It was still HAF (Hot As F***) today, so we mostly stayed inside to avoid the heat, with a couple exceptions.
We planted our new Rhododendron plant today, another memorial to our dear Rita Mae.
We drove to The Fresh Food Market, One of the few places that carries the gluten-free carb free egg based tortilla wraps that we like. While we were there we grabbed some prepared chef salads, some prepared deviled eggs, and a pack of smoked salmon and cream cheese rolls for lunch.
After lunch, I went upstairs and took a picture of the fraternal IKEA twins, Lars the Bear and Larz the elephant, for today’s blog.
Shortly after, I collapsed into a very long and deep nap while watching “Muppet Wizard of Oz” (I love the Muppets, but we both thought it was a terrible movie.) Now that I’m 51, I seem to nap with ease and it’s a regular weekend event.
I woke up and my eye was sore again, so I took some more eyedrops and some Advil dual action and watched “Friends” in the dark until it felt better.
We both decided that we were too full from lunch and did not need dinner, so instead, we made cocktails and decided to enjoy them on the back porch during an awesome thundering rain storm with Harvey.
I always pressure Jeffrey into tasting my cocktails, because he absolutely hates any cocktail that is sweet or fruity flavored, and he makes the best faces if he hates them.
Harvey joined us on the back porch, and seemed a bit unsettled at first, but now he seems very serene.
Overall, it’s been a relatively nice weekend, despite the weather, and the sporadic eye-pain.
Stay safe, all!
Idle Eyes and a Dormy 
Love the post. Love the cocktail. Love Jeffrey’s expression. Love being alive to all this!
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Love that we are connected and in each others’ lives now!
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Me too!!!!
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Gardening? Tortilla Wraps? Cocktails?! What debauchery. It is a good thing the American Family Association doesn’t read this blog.
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Shhhhh! Are you trying to make me a target?!?!?!
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I read this as ‘with a couple erections’.
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That’s how I usually read your blog too – ha ha
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This qualifies us as Wicked Old Screws.
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I’m good with that
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I do hope you are going to a doctor Monday. I involuntarily make faces when I drink alcohol, too. I wish I had a porch to sit on.
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I’m calling my eye doctor this morning as soon as their office opens at 8 AM.
The porch and patio and pavilion in the backyard are the main reasons we bought this house
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Dearest Rita Mae – forever and ever in our hearts!
I should imagine that with the tropical weather (should that now be ‘climate’?) could easily tempt one to overdo on intake of those purple cosmos, though you’re far too sensible to let that happen. Bet they’d give you a zinger of a headache, though.
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I find myself indulging less and less, and cocktails are becoming more of a rare treat these days. Which is totally fine.
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That’s the face I made here when I read raspberry-cranberry martini. Although I like the color, I’d probably make a face almost as good as Jeffrey’s. Glad the eye pain is only sporadic but hope it’s all better soon.
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It’s really just a Cosmopolitan with raspberry vodka. It’s carb free so I only use a drop or two of liquid Stevia to sweeten it. But Jeffrey doesn’t drink sweet drinks at all, so he really hates them. He’s pretty much at Tanqueray gin martini man 100% of the time. But I love his facial reactions to my drinks because they always look like he’s being tortured
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Since I’m not a fan of sweet and fruity drinks, I agree with Jeffrey’s reaction.
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Oh sure, take his side. I’m slowly evolving to prefer cocktails and martinis that aren’t sweet, but I still like the occasional cosmopolitan and the like.
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Me at a restaurant: Could I have X drink but without A, B, and C?
Bartender: So you just want whiskey with lemon?
Me: Yup!
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Ha Ha ha…I have to order most food like that.
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A relaxing weekend at home with those we love. Hopefully your eye problem goes away soon.
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The older I get, the easier naps are.
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And the more I look forward to them
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Ha ha, Jeffrey’s grimace! No mistaking that meaning!
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Jeffrey has never had a problem when it comes to communicating 🙂
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Jeffrey’s expressions are priceless. After I move, I’ll have to get back into making home cocktails again since I’ve discovered I’m not much of a wine drinker anymore.
Naps are amazing. I had a good one yesterday and I’ll likely do another one today.
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I love discovering new cocktails and finding ways to make them as low carb as possible.
I could never nap before. Now, I look forward to one.
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