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Sherri - I hope you have the most wonderful cruise.  At least you start in a major city (Amsterdam) so the hubs can pick up what he forgot!!

Both BB games were exciting.  The World has caught up to us!   I have to say - in the men's game, the last 3-pointer Steph Curry put up put me on the floor!!  Off of one leg, falling away.  Woah!

It's still good that the kid got his Olympic experience, even if it was the prelims.  I couldn't fathom keeping my composure at that young, on the world stage with the best in the world.  He still gets a medal since he did the prelims.  Now he can go home and get his drivers license. 

I did my TJ's run yesterday.  Got a lot of my staples and a few fun things.  Mango Cream popcicles.  Those and the Root Beer ones are a nice cool off when it's 80 degrees in the house.  They had fresh figs so I had to grab some - the season for figs is so short.  

OOTD:  light joggers and a Tshirt.  Settling in to watch the end of the Olympics!  

That soccer match was hard to watch.  Brazil had a firm grip on the ball and the US just looked tired.  They thankfully came alive in the 2nd.  

The kid in the 4x400 relay just finished his sophomore year in HS!  I had read about him in the DC/VA section of the Washington Post earlier this summer.  He should improve and improve as his gets older and matures.  It'll be fun to watch him.

Not sure what was going on with the Men's BB team.  I think it's just the rest of the world has absolutely caught up to them.  The game against France should be a barnburner.  France has it's share of NBA All Stars, too.

I'm finally feeling "normal" again.  It was a bi@ch of a week and so.  I'm starting to think it was an inner ear infection, the whole right side of my head and ear have felt "stuck up" and I still have what I call "white noise" in my ear.   I've got an appt with my NP this week so I'll ask about it. 

I'm heading down the hill today - the fridge is empty and TJ's is calling...  

OOTD:  my light brown sleeveless tank maxi dress and my white high tops.   Tired of wearing my denim shorts.

6 hours ago, awhfy said:

We finally had some rain yesterday, 3.92” in under an hour!  Flash flooding all around us. We’re fortunate that we have a flood runoff just south of us. I’d rather have 2 days of gentle rain!  Monsoon season is here!!  

loving the track & field events!  Fabulous men’s 100!!  They’ll be showing that finish for years!!!!!

 

school starts here next week 

We had lots of thunder all day, but just a spit of rain.  Excessive heat warning again today...

Lois - thank goodness it was just a lot of rain for you.  My relatives in Charleston and Beaufort are all tucked in and waiting for Debby.

That was an awesome 100m!   Then, did you see men's pole vault???  A little over 20 ft!!!  2 stories!!  

I started feeling better yesterday.  Not totally, but I can at least stand without getting dizzy.  I did wake up a couple of times overnight and I saw the room spin a little.  I did a little self-Eppley on the bed and it does help.  

6 hours ago, awhfy said:

Kat, vertigo is terrible. I had it so badly several years ago that I went to a pt that did vestibular realignment. I was fortunate, it worked immediately.  Have you taken your bp? Sometimes low or high can affect vertigo. I haven’t tried the liquid IV, is it packets?  I usually get the Gatorade packets, but don’t like the taste. Melody

I do need to get that Epley maneuver done - I have to see if I can get in somewhere tomorrow.  I don't have a cuff for my BP.  my pulse and O2 are good.  My morning blood sugar has been OK except for my really bad day and it was 152 instead of in the low 00s.   The liquid IV is in packets.  I hate it, but gotta do what I gotta do with what I have at home.  I have several hydration samples from my outdoor subscription boxes.    I remembered last night that I had some ginger chews in my daypack so I dug them out and started using them.  It has helped the nausea.  I'm still feeling a bit queasy and a little dizzy today.  I'm getting tired eating rice, though, but that and the plain bagels are nice on my stomach.  I had some yogurt this morning and my stomach didn't really approve.

Florida ladies:  I hope you are all set for Debby's visit.  Stay safe!

OOTD:  denim shorts & Woolx Tshirt.  It's worked OK so far in couch surfing.

2 minutes ago, Lois R said:

Hi Kat, oh my goodness........I hope you start feeling better soon!!!

Thanks Lois.  It really messes with daily life.  

the post above was supposed to be for yesterday.  I guess I forgot to "submit".

Lois - that soccer match was darn good.  The US needs to get more cohesive on the offense, I think.  I bet they get Canada in the semis.    Watched US-Montenegro men's water polo - not much of  match, but I still love watching water polo.

Oh - the guy who won bronze in the 10,000 meters is from my town!  He moved here to be able to train at altitude.  My little town now has 2 medallists - women's mountain bike and men's 10,000.  Not bad for a little town that is famous for winter sport Olympians!

Well, no rodeo today, either.  I'm still dealing with vertigo, but not as bad as the other day/night.  We're still in the heat/smoke cycle, so I'm just going to hang out again and watch Olympics.  

OOTD:  denim shorts and a sleeveless Tshirt.

Melody - I was lucky to get fast-tracked to an international official license when we hosted the Olympic Winter Games.  Worked every bobsled and skeleton event we had from 1998 until 2002.  Took the training and passed the test.  I was the first women to be Chief of Finish for all bobsled and skeleton for the Olympics for 2002.  Huge thrill. 

Definitely not going to the rodeo today.  I had a horrible 2 days.  I came down with the worst case of vertigo since 3 years ago when I fell and cracked my head and went to the ER.  I don't know why it showed up.  Ended up just laying flat in bed for 36 hours - I did have to run to the toilet to vomit a few times, just so absoutely dizzy.   I at least listened/watched the Olympics from the bed last night.  I can at least get up and walk around today.  I drove to the new bagel place (took over my favorite coffee place) and picked up a couple bagels to nibble on today.  Lots of water with Liquid IV in it.   

OOTD:  denim shorts and a Woolx short sleeve Tshirt.  They are nice in the heat.  Up to the 90s today with the smoke still hanging around.  

Melody - I hope she keeps moving up the ref ranks!!!  I have to say, it is a major rush to be an official in an Olympic Games.  

Noticed that the men's US-Guinea soccer match had a female ref.  I don't believe I've seen a female ref in that high of a men's FIFA game before.  

Feeling old again today.  I was a student at UCLA watching Steve Kerr play basketball for Arizona.   Now, he's an old guy coaching the USA team!!!  

The women's USA-Serbia volleyball game was a major barnburner!   It was supposed to be kind of easy for Serbia, but...

Our weather sucks big time today.  Not quite as hot, but still red flag warning.  The smoke is really bad - I can barely see the mountains that are a mile away.  I think I have a smoke-induced headache.  If it stays this bad the rest of the week, I may not go to the rodeo.  

OOTD:  running shorts and a tank top.  Just trying to endure...

Melody - glad to hear Les' surgery went well.  Hope it's the last of it!

Loved the ending of men's gymnastic team comp.  My one niece is a Penn State "auntie" - she gets to know so many of the athlete there.  She was the first to tell me to keep an eye on Stephen Nedoroscik.  Outstanding gymnast and an BSEE!   

I couldn't watch all of the women's gymnastic team comp, but I'd pop in once in awhile.  It was nice to see Jade Carey looking better today after being sick all week.  A little more color in her face.  I almost want to say I bet she had the 'vid because it's all over the place.

I got to see the last bit of the women's rugby 7s to see the US score that amazing goal at the literal end of the game to win bronze.  BTW - it was a woman from Utah who scored!

Watching US-Romania in men's water polo now.

We've got high temps, wind, and low humidity - making for a red-flag warning.  I sure hope no more fires pop up in the area.  Between those and the wind blowing smoke in from CA, it's just nasty.  Like Melody, I'm hanging inside and watching the Olympics.   OOTD: my hoodie mini dress.

Lois - yep, happy to see the women have choices now in what they wear.  BUT, the one US women's team was wearing bottoms closer to a thong than a bikini bottom 🙀

I was made to feel old again today.  Watched the women's volleyball game vs China.  I caught a look at the US coach - Karch Kiraly!!!  I went to UCLA at the same time.  He hung out with one of the guys on our dorm floor, another VB player (Joe Mica).  Young, tan (he got into beach VB with another teammate, Singin Smith) and sun-bleached blonde hair.  Now, leathered skin and buzzed grey hair.  Sigh.  Time passes. 

We have some more little fires in the area now.  Fire dept doing their best and some helicopters are helping with water drops.  With those and the winds blowing smoke in from CA, the air is rated "unhealthy" today.  No outdoor activities on tap today.  

OOTD:  denim shorts and gray Woolx short sleeve T.  I had to run out this morning to get my coffee fix - I was out of cream.

I always thought it was a bit sexist to require women to wear a bikini when men could wear board shorts with a tank/Tshirt...

I do love a shipload (notice I worked in cruising 😸) of sports too.  There are certain sports that I just can't watch on TV because the commentary rubs me the wrong way (gymnastics, diving, ice skating).  Swimming is always fun to watch, especially with Rowdy Gaines does color.  I'd love to see him and Michael Phelps do color on a race together.  

The France/Greece men's BB game was totally fun to watch yesterday.   Found out this morning on FB that a young woman from Park City won silver in women's mountain biking.   Saw that Argentina lost their first soccer game - didn't see that coming.  

We've got a lot of smoke in the air today.  Nasty.  OOTS is running shorts and a Tshirt.  Not going anywhere and it's still hot.   

Cynthia - my heart goes out to your mother and you.  I cannot fathom what your mother is going through.  I've not had a person with dementia in my family to know the issues.  I can only send you my love.

Lois - I grew up in sports.  I had school mates, a teacher, and teammates participate in various Summer Olympics.  Swimming and water polo were my things.  I still love to watch them, but I've added some of those other sports.  Watched Men's Rugby Sevens games this morning.  I'll watch soccer when it's on - it'll be like the World Cup all over again.  One of my dorm floor friends was a volleyball player and did both court and beach.  I do like watching all the volleyball, too.  I just saw the US men decimate Australia in the 4x100 free relay - it was supposed to be tight, but it wasn't close.  Now, I'm watching women's beach volleyball.  So nice to see the women are now allowed to wear legging instead of just a bikini bottom.  Never understood why that was in the rules.

Still too hot for me.  My ceiling fans and my new (thanks Prime Day) floor pedestal fan are working hard to keep me just hot, not boiling.  I'm running out of sparkling water, so I'll have to switch to tap water with some Just Lemon/Lime/Grapefruit in it.

Best line I've seen so far on Olympics:  "Snoop Dogg carried the blunt, I mean torch"  when someone commented on Snoop's leg of the torch run.  

Welcome home Cynthia.  I'm happy for you to have had a good time on the cruise.  

I know all about a "too small" mouth.  When I was a kid, we had one dentist in town.  When my permanent teeth started to come in, he said my mouth was too small for all of them, so he yanked the first molar that came in on the bottom.  Never noticed a problem without it all these years!  

Melody - we finally got a little bit of ran overnight.  It came with some lightning and thunder.  I was still awake at 2am and I could see the lightning through my bedroom window blinds.  It did chase some of the smoke away.  

We have our annual Arts Festival in town next weekend.  It's a huge thing.  All of Main St. is shut down and turned into a sea of artwork.  Several thousand people a day cram into 4 blocks of town.  It's literally tent-to-tent people all the way down the street.  I'll stay away.  Too many people, no air, way too hot (and hotter with our temps now).   It used to be fun to go, but as with all things as they get popular, just too much now.   I have tickets for the county Rodeo anyway -that would be too much time outside in the sun to do both.

OOTD:  my very old Athleta hoodie mini dress.  It's always a good summer standby.  Going to settle in and watch the Opening Ceremonies. 

1 hour ago, Lois R said:

Good morning.........Kat, I just saw that Salt Lake City will be hosting the 2034 Winter Olympics!

I am sure the state will be overloaded with guests!

Yes, we're back on the Olympics track!  

We're lucky in that we've done excellent maintenance of the facilities we built for 2002 so that major expense isn't there.   I didn't feel that we were overloaded with guests in 2002.  The couple of times I went up to our Main St. when I wasn't working at the track were not crowded.  I got to go to one medals ceremony/concert (Dave Matthews Band) the night before I started working at the track.  It was down in Salt Lake.  It was a tad crowded to drive & park.  Same with Opening & Closing Ceremonies.  Maybe we'll get more activity since Park City is more of a known place.  Still won't bother me.   Back then I still had my "big house".  the now-ex and I hosted some of the skeleton athletes we got to know over the years that weren't selected to compete.  Great Britain, Jamaica, Canada, US.  It gave them a free place to stay so they could still be a part of the fun with their sliding friends.  

13 hours ago, SelectSys said:

I have thought about this as a future bag.  I have an Osprey backpack that I like a lot and I want something that is both larger than my current backpack and can roll while still preserving some form of backpack.  It's really nice to have the option of carrying your bag in tight spaces.  I assume you have checked your bag on airline flights and it has held up well.

Yep, it's been checked multiple times over the years when I've used it.  Nothing torn, nothing broken.  Just a little dirty from that log of usage - it shows it's travel character.

4 hours ago, awhfy said:

We finally had rain!!  10:30 last night a massive thunderstorm rolled thru. I sat in my window seat for an hour & a half watching the show. We got over 3” of rain in just that time period, it was great!!  Supposed to rain most of the day today too

Lucky you in Colorado Springs!  Looks like it came up from the South and missed Utah.  We had just enough to wet the cement on the back patio.  The fields and hills are looking all brown and dry already.   Our forecast is no precip for the next 10 days.  

OOTD:  Woolx Tshirt and my black flowered bike-short-length tights.  Cool and comfy!

If you are looking for something to binge-watch:  on Prime, Gino's Italian Escape.  A travel/food show made for British TV.  It's a nice easy show to watch.  Nice locations, easy recipes to cook.  

On 7/18/2024 at 11:09 AM, donaldsc said:

 

A 2-wheeler with little tiny tiny wheels that also break off.  Not much better.  Give me 2 really big wheels.  My wife's suitcase is a 4 wheeler.  I HATE pulling it.

 

DON

My Osprey Sojourn 2-wheeler has inset big off-road wheels.  I've had it since 2010 and have not blown a wheel yet.  
I get my experience with all sorts of luggage is from working at hotels and currently a resort lodge.  I've dragged more bags than I have wanted to - big, little, 2 wheel, 4 wheel, ski bags, golf bags - you name it.  I'm still a 2 wheel, soft-side person.  

19 hours ago, Lois R said:

I am not a big port wine fan either but after googling white port I think I may give it a try. I have never even tasted white port before.

I hadn't done white port before, either.  Once in awhile I've done red port as an after dinner drink with some chocolate.  It's definitely not a drink I'd do alot.  But, that white port & tonic is very good!

OOTD:  still hot, hot, hot.  Denim shorts and a Woolx Tshirt.  

At the last hotel I worked at (not my current lodge), I would asked for a ginger beer from the guys at the bar when my stomach felt a little off.  They had Fever Tree.  and they had Fever Tee tonic, too.    It's been fun trying different drinks that I would never have done before.  Easy and simple ingredients are the best - no fancy fou-fou for me!!   Now I might get some of their flavors to see how they taste.

My little hamster wheel is starting to spin up again.  Spain and Portugal.  Food, wine, antiquities, beach.  Uh oh.  I can see another month-long venture in my brain,  Way too much to do!!

OOTD:  hot, hot, and smoke.  black Woolx sleeveless shirt and my denim shorts.  I have to run to the pharmacy for yet another refill.  Wish I could get them all syncronized...

I cannot stand waiting after my appointment time because someone is running late!  At least text me so I can adjust my schedule.  

Supposed to maybe get some rain later today.  I hope so.  It's to freakin' dry everywhere. 

After having my first gin & tonic at Jose Andres' restaurant in Vegas, I've been having some more here at home.  I remember having one a long time ago and hating it, so I never tried before.  I bought a little bottle of Hendrick's (the one used in Vegas) and Fever Tree tonic.  Pretty refreshing in the evening when it's 82 degrees in the house.  I read up on some other uses for tonic and came across one that uses white port instead of the gin.  I did it last night and it was tasty.  

OOTD:  another hot one so just shorts and a Tshirt...

4 hours ago, Lois R said:

Hi Kat, I can't remember the last time I ordered anything from Amazon. I am probably in the VERY small minority of people who just doesn't shop with them. 

I'm not a frequent Amazon shopper,  but I do Kindle books and Audible books.  I'll look there for some items that are hard to find up here and the electronics are sometimes good.  I had been looking all over for these storage boxes and didn't find anything I liked so finding these on Prime days was a good thing for me.  To get electronics, I do enough research that I know that certain things are available on Amazon and don't need the help of a sales person.  I don't do clothes - I did buy that big parka there because one of my owners bought hers there and I loved it.  The rest, to me, is like "fast fashion" and I'm not into that.  There were some online articles on some travel goodies on Prime Day sales - nothing I didn't have or want.  

Did anyone find any good things on Prime Day?  I only picked up some storage boxes that I do need,  I was thinking of replacing my old "dumb" TV with a newer smart one, but nothing that would fit in the space was on sale.  

OOTD:  hot and smoky today, so I'm staying inside today.  running shorts and a tank top for my attire.

Purple - that dress is gorgeous!  It reminds me of a starry night.

Mr. Squirrel is doing fine.  He comes and goes.  He has a little nest in an old shutter cover above my back patio screen door.  He's hilarious - he'll climb up/down my screen door to get to the food, then hang upside down on the screen to eat a little.  He'll relax in the crook of the down spout next to the shutter cover.  From there, he can jump into the trees and then onto the fence where he'll scurry to where ever.  He's fun to watch.

No fat bears in the neighborhood - they live about 2 miles away up in the woods on the other side of the highway.  

We are slooooowly cooling down to the upper 80s.  Last night I was baking - 85 in the house.  It was a little tough to get to sleep.