07/06/86 Attended Mass

     I went to church today - well kind of -- it was a mass held in the retirement home over in the next village. It was really neat. There was 2 young boys (9 - 10), myself, Colette, 4 other ladies and the priest. It was a nice service. Personal. Seems strange, there are thousands of cathedrals and they meet in a tiny room in a nursing home. I liked it. Even though I didn't understand it.

     Decide came today. After lunch we played cards and then everybody kind of did their own thing. I've been reading and writing my brains out in history. I am determined to get this done. It is very difficult because many of the questions aren't in either of my books. So I just do what I can.

     I have gained weight and I feel so awful about myself. I don't have the same happy appearance as I used to. Sometimes it is so hard to smile! All I ever do when we aren't out is eat and dream. 2 weeks. Only 7 weeks left.

     I forgot to mention that Colette has a maid who comes every Monday. I think there is a pattern developing here:
Monday - maid/whatever
Tuesday - Friday - wahtever
Sat/Sun - Market, Decide, Church

Not too bad I guess. Tomorrow our "whatever" is Normandie. Should be nice. I'm not exactly sure what we are doing yet -- guess I'll find out! Bon Soir!

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01/12/26 Just a couple of things going on

Every Monday night we do family night pizza. This has included Eldon and Diane for quite awhile now. They left on a round the world cruise and will be gone from January - May. So we sent them a pic of these two cuties and told them we missed them. Found this fun scratch off -- you can mark everywhere you've been. We want to travel in our retirement and thought this would be a fun way to keep track of it. (We also have a world map but I think 1 on the wall is enough). SO this is our little inspiration wall to remind us to get out and see the world! Holly painted this picture on her wall a couple of years ago. I added some words and music notes in vinyl to it. I'm working on turning her bedroom into my music sanctuary. The WELCOME pineapple sign was starting to peel off. I took off all the vinyl and painted the words instead. Gave it a nice refresh! We signed up for classes at the college too -- currently we are taking World travel, AI (artificial intelligence), Aging an...

01/13/26 How Many Cookies?!?!?

I planned to visit Washington City and go to the ladies luncheon (they do it monthly on shut off day). I found a new recipe that included putting smashed pretzels in the mix. (I had smashed pretzel, cereal mixture leftover from Christmas). The recipe said it would make 22 cookies. I figured I would triple it and have 66. Welp...they must have been some BIG cookies they were making...cause I got 126 cookies!!!! What the heck?! I backed 24 of them and put the rest in the freezer. Someone will have a nice treat another day!

03/27/26 Trip to Italy, Day 4, Friday, Venice to Florence

We headed out around 9 a.m. and got some breakfast in the train station. We played some games until it was time to go just at a table outside of the restaurant. We traveled from Venice to Florence by train… about 2 hours. It was really comfortable and nice and fun to watch the countryside go by. They even served soda and a snack on the train! Upon arrival we dropped off our luggage at the travel agency. Found some food at a grocery store and ate on a bench on the street. The streets were sooo busy! We then had a tour of the largest cathedral in Italy, Duomo, the crypt below and Kevin and Becky climbed the bell tower. Over 400 steps to a beautiful view of Florence. Fun fact...every city in Italy has a Duomo - Duomo means the biggest (most important) chapel in that city. We walked back to our place…and wow!! It’s on the fourth floor and it is awesome. Very spacious 2B3b with a washer. There was a little tiny elevator to go up to the apartment. It had windows so yo...

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