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No longer on the river and, again, an empty nester. Back to living on Fleming Island and making some more friends!

Friday, October 22, 2010

Typing by moonlight

Well, nearly by moonlight, as it is beaming across my bedroom floor and onto the foot of my bed as I sit here, writing. The computer screen lights up the room some, too, but it is not the same as the moonlight! It is just shimmering on the water and looks amazing. Those of us outside at the cabana were able to watch the moon rise over the top of the building. We had a nice gathering at the cabana where some of us ate our dinner, including Penny. She has already moved to her new home but still came over to have dinner and drinks. It turns out she is living in the same neighborhood where my former lawn guy, Michael Jackson, lives and he is now her yard guy! She gets a charge out of him, just as we did when he took care of my yard and the repairs after the hurricanes removed my lawn and half my trees!
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Penny ordered the chicken quesidilla, and I had the sirloin slider. Jeanie had the bratwurst so we each had something different from Danny's menu. Tomorrow night I will have the brat, which Danny makes himself, supposedly. He made that wonderful beef brisket that I enjoyed on Wednesday night at The Club and I let him know tonight how delicious it was. Maureen was telling about the art show she saw today at the public library so Penny and I are going over tomorrow afternoon to see it. I also suggested that Penny come up here and look at my pieces in case they would work in her house. That would make me so very happy if she bought one of mine. She is a horse person and my type of work might not be what she has in mind. Maureen had been over there to help her hang her art work so knows what she has and what she needs. Maureen has an eye!
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Today I had planned to meet Tracy, Cassidy, and MamMa for our La Nop lunch, but I had a doctor appointment at 11:30 which would have made me late. They at first were going to change our plans to 12:30 on Fleming Island's La Nop but Cass called this a.m. to say that MamMa was not up to going today. It turned out, though, that the doctor's office called to see if I could come in sooner because they had a no-show so I grabbed my shoes and took off. It took a while for them to 'process' me and the office person came to tell me that when they called the insurance company, they said I was expired. What? I just got this policy in the middle of June after my other policy failed to cover my kaleidoscope in May. I paid cash for the office visit which I likely would have had to pay anyway because of the deductible. It turned out that I did in fact have coverage and yes, Dr. House is on the list of providers. It took about four or five phone conversations to get it all figured out with one more on Monday to discuss the payment made today with the office manager. Whatever!
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Once inside, the nurse checked my bp and all that, which was fine and got my scrips refilled for me without any hassle regarding blood work and such. Yay! Then Dr. House came in to see me, he is so nice! We had a lovely chat as he looked at my goofy itchy toes and determined it is indeed athlete's foot. I told him I had ointment at home and he asked me what kind. Um, store brand from Wal*Mart but he wanted more information. Well, I guess I should have taken the tube with me but I left in such a rush. He told me which brand to get over the counter plus prescribed an oral medication to take for one week to kill the germs from the inside out. The pharmacist at Wal*Mart was concerned about an interaction with the cholesterol medication so she did not fill it without talking with him first. So, I spent too much money waiting for the scrips to be ready and then had to leave without them. I can go back tomorrow as the pharmacist called me to say she spoke with Dr. House and worked it out with him. Glad they have my best interests at heart, so to speak!
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One thing I ended up buying was a vintage movie which I have never seen before, "Casablanca". Justin has seen it and really enjoyed it so for $5, why not? It will make a nice addition to my growing collection. That reminds me---Brenda N. has not been by lately to borrow DVDs. Between the library and me, we keep Carey and her entertained. One thing that I did not buy was a loaf of bread because I could not find any. The bakery had all sorts of artisan breads but none of them were sliced and no plain old bread for weirdos like me. I still had a half loaf from Winn Dixie for my ham sandwiches.
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Before I went to the doctor and after I took my shower, silly me, I got the vacuum cleaner out and cleaned up the hard floors. Vacuuming using the canister vac is a whole lot easier on my back than sweeping is, for some odd reason, and it really did a good job cleaning up the dusty foot prints from the floors. Andy showed me his hands on Friday, they were dry and sort of peeling, which he attributed to the dry flooring they were installing, and its dust. The floors look nice and clean now after the vacuum cleaning, and I no longer leave footprints behind me. I also wiped the counters and stove in the kitchen which had a bit of saw dust coating them. Wonder if any of that fine dust got into the butter which was on the counter and I was eating from.....hmmmm?
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Not only does Penny use my former lawn guy, she also used my Turkish friends for her moving day, and today, she went to see Barbara, the lady who cuts my hair. She told me this is the best haircut she has gotten since she moved here!!! Next it is my turn to go, as it is full moon and time for a cut!