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{December 2, 2015} It’s amazing where you pick up knowledge

And how!

Today, I got stung by a bee! OUCH! I was on the beach starting to doze off and all of a sudden I felt a very sharp pinch, or sting, as it were and I waved away whatever had attacked me and when I sat up and looked, there was a stinger still in my arm. I promptly pulled it out, jumped in the water to get some cold water on it, then found the first aid station and they gave me an ice pack for it.

I didn’t have an allergic reaction, I’ve been stung by a bee before, it got very puffy around the puncture and eventually the swelling went down. Now it’s slightly raised and red around the area and tender. That’s all. I’m sure it will be fine tomorrow.

Personally, I like bumble bees, they’re cute and fuzzy and convert into really cool cars. Ha ha.

Now, I know you’re sitting there trying to figure out what a bee sting has to do with picking up knowledge. Haven’t you met me before? Now, to tie it all together.

I know it was a bee and not a wasp because of the stinger. Wasps do not have stingers. And the reason I know this is because on one leg of my flight to Hawaii, I watched Ian McKellen in Mr. Holmes. In this movie he plays an aging Sherlock Holmes who lives in a farmhouse with the housekeeper and her son and he keeps bees.

One day the boy gets stung and everyone thinks it’s the bees and he says it’s not, there were no stingers and bees leave stingers, wasps do not leave stingers. The boy was trying to figure out what was killing the bees and it was the wasps, so he tried to get rid of the wasps, unsuccessfully, but this I how I found out that I was stung by a bee.

I called my dad to tell him what happened and ask if he remembered that scene in the movie!

There you go wrapped up nicely.

Now, buzz off! Sorry, couldn’t resist! Tee hee hee.

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{December 1, 2015} They say opposites attract…

Boy do they ever! How have we made it this long?

No sense of smell and I smell EVERY-thing! [I have to admit, on occasion, I’m jealous]

Can’t hear and I can hear a pin drop! Taste buds are gone, what good is he for letting me know if something is too spicy?

He LOVES spicy, loves spicy to make him cry, I like to have the ability to taste my food.

He’s a southpaw and I’m a righty.

He likes the woods for hikes, I prefer the beach for…beaching.

I’m a cat person and he’s…allergic.

And the worst thing? I’m a Yankee and he’s a Red Sox fan, what is the world coming to?

But…we’ve been together for almost a year and it seems to be working. Will it last? Ask me in 40 or 50 years, I’ll give you an update.

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{November 27, 2015} Black Friday

Do you participate?

I am not a “Black Fridayer”, I have participated, but I am not into it. This is all my opinion, not disparaging anyone who’s into it.

Once I went with JCT and her husband, they are serious and hard core. That was my first and last serious Black Friday outing. Last year I went to one local store with my sister and a friend for about 45 minutes, hold yourself back.

Today, there were no plans for Black Friday, then I remembered that I needed something for a party tomorrow, so we went to a mall in the area and it wasn’t awful, we made it out alive!

We went in, found a few things and walked out and then back to the house.

Did you participate? What was your big find? Ready for next year?

{November 18, 2015} It’s good to be back

I’m back to blogging every day and it feels great.

For almost three years I have been blogging every day and it’s become a habit and a way of life. If I don’t blog, I feel weird. I’ve even woken up in the middle of the night realizing I didn’t post! I’ve also woken up mid blog, sometimes with my stylus in my hand, poised to write!

I know I told you, but I’m sure you can imagine how frustrated I was when we were traveling and I couldn’t post every day. I did get a post almost every day, but those few days were…grrrr.

Now I’m back and I’ve posted every day and it feels great. To be normal…so to speak. I still have the issues of writers block, if I am allowed to say that, some days I can’t think of anything to tell you and other days I can’t tell you enough!

I have told you before, I’ll say it again and I know it won’t be the last time…thank you for reading my posts, day after day, and caring about what I have to say.

Happy to be back! Here’s to the next three years! Wait, it’s not January yet! Until tomorrow…

{November 16, 2015} Why do things have to change?

Aren’t some things good enough as they are?

Do we really have to change? But it works the way it is. I’m just whining at the moment, sorry. A few of the apps I use have made changes recently, most recently, WordPress, where I write this blog.

I was speaking with a provider who was giving me an earful about their new electronic medical record system and as a trainer of said record systems, I get it and I can sympathize and empathize.

It would be nice, with certain things, if they told you they were changing, instead of it just happening.

I don’t have much else to say on the matter. There’s more to say, but you know what I mean, don’t you?

{November 14, 2015} Saddened and renewed by the world

I am saddened by what happened in Paris. I am renewed by the support the world has shown.

There is so much sadness and violence in the world it breaks my heart.

I was out with PSM and his friends Friday night when MM texted and said he was glad I was home and not in Paris. I didn’t know what he was talking about at the moment, I did very quickly and it was heartbreaking. And it’s only gotten worse.

I remember what it was like each time there is a horrible attack somewhere. People who try to destroy the human spirit by taking lives. Why? Does it truly serve a purpose? What did you hope to accomplish? Did it work?

I don’t really want to talk about what happened, you know, you can research it online. What I want to talk about is the support the world has shown to the people in France.

We, as a people, come together to support each other, show our love and that we care and whatever happens we will not be defeated.

It’s hard when I am saddened by humanity when they try to hurt each other and I have hope when I see the outpouring of support.

mon cœur, de soutien et de bonnes pensées vont à tous ceux qui ont été touché et affecté par les attaques sur Paris. vous êtes fort et allez survivre.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/14/world/gallery/french-colors-1114/

{November 12, 2015} Are you a polite flyer?

A valid question.

The reason I ask is that today, I was flying back from Buffalo and there was a man sitting in front of the seat next to me, humming and singing almost the entire flight. In first class.

Now, it doesn’t matter where you are in terms of the plane, you should be polite no matter what.

I think it stuck out more, to those of us around him, because we were in first class.

One of the things I like about flying is that you can’t use your cellphone to talk to anyone. You can play games and watch movies, but I shouldn’t be able to hear you because you should have headphones on/in.

I don’t have a problem with people talking, but at normal volume for private conversations. I talk to people on occasion, whether I know them or not, I know go figure!The entire flight from Budapest to Amsterdam, the three people behind us…never. shut. up. Omg! Please! And it was at a decibel that I would not classify as polite in a small confined space.

The guy humming/singing today didn’t stop. He had giant headphones on and just kept going. Then on the shuttle from the plane to the terminal, still going, really?

I’m happy for you that you’re enjoying whatever it is, but I wasn’t asking to share and…

it might have helped if could actually sing!

{November 8, 2015}

What is a relaxing Sunday? Could someone explain it to me?

People experience international travel differently. Some people get wiped out by jetlag, sometimes it hits later, some people have trouble adjusting or readjusting to their time zone. When we were working on the plans for the trip, we decided to come back Saturday morning so we could chill and relax on Sunday. Ha!

Apparently my internal clock is still 6 hours ahead. So, after falling asleep about midnight 6am here) I felt the need to wake up at 3 am and apparently, I’m not go back to sleep.

I stayed in and unpacked, cleaned up, all while binge watching ‘How to get away with Murder’. Dozed off one or three times!

PSM unfortunately woke up at 6am, ugh. He and Mollie when for some walks, then he picked me up and took me to GES’ house to pick up more stuff. Back to the apartment, unload the car , back to GES for dinner and catch up and more loading of the truck.

I love my greetings and catching up!

Back to the apartment, unload the truck, we’re getting there! PSM left so he could spend some time looking at the back of his eyelids.

Now, at 12:30am it’s time for me to bid you a very good night. It’s a work and school day tomorrow!

{November 7, 2015} It’s good to be back!

Day 22? Or is it Day 1, back to normal life…

As much as we loved the trip and loved spending the time together and it was hard to leave, it was time to come home, back to reality. We were missing family and friends and furry babies! We couldn’t wait to see them!

What greetings we got! PSM took me to my sister’s and I got to see GES and MGS, what hugs we got from them! Then it was on to get my furry babies, Jymy and Peanut couldn’t stop crying and trying to cuddle with me, PSM said Mollie jumped on him then in the car and wouldn’t get out until they left his brother’s house!

What a day! We were up at 3/3:15am local time to ensure we were ready to be picked up at 4:30 am, our flight was at 6:30am and we needed to be there at least one hour before the flight and we got there in plenty of time. Now, keep in mind, we were up at 3am local time, that was 9pm back east! Some of you weren’t even in bed yet and we were getting up ridiculously early to catch a flight! So, here it is, 10:43pm eastern and I’m no sure if my internal clock is off because technically, my body thinks it’s 4:45am, I think I might be confused, it’s a definitely possibility, but the nice thing is I’m getting sleepy, hopefully there is a deep sleep in my future!

The flights were relatively uneventful. It was a short flight from Budapest to Amsterdam. Now, the security line to get through security from the main terminal to D was ridiculous! No order, rhyme or reason to these lines! But..we made it through.

We did, however get to watch a bunch of movies. We actually watched the Minions on our own screens at the same time, it was cool to laugh at the same parts of the movie. Then our viewing went their separate ways. I watched The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, loved, Trainwreck, interesting, and almost all of Home, cute, but not fabulous,

Then we were on the ground.

I fear friends, that I am starting to fade, I have nodded off during my blog a few times, I need sleep! So , I will wish you a very good night and just say, more tomorrow.

{October 20, 2015} Day 4…Eurorail…goodbye Lisbon…hello Porto!

Not again with the alarm!

This morning we were up at 6am because we were going to the train station to get on the Eurorail and headed to Porto, Portugal!

At 645am, we headed towards the train, got some breakfast before we got on and settled in for the three hour ride. It was nice, great scenery, relatively smooth ride and a nap thrown in sounds great!

Porto is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto,_Portugal. This is such a beautiful city! Right on the water, classic architecture, sculptures, town squares and home of amazing wineries and where port comes from, imagine that!

We arrived and got our bearings straight on the Metro and found our hotel, dropped our bags and went in search of lunch. PSM had this gastronomic wonder that is a popular item here, called a franceschina. It’s a combination of bread, ham, pork slice, covered in cheese and hot sauce with a fried egg/sunny side up, on top and served with French fries, omg!

I had nothing so extravagant, I had eggs with rice. We are getting better about ordering in Portuguese, it’s cool and exciting!

After lunch, we checked into the hotel then went for a walk about. We found some beautiful squares, buildings, architecture and the information office where we booked a walking tour for the morning and hopped in a cab to head down to the water for a winery tour and tasting.

The cab dropped us off and we wandered. Got our tickets for the tour, then went on a boat your of the river [no problem on this boat! ].

After the cruise we headed to the winery for the tour and tasting and yes, I tasted and no, I did not like it, but I did it. Just like the Jamison in Ireland.

After the tasting we took the cable car or tram up to the bridge so we could walk across and watch the sunset from up there. Stunning!

After the sunset we walked in search of food and finding our options limited by the fact that a lot of places were closing or only open for drinks and pastries, away we went.

In the Metro and back towards the hotel we ate at the restaurant next to the one we ate lunch at, go figure! PSM got his sardines and I had soup and salad, I’m happy.

Back to the hotel with the round bed, one blog post will be dedicated to our hotel rooms, wow. Another will be just tiles and another, the graffiti of Portugal, it’s amazing and abundant.

I hope you had a great day!

Boa noite!

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