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Friday And Time For Toppers Dance Club
We were busy around the house most of the day. To make it easy for the Finch’s, we decided to meet them at Old Ranch at 4:00 PM and then leave from there to go to the Petroleum Club. Join … Continue reading
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Walking… A Good Thing To Do!
With Sue’s foot on the mend, it is time to walk as much as possible! This morning, Paul was off like a shot strutting right on down the avenue. Join the walk! Sue made a wonderful lunch. How she can … Continue reading
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Good News Great Day!
Time for Paul’s annual physical! We have been going to Dr. Asbill for 30+ years so he knows us well… He was the doctor to the executives at Rockwell Downey beginning in the 1980’s. So, his prognosis for Paul was … Continue reading
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Easter Sunday Is Here… Where Has The Year Gone?
We got up a little late and had time for champagne before getting ready to go! Go you say? Yes, to Downtown Disney where we enjoyed the company of friends and family for an Easter Brunch at Catal Restaurant and … Continue reading
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Good News – Almost Back To Normal
Paul finished off the Nightlighter’s Dance Club website from the April dance. Sue was wondering why he spends so much time on the computer. She got a great idea! We visited the doctor in the morning to see what progress … Continue reading
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Wednesday And We Must Be Gone!
Rise and shine, or, at least, rise! We worked around the house today until it was time to leave and let the cleaning folks do their job. Adrianna has been doing our home for ten years and she is wonderful! … Continue reading
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Tagged Dining Out, Old Ranch, Romance, Wine
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Tuesday Time To Do Things Around The House
Sue’s foot is still on the fritz so we decided to stay home. Paul headed to the attic to find out where the other end of a 220 VAC outlet was going. After seeing it in the attic, the old … Continue reading
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Tagged Chores, Dining Out, Patty's Place, Walking
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We Be Moving Again!
It’s getting easier to get out and about as the foot is less painful every day. First things first… To the heart doctor and the results were “A-OK”. Amazing, Sue’s cholesterol was 46 – Yes, forty-six! We celebrated by going … Continue reading
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Tagged Dining Out, Doctor, Friends, Malarkeys, Walking, Wine
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Foot No Better!
Sue woke up with the foot still hurting so we headed to the doctors office. They took an x-ray and nothing was broken… Just a severe sprain! The doc said “Stay off the foot for a couple of weeks”. Great! … Continue reading
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Slooooow Down!
Sue took a spill last night but we did not think anything of it until this morning when she could not walk! OUCH! Paul went and got an ankle support device from RiteAid and we stayed home all day. Her … Continue reading
Errand Day!
The iPhone 6 camera went south on us so we had to go to the Apple Store and have the wizard look at it. Out appointment was at 11:45 AM so we decided to have lunch at the California Pizza … Continue reading
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Tagged Chores, Dining Out, Friends, Kobe Steakhouse, Old Ranch, TV Movies, Wine
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Monday Was Relaxing Relatively Speaking
Slow day… We went to the shopping mall to get the iPhone fixed (bad camera) and do some shopping. We had to make an appointment with a technician to get the iPhone fixed (or replaced) this coming Wednesday. We went … Continue reading
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Sunday, A Day To Rest… NOT!
Up and at it… We are having the main power panel replaced so Paul has been trying to figure out where all the circuitry is going! The garage is not figured out yet so he must kill power to the … Continue reading
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A Walk In The Gardens
Spring is here so it is time to go to the Huntington Gardens and visit the new babies just seeing the Sun for the first time. We dined at 1919 but it was not all we expected, next time… Rose … Continue reading
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Golf & Dancing Makes For A Great Day
We are up and going this morning bright and early. As Paul was walking the yard and cleaning the garage, our plumber dropped by saying he had a little more work to do. The FAMILY PLUMBER just does it right. … Continue reading
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We Had A “Full Day”
After getting up and having tea, we puttered around the house for two hours. Paul rototilled around the base of the Lime and Kumquat trees so as to be able to put in fertilizer. After coming in, Sue had a … Continue reading
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Super Tuesday!
Today was “T-Day”. We had to go to the nice tax lady who we have had for a quarter of a century! Sue is well organized, so we only spent 45 minutes there and about half of that sharing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday, Dining Out, Family, Friends, Old Ranch, Wine
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Sad Day
We were notified today, via Facebook, that Sharon Leslie Finch passed this morning from a head injury suffered when she fell Sunday afternoon. Her niece reported that she passed peacefully. While Paul has not seen her in perhaps 55 years, … Continue reading
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Saturday – Time To Relax – NOT
Rest is a four letter word in this household! First things first… Gardening. Paul finished off the spreading of the mulch in the driveway garden before heading for the shower and getting ready for Seasons 52 at South Coast Plaza. … Continue reading
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A Planting We Will Go And Then Golf And Then Dancing!
Retirement is tough! We work from sunrise to sunset and beyond. This morning it was time to plant! Select, dig, fertilize, place, water…. twenty-five times! Sue did not think much of Paul’s sense of humor: The garden is “a lot” … Continue reading
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