Today (tomorrow for many of you) we thank our men and women in uniform, plus their families, for protecting our country from threats of all kind. Theirs is a job beyond imagining. Some have given their lives or lived the rest of their lives with the memories of where they were and what happened there. Men and women face horrendous threats, pressure and harsh conditions all over the world for us as I type this. “Thank you for your service” just isn’t enough to say. Please stay safe, guard each other’s backs, and come home when you can.
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It was a mild shock this morning for it to be CHILLY on the way to the gym. It was 66 degrees, down from the usual high 70’s or 80’s at that time of the morning, then rising during the day to a ‘feel’s like’ in the 90’s. I don’t know if we’ve turned the corner now from ‘the rainy season’ to ‘the cool season’, but I walked faster to try to stay warm!
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The new puzzle is “a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” I finished getting the border together this morning. From the looks of things, this one may be one of Brian’s favorites, taking me essentially forever to put it together, now that the easy pieces with the straight edges are done. The lion may be old enough to be put out to pasture by the time I finally get to his face…
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Brian had a leak in one of his bathrooms, with water suddenly coming from a light fixture in the bathroom in the middle of the night about a week ago. Men have cut holes in his ceiling and supposedly fixed the problem – they think coming from the condo above him. The workmen are due to repair the ceiling today. Hopefully, this will be the last he will see of this problem.
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The rest of my day will be quiet. I started several Christmas cards at the cafe yesterday, including one for each of my adopted grandchildren that combine dinosaurs and Christmas that I hope they’ll enjoy. I sketched a total of 6 cards and will try to finish them today. I also sketched two more of the ‘5 Main Ghosts in Thailand’ project. I hope to finish those today, as well, plus get started on the last one in the project.
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The croaking, sick frog that lives in my condo is still trying to move from one chord to another on the guitar more smoothly. She is singing – quite badly – but is having a good time trying. Maybe my voice and my balance are somehow related??? I could be like the Ugly American at the gym – singing at the top of my lungs while walking on the treadmill – driving others in the gym crazy wanting to at least chant, “Death to the frog!” if not kill me…
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I will also try to write an article for Substack explaining how GRAB (a company that provides transportation (kind of like Uber) plus food delivery) works. I hope I can write it so it makes sense, since it’s such an integral part of our lives here.
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Today is Tuesday, so I’ll do my water bottle exercises today. I’ll concentrate on watching the videos by Mike in Australia at More Life Health since he does exercises for the arms, etc., using food cans or water bottles, as well as my new balance exercises.
