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Fact: Eukonkanto is a wife-carrying contest. Originating from 19th century Finland, this wife-carrying contest is exactly what it sounds like: Competitors race each other while carrying their spouses. Traditionally, the winner gets his wife’s weight in beer as a prize.
The cuckoo went off at 6:00 AM, followed immediately by the alarm clock! (I will pay for that one!)
We had to be at the gym at 8:15 AM! OMG, can I go in my jammies? Hey, at least I am not wearing my babydoll nighty this morning!
I rolled Scout out of bed and sent him to the south forty for his morning stretch. Since we planned to be gone for a while, I fed him breakfast. This morning he wanted a turkey sandwich and a hot cup of coffee. While Scout was outside, I was reading the local paper. I am beginning to worry!
Scout is quite clever!
7:45 AM, and we are off and running, going directly to our gym and Tustin. I consider my refusal to go to the gym today as resistance training! My muscles were rippling in anticipation of a vigorous workout by the time we got there. The distance between the car and the front door was thrilling!
We spent 45 minutes on the various torture devices. I remember once when I was captured and tortured by a mime, he did unspeakable things to me.
By 8:30 AM, we were done! Now it is off to Los Alamitos as Paul needed a blood test for next week’s physical.
I told Mary, “Once, a priest, a monk, and a rabbit went to a blood bank. After the blood test, the rabbit exclaimed, I think I am a type o”.
I cheated and studied for the blood test last night, so I am sure I passed with flying colors.
We went home via CVS and the gas station because we did not want Scout to be alone for too long a period.
Thursday; Girls Night Out; Here we come! I gave Iris a peek at the book she gave me two weeks ago, and there was a real surprise inside. Ask us what it was if you are interested!
“I gave you what?”
Iris showed us a picture of herself taken in 1947. Wow, that would be an understatement!
Iris in 1947
Sydney was with us today, and after Mary gave her a hat, I could not resist setting the camera “back in time!”
Sydney goes back in time!
Hal and Jeannie joined us this afternoon, and they are always a delight.
Harold & Jeannie
Mike and Linda were at Girls Night Out. Next week is St. Patrick’s day, and we hope Mike and Linda will bring their grandson! He is 18 and should have a good time with us.
ATTENTION! Watch the hat!
Us, you ask! Well, of course! We provide adult supervision of the group.
Just us!
We did a “meals on wheels” visit to Bill before coming home and settling in for the evening. It was cold, so we kicked on the heat and had a great dinner; a grilled cheese sandwich never tasted so good. I fixed some pickled cucumber slices, and we had a glass of wine while talking to Lisa & Pete.
We read for a while and decided we like our e-books!
The rest of the evening, we worked in the office for a while before hitting the sack and watching “Support Your Local Sherriff.”
