjC55Sznbie_mW2GNYocs4SLvUygNj/s4032/20230124_105040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPiLsuak-_MuHAu3ODN4ZrJFg_g15yDLWIPM98s9Qkopz3humbo7H54zlC8_iWmTxdu6_GxNRlYoVAHr9vFss93AHx0cy5N70U--7wK6hBKbkp_9VKXHEUkDupILkcCnteUcFWieIbAUOD_-0QWMe9dybM_hjC55Sznbie_mW2GNYocs4SLvUygNj/s320/20230124_105040.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlMRvsc2brKaRXznYgERMgdhLw9lPFu-n9RyWIqq9piF2MkNVdv7LuibFCzJ7tML_vih57XD_rB0sfzm8Gt-VOMGHypiICIpF4TfbOK35OCFg-FdeRFcNQWDZuWUDADc5cPC2I56_-FSLAPyJIOijTE4MeCYzS88XxtLeWKlk8KRh8qmL7wdPn8ll/s4032/20230123_125800.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlMRvsc2brKaRXznYgERMgdhLw9lPFu-n9RyWIqq9piF2MkNVdv7LuibFCzJ7tML_vih57XD_rB0sfzm8Gt-VOMGHypiICIpF4TfbOK35OCFg-FdeRFcNQWDZuWUDADc5cPC2I56_-FSLAPyJIOijTE4MeCYzS88XxtLeWKlk8KRh8qmL7wdPn8ll/s320/20230123_125800.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan 23: Lunch find! Right next door to a golf store.<br />Super tasty Ramen place! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoFmfsvcREbSVCTMnucumC8YNbnvXFKD0tsb08uej6QkNjk0uP2kCV2Fg1Tjv-13uh1M1b3lZ72rmfeX9BnWGjcJ0HcE9o3Sa0rqpiTwgxJYBF0BxSNZ3a_5Zlq6JLv78NwqObN03Pf4rAyDPkwJ5ZRO4oFRqiqirMzrmf8AtogtEgm7TPtwBibAd/s4032/20230123_125753.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoFmfsvcREbSVCTMnucumC8YNbnvXFKD0tsb08uej6QkNjk0uP2kCV2Fg1Tjv-13uh1M1b3lZ72rmfeX9BnWGjcJ0HcE9o3Sa0rqpiTwgxJYBF0BxSNZ3a_5Zlq6JLv78NwqObN03Pf4rAyDPkwJ5ZRO4oFRqiqirMzrmf8AtogtEgm7TPtwBibAd/s320/20230123_125753.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qd7N-gFBg_HknhimYQgJLAj1KpTrJCf8tuk1YuvtTaOxzJ6rsqBjLmyJnNBeHpy1ivOJgKe0zOwYfAfnJd9kDBK8Ums4yzK6flgAaKBBHN-QN9eghcM5OKgON1d5gJfD7MiwKMKGl-WXVlTu5FR7l7q7EjPc8zf1iYjcJzBBvZuoYICJt5HzQh4G/s4608/20230123_123816.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qd7N-gFBg_HknhimYQgJLAj1KpTrJCf8tuk1YuvtTaOxzJ6rsqBjLmyJnNBeHpy1ivOJgKe0zOwYfAfnJd9kDBK8Ums4yzK6flgAaKBBHN-QN9eghcM5OKgON1d5gJfD7MiwKMKGl-WXVlTu5FR7l7q7EjPc8zf1iYjcJzBBvZuoYICJt5HzQh4G/s320/20230123_123816.jpg" width="152" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My choice: Spicy Pork Belly Ramen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-eodgWE22EiwiR3RFKFX83UL1r0cIMN5ZryUykxwINVv4wiIh2shdqWfPUY8i3miDnXs3t6P1qpSUcgo_8nGM7UFdimrF2YxlL_HZRCg1qKbkZMdw3s6nUlr2IgFcoHJaqSCPFU96Z7v3cCemWA0uRTazQj0oO3eozp3mhuTOT9AOWFRJ8uIKGQ7g/s4032/20230123_122652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-eodgWE22EiwiR3RFKFX83UL1r0cIMN5ZryUykxwINVv4wiIh2shdqWfPUY8i3miDnXs3t6P1qpSUcgo_8nGM7UFdimrF2YxlL_HZRCg1qKbkZMdw3s6nUlr2IgFcoHJaqSCPFU96Z7v3cCemWA0uRTazQj0oO3eozp3mhuTOT9AOWFRJ8uIKGQ7g/s320/20230123_122652.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-51287311228285674952023-01-27T06:10:00.000-08:002023-01-27T06:10:16.511-08:00Recap of Sunday, January 22nd<p> Sunday was our rest day, and football game watching (Yay 49rs! Yay Kansas!). </p><p>We also got in 9 holes of golf </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHcKNKBF2ixBXAFv5uQhQKpI5xH3ZaD-CfYPHEf9aEQ7GJvwJAjURSHoX02qUnQXQnxJeqsmi1-O-Z87TQGzNx69sHXrGaKqjmN3CBWpLsEk4f8hUKH9iIYB-EOBNTRD6EWABnArQo67rwgqCAPBDlirJH4QfdWfiil1nwb7nL6dNnfQzhuACuz9M/s4032/20230122_112426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHcKNKBF2ixBXAFv5uQhQKpI5xH3ZaD-CfYPHEf9aEQ7GJvwJAjURSHoX02qUnQXQnxJeqsmi1-O-Z87TQGzNx69sHXrGaKqjmN3CBWpLsEk4f8hUKH9iIYB-EOBNTRD6EWABnArQo67rwgqCAPBDlirJH4QfdWfiil1nwb7nL6dNnfQzhuACuz9M/s320/20230122_112426.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQqMck9ceftIBZHXC2P7ZzYGQjKaKaaQvtjqqr6YC70jiaW-GxhuBvPbaq9OQaFD1yo1Rq8AcbvkFFyYYy2G85Nlx7xihRYUq6cKixkjIvKiByI143OdVU31Gm3YiLZuRuGnJ_itoFxUKsPzSfp-8gy0RZh4rxQaCE_2dORbFqbSwmR9czEiA-YRK/s4032/20230122_112449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQqMck9ceftIBZHXC2P7ZzYGQjKaKaaQvtjqqr6YC70jiaW-GxhuBvPbaq9OQaFD1yo1Rq8AcbvkFFyYYy2G85Nlx7xihRYUq6cKixkjIvKiByI143OdVU31Gm3YiLZuRuGnJ_itoFxUKsPzSfp-8gy0RZh4rxQaCE_2dORbFqbSwmR9czEiA-YRK/s320/20230122_112449.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn0aq1_sPgM1I_gZgiH7J0Dd0JlbO5-BQE-Sf3IuWzvMerPMW-lIrNk8SnWkIG2wSXTe10YiOZPDmieifJgSMkBOkQDbCF071f4RuADyxezcDt4RdUvaCK59dn7Fg3MJNjRSU7_By5itTOWPzpsmtmF6400WtIPC1SC7Bo4JbgD-JYq00CPGKIsyM/s4032/20230122_112516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn0aq1_sPgM1I_gZgiH7J0Dd0JlbO5-BQE-Sf3IuWzvMerPMW-lIrNk8SnWkIG2wSXTe10YiOZPDmieifJgSMkBOkQDbCF071f4RuADyxezcDt4RdUvaCK59dn7Fg3MJNjRSU7_By5itTOWPzpsmtmF6400WtIPC1SC7Bo4JbgD-JYq00CPGKIsyM/s320/20230122_112516.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHCyKJ2mfw2Opx9rgv6UorpaBUoP2OPNOVuuE9i-QgLojamDR9GfQn2DD7Xc43mEIbaf_whZq161NC23xFWOCNvclVf8E44uHUMjJT4rgW9478rH1-XTfojOyZsas0fj9lF69MRbUTXwCGR6A5MR68yt-TtJeOaaMdW2vfuStNlj4_ZTBGdYE2mMx/s4032/20230122_112525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHCyKJ2mfw2Opx9rgv6UorpaBUoP2OPNOVuuE9i-QgLojamDR9GfQn2DD7Xc43mEIbaf_whZq161NC23xFWOCNvclVf8E44uHUMjJT4rgW9478rH1-XTfojOyZsas0fj9lF69MRbUTXwCGR6A5MR68yt-TtJeOaaMdW2vfuStNlj4_ZTBGdYE2mMx/s320/20230122_112525.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-58185030858004765522023-01-22T07:59:00.000-08:002023-01-22T07:59:08.983-08:00Week 1 of our Pause - Palm Desert, CA<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20MHfJanC6sCBi12d7a6dZvncijQg2NStFVRMTfBjJLOOi-a6RTmoXMyE-Y8ZRNI00BoH2QxQ_Lc3dbRHxgg37kj_0wHLVG5BhHnOEkiPJtja4JcYApsR-oCTSUOOrbpd1NWloIFmmuySfQGTBD6yMZfOAv7hFcuAo0OulE-8Q1q3l9V85kEJB8eh/s4608/20230113_131042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20MHfJanC6sCBi12d7a6dZvncijQg2NStFVRMTfBjJLOOi-a6RTmoXMyE-Y8ZRNI00BoH2QxQ_Lc3dbRHxgg37kj_0wHLVG5BhHnOEkiPJtja4JcYApsR-oCTSUOOrbpd1NWloIFmmuySfQGTBD6yMZfOAv7hFcuAo0OulE-8Q1q3l9V85kEJB8eh/w320-h152/20230113_131042.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am the main driver on this adventure: LOTS of time behind the wheel<br />7 hours to Salt Lake, then a good 7ish hours to Palm Desert. Phil did 3. <br />His back and feet were hurting so I took over again. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBbPCQw_LCOI4Sq__N26-GSZ_B-fwUT7hkhms-ATVRmxqQGs7Eeb9dei4y0ZEc9bhhgNnMweAJCmibqu9837kgc8NTPiNzuiEjLetjKuwKML9uC9EdfPiflLfX6to5DQkPCCF-YVKMC9aNtD3N4m3N8y2ZtKKGaW1obTh0YTJrlyr_IB-u2QYQeBy/s4032/20230113_182130.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBbPCQw_LCOI4Sq__N26-GSZ_B-fwUT7hkhms-ATVRmxqQGs7Eeb9dei4y0ZEc9bhhgNnMweAJCmibqu9837kgc8NTPiNzuiEjLetjKuwKML9uC9EdfPiflLfX6to5DQkPCCF-YVKMC9aNtD3N4m3N8y2ZtKKGaW1obTh0YTJrlyr_IB-u2QYQeBy/s320/20230113_182130.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First night in Salt Lake: Hello Martini! We went to a distillery, <br />and had steak, halibut and mac and cheese. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxvM7Uu8vXEjUPY28U-xEP0skUZAMAGhj0MNCVkFlEsVpme2i6qdkovMoxBtTbDdUJBh6Top8Od5wZMG5dAxoE-HVsNfVh3oJXOnKP574NeRvyxl01tdb1S-oP5GVdrre3FtLuVf0fMe7sch2fcKYffG-NLsH5mNNP4ugcQAWySEVFkG1x3-yZY2U/s4032/20230114_074525.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxvM7Uu8vXEjUPY28U-xEP0skUZAMAGhj0MNCVkFlEsVpme2i6qdkovMoxBtTbDdUJBh6Top8Od5wZMG5dAxoE-HVsNfVh3oJXOnKP574NeRvyxl01tdb1S-oP5GVdrre3FtLuVf0fMe7sch2fcKYffG-NLsH5mNNP4ugcQAWySEVFkG1x3-yZY2U/s320/20230114_074525.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katie and Nate's House, Salt Lake<br />They are an amazing couple<br />Great parents! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66FgvYkdSUjTWR6UnNg9lsL6PPLWF41EV0WC_gZUUfIRQ_QWJa3_LQiEuTLuXKt8p1J73cUqP_4eOZtvo9pSbi2TU4iDX1XhJ7SYkChMafYbSXUfj9hbZGsIiYwAbDMGFSXl8ySkdN7Iw608ZcZsbAdR77PT1vZTz2hpaEFteS4AzT2NsKZvCb9-k/s4032/20230114_074543.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66FgvYkdSUjTWR6UnNg9lsL6PPLWF41EV0WC_gZUUfIRQ_QWJa3_LQiEuTLuXKt8p1J73cUqP_4eOZtvo9pSbi2TU4iDX1XhJ7SYkChMafYbSXUfj9hbZGsIiYwAbDMGFSXl8ySkdN7Iw608ZcZsbAdR77PT1vZTz2hpaEFteS4AzT2NsKZvCb9-k/s320/20230114_074543.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tommie: First night of 'where the heck am I'? </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyaQ94FdCYLYQNKOoK8_WWGLe3hzn8Beo7EcfZ1R8GyjmOmgExpKynaj25VemwFeXP-AJZNVqeZtBE-jxmNY9ixx04dLkluFpV-xGrqizARrgXZ8A5Sys8zLc9jNm4GSoWtaF4S4kSUgdftlZuixBc-keTSZeQtLaq9DbpKpOVDktk0w7E56kk9zW/s4032/20230114_114721.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyaQ94FdCYLYQNKOoK8_WWGLe3hzn8Beo7EcfZ1R8GyjmOmgExpKynaj25VemwFeXP-AJZNVqeZtBE-jxmNY9ixx04dLkluFpV-xGrqizARrgXZ8A5Sys8zLc9jNm4GSoWtaF4S4kSUgdftlZuixBc-keTSZeQtLaq9DbpKpOVDktk0w7E56kk9zW/s320/20230114_114721.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spa Time in Salt Lake: <br />Saturday's adventure? A massage! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikK4lNEKGbDpn8zy0CeNX3kFu-sm5e66glv-eF_z905lvoeWU0P6iBhjjOKnXfAbLFYgzCr7MLMMgedq4BJBNH5aDpizEXbr9NQPobVOtXpPTDnimSCSu9OvSDX9CFGgLZ9tY8zLY9pg9-A62-7IP3XWaPzVY-TVWUWSbnJXTi4JklABDogrjNqw7M/s4032/20230114_114832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikK4lNEKGbDpn8zy0CeNX3kFu-sm5e66glv-eF_z905lvoeWU0P6iBhjjOKnXfAbLFYgzCr7MLMMgedq4BJBNH5aDpizEXbr9NQPobVOtXpPTDnimSCSu9OvSDX9CFGgLZ9tY8zLY9pg9-A62-7IP3XWaPzVY-TVWUWSbnJXTi4JklABDogrjNqw7M/s320/20230114_114832.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFStrSXXqbjuNPMBZOLrK9_j0T_KgsMXfAhUm-pa0Im6HiDsfy_gPigzgkYME_9l-0RNbcEkLf1qeTic8Jk25Sf0EZHXyyiwITUIqsgMHDuS8_OndUozNlDzfOG8VO22iSgIEqZUAZMbyxWFg_2tJx3YNRpCJO-a7YAvoIfGzCLuYjo4Ywlo0iodVU/s4032/20230114_132042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFStrSXXqbjuNPMBZOLrK9_j0T_KgsMXfAhUm-pa0Im6HiDsfy_gPigzgkYME_9l-0RNbcEkLf1qeTic8Jk25Sf0EZHXyyiwITUIqsgMHDuS8_OndUozNlDzfOG8VO22iSgIEqZUAZMbyxWFg_2tJx3YNRpCJO-a7YAvoIfGzCLuYjo4Ywlo0iodVU/s320/20230114_132042.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I brought my One Little Word goodies. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOR7Wn6geTXonHlSW6cfAGSSjDFvK7mOn7nk0_KuyGhsv2KZTkX30BsbxFBESGjWzCQX41XvfGmHxX_OG78SlGfj9ERXeLYXVjba-64doc6QpCNuxzMtYL40mVd0G-FmKHNCIxB2d60jCiu3cF-IWo7grXfdmcPwGw3TXEL3Cih7kUPaeqvAAdesYD/s4032/20230114_183027.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOR7Wn6geTXonHlSW6cfAGSSjDFvK7mOn7nk0_KuyGhsv2KZTkX30BsbxFBESGjWzCQX41XvfGmHxX_OG78SlGfj9ERXeLYXVjba-64doc6QpCNuxzMtYL40mVd0G-FmKHNCIxB2d60jCiu3cF-IWo7grXfdmcPwGw3TXEL3Cih7kUPaeqvAAdesYD/s320/20230114_183027.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil and his oldest daughter, Katie. <br />She was on her way to a birthday dinner bash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBPphNaqhqfakuL5JRNHTpCxOJQCWFTcQoX2JIhZFMu1-2_Ck5-b1jI533wnOuisrZK-_E0i6xZwBXe62H4xg8TMTYfCgZINZYqw6RrOKgpiG4CBuIGE-nKHi5JhwlfwNYstevWhbqK6j692r0dzwm6fQ_3PM-SvVymH3z3ntG4EzaP8oXsUaBHJs/s4032/20230115_075533.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBPphNaqhqfakuL5JRNHTpCxOJQCWFTcQoX2JIhZFMu1-2_Ck5-b1jI533wnOuisrZK-_E0i6xZwBXe62H4xg8TMTYfCgZINZYqw6RrOKgpiG4CBuIGE-nKHi5JhwlfwNYstevWhbqK6j692r0dzwm6fQ_3PM-SvVymH3z3ntG4EzaP8oXsUaBHJs/s320/20230115_075533.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of Sunday's Drive: Bullshit weather for 5 hours<br />Started in the dark with ton of rain from Salt Lake for 3 hours, <br />then snow over 3 or 4 passes. <br />I could NOT see the stripes in the road. <br />By the end my eyes were killing me! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCpzbMKLCBuyKs6YyNaEnkx-CX5Lt4n3saHgcpmj6Sh4ft0sri52E7OfL-YOacpsDPXrmBL8__rsnoXr11NAqaTCxUc9FMN2SIkK4dmNxuZ-Bdq2FeAr2vpRLnZmU-m4jo2QjLledJzIj858akNxWXeU2M2xsD0-3G026HJMbifVTolf2d5XToc5Q/s4032/20230115_102350.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCpzbMKLCBuyKs6YyNaEnkx-CX5Lt4n3saHgcpmj6Sh4ft0sri52E7OfL-YOacpsDPXrmBL8__rsnoXr11NAqaTCxUc9FMN2SIkK4dmNxuZ-Bdq2FeAr2vpRLnZmU-m4jo2QjLledJzIj858akNxWXeU2M2xsD0-3G026HJMbifVTolf2d5XToc5Q/s320/20230115_102350.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil was behind the wheel once we got to St. George<br />Gorgeous red rock country</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8ZigQM0F23PRWcEtaVepFINJ0gNFeM7KCvmYv7PBEQYp5yIVi2cwe9L4Pq-Mk7Kv5j7eaJaumzVg7LKd6Vn6GeNTBpG-9sZSvl-bbZ33czhYYeuJ_v-P1S-Roi3CW-mnWOg2hfKTSdoOA0qyETbAZ9jsjP0cR3Uj30rb7vYoJiIkFBNknV1PMi8W/s1512/FB_IMG_1673736003679.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8ZigQM0F23PRWcEtaVepFINJ0gNFeM7KCvmYv7PBEQYp5yIVi2cwe9L4Pq-Mk7Kv5j7eaJaumzVg7LKd6Vn6GeNTBpG-9sZSvl-bbZ33czhYYeuJ_v-P1S-Roi3CW-mnWOg2hfKTSdoOA0qyETbAZ9jsjP0cR3Uj30rb7vYoJiIkFBNknV1PMi8W/s320/FB_IMG_1673736003679.jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From my FB surfing I have goodies like this pop up!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOaqJnT4Z-68XygR4EUqJSysGhMQ6X7ROEO-fNDkeAmRLroHD-bJW-e4g3nck7rskdJadVzY2WtMHnYloF40X97WgxA9vqvJLyHQMZq46Xlq2Ctdv__KM5XbhZB2DI9sORnYSTNycIh_913WCWVh8RUSHS56oJZpkkTrxEiU3aBZLw_SQ2r9yoy6y/s1440/IMG_20230116_055834_820.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOaqJnT4Z-68XygR4EUqJSysGhMQ6X7ROEO-fNDkeAmRLroHD-bJW-e4g3nck7rskdJadVzY2WtMHnYloF40X97WgxA9vqvJLyHQMZq46Xlq2Ctdv__KM5XbhZB2DI9sORnYSTNycIh_913WCWVh8RUSHS56oJZpkkTrxEiU3aBZLw_SQ2r9yoy6y/s320/IMG_20230116_055834_820.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Home Away from Home! Palm Desert. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHRqzehkg_03v1NCUKxE5vVjbTZdOt-HcbAD-wDfWzS84m0CyIoDaCQ50luMzReKoDCWpHGDPhM85FZnNc5wUYuZ_Ad5ajUII-ZHUwfkPwnmTuU8cuPnkKRkI2lovTuII_gJmGHsZtpKkxzMCpbvjrtf3EYQW7HyLBMZAF6yqaclc0W8g3bgRkf67/s960/FB_IMG_1673884248955.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHRqzehkg_03v1NCUKxE5vVjbTZdOt-HcbAD-wDfWzS84m0CyIoDaCQ50luMzReKoDCWpHGDPhM85FZnNc5wUYuZ_Ad5ajUII-ZHUwfkPwnmTuU8cuPnkKRkI2lovTuII_gJmGHsZtpKkxzMCpbvjrtf3EYQW7HyLBMZAF6yqaclc0W8g3bgRkf67/s320/FB_IMG_1673884248955.jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Pause goodies that pop up in my FB feed!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3uaKlEHar_vlpShMaUk51bCbc6YXNsm0-04PLvmaoOo6qi8aVBK4zb_iuf5TinR4BKkbd_gEQ0g8DogNAC2Nw647OUxmSbrKrjzpbmJFp6uHxp8hZ1cb_A-MdMdxNSN_fCHpv2A-aGAWfc3oSnRdAeMjGG14MhGeFn6gC3Puy7WUzJFA0vH-5AIU/s1440/VideoCapture_20230121-132446.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3uaKlEHar_vlpShMaUk51bCbc6YXNsm0-04PLvmaoOo6qi8aVBK4zb_iuf5TinR4BKkbd_gEQ0g8DogNAC2Nw647OUxmSbrKrjzpbmJFp6uHxp8hZ1cb_A-MdMdxNSN_fCHpv2A-aGAWfc3oSnRdAeMjGG14MhGeFn6gC3Puy7WUzJFA0vH-5AIU/w240-h320/VideoCapture_20230121-132446.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hike up to Palm Desert Cross. This was Saturday, Sept. 21st<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhML5DVaQh8G_fHCQBIyzYbexArRnbUR5fTldu9CM7g_nVW720jj4tfJ3-01PYmCO2fhZnjHuD2iEOXgx-DVcE7QMiHssdln4GFw6k4QUXTTv8Grt9lyj3KXQO0IJ2T2Ipv-V2rH3uABGno_9xY3vJ1vFgqRYJkuhdASvrFXZdgcwv5Ru3gVzNS5K1P/s2280/Screenshot_20230117-171618_Maps.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhML5DVaQh8G_fHCQBIyzYbexArRnbUR5fTldu9CM7g_nVW720jj4tfJ3-01PYmCO2fhZnjHuD2iEOXgx-DVcE7QMiHssdln4GFw6k4QUXTTv8Grt9lyj3KXQO0IJ2T2Ipv-V2rH3uABGno_9xY3vJ1vFgqRYJkuhdASvrFXZdgcwv5Ru3gVzNS5K1P/s320/Screenshot_20230117-171618_Maps.jpg" width="152" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We hiked up to the Bighorn Overlook, on Tuesday, Jan. 17th. <br />This was our 'big' hike: 4.4 miles. The hike is at the end of Frank Sinatra Drive,<br />and goes 'around' the Ritz Carlton. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMi07fOlM3AogLJEhSs0EKo9svJAdzlbSfidwbsOo72LHbSTkwNs5Yx2aLnatuVpX3-qG9KuzYRz9CTul9GU5vJVnr-Gm7s0nguvmpuh6SmkBAqcjGY0_2iMPEGHka9n5vC9KeYFXzA0Jx8Uw4J9RBsrNCiZk8PhpBnd8jeFJ0GvFoIJ_3PTotmjrj/s1440/IMG_20230119_060721_374.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMi07fOlM3AogLJEhSs0EKo9svJAdzlbSfidwbsOo72LHbSTkwNs5Yx2aLnatuVpX3-qG9KuzYRz9CTul9GU5vJVnr-Gm7s0nguvmpuh6SmkBAqcjGY0_2iMPEGHka9n5vC9KeYFXzA0Jx8Uw4J9RBsrNCiZk8PhpBnd8jeFJ0GvFoIJ_3PTotmjrj/s320/IMG_20230119_060721_374.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wednesday, Jan. 18th we went out for a lovely dinner at a French Restaurant<br />I had my very first French 75</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3IBNWxbvkC4aOxHWtaG9uXVljAbKc7SRDSMo2ZQSxuqYS6tnz_Vs2GvNWt01YJQu0Q9iIbpDNFT00mV24Scf7HsXxMKXSM0pF_T35fQ2E1y7s64cDI4IFZFtXwep2cTqrkAOhczu7UIOc9u9FtzCyOexE2nKwBEbqzYrNuEwk1K5mLudjnsbtXGV/s4032/20230121_174039.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3IBNWxbvkC4aOxHWtaG9uXVljAbKc7SRDSMo2ZQSxuqYS6tnz_Vs2GvNWt01YJQu0Q9iIbpDNFT00mV24Scf7HsXxMKXSM0pF_T35fQ2E1y7s64cDI4IFZFtXwep2cTqrkAOhczu7UIOc9u9FtzCyOexE2nKwBEbqzYrNuEwk1K5mLudjnsbtXGV/s320/20230121_174039.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last night, Saturday Jan. 21, we went to a super good Pizza Place 'Bill's Pizza'<br />We placed an order to go, so we could watch football at home, and had a beer while we waited.<br />GREAT pizza! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir81NP5MwLrO4H-r12w9eEc98s9KVUO4Ey_5Bm5xgf9iRE__YFPbnc_h4zWL-St8vk1LQDHoGAJQfBat19IjH5Qd1Y68aE5UthZ3oeVIf3teDWqk8DjAkep5VN_cDHclrCoAX103hSGt-fNNGZhoUWk98Q3LJN88MPh_Pt_O1Av-janwx9znrO9ibX/s3648/20230121_172525.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir81NP5MwLrO4H-r12w9eEc98s9KVUO4Ey_5Bm5xgf9iRE__YFPbnc_h4zWL-St8vk1LQDHoGAJQfBat19IjH5Qd1Y68aE5UthZ3oeVIf3teDWqk8DjAkep5VN_cDHclrCoAX103hSGt-fNNGZhoUWk98Q3LJN88MPh_Pt_O1Av-janwx9znrO9ibX/s320/20230121_172525.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we are! Selfie at Bill's Pizza. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuM8_ds8Z-YgnBlFpPupVokMLWb-AX_j4g7wF6NCF89l4KPqfNRhrOunDRzD-QQ3KhKznH3MCb5hZlzRo_sBaSuKzK1DsccUJVcLdPfmF-UWpNHBD-H086KM_TjL42rJbyZfDJMtNvxn3ORQ-E7clE6zzfvc91lilqy-ZNjhn0Z6qZg8SIcrvLa_JK/s4032/20230121_100652.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuM8_ds8Z-YgnBlFpPupVokMLWb-AX_j4g7wF6NCF89l4KPqfNRhrOunDRzD-QQ3KhKznH3MCb5hZlzRo_sBaSuKzK1DsccUJVcLdPfmF-UWpNHBD-H086KM_TjL42rJbyZfDJMtNvxn3ORQ-E7clE6zzfvc91lilqy-ZNjhn0Z6qZg8SIcrvLa_JK/s320/20230121_100652.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite photos!<br />This was on the Palm Desert Cross hike, Jan. 21</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW6ZEYryVgJUYTbDKK9XKGo6Cvo0qvcyceW_hro7JWTEITAzNFBzmLYRLmN_Qqaj_HMwz3AWlbmWRWAhj9YB0GwdMAz4EjjEQ6hPBFA-29zX5cjZ3-fFVQb4QLMoHkfy60wRfb_2Lb2C8H4HqABRX9e0yV2Kn9gwImUbDNZp9w50LcilYN04S2gOU/s4032/20230120_122632.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW6ZEYryVgJUYTbDKK9XKGo6Cvo0qvcyceW_hro7JWTEITAzNFBzmLYRLmN_Qqaj_HMwz3AWlbmWRWAhj9YB0GwdMAz4EjjEQ6hPBFA-29zX5cjZ3-fFVQb4QLMoHkfy60wRfb_2Lb2C8H4HqABRX9e0yV2Kn9gwImUbDNZp9w50LcilYN04S2gOU/s320/20230120_122632.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And, we went and hit golf balls on Friday, Jan. 20th!<br />Today is Sunday, the 22nd and my back still hurts!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_085vy0PCBQMgcS-VhCIl94hl8gpUuFcshmi-om2YFJ5nNb1SkKhA5rJ2AXUPSoN-0lmQkpv8YzazTLaCe7fLa9l49_G_vldliYh75_W4UMs3CtVwMhnZXlB_unJpTDSKd40wi-DIlai4AFgW8AddlL0yCu3ETeh7LLkQ4D5VjedoYOOqa4JJb2Q/s4032/20230120_085917.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_085vy0PCBQMgcS-VhCIl94hl8gpUuFcshmi-om2YFJ5nNb1SkKhA5rJ2AXUPSoN-0lmQkpv8YzazTLaCe7fLa9l49_G_vldliYh75_W4UMs3CtVwMhnZXlB_unJpTDSKd40wi-DIlai4AFgW8AddlL0yCu3ETeh7LLkQ4D5VjedoYOOqa4JJb2Q/s320/20230120_085917.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have a 'regular' 2 mile walk outside the front door.<br />I wanted to take a photo of the 'little bananas' (flowers) along our route</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindRzeNvedT1rKtFrk13u4v2CsViO9Cmi3DSx8PJ8dj096hU9cfzA9fkTkcRbC1u6MGW40iLKw37nOTsaizpbdJt-CiJNq99juNfQAvLqGIRxX8ZVSf8r7UagEuk7K5A562XRu_e9L8ceww_rQYdyS9Kuk6TQeEUogNHJH_PVf4HJYYscvqKGBBujR/s4032/20230118_171950.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindRzeNvedT1rKtFrk13u4v2CsViO9Cmi3DSx8PJ8dj096hU9cfzA9fkTkcRbC1u6MGW40iLKw37nOTsaizpbdJt-CiJNq99juNfQAvLqGIRxX8ZVSf8r7UagEuk7K5A562XRu_e9L8ceww_rQYdyS9Kuk6TQeEUogNHJH_PVf4HJYYscvqKGBBujR/s320/20230118_171950.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More from our French restaurant experience</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCOOBoyXO630nCmrVYL7kbiGC2DaynXl8qcogCTHCtSuNqeaL6TgdIFwW2gWyXue1jCi4H5YtDswCWevbta0l62c3UnZwIung7mSuFtlqjmTRaWkNjqY8oULHSZEdwp09yDaf49mJCIz5vUGIE7dS7HmwadxAcGPX3e72t6xa2xmR4y4pZIon2NdA/s4032/20230118_100534.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCOOBoyXO630nCmrVYL7kbiGC2DaynXl8qcogCTHCtSuNqeaL6TgdIFwW2gWyXue1jCi4H5YtDswCWevbta0l62c3UnZwIung7mSuFtlqjmTRaWkNjqY8oULHSZEdwp09yDaf49mJCIz5vUGIE7dS7HmwadxAcGPX3e72t6xa2xmR4y4pZIon2NdA/s320/20230118_100534.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was from our first hike, the Bighorn overlook </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQ1FhXea1RJwGAt6_a2lYrGEITNd7EftFm5Mj7fmA4n-6VMiXj7kXvbLgQT7YLIYkkEG5xMWLYmE4yCd6Aqz3nd-wJSy9rfWi2JOPyleMmruFmCSVf3tfRHoLKiplc5LUVHZaC4J6RJUJ10DLY69yw65xJfEdMUp7f4wQs4Vm43d2u-AZ0WszuYAO/s4032/20230118_084046.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQ1FhXea1RJwGAt6_a2lYrGEITNd7EftFm5Mj7fmA4n-6VMiXj7kXvbLgQT7YLIYkkEG5xMWLYmE4yCd6Aqz3nd-wJSy9rfWi2JOPyleMmruFmCSVf3tfRHoLKiplc5LUVHZaC4J6RJUJ10DLY69yw65xJfEdMUp7f4wQs4Vm43d2u-AZ0WszuYAO/s320/20230118_084046.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange tree, in our backyard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQns_nFeXDQ4seOXLFyVg664mzSKnfdD4g-OoWeRsdmRRRdqSMoOcI8tLxeqXEUFQfOqg8g8ukU5Fv7apDwUuG1Rse2pjspQg-4MNUEXY6dNobS1OsKMiRn-2584HVUwdCUvFXfuT5LEnSuvi-xA3-bc7rUUw3bPe1cwCLttZOf1k-Sj-YrABmJ94/s4032/20230118_080912.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQns_nFeXDQ4seOXLFyVg664mzSKnfdD4g-OoWeRsdmRRRdqSMoOcI8tLxeqXEUFQfOqg8g8ukU5Fv7apDwUuG1Rse2pjspQg-4MNUEXY6dNobS1OsKMiRn-2584HVUwdCUvFXfuT5LEnSuvi-xA3-bc7rUUw3bPe1cwCLttZOf1k-Sj-YrABmJ94/s320/20230118_080912.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I setup my crafty area. This is were I am with my first cup of coffee (like right now)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfMhUXgMzFMeuW_MiTEntWfpy3nHzsHy_XPSt_aIpEpfvmUhKfxlsiVDL8mzJxIifdfnsC2FBEzlrmw5aAtcyH0j3pP4oj3iv7gpZ5nxaKvgJCjrkUW8HPpIeUce_-fDhw3CDlWLFscvsnro_Q1wJAf_FLhYbmaWonKGgmn3u_FqAAZdmFTedjO_5/s4032/20230117_060427.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfMhUXgMzFMeuW_MiTEntWfpy3nHzsHy_XPSt_aIpEpfvmUhKfxlsiVDL8mzJxIifdfnsC2FBEzlrmw5aAtcyH0j3pP4oj3iv7gpZ5nxaKvgJCjrkUW8HPpIeUce_-fDhw3CDlWLFscvsnro_Q1wJAf_FLhYbmaWonKGgmn3u_FqAAZdmFTedjO_5/s320/20230117_060427.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tommie is happiest when she can fetch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqOm98pOpLVGt9WgerWMGyV3Q3DqbH9-PqFDSmBgnVgAI4CgoWjRjSIcctHvyAXcgmd2XkcyeXmccfFgqffnmWWOJk6xKqsC_aPcxv4tWeZc_oY-ERL3BuSUwr0SdZS5Wg4jdF0v8DlRRMTfHjhYqocyJ10Q9OfwY6zZ3ersmw-WlYFfr-lS-gIiP/s4032/20230117_060259.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqOm98pOpLVGt9WgerWMGyV3Q3DqbH9-PqFDSmBgnVgAI4CgoWjRjSIcctHvyAXcgmd2XkcyeXmccfFgqffnmWWOJk6xKqsC_aPcxv4tWeZc_oY-ERL3BuSUwr0SdZS5Wg4jdF0v8DlRRMTfHjhYqocyJ10Q9OfwY6zZ3ersmw-WlYFfr-lS-gIiP/s320/20230117_060259.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrises from here</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxX9HE2aaDfy4A9D-4DTVU1N4odg7VB7BXZ3XrCkme9w5G91mDgOEKaQJ5WAQAh9NGaQX6ubSFCLdqUs7BidaGBBm9rueFFczSQEyWuvrTlPKLK_Al0ghE7iNOBgQ0dP2zymS1TMtL9qxEriQ18A561renXEmlgEtuUJSp8IpoEikZaAz7LEvVcaUJ/s4032/20230117_055433.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxX9HE2aaDfy4A9D-4DTVU1N4odg7VB7BXZ3XrCkme9w5G91mDgOEKaQJ5WAQAh9NGaQX6ubSFCLdqUs7BidaGBBm9rueFFczSQEyWuvrTlPKLK_Al0ghE7iNOBgQ0dP2zymS1TMtL9qxEriQ18A561renXEmlgEtuUJSp8IpoEikZaAz7LEvVcaUJ/s320/20230117_055433.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is actually in one of the bathrooms!<br />The house has a lot of Asian decor. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5S2Jl7c1DorBvoTeAla7wHwMFzwvgv1qBs3tUNi6Vkq6bwV76Bve-7yf-BvjMvxdAqANbcHspL5wl0aewxbhBE6OSftjGvn9JScbZTniaqcns2LwmwbrAMrfg9gP8wqNoEgi6X16clVZjBfC2FU7jBf9YXZjGf_8a-OQGHTGrNGY_RffzJLzqKBoV/s4032/20230116_155916.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5S2Jl7c1DorBvoTeAla7wHwMFzwvgv1qBs3tUNi6Vkq6bwV76Bve-7yf-BvjMvxdAqANbcHspL5wl0aewxbhBE6OSftjGvn9JScbZTniaqcns2LwmwbrAMrfg9gP8wqNoEgi6X16clVZjBfC2FU7jBf9YXZjGf_8a-OQGHTGrNGY_RffzJLzqKBoV/s320/20230116_155916.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our living room </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14XVMQH_ZjmI8NpmuMo1RuNgFvpqSu6SHwH6oWqeQCqEirWkfQ_t4hqy3EsAreRjaHfUrk6268_n0mhlURY2w-bwUOGVusUFX8CRbMog6ZloevMZ4-dXq-jWNr5MTg28pfOtOyIHpc_31MQ8MGM8on-noLsvgBmfyFJAkjok0WcHVeLVNuxlKaQW2/s4032/20230116_153202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14XVMQH_ZjmI8NpmuMo1RuNgFvpqSu6SHwH6oWqeQCqEirWkfQ_t4hqy3EsAreRjaHfUrk6268_n0mhlURY2w-bwUOGVusUFX8CRbMog6ZloevMZ4-dXq-jWNr5MTg28pfOtOyIHpc_31MQ8MGM8on-noLsvgBmfyFJAkjok0WcHVeLVNuxlKaQW2/s320/20230116_153202.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our regular 2 mile Walk</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKtf9mmJcssu01H61J9HGb8MDrANSi5-L3j1xjR1gvRlz-Vqnoh3fTBv5WMOJlbJypC6wlUDMegKLKeuz5BGl3iPu4pHfCFRThzVF7b8kdm5Ozr745lCSko-JbJkFqhfnoko-L1ZXqRyKCxavmAqK6oXHTvnH5-Y6jDzOxV29Jne7N_GbhzWfpsDQ/s4032/20230116_083833.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKtf9mmJcssu01H61J9HGb8MDrANSi5-L3j1xjR1gvRlz-Vqnoh3fTBv5WMOJlbJypC6wlUDMegKLKeuz5BGl3iPu4pHfCFRThzVF7b8kdm5Ozr745lCSko-JbJkFqhfnoko-L1ZXqRyKCxavmAqK6oXHTvnH5-Y6jDzOxV29Jne7N_GbhzWfpsDQ/s320/20230116_083833.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a lemon tree, shot from the Master Bedroom bath window.<br />It was raining our first 2 days here</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXXT-Z7E1-WNpaCWXA2Q6Fd2MCUI9_9PaqYxgC2At36OOpfdTC6uOZzfAkilY0ZZrH4Fsk7TyT4K1c8Kvhxow7Ijd-bnPem4aaEEfw0tIl4WWNythmawk1cmFm_DuyWmo70Np8YHfrYLu46AgFtb51znTfRU0VwTuTEiptnDzfQJDDs5ile--AXSm/s4032/20230116_073805.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXXT-Z7E1-WNpaCWXA2Q6Fd2MCUI9_9PaqYxgC2At36OOpfdTC6uOZzfAkilY0ZZrH4Fsk7TyT4K1c8Kvhxow7Ijd-bnPem4aaEEfw0tIl4WWNythmawk1cmFm_DuyWmo70Np8YHfrYLu46AgFtb51znTfRU0VwTuTEiptnDzfQJDDs5ile--AXSm/s320/20230116_073805.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the kitchen window</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5Hg6xiQicYFE77Z1m4VZiHucjMoQ8v6jCGc8N9cDgYOeO_JMSOIrt-KBPqxOzkNncf-Z_jWP2VYvjugtuHVcxbGgxPYXyJcL3_hsh5KeqJCgOP02yPnK-LSgRNQlEczWi4pyBYl3ttGIHfGRRvtvzDxgjop3_OpqYnJLStw9ag-5sdVlEAPsUJf1/s4032/20230116_064717.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5Hg6xiQicYFE77Z1m4VZiHucjMoQ8v6jCGc8N9cDgYOeO_JMSOIrt-KBPqxOzkNncf-Z_jWP2VYvjugtuHVcxbGgxPYXyJcL3_hsh5KeqJCgOP02yPnK-LSgRNQlEczWi4pyBYl3ttGIHfGRRvtvzDxgjop3_OpqYnJLStw9ag-5sdVlEAPsUJf1/s320/20230116_064717.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil trying out one of the house oranges. <br />They are hit and miss. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpFvu_dNSJM8xrnB-Yz41WfVrhZgF3WqtchDcOxK0qJnMToToHKdUDZdDFG-CQ07qWFAwrEITmJesomzIVhQt-JGoXgyV7l40poVs7gxR4fLUcBPhatwQZ0RVtLUi7YkX76YNcdUxpbVFeCH-h2X08m4XVjCXh7B60die-hyM6PXVcQHT2RCZFo-v/s4608/20230115_161659.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpFvu_dNSJM8xrnB-Yz41WfVrhZgF3WqtchDcOxK0qJnMToToHKdUDZdDFG-CQ07qWFAwrEITmJesomzIVhQt-JGoXgyV7l40poVs7gxR4fLUcBPhatwQZ0RVtLUi7YkX76YNcdUxpbVFeCH-h2X08m4XVjCXh7B60die-hyM6PXVcQHT2RCZFo-v/s320/20230115_161659.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, the backyard has a pool and hot tub. The hot tub gets used daily<br />for our aches and pains</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PgNNUUIKKOR1YU-g_sMKXYxDkg1V59XKpQR37UR7K4eb-M_7Tg83BRRt15JTU-oPNniQxc34GQ4EXq-ac4tPt7q5Xl73tAeItvu7iFRwfFDP0ZwHF5BdOBB6OAozH690hMHWtps3qTnyzRUnXDOOY9I8UfVcF7JIAV5hEpKW5B98j1bIDjcumWoR/s4032/20230115_161526.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PgNNUUIKKOR1YU-g_sMKXYxDkg1V59XKpQR37UR7K4eb-M_7Tg83BRRt15JTU-oPNniQxc34GQ4EXq-ac4tPt7q5Xl73tAeItvu7iFRwfFDP0ZwHF5BdOBB6OAozH690hMHWtps3qTnyzRUnXDOOY9I8UfVcF7JIAV5hEpKW5B98j1bIDjcumWoR/s320/20230115_161526.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWE2GV-fgx_Efg_sjb8XosANeWZOg3FUKCzRKrxBTHkB2mQK5mMVz8xrsLRLB2EJt2Lf5P010ebO3bNaNUfVmzsGsPSzCTrcWsuctftf7dFbEVlWBn63D8RVMkxo2FjsKyTXmG16eP98GeHVd-KfTYkb6oj62AIxS2GGp7rD-Mpi7QI5M0UtVMYcl/s4032/20230115_123154.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWE2GV-fgx_Efg_sjb8XosANeWZOg3FUKCzRKrxBTHkB2mQK5mMVz8xrsLRLB2EJt2Lf5P010ebO3bNaNUfVmzsGsPSzCTrcWsuctftf7dFbEVlWBn63D8RVMkxo2FjsKyTXmG16eP98GeHVd-KfTYkb6oj62AIxS2GGp7rD-Mpi7QI5M0UtVMYcl/s320/20230115_123154.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a photo of the desert from our drive. I think this is toward Death Valley. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /> We made it! We are in Palm Desert! <p></p><div>I am just sharing a photo dump from some of our first week highlights.</div><div><br /></div><div>Each day we are trying to get in at least a 2 mile walk or hike.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are 'warming up' to starting our golfing. Friday we hit balls, and boy, am I sore! Today, which is Sunday the 22nd, we are going to venture out and golf 9 holes on an executive course (3 Par) nearby. The bummer is, we will have to walk it and carry our clubs. Unless we can rent push carts (so no carry). We will see how we do. I know, life is rough, but this is 'us', right? </div><div><br /></div><div>It's supposed to be windy tomorrow and Tuesday so Phil cancelled our 18 hole reservation that was on Tuesday. Darn it. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-71294345157602718832023-01-10T05:29:00.004-08:002023-01-10T05:29:42.335-08:00More of Us<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXU_b0_zEG457k9cZfukuq0HLI4iG0DY2qAjys8V0MzEw6vYxmw_nQP5QVNmu8O3rghMH_jhDbm54eQe2MJyDk2DXeJnnsqty145ML0lhloaJqobv_3a-oJK8gb7a5iHnEnhPPK7bsRMvVdrjD_FrpIbLsOBm3uuLIQkkuGTKRJHpj8o9V1cyr8Wq/s4608/20221231_071222.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXU_b0_zEG457k9cZfukuq0HLI4iG0DY2qAjys8V0MzEw6vYxmw_nQP5QVNmu8O3rghMH_jhDbm54eQe2MJyDk2DXeJnnsqty145ML0lhloaJqobv_3a-oJK8gb7a5iHnEnhPPK7bsRMvVdrjD_FrpIbLsOBm3uuLIQkkuGTKRJHpj8o9V1cyr8Wq/s320/20221231_071222.jpg" width="152" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Miss Tommie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBk2P_vP1YHapq9jiQM-lbQkfnJqPxtUkh_Yq8-ORLxRtK5jBy7ypuVvws5y9eWJxkFUOIHsX9Z658F6jDEH5Z2kdwNKtB6L4Fp6fwEz-Xpt0lC5MqOhLFIcJx5Q_Wh8AbqskM7-1lOlHLAd76inLtOStNcdS9CELkcev0gVPjLOXANa6CS8T1-jH/s4032/20221231_172711.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBk2P_vP1YHapq9jiQM-lbQkfnJqPxtUkh_Yq8-ORLxRtK5jBy7ypuVvws5y9eWJxkFUOIHsX9Z658F6jDEH5Z2kdwNKtB6L4Fp6fwEz-Xpt0lC5MqOhLFIcJx5Q_Wh8AbqskM7-1lOlHLAd76inLtOStNcdS9CELkcev0gVPjLOXANa6CS8T1-jH/s320/20221231_172711.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us! New Year's Eve Night</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODdjyswfgIBQQkEOwweb1l96NkRqaBmdTv9VwdVPBzWcAy7jG3NWp7ZRffrrbAovzb6OsC_PmapRjYl7ECgIXxjIED89CxA4lk3OIUJptgZN7GDw8PK1FiEyJprX42zUx54I6Gza4Aoda75djpkkK0X6bhWTQGxXw-O2cT8DE5Eev1lRgLHgWdoWv/s2385/IMG_20230101_093309_475.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODdjyswfgIBQQkEOwweb1l96NkRqaBmdTv9VwdVPBzWcAy7jG3NWp7ZRffrrbAovzb6OsC_PmapRjYl7ECgIXxjIED89CxA4lk3OIUJptgZN7GDw8PK1FiEyJprX42zUx54I6Gza4Aoda75djpkkK0X6bhWTQGxXw-O2cT8DE5Eev1lRgLHgWdoWv/s320/IMG_20230101_093309_475.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdNH059QjufCQvEz3XVl4KeniFAYkstePnAtpKnbkDouK26qIIkvDzPPlc1B87Z-gieSIMk2TaaF3KoMDyrgm5RFdagdKlcquKGY9iUX5RVUaD9XE4c6PaGWPIIBzX1qjCRs2k-Q9LC199OSeHmIFvSsLaPIx_8-nD6BtU5J5d05gboCkhwCz6tix/s1440/VideoCapture_20230101-071536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdNH059QjufCQvEz3XVl4KeniFAYkstePnAtpKnbkDouK26qIIkvDzPPlc1B87Z-gieSIMk2TaaF3KoMDyrgm5RFdagdKlcquKGY9iUX5RVUaD9XE4c6PaGWPIIBzX1qjCRs2k-Q9LC199OSeHmIFvSsLaPIx_8-nD6BtU5J5d05gboCkhwCz6tix/s320/VideoCapture_20230101-071536.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I've never seen the show 'This is Us' but I did want to share with you, here, Us. Our household.<p></p><div>First, there's Tommie, who will be two this Valentine's Day. She's Phil's 'girl'. His companion on his drives, walks, and trips to the cabin. She's mine too, when I walk up/down the lane, around the 'front 40', and when Phil ditches both of us for one of his adventures. </div><div><br /></div><div>Before Cancer, and Covid, Phil would take off for a week to either golf in Arizona or hunt in Texas, or even travel to Salt Lake to spend time with his oldest daughter and her family. Typically, in February. And he also left for about 3 weeks, right before Thanksgiving to guide. Right now, he still wants 'out' during the winter. And, we leave next Friday for a 5 week adventure:) (Make that in 3 days!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Me? Well, I'm the gal behind the pen or behind the camera. Most of the time thinking, pondering, and overthinking and over pondering. Which is why I am back here, writing. To.Get.It.Out.Of.My.Head</div><div><br /></div><div>These photos are from New Years Eve. You can see Phil in 'good light' and bad (or real). Capturing the man he portrays when out and about, and a glimpse of the one that is home, in his 'man' chair, exhausted, at the end of the day. That's what the last photo gives you a glimpse of, his 'tired' face. </div><div><br /></div><div>He has an evening routine. I think it starts at 3pm. Jump into the hot tub, take a shower, put on his cozy clothes, have a cocktail - all by 4:30 pm. Back into the chair. Then, after dinner, fall asleep in the chair with the TV on. Most Days. </div><div><br /></div><div>Why do I share this? Because this is what our new normal is. This living with Cancer. It's the third wheel in the room. The uninvited guest who doesn't listen to social cues, and doesn't leave when it's time to go. And we pretend its not here, taking up space. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's the one who takes over the dinner conversation. Or ends up re-planning the day.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's the one who dictates the food to be eaten or when. </div><div><br /></div><div>It controls everything. Throws a wrench into your plans. </div><div><br /></div><div>Every three weeks he has a Monday blood draw appointment, and the next day, Tuesday, he has to travel (with a driver) to Fruitland Idaho to get his cancer drug infusion. Then on Thursday, to a local clinic to get his cancer ball removed. </div><div><br /></div><div>Today is that Tuesday. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is Us.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks Cancer. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-3216787862421442352023-01-02T16:24:00.002-08:002023-01-02T16:24:41.669-08:002023 women's New Year Retreat <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOUs6xEBBKXFRFrTSS4PvOXiP7esZtmsCbc7i9j5vyuXOLxDW9Ux1K-F8yD3PaQRY92inHoNbG6LSDswE26Zr_jibFDa-LUQgU37EMpFBAFySy5Ws7do8Zq_VTlVgVs9S9j42IOfEyTbkvfRrF6RG6KwsGfQpF2S0pbd-RdIpv-44ohqWFc1VWkF5/s4032/20230102_070551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And My One Little Word - Pause<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OHpx-B4iIdMPIg91VSV7Dk4h-90Oqr7KgorwZmzcz9s7Nub1G8KNBK4KQ5eswYFFRHZkqkLUtfsb6TTtZsPRWSnXO6UG7fzyGr3ShT_P0RRy_Wb3KkT6-CyzarNIz6MPLbhcbCMle_ZuBL-X5lmPm47hPpcEuw8wXRmbSEudUJxFL3oyAQrGSLE0/s1932/AEdwards_HelloNewYear.png" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ffa400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="1932" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OHpx-B4iIdMPIg91VSV7Dk4h-90Oqr7KgorwZmzcz9s7Nub1G8KNBK4KQ5eswYFFRHZkqkLUtfsb6TTtZsPRWSnXO6UG7fzyGr3ShT_P0RRy_Wb3KkT6-CyzarNIz6MPLbhcbCMle_ZuBL-X5lmPm47hPpcEuw8wXRmbSEudUJxFL3oyAQrGSLE0/s320/AEdwards_HelloNewYear.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaOe-ho1dCDWyrvp2OPTG6qpoeHyFt9LnlMHy2-KHMYT2Jxzm01NkejvyLLq15lWpMf7SF6CXBBfecLhbDSp2dNmWRyXS8OgAfxlN-0aUiqHEAzhVRyPKRvFjpaly88AM3_R8CZ6D3WoSl1aBnNe8MTTvE0GJ7zQruDFHx6ikh0AO3QfsNJc0f5ok/s2400/AEdwards_HelloPossibilities.png" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ffa400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="2400" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaOe-ho1dCDWyrvp2OPTG6qpoeHyFt9LnlMHy2-KHMYT2Jxzm01NkejvyLLq15lWpMf7SF6CXBBfecLhbDSp2dNmWRyXS8OgAfxlN-0aUiqHEAzhVRyPKRvFjpaly88AM3_R8CZ6D3WoSl1aBnNe8MTTvE0GJ7zQruDFHx6ikh0AO3QfsNJc0f5ok/s320/AEdwards_HelloPossibilities.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Hello, 2023</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Good morning dear friends/family,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's 5:52 am over here in my little world. It's dark dark dark out the window that is in front of my desk. But you know what? The days are getting longer, which is lovely to know. Especially on this 21 degree foggy winter day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We did good on our New Years Eve celebration! Dinner at the Elks, a little dancing (yay! we haven't danced in at least a year), and home by 10pm. Heaven. Oh, and no alcohol for me. I wanted to wake up fresh, clear, and at my best. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now, onto my New Year intention:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My One Little Word for 2023 is Pause. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I do have another word that I am sharing with my sisters, 'Soar', which is the practice we we will share each Saturday on our morning zoom calls. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why Pause? To take time from the noise, static, life's treadmill, and stay in the moment. To live life during the pause. To stop and think. To breathe through mind-racing thoughts that come at 2 or 3am. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My first big '<i>pause'</i> of 2023 is taking 5 weeks off from my full-time job, to be with Phil, my love of 8 years. We are going on our own adventure (and taking our dog Tommie) to pause life around us. He was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic esophageal cancer, back on June 1st of 2022. He's in a great place right now (treatments have been working!) and we are going to take advantage of this <i>pause </i>in his diagnosis, to do some of the things we said we would do down the road when I retire. But we don't know how much time we have left together, his timeline doesn't change, which is 1-2 years. So, in two weeks, we are heading to Palm Desert, for sunshine, warm days, golf, walks, talks, and precious time together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Those are my words to share this morning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope each of you also take time to '<i>Pause</i>' and take some precious time for yourselves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jump off that treadmill.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Peace. </span></div></div><br /><p></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-57334489455316436672022-12-31T08:51:00.001-08:002022-12-31T08:51:10.738-08:00Hello Beautiful Last Day of 2022! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhkvykagi6dvTkY7yweeuEUrekCWTORRD_hoVJq7Try5z7Rv7k91gsMkCiF8Cr85uZR48kCrD3UEUyLoXwIqJlSPfCi7yB1QWbWMe4hKffYOSkAfVk6j4pyTXnP1iypLng0e7ZdihkH2Pk_QHEiVQYrArlPPAMdGYTEfaoxa6DKCiVQ6XGeNnhMd9/s4032/20221231_073416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhkvykagi6dvTkY7yweeuEUrekCWTORRD_hoVJq7Try5z7Rv7k91gsMkCiF8Cr85uZR48kCrD3UEUyLoXwIqJlSPfCi7yB1QWbWMe4hKffYOSkAfVk6j4pyTXnP1iypLng0e7ZdihkH2Pk_QHEiVQYrArlPPAMdGYTEfaoxa6DKCiVQ6XGeNnhMd9/s320/20221231_073416.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr28Uiv1Kz5rVto7o3bKOhtKQ2PZFsw0yxg4bf7kMFxHoVga9mbG-odVtHa0pL01T2NCJqmuX6u-q2Tvx0wsHgWZ54EnpZmU4ZDK3xax10Kc6VULRd3Bl8e5Ssdh81S45G_0_XhUT5Zdx9wCIR9yJpi8q6RhfnjYkkoTy6niqjjtWy_NAGZuIio9si/s4608/20221231_071207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr28Uiv1Kz5rVto7o3bKOhtKQ2PZFsw0yxg4bf7kMFxHoVga9mbG-odVtHa0pL01T2NCJqmuX6u-q2Tvx0wsHgWZ54EnpZmU4ZDK3xax10Kc6VULRd3Bl8e5Ssdh81S45G_0_XhUT5Zdx9wCIR9yJpi8q6RhfnjYkkoTy6niqjjtWy_NAGZuIio9si/s320/20221231_071207.jpg" width="152" /></a></div>Good morning!<p></p><p>It's December 31st in my little world over here in Eastern Oregon. We have a new batch of beautiful snow. It's beautiful because it came down slowly, and straight throughout the evening. No wind. Just gentle, flowing, and peaceful.</p><p>I have to share that I have so many blog posts that I wrote that I have never published. So even though my last published post was in 2021, I have so many words that I never shared.</p><p>For 2023 I hope to come back, and write again. And share some of those hidden words. </p><p>My One Little Word is going to be Pause.</p><p>I'll share more of that later.</p><p>In the meantime, Happy New Year!</p><p>I have so many things to get done today to prepare for a Women's Retreat that I am co-hosting on Monday! I'll share that later too!</p><p>- Andi</p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026788224628586941.post-26854997446901537032021-03-12T06:05:00.007-08:002021-03-12T06:05:45.915-08:00Day in the Life - March 9, 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9Wog59G9EkzF2N4_pq0LOA_nxDJkUg_pR5seNT8J8bYhpH5w9OZxAm6XF5Fl7LJrxKMriznakMVSA_j1-W-HecaB7ykGlcZ_2XiPMrx31BL0GnLeKsLN2MdzDltaxMAMc_Abx9Knsv8/s2048/March-9-Day-in-the-Life-2-Flattened-for-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9Wog59G9EkzF2N4_pq0LOA_nxDJkUg_pR5seNT8J8bYhpH5w9OZxAm6XF5Fl7LJrxKMriznakMVSA_j1-W-HecaB7ykGlcZ_2XiPMrx31BL0GnLeKsLN2MdzDltaxMAMc_Abx9Knsv8/s320/March-9-Day-in-the-Life-2-Flattened-for-web.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few Photos from March 9th, 2021</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hi. It's me, Andi. Miss me?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I actually have a lot of blog posts that are in draft form, that I haven't published.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Things that are along the lines of COVID. Thoughts, etc. I'm still not ready to share them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, here I am with my DITL photos. One sheet. I have another.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, around here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am finally kicking a cold that hit me March 3rd. A nasty one! Here's the thing about colds in this day (still COVID season) and age (mine): Everyone thinks you have COVID, and if you go to the doctor (I went twice - due to swollen lymph nodes for days, and a sore throat for three days) - all they think about is COVID. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was the first day I went back to my real office since last Wednesday, so a week! My coworkers were very cautious. Basically, I hid in my office and avoided people as best I could. No one wanting me there. Which I get. I am the same exact way. I told them 'its a cold' and I am past the contagious phase (cough, cough, horrid voice).... while totally masked. And, I carried cleansing wipes where-ever I went. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Here's how the day went: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So.. on March 9th:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5am: I got up early to go back to work, in my office, after being out for days. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5:20 am: I tried a cup of coffee at 5:20 am. Could not finish it. Still tastes like crap - taste buds are off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6 am: While driving out: Noticed we had more snow.. Oh boy. But the 'fun' 'cover the world in frosty goodness and take photos' type of snow. Which I attempted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6:15 am: I picked up a Earl Grey Latte, from the Little Pig. Tasted so much better than coffee!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Got to work about 6:45 am. I am usually there at 6:30 am. Because I am the early girl and clean most surfaces as the COVID safety person. Out of 75 people in the building. It's me. I discuss this in one of the draft posts. Spoiler: So many people do not follow the guidelines!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7:00 am: At my desk and ready to go! Also had my Mamma Chia energy stuff: tip from my early morning workout instructor/friend/PT guru.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10:28 am: After having a co-worker tell me I should go to the doc to get antibiotics for an infection (oh, this is the coworker who GAVE me the cold!), I went back to the clinic I was at on Friday. On Friday, all they cared about was COVID. I was negative at that time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today? Ditto. They wanted to make sure I did not have a false negative. So, there I was, with another COVID test, that came out negative. Followed by a strep test which was negative. So, it's a COLD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have named my cold, the cold from hell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Noon: Lunch was hot and sour soup. Warm things taste wonderful. Except for coffee. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4:00 pm: Head home. Different weather conditions. Beautiful and sunny. In driveway I see the pear trees are starting to bud! YIPPEE! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cocktail: Because I was just plain tired of it all. As in (I don't give a ...) Hello vodka martini. First one in ages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gorgeous light coming in the windows... the days are getting longer. LOVE it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dinner: Grandma's Chicken soup, that I made on Friday.... and have been eating daily. This is the last bowl left. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6:45 pm: Phil fell asleep in his chair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I went to bed around 8:30 pm or so.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that,, was my day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Exciting, eh? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Andi (RrlScrapGal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11574613198908226956noreply@blogger.com1Haines, OR, USA44.9115341 -117.9388288-9.5291608689393783 171.7486712 90 -47.626328799999996