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i mentioned we went camping at marco island last easter. one sleepy afternoon, too early make dinner, we drove maybe 30 minutes to naples pier to watch the sun go down -- it was beautiful. naples beach was nice but was full of people that day. we walked to the end of the pier to soak it all in. lots of people on the pier too. many were there for the famous naples sunset just like us; some were fishing along the sides. you could tell there were lots of fish from tiny air bubbles bubbling on the water; saw more than one seagull dive and come up with their dinner. there were many dolphins too. the sun went down, slowly. we started to walk back. we stopped and looked at it again once in a while. then the sun was gone. people clapped and cheered. it was infectious. we clapped too.

still talking about my recent vacation... most shops were open till 9 p.m. from monday to saturday (on sundays, they're only open until 6 p.m.). one night, after a 7 p.m. dinner (i still noticed that there's light out at 7), we went to best buy and bought a few stuff (just a few, other things i needed i got off cheaper at amazon). we stopped at a 24-hour steak 'n shake before heading back. they ordered their 'originals' - medium well, no pickle, with pickle, lettuce, tomato, and so on - and strawberry milk shakes. i had a bowl of their 'genuine chili'. we took home most of the chili. umay. nice lady server put extra crackers. i should have ordered a cup because i only wanted to try it. the leftover? we made chili cheese dogs later that week. still umay.

We went camping at Marco Island, Easter weekend. Most of our group slept at the campgrounds while a few of us - literally unable to sleep on anything below knee-level - slept at a hotel, at Red Roof Inn. I'm glad we did that because during the two nights we were there, temps dropped to 50°F ( 10°C)... brrr! We had breakfast at the IHOP next door. My eggs benedict-- Biscuits and gravy (with eggs and hash browns on the side) -- The "Senior Rise ‘N Shine"-- I love breakfast.

we recently had a short but fun vacation. the weather in southeast florida was nice while we were there. i could sun-bathe any time and not break a sweat. i only did that three times though and yes, i quickly got a tan line and suffered a little sunburn. it was even cold out on several occasions, like when we went to this park in the middle of the afternoon. cold winds with warm sunshine felt good on the skin.

RE: Bookkeeping Finally, done! Not doing this anymore. Peace!

Saw my doctor this week. I need a bigger pill box/container! Merienda was at Floating Island in MMC. We shared a Monte Carlo {250}, BLT {210} and Carbonara {240}. Monte Carlo sandwich. There were four. Elevator down to MMC's Tower 2 basement parking area. After the consultation and small talk, we looked for the restroom with a handicap-friendly stall*. We were on the first floor {one floor above the lobby/entrance; like in Europe} of Tower 1; they pointed us to Tower 2. Towers were connected so we didn't need to go out the building. We passed Floating Island, turned left, hoped it wasn't a dead end... et voila! Spotted the sign and yelled, "Restroom!" White coat in front of us yelled back, "Restroom! There!" High-Five! No, we didn't high-five but we could have. *That "handicap-friendly" stall at Makati Med was AWFUL. It's too small and the door swings inward -- it wouldn't close when the wheelchair's inside! So

Had blood drawn early this morning at a small hospital a few blocks away. Picked up breakfast on our way back. This tocilog was P43 and delicious. It was nice at 7 a.m. this morning; was cold and windy. No sun though even after 9 a.m. Didn't catch some rays, but at least it didn't rain. Man on TV said it might rain this week. Two med tech boys had a hard time finding an elbow vein to stab. To pass the time, while one worked, the other asked a question about me like I wasn't there. "How old is she?" I raised my head, looked him in the eye and answered. Maybe it was my Disney World baseball cap or someone fawning over my shoulder telling me it's going to be OK, but I wanted to surprise him... which didn't happen... He stared back with a blank face. Didn't even crack a smile. He didn't care. It was too early in the morning not to care. Maybe his failure to find a vein got him down. The other one he called "master" finally scored blood wit

you'd think after years of taking the same prescription, you'd get used to it with little to no side-effects. surprisingly, for the first time in many moons, i'm feeling yucky tonight. i think it's from the meds but it could be something else.* i'll just assume it's the meds, for now. i'm going to bed. *Update ~ Yup, it's not the meds. Hello, Miss Flo.

Whisked cooled all-purpose cream like crazy ; spooned condensed milk in, whisked ; tasted ; spooned more condensed milk, whisked ; repeated until it tasted ok to me Laid chocolate grahams in tupperware ; spooned black coffee over them so they're just wet, not soaked {used strong coffee: a little more than a teaspoon of instant in half a cup of hot water} Spooned a thick layer of the sweetened, puffy cream on wet grahams ; laid more grahams over that ; spooned coffee over that ; repeated until i used all the cream Sprinkled crushed + crumbled grahams on top ; put the lid on ; left it in the fridge to set and chill After dinner... 35 minutes later... voila! Mmm.... layers. I'm thinking two more dinners till we wipe this out. NEXT TIME ~ Make grahams layers thicker, one over another should work, the coffee should make them stick ; more crumbled grahams on top for crunch