Gosh I did so many sit ups yesterday and push ups and all kinds of stuff.  Andre' said to pull up on this thingy and I didn't need to, I could do it by myself, thirty times.  He said he didn't know I was that strong.  Soooo, he stepped it up some more.  Then I went to the bank, got the car washed, and went to the pool.  And then I couldn't move my arms! Ha ha.  I guess I deserved that.  They feel better now though, I worked them in the pool and that sort of loosened them up.

Last night I lost $28.00 at poker but after the fiasco last week that was like a win.

If you have a MAC did you upgrade the operating system yet.  I did, it took a while but it's done successfully.  The new one is free too.  It's called Maverick.  Now I have to see what it's about.

And that was my whole day yesterday.  How was yours?  

I am trying to decide when to get my hair done.  The cruise is in about six weeks so if I get it done soon then I can get it done again right before I leave.  

That's everything that is in my brain.  Every little thing.  Have a great Prince Spaghetti Day y'all.  I will too.  For sure.

Oh yeah, that was lovely.  This is not a new photo but it sure is where I was yesterday.  The water was back up to 80°and the temperature of the air was 86°and that, my friends, is what I live for daily.  It felt amazing to do my hour of water jogging and then stretch and then shower and get in my jammies.  What a great day I had.  I hope yours was as nice as mine.

Today I have some errands and then plan on being back there again.  Well after I have a visit with Andre' for about 45 minutes or so.

Tonight is poker too.  I sure hope I do better than I did last week.  

Just typing all that for tomorrow I feel like I need a nap or something.  

Did you know there is HBO to go?  I didn't.  Well I knew you could watch it on the computer or iPad but it's different than the HBO on the tv.  There is more stuff.  Interesting.

Guess that's all I know today.  Sorry to be so dumb, must up the fish oil!  Have a great Tuesday.  I will too.

Guess what?  I got invited to a Super Bowl party and I went.  I actually watched some of it too.  Didn't like it, saw part of halftime, and excused myself (with thanks) and went home.  I dislike sports.  I don't want to, I just do.  I actually wish I liked them.

Anyway while I was there, remember I told you my friend was a SAG member and got all the movies sent to him?  Well this time I brought home three more, Captain Phillips, Blue Jasmine, and Dallas Buyers Club.  I'll watch them soon.  

Today I have fasting bloodwork and then I am free.  It's in the 80's and sunny so you know where I'll be for sure.  I am reading an interesting book too so I'll take that down with me.  What I am reading is "Divergent".

I have about given up on Downton Abbey this season, it just is not interesting me.  Am I the only one?

And that, my friends, it about it from paradise today.  Hope your Monday is totally tits.  Mine will be for sure!  Well all except for that needle in the morning...

Sunday means you-know-what... lunch with the duck and grocery shopping.  He calls it "our time" and that makes me so happy when he says things like that.  Sarge would be so proud of him.

I won pretty big at canasta yesterday, twelve bucks.  I need to make up my Tuesday night poker fiasco.  It's a start.  

I read on Facebook yesterday someone asking if anyone ever talked to their pets and pretended to get an answer.  I talk to Roche' all the time and I get answers.  I don't even have to pretend.  Maybe I took too much fish oil.  Or I have rocks in my head.  Or something.

Shoot I even talk to my car.  Well it's Sarge's car and I guess I'll always think of it as that but still.  And I always talk to other drivers even though they can't hear me.  Usually they can't anyway.  But if they could hear me they'd probably thank me for letting them know when they are being total a$$es and stuff.  I mean they need to know, right?  I am pretty sure they'd thank me too.

Fusha.  Is that a real color?  Or better yet - puce?

I have so many friends on cruises right now.  I sure wish I was.  Six more weeks.  I'd better step up the card games so I can afford to go.  At the rate I'm going with that I'd be cruising the tenth of never, ha!

So have a perfectly lovely Sunday y'all.  I will too, for sure!

Gosh it was beautiful yesterday, it did rain here and there a bit but the sun was out and the day was fabulous.

Andre' said next week it's time to take another progress photo.  It will be ten weeks, twenty sessions.  With one cruise in the middle.  

I can tell you one thing though, I get hungrier and I am eating more.  I know I am burning the calories and I am eating pretty healthy but at night I have been having a bowl of cereal at bedtime.  When I don't I can't sleep, I am just hungry.  So..... I decided to listen to what my body is saying and eat something, just try to keep eating healthy and go forward.  I am strong now though, really strong.

Well January is behind us so spring is closer!  When I lived further north (Maryland) I hated February but in Florida, well, not so much.  It's pretty nice actually.  I always went into a depression in February and didn't know about antidepressants or stuff like that and one year I even got suicidal.  We didn't know about lack of sunlight and how that can affect moods.  

Gosh I have lived in South Florida since 1981, 33 years!  Where did that go?  I have never been sorry I live here either.  It was not right for D#1 but for me?  It is.

Today is the day Paul and Marylou go on the Breeze.  I know they are going to have a great time.  We have cruised with them twice and they are great people.  For Canadians.  (kidding!!)  

Have a perfectly lovely Saturday y'all.  It's beautiful here but I'll be in the card room having a nice time there.

It's Friday and guess where I'll be today after I go see Andre' and get tortured my workout done.  I am telling myself that the pool is my reward for working hard.  I do actually like the workouts now though.  I feel so good afterward.

Last night when I got home I was so tired after playing canasta all afternoon and then again last night.  I could barely get this post typed.  If it doesn't make any sense that's why.  Well, that plus I haven't taken my fish oil yet.  I'm late with that too.

Have a great Friday and I promise a better post tomorrow.  Thanks for understanding.

So okay, back to our regular blog.  Thanks for understanding yesterday.

Today I have a canasta game at 12:30 and yet another canasta game at 6:30.  I am subbing in the evening game.  I didn't want to but couldn't say no.  That's way too long a day for me because I have errands in the morning.  I just HAVE to learn to say no.  I really do.

I got to see the duck yesterday, he came over to help me with something over my head with wires and electricity and plugs and stuff and I got him to eat dinner with me while he was here.  That was a treat for me!  Then D#1 called me last night and we chatted.  She was working out of town and at a hotel.  

I haven't mentioned it in a while but I am still using (and loving) Wen.  I have tried lots of them but like the Sweet Almond Mint the best.  It does not leave a smell that I can detect but I did write to them about coming out with an unscented one.  They wrote back that they would consider it and thanked me for the idea.

My friends Paul and Marylou are going on their cruise real soon and of course Barb leaves today on hers.  Not me.  I have to wait until March 15th.  It's been warming up nicely so I don't mind because the pool is also warming up.  In fact on Tuesday after I saw Andre' I did get in the pool.  It was 75°and not bad once you got in and got moving.  I like it warmer but can swim at that temperature.

So that's all my brain knows today.  Hope your Thursday is totally tits.  Mine will be but I know I'll be tired by evening!

Two years ago today.

Rest in peace my darling.

Where in the world did the last two years go?  How is it even possible?  I have come such a long way but I have missed him every single day.  I don't talk about it too much because this is a blog of happiness.  But it's there.  Underneath.  

I am SO lucky to have had him in my life.  Oh the memories!  Joyous!  My heart is rich beyond belief.

And I choose to believe we will be together again one day.  Whether that happens or not it gives me comfort now.

Thanks for coming by every day and your friendship and support through all this.  I love you all.  

Come back tomorrow for my regularly scheduled nonsensical ramble.

I am turning off comments on this post so I can just reflect a bit.  I know I have your support.  Thank you.

I just came across this photo from the cruise with the duck.  I liked it pretty good except that we both had black on so it looks kind of wonky.  He looks like Sarge doesn't he?  Gosh I miss that man.

So yesterday I spent the afternoon in the card room (on my day off!) so I showed them, I won all their money.  Yup.  Nine bucks.  

Today I get to go see Andre'.  Did you like how I worded that?  I actually DO like it pretty good.  I complain but then I sort of like to do that too.  And you know me, I do what I like.

After that I plan on going to the pool too.  The water is in the mid 70's I hear from the (self appointed) mayor (of the pool) and the temperature should be above 80°so you know where I'll be in the afternoon.

Then there is poker tonight.  I am due for a loss because I have won for several weeks now but I still plan on winning again.  We'll see what happens.

Have a lovely Tuesday.  I will.  For sure!

And I'll be in the card room subbing for a gal instead of at my pool having fun with my friends.  Buggers.  But I couldn't say no.  

I did go to the pool yesterday after I got home from shopping with the duck, that's when I took this photo.  Today is supposed to be in the 80's. Finally.  But the water temperature is down to 69°which is way colder than anything I'd get into nor would anyone in their right mind but the (self appointed) mayor (of the pool) was in there swimming around in a circle.  He knows he's not in his right mind though.

So I have a friend who is a member of SAG (Screen Actor's Guild) and he was sent the movies they are voting on and I got to watch some, American Hustle and The Butler last night.  Didn't care for the first one, liked the second one "okay".  But I liked that I got to see them.  The rest he had didn't interest me.

So have yourself a perfectly lovely day today and try to do something nice for someone else, ok?  I will too.