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And it is amazing how our perception of what “old” is, changes over the years. Susan’s dad passed away 40 years ago, before either of our kids were born. I know we both thought our parents were really old, and they were only in their 50’s at the time. Now, old people is just someone older than me.

I think I really meant to say lock icon. Don’t think I want to lick a stove. 🤣🤣🤣

Depending on the size of the prints you want, make sure you have high resolution photos so they will be clear when printed larger. I don’t recall who we used, but I did have some 8x10’s done on canvas for art in one of our baths. When you upload them, the site should tell you if the resolution is good enough for the size you want.

We stayed at the Venetian several years ago. It was nice, once we finally got checked in. Susan had found some great rates on flights and a room over the President’s day holiday. Due to some bad weather, our flights got rerouted, and we didn’t get to the hotel until 1 am. By that time, we are dead tired, and we are told…..You can go into the casino, and we will let you know when it is ready. There was a large “Adult” entertainment convention going on, and there were a lot of them at the hotel and casino, so maybe that had something to do with the room delay. Once a room was ready at 4 am, we did get upgraded to a much larger suite for our stay. That, plus we did have some luck in the casino, so it made up for things. We had hoped to escape from some of our cold winter, but it was cold there, and some of the fountains had ice.

I think I do remember seeing a lick icon on it. I will have to look into when I am there this morning. Thanks.

Maybe it is a supply chain thing. One of my new credit cards is the same way. Or maybe it is just getting too much use. 🤣

Well, now I have to wonder about Snowflake the Elf. I am guessing no one is using the stove today. Speaking of their stove, they have one of those touch sensitive flat panels that turn things on. Ricky has learned to turn the oven on when he walks across it, and his paws touch the pad.

Happy birthday to your DIL Donna. Looks like a good day for birthday celebrations

Happy birthday @Lionesss Sue. You share a birthday with my son. He hits that 40 year milestone today. It is 34° with freezing rain and high winds today. Hoping our travels today will not be too horrible.

We took our daughter shopping, and to lunch in Ohio today. I can’t believe how much some restaurants have raised their prices. Where we went today, we used to get a nice lunch for 3 for around $45. Now that same lunch is north of $70. My lunch ……chicken sandwich and tortilla soup. The ladies had salads. The one bright spot was this. Here in western PA, gas is $1.30 a gallon more. I guess what I saved on a fill up helped pay for the increase in lunch price.

You can take a picture of the bar code, and upload to a site that reads bar codes like this https://online-barcode-reader.inliteresearch.com/ the last digits returned should be the cabin number.

Snowflake, the Elf, was trying her hand at golf today. She wasn’t pleased with her shot, so she was beating her candy cane club on the ground. I didn’t know that you could not touch the elves with your hand, or they would lose their magic. Evidently you have to use kitchen tongs to pick them up. I guess I learn something new each day. 😁

Reading about everyone doing their check in for their cruises, trying to get those early times. Last Friday, we went out to dinner and helped our technology challenged friends check in to their January cruise. We were all supposed to be sailing together, but that is one of the cruises we had to cancel. So, of course, the earliest boarding time they could get was 1:00. Not only that, but since they hadn’t booked any shows, all the comedy club times were already gone, and many of the other shows just had crappy times available. Looks like they will be in a few standby lines.

Maybe @Ozark_Kid can explain just what these are. I saw it at Sam’s Club today. Umm, on second thought, maybe not! Speaking of Sam’s Club, we have been using their mobile checkout. You scan items with your phone as you put them in your shopping cart, then pay on your phone and walk out the door. No need to stand in the checkout lane. Although, they must keep some buying habits on file. When we checked out today, it asked if we needed to pick up some Fireball. 🤣. How did they know I was getting low?

Sorry to hear about your friend’s fire. Glad everyone got out safe. It looks like you had a great get together.

Snowflake the Elf appeared at the top of one of the trees today. Last night’s supper. Filet, baked potatoes and corn. Sorry, but I already cut up the filet. It was done just right. Susan does a fantastic job of having a great meal ready for us. This is meal the grandkids requested the last few weeks. Or as granddaughter says “I want that meat that comes from a cow”

So, are you going to your famous neighbor’s birthday party? I read that she turns 33 today.

That is exactly like what we got, except we were in the 75% phase.

Call them again. They sent me one when we canceled, and it had the cancellation number, the date canceled, and the phase , along with the total amount of cancellation charges. That is the figure insurance will need.

I heard many of those stories. My grandfather was born in 1885, and his dad was born in 1825

Daily elf sighting. It appears the elf likes a nice beach vacation. I am not sure who that is, trying to get some sun, but she is eyeing him up. Also had a Ricky sighting.

We have used vrbo for our rentals in Florida the last few years. No problems with them.

When my son and his wife did their Post-docs at Stanford, they had an apartment in Sunnyvale, not far from the Caltrain station. From what I recall, that wasn’t a bad area. I know housing is very expensive in that area. She could expand her search, if she looks at areas that have train service. That is probably less than Uber. I think the train from Sunnyvale to Stanford is around $3-$4 for a 20 minute ride.

Ok, now the pesky elf is just getting creepy. She showed up in the kids bathroom, where she can watch them. Not only that, but she replaced all the TP with Christmas wrap Granddaughter had to find another bathroom to use today. 🤣🤣. She is not going there.

@dani negreanu and @Luckynana Don’t know why only the first and last paragraph showed up in my response above. This is what I had written. Guess CC demons are about today. She is past the halfway point in her series of treatments. The doctor says her response to the treatments are right where they expect them to be, but they don’t have any additional imaging scheduled until near, or at the end of her treatment. It is encouraging to us, that the response seems good, but the emotional toll is tough sometimes. Susan is her sounding board, and she fields all those late night calls and calms her down when her mind is filled with those, “This is probably my last Christmas……(fill in the blank for any other occasion)” thoughts. One of the things that makes our days so long, is she is cold capping. For those who don’t know what this is, it is supposed to preserve most of the patients hair. They wear a tight fitting cap that is attached to a computerized machine that cools the scalp to 36°F. They have to start this an hour before treatment, and it extends through treatment and a couple hours after. She wanted to do this, not because of vanity, but because she thought the complete loss of her hair would frighten the kids. I must say that it has worked well. The problem is that it is not covered by insurance, so we are picking up that cost for her. I think by the end, it will be about $5K out of pocket for it. I think this should be available to any patient who wants it, and not just to those who can afford to do it. One thing that helps, is a lady I am friends with on an exercise site went through the same thing with her daughter last year. As it turns out, her daughter had the same type, and was the same age as my daughter, and she had a good outcome. She has been very supportive. Sorry to ramble on, but this is where we are at now. Just taking it a day at a time