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Go to World Market too. They actually have several flavors of panettone, and several other good holiday goodies. And, Whole Foods usually will get in a lemoncello cream-filled one. My TJ's has their panettone in now. My Italian store down in SLC will carry, too. But, I have to look at this website to see what goodies they have! I love panettone!! It's good as-is or with the traditional, toast it a little. I've also done French toast with the traditional. Made my turkey burgers with the turkey gravy and I did add some mushrooms, Good. I've got one left for tomorrow...

gotta say - I started watching RH Orange County because I went to High School with one of the husbands. And, I went to high school in Orange County (Corona del Mar).

I've done cornish hen many a time. I'm doing TJ's half turkey breast this year. It's brined and fully cooked - all I have to do it stick it in the oven and get it reheated. The remainder goes into soups and chili. I've got my stuffing and veggies ready to go. I just have to head to the state store and get a bottle of wine, most likely some kind of Pinot Noir. Let us know how the shingles vax goes! My NP took a few vials of blood from me yesterday. Today, she said the results are back and all is OK except my red blood ones are on the high side. Could be from dehydration, since I hadn't had anything to drink for a good 12 hours and I wasn't feeling all that spiffy (my BP was way high for me, my pulse ox was 94 and I hadn't slept most of the night and I felt hyperglycemic). Then she casually tosses in that it could be Polycythemia Vera. Didn't explain what it is, but says she usually has people donate blood to get the blood generating better. I look it up and it scared the cr@p outta me because it can be a type of blood cancer!!! She just said we'd look at it again when I go back in the end of December. Great - leave me hanging...There are some dietary things you can do also to help, but between those, the ones for Type 2 and the ones the ENT has me doing for silent reflux, I'd just be drinking water!!! I think I'll try to ignore this for a month. Dinner of the night: I'm going to cook up some turkey burger and season it with TJ's Everything But The Leftovers spice mix and smother it in TJ's turkey gravy. Melody - congrats to the people of CO!! Women now have the majority in both sides of the legislature! Quite the accomplishment!!

It was on Bravo - same channel as all the Below Deck and Real Housewives shows. It finished it's season like 2 weeks ago. Not worth it, content-wise, but it did have Paris in it...

The card you got is the usual Part A/B card. You still have to figure out the prescription/part D/advantage plan stuff. But, congrats on joing the "old ladies" club!!! I'm still adjusting to it, after 4 years! It started hitting me a few years ago - one day I was looking at myself in the bathroom mirror and went "Da#n, I got OLD!" I still have trouble with not being able to do some of the heavy lifting I used to do. But, I just call myself the old hippie lady and do my own thing.

Melody - sweet machine! You need to get some of those USB or battery powered mini lights and wrap around it for some fun! If it was during Christmas, you could have velcro'd a wreath to the front!!! But, being in Colorado, you can velcro a little deer or moose head to it 😹 Cynthia - they did have the Dark Chocolate covered Peppermint JoJoe's. I turned my hair stylist onto those and they are now always part of her Christmas bag. I wasn't looking specifically for the plain ones, and they didn't have the box yet of the different flavored ones they get in for Christmas. Got the peppermint mini meringues and the Candy Cane chocolate coated almonds for her bag. The one worker said they are getting Holiday stuff in every week now. I had some of the olive Fougasse last night - yummy and yummy with good olive taste. It was in the section where the fresh baguettes and ciabatta rolls are found. It was a nice surprise. Fashion update: I love my leopard strap I got for my bags in Florence. I wanted to buy one, maybe two more to go on my little duffle and my carry on bags. I've seen more and more women with these straps on their purses so I went surfin' the 'net and found a company on Amazon that has a bunch of them! And the price was comprable to what I paid in Florence. search "replacement bag straps" and hunt for Zooeass, the one with 150 choices. I know that a bunch of them have the same ones, but this one has way more choices. I got the "colorful stripes" because it goes with all my Cotopaxi bags and then a "leopard 1" for my other crossbody (it's a normal small leopard print). Gotta say, I get complemented on my one everytime I take it out. If you have a bag that has detachable strap, check these out for a fun change!

Back in the day, the now-ex and I spent a week camping in the National Park, The Park is spread out over the island. I think the visitor center is in Cruz Bay, the ship excursions dump everyone off at Trunk Bay to snorkel. The campground with an amazing beach is at Cinnamon Bay. If you could, I'd ditch Trunk Bay (nothing like snorkeling with 1000 others) and go to Cinnamon Bay.

Just say no to a selfie stick unless you are going to use it underwater. depending on where you are going, some places have a ban on selfie sticks. Look at a Pocket Tripod Pro - I have one and love it. Pair it with a remote app for your smartphone and you can take pix of yourself with more than an arm's length. I was going to say Otterbox for you iPhone, but you may have to hunt to find one for an 11.

My iPad Mini with the Keys to Go keypad (I also use it with my iPhone) is a nifty combo.

You are going to the wrong ATM (yes that is technology!!). I have several here in my podunk town that allow you to select the way you get your money - you speciy how many 5s, 10, 20s etc,. you want. I've had to hit those ATM a few times when we ran out of small bills at the hotel and our finance dept was gone for the weekend.

I wish there were knee scooters back in 2007 when I did my leg!!! Crutches for 3.5 months sucked. Dotle you have a nice little daypack to scoot with?? The cold is here. At least the ski areas can blow snow 24/7 now. Park City Mountain opens Saturday - there are some on the other side of the hill that opened last weekend

Well, after my visit to my NP to see how my new diabetes med is working (A1C going down and lost 3 lbs after 3 weeks), I decided to head down to the Valley to have breakfast at one of my favorite spots and hit TJ's while I was there. I can say that it was indeed a "HOLY CR@P" moment at the register. They got in a bunch of their Christmas candy/cookies, so I stocked up on them (I give them to my co-workers, hair stylist) instead of waiting until next month. Picked up the brined half turkey breast and I'll have it for Thanksgiving and make more chili and burritos afterwards. I got the Maple salad dressing and all 3 of he cheeses/spreads that I wanted. There were some things that weren't on the Flyer, but I had to get: in the frozen section, eggplant sfogliatelle and Italian creme puffs, in the good bread section, olive fougasse. So, now I have some memories of Italy and Provence. I went to Whole Foods after that (!!!) to get my sparkling waters and to my delight, they had the peppermint candy whipped cream! I put it in my coffee to make it festive. OOTD: my Pact cotton leggings, my big white heavy longsleeve Tshirt, my Patagonia down sweater. It is only up to about 26 today...

You definitely CANNOT miss the statue/fountain in Quinconces, It's huge. Also, there is a good size ferris wheel there next to the promenade. I used it a few times as my "landmark" when walking back to my hotel after a day of wandering. I stayed at Hôtel de Tourny, a quick walk behind Quinconces. If you need a place to stay, I'll recommend it. I was there as a solo and liked it.

Out of PHX also look at American. if you go to matrix.itasoftware.com you'll find lots of flights using various airlines, all just fine. You'll see flights with Iberia and Finnair but they are actually codeshares with American. Don't just look for the cheapest price - double-check what it doesn't have (free bags, seat selection) and add those fees into the price.

I still have my sleeveless neoprene rash guard from years ago - if I ever get back to snorkeling or bodysurfing in Southern California or Hawaii or Puerto Rico, I'd take it. Otherwise, it'll always be one of the "new" UV shirts. I think I even have my old "farmer john" wetsuit (what we called sleeveless full body suits) from when I'd kayak in cold water. Now, THAT one was miserable to put on!! New use of baby powder...

I'm a pretty solid 10 now in bottoms. The shorts I bought from Chicos Outlet last summer are a 1.5. Could have used a 1.25, I think - I was always pulling them up. Yes, I know they don't have 1.25 😉 With tops, I'm still in a little bit of denial on possibly being a smaller size, I think. I would always go for the XL (big bust and wide shoulders), but I'm finding those too big at times. If the shirt/dress is made for "models" with no bust, I go XL and have to alter the waist or just let it be oversized. I haven't tried any Chicos tops/dresses for years - since I was a 16/18/2X. I hate clothing sizing...

Cynthia - I didn't get to TJ's either - my couchsurfing got in the way!! You and Lois - travel wizards! I was looking at cruises and, other than the 2 on Celebrity, nothing rang the bell for me. After having as much time as I wanted in places this summer, only having maybe 6 hours in one place that takes extra travel time to/from just isn't making me salivate. I think I have a case of severe Post Travel Syndrome. Really interesting though - a single "sailor" rate on Virgin is actually not that bad. But, it's definitely not my kind of ship. Too bad. I'll keep an eye out for Black Friday, too. It might be a land vacation for 2023. But, it's hard to decide. Back to Italy and see more of what I haven't seen. Up to Canada and maybe visit Atlantic Canada. Over to Iceland and play total tourist. If it's Italy, I have to decide really fast to lock down flights and some idea of where to go. NOTE - if you are planning to be in Rome in September, be aware that the Ryder Cup (HUGE golf event) is being contested at one of the golf courses around Rome. Accomodations are already getting scarce.

In regard to hiking being the last non-tech activity: Many of us use our phones for the GPS and apps with trails and weather information. iPhone-size solar chargers keep the phones going. I bought a little Bluetooth keyboard to use on the go with my phone or tablet (Keys to Go). When I'm sitting down and doing my texting and emails, it helps soo much that I don't have to one-finger type on the phone.

Yep, it's that time of year for both of us. 7 degrees overnight and 14 degrees at 10:30. At least there should be no snow for either of us for a few more days, just partly/mostly cloudy. Sucks about your foot. May I ask what the issue is? I'm having more and more issues with my ankle that was damaged when I shattered my leg in 2007. At least you are able to wait until all the holiday activities and cruises to get it fixed. I like the shower, especially the lighting in the shower. Was the light fixture always on the side or did you move from the ceiling (where all mine have been). I do like the tiling, too. I like the big slabs you have - always looks so much cleaner than tiles with the caulking in between them. Sherri - apparently beaches got hit pretty bad with erosion. Cocoa Beach folks are singing the praises of their dunes with the sea oats plantings as it kept most of any damage away. I saw some photos one person posted of a property at Flagler Beach - the street is totally covered in sand and the mailbox stand is covered up to the box. I'm still watching the Below Deck marathon because I don't want to see any news. I hear all I care to hear on BBC overnight before I go to sleep.

Cynthia - was that the one where Stanley "broke the Internet" with his negroni video? I saw that one. Seemed that he and the wifey had already partaken of some adult beverages. I will say the black polo fit him perfectly... Melody - you were looking for new tableware right? Just to let you know, Our Place has already started their "Black Friday" sale. My TJ's list is extensive, but decently low in carbs. If you didn't know, if you go to the "Products" tab on the website instead of at the Frequent Flyer, at the bottom of the item description there is usually the nutritional label. This is also my getting panty items stocked since I'm starting work on Dec 2 and need to have some stuff to be able to put together a quick meal in the 2.5 hours I'll have between getting home and going to bed. The things I'm really interested in are the Syrah Tocano Cheese dip and the Unexpected Cheddar dip, the cranberry chèvre cheese, and the organic Maple Vinegarette dressing.

Photo of the boots below,. NOTE: I'd NEVER go out in public with this combo of leggings & boots! The leggings are one of my "hanging around the house" pair. Well, maybe one day for Sundance 😹 Good to hear you escaped relatively unscathed Sherri! Saw some bad photos of places up in Daytona Beach where the beach and barrier was destroyed and places were hanging off the edge of the erosion. It's amazing what damage even a "little" Cat 1 or Tropical Storm can do. I'll call it cold this morning. Got down to 1 overnight and it's now 14 at 10am. At least it's sunny.

I heard that from my CB friend. So, can't verify. Got photos from the 4th Street Filling Station in CB - a big piece of their front "gas station" canopy collapsed. And, at least one window at Gregory's restaurant was blown out. Oh, and the sign at the local "gentlemen's club" was torn apart. Lori Wilson Park beach up at Canaveral was beaten up badly. We got a few inches of new snow overnight. Ugh. I do have to go out and shovel the driveway this time as it's only going to be in the mid 20s today and down to single digits overnight. At least it's sunny. Fun fashion: I had some credits at Just Fab so I decided to go winter boot shopping. There was a pair of light pink knee-high "fur" boots. I figured, what the heck, I can wear them to get coffee. They came today, They are so fun!!! I wouldn't wear them out on the town 'cause I'd look like a West Coast Tourist, but with my hippie fur kimono and a pair of black leggings, they will bring a smile to my face! What can I say?? I look like a hippie with pink Sasquatch legs!!! It could be a prime Sundance outfit, though 😸 I went to the TJ's website last night to see what new things were around. Oh my. I made a shopping list and IF everything was available and I bought, it could very well be a "holy cr@p" receipt. OOTD: Woolx leggings and a long-sleeve T. Will put on my Sweaty Beatty pink camo fleece jacket (oh, wait - it would be PERFECT with the new pink boots) and a pair of "shoveling snow" boots,

I have to wait on more month to get my 2nd shingles shot. Beware - my pharmacist told me it's the 2nd shot that makes people sick and to just be prepared. The chicken chili is sooo easy to make, don't even have a recipe. A box of chicken broth, 2 cans white beans (I use cannellini ), a can of sweet corn, a can of diced green chiles (mild or medium, your choice), a chopped up onion and the amount of shredded chicken you want and whatever spices you usually put in your chili or soups (I use ground cumin and coriander, some oregano, pepper). sautè up the onion, add the chiles and spices, then dump in the beans & corn and then the broth. No set time to cook it all, but usually I do about 30 minutes. When I put it in my bowl, I add some sour cream. Great for a gray, snowy day!! Sherri - have fun in JAX. The beach in Satellite Beach is getting pounded. The unlucky combination of the moon, high tides, tropical storm and that SB voted against beach restoration last year made it nasty. My friend in Cocoa Beach told me about the beach vote - I guess CB voted for their beach restoration,

Those auxiliary services and the workers are seasonal. Just like the cruise business in Alaska, they don't work year-round. There are seasonals everywhere - even outside of the cruise business, I'll bet those who work the summer hospitality in Bar Harbor are not all year-round/full-time. I've people on my staff at a few hotels who worked the resorts on the New England Coast in the summer and then moved on to a winter location for work.

How a town is going to have enough people and busses/minibusses to transport 6,000 people around town and on excursions can be tough. I know in Alaska, the local school busses are used. In my town, we get a bunch of drivers from Alaska - they drive for the cruise industry up there in the summer and come down to winter resort towns in the winter. The carriage path in Arcadia NP can look like a LA traffic jam when ships are in town!!