With no cable, we're watching things we can stream on the TV. Our current fave is The Expanse, an Amazon Original. We've binged watched Seasons 1 through 3 in about 7 days and are now in Season 4. It's a really great show - if you can get it, it's well worth the time. It's complex, intense but fascinating. I didn't realize it was based on a book and when I checked Amazon, it's actually a few books. I'm going to try to head to the library to see if I can find them - getting a new library card is always a fun thing to do when you've moved somewhere new.
We're planning to be at Atlantis for three nights for New Years. I was there today for a free play event - my casino host found me and said she was glad we were going to be there. Another friend was playing and he told me it's the best event Atlantis does - he said it's incredibly beautiful and a lot of fun. And - a great thing - we live close enough to decide to head home for 1/2 a day - to spend time at home, check on the cats and then head back. We'll see how it goes. Three nights feels like a long time but...there's another special event most of New Years Day which makes staying there the third night the best option. J. may head home that day - we have complete flexibility -
The new house has blue paper on the roof which is one of the final steps needed before they can shingle it. Once the blue paper is on, the house is watertight - and then they can do more inside work. We got pricing for some additional cabinets we added - in our 'flex room' (office) and the sides of the heatilator (fireplace) and that added $9K to our price. We're going to check on that because it seems way out of whack with the total cost of all the other cabinetry in the house.
We cancelled the Mediterranean cruise officially - we've known for a long time we weren't going to make the trip. We're still planning on Alaska and are working on deciding excursions. I'm pretty 'no' on anything involving a plane or a helicopter - mostly the expense. But also just don't want to do excursions that involve air travel.
There hasn't been snow in weeks which is nice - but it is very cold here. Most mornings are in the low 20's and it gradually warms up to the 40's by noon. It's an adjustment. We've added a tower space heater from storage to the living room - the central heating takes a bit to warm the room and having the extra heater makes mornings easier. It's still absolutely beautiful. Crystal clear skies with beautiful clouds; hills covered with glistening snow surround us. It's very pretty.
2020 is going to be a wonderful year - we have so much to look forward to.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Licensed
We arrived for our DMV appointment a little early and that was a good thing because we had to get both cars inspected prior to starting the registration process. It was easy - the inspection station was at the same location and the guy took the California registration, got the current mileage and returned a minute or two later with the form we needed. Back in line and called immediately to a window.
Not quite 2 hours in total and I think the guy helping us was sort of purposefully stretching it out so he could then do his lunch break once we were done. It was quite a bit of paperwork: Nevada Real ID's for each of us, registration for two cars and plates for both cars.
As we finished getting our pictures taken, we hear a voice say 'Hi, guys'....and it was our builder S. who was waiting to be helped with registering a vehicle. Gave J. a chance to ask a question and I said to S. 'sorry, S.. You can never get away from work, can you?'. As always, he was fine - he is such a truly, genuinely nice, stellar person.
Last night, we did our homework from the electrical guy and drove to the most recent development completed by our builder to look at the different options of outdoor lighting. I think we've decided what we want - at least I knew what we wanted until J. opened up the discussion again when we got up this morning. We're adding some expense to the house with the selection we've made - and I'm as mindful of that as anyone - but this house is the ONE house in our entire lives we've had input on from start to finish and I don't want to settle. Our Tracy house lacked outdoor lighting and we don't want to make that mistake with the new house.
It will be a Holiday week next week mostly though we do hope we see some progress on the house.
J. has done his Christmas cards and I've got to get to work on mine. My friends from my old job are now officially on Winter Break so if I want them to get a card, I'll have to look up their home addresses to mail them. It will be do-able.
We're making white bean and kale stew and we're adding meatballs we made with ground chicken and some leftover ground mild Italian sausage. Smells yummy simmering on the stove.
The heater wouldn't turn on last night so it was pretty cold. We both slept OK 'cuz we have a lot of bed covers. We had a repair person out when our builder (when we saw him last week) confirmed that what we were describing hearing when the unit fired up was not normal. The guy adjusted the filter and adjusted tabs to keep it more secure. But the unit stopped turning on at all - so another repair person came by today - first thing this morning - and actually went up into the attic space where the unit is and checked the burner. Made an adjustment and now we're good. AND he replaced the very dirty filter with a new one. We're super toasty and comfy now. (About 30 minutes after the first repair person showed up, another guy showed up - didn't know the first guy had 'pulled the ticket'. Nice they really made it a priority - no heat is a big deal when it's 22 degrees outside.
In the news, Trump was impeached by the House. Now we wait and see what happens. I don't know how the Senate can ignore all the direct evidence of his actions but...these are extraordinarily crazy times we are living in so who knows what will happen -
It's been a 'hard' week having multiple commitments across all days - other than Monday being completely 'clear', we've had appointments daily - things to do, places to be. It's good since many of the appointments related to the house and we are ever-so-anxious to get moved there soon - but I'm looking forward to Sunday through Tuesday being low key and at home. Atlantis for Christmas dinner on Wednesday.
It's an adjustment being 'just us two' for Christmas this year - but we've kept it very low key in general, which is really nice. The boys gifts are done and easy (cash for H. - distributed via the joint account he has with J. at Wells Fargo so we can monitor his spending) and we paid for B.'s ticket to Banff and here over Thanksgiving. J. ordered a couple things and other than that, Santa is gifting us some fun $ for our time at Atlantis over Christmas and New Years. I'm really excited to be able to be there for New Years - something we've been invited to do each year but never could get there from California - but this year, we're IN and really excited -
Time to add the meatballs and fire roasted tomatoes to the stew and get our cheddar biscuits going. I enjoy cooking with the time to do it - J. and I split the duties and can throw together a meal pretty easily!
Not quite 2 hours in total and I think the guy helping us was sort of purposefully stretching it out so he could then do his lunch break once we were done. It was quite a bit of paperwork: Nevada Real ID's for each of us, registration for two cars and plates for both cars.
As we finished getting our pictures taken, we hear a voice say 'Hi, guys'....and it was our builder S. who was waiting to be helped with registering a vehicle. Gave J. a chance to ask a question and I said to S. 'sorry, S.. You can never get away from work, can you?'. As always, he was fine - he is such a truly, genuinely nice, stellar person.
Last night, we did our homework from the electrical guy and drove to the most recent development completed by our builder to look at the different options of outdoor lighting. I think we've decided what we want - at least I knew what we wanted until J. opened up the discussion again when we got up this morning. We're adding some expense to the house with the selection we've made - and I'm as mindful of that as anyone - but this house is the ONE house in our entire lives we've had input on from start to finish and I don't want to settle. Our Tracy house lacked outdoor lighting and we don't want to make that mistake with the new house.
It will be a Holiday week next week mostly though we do hope we see some progress on the house.
J. has done his Christmas cards and I've got to get to work on mine. My friends from my old job are now officially on Winter Break so if I want them to get a card, I'll have to look up their home addresses to mail them. It will be do-able.
We're making white bean and kale stew and we're adding meatballs we made with ground chicken and some leftover ground mild Italian sausage. Smells yummy simmering on the stove.
The heater wouldn't turn on last night so it was pretty cold. We both slept OK 'cuz we have a lot of bed covers. We had a repair person out when our builder (when we saw him last week) confirmed that what we were describing hearing when the unit fired up was not normal. The guy adjusted the filter and adjusted tabs to keep it more secure. But the unit stopped turning on at all - so another repair person came by today - first thing this morning - and actually went up into the attic space where the unit is and checked the burner. Made an adjustment and now we're good. AND he replaced the very dirty filter with a new one. We're super toasty and comfy now. (About 30 minutes after the first repair person showed up, another guy showed up - didn't know the first guy had 'pulled the ticket'. Nice they really made it a priority - no heat is a big deal when it's 22 degrees outside.
In the news, Trump was impeached by the House. Now we wait and see what happens. I don't know how the Senate can ignore all the direct evidence of his actions but...these are extraordinarily crazy times we are living in so who knows what will happen -
It's been a 'hard' week having multiple commitments across all days - other than Monday being completely 'clear', we've had appointments daily - things to do, places to be. It's good since many of the appointments related to the house and we are ever-so-anxious to get moved there soon - but I'm looking forward to Sunday through Tuesday being low key and at home. Atlantis for Christmas dinner on Wednesday.
It's an adjustment being 'just us two' for Christmas this year - but we've kept it very low key in general, which is really nice. The boys gifts are done and easy (cash for H. - distributed via the joint account he has with J. at Wells Fargo so we can monitor his spending) and we paid for B.'s ticket to Banff and here over Thanksgiving. J. ordered a couple things and other than that, Santa is gifting us some fun $ for our time at Atlantis over Christmas and New Years. I'm really excited to be able to be there for New Years - something we've been invited to do each year but never could get there from California - but this year, we're IN and really excited -
Time to add the meatballs and fire roasted tomatoes to the stew and get our cheddar biscuits going. I enjoy cooking with the time to do it - J. and I split the duties and can throw together a meal pretty easily!
Thursday, December 19, 2019
House Progress
We met with the builder's planner last week. We finalized the roof color which then made it time to finalize the outside colors as well - important so they can start working on the stucco. We also finalized the interior paint colors with her. We asked to confirm she had received a flooring change order we did awhile back with the design team and she hadn't - so we got that to her this week as well.
It's frustrating that the builder doesn't have sample colors or suggestions. She basically said 'drive around, send me the address of house(s) you like and we can do it'. Only we couldn't really find one that had the stone style we love with a color scheme that hasn't been repeated already quite a bit through the neighborhood. But we figured it out on our own. We spent a lot of time driving around looking at exterior colors and stone and found a house we like and a stone we love via the stone company's website. Not a stone that we think we see anywhere in our neighborhood but the style we love (compacted stacked stone with a lot of texture) in a color scheme we haven't seen anywhere else. I think it's going to be beautiful.
She set up two walk throughs for this week. We did a cabinetry walk through on Tuesday morning and had an electrical walk through this morning. It was 22 degrees during the Tuesday walk through and it was very cold. Today was a balmy 34 - didn't even zip up my coat!
It feels like a house! While I still get very confused about what's where (because framing creates see through walls all over the place and I lose track of where we were - not to mention that I'm not super clear on what rooms are where to begin with) - it's feeling like we can 'see' how it will look when it's done. I've been worried that we didn't do any high(er) ceilings - will it feel very confined and 'small'? But we are doing a bright white on all the ceilings - something I've never had in any house we've lived in until this town house we're renting - and it is amazing how it really does make the place feel more spacious and 'grand'. The brightness and lightness draws your eyes up.
The electrician commented more than once how much he liked the floor plan - he said 'it's so wide and open, I really love it'. I loved seeing the house in the 9AM light - had also been worried that I would miss the beautiful sunlight we had in our Tracy house. While the northern exposure definitely isn't as bright, there is still plenty of beautiful light in the house and the windows in the great room are a beautiful view onto the golf course. It's really a very pretty location and I'm really glad we chose the lot. Turns out the first lot we'd chosen (but decided not to buy because there would be a new housing development behind us and we didn't want back neighbors when other lots were available that made that a non-issue) is not being sold - the builder will eventually build spec houses for sale.
The cabinet guy took us into a couple of 'in progress' houses in the neighborhood - and we're reminded just how much design is a very personal thing. In one house, they had to redo the fireplace wall to make it big enough for the huge elk head that's going above the fireplace. That place was very 'rustic' - not our taste at all. And a 9 blade ceiling fan that is hideous - like the room will just lift off the planet when it's on. But oh well. Not our house.
The other house we visited was to show us what a 'builder's carpenter' fireplace mantle looks like vs. the custom mantles our cabinet guy builds. We are doing the custom for sure. Huge difference in craftsmanship and aesthetic and I've never had a mantle before and I don't want one that looks bad.
We'd love to think things are humming along on schedule but we know they aren't. Our builder told J. 'it's been the snow' - and I told J. 'that's bullshit. He's forgetting we live here now and the week of Thanksgiving and into early December was not great weather - but largely it's been a non-issue. They are weeks behind the 'added every conceivable delay cushion I could think of' and I don't think March is going to happen. BUT - when the house is closed in and water tight, they can plow through a lot of inside stuff pretty quickly so fingers crossed they can make up ground.
Tomorrow, we've got DMV appointments to get our cars registered and licensed and to get our driver's license updated. We've both got appointments so hopefully, it won't be too long of a wait.
Days just fly by so quickly - can't believe it's been over two weeks since I last wrote a post. Like they say - being retired is BUSY! The pace is just slower and less 'mandated' but there's still plenty to do.
B. is safely deployed and doing OK. They work 8 hours on and 24 hours off so he's working out a ton. They are housed in a Marriott property with a gym on site. Free wi fi and breakfast, too.
H. is the owner of a car and has been applying for work all over the place. Not the best time to apply but he's hopeful he's got a potential gas station job in the works. He had an interview and the guy asked to call his former boss - so fingers crossed.
I have a free play offer at Atlantis on Saturday and some free play at GSR as well so that will be a fun day. I did a slot tournament at Atlantis on Tuesday and Wednesday - cancelled the room reservation because I had a huge trouncing (lost!) this past weekend so I couldn't fund two more nights and days of play. I didn't place at all well in either of the tournament rounds - and truly thought I would not win a thing - but apparently, low participation was on my side 'cuz I ended up in the top 80 so I got $50 in free play.
And - in other news - we moved up a tier in the players club so now we get two monthly free car washes - and the most amazing thing about THAT is it's Hutch's - the same car wash we had (and LOVED) when we lived in Hayward. Must be the same family. Doubt we will be this tier level from July 1 through December 31st of 2020? But we'll see. We've played more because we were here a lot more in the months leading up to the move - but keeping up that level of play may not happen - and that's OK. There's plenty to do and way more things to enjoy than just slot play. I'm still loving it - but it's OK to slow it down as needed.
Here's hoping I have a big win this weekend - big wins keep the fun happening so that's my mantra. need some wins to maintain the play!!
It's frustrating that the builder doesn't have sample colors or suggestions. She basically said 'drive around, send me the address of house(s) you like and we can do it'. Only we couldn't really find one that had the stone style we love with a color scheme that hasn't been repeated already quite a bit through the neighborhood. But we figured it out on our own. We spent a lot of time driving around looking at exterior colors and stone and found a house we like and a stone we love via the stone company's website. Not a stone that we think we see anywhere in our neighborhood but the style we love (compacted stacked stone with a lot of texture) in a color scheme we haven't seen anywhere else. I think it's going to be beautiful.
She set up two walk throughs for this week. We did a cabinetry walk through on Tuesday morning and had an electrical walk through this morning. It was 22 degrees during the Tuesday walk through and it was very cold. Today was a balmy 34 - didn't even zip up my coat!
It feels like a house! While I still get very confused about what's where (because framing creates see through walls all over the place and I lose track of where we were - not to mention that I'm not super clear on what rooms are where to begin with) - it's feeling like we can 'see' how it will look when it's done. I've been worried that we didn't do any high(er) ceilings - will it feel very confined and 'small'? But we are doing a bright white on all the ceilings - something I've never had in any house we've lived in until this town house we're renting - and it is amazing how it really does make the place feel more spacious and 'grand'. The brightness and lightness draws your eyes up.
The electrician commented more than once how much he liked the floor plan - he said 'it's so wide and open, I really love it'. I loved seeing the house in the 9AM light - had also been worried that I would miss the beautiful sunlight we had in our Tracy house. While the northern exposure definitely isn't as bright, there is still plenty of beautiful light in the house and the windows in the great room are a beautiful view onto the golf course. It's really a very pretty location and I'm really glad we chose the lot. Turns out the first lot we'd chosen (but decided not to buy because there would be a new housing development behind us and we didn't want back neighbors when other lots were available that made that a non-issue) is not being sold - the builder will eventually build spec houses for sale.
The cabinet guy took us into a couple of 'in progress' houses in the neighborhood - and we're reminded just how much design is a very personal thing. In one house, they had to redo the fireplace wall to make it big enough for the huge elk head that's going above the fireplace. That place was very 'rustic' - not our taste at all. And a 9 blade ceiling fan that is hideous - like the room will just lift off the planet when it's on. But oh well. Not our house.
The other house we visited was to show us what a 'builder's carpenter' fireplace mantle looks like vs. the custom mantles our cabinet guy builds. We are doing the custom for sure. Huge difference in craftsmanship and aesthetic and I've never had a mantle before and I don't want one that looks bad.
We'd love to think things are humming along on schedule but we know they aren't. Our builder told J. 'it's been the snow' - and I told J. 'that's bullshit. He's forgetting we live here now and the week of Thanksgiving and into early December was not great weather - but largely it's been a non-issue. They are weeks behind the 'added every conceivable delay cushion I could think of' and I don't think March is going to happen. BUT - when the house is closed in and water tight, they can plow through a lot of inside stuff pretty quickly so fingers crossed they can make up ground.
Tomorrow, we've got DMV appointments to get our cars registered and licensed and to get our driver's license updated. We've both got appointments so hopefully, it won't be too long of a wait.
Days just fly by so quickly - can't believe it's been over two weeks since I last wrote a post. Like they say - being retired is BUSY! The pace is just slower and less 'mandated' but there's still plenty to do.
B. is safely deployed and doing OK. They work 8 hours on and 24 hours off so he's working out a ton. They are housed in a Marriott property with a gym on site. Free wi fi and breakfast, too.
H. is the owner of a car and has been applying for work all over the place. Not the best time to apply but he's hopeful he's got a potential gas station job in the works. He had an interview and the guy asked to call his former boss - so fingers crossed.
I have a free play offer at Atlantis on Saturday and some free play at GSR as well so that will be a fun day. I did a slot tournament at Atlantis on Tuesday and Wednesday - cancelled the room reservation because I had a huge trouncing (lost!) this past weekend so I couldn't fund two more nights and days of play. I didn't place at all well in either of the tournament rounds - and truly thought I would not win a thing - but apparently, low participation was on my side 'cuz I ended up in the top 80 so I got $50 in free play.
And - in other news - we moved up a tier in the players club so now we get two monthly free car washes - and the most amazing thing about THAT is it's Hutch's - the same car wash we had (and LOVED) when we lived in Hayward. Must be the same family. Doubt we will be this tier level from July 1 through December 31st of 2020? But we'll see. We've played more because we were here a lot more in the months leading up to the move - but keeping up that level of play may not happen - and that's OK. There's plenty to do and way more things to enjoy than just slot play. I'm still loving it - but it's OK to slow it down as needed.
Here's hoping I have a big win this weekend - big wins keep the fun happening so that's my mantra. need some wins to maintain the play!!
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
Special Surprise
My phone rang just before 8PM and it was a Facetime call from B. . We rarely Facetime but...he's deploying soon so I figured he just wanted a face-to-face across the miles.
True! He AND B. - the young lady he went to the holiday ball with last year.
She wanted to say Hi to me.
The two of them have such amazing chemistry - it's just so obvious how much they enjoy each other's company - and it's just so great to see them spending time together.
It was great to see - and talk - to them both! I'm following her on Instagram - she just bought her first house - a fixer upper - and she'll be posting pics so that will be a lot of fun to watch!
Just can't express how happy I was to talk to her again -
True! He AND B. - the young lady he went to the holiday ball with last year.
She wanted to say Hi to me.
The two of them have such amazing chemistry - it's just so obvious how much they enjoy each other's company - and it's just so great to see them spending time together.
It was great to see - and talk - to them both! I'm following her on Instagram - she just bought her first house - a fixer upper - and she'll be posting pics so that will be a lot of fun to watch!
Just can't express how happy I was to talk to her again -
Feeling Accomplished
I left the house twice today - which is a significant event. We've been hunkered down since returning from Reno on Saturday - dropped off B. at the airport, went to GSR for a bit of play and drove home. It's been snowing pretty much ever since.
I drove myself to the bank twice - the one nearest are home (within walking distance) had all but one ATM down and the one ATM was at the drive through and was really icy.
It's the ice that scares us. We're fine trekking through snow and getting wet and cold. But when the snow turns to water and freezes, leaving things completely icy, it is terrifying.
I ventured a bit further away from home and explored the town a bit more. Stewart Street leads to great places - and makes me think of my cousin!
It's now Wednesday and I've ventured out everyday this week so far. Yesterday, we trekked to Scheel's in Sparks - an outdoor super store that you rarely hear about but WOW! Really amazing! Ferris wheel! Aquariums everywhere. We made a pretty large Winter gear lalapalooza purchase and had a nice time. On the way home, our car sort of steered itself to Atlantis - free buffet and dinner off the 'list' for the day. Super proud of our trip because the weather wasn't great but we did it!
We awoke thinking no snow today - it was supposedly going to rain - but there was gentle, steady snowfall this morning. Not cold enough for it to stay long once it hit the ground so luckily, I was able to stick with my plan of venturing out today to Walmart. We had a list of things we needed - mostly stuff we are sending to H. for Christmas. We're not doing 'gifts' really - but we're creating a treat box full of some of his favorite snack and food items. It's going to way a ton -
H. is in the process of navigating the purchase of a used car. We field phone calls and try to assist but mostly, we're letting him do the things that need doing. He's found a good, reliable car with a price point we are all comfortable with - and as soon as he's confirmed insurance, etc., we will move the money into his account for him to get a bank check to give to the buyer. (Thank goodness he was able to open a Wells Fargo account when he was here - makes everything much easier).
B. will be officially deploying on Saturday - 9 months at least. The Army packs up his apartment and stores everything for him and because where they are going has no base or housing set up, they will all apparently be staying in motels. That's a long time in a room with another person but that's the Army. He's OK with the plan - deployment compensation is good and he has nowhere to go and can't spend money so...he'll build up a lot of savings. He's got the travel bug and wants to head to Portugal next year -
I sketched out our 2019 estimated taxes and we're ready to write the checks and send them off - but first, we had to file change of address forms with both entities. Once we get an acknowledgement they've been received, we'll mail off the estimated tax payments. Something we'll be doing quarterly from now on. We do have withholding set up on my pension and our monthly retirement savings withdrawal but it's not enough to cover what we owe so we'll send in money on a regular basis.
I don't have any plans to leave the house again this week until I trek to Reno on Sunday for a two night stay and a slot tournament event. I'm looking forward to the play and the time to hang out. J. will come one night for sure for dinner - two free buffets are part of the event and we don't pass them up. We're both very careful - I ate a salad and a cup of soup for dinner last night and it was more than enough. I even skipped my usual small dessert because I'd had a treat earlier in the day.
Binge watching Madame Secretary!
I drove myself to the bank twice - the one nearest are home (within walking distance) had all but one ATM down and the one ATM was at the drive through and was really icy.
It's the ice that scares us. We're fine trekking through snow and getting wet and cold. But when the snow turns to water and freezes, leaving things completely icy, it is terrifying.
I ventured a bit further away from home and explored the town a bit more. Stewart Street leads to great places - and makes me think of my cousin!
It's now Wednesday and I've ventured out everyday this week so far. Yesterday, we trekked to Scheel's in Sparks - an outdoor super store that you rarely hear about but WOW! Really amazing! Ferris wheel! Aquariums everywhere. We made a pretty large Winter gear lalapalooza purchase and had a nice time. On the way home, our car sort of steered itself to Atlantis - free buffet and dinner off the 'list' for the day. Super proud of our trip because the weather wasn't great but we did it!
We awoke thinking no snow today - it was supposedly going to rain - but there was gentle, steady snowfall this morning. Not cold enough for it to stay long once it hit the ground so luckily, I was able to stick with my plan of venturing out today to Walmart. We had a list of things we needed - mostly stuff we are sending to H. for Christmas. We're not doing 'gifts' really - but we're creating a treat box full of some of his favorite snack and food items. It's going to way a ton -
H. is in the process of navigating the purchase of a used car. We field phone calls and try to assist but mostly, we're letting him do the things that need doing. He's found a good, reliable car with a price point we are all comfortable with - and as soon as he's confirmed insurance, etc., we will move the money into his account for him to get a bank check to give to the buyer. (Thank goodness he was able to open a Wells Fargo account when he was here - makes everything much easier).
B. will be officially deploying on Saturday - 9 months at least. The Army packs up his apartment and stores everything for him and because where they are going has no base or housing set up, they will all apparently be staying in motels. That's a long time in a room with another person but that's the Army. He's OK with the plan - deployment compensation is good and he has nowhere to go and can't spend money so...he'll build up a lot of savings. He's got the travel bug and wants to head to Portugal next year -
I sketched out our 2019 estimated taxes and we're ready to write the checks and send them off - but first, we had to file change of address forms with both entities. Once we get an acknowledgement they've been received, we'll mail off the estimated tax payments. Something we'll be doing quarterly from now on. We do have withholding set up on my pension and our monthly retirement savings withdrawal but it's not enough to cover what we owe so we'll send in money on a regular basis.
I don't have any plans to leave the house again this week until I trek to Reno on Sunday for a two night stay and a slot tournament event. I'm looking forward to the play and the time to hang out. J. will come one night for sure for dinner - two free buffets are part of the event and we don't pass them up. We're both very careful - I ate a salad and a cup of soup for dinner last night and it was more than enough. I even skipped my usual small dessert because I'd had a treat earlier in the day.
Binge watching Madame Secretary!
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