Bailey and Friends

Okay-who has the pink bubble wrap? Does Sharlene's BIL have it? Is there lots leftover? :rolleyes: One week ago I was heading up stairs. Still wearing the boot...I graduated to the little shoe, but I found it a bit unstable. Not that the boot isn't, but it's still better than the little shoe. I made it up 16 steps with a large beverage in each hand. Kind of tricky, but made it to the landing. Then there are 6 more steps to go. I went to step up on #1, boot hit the step, instead of stepping ON it, and I found myself going backwards. :eek::eek: Now I have 64oz. of beverages, total, in 2 cups and this would make a real mess were it to tumble over. :( I tried with all my might to regain my balance, but to no avail. When I came to a stop, I was head first, heading down those first 16 steps having thought to myself, I wonder when I'm going to stop going down? Well, it was down about 4 steps, where there is a curve in the staircase. Bob was not home. :( Bailey had been behind me following me upstairs. When I raised my head, I could see Bailey down at the bottom of the steps, thankfully she was quick to get safely out of the way, and she had the most unusual look on her face. She really looked worried. I assured her I was all right...that everything was fine. Fortunately no major damage. :) I did land on my left knee, the most recent of the replacements, and was concerned about that as it hurt for a couple of days. But it seems to be fine now and no longer hurts. In my attempt to regain my balance, and not spill all the liquid, apparently I landed on my butt first. I'm not exactly sure how I wound up on my side, going down head first.:confused::confused: Well, it's one week today and I am still the proud owner of a HUGE purple bruise that is truly the size of both my hands, if they were side by side. And it still hurts like something awful. Even turning over in bed it hurts. I wonder if the Guinness World Book of Records has one for largest bruise ever?

I go back to foot doc today. We will be discussing how it seems like the big toe has not changed its position much. I think there may still be an issue with it going either over or under the second toe. :mad: All of the swelling is not gone, so I am hoping he's going to tell me that once that subsides there will be that little space between the two toes. I'm also hoping to graduate to regular shoes. I had my sneaks on yesterday and everything felt great.

P.S. ALL of the liquid spilled and it was a REAL mess.:mad:

P.P.S.-I also see the knee doc today. He gave me a shot in the knee to see if it would help with the scar tissue pain and crunching. It's kind of hard to tell with the foot issue/boot going on, but I think it has really helped. :):) I'm going to see about seeing him in May, when we return from FL, to reassess the situation. :cool:

awwww Sus, I am so sorry to read about your accident. I guess holding the record for the largest bruise is better than having broken something.

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I made hubby pound in solar lights around the gutter extension I tripped over last year so I would not repeat that episode.:o:o:o:o:o:o:o

As long as Bailey is ok and you have a bruise but nothing broken, I will count our blessings and send more pink bubble wrap asap

We are going to have to give you the nickname Bubble Girl Sus:):);)

What are your plans for turkey day?

Hi Addy-I'll keep an eye out for the bubble wrap.:)
Turkey day is a bit different this year....yet the same. Ryan will come down either Tuesday or Wednesday. We will all get in gear to get the Christmas decorating done, inside and outside. We have to do it when we can get Ryan's help. Thursday, Bob will do most of the cooking and I think we will have our traditional turkey dinner. Saturday we have to make a trip to PA for a luncheon that is being given to celebrate the wedding of one of the sons of Bob's cousin. It will be a round trip in one day. We will all go together in one car and depending on where we are with the decorating Ryan will go home either Sunday, or Monday. Ellen is going to spend a week at her folks. Unfortunately she and her Mom are at odds at the moment, so I'm not sure it will be too great a visit. Her mother is displaying a personality change....and it's not for the better. :( Bailey will get to spend overnight at doggie camp for Saturday > Sunday.
How 'bout you? Do you think your Mom will be able to make it? And how is she doing? I've not seen you write about her for a long time.
Love,
Sus

Good gawd Susan! So glad you didn't break anything or damage that knee even worse, or well, I don't even like to think of the possibilities. Mailing you pink bubble wrap EXPRESS! You take care of yourself girlie!

Oh my, personality change! How weird is that, wonder what the dealio is on that. I'm sure Ellen will handle it fine, because of course she gets to come back to Ryan and family :) You can survive most things when you know they aren't long term. LOL

Got to run but you take care and no more two glass bobbling on the stairs!

hugs

Sounds like a nice holiday Sus. I am hoping my mom will be able to come. Thanks for asking. I have had physical therapy working with her for the last few weeks but she tires more easily and it is hard to get her around. The hardest is getting in and out of the car and we have few options for wheel chair taxi/vans. I remain hopeful though I do admit my mom is fading now.

Next year Kate will be in Spain so happy to have her home this year:D

Sometimes weddings can cause differences of opinions. Hopefully, Ellen's mom will get better. I am glad you will have Ryan. Take pictures and post them of the holiday decorations. I would love to see them. I think you should be the supervisor, though, no physical labor;)

Thinking of you and yours.

I remember you worrying last year about possibly losing both your Mom and Zoe. You Mom has done well, it seems. :) It's hard watching them fade. :(

Foot doc says as long as the bone is healing, I will continue to have swelling and he is confident I will have my little space between my toes when everything settles down. He has a small worry from looking at today's x-ray that there may be some infection in there. :eek: He doesn't think so, but he wants to know for sure, NOT. That means Monday I get to go to a different hospital which is an hour away from here and get a bone scan. I have to be THERE @6:45AM. They will take some of my blood, add something to it and give it back to me....then perform scan #1. An hour later they will perform scan #2. FOUR HOURS after that there will be a third scan. I'm going to take some audio books. He will have my results next Wednesday. He doesn't "expect" to find infection. I asked....what if you do? Then I will need to go on antibiotics for six weeks.....and it will have to be intravenous.....and I think he said daily. :confused::eek::( I told him that for now we would just assume there is nothing to worry about. I told him he was getting close to encroaching on my departure time for FL.

Then I went to knee doc. He was pleased that I am pleased. :) I asked again today and he told me that the shots, if they work, last anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months. I told him I'd like to revisit the arthroscopic surgery possibility when I return in May. He wants to see me once before I go away. He's going to be on vacation for the last 3 weeks of December....which means I can't see him before 1/5. So it looks like a later than planned departure. He IS encroaching on my departure. :( And silly me, I had already purchased tickets for some shows, as a surprise for Bob, while we are there and the first one is on the fifth. So now I'm trying to resell those tickets. Maybe I'll make a profit!!! :D;)

It's 28 here and not even 11 yet. What is it in Wisconsin? Brrrrrr.

I think the high yesterday was 11. I bought a new down coat, good to-30. After last winter,I have no intention of freezing outside.

I had a steroid shot in my shoulder years ago and then had PT and my shoulder recovered nicely. I never had another issue with it. Maybe the shot lasts depending on what is wrong. I was going to get one in my arm that had the fracture last year. I sill have limited motion.
I hope the shot helps you a good long time.


That test sounds like no fun. I sure hope there is no infection.We will think positively.;):)

Always something. MY cough is a bit better after 3 months or more and today's newspaper had a report about a link to heart problems and asthma. I told hubby I have been saying that for a year now:rolleyes: I sure did nit need a study to tell me that:(

Have a great day.

I know this is long-but I thought it might help someone(s)-:

"Some of you, particularly those who think they have recently lost a dog to ‘death’, don’t really understand this. I’ve had no desire to explain, but won’t be around forever and must.
Dogs never die. They don’t know how to. They get tired, and very old, and their bones hurt. Of course they don’t die. If they did they would not want to always go for a walk, even long after their old bones say: ‘No, no, not a good idea. Let’s not go for a walk.’ Nope, dogs always want to go for a walk. They might get one step before their aging tendons collapse them into a heap on the floor, but that’s what dogs are. They walk.
It’s not that they dislike your company. On the contrary, a walk with you is all there is. Their boss, and the cacaphonic symphony of odor that the world is. Cat poop, another dog’s mark, a rotting chicken bone (exultation), and you. That’s what makes their world perfect, and in a perfect world death has no place.
However, dogs get very very sleepy. That’s the thing, you see. They don’t teach you that at the fancy university where they explain about quarks, gluons, and Keynesian economics. They know so much they forget that dogs never die. It’s a shame, really. Dogs have so much to offer and people just talk a lot.
When you think your dog has died, it has just fallen asleep in your heart. And by the way, it is wagging its tail madly, you see, and that’s why your chest hurts so much and you cry all the time. Who would not cry with a happy dog wagging its tail in their chest. Ouch! Wap wap wap wap wap, that hurts. But they only wag when they wake up. That’s when they say: ‘Thanks Boss! Thanks for a warm place to sleep and always next to your heart, the best place.’
When they first fall asleep, they wake up all the time, and that’s why, of course, you cry all the time. Wap, wap, wap. After a while they sleep more. (remember, a dog while is not a human while. You take your dog for walk, it’s a day full of adventure in an hour. Then you come home and it’s a week, well one of your days, but a week, really, before the dog gets another walk. No WONDER they love walks.)
Anyway, like I was saying, they fall asleep in your heart, and when they wake up, they wag their tail. After a few dog years, they sleep for longer naps, and you would too. They were a GOOD DOG all their life, and you both know it. It gets tiring being a good dog all the time, particularly when you get old and your bones hurt and you fall on your face and don’t want to go outside to pee when it is raining but do anyway, because you are a good dog. So understand, after they have been sleeping in your heart, they will sleep longer and longer.
But don’t get fooled. They are not ‘dead.’ There’s no such thing, really. They are sleeping in your heart, and they will wake up, usually when you’re not expecting it. It’s just who they are.
I feel sorry for people who don’t have dogs sleeping in their heart. You’ve missed so much. Excuse me, I have to go cry now.”

Oh Susan- thank you for sharing this. It is just a wonderful read and then to reflect on. :):):):):):):):):):):):) I love the thought that the thumping in my chest is Zoe!!!!!

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!! Turkey Day is almost here.

I thought you might like it, Addy.
Happy Thanksgiving. Ours was quiet and nice. Ryan is here through Monday and we're all busy decorating for Christmas. Bailey got some turkey......did Koko? Did it work out that your Mom was there? Enjoy your weekend.

Mom made it and did just fine. She was even reading the Black Friday ads in the paper. :):)
Kate and I bought new iPads and we're having fun setting them up together.
All in all it was a wonderful thanksgiving. I am grateful for having such a nice holiday with all my girls.

I love my new iPad air and may never go back to my old laptop. I was even able to download an app for a word processor. Totally cool stuff I never knew about until now.

Having Kate home was wonderful. We even did lunch Wednesday.

Did you take pixes of your decorations? I hope Bailey liked here turkey as much as Koko!

yep, the ipad is handy dandy indeed. :)

So glad to hear that you had a good holiday and mom and kate where both there. How cool is that. :)

love

Susan, got those decorations for Christmas up yet? :)

I'm having a hard time getting into the mood for it this year. Haven't decorated at all yet, not sure how much I'll do. Things just seem off for some reason. Hoping the spirit kicks in soon. :)

We're planning for a quiet weekend. Maybe get my hair done.

Hope you are having fun. Is Bailey helping decorate?

love

Hi Susan

Is that foot coming right, hope the antibiotics do the trick! Sounds like you are having a nice few days of holiday with your boy home to help with the decorating. Mum loves Christmas but we usually put our decorations up on her birthday which is the 16th Dec. But this year it is her big 80th so we are going to go around next weekend and help them so the house is all amazing for her party which we are holding on the 13th! I have ordered a cake to be decorated like a garden and even with a little Elle (her Siamese) and a Flynn playing in the middle of it :):D Exciting, love parties and lots of family coming to town to help her celebrate so we are looking forward to it! :D

Addy, glad your Mom made the party too!! That's awesome, sounds like you had a fun day with Kate home playing with the ipads... sometimes I think I underutilise mine not knowing all the ins and outs of it haha... love it though but still use the lappy when I am posting as typing on the ipad still turns into txt talk for me to try and cut corners :D I do use the forumrunner app on the ipad to check out the forum. It used to have a few glitches with crashing but I think upgrades have sorted those out and I have not had a problem there in months, highly recommend it!

Hope your weekends are going well and Sharlene your getting a chance to chill out in the hairdressers chair!! You need it after all the goings on in your life lately!

Group hugssssssssssssssssssssssssss xxxxx :D

How many more sleeps till Santa !!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

and she had nary a present in sight to wrap, no the wee lass was a tad late with her shopping.:o:o:o:o:o

BIG SIGH;):rolleyes:

don't know what I will do this year Sus- maybe shop Christmas Eve!!!!
yikes I am behind!!!

You won't be alone addy. I'll be out there Christmas Eve this year too the way I am going. Normally I am almost done by now. This year haven't even started. Argh!!!!!

Susan how are you doing with the Christmas shopping?
I don't even have house decorated. I know you are well ahead of me on that front. LOL

Hi gals! Sorry I haven't been more active on here. Once I get to FL I will have more time.

Thanksgiving was very nice. Bob cooked the dinner. It tasted great as it always does. Ryan came up on Tuesday night and stayed through Monday. We got the tree up and decorated. We haven't done the rest of the decorating yet. I think that will happen tomorrow. No pictures yet but when I do take some I will post a couple. A neighbor sent me an email raving about how the front of our house is decorated. That was sure an ego booster. :D:D:)

On Saturday of that weekend, we did a day trip to PA to attend a post wedding celebration lunch. It was Bob's cousin's son and the guests were all Bob's Mom side of the family. It was nice to get to see them. Lots of them were congratulating Ryan on becoming the "next one."

Now the foot-Trish. Well, the foot feels pretty good...although it does seem a tad more tender lately. That may be from over doing it, though. The doc takes X-rays ever time I see him (every two weeks) and the last time I saw him he showed me the X-ray and pointed to a spot which shows up whiter. He feels fairly confident it is just the bone re-knitting itself but he wants to be positively sure there is not an infection going on in there. I do too. I've heard of cases where people got infections from surgeries unrelated to the knees and it made it so that they had do have their knees replaced. YIKES!!!!! So he sent me for a bone scan last week. We had to get there at 6:45AM. That meant getting up at 4AM as it is an hour away. They took some of my blood and sent it out for "spinning." That separated the white cells from the red cells. They returned with my white cells, added something radioactive to them, and gave them back to me. Then we had to wait 3 hours for those little cells to move on down to the foot....or just disperse within my body. White blood cells are the healing blood cells, so they rush to any infection they detect. So @ 2PM we could finally do the bone scan. Really nice people in this hospital, so it made for a pleasant visit. The scan took an hour and we were finally done @3PM.

Doc called me earlier this week and said the scan was inconclusive. Arghhhhh. Now I have to go to another hospital which is even further away and go through the same general thing, including getting there by 6:45AM. It is a more specialized test. That happens on Tuesday. The spoooky thing is that if there IS infection, I then have to have daily intravenous antibiotic shots for 6 weeks. I told the doc he was encroaching on my FL time.:mad: So that's where that sits. I looked this morning and there was a very small little pinkish area. I sure hope the next scan comes back negative.:confused::confused::(

Bailey got some turkey and was very happy. She's going through another itching phase. I wish I could help her more.

Ryan and Ellen come up next weekend (13th) and we're going to celebrate Ellen's birthday and Bob's birthday. Bob is the 11th and Ellen was the 28th.....while she was out in Colorado.

Addy-the pickles are back at Pier 1! :) I picked up one which I'm going to give to Ellen and Ryan to start them off with an ornament collection for whenever they have a tree....if they do.

Oh-shopping and wrapping. Definitely no wrapping done. I'm done shopping for Bob and Ellen. Still need to do Ryan's stuff. The wrapping card table will go up after Ryan and Ellen leave next weekend. We use the smallest bedroom as our wrapping room. That way it's out of sight and all the stuff you need is right there.

Well-that's my latest chapter in my book for you. I hope you're all staying warm. What are the temps where you are now Trish? Balmy? I think maybe one year we will go down to FL earlier and fly back for the holidays. This below freezing stuff and gray skies are why we got that condo! Sure wish I could be there. Soon.

Love & hugs,
Sus

Hi!! Always a bit embarrassed to say our temperatures when you are all freezing your butts off, but has been up and and down.. I have had both the air conditioner and heater going at various times this week! Wish it would make its mind up... hopefully warmer as it is now officially summer!!

Certainly party time here too, been out for a few Christmas drinkies with work colleagues tonight, very pleasant it was!! Big birthday next weekend, then will be Christmas before we know it. I have I think 3 small gifts, that I have brought through the year... Hmmmm but need about 20 presents so behind on that as well. One of the streets in town does this big fun shopping night with nibbles and wine in all the stores... it is on the 10th, so think with a wine or two on board the shopping might flow a bit easier haha.. that is the plan anyway.

So frustrating getting ambiguous results from your scan. Hope the next one gives you a definitive answer and that you do not need the extended course of IV ABs, pffft that really will mess with Christmas!!

My office at work is near our fabulous receptionist, she is a real festive kinda girl and spent 6hrs decorating her reception area, it really looks a picture, flashing lights, tinsel, tree, sparkly balls hanging everywhere on the roof... we not allowed to turn the lights on in there as she going for a Santas Cave kinda look!!! She said the music will be going on next week, oh joy!!! She also said I should get into the spirit and decorate my office, so I did my bit and dutifully put up my ONE decoration, a red glass heart on a ribbon and sellotaped it to my door... she told me I was pathetic hahaha :D:D:D :p

Girls, we should have a Christmas Party here one day :D:D:D I will bring the bubbles, Sharlene and Addy always have tasty food so will leave that up to them!!!!

I'm still laughing at the dancing dog video, so is hubby!

Merry Christmas Sus, I want to hear all about it

Merry Christmas Susan! Hope you are having a great time over the holidays.

Hugs

Are you in Florida yet? how about now? Hope if you aren't you that you'll be heading that way soon.

hugs

Happy New Year all my wonderful friends!! I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and is having a great start to 2015.

Our Christmas was very nice. A bit quiet, but I've come to like that. Ryan was here for a full 5 days which was especially nice. Ellen went to Colorado to be with her folks. Next year they will start going together to one place for Christmas and the other place for Thanksgiving. I put in a request for Christmas, if it makes no difference to them. This year we were appreciating all the wonderful Christmases the three of us have had together....and looking forward to having Ellen join us in the future.

FINALLY got the results of the second bone scan and all looks well. Doc just wants me to come by in May, when we return, to give him a look-see.

Remember my fall? On the stairs? Well, it seems to have bothered that knee. I went a got it checked out last week and they tell me it looks fine. My guy was on vacation, but I went in so they could take an X-Ray and he'd have it to look at when I see him next Tuesday. What the gal told me was that when you injure/bruise knee replacements it can take up to 12 weeks for the swelling and discomfort to subside. I am seeing the doc to discuss having arthroscopic surgery done, after the wedding. I'm pretty sure I want to go ahead with that. I just have too much scar tissue that is grinding around in there.

We are still in DE. We were planning on leaving next Wednesday, but then I got sick. I'm much better but today Bob seems to be coming down with it. We don't have a schedule we need to stick to, so we are just going to get ourselves well, finish getting things taken care of and go when we feel it's right. We are supposed to get an Arctic blast this week. It's already been mostly gray and yucky weather. My bones are talking to me....telling me that they need to be in FL!!:eek:

Bailey is itching like mad. We are trying different antihistamines. She needs grooming, but I'm waiting to do that in FL. They do such a nice job there.

I started growing my hair when R&E announced their engagement. I've had the same hairstyle, mostly, for 40 years. I thought it might be nice to show up in a picture with SOMEthing different. So far so good. It has not been bothering me and it actually seems a tad easier to deal with....but it IS getting to the point of.....hmmmmmm....do I really want to go through with this?? Not shooting for anything specific yet. Just letting it all grow.

Thanks guys for checking in with me even though I've been absent. It's always nice to know you haven't given up on me!! I've just been really busy and busy seeing docs and testing places.

Stay warm ...except for you, Trish. You should stay cool! Once in FL I will be able to once again catch up on all your tales and fun times.

Love,
Susan

I was about to send out the search and rescue team to find you:)

Did you have the flu? The CDC said it has reached epidemic levels:eek: I hope Bob feels better soon. Im thinking of wearing a bottle of hand sanitizer around my neck.

I am sorry to hear about Bailey still itching. I was hoping it was seasonal. Does she itch in Florida? Maybe the change will help.

The artic blast is aleady here and heading your way. I'm trying not to listen to the forecast. Ignorance can sometimes be bliss and keep a girl warm.

Pictures of the new hairdo requested. Kate and I and my daughter all went yesterday for a spruce up. It was fun. The new stylist puts curls in my hair. I kind of like the look. I sure can't do it myself though.

Big hugs Sus, have to go finish dinner for hubby. Hope no more surgery is required for you.

Howdy Addy!:)

No-not the flu, thank goodness. Just a head cold with bad cough....but it looks like it is going to make a relatively early exit. Boy were my ribs sore from coughing!:eek:

Last year when we went to FL, Bailey's itching stopped.....for two months. Then it started again. Hopefully she'll get a reprieve this year as well.

The hairdo is a problem. The wedding being on Memorial Day, means it's going to be hard to find someone working that day. I do have a friend, who has been invited to the wedding (well.....invited to save the date.......) and she checked with where she gets her hair done back home, which is very near where the wedding will be held, and they say they will be open. Don't know how I'm going to work this all out. The gal in FL is a whizz and does a great job, so I'll have her try some new ideas.....then take pictures of those. I feel like I should go for a "dry run" at the place I think I'll use. Unfortunately I am talentless when it comes to curling irons.....but I'm going to work on that in FL.

This is going to be a very laid back wedding, it sounds like. I'm sure it will all be fine. It's just very different from how ours was and how any have been that we've attended in recent years. I'm just trying my best to be very supportive....and so far it has worked.

Working on paperwork still.....and waiting for Downton Abbey to rerun @4AM. I watch the Good Wife when DA is on.....and we don't have a DVR. We may have to rethink that!

Have a great Monday! I've missed our chats. :(

Love,
Sus

A dry run for the hairdo is a good idea. A laid back wedding is just fine, it is their day so good you are being supportive. As long as they are happy with their day, that is important.

I hope Bailey stops itching in Florida. Allergies are so darn hard to figure out, even with humans, what works and what does not.

It was minus six degrees this am, poor Koko did not poo until 11:00am! Wednesday is to be really bad, I'm not sure the old Mazda will start after work. It barely did tonight. Yuck, this darn cold. Someone on the radio said they would much rather deal with heat than with cold and I think I agree.

I miss our chats too Sus. I'm not sure what the heck is wrong with me, I can't seem to string more than a few words together since Zoe died. I'm trying though:);)
Stay warm!

Well, Addy-the cold arctic blast has arrived! And a slight dusting of snow, as well. It's kind of pretty-although if it's going to snow I'd rather it REALLY snow. Ot was 20 when I went to bed-not sure if that was the low or not. That's plenty cold. And for the last trip outside, Bailey seemed to want to linger around and "smell the roses." Brrrrr.

Have a great Tuesday!

Love,
Sus

Ha, the artic blast went to visit your neck of the woods and left some remnants behind. Tomorrow is to be the worst of it, bitter cold below zero here. Move over, I'll ride down to Florida with you:)

If Bailey is like Koko, there won't be much pooing going on in this awful cold, Bailey will save it for Florida.

Brrrrrrrrr

We have it here too Addy and same thing, tomorrow is suppose to be worse than today, with temps falling ever further. Brrrrrrr
See, this is the stuff you want to miss Susan!!! Go south young lady, go south!
hahahaha

Took molly 3 walks to be able to do a poop yesterday. :( Poor thing was having a horrible time of it out in the cold and the wind and snow and salt. Ugh!

huggers gals

Okay ladies....for your viewing pleasure I have added two pictures. :cool:
It looks like we will be able to get away early Saturday AM for our long drive south. This cold blast has convinced me that I'm crazy to still be here! Bailey is freshly bathed and combed out and eager to go. I'll check back in from sunny, warm FL next week. :D
All aboard who want to tag along!! :):)

Love,
Sus

I am already in hidden in the corner pocket of the big suitcase! Hhahahaha cannot stand this cold! go south, go south!!

Hmmm let's see, we had -8 this morning, 40 mile an hour wind gusts, 5 inches of snow and counting, yup save me a place in the car, even if it is in the trunk, I'm ready:)

Well, we're here. We left 19 degrees, exactly the same as last year, and arrived with 78 on our first full day here. Unfortunately we had no internet or tv before this afternoon. Just a minor glitch that is now cleared up. Verizon wins the prize on trying my patience!!

Bailey has an appt to get groomed tomorrow. She settled right in once we got here. She traveled well, but day #2 seemed a bit long to everyone.

I hope everyone is well. I'll catch up with your news later.
Nite!
Love,
Sus

Ahhhh, sunny, warm days filled with bliss:):):):):)

Just what the doctor ordered. You can practice your dance moves for the wedding at the club.

Glad to hear Bailey was a trooper and traveled well. She will be all spiffy with her new groom. Pictures, please, oh and beach pictures if possible of the sun and surf!!!

78!

sigh!

Dreams, just dreams for us up here in the cold. bbbbbrrrrrrrr

Huggers, glad you had a safe trip down.

Hi Sus, hope you and Bailey are enjoying sun and fun:D
How are her itches?

Not much new here, trying to touch up all our painted woodwork:(
At least Koko and I got a walk in,

Have you had any nice dinners at the club house, met any new neighbors?

I forgot which complex you are in so I can go look at pictures on line.
Living vicariously through you, he, he he.

Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club
Hi Addy-

I am happy to report we are still in the "grace period" and Bailey is not itching much at all. We just gave her a bath last night. There seems to be a definite plus to bathing her more often.

We have had plentiful sun but it has been a tad chilly. We do get occasional days where it makes it up to mid 70's. (Of course, I know you would rather have my "chilly.") It's fine actually because it has allowed me to take care of odds 'n ends.

We've only been to the clubhouse once-and that was for the prime rib dinner. I'm not sure why we haven't been more often. We're going to have to pick up the pace in February.

We have indeed met new-to-us neighbors. Bailey provides a welcoming invitation to anyone with either two or four feet, except for alligators. We have seen a couple of alligators and the ones we've seen have been huge. No sighting of "Pat" yet-the one we see most often out the back view.

I'm going to try out a new-to-me nail place today. Plus I need to make an appt with the hairdresser.

Ryan & Ellen are coming down for 6 days in mid-February. That's great. I didn't think they'd stay that long. I guess Ryan liked it here last year. :)

I look in on you often. (so to speak) I am delighted that Carrol has rejoined us. She asked if I still had her red sweater and I told her I not only had the red one but that we had added a blue one.

I forgot to let you know that we spent some bucks on the non-basement and it is now drier than ever. They also put a thermometer down there and when it's 30 something outside, it's 65 in the non-basement. I had no idea.:eek: So if we ever lose our heat, we could all go down in the non-basement and be pretty comfortable (compared to 30 something!)
Love,
Sus

Hi Sus

Have not checked in here for a bit, so pleased to read you are relaxing in the sun and enjoying life down there. Lovely the kids are coming for a visit in Feb.... gosh January gone already, how did that happen!! I think Addy should pack Koko in a little bag and come down for a visit, you two would have a blast and make us all jealous!! Honestly everytime I read about your alligators I shudder, I could not do it would be imaging them breaking into the house at night and would not get a wink of sleep! lol xx

Hi Trish!
Good to hear from you.
I know what you mean about the alligators. I try to just not think about them......and to stay far from any I see.
It's made up for by the birds that are around here. Lots of different kinds....big and small. I stay away from the big ones of those, too!
Hope you have a great weekend!
xoxo

I've been among the missing, I know. If you look @Bailey's album you'll see a picture showing what I've been up to.
We are heading back to BB on April 27th. The weather here is so absolutely gorgeous, so I have mixed feelings. However in another 30 days I expect I will long to escape the heat.....it's just that I hear it's still very much winter in BB.
Regarding the picture-the parents had the little baby shortly after we arrived here. They come by our lanai two or three times each day. It has been magnificent watching the baby grow. The baby hangs real close to one of them, usually, and they go digging for food and when they find some, the baby gets it. It's so cute! The baby looks so intently at the one doing the digging to see if it comes up with something to eat or is "empty beaked." Baby does some digging too, but I'm not sure how proficient he/she is at it just yet.
More later.
Love,
Sus