Thanks, Joe Biteme, for making this the most expensive vehicle I use!
Thanks to a combination of inflation, pandemic-related supply-chain disruptions and tariffs on certain foreign imports, food prices have steadily risen since 2020
It is Friday, and that means severe trauma comes to my poor little body as I enter the Peak Performance gym. As soon as I enter the door, the torture experts begin to bid on who will get to “train” me and force painful sounds from this frail old body. Last week, I was put in several positions where the snap, crackle, and pop sounds of my bones drowned out the gym’s background music.
If this keeps up, I will be ready to go back to my 60-hour/week job just to avoid the torture chamber!
After returning home and letting the body recover, we freshened up and got ready for lunch with Mary’s financial advisors at Rockwell’s. We had a delightful lunch with them, but I did have to sit in a particular chair. Rockwell’s is three doors away from “The Gym (Torture Chamber),” and I was afraid if I saw the facility one more time, I would begin running in the opposite direction, albeit at a pace just slightly slower than a pregnant garden snail.
The four of us returned to our home as the restaurant was too noisy to discuss business.
In Hawaii, the Hawaiian HOAs passed a noise ordinance so strict that one can’t even laugh out loud. All they can do is a low ha.
The advisors gave us their take on next year, matching what Marshall told us but in different words. Mary and I were surprised at how much money we had made this year, so it was time to celebrate!
After she spoke to her financial adviser, she slept like a baby. She woke up every hour and cried.
We took them on a garden tour, and Mary proudly produced a large plastic bag and filled it with fresh goodies from the garden. Mary has known them for years and knows they, like us, enjoy cooking!
It was a beautiful day!
They departed, and we waved goodbye. Now we get to rest a few minutes before we are off to the Elks Ledge to have dinner, listen to Larry Fresch, and dance the night away! Perhaps this might loosen up some of the kinks I got this morning.
Waving goodbye to her Financial Advisors
We checked on our tickets for the upcoming Valentine’s Day celebration. We are good to go!
We have tickets and are ready to go!
Our most excellent friends, Donna and Bob, joined us for the evening. We also had Bill and Mary Capps and Vince and Jan from the dessert.
We all enjoyed our meals. Our prime rib, which we shared, came with a glass of wine, so we forced ourselves to share it. This is a non-alcohol month for us; some call it detox, we call it losing weight!
Donna collected some of the upcoming even brochures/flyers and we discussed them!
We are getting our social calendar coordinated.
We now have the next several events on our calendars and are ready to go through the rest of February and into March.
We are ready to par-tee!
Did you know the calendar factory went out of business because its days were numbered?
Just us!
I had a spare moment between dances and pulled out the old AI software; the background disappeared!
Decluttered!
I could not resist!
I also decluttered!
We danced many dances, and I showed Mary a couple of new steps! I held her tightly so she would not fall over!
This step is the old “Belt Buckle Polisher.”
We departed at about 8:30 pm and headed home. We were both tired and sore! Our trainers found some muscles we had no idea were there. Mary, being a doctor, knew what they were. When she explained, I thought she was talking dirty! I was sure my muscles were connected to my sacrocrackerjack!
I love Amos and Andy! The Kingfish went to the gym, and he thought he had broken his sacrocrackerjack (sacroiliac). The guys were absolutely amazing, and to me, it had NOTHING to do with race; it was just good, clean comedy!
Watch Andy gets a telegram!
Scout and I wandered the backyard so he could do his business, and we could go in for the night!
A beautiful night for a garden stroll!
We checked our messages before turning down the lights and discovered we would be serenaded this evening. Becky sent us a video of her practicing the piano! Miss Beaky is doing well!
Good night, all!
Note to self: Careful with compliments to my bride!
