Good morning all, a bright overcast morning here. I slept reasonably well, about 5 hours.

That’s an amazing sunrise photograph JJ.

Nothing much planned, maybe a little catch up shopping.

Doug

Evening all….
Has been a lovely Saturday here, nice and mild.
Busyish in the house, cleaning, clearing, packing stuff.

Tonight while John is flicking between cricket and rugby i am doing some italiano revision.
Very enjoyable way of stretching the brain-cells. With enough repetition some of it sticks! Like line-dancing lol
Have to say that i find learning in a class so much better than doing it solo. So much more than language, and a bonus of regional baking!
As i was tidying one of the bookshelves i found an Italian phrase book and dictionary that i had bought prior to our first visit.
Very handy!

Expecting cooler weather next week so have turned on the underfloor heating in some of the rooms. Every room has individual controls so will work our way through the house. Dont need to use it often but have to be sure that it is all working as it should. Next electricity bill will be enough to turn it all off again lol

My sister is now in Vancouver with an old school friend. Will be pleased to have her home this time next week!

Have a good weekend everyone.

Good day all,

JJ, lovely sunrise! Mine is overcast.
Radar shows that storms are north and south of us…that’s a good thing for us.

Seems most of us slept well.

Ms. Feral happily fed and petted and now on her upper pad keeping watch.

Not sure what I’ll be able to do today,
Bill

Yes Doug, same with Italian, e.g. a banana is ….a banana !
I do word associations a lot for learning and putting it all together in a s l o w conversation is where i am currently at.
I have a close friend who is fluent in the language so as soon as she is home from her wanderings will be having frequent ‘chats’.

Does anyone use casettes these days?? Our car doesnt even have a cd player! I listen to music or books via the car app.
How quickly technology changes!

Nite all.

Bill, My French Grandmother Louise spoke fluent English and Italian. She could converse with my Spanish Uncle as well or at least understand him when he spoke Spanish. I wish I had inherited her linguistic abilities.

I wish riding my stationery bike would be as successful helping my knee as your friends was his. Unfortunately, several years ago I had a torn meniscus (like Larry) and they mustn’t have had the kinds of injections they have now a days. The doctor told me it was too soon for a knee replacement, so I learned to live with it and the arthritis that followed. I get along pretty well, but do take my time on the stairs (which we have two sets of in our home).

Lulu, I taught English as a Second Language to Italians when we were stationed in Italy. It was fun because I couldn’t speak much Italian, but the course was to be taught completely in American English so it was OK. I had students ranging in age from high school to adult.

to all again, time to make breakfast.

SYL,

Sylvia

Sunny here but clouding over now, forcast is for rain so it will probably rain for our trip to son’s house for dinner tonight. Lovely fresh air, though! We will celebrate father’s day and GGD’s birthday, most likely with a barbeque. My DIL is the queen of the grill!

Brain is in low gear this morning, I’ll just say hugs to all of us with aches and pains, and I hope we all have the best day possible :grouphug:

Good morning. We are under bad weather watch for the next 24 hours again. Repeat of last weekend.

We had a wonderful lunch with our cousin. She had a rocky youth and has slowly turned her life around. There is a lot of alcoholism in the maternal branch of John’s family, and she finally figured out that she was following the same path and is breaking the cycle. She married married her long-time beau who treats her like a princess, and she is just glowing and a picture of good health these days.

At dinner last night, we ran into one of my retired coworkers. We talked for a while. She wondered why I am not attending the retirement gatherings. I explained that I cannot eat the food, and I usually have conflicts with the dates. It was nice to see her again. After dinner, we went to the small Walmart grocery store to pick up a few things. I bought baby back ribs to make for dinner tonight, and we will have NY strip steaks for dinner tomorrow. Like Char, I avoid the stores on the weekend.

Char, You seem to have the house up and running back to a new normal. :grouphug: Ted :grouphug: I read an article about a study of people with Ted’s liver problem in diabetics. They found a high protein diet helped to reverse some of the damage. I will try to find it again.

Sylvia, Great news that Kari’s medicine has kicked in, and she is feeling better. I was able to get the shots in my knees for the arthritis a few years ago. You should check with the orthopedic doctors at the base. I bet they can help you get around easier.

Off to go eat breakfast. Today’s excitement includes doing my laundry that I skipped doing yesterday. I did, however, get some major design aspects created and glued into the Cafe last night. I also mounted it onto a wooden base which I should have done when I started the project.

BBL