Unbeknownst to me, Bill and Clemson
were up at 12:30. I was in bed by 10 and dropped off pretty quickly, as usual.
I didn’t hear the goings on when Clem had to go out and needed a bit of a bum
bath again. Did I say how grateful I am that Bill looks after our little
sweetheart through the wee hours? Very grateful. I was up at 6:15 on Saturday, Dec. 15th and left my
boys in bed sleeping. Still very dark out, so I made my tea and sat reading
blogs and comments.
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| Pretty but too many clouds! |
Bill got up around 7:30 and Clemmy
half to three-quarters of an hour after that. I took him out and then I dressed
for my walk. I chatted briefly with the other ‘walker’ and must remember to get
her name since we meet each morning. I walked past the lemon tree and even
though it wasn’t 100% ripe, I picked one. It feels soft enough to try it. When
I returned, I sat once more with Bill for a bit before deciding to make
pancakes and sausage for breakfast.
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| A pretty cactus garden in the park |
The park offers Biscuits and gravy on
Saturday mornings for a fee but that doesn’t appeal to us. I’ve tried them and
don’t care to do that again. We cleaned up dishes after we ate as well as our
personal selves. I wanted to attend to my finger and toe nails so removed
polish (time to get festive!) and manicured and pedicured. I knew I should have
kept my green polish! I boiled food for the hummers and after it cooled, filled
the feeder and put the remainder in the fridge.
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| We like our site on the corner |
Bill had bought a couple of wind flags
yesterday and put my favourite one up on the pole top. It looks awesome with
the sunflowers flowing. I had all of our Christmas cards addressed and stamped
so after confirming a couple of addresses, I walked them up to the mail box. The lady in the office told me where to place the envelopes and that they would get picked up today. Bonus! Saturday pickup and delivery here too. While in the office, I bought 4 tickets for the Christmas dinner, 2 for us and 2 for friends of ours who are coming in on the 20th of the month.
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| This was more like it |
The weather was supposed to be clear
and sunny, high of 70F today but we woke up to clouds. Now at 11 am, finally I
am seeing the clouds move off and blue sky to the north coming our way. Instead of walking directly back, I stopped and
worked on the jigsaw puzzle for a while. Soon after, Pat joined me when she
walked up to buy their tickets. We sat together for half hour while I added pieces and walked back together.
Bill was outside reading when I returned and that is when I noticed the hummers already visiting the feeder. Yay!
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| Breakfast was tasty and very filling |
Today was such a nice day that I changed into my
bathing suit and at 1:30 went to spend some time at the pool. No one else was
around and it always makes me wonder ‘what kind of day are people waiting for?’
but then not many people like to swim as often as I do. I enjoyed the peace and
quiet, nipping from the pool to the hot tub and back again. At one point, I was
hot enough to get up off the lounger and take a second dip.
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| Bill's flags |
At 3 I walked back and sat outside
for a while to dry my bathing suit. Rob invited us over at 3:30 for Happy Hour
so we enjoyed each other’s company for a couple of hours. Pat and I had an interest
in playing a game tonight rather than going up to Karaoke so I mentioned it to
the guys. Bill’s choice was Wizard so we planned to meet at 7 in their trailer.
Rob can set up his folding table there and use their 4 chairs much easier than here in the Suite.
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| My feeder has attracted a couple of hummers |
We read for a while and Bill lit the
Weber at 5:45 for grilling the sausages. Inside, I steamed some asparagus that
Pat gave me and nuked some corn in the microwave for Bill. We were eating shortly
after 6 and everything tasted great. The asparagus that they bought at the market was so fresh. We joined our friends after dishes. Wizard is a fun game and I really
enjoy it. Now don’t ask me why I enjoy it because I’m lousy at it! Ha ha. I’m
no good at guessing how many tricks I’ll take and 9/10 times, I’m at the bottom
of the score board. But it is still fun.
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| The oleanders are pretty and very bountiful |
Tonight, Bill was the big winner. It was almost 9:30 when the game ended and we
came home for the rest of the evening. What a mild evening it was too. The weather
station reads 60F/14C. We watched a bit of tv and I finished writing my post
before heading up to bed around 10ish. This was another one of those great days
of doing whatever we wanted. Tomorrow we all have some grocery shopping to do
and then we’ll see what it brings.
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We were sitting at Happy Hour when this ultra light flew over behind us
I'm not sure if this would be fun or terrifying for me
Good thing I'm not planning on finding out! |
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