Saturday night

If I did nothing else, I guess I did get everyone to vote on the blog!  I'm glad you all want to keep it open actually but I was feeling quite lonely all summer.

On Oct. 3, I went to EPCOT to see a friend from Wernersville, PA whom I've not seen in 10 years.  She came to FL to visit her brother who lives in Jacksonville and spent the day at EPCOT.  If I wanted to see Kathy, I had to go to EPCOT!  It was like it had been yesterday the last time I saw her!  Other than it was stinking hot (86), it was a great time had by all!

I've been reading a lot of books and posting on Goodreads; however, they keep telling me that I'm 5-6% behind all the time!  Mostly, I read historical romances as you know.  I've gotten most of them from my library's book nook sale; then I turn them back in to sell again.

Three weeks ago, my ankles swelled suddenly and without reason. That week I happened to have visits scheduled with two specialists and I also went to see my primary; the consensus was that I have fluid on my ankles, no, duh!  My primary told me to go see a vascular guy and I have an appt. on Wed.  I've been wearing compression socks for several hours each day which has brought the swelling down considerably. It could be as simple as the gabepentin I take or something more sinister.

To make matters worse, the hospital group that my primary belongs to dropped my insurance for next year.  It has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Obamacare but I am devastated to lose my primary; I've been with her for many years and she's an excellent doctor.  I was all set to go straight Medicare plus supplement and Part D until my agent realized that I have Rx's; he said that I couldn't afford the co-pays on top of the monthly payments for the plans.  And that was that.  Last year, this same group dropped that insurance company too and I switched to the one I've got now but managed to keep my doctors; not this time.

On Dec. 5, I'm going to see George Donaldson of Celtic Thunder at a solo gig here in Dunedin.  He's the lone Scot.  I'm so excited!!!  Several of my friends are going with me and I'm going to meet Sue-Ellen Welfonder at long-last who's driving up to see George sing too.  I've been following Sue-Ellen's Tartan Ink blog now for a couple of years; she lives a couple hours south of me and writes Scottish medieval romances and time-travel romances.  For once my birthday won't be a non-event!

For all of you who have been shivering in the cold, it's been a mild fall here.  The temps have been in the 80's this week but that is coming to a screeching halt tonight as the first of two cold fronts are coming through.  We will get the big cold front Tues/Wed. with the threat of severe weather before you all get it for Turkey Day.  I hope it doesn't last!

I don't know how to access this blog on IE.  I'm using my old computer and use Google but I'm giving this computer to a friend who doesn't have her own computer.  If you know how I can access this blog using IE, please let me know.  My friend is one of the people I'll see Dec. 5th.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Trudy

Rembrance Day & Stuff

Oh boy, everyone's going to be tired of reading blue. . . 

I got Reconstructing Amelia from the library.  Hard cover, so it's big and heavy.  Haven't started it yet as I also picked up The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James.  I actually read it first, even though it, too, was larger than usual -- trade size I think they call it.  Even though it was an historical, I still enjoyed it, and have a hold put on the other book by this author.  She's fairly new, these are the only two books that were listed under her name.  I would tell you what the other one is, but I can't remember. 

Well, the wedding was yesterday.  Went off okay, but IMHO was very disorganized.  Supper was supposed to start at 6:30, and we finally got to eat at 7:30.  The ceremony was almost half an hour starting, and the seating was so crowded in the place they had rented that my daughter commented to me that she was sure glad she knew the people on either side of her as she'd feel very uncomfortable sitting that close to a stranger.  The woman sitting behind us had a 3 yr old kid with her.  A 3 yr old undisciplined !! kid.  My daughter and I both turned around and glared at her until she finally got the idea that we didn't like someone yelling in our ears and kicking our chairs, so she finally tried to keep her quiet.  Obviously the kid has never been taken anywhere before where she had to be quiet as she was a total monster the whole half hour of the ceremony.  But the ceremony in itself was actually very nice.  Brief, but nice.  No frills.  A 5 min talk on what love was, then the vows and the rings and finished. 

Tomorrow we'll go to the Rembrance Day service in the morning, and probably go in to town for birthday cake as one of my granddaughters is turning 12. 

Oops!

Oops.  Guess I messed up on the title of that book.  Reconstructing Amelia.  I think I'll just see if I can get it from the library. 

I'm glad we're all in favor of keeping this blog open.  Even though we don't post very often, it's still nice to connect when we can. 

Holy Cow, Mary!!!!  Losing 22 pounds is fantastic!!!  And yes, losing any amount of weight will result in lower blood glucose and pressure.  Good for you! 

I lost 20 lbs last summer, and the results were the same as you, but I couldn't sustain it, and gained them all back again from last Christmas till now.  I think you just encouraged me to get off my @$$ and get going again.  I've got about the same lbs as you to lose.  I think the reason I gained them back is that I lost them too fast.  I'm going to try losing them a little slower and see if it doesn't make a difference. 

Amanda, Belated Anniversary Congrats!  What a great gift from Aurora!  She's better than some arrangers I've seen who call themselves pros.

"Recreating Amelia" - what imprint is it?  Would I be able to find it at eHarl?  I still go there once a month to order my books.  I find it much easier to have them come in the mail than to go out to stores and look for them.  But they did another update a month or so ago, and it's even harder now to find where you want to go.  Plus you have to find and enter a code each Friday if you want the free book feature.  What a pain! 

The pictures you posted are great!  You'll give DonnaM a run for her money. . .  {;-) 

Sandi, oh my gosh!  I don't think I could handle days like that any more.  No wonder you don't get here very often.  I'm really sorry the issues with your boys haven't been worked out yet.  Hopefully it won't be much longer. 

I'm 66 and I'm going to be a great-grandma in March.  My youngest son's step-son's fiancee is pregnant.  They moved their wedding date up from next July to Nov. 9th.  I also had to alter the dresses for 2 of her attendants (2 of my granddaughters).  And spent a day helping my ddil make perogies. 

So yeah, my life is as crazy as everyone else's.  Oh yea, I almost forgot.  I'm still painting that mural on my granddaughter's bedroom wall.  The horse finally has color, but there's lots and lots of detailing yet to finish.  Maybe by this Christmas??? 

DonnaH waves as she heads out the door. . .  {;-)