KELLY FINALLY PULLS THE TRIGGER ON A NEW SMART PHONE

 COLD AIR MOVES IN THIS MORNING

I am at the 'waddle stage' now.  Moving about the house Friday there were several times I forgot to take my cane with me.  Encouraged by this I intentionally walked around a bit more without it.  But, I hasten to add that it really wasn't walking, it's waddling.  I can't put full weight on my leg yet so it is a tottering dawdle waddle I do from side to side like a Penguin and it's not something I would consider doing in public unless I was Charlie Chaplin.  Pheebs finds it funny and so would I if it was somebody else and not me!!  Kelly told me to dawdle up and walk right.  Maybe tomorrow.

The gentle rain front rolled over us in the night hardly disturbing a whisper.  All was wet this morning but no puddles.  I'm thinking folks inland from us may have had more rain than we did.  With few route changes, Pheebs and I again took a slow drive around our Park keeping an eye out for any photos I hadn't noticed before.  We slipped down around the south end of the Park but it was way too muddy for a walk.  Home again I soon had my hot dog breakfast going on and Pheebs had some related weenie snacks.  Spent the majority of this colder drab day inside reading.

 FOG IN THE AIR AS WE TURNED RIGHT OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY

 MISTY

 YES, WE DO HAVE DEER IN THE PARK

I think maybe it's been nearly a couple months now since I began making smoothies/shakes with my free Magic Bullet Blender.  My smoothies are an evolving work of taste and here is where I am at now with my daily delight....half a cored apple including peelings, two big scoops of Oikos low fat vanilla yogurt, a mixture of frozen strawberries, mangos, and peaches, half a green banana, a healthy dash of cinnamon and a sizeable scoop of plant-based protein powder called All-In-One Organic.  To all this I add skim milk and 'whooooosh' I have myself a great-tasting smoothie.  I am in the habit of having one of these every day now.

 MY SMOOTHIE INGREDIENTS

I think we all have our favorite little times of the day and here is one of mine which I consider #1 on my list.  The place is our sunroom and my favorite moment generally occurs anywhere between about 1:30 and 4:30 in the afternoon.  In my recliner tipped back reading I eventually tire and at that point, I close my book and kinda shuffle myself around a little bit until I am in the most comfy-cozy position I can be in.  I close my eyes and relax.  I am now in my #1 'favorite moment' as I calmly drift off to la-la land.  I've been doing this on and off for years and my little afternoon siestas generally last anywhere from 20 minutes to maybe an hour and a half sometimes.  I just love when this happens:))

 FRIENDS OF OURS IN THE PARK HAVE A NICE COZY MORNING WOODFIRE GOING ON

 I THOUGHT THIS KIND OF LOOKED A LITTLE HALLOWEENY

She said the wheels were going 'clunkity-clunk'.  Years ago when my Uncle Harry lived at an assisted living facility in Woodstock Ontario he bought himself a new walker.  He used it for a number of years before sadly passing away in 2013.  We brought Uncle Harry's walker home and stored it in our carport.  Several years later my Aunt Jean in Florida expressed an interest in the walker so Kelly and I loaded it into our RV that Fall and on our way out to the Southwest we swung down around Sarasota Florida and dropped the walker off at Harry's sister's place, my Aunt Jean.  That walker has been in use ever since and especially so now that she moved to her new digs last May at Sarasota's (Sunnyside Village.  Last night while talking to Aunt Jean on our weekly Friday night phone call she mentioned that the walker is getting harder to push.  She said the wheels are clunky and make a noise.  Well, I figured with probably over a hundred thousand miles on those tires they are probably worn out and maybe even flat.  I assured her she did not have to walk to a tire store to have four new tires put on and suggested she get in touch with her facilities maintenance man to see if he, or someone he knows could see to it that she gets some new wheels.  So, that is Aunt Jean's project for the week.  We'll see what happens.  Oh, and it was just a few months ago that she put all-new tires on her Toyota car.  At her tire shop, they asked if she wanted the long-term extended warranty on the tires and she answered, "no, at 96 years old I don't think I will be needing that". Below is a picture of Aunt Jean with Santa Claus a few months ago at her facility's Christmas party.

A Blast From Our Past:: I don't know how many times over our RVing years I/we have made the rugged mile-long climb up Ghost Mountain in California's Blair Valley to visit the ruins of Marshal South's old homestead called Yaquitepec, but this day was my fourth climb.  My 4th Journey To Ghost Mountain

After months and months of deliberation and lengthy research, Kelly finally today pulled the trigger on a new smartphone decision and placed her order for an iPhone15 from Apple Canada.  It will be here Wednesday:))))

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Al's Music Box:)) At The Hop is a 1950s pop song written by Artie Singer, John Medora, and David White and originally released by Danny & the Juniors.  The song was released in the fall of 1957 and reached number one on the US charts on January 6, 1958, becoming one of the top-selling singles of 1958.  The song was written when Danny & the Juniors were still called The Juvenairs. Initially called "Do the Bop", the song was heard by Dick Clark, who expressed concern that the dance fad of doing The Bop was on its way out, so he suggested they change the band name to the Juniors and the chorus from "Let's all do the Bop" to "Let's go to the Hop".  After they performed the song on Clark's show American Bandstand, it gained popularity and went to the top of the US charts, remaining at number one for five weeks.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Three old ladies were sitting in a diner, discussing their health.  One lady says, You know, I'm getting really forgetful. This morning, I was standing at the top of the stairs, and I couldn't remember whether I had just come up or was about to go down.  The second lady says, You think that/s bad? The other day, I was sitting on the edge of my bed, and I couldn't remember whether I was going to sleep or had just woken up!  The third lady smiles smugly. Well, my memory is just as good as it's always been, 'knock on wood', she says as she raps on the table. Then with a startled look on her face, she asks, Who's there?

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- Did you hear about the red ship and the blue ship that collided?  The survivors were marooned.

Q: Why was the Egyptian boy confused?
A: Because his daddy was a mummy.

How do you get a Kleenex to dance?
Â… Put a little boogey in it.

I was out drinking with my buddies at a party last night when I suddenly looked at my phone and noticed 18 missed calls from my wife.  Is she insecure or what?  That's an average of 6 calls a day!

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