Lagoon, New House, Blood Test, Jewellry, Baking

Hello everyone. Not much news here. See Gary's blog for first posting on the cruise. I am sending Gary an email to his gmail address. I'm pretty sure he can access his gmail from anywhere. There's some information from the council.

We went for a drive on Monday to see the lagoon and dropped in on David and Tena to see their new house. It's very nice - big back yard, pool, hardwood floors, fireplace, neat little kitchen with glass doors on the cupboards. I can see them re-decorating and making it their own. Well, Tena, maybe. I think David would be just as happy to let her do it. He likes his computer time. The two dogs, Zach and Tyson are very friendly, big, and intelligent. David already has them trained not to go into the living room by just putting a piece of cardboard across the door! Those dogs could easily knock over the cardboard, but they hate noise, it seems, so it's an effective deterent.

Tuesday, Nana and I went to take her for her blood test and, not knowing where I was going, I followed her into the clinic instead of the lab. The receptionist soon figured out what we really wanted and directed us to the lab. Three doors down in the mall.

Yesterday Nana and I went to a jeweller's to get her watch band made smaller and to put special attachments on her rings which were loose and she was afraid they would fall off her fingers. It's always a big production when she goes anywhere. She can't walk far unless she has a shopping cart on which to lean. Then we had trouble finding the elevator in Zeller's. Then we didn't know how to get from Zeller's to the mall. Luckily the jeweller was close to Zeller's.

She thought the jeweller was taking way too long with such simple jobs and she told me she, "...doesn't trust anyone." I think she was worried that he might take off with her rings, or change the stones or something. All jobs were completed without mishap and she was glad to get done jobs that she had been wanting done for some time.

Next we had to find a dollar store so she could buy me a birthday card. Then she sent me into a hairdressing salon to inquire about prices for the different services and whether they set hair using rollers. None of this new-fangled curling iron stuff for her!

She sure is keeping me busy. Well, it's keeping me off the streets! You never know what kind of trouble you are going to get into in a strange city.

Today I made some almond haystacks and later I plan to make some biscotti. Gotta keep busy. Maybe I can outrun my sixtieth.

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is. ~Ellen DeGeneres