D D It's Bon Voyage Day :0)

My birthday lasted right up to the stroke of midnight when I hit the sack.
Outback meal was cooked to perfection.Oh yeah....there was dessert! BURP!

 Then we spent some time in Internet Cafes and my $20 turned into $31 at the first place, $26 at the second, $30 at the next and $43 at the last. Grand total was $50 of the state of Floridas money. 
These cafes are spread out , miles apart. It's get in, go through your $20 quickly ( hoping to win ) and on to the next place. Sometimes you come out AHEAD, but not by K's, Last year I won over $400 in the four months we were here.  It's fun to do every once in awhile....alas... too many are sitting at those machines , day after day.  :0(  You DO get FREE MEALS a certain time of the day. Pizza , spaghetti, other types of quick meals and St/Patty's Day, I heard they had corn beef and cabbage as my son chowed down at one of them.
Always the soft drinks are free, glasses of beer or wine and lots of snack choices. ( It's like a convenient store in some of them. )  I DID GOOD. No free food, snacks or drinks for me. THEN I came home and made a choice from  that pastry box and ATE IT!  IT was Gooooooooooooooood. I shit you not!


There was no way that I could not eat that Galompki that Tommy next door traveled to buy for me,
Breakfast food for "the soul." ;0)
I'm showered and dressed. Just have to toss a few more things in my suitcases and set them out in the garage. I planned on taking "just one." Was told I could take two.  Less wrinkles. ;0)
It's going on ten a.m.

An early Happy Birthday shout out to my friend Mary.

NOW a trip to a store where DIL Deb can buy an over the shoulder purse....and I'm sure I'll spot a goody of some kind.
Then a last minute phone call to hubby. After 40 some odd years.. Absense can still make the heart grow fonder. ;0) I shit you not!  (((hugs)))

That's All Folks!

D D Good Morning AMERICA from beautiful Sarasota,FL

Seventy five years ago today I came into this world kicking and screaming ....and THAT's THE WAY I WANT TO GO OUT!
It;s good to be Alive!    I SHIT YOU NOT!

My son has been asleep on the couch with the tv going since I first got up to pee... 4:30ish. It's two hours later and he is still sawing wood. He wears a C Pack, so I don't know how this works.:0(  It.... being in his bedroom. The four months we were here last year it was the same thing. He retreats to his bed........and....sometime way before dawn....
Last night L.J., myself and Sonny....went to Sonny's Pit BBQ to eat. Here's a picture of the dog that BIT ME!  Something tells me I'm going to be posting alot of food pictures. sighhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Something also tells me that the deck I walk....might need re-painting after this cruise. ;0)

Eleven a.m. and all the occupants are off to work. Just me and my laptop ...oh and two dogs, Shilo ( Yorkie ) and Sam ( lg.breed ? ) rescue that Corinne gave a home when she volunteered at the Humane Soc. a few years ago and  brought home to her apartment and then....moved home. ;0)  Shit Happens in every household.

Heard that we are going to the Outback for my birthday dinner. GOOD...I can make better choices there. ;0)
Sonny's BBQ does have a salad bar...BUT damned if I was going tp pass up sliced pit BBQ pork and their scrumptious beans...for any salad.
Spoke too soon...one of the occupants are between classes and work. That would be...my grand daughter Corinne.

Napped.....began my walk .... a car I wasn't familiar with pullled up along side me and stopped.
It's been better than 30 years if I calculate correctly that someone tried to pick me up ;0) and I had just begun my walk soooooo I didn't think I looked like I was a little old lady in distress. 
Lookee here. Feast your eyes on these.

It was Tommy the retired postal worker next door wishing me a Happy Birthday. :0)
These are from an Italian bakery.
There was more! A stuffed cabbage and fresh cured kielbasa sticks from the Polish specialty store.
He's Polish too. 
Guess which PRETTY went in my stomach already. Right upper corner. Let the cruise begin NOW!
. :0)

and this...is what I gaze upon when I sit at my laptop. The timer is set for 2xs a day for the falls to run. HEAVEN!

It's almost 4:30. Grandson L.J. and I are the only two home.

Think I'll skip my walk until after dark ....which will be after we eat out.

I'm going to go next door and give Tommy a hug. (((hugs)))

I feel all warm...and fuzzy Jude. ;0)

That's All Folks!

D D Knock Knock

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Can I come in and vent or speak what's on my mind even if  it contains some/who the hell am I kidding ( ALOT ) of  negativity????
My son picked me up at the airport and on the ride home he told me to vent all I wanted to in the car( to him ), BUT once we arrive home...he warned me that his wife is NOW INTO Life Coaching. She is spending thousands ( her own money ) to talk on the phone for hours to mentors or to attend  three day seminars. TO EACH THEIR OWN! 
ALL NEGATIVITY has to be removed from her surroundings....NO MORE watching the news on TV. NO MORE reading of a newspaper.   ONLY recommended books by these ? on her Kindle.
Those that don't have open minds to this???? are set aside. sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
That means, my son, their son and you can bet your sweet ass I'm NOT BUYING into this either, MOI.
Another phase....this too shall pass. I shit you not! Talk to me all day long about Weight Watchers ( she steered me there last February ), but there I draw the line. I'll halfway listen...that's it.
I have no desire to become a Life Coach. NONE. ZIPPO! I shit you not!
My son kept saying on the ride home. "Don't drink the koolaid." :0)

Marvelous flight here. Met a wonderful woman my daughters ages that cared for her mom til she passed and one of her brothers that lives in Zepherhills paid her way here to get her away from the rest of her demanding siblings. She's the TO GO TO Person in her family when they need someone to help them out. :0(  First time she had flown in 25 years. Struck up a converstion with moi right from the Git Go in the air terminal and later we sat together.  Isn't into puters or I'd have her email addy for sure!  Was surprised to hear that I was. She kept calling me, A Hot Ticket!  Kept saying, " I love it."
She's very personable and she too comes from a dysfunctional family...which she clued me in to during our trip.  Our flight arrived 40 minutes EARLY.  YAY!  Both of us were going Stir Crazy needed to roam. I did the walk up to the back of the plane once. She...used the restroom. Speaking of....I peed before I left the house at 3 and never felt the urge until I was ready for bed around 11. Had nothing to drink. except that little cup you get on the plane and refused the second offer. That may have had something to do with it. Ya think??? ;0)

There was chaos before I left home. I can tell you about it....right???? ya sure????
My daughter Cheryl came and VENTED and brought herself to tears as she related about her horrid painful P.T. session and  about her having to do everything with one arm. Vacuumed, washed floors and I had the nerve to point to where her 16 year old daughter daughter sat and her live-in boyfriend that has no job. This kids dad gets Soc.Sec. for him since his mom died and he is only too happy to have his son out of his home. Cher can't afford another mouth to feed and does not want him there. BUT...A BIG BUT...daughter Shayla threatens to commit suicide if she tosses the boyfriend out. No way could I make her believe it wouldn't happen. NOT BEFORE yesterday and NOT YESTERDAY...sighhhh She isn't going to TAKE THAT CHANCE! And...Shayla has a Mystery Disease that she is seeing doctors for and  HER PAIN is in ten times more pain that you...or I. Every day!  WTF!  She can't help her out. I made the mistake of asking her how she is able to be intimate with her boyfriend.( on FB she talked about her and her hugger snuggling together in bed.) She ended up storming out. Nothing new. sighhhhh Don't talk about her kids to her. I haven't learned. sighhhhhh

Did I let it bother me....... Hell NO!  Grabbed my car keys and headed out to get my toenail color changed.  When I got back I was told she?Cher had called 3 times. No one wanted to pick the phone up. Last message was that she guessed everyone was too busy in their life to answer the phone.
Five minutes later the phone rang. She asked if I had been busy when she was calling. Told her...I'd say so. Went out to get my toenails painted and I still had plenty to do before I left. It was 1 p.m. .  She was only going to talk a minute.....yeah right. For my info...Shayla does not sleep with this kid. He sleeps on the couch and her bedroom is upstairs. ??????   Like...who gives a Flying F!  At least this time...she wished me a good trip before she hung up.
There was MUCH MORE.....but ENOUGH of the NEGATIVITY! ;0)
Then son Randy and his plans to finish the siding, the gutters and all that Happy Horse Shit....as he tried to show me his calculations and figures right up until the moment I drove away. I told him that things outside (on the house ) better be done by the time I get back like he said. New sliding door, upper part of my bedroom outside wall replaced, etc, etc, Tossed him the 5K before I drove off. Already he was planning his next projects and I told him that I WAS DONE investing money in this house for awhile. "What am I going to have to do", he asked. NOTHING...STAY HOME, I told him. I need less aggrevations and interruptions for awhile.
Then I said as I sat in the car, "if I meet a rich man on this cruise, I'm not coming back." His expression was such as..he believed it and replied, "I can see you are going to be staying longer than you said." "Nope", I replied....BUT I know my way back!

Once I landed and retrieved my one piece of luggage, I couldn't find my son's cell phone in my cell phone. Called home to Jill, who in turned called him to let him know I was ready to be picked up. THEN she proceeds to tell me that Tracie came. WHAT FOR, I exclaimed. Asked to use the phone to call her ex SIL for a few minutes and Jill sent her to her bedroom so as not to get hubby going. ONE HOUR LATER she emerges. WTF!

Maybe that's my problem. I need to drink!

Grandson L.J. went off to work this morning shortly after my DIL Deb did. he is working in a Doctors Office taking Bone Density tests scheduled every half hour. Ca Ching!  It's his first job since completing college as an xray tech. I'm a bad nana when I don't have my date book with me.  Think...he's 22.  Maybe 23
Corinne has 1 more year of college. She goes to classes and is a Second Grade teacher's assistant.
She been out, back home and GONE Again. Age 21 or 22.  BAD NANA!
Son has been working on computers ....one he will get paid for, the neighbor friends elderly mom in her EIGHTIES( she makes her own cards,etc. OMG! .... and MINE were Free Gratus. he just walked out carrying the neighbors laptop and I'm sure he is talking about the finer things in electronics. ;0) Like just make mine....work! ;0) I now have a screen saver, wallpaper and a cute pomeranian where I log on.
HOW did I live without these things before my plane landed in FL, I ask of you. ;0) Pretty ...IS GOOD! Play away with it son. Who by the way, I have always called Sonny. He's named after his dad and we chose to call him Sonny instead of Lou ( shot for Louis. )

3p.m.
FIRST I napped.... and then took a walk around the block a couple thousand steps. I'm one of those that would like a PROP, like a dog or a grocery cart. ;0) Opted for Shiloh , their Yorkie. Only...he doesn't use a leash ( they live on a cul de sac ) and was dilly dallying at every house to sniff and catch which way the wind was blowing. ;0) Once he took a dump, I picked it up wuith the grocery store bag I took along with me ( drawn from past experience ) and took him home. Dumped my walking partner and headed back out again. Took my pulse when I arrived back. 110.  Love my new time piece( steps, heart rate are included.

 It's 4:08 p.m.
It's lovely here. Lovely weather. The problems here are their problems. NOT MINE! ;0)
Tomorrow, I'll press my capris and skorts and, and, and.
NOW off to read your blogs. Skip, skip, skip ta ma loo,...skip ta ma loo my darlin. (((hugs)))

That's All Folks!

D D Which way is the wind blowing?

My mood keeps changing with the aggrevations bestowed upon me...this morning and yesterday.

My grandson Logan coached Cash up onto my new bench seats at the table thinking that it...was cute. NOT!. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

This morning...7:10 a.m. UP he jumps and I was like a lunatic as I sat here at my laptop.

HUBBY.....what can I say that hasn't already been said. He can't find his wrap. He can't find his pj shorts. My fault. I took them. Flopped back his covers and there they BOTH were between where I lay and he lays. MY FAULT....INDEED!

Okay Pat...think happy thoughts.
How's this for getting myself in a happy mood. Squirrel cage  needs a good cleaning. Between Bugsy and hubby my bedroom smells like URINE. :0(

I printed my ticket out at the very first moment possible. 5:20  P.M. and some seconds last night. Get to sit in the first section. There are no seat assignments on SouthWest. I'm not anxious for this trip...am I ??? ;0)

Tracie....sat at my table and wrote a reminder note to herself that she had to meet her niece Wed. after she used my phone to call her and my eyes widened in HORROR as I realized she was using that indelible marking pen. YOU guessed it. Ink bled onto my table . She used a napkin to write the note. TOOTHPASTE to the rescue as she apologized to Hell and back.
Thank you, thank you, thank you FOR THE INTERNET! I shit you not!

Hooray....Hooray, I'm going away....not with the men in  the little coats. Anyone out there old enough to remember that song? Sure there are! ;0)


Let me get the squirrel cage out of my way and I'll be one step closer. BBL

Got my errands out of the way before noon. Sitting at the laptop to eat a Smart One 7 Point  Salisbury steak dinner with steamed brocolli on the side and waiting for daughter Cheryl to arrive...before I run to get my toe nail color changed. It's a bright fushia and I want Coral. Most of my clothing that I am taking with me has or is turquoise or coral. NO pinks. No fushias.

Last thing on my Do Do List is to change my bed sheets, vac and change my clothes.

Going to put all of you in my carry on suitcase. I'm leaving, on a jet plane. Til we meet in FL ....(((hugs)))

That's All Folks!

D D Top O' The Morn, AFTER ;0)

The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get. ;0) 
Ran out for last minute things with grandson Gil doing the driving last night. Wouldn't you know it....my printer ran out of black ink and I'd have been in a "Mell of a Hess" when I tried to print out my boarding plane tickets. :0(    Purchased two more weekly pill boxes so that I can put ALL hubby's meds, MINUS the pain med.... together.  I'm sure Jill will appreciate that. Less anxiety for her.Any ERRORS will be mine.
Having only eaten lots of veggies, MINUS the corned beef during the day...I felt like the OUTBACK and Gil was a WILLING dining partner. He had never tried their steak orrrrr the coconut shrimp. Loved it!
The place was packed!  Having driven to the Irish American Club to retrieve a sales slip Gil needed for his defective phone from WallyWorld( his gag me sperm donar ) cut off his service that he has always had on his phone plan. That must be HIS PUNISMENT for filing his OWN TAXES.Sperm donor has always claimed him. He has made PEANUTS, but I guess you get manna from Heaven if you are one of the unfortunate people that earn next to nothing.  Seeing  the OMG number of cars in the parking lot and driving by every bar along the way and seen the same situation there and the parkinglot a Wally's....I was surprised to see a WAIT to eat at the Outback. WHO....says the economy is down!!!!  By the looks of things last night EVERY ONE was OUT eating, drinking, shopping. LET THERE BE MERRY! I shit you not!

Logan had his friend Kenny sleep over night.  Of course....they burned the candle. As I sit here this morning , no one is stirring. I can ACTUALLY hear the water filter noise in the aquarium. 8 a.m. Sunny. OMG did I just look and see the sun. Two or three days of NO SUN. This has got to be a GREAT DAY!
Stuff....has made it's way into two suitcases. Looks much better in there than all over my side of the bed, the kitchen table and chairs and benches. I shit you not!
Last night Gil said the word phone charger in one of his conversations with someone....whoopsie, I would have forgot to take mine. It is now sitting right here by my laptop. Can't leave home....without it. ;0)

My son in FL called me yesterday with a cheery reminder that the day for me to leave here was coming right up. :0)  Told me that wife Deb plans on us doing alot of walking around a deck ( I think he said.) Once off the phone I stretched to reach my sneaker box on a high shelf in my closet. I'M READY!  No sandals or flip flops for that exercise ...for moi.
I'm soooooo excited and YET I dread seeing the temptations ( FOOD ) on this cruise. sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

When Gil and I went to the IAC last night and saw Jill, she had a huge container of corned beef dinner for Tracie. I had asked her to make one up for her . Got back home at ten and hubby said she had called me.
Had no way of calling her back. Her government paid for cell phone was out of minutes. NOW if I hadn't gone with Gil to eat...I wouldn't have missed her call and she would have had her meal ON THE DAY.
Yes...I do feel a little guilty...but I'll get over it QUICKLY. I never told her it was a SURE THING that I could get her a Free Meal. Yeah...I know...I've got CONNECTIONS having a SIL that's a caterer. ;0)

Weather in FL is in 70's and 80's son told me. :0) I can dig it!

For Juli. She has herself, A KEEPER!:0)

Sorry ladies, but I'm going to look for this 73 year old in my travels.;0)

Twenty minutes before nine and I hear hubby stirring. BBL

It's  closing in on 1:30 and our waterless water tank is giving us trouble. IF Necessary, I will take a cold shower .  IF NECESSARY I will do the same tomorrow. So much for the DUDE she met in a bar.....replacing this with the new heater I purchased. His quote to do it when he came her WEWLL OVER a week ago was $250. Guess his own price isn't good enough for him to travel the 30 miles here after work.

Last resort....the gas company.  

I'm finding more things that I need to shop for. :0(  Hubby's med boxes are filled. :0)

Jill managed to fix the temp of the water down in the basement. :0) My trip tomorrow :0)

I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(((hugs)))

That's All Folks!