Marchin On Wheels To Miami

31 Mar,  Thurs: And with this day, we kiss March good-bye and say hello to sound.  The new ear buds arrived for the hearing aids and Cynthia is ecstatic.  Wow!  Dessert at lunch was warm bread pudding. Mmmm!  We exercised three times today, and Ron went for an evening walk, too.  Good-bye March!  

30 Mar:  Cynthia’s new ear buds arrive tomorrow.  This is to be an uneventful day, three lectures, cardio and strength training, plus a long evening walk. 

29 Mar:  Time is going too fast!  We are moving to the middle of the second week at Pritikin.  The good news is that Ron is apparently over his cold, and Cynthia has not inherited it.  Cynthia will post her awesome labs to tell our readers what a difference it makes to not eat added sugar or added sodium in our meals, plus we are committed to maintaining the exercise when we leave here.  Cynthia and Ron each had total cholesterol of 101.  Her BP upon arrival was 123, two days later it was 118, and today it is 110.  Ron always has perfect BP.  Yay for us.

A Pritikin sunset

28 Mar: Cynthia filmed a video of a very large iguana for her  grandchildren.  We don’t have regular fitness classes on Mondays, but we did hit the gym. and atttended lectures.  In addition, Cynthia had an hour cardio with her fitness instructor.  We enjoyed a nice dinner with a couple from Dallas.  The sunset was lovely, 

27 Mar, Sunday:  Neither of us slept well!  Two fitness classes, one personal trainer class, and no lectures today.  We napped this afternoon.  It was fun to meet Asha at dinner, to see Tammy and Dianne again.  Ron has a bad cold.

26 Mar:  We are worn out!  Ron was on the arc trainer twice, and we did strength training.  Cynthia worked out with fitness trainer and loves icing her feet with the machine.  The weather has cooled down considerably.  The second jigsaw is now complete, but Ron asked Vince for a few days off to get other projects done.

25 Mar:  Cynthia has an early AM appointment with the medical director who awarded her a gold star for reaching Okinawa status with her health.   Cardio was great… the "arc trainer" (click here) machine is awesome. Ron is making great progress on this second Pritikin jigsaw puzzle.

24 Mar:  Ron met with Dr. Areces, his Pritikin cardiologist.  She was beside herself with delight that Ron had aced his entrance labs.  Ron is eating with gusto everything he can find and loving the challenging puzzle.  We had the second of four Covid tests while we are here and attended a lecture on diabetes.  It was also great to see young Brian again; he is quite the success story for losing so much weight.

23 Mar:  More eating, more exercising, and lectures on managing aging joints.  Ron spent four hours this afternoon,and Cynthia four this evening with Frank, the biomechanical fitness expert.  

22 Mar:  We were scheduled to be awake early, but that didn't happen until 7:20.  The day was filled with yoga for Ron, exercise classes for both of us, and lectures.  Ron completed that jigsaw puzzle in short order.  The supervisor of the medical department, Nelson, was quite surprised that the jigsaw puzzle was completed overnight; (it had been sitting unfinished for two months).  He surmised that the motorcycle guy was here and came searching for Ron.  As it turns out Chef Vince had copies of several puzzles, so he found another one to challenge Ron. 

21 Mar:  New arrivals have a busy Monday with a blood draw, stress test, Dr. appointments, etc.  Cynthia aced her stress test but her feet paid a price.  Ron apparently lasted a little longer and was awarded a higher MET level (metabolic equivalent test (click here)).  It was wonderful to discover a much thinner Brian (from Texas).  Apparently he is finally sticking to Pritikin eating while not here better than in the past.

20 Mar, Sunday:  For our final day riding from Naples to Pritikin (at the Trump Doral) we took the old Tamiami Trail, US 41 and stopped midway at the Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center (click here) to watch the alligators, fish and birds.  Apparently alligators eat only once a week but can survive without eating for a couple of years, so the other critters are nonchalantly cohabitating.  After check in at Pritimin, we were able to eat snacks and our first Pritikin dinner.  Ron discovered a wooden jigsaw puzzle 80% completed.

19 Mar:  Venice to Naples, dinner tonight with Annie and Dave.  We were introduced to a dizzying array of neighbors and friends.  Oh, did we have fun, and oh, is Annie a great cook!  Again, door to door on I-75 to avoid Spring Breakers.

18 Mar:  A short hop on the interstate between Ocala, Florida and Sarasota brought us to visit Jan and Dorothy.  Another short stint on I-75 brought us to Venice, Florida to overnight with Drew and BD.  They are such fun.  After our ever so slow day of Spring Break traffic on the 16th, we opted for the Interstate 75 door to door.

17 Mar:  St. George Island to Ocala, Florida with a stop in Crystal River to visit with Tom and Dot K.  We spent the night in Ocala and enjoyed an awesome dinner with Eddie and Beanie at Ivy’s On the Square.  Route: after retracing our steps across the causeway on FL 300, we turned east on US 98 for miles and miles of Florida piney woods until we arrived at Crystal River.  Tom and Dot were waiting for us at Crackers Bar & Grill, a nice restaurant, and they bought our lunch.  We retraced our route north on US 98 to east on W. Dunnelson Road to L on US 41 N to R on FL 40 E to the Ocala downtown Hilton Garden Inn.  Pleasant, bucolic scenery for today's relaxing ride.

Hampton Inn has views of the Gulf

16 Mar:  Leaving the lovely views from the Hampton Inn, our first stop was the CVS to get a Covid test, a requirement for Pritikin check in.  Our route between Daphne, Alabama and St. George Island, Florida covered a lot of miles along the coast during Spring Break, so we had bumper to bumper traffic for eight hours, especially on US 98.  In compensation, the gulf views were wonderful.  Route: I-10 E (no scenic route available) to Pennsacola and I-110 S to US 98 across bridge to FL 399 through Pennsacola Beach and E to US 98 through Mexico Beach and St. Joe to R on South Bay Shore Drive (scenic) to FL 300 S across the causeway onto St. George Island.  It was fun to see Trudy and family, including a couple of very tall young men.

15 Mar:  Jackson Mississippi to Daphne, Alabama… maybe!  Rain is forecast from here to Daphne.  Ron, however, interpreted the color radar forecast to imply that we might avoid all the rain, and we did.  We started at eleven after the streets dried and rode east on Pascagoula Street to I-55 south to US 49 south and east to US 98 east at Hattiesburg to I-10 east and back onto 98 south to stay at the Hampton Inn.  (Ron is a bit puzzled that US 98 went smack dab into the heart of downtown Mobile in contrast to his reading of the maps.  The mis-queue came with a scenic bonus on Spring Hill Avenue; the huge overarching live oak trees draped with Spanish moss were an awesome sight.  (Ron had also intended to look for a restaurant going through Hattiesburg, but after waiting a long time at the first stop light, he changed his mind to take I-59 south, bypassing Hattiesburg, to US 98 instead.)  After the delightful views of water crossing the rivers on old US 98, we arrived at 2:45 PM dry and hungry.  Dinner at Felix’s Fish Camp was delicious, and we had a great view of the bay.  Ron was reminded that we must get a Covid-19 test within seven days of our 20 March arrival at Pritikin.  Cynthia booked our CVS appointments with dizzying quickness for 11:00 AM tomorrow.  

14 Mar:  We spent all day at the Mississippi Archives hunting for any documentation among Frances Powell Otken’s papers for that 1788 death date of a James Lea, and we found her source.  It was sent to her in 1913 by a LEE descendant (not Lea) who had attended a DAR convention - which means that no family Bible record is involved and that this is second hand, unverifiable information.

13 Mar, Sunday:  We attended church with Pat at a New Life Gospel Church in Walker, then rushed over to Don's for another salmon luncheon.  After returning to Pat's condo to pack, we departed towards Pat's ancestral properties and then up I-55 to Jackson, Mississippi.  The roads and sights on MS 442 etc were pleasant and unremarkable.  The ride up to Jackson was punctuated by multiple pit stops to relieve ourselves of excess fluids.  The Old Capitol Inn is a more pleasant hotel than expected, in the heart of the Jackson state capitol district.  Surprisingly, the streets are nearly deserted on this Sunday afternoon. Hungry, we walked eight blocks to the Westin Hotel to have a light dinner, but this was a bit too far for Pat since she hasn't been walking much since covid.  

12 Mar:  We enjoyed a wonderfully pleasant visit with Pat all day in Denham Springs, and lunch at Duke's was every bit as good as expected.  Too amusing to learn that Don and Duke are both Landrys.

11 Mar:  We spent the day after noon in Denham Springs with Pat B.  Our schedule traveling is tight; we will catch up as time permits.  We had a fabulous lunch at famous Don’s Seafood Restaurant.  

10 Mar:  Let’s roll to Baton Rouge.  We anticipated leaving by nine, but it was 11:00 by the time we were fully loaded and 12:00 after mailing a box to Pritikin, dropping more stuff at the storage unit, and returning the car.  Our arrival time at the Hilton Garden Inn in Baton Rouge was 6:00 PM.  We rode on Texas Route 105 east through the piney woods to I-10 east to Texas 12 (which turns into Louisiana 12) to Louisiana 190 east to Baton Rouge where the pines disappeared to bayous and fields turning green.  Somehow the scenery was more interesting once we crossed the Louisiana border, despite the bridge construction for the first 20 miles.  The take-away was visible poverty in western Louisiana with Dollar Stores as the most frequent retail outlet in many towns. 

9 Mar:  MD Anderson Mammogram Woodlands, males not encouraged to attend.  Observation… we sold the lake house 6 years ago and gave all of the contents to children and grandchildren, so how do we still have so much stuff to pack, both into storage and onto the motorcycle? 

8 Mar:  7:30 AM departure, and the rain was challenging at times.  It won't be fun to unload recycling in rain (85% probability).  Then we see Sasha for final finishing touches, and afterwards, lunch at Pappadeaux with Helen.  The treasured recycling was conveniently dropped off at the Pruett location since the Magnolia center is no longer open on Mon and Tuesday, despite the erroneous hours posted on the website.  We dropped off a load of our packed items at the storage unit, and Cynthia found her TurfToe shoe insert. 

7 Mar:  We enjoyed another pin cushion treatment from Dr. Wendy.  Everyone asks Cynthia about her wonderfully colorful black eyes.  She tries to incriminate Ron, but he quips that he will never understand female aesthetics since her aesthetician gave her the black eyes.  Dr. Wendy played GO quite some time ago, and her father is a good player, but he speaks no English.  It must have rained last night because all the usual puddles were again filled with water.  Ron continues his mission to transfer as much of the dirt at the waste treatment construction site to the various pitfalls that have jarred our bodies during our walks.

6 Mar, Sunday:  Dinner with Jon and Tina.  Ron walked twice today, at 4 PM and again at 7 PM.

5 Mar, Sat.  Cynthia finishes packing for the thirty third time.  Ron had the delightful surprise this evening of seeing three otters swimming in the lake at dusk.  There was too much cloud cover for a nicely colored sunset.

4 Mar, Fri:  Cynthia is off to see Dr. Sharpless.  (Ron gets to skip this one, so he is going to attempt photographing postcards in light winds.) 

3 Mar:  Cynthia was fitted with new tips for her hearing aids and they they work immeasurably better !!  The new ear buds go down into her small ear canal, and sound, sweet, precious sound, is reason to rejoice. EARLENS.. Hearing, plus new prescription glasses are another reason to shout Halleujah.  Halle= Praise, Lu = To, Ya= Yahweh.  Ron walked a bunch (twice to the lake and to the point with Cynthia), Cynthia walked 2.7 miles total including he first outing in three weeks, to the point.  Not a big walk, but no foot pain.  Whew !!

Ron loves his SmoochSmooch

2 Mar:  Cynthia ventured forth to an appointment with Dr. Birken. She was surprised by a Smooch Note when she returned.  The patio doors are open to cool, fresh, fragrant breezes; the lake is peaceful and calming.  Ron photographed photos, etc., is organizing stacks of paper, and planting welcome home love notes.  More clipping bushes, more transplanting dirt today.

1 Mar:  Yes, the heated gear is still for sale, but we will try again next fall.  Today is our last session of fitness training with torturess Erin.  Ron clipped a few more bushes on his way to the lake and back.  Cynthia says our schedule is crazy for the next ten days.  Ron pulled another couple of boxes full of old leftover recycling from the storage locker since our schedule includes stopping by the recycling drop off in Magnolia on the 8th.  The challenge is to get everything ready to be recycled in a week.  No way will James Lea be finished then, but much progress has been made.  After we left the storage unit, Cynthia decided she had forgotten her sunglasses.  We went back to retrieve them, but they weren’t to be found!  Right.  They were on her head!  Ron again "freed" a bucket of dirt from one of the 30' tall piles on the construction site and transported it to the several holes he is attempting to fill/ mitigate on our normal pathways.

February for Lovers

 

A beautiful model in Gerbing gear

Who wants to buy Gerbings heated motorcycle gear, size small, $50.00?  Ron really, REALLY, REALLY REALLY needs to update that on the BMWMOA site. HAHAHAHA!  Yes!  Would someone please buy the heated gear?  The girlie and BMW are not included.

Ron's petite salad

28 Feb, Monday, the last day of this too short month, and then it is TOMORROW.  After our appointment with Dr, Wendy, eating at Jasons Deli, Cynthia dropped Ron off at the library to do research, she got good news in a second opinion about her RX from an eye specialist.  Ron enjoyed his hours at the library without need to leave soon until the librarian suddenly announced that they close the genealogy section at 5 PM.  Ron photographed most of the book pages that he wanted.  One of these days we will see if his photographs are clear enough for OCR to work well.  We returned to feast at Jasons Deli again.  The Ukraine situation is overwhelming. 

27 Feb, Sunday:  First I lOVE you of the week !!  We celebrated Blaire’s second birthday with family after worship and brunch.  Ron walked after dark and carted dirt to fill one of the holes that we occasionally stumbled into.

26 Feb:  Ron gets points for first written I love you of the day.  SURPRISE !! Cynthia and Roxanne are off to do girlicure things giving Ron a day without adult supervision.  And he spent the entire day transcribing a couple of Wilkes County, Georgia wills and looking for  others. 

25 Feb:  What happened to our lovely warm Texas winter - another cold day forecast today.  After trimming flowers, Ron continued getting things organized for our departure on 10 Mar.  Cynthia interrupted to check her Rinker/King manuscript before it was sent to the publisher.  That was good thing, because the last half of the manuscript was in footnotes.  Whew.  The manuscript is off to the publisher and the cover chosen.   Ron weighed in today at 175.2 lbs, so tomorrow he can go to buy pretzels, especially since he walked twice today and carried dirt to one of the ruts he filled with compost earlier this winter.  Finally after the evening walk, Ron was able to again work on James Lea.

24 Feb:  It is not supposed to be any warmer today.  It isn’t either.  Cynthia lost her condo key.  And she didn’t quite make the three point turn in the tight drive of the storage unit.  Jon is going to see if rubbing compound will take the tan stucco off the bumper.  Apart from WWIII beginning in Europe, 10% inflation, and threats to tax our pension plans, life is good.  A woman at the fitness center said she loves watching us, because we are so obviously in love.  She nailed it!  Cynthia hauled a load of clothing to the storage unit, picked up dry cleaning, and mailed old photos to be restored. The rain on the plain means pain, it’s too cold and wet for Ron’s second walk.  Serendipitous that, because Ron found a deed recorded in 1771 that showed that a James Lea had bought property on Richland Creek in 1760 from Lawrence Vanhook, a perfect match to Lawrence Bankston information.

23 Feb:  Lazy day at home, especially since the temperatures were so cold that even the chronic hyperthermic was chilly on his two walks.  The short periods of drizzle did not improve his walking experiences either.  One of the bigger bucks had antlers worth 8 points and wasn't skittish.  At least Ron was able to write the five Christmas cards to send to people without e-mail ... and he caught up with the last two taxable items $0.48 interest from one bank account and $0.22 for the other.  It is going to be hard to make those stretch far enough to cover expenses until next year.

22 Feb:  Off to fitness training.  Feeling fit, too.  Great workout!  We are thankful for our torturess, Erin.   Cynthia had lunch with Pastor Diane while Ron walked.  Then we shopped for groceries (winding down since we need to consume EVERYTHING by March 10th).  Amazing how time flies for the last three weeks before any year-long travel.  

Cynthia's sister & family

21 Feb: Dr. Wendy continued needling Cynthia’s improved feet.  We rejoiced at the thought of going to Jason’s Deli to overeat at their salad bar.  Cynthia sneaked in a tiny gingerbread muffin.  We raced home to clean the condo for Laurie’s arrival to fit Cynthia’s dress for the Rambo Reunion in June.  Laurie made Cynthia’s wedding dress.  Ron went for his walk when the girls started fitting and went for a second walk at dusk.  It is fun to walk after sunset because the deer are far less afraid and sometimes let Ron walk by within six feet of them.  And today is Cynthia’s sister Merrilee’s heavenly birthday.  Beautiful picture of her family.

20 Feb, Sunday:  We are exercised and oatmealed, have worshipped, and enjoyed brunch with Merry & Bill, and Jon & Tina.   It has been an exceptional day.  Ron walked and did Sudokus.  Our daily sameness is really boring unless we are traveling.  (Gosh, the things Ron discovers only because he occasionally updates the blog.  Ron thought that we have been having fun working non-stop on James Lea.)  Cynthia added a Preface to her book; as soon as Kathy W sends the Foreword it is gone to the publisher.  Disappointed that it was declined by NGS, she is determined that 35 years of work will be in print!  

19 Feb.  The clock ticked 5:34 PM.  And all we have to say about that is we had a great day, we are well-fed, exercised, and the Condo is CUHLEEENN!  Ron walked early; Cynthia is still pondering walking, because her foot complained after tearing through the house with chemicals to disinfect everything.  Oops! The clock tocked (ticktock) 6:14 PM, Ron is going for his second constitutional.  Cynthia will shower for church in the AM. 

18 Feb:  By one PM we are well fed, exercised, and sudokued.  Ron has walked, Cynthia organized the Swedish Colonial Society Luncheon for 12 June in Essington, PA, also did eye exercises, read a chapter of the book, Rigged, by Mollie Hemingway and she proudly accomplished walking 2.6 miles, that included a walk on the marina point.  Ron, while writing an e-mail, just hit upon an excellent idea and title for a best-selling book, "Things We Do to Enjoy Our Aging Bodies."  Oh, oh!  This sounds really racy!  Yeah, race walking.

17 Feb:  Days get longer as they race by like a bullet train.  Ron makes our fitness trainer laugh until she gets a stomach ache. But she still gave us a challenging workout.  Ron walked to the lake, and is hardly working on the James Lea book   Cynthia has the King/Rinker manuscript ready to upload to a self-publisher as soon as the Foreword arrives from Kathy.  

16 Feb:  Another tomorrow, awake, exercised, oatmealed and sudokued.  Ron is resuming James Lea edits while munching frozen mango and veggies.  Cynthia, in the meantime, Upped her exercises to include those found in the book, Do You Really Need Eyeglasses? And she included some exercises for bone spurs found on numerous google sites.  Also, she is organizing drawers and clothes to pack for the March 10th departure.  Also, she is preparing a manuscript for publication.  The new hearing aids are great! 

15 Feb:  Another hour with our favorite torturess.  We will let you know if we survive.  Oops, Ron forgot (as usual) that we don't see Erin this week.  Instead, Cynthia had her new EarLens hearing aids (click here) installed and is quite pleased with being more able to hear now.  Ron spent the day reading his favorite self-help book, "Do You Really Need Eyeglasses?"  Perhaps that was recommended to me by Linda centuries ago in Santa Fe.

14 Feb:  HAPPY Valentine's Day !!  And Smooch to my beloved SmoochSmooch.  It was a good day for our favorite Dr. Needles, and the acupuncture helped Cynthia's feet.  Then we pigged out at Jason's Deli as usual and ran errands on the way home.  Now Ron is debating eating more or not while he works on James Lea again.

13 Feb, Sunday:  Another Tomorrow, and a nice message from another substitute pastor.  Pastor Diane has laryngitis.  Ron continues working on Cynthia's James Lea book.  Cynthia's research on the internet highlighted the advice Dr. Margolis had given: ice that foot.  Apparently, bone spurs are actually calcium deposits instead of bone, and they can be reabsorbed into the body with ice and exercise.

Charlotte is TINY, grandmother happy

12 Feb:  Another Tomorrow. We enjoyed meeting great granddaughter Charlotte today.  Expect to see photos soon.  And we were surprised in the evening to discover that we had invited granddaughter Samantha, husband Adam, and baby Noah to Valentine's dinner.  Noah is quite the inquisitive, solid little seven-month-old.  He already knows all about food: if he sees anyone else put anything into their mouths, he wants some and pursues it.  His parents are going to have to themselves give up anything that they don't want him eating. Baby Noah pictured, and Deceased grandpa Scott, with Noah’s uncle Steven, and Cynthia. 

11 Feb:  Another morning of exercises, oatmeal, and sudokus.  Now Ron is eating frozen mango and veggies preparatory for his morning walk to the lake & back.  Today promises to be a big day, with both a shower and laundry scheduled after the evening walk.  Cynthia is forced to focus on genealogy projects while her foot heals.    

10 Feb:  Here we are, home again after fitness training with Erin.  Ron makes her laugh!  Ron spent a couple of hours reading "Who's My Daddy?", a tale of DNA discovery that his MIT buddy Joel suddenly embarked upon after a DNA test revealed that his sister was a half-sister genetically.  Ron is experiencing a real change in his telecommunications now that Cynthia is trying to let her body heal around the bone spur so that she can walk again without pain.  It can't happen soon enough for her, but the pain persists whenever she wobbles the foot in unfortunate directions.  Ron is walking and talking with an expanding circle of his friends since he is walking and talking alone mid-day and early evening.  Cynthia's new glasses are getting quite the workout doing sudokus.

9 Feb:  Inactivity is hard on the scale.  Cynthia was Four pounds up after ten days without walking and the scale groaned.  Ron’s scale was happy.  (Yes, we use different scales.  Cynthia's provides lower numbers; Ron's was hidden amongst his stuff in the storage locker.)  Lots of errands were completed,  Cynthia’s reading glasses arrived.  

8 Feb:  Happy Birthday Roxanne!  We were early arising, exercising, oatmealing, and off to fitness training.  Home again, home again, jiggity jig, and back to computer projects.  Cynthia sent the Rinker wills to be printed, confirmed the videographer for June 12, and now completed the schedule.  Sudoku break!

7 Feb:  Already !!  Where does the time go ??  Monday, acupuncture, Jason's Deli, computer projects!

6 Feb, Sundy:  Early to rise, off to worship, then brunch with family, but only Roxanne and Jon joined us for her birthday celebration.  Everyone else called in sick.  We spent the day in the house.  It is amusing to see Cynthia becoming interested in difficult sudokus.  Ron walked to the lake at sunset to enjoy a lovely, rippling, reddish lake view.  His compost burial site looks nearly smooth and level now.

5 Feb:  The forecast isn’t changing any time soon, but if we want to survive, we will be forced to venture forth to get bananas.  The cold continues to Sunday, albeit a warmer cold with less wind - 49 degrees and 1 mph wind now - Whew.  We are engrossed in our computer projects, taking breaks for Sudokus.  Cynthia "likes" sudokus, but she doesn’t like losing.  But, today she did a really hard one without help from the genius.  How do we get so busy?  This is more fun.  Ron procrastinated until after dark to venture forth again to bury compost and then walked to the lake and back.

4 Feb:  Forecast is for a very cold day with a high of 36 degrees with 15 mph wind too.  My friends up north would love to see such temperatures !!  Interesting to notice the cleaning frenzy that ensues when Cynthia's feet aren’t hurting.  After a day of sitting, Ron finally ventured forth for a long walk to the lake which was not even really cold.  However, as soon as he turned around to come home, the wind chill ramped up to frigid, even for our chronic hypothermic.  His decision to postpone compost burial by a day was a good one.

3 Feb:  Fooey, Ron had a short description of driving to the exercise session because it rained all day again.  Then Cynthia drove off for pedicure and manicure leaving Ron to enjoy computer activities.  Somehow Google lost it.  (Yeah, blame defenseless Google.)  Dr. Wendy told Cynthia that your body is similar to babies . . . except that your body signals pain when it is unhappy instead of crying, and if you ignore it, it sends more pain, and if you continue to ignore it, it can send even more pain and more and more ...  Sooner or later, it will win, and you will have to figure out what your body is demanding by sending all that PAIN.  Once you correct that problem, the pain will diminish . . . until you resume the problem behavior.

bird's eye view of Ron's bald head at refrigerator 

2 Feb:  After visiting Dr. Wendy and Jason's Deli, we returned to Dr. Margolis’ office to retrieve the new eye glasses Ron left there Monday.  Oops.  Putting frozen blueberries into plastic fresh blueberry containers in the refrigerator seemed a great idea until we found blueberry juice all over the bottom of the refrigerator this morning.  Oops2.  Dr Wendy's needles today were more effective than yesterday's cushioning.  And now that the pill alarm is sounding, Ron is overdue for his walk, sadly without his beloved weefee for several days to come.  Oops3, big, fat, wet raindrops cut the walk short after only two blocks.  And the rain is continuing at 4:30 when Ron decided to Google overlarge photos in a PDF.  Wow, what an excellent solution.  Google certainly knows a lot.

1 Feb:  Feb is another month for lovers.  Therefore, here is the first written I love you!  Smooch!   Ron was surprised to see an empty bag, five pounds of frozen blueberries, empty !!  Are we going to need to take Cynthia to the hospital to have her stomach pumped ??  Ha! Cynthia transferred them unbeknownst to five one-pound containers in the refrigerator.   But the bag of grapes did disappear in three sittings.  It is a cloudy day in SE Texas.  We are off to fitness training.  Because of mist, we didn’t walk to the lake.  Sadly, Cynthia's foot is no better.  Ron is prepared to add thickness to the cushion.