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Lois - the microwave did not dry it out. It's cut into chunks already and it's not nuked for that long. I did it for 3 meals and it was still moist. Melody - I kind of figured you'd get one of the ones I mentioned. I remember I had a one shoulder bag way back when I had my first surgery and it was a lifesaver. I used it for a long time even after I was healed. I wish I still had it around. Anyone have any good "cures" for a nasty, mucus-y cough outside of water? I've been forcing myself to drink a gallon of water and it's not helping except making me go to the bathroom more. Problem is the mucus is nasty enough that it makes every drink taste nasty. I tried Mucinex but it has always made me feel loopy stupid for hours. I'd go back to Urgent Care, but they'd probably think I was just a drug seeker if I ask for some Hydrocodone. The "tuss" syrup and pills have never done anything for me. OOTD: It's in the low 40s today and windy. I'm hanging out in leggings and a long sleeve T. Not going out today.

Melody - I meant to ask you: have you found a good "one shoulder" bag to use yet? Nice ones available from the usual suspects - Cotopaxi, Sherpani, etc. One thing to check for: which shoulder is slings on! Some have a changeable strap and some are hard-wired to one side. The freakin' cough left from the flu is really upsetting me!! It's supposed to go away any day now... Food front: ATTENTION TJ SHOPPERS: I found some new goodies there last week. Sous Vide Turkey breast and Sous Vide Chicken Thighs. I got the turkey. Really good and easy for a couple of meal proteins. Tender & juicy and a nice seasoning. All you do is microwave it. Spicy Mango Lemonade. It's back. Good as-is, blended with ice, or mixed with rum or vodka. Banana Pudding Ice Cream. For you Southern women 😸 It did taste like banana pudding, with little pieces of vanilla wafer cookies. Just a nice little dessert. OOTD: sweats and a Tshirt. Going to the market later and I'll put on jeans and a Tshirt.

I have a serious bag addiction. So many different bags for using, not nearly enough time and travel to use them all! I'll say to go and take a look at the Cotopaxi bags. Very lightweight. Different ones have padded sections for your electronics, places for a water bottle. And, very brightly colored so that you can pick it out quickly!!

Nice new clothes! You're all set for the cruise. Alternate between the 2 pairs of pants and the shirts, add in a little sweater! I was trying on some of my summer tops and shorts pre-Vegas. It's crazy how things are just big on me now. I used to be able to wear the same things year after year because my body size didn't change that much. Now, even tops that I got last year look too big. Good and bad. I think the Women's Shelter here in town will be getting a donation. Melody - I had that problem with my hair stylist a few years ago when she had a wrist issue. I asked her for a recommendation of someone she thought I'd trust. See what your stylist thinks. OOTD: It's a little cool (mid 40s) and rainy today. Just going to be lazy today so just wearing a pair of leggings and a Tshirt. Oh, the turtleneck in the photo from Vegas -it's from Woolx. Light, and comfy. Even comfortable in the Vegas heat. Just thought I'd toss that out if anyone is looking for a nice Tneck for year-round, casual and dressy piece.

That was the fun of the sammy. It looked like a little Peanut Butter sammy from childhood. The "bread" was meringue cut and burned to look like bread and the "PB" was fois gras. Fun to look at, really good to eat!

oops. I forgot the photos of me on Monday night and then on Tuesday night. Rare photos of me. And, the "golden ticket" we each received to use to get into the dining room. Kinda cool. The glass of cava was a birthday gift from my favorite bartender -she had the sommelier bring it to me. It was a nice surprise. The necklace was grey pearls and Murano cane glass that I made years ago. The skirt is from River & Sky, the same place I got the blue tie dye dress for my grand niece's wedding 2 years ago. Yes, I did wear my black booties & white lace socks! The Monday shirt I picked up from the Sundance catalog - I needed a new white shirt that wasn't too big on me now.

Sherri - have a good trip with the kiddos! Christy - I loved just wandering around Bordeaux. I don't speak a lick of French, but I managed OK. Wandering around I've always found a good meal! Melody - good to hear you're getting by now. Hair washing is a PIA. I just ended up doing hat hair and then going to the local quick cuts place and saying "please just wash my hair" and letting it dry. Maybe your stylist could do a similar deal for you. I'm happy to hear that the replacement wasn't as "bad" as the rotator cuff surgery. I understand. OK. Las Vegas. A totally lazy couple of days. Vegas is pretty "dive-y" now, more than I remember it to be. With all the new high-end hotels around I expected it nicer. And, the clothes people were wearing - oh my. I mean, I dress casual but I keep my butt cheeks and midriff covered!!! Some of the logo'd Tshirts were not meant to be wearing in public... I guess Park City is a sheltered town 😸 I didn't even stop and look at a craps table, just no interest. OK with me this time. I really liked my balcony so I made like I was on a cruise ship and just hung out there. There was a nice comfy sofa to nap on in the shade. The temperature was good (low 90s) and I just totally relaxed. I ended up spending my evenings at the bar at Jaleo, the José Andres tapas restaurant (it was in the hotel, so no problem getting home!). One of the bartenders, Kathy, and I became friendly and chatted all the evenings. Found a new favorite drink - sangría de cava: cava, vermouth, gin, and a muddle of fruits. Dang! It was surprisingly sweet but not overly so. Two of those over 2 hours and I was done! I did have a big bottle of water, too (always drink water when I drink). I had different tapas each night, mostly veggie-based except for one dish of grilled octopus. If you are ever in a town that has a Jaleo, go! Now, my big dinner at "é": Oh my. It was just fantastic. There were only 7 of us in the private dining room. The Jaleo Executive chef and 5 cooks catered to us making the bites in front of us. The sommelier had several different wines, vermouth, dessert wine for us to pair. It was a meal of 22 different tapas. A little molecular gastronomy. A little playfulness. So freakin' good. And, at the end I had my first Gin & Tonic ever. It was darn good. I took some photos of the food, but I'm not happy with them, the lights just wasn't right. My favorite was the "Wonder Bread". It looked like a slider-side sandwich. But, it was meringue cut square and the edges burned to look like crust. The filling was a mousse of fois gras. It was fun to take that first bite! I could have eaten those sandwiches all night long. There were mussels with tiny olive oil/basil "caviar" pearls the melted in the mouth. A big marble-size globe of sangria de cava that you just put in your mouth and bit it and let that sangria out. "Stones" of cheese interspersed between actual stones. A "twig" made out of olive and black rice standing in a bowl of almonds with one of the "almonds" being a luscious taste of food. Lovely dessert bits at the end. A wonderful 2.5 hours of food and good fun between all of us. I wobbled back to my room and went to bed. Got my flight back home the next day. It was all in all a little relaxation and another "notch" on my food bucket list. Some photos - I think I cleaned up well for the bar Monday night and then the Tuesday dinner... The rice twig and "almond"

Wow. we're all a mess, aren't we??? kidneys, protein, heart, shoulder, eyes, flu... What did we do to deserve all this? We need some major healing vibes sent down from above! I desperately want to get rid of the hideous cough that the flu brought back. I'm drinking water like a camel to try to dissolve all the mucus. I mean, it too me years to get rid of the long covid cough and now the cough is back... Last day of work!!!! All I have to do today is put on a little wine & cheese time for our newest owner. He just closed on the condo a week ago. Waiting patiently to fly out to Las Vegas tomorrow! I'll be sure to post some food porn. OOTD: my black onsie.

Melody - sounds good to be finished with the replacement. That was a long day, indeed. I wish I could offer a recommendation on what to wear - I can't remember what I wore. The only thing I can think of is to put on one of Les' button-down shirts and just forget it. I've seen "shoulder surgery" shirts online but I don't know if they'd be any better than the button-down. Good luck with the PT! Lois - hoping these are the last stones you have! A friend showed me hers - I can't just fathom how something so small causes so much pain. No more issues!!! I think I'm going town the mountain today. I need to go to Sephora and get another brow pencil and more bronzer powder. But, I could just wait until I get to Las Vegas and pick it up there, too. I'm just being a lazy bum. Two more days of work left!! Did all my laundry yesterday and now just have to decide what I want to take to wear in LV. It's going to be sunny & hot (low 90s). Shorts, Tshirts, sunshirt and one nice outfit for my bucket list birthday dinner. OOTD: jeans and a long-sleeve Tshirt. Upper 40s here in town, mid-50s down the mountain.

Welcome home! What did you do in Bordeaux? I found it was a nice city to just wander around. We must cruise the same way - I lose weight, too!!

Melody - my heart goes out to Les. He's had a rough go of it lately. Give him a birthday kiss. Cynthia and Lois - both of you sound like you've found some nice little cruises. My hamster wheel of vacation thoughts is temporarily stopped. After my couple of days in Las Vegas, I'm going to try to just hang at home or do a little camping. Save up for next year. Maybe play a little craps to see if I can win a trip or at least put a quarter in a slot machine 😉 OOTD: jeans and a Tshirt and my cammo fleece jacket. I might wear my new white & gold & silver Merrell trail runners. A little flashy but I couldn't resist at my 50% off birthday card from Sweaty Betty! Back to warm (low 50s) and sunny today. Only 3 more days of work left. Yay!

Bordeaux - I really liked that town! Is this a late booking? I can't remember you mentioning this cruise. Eat a canale for me!!! It's raining right now. Ugh. My worst memories of working at the ski area was the days at this time of year when it was raining. Our parkas were not waterproof, so we'd put on garbage bags under them... OOTD: camel color tunic sweater and a pair of leggings. I want a little something to just snuggle in tonight while I'm bored at work.

I went into work an hour early so I could sit on the Lodge patio in the very comfy chairs and get some sunshine. It was soooo nice and warm - hard to believe it was only 52 degrees. It’s supposed to snow tomorrow. Oh well. Melody - can Les get cryopexy for his eye? I have 1 guest (a family of 3) and 2 owners at the Lodge today. So very very quiet. I’ve got some music playing, using my iPad and eating Twizzlers. It was the last day for the chairlift to run outside the Lodge. Kind of sad to watch the lefties put everything away for the last time this year. OOTD: my jeans and my red/black plaid Smokey Bear flannel shirt. Just felt like wearing it today since I can’t wear it here at work 99% of the time.

Yay that Les is feeling better! I have to see what my 2025 vacation plans end up to be before I can think about 2026. That B2B does sound fun. Mardi Gras and then a lot of relaxation would be right up my alley! BORING at work. Boss boy stayed until 1:30 and then left (he’s “going to watch emails” from home). I’m going to leave at 5 today and then come in around 3 tomorrow. Depending how sunny it is tomorrow, I may come early and just sit in the sun on the Lodge patio. It was a warm today. BUT, we have snow coming Monday. My last guest of the season came early but everything was ready so I let them check in at 1pm instead of waiting until 4pm. I got some end-of-the-season thank you gratuity from some owners yesterday - add it to the vacation fund. Using my iPad at work today. I haven’t used it in a few months. Have to get used to it again. It is nice having the keyboard for it, even though it makes it a little on the heavy side. I might watch a little TV on it for my last few hours. OOTD: blue jeans, my black flowered hoodie and white leather high tops.

How do know you need something before you leave? 😉 I love to go into stores and "window shop." I love to see allow the different things. I always have time built in for just wandering. I don't program every minutes of a trip.

I went to work today. Soooo boring. Boss said I could leave early if I wanted. I took advantage and left after 5 hours. My big boss was there today doing some meetings. I took advantage of her presence and asked if I could just do 4 hrs/day next week if we were indeed working the extra week. So, I'm just going to do 3pm-7pm my 5 days next week. It was freakin' warm today: up to 69 degrees on the way home! More of the same over the next few days. OOTD: jeans and the Sweaty Betty hoodie that I got when I got my birthday trail runners at 50% off last week.

I'm finally starting to feel human again. This flu really kicked my butt. I didn't wake up in the middle of the night with a long coughing spasm last night so that's a big improvement. I'm going back to work tomorrow. There's nothing to do, only a couple of owners around, so I can just hang and be lazy. Lois & Melody - good to hear all the surgeries went well. If I had a Natuzzi recliner, I'd be hanging in it all day long like Les! OOTD: my pink joggers (only seen indoors at home!) and my Zion Nat'l Park Tshirt.

My travel mantra has always been "I can buy it when I get there IF I need it." 😸

Lois - good luck with the stones! I still feel awful but decent enough to drive over to urgent care ( only a mile away). Got some tests and a chest xray done. I popped positive for influenza A. Ugh. 🤒 I haven't had flu in years. My BP was 94/68 and my pulse O2 was good at 96%. At least now I know why I feel like I've hit by a truck. Melody - I'm supposed to get up to a foot of snow over the weekend. Be prepared for the beginning of the week in CO! I got my 50% off birthday cert from Sweaty Betty. I decided on another pair of Merrell Moab Speed shoes. Can't beat that price. I can always make to with another pair of shoes 😉 OOTD: I really didn't care what I looked like going to urgent care, so joggers (I'd never go out in joggers usually) and my Zion National Park long sleeve T.

When I hear "lookbook" I think of Erika Jayne and her enterage coming up with a notebook full of looks for her to take on the Real Housewives trips 😂 Since I usually just think of what want to take and maybe pick up a few pieces that I think might be fun, I'm honestly a last-second packer. I give myself a "you gotta stop and get to the airport" time, I don't think a lookbook would be of use.

Pick up an inexpensive oversized linen button down shirt. Lightweight and easy to carry if need be. I ran around with 2 of them 2 years ago in Italy and France when the temps were over 100F. I got my first one in France in a little store in Aigues-Mortes (I LOVED that barge cruise) and then picked up another in the San Lorenzo Market in Florence.

Closest thing to "heels" are my Doc Maartens and my cowboy boots 😸 Never owned a pair of shoes with a heel higher than my cowboy boots (and I'm 70 in 5 days). It all depends on where you live and your lifestyle. I have zero need or desire for a pair of pumps, wedges, metallic sandals, etc. My surgically enhanced left ankle prohibits me from even looking at them, anyway. I'm perfectly happy with my quiver of about 10 different trail runners, hiking shoes & boots,and the aforementioned Docs & cowboy boots.

My gosh Lois! I am so sorry that you have yet another health issue, Good that you listened to your instincts and went it to get it checked. I can't image having 2 stones - seeing friends with just one stone was scary enough. Hoping all works out again for you. I was smacked in my face with something this week. Started with the cough coming back more than it has been on Monday morning. By Monday night, I was coughing hard to where I'd gag up mucus, I totally lost my voice and a massive headache. I did call off sick yesterday - no way I was going in. It's not a cold - my nose is OK. Took 2 tests between Monday and today - not COVID. Last night my headache was terrible. I'm kind of doing the "sundown" coughing -it's worse when evening comes. Hard to get any sleep. I'm thinking it's either a mild pneumonia or RSV. Can't really do much for them other than rest and lots of fluids. If nothing else, at least it came at the end of the season where it isn't a big deal to miss work. Yes Lois-it sucks to get old. One fun thing: The herd of kids under 12 who ran around the lodge causing chaos left on Easter Monday. The 2 dads did give me an $80 tip for my troubles wrangling the "heathen children." The kids left me a pair of Easter Bunny ears. I thought they'd look good on our front desk deer:

Welcome MissMisto130! I started this thread during Covid as just fun. It's grown and we're a pretty fun group of women. We laugh, cry, support each other. We try to keep a little cruise-related 😉 Melody - I think there is more snow in your future. Been snowing all day here and supposed to keep snowing off and on through the weekend. I am sooo over it all. Funny thing with my Italian villa owners again. They flew back from Italy to the States Tuesday. At home, I get a text around 8pm: "Are you still at the condo?" Unfortunately, I wasn't. Turns out the Mr. was flying all the way to SLC to the condo and Mrs was staying to help her ailing mom. Mr. forgot to grab the keys to the condo!!! We did get someone up to let him in. She leaves her glasses on the way to Italy and he leaves his keys on the way back!! OOTD: Today, jeans and my blue deer long sleeve T. It was a day to visit the hair stylist. We started some light highlighting to get into summer time hair. She combined merlot and cinnamon into one bowl. Fun.

To be honest, I won't touch a daytime moisturizer or cream if it doesn't have sunscreen. Just me, but I had a dear friend die a nasty death from melanoma, one have lots of facial scars now from squamous cell carcinoma. I try my best to take no chances. I'm of that age where in my youth there was no sunscreen, just tanning lotion.