Best Life

 What better way to start the day then a brisk walk with a good friend.  We started early with temps already in the low 80s.  It was awesome!  Just over 3 1/2 miles is easy when catching up and talk, talk, talking.  (Though I did little talking walking up Marshall Ave!) Today we went over train tracks, through the corner of the Blackstone Valley Bike Path and over the Blackstone River.      Lunch with Maddy at Everybody's Favorite (since Bandidos no longer opens at 11am but noon!).  We are proud of how grown up you have become and it was nice to catch up!   Then onward to Rangeley.  We were not alone.  The roads were packed with vacationers headed north.  But with Spotify (thank you again Meg!) we were entertained.  Billy Joel, Pitbull, Elton John and Meatloaf kept us singing and dancing.  Only 6 1/2 hours later we arrived (normal 5 hours).   Now we relax! Word of the day - peregrinate.  ...

 What do you do when the sun is shining and the prediction is for 95 degrees?  Visit the playground.  Brianna LOVES to swing.                                                            Today at the Cumberland Monastery.                                                                 The Monastery 2025.                                                                      Megan and TJs backyard 2024.    ...

 Hot, sweaty work this morning at Megan and TJ's was followed by sitting by the pool watching kid antics.  It is really nice she has a friend that can come swim and help entertain.  JD at three years old though makes me nervous.  Yes, he can swim.  Yes, his mom was in the pool near him.  But he is fearless and even climbing the slide - he looks so tiny!                                                              Brianna and JD                                             Paul snapping photos when Megan and I were not feeling it.                               ...

 June 29, 2017:                                                  Brooke and Maddy at Roger Williams Zoo Today seemed a bit "slower".  To day included: Dentist (last one for awhile 🤞🤞🤞🤞), breakfast by Scott, stain the picnic table, water the veggies and flowers, a bit of cleaning around the yard, a visit with Karen and Alan, Savers, Lowes, a quick pizza dinner, laundry, dishes and done. National Fred Day.  Fred first came to us May 29, 2024 while we were anchored on Vernon River in Georgia.  He continued to visit us through our boat journey and provided us with daily serenades and conversation fodder.   Word of the day - techily.  Meaning irritably or peevishly sensitive.  (A great word that rolls off the tongue easily.) What do you calla person who is happy on Monday?  RETIRED!!!!  😁

 Yup, Maddie continues to think she is a lap dog.  Paul is unwilling to disabuse her of that idea, Today is a Sunday.  The weather - perfect.  Mostly sunny with a high of 83.  After the past few days of chaos and uncertainty, today was going to be low key.  Paul and Scott had plans to assemble the new pergola for Megan and TJ.                           With the new pergola and two sails, there is plenty of shade in the pool area now! Meanwhile TJ and Rebecca began the arduous task of assembling the new pool furniture. Both Lego lovers, furniture assembly should be easy.  Nope.  Frustrating and tedious but they finished! And I decided to tackle the tedious task of sanding the picnic table.  With the belt sander I managed completing about half of the table with frequent breaks.  Total time invested - maybe 90 minutes. And then Scott remembered he had an electri...

 What a day.  What started out as a really long night that never ended turned into a day that had an exhausting number of ups and downs.  I finally found a perk from having worked as a nursing supervisor at Women and Infants Hospital.  Knowing Melissa in the ER shortened our time in the waiting room (more than 25 patients were waiting up to 9 hours!), bumped us to the front of the line for an ultrasound (only one tech for at least 8 scans booked!) and even a fresh cup of Dunkin coffee at 3am.  The ultrasound tech allowed me to be present and even printed a couple quick pics for us.  Yes we waited an obscene amount of time for each test and the results but it could have been so much longer.   The transfer to RI Hospital sounded promising that Megan's infected appendix would be out lickedy split.  Nope.  As we were being transferred, we heard the helicopter landing.  A gunshot wound to the abdomen bumped her down the list.  But t...