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Saturday Gratitude... Posted by Joan on 10/18/2025, 6:48 am

Saturday Gratefuls Posted by Delta on 10/18/2025, 4:26 pm, in reply to "Saturday Gratitude..." Both my husband and I cleaned up our desks and filed any stray papers that we had out to take care of. Got a lot of business checked off. Deciding on which insurance I will use next year. I hate the job of all that comparison work. I also hate other people doing it for me, so there you have it. Our next-to-youngest grandson drove our youngest grandson to the other side of Memphis. Forty-five minutes each way in heavy (usually crazy) traffic. It is nerve-wracking, but we have to cut the apron strings sometime. I wouldn't have felt nearly as good about it if there weren't so many State Troopers and National Guard working in Memphis right now. Everything seems so much calmer right now than it usually is. It's as if they've rolled back the clock. I am really grateful that Tennessee's governor overrode the city and county mayors and sent in all the police and National Guard. It is as if they are either in with the cartels or taking bribes because they don't let the local police arrest people for theft, racing on the interstate and city streets, causing wrecks and running over people, dealing drugs, and don't try to serve warrants, and let those that do get arrested go on no-cash bail, never to be seen again. No wonder crime is so high. Memphis hasn't felt so safe in years, and now they are trying to sue the governor and find ways to get rid of all the extra help. I hope everyone is paying attention and will remember this when it is time to vote again. Vanderbilt football this year. I have always kinda rooted for them because they have always been the underdog. So far this year, they have won every game, except against Alabama. They are still not in the top 10, but it is good to see them winning and no longer an underdog. I may have to find a new underdog to root for.

Thanks for the Corelle update on breakage. Posted by Paula on 10/18/2025, 8:26 pm, in reply to "Saturday Gratefuls" I loved my Humana supplement but dropped it for 2025 because it won't cover Patient First. Have been pretty happy with Aetna and have used it a lot!

LOL I meant to notify Posted by Delta on 10/18/2025, 9:44 pm, in reply to "Thanks for the Corelle update on breakage." you here, not on the same thread way down there. Losing it.

Ditto Posted by Joan on 10/18/2025, 6:16 pm, in reply to "Saturday Gratefuls" I'm getting email after email about how the insurance enrollment period has begun, and of course, how I should be comparing policies against my needs, especially medications. It makes my head spin, but you gotta do it! What choice is there?

Mine Posted by Paula on 10/18/2025, 10:23 am, in reply to "Saturday Gratitude..." Second purple trench fit! So black one sent back. Will have a purple purse, too. Went to the nail salon yesterday to have a pedicure with no new polish because no one will see my feet until next May! LOL At the last minute, I decided to get my nails done. Eggplant! Making fish tonight which will last me the 3 nights before I leave. My azaleas. Their second bloom has never been as pretty as this year. Made a dinner reservation in Madrid where the servers sing opera as they serve. The chosen arias are somehow related to the food. The choices for the main course are beef *steak*, which I haven't eaten in years and hake with 'angulas'. Looked it up...baby eels. They are a 'rare delicacy' but, after seeing a pic of them, there's no way I could bite into them. May have to cancel the reservation. Friends like you who 'accompany' me on my trips. Carin, with whom I check in with each night to reassure her that I am safely tucked in each night. I never really feel alone!

LOL! Posted by Joan on 10/18/2025, 6:09 pm, in reply to "Mine" Baby eels! I couldn't eat it, either, judging from the picture. Love your nails, and I'm happy the new trench worked for you. It's getting close now!

I am so glad that the Posted by Delta on 10/18/2025, 3:31 pm, in reply to "Mine" purple trench coat fit. I'll bet it looks great with your hair. I love your nail color.

pretty!! Posted by Cindyh on 10/18/2025, 1:49 pm, in reply to "Mine" I love purple. My favorite. So glad your trench fit too

Love your nails…. Posted by Cindy on 10/18/2025, 10:39 am, in reply to "Mine" I would have to pass on eating baby eels as well! I know you are going to have a fabulous trip! Can’t wait to hear all about it and see your pictures!!! How is your back healing? Do you still have a large open area or has it finally closed up?

Still open but much smaller Posted by Paula on 10/18/2025, 11:01 am, in reply to "Love your nails…." I can change the dressing every 4 days or so and there isn't a lot of drainage.

That awesome…. Posted by Cindy on 10/18/2025, 1:41 pm, in reply to "Still open but much smaller " It will make traveling much easier only having to change your bandages every 4 days. Remember the guy that you struck up a conversation with in Europe that had the Air BnB you stayed at? Will you be seeing him-er-I mean staying at his place again??

LOL Posted by Paula on 10/18/2025, 1:45 pm, in reply to "That awesome…." That was in Paris!

Five for me... Posted by Joan on 10/18/2025, 7:01 am, in reply to "Saturday Gratitude..." 1. Friends, old and new, who share their lives with me. What a blessing! 2. Goodreads, a place to share what I'm reading with family and friends, and they with me. 3. A husband who loves me no matter what strange ideas I have. 4. Having the financial resources to be able to share with others. 5. FSF family and friends! I pray for all of you, your families, your friends in my daily prayers... and thank you for praying for me! Maintenance is a forever endeavor!

I can't believe Posted by Delta on 10/18/2025, 3:37 pm, in reply to "Five for me..." that you have strange ideas. You seem down-to-earth to me. I just saw a new-to-me free-to-low-priced book site the other day called Robin Reads. Always open to new books.

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