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Weird, I had posted good morning earlier at 4 something, but when I opened the thread just now it was in “Leave a comment” but not posted.🤔

DIL wants to go to a Karaoke Bar tonight, so guess I’ll tag along. Might even dance if I can find a woman strong enough to hold me up if I start fall. 💪🏻💪🏻

Ron

Good evening

See they are giving rain for here next week too Lorita

Iris - Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and especially Prince are all good for me. I'm not as familiar with Kendrick Lamar, although I saw a headline at Rolling Stone that discussed how influential he is.

My record album theory : everyone has a copy of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Prince is my favorite though. I got to see him on the Purple Rain tour (still have my ticket and program!). He was fantastic.

Ron - what a nightmare with your plumbing. It sounds like it's all fixed now - which is great.

I hope you have a great time at karaoke tonight!

Hi MInt - I hope all is well with you.

Lorita - I bet Darwin is thrilled with the angel food cake and chocolate. I know I would be.

Hey there Zetta - Enjoy your time taking care of Poppy. I've always enjoyed looking after other people's cats too. 🙂

As for me - it's been a long week, but now I get to start the weekend. I'm looking forward to that. It's on the chilly side and raining, but at least there's no snow (fingers crossed it stays that way). The camellia flowers are starting to pop. There's a good number of pink flowers now, and I hope it continues to go that way.

I've been able to catch some of the Olympics, mostly while I'm at the gym on the treadmill. Today I watched a chunk of the men's halfpipe competition.

Happy Valentines Day to those who observe. 💝

Good morning. We're headed for 46F this afternoon which is welcome indeed. DS has agreed to take mom food shopping in my stead. I'm not up for her pinball approach to shopping which makes me crazy under ideal circumstances.

Ron— I did see your early morning post yesterday. I wonder why it wasn't visible to you. This site can be odd at times.

I am impressed by your late-night karaoke crawl. Sounds like you've fallen in with a tough crowd. LOL. I'm never out that late unless it's an ED run with mom. And I've never done karaoke. DH used to get roped into it when he traveled to Japan, where they took it very seriously. He's a real introvert and loathed those evenings so it's not something we ever did.

Dad did the ADT shots every 6 months, too, Ron. He seemed to tolerate them well and they were successful in keeping his cancer localized once it recured.

Iris— R&R would be nice, but I'm cleared to do whatever I feel up to doing. We've got a couple more meals frozen and some soup but didn't feel like eating any of it. The meds have started to upset my stomach which has resulted in picky eating on my part.

Lorita— 3-5" is a lot of rain. I hope it isn't inconvenient.

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I'm hanging in there. I'm doing PT 3x a week. It's kind of a PITA as the facility is in the county seat and a 35-minute drive, but they're part of the orthopedic practice and I like the vibe of the PT and facility. Unlike the past, I have one PT who I will see for all my sessions. The space is new and nicely set up with very calming atmosphere. It's work, but I am feeling better when I leave which is good. The PT removed my bandages (and several layers of skin- ouch!) and the incision looks to be healing nicely. I will have staples removed on Wednesday.

I developed side effects (nausea and a headache) to the powerful pain meds I am on, so the doctor has switched me to something gentler on my stomach. It doesn't work as well, but it's enough to take the edge off.

I hope all have a pleasant day.

HB

Happy Valentine Day to all the wonderful, sweet, caring, beautiful ladies on the front porch. ❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️

Ron

Happy Valentines Day!!!

In Ancient Rome, Lupercalia was observed February 13–15 on behalf of Pan and Juno, pagan gods of love, marriage and fertility. It was a rite connected to purification and health, and had only slight connection to fertility (as a part of health) and none to love. The celebration of Saint Valentine is not known to have had any romantic connotations until Chaucer's poetry about "Valentine's Day" in the 14th century, some seven hundred years after celebration of Lupercalia is believed to have ceased.

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I'll be back later, but here are a couple of quickies…

For those of you tracking ice skating - here's a discussion of Ilia Malinin's performance. I feel so sorry for him. And here's a youtube link to his performance.

Happy Valentine's Day to those who celebrate it! As I was waking up and reading the news I saw this short article about Prince and his song Kiss - We still swoon for Prince's "Kiss" Such a great song. Very minimalist for Prince. Enjoy!