Repeat Offenders ~ Sunday, August 11th

Hi Everyone,
After we got off the beach and got cleaned up as much as possible, we went out for dinner and while the food was good we were put at a booth that too crowded for 6 people so it was tight and also very noisy although towards the end it seemed to get not quite as noisy.
Getting home turned out be long due to a few things. In the car I was riding with we ended up having to park at this school and get a jitney down into the center of town. We had to wait for it to come but I guess we had assumed that the jitney was just going to the school and the driver never announced the stop and went by. Its dark and none of us would have recognized it in the dark but realized that the ride was taking longer than it should have. My friend goes to the driver and ask and he said he passed it. He said he would go back to it but went back thru the town to do so it took longer to get started going back and then the driver missed an exit he should have taken so fortunately found another way to get back to our meeting spot where two of our members were waiting for us to get the last leg of the trip home. We tried beforehand to figure out a different way but that left our driver by himself and the other car too crowded. That is why we needed 2 cars to begin with. Anyway, got home and to bed late for me. ( about 1 pm)
I slept later this morning and basically dont plan on going out as I need to work on the portfolio and some cleaning up. If I go out it be a quick errand.
Have a great day!

Hi! It's me again.

Janet - that was a late night for you. I'm glad you were able to sleep in a little today. I hope you get all of portfolio work done that you're wanting to do.

Susie - Ohhhh. I haven't been to Outback in ages. I've always loved their food and I've always been able to find plan friendly items...no matter what plan I was currently doing. Lol

So yesterday was a little emotional for us. When we got home from the grocery run I got the mail and we had a sympathy card from the Vet office, signed by all of the staff. I was prepared for that and figured it would be coming, as almost all places do something like that now days. What took me a little by surprise was that also in the card they a paw print of my little girl. It brought a few tears for both of us. I think we're doing pretty good, it just takes time to adjust to her not being here. Especially since the last year she'd been a constant presence in my life. Anyway...I thought I'd be working on the yard by now, but with the humidity so high, the dampness is taking forever to dry up. I'm just ready to get this yard done already and get on with the day. I'm on my 2nd load of laundry while I'm waiting though, so it's not like I'm not getting anything else accomplished.

Well, I am ready to sit on down and chill.. I did some cleaning, laundry is in the dryer and I printed out more pictures for the portfolio but I need to print out those pages that I put on the flash drive. I will print them at work so the cost of printing wont come out of my pocket. I thought I had more pages in the book where I could have attached the pictures but I didnt. Its a process so I wouldnt have finished it today but other than going to the library I hadnt done that much but it turns out doing that work at the library is really the foundation because I cant just put pictures anywhere in the book. I have at least a good start and I am sure that any of the teachers who havent even begun are going to be overwhelmed especially with everything else that is going to be required.
Jana, safe travels! I hope your daughter will be ok. This will be her second year of teaching in special education and early childhood, right?
Andi, enjoy your day at the lake.
The extra salads will make at least tommorow easier for planning meals.
Happy Birthday Robin S. Hope you have a nice day.
Lora, it was nice of your vet and staff to send the card and paw print even tho it made you sad for a few. I hope you finally get the yard finished today.
Susie, whatever you do for dinner whether it is going out or staying home, enjoy.
One of the members in my group always jokes and says that our group should be called the Outdoor Mosaic Mountain Club and Eating Club. Its true in a way because we mostly do go out afterwards. He says he wouldnt mind if we didnt always go out to eat. Well, he has that option as nobody is forcing him to go out and sometimes he leaves after the event. If he isnt willing to drive tho and he often doesnt volunteer then he is at least forced to go with the group especially if we arent anywhere near home but he could choose either not to get an entree or I guess if there is something nearby go to a store maybe.
Have a nice remainder of the day!

Oh btw, as most of the members in our club really dont climb mountains too often anymore so it so maybe hills ? -lol! But it is part of a national club that has chapters in the U.S., Canada, Isreal and maybe even other places nowadays.

Hello to all, it has been a while. Janet, thanks for the birthday wish. Had a nice day so far today, it has been an eating weekend though.

Andi, I developed a problem with my arm too, I say shoulder but really more upper arm, but makes it hard to lift things. Me and my friends say the same things, we complain like we are old people. The problem is that we think we are still young. 

Lora, I very rarely color my hair, but did it before my future DDIL's bridal shower, so early may. It is now starting to look like I can see some growing in, but not like I want to do it all over again, so may just do root touch up for the wedding. If it wasn't for the wedding, I wouldn't bother, but I think you are quite a bit younger than I am. If you have that little gray, doing it yourself is the way to go, and you probably won't have to do it very often at all. It's when you get the dreaded line that it really starts to be a problem. I do remember our vet sending a card after our last dog passed away. It takes a while to get used to not having them around. Glad you managed to get the yard work and mowing in.

Susie, nice that you got to see DS et all last night, always nice to see family. I guess a good thing that your DS had plans, so not missing the family as much.

Janet, sorry you had such a terrible time getting home yesterday.

So far a very nice day. The weather is great. We went out for Chinese Dim Sum for brunch. That is when they wheel around carts of different types of appetizers, they charge a certain amount for each plate size or steamer basket, and tally up at the end. We are still stuffed and it is 6:00. This place is out here on Long Island, but at least as good if not better than places in Chinatown or Flushing, which is a section of Queens that has become so Asian that more of the street signs are written in Chinese, Korean, or whatever. This place also has mostly non-fried, which is not as common. The variety today was overwhelming, so passed up a lot of things. I came up for a book I have been waiting for through the library, Montauk, so started that and it is very good so far. 

Montauk is the name of the book. I use 2 different library systems, Nassau County, which is great but I can only put 7 books on hold at a time, and NY Public, which is not a NYC library system, like some think, it's NY State. I get things from them too, but lately a lot of the really popular titles they have been having in audio but not ebooks, which is strange. I can put 14 on hold from NY.