how about drinking?

Nothing like a young white Bordeaux (especially an Entre Deux Mers) in summer

Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Sunday Funday! Gray and gloomy yesterday, but the sun is coming out this ayem. Nice breeze blowing, should have waited and filled the dumpster today! Did do it yesterday, and boy can I sweat when working in the humidity at 80 something percent. Getting to the point in the basement where I can start to reach the shelves and such, will need to come up with a strategy for organizing as I'm also coming up to things that I am going to keep (winter coat, rain coat, groceries for the pantry, stuff that I need to get upstairs and put away). I am finding a few things that I thought I had gotten but then couldn't find later, mostly jugs of white vinegar. I usually grab a jug every other shopping trip or so cuz I use so much of it in cleaning and such. With the 3 or 4 jugs I have found I can now have one open in the laundry room, and one in the kitchen, and even one in the bathroom and still have a couple for the pantry. Obviously, I need to arrange for homes for this stuff.Bonus find:a bottle of Limoncello!Sadie has a grand time nosing around and tangling me up in her tie out. She keeps reminding me to stop and take a short break by parking her bod in front of my feet and demanding ear scratches. Certainly slows me down, but then I need to slow down, I tend to go as fast as I can and get totally worn out too fast. Sadie takes such good care of me!

Jazzy--What's with the TP? It's not Halloween, not yet, even if the Halloween candy and stuff is already out in the stores.

Mema--It's really not fair how you need energy to exercise so you can get more energy! I'm the same way, much rather sit and read a book that go for a walk or something, but really need to be doing that. The immunization clinic work is really a lot of fun most of the time. I like working with kids, they don't mess around and say it like it is. Embarrasses the parents to no end, sometimes, though.

Illi--oh, wow, look at those views!If the ground didn't get in the way you'd have a complete rainbow there! It must be amazing to watch storms roll in through there.

Jazzy--looks interesting! I wonder if I can get that around here.

Undie--Somebody is a bit overheated!

Dances with Hornets' DOTD

Walking With Jesus

Ingredients

1 oz. Bacardi Rum

1 oz. DeKuyper Pucker Raspberry Schnapps

1 oz. DeKuyper Mad Melon Watermelon Schnapps

1 oz. Absolut Vodka

1 oz. Blue Curacao

Sprite

Instructions

Shake with ice and strain over ice in a tall glass. Top with Sprite.

bought a bottle of this wine out here in CA. Really good

Morning DahhhLinks,

We got high winds yest and some rain. Not much tho.

Illi - The cabin sounds like it is in the perfect spot. I mean, look at those pics, jes gorgeous. NO snow at 7,000 ft? If so, I'm surprised. But if not, woohoo, I've lived in snow country and not fond of it. You'll be quite happy there on your mountain, mese tinks.

Undi - Hope u had a pleasant B-day. Send the Hunk with the Absolute to me quickly, I am in need!! Good to see ya post again, we miss you.

NM - that is a lot of vinegar. I use it to clean too but not very often. Sounds like you are moving right along…so happy happy for you. And good for Ms Sadie to try and slow you down some. LOL about the kids embarrassing the moms n dads. I can imagine how fun it would be to watch. Love the posts.

Nancy - welcome to the bar and pool. And we are kidders but not judges. Meet ya at the poolbar for a libation…ChEErs!

Off to do my Sunday/funday grocery shopping - NOT. But gotta do it. I will be in Dallas then Schreveport by this weekend. So excited. However last time I was in Eastern TX it was sooo humid I got sickly, hope it is not that way this time.

Lubslubslubslubs all ya'll.

HOLY cHIT, i'M SO FAR BEHIND--i'M SORRY--I kind of skimmed over everything.

Welcome Nancy nnd for surethis is a judge fre zone for all of us--so say whatever u want or need to say

Heidi I'm so glad u'r gettin help, sometimes we need a boost to help us thru bad times, of course u know we're always here but seeing a pro will always help.

NM "scream" like that one and always enjoy what Sadie does. Anyone who u take care of is a very lucky person.

Dara everything u'r doing sounds so exciting--this whole thing sounds great for u--so hppy.

Lori things seem quiet for u and that's always a good thing, hope u feel good too.

SusyQ u'r always on the go, whew u tire me out too.

Jazzy great pics, I hope things go well w,hile u'r out the cu I know it's not easy.

I'm still moaning nd groaning, but do as much workout as I can.

they told me it will take a while, way longer than I thought--this falling business is crap, I slid right off my chair on the floor, just reachng for something, I have to get used to moving so differently now--Oh well and s tired, no doubt the morphine first then the rest, I guess

ILL the home look beautiful and great views, very happy for u.

LUBS U ALL

Neport Beach but the beach photo from Laguna Beach

Lll- since you grew up in Huntington Beach, I bet you may know where we ate tonight

Jazzy, it's been many years since I've been home but I'm going to guess either Dukes (formerly Maxwell's) or Zubies. Delicous looking dinner

Dara darling, I miss you when you are not here as well. How is your lil Lucy?

Jazzy, you should be in that pool doing laps instead of feet selfies! Poyfect picture of the Bird of Paradise.

NM, I totally feel lazy when it's grey and gloomy out.Funny about finding all the missing vinegar! LOL at the TP apocalypse! You can chop up your basil, spritz it with some olive oil and freeze in an ice cube tray. You can do that with parsley, cilantro, etc. Wanted to see you dish cooked, it looked really good.

LDB, good to see you and glad you liked the zucc. recipe. My plants have been taken over by squash bugs. I wonder what has you so tired. Did I miss a post about you going to TX and LA? What for and with who?

Illona, very pretty pictures and you have a gorgeous view.

Shannon, what's up goilie!

Nowaldron, hi and welcome. And NO, there is no judgement here!

Hi Celia, I have my eclipse glasses, only $1.00 at WalMart, I hope they're legit. But we are not in the path, so not sure how much we can see here AZ.

Cami, I'm sure that morphine has you floopy.

Had a wonderful weekend. Visit from a neighbor on Saturday, grilled some burgers. Went for a ride on the quad with hubby yesterday, but just went around here, but went for a 5 hour ride.

Morning DahhhLinks,

Celia- good to see ya again. I have been absent a lot so may have, probably did, miss sev of ur posts. Oh how I'd love to be in KY during the eclipse. Have it on my calendar. We fly back into LV that day around noon. Will spend the nite at my son's as I have my onco routine checkup and labs, oh and my Xgeva shot on Tues the 22^nd. Will try and find the eclipse glasses somewhere in TX or LA and try and catch some of it from my sons house in SE Vegas.

Cami - sorry u slid off your chair, and I believe you will overcome this bump in the road. I am praying especially hard for you. Don't give up girl, I know u've been fighting a long time…try and eek out another year or two. Love u muchly…(((Cami))). LoL on the video of the guy falling in the store.

Sandy - oh my another colonoscopy, well, what can I say but….happy poopin!!

Jazz- bootYful pics of the coast and vegetation, thanks for sharing. Have a safe trip home.

NM - mmm that chicken caprise sounds delightful. LOL bout Sadie helping with the cleanup. I agree about the ease and cost of cleaning with vinegar.

Lowee - I am going with dh…yes dh, he is flying w/me. It is for his friend from grade school. A surprise 70^th b-day party. We are flying into Dallas/Ft Worth and driving into Schreveport for the party. Not sure where we are staying, but I'm excited to be taking a Fight with my dh. Only going for 4 days/3 nights, but Harrahs said they will reimburse us for the flight and a rental car. We decided to get the car so we would have more freedom of movement. We leave Thurs for LV, sleep at my sons, then Friday morning early (flt leaves at 6:30a) to airport. Come back Monday, 21^st, to LV, then another nite at my sons as I have onco appt on Tues. I am excited mostly cuz dh is taking me with him. OOOO Boy.

Lubslubslubslubs to all!!

Back home!

ChiSandy- that photo of the butterfly is incredible!

Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Twofer Tuesday! It was a beautiful day for driving around yesterday. At the morning staff meeting the clinical manager actually came out and said that the Per Diem staff are supposed to work as case managers when seeing patients. You'd have been proud of me, I kept my mouth shut, did not say a word all meeting. Two other people brought up that a Per Diem nurse contacting a doctor's office for orders is problematic, as the office may not call back until the next day, that nurse may not be working, and may not be able to return the call until the next week, and many things need more immediate response. So, new process invented on the spot--Per Diem's start a process like that and then e-mail everyone who sees that patient what they've done so that anyone can pick up the call the next day. Not sure that will work well, as we leave names and the offices call back and ask for specific nurses, but we'll see. E-mailing a bunch of people is a PIA since we can't set up group e-mails on our tablets and the one person you forget is invariably the one person who gets the call. Oh well, not my circus, not my monkey. There were 2 nurses interviewing for the open position, I hope one works out, then this area will have it's own full time case manager and a lot of this stuff will go away.

Stopped at Bar Harbor Cellars winery yesterday, picked up a bottle of blueberry and a bottle of blackberry wine, both in the fridge waiting for this evening. I caught Silly Sadie lapping up some Blueberry wine from my glass the other day, did I tell you guys? Apparently she likes blueberry wine, she was going to keep drinking until I stopped her! I wonder how much wine it takes to get a dog drunk?

Goldie--good idea for the herbs. And I remembered that I have some trays for freezing herbs in oil and butter, too. Time to start doing some of that, the herbs are ready for harvesting. A 5 hour ride, what fun!

Welcome home, Jazzy!

Mema--The only clean up technique I know that is easier and cheaper than vinegar is Silly Sadie!

Chi-trust me, the spikes will regenerate!Keeping the herbs from bolting can be a full time job, but if you don't then the season is over for that plant. Good point about the bees, though.I'll start leaving one spike until the others come up, if that doesn't end of up shutting the plant down for the summer. Beautiful pic of the flower and butterfly!

Dances with Hornets' DOTD:

Butterfly

Ingredients

• ½ Part Absolut Citron
• ½ Part Absolut Apeach
• 1 Part Lime Juice
• ½ Part Peach Liqueur
• 1 Dash Peach Bitters
• ⅓ Part Simple Syrup
• 1 Slice Peach

How to mix

Fill a shaker with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with peach.

Good afternoon friends- getting caught up here today upon my return from the west coast. Got home on time yesterday in time to unload, get some laundry going, etc. By late afternoon into the evening, we got some big storms last night with torrents of rain. I love it! I heard we had a big dumper last friday while I was gone too. Glad to see the monsoons producing, but they got started late. Will they go later into Sept? We hope.

The overall visit went well. I am glad I went as they both needed some family support, and think I needed the break too (had not been out of dodge since March). I have a better understanding of some of my sister's partners health changes and they seem to still be struggling to find the right meds to help. I got my sister out for some fun while I was there including for some meals, to do some shopping, time at the beach, etc.

Back to reality and was on a biz call today and few other things to do. Back to some apts and the pool too tomorrow!

Goldie- are you getting some of the rain now too. And yes, the trip did go fast. I usually go for 4-5 days which is about the perfect window of time to visit. You step off the plane and the next thing you know you are being dropped off at the airport again!

Cami- how are you doing friend?

ChiSandy- how are the work outs going?

NM- it sounds like you are doing a great job to keep up the boundaries around all the expectations of those hospice people. Funny about Sadie and the blueberry wine.

About all I can write right now. Back again soon!