Hi Darlin’,
Another great day, all went well, everyone was very complimentary, though I had to be tough on a few people that didn’t put in the work they really needed to do, as usual. Crashed afterward, splurged on a bourbon in my room and binge-watched Outlander all evening. My flight tomorrow isn’t until noon, so no need to get up early. Won’t be landing until midnight local time, though, so another long day of travel. Comes with the territory, of course! Just glad I’m still getting jobs like this, keeps my mind active and my bank account from depleting. Bedtime for me! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Sweetie!
Had a great first day of the workshop today, I was on fire! Went really well, good group of 17, more than usual, but that made it even more fun. Glad to know this gal’s still got it! Crashed in the evening, as expected. Looking forward to tomorrow! Good night, my love!

Hi Babe,
Had a very leisurely day today. I was upgraded to the Concierge level, so breakfast was in a central room on my floor (the 12th), so I could take my time. Only trouble I had today was getting a ride to my massage. Uber was ridiculously expensive, ($32 for a four mile, 10 minute drive!), I tried to call a Yellow cab but they had a 45-60 minute arrival time, so I quick downloaded the Lyft app and was on my way in moments! Got there 20 minutes ahead of schedule (right on time to fill out paperwork), and had a lovely 90 minute massage by Joanna. She was young but she really knew her stuff. Got back to the hotel, checked on the meeting room, went down to the pool for a short time, ordered Indian food delivery for dinner (plenty of leftovers for tomorrow) and spent the rest of the evening binge-watching Outlander. Waiting to shower in the morning. Nice, relaxing day, just what I needed! Good night, my darln’! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie!
Had a decent night sleep, spent the day getting ready to move the critters over to Jeff’s. Packed up, put air in the trailer tires with the new compressor, which worked fine except the battery didn’t last very long, got hay out of the trailer in to the truck, and finally managed to round everybody up and move them over. I had to run into town, though, because Lola had lost her name tag, again, so I had to get a new one. Picked up a short hose, too, since Jeff’s hose is just a little too short to easily fill up the horses’ water bucket. Came back and got Lola settled in over there, then ran back to camp to finish packing and doing other essential ablutions in preparation for the big travel day tomorrow. Finished off Season Two of Outlander, I’m pretty sure we never got this far with it, I don’t remember a lot of this season. Anyway, think I’m just about ready to go, will be getting to bed very early, for a very early morning wake up call! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Babe,
As much as I wanted to ride again today, the logic side of my brain decided that I really needed to spend time getting ready for my trip next week, so I got my chores done, which included sewing a new bottom on to Apollo’s feed bag which he had chewed through, then had a nice breakfast of blueberry pancakes, which used to be out Sunday ritual but that I haven’t done since your passing but decided to do today, then I did some prep work for my trip next week. I went to Glenn’s and serviced his pool, picked up some feed for the horses, moved a feed bin into the small trailer, filled a couple of tires with air until the compressor battery quit (got two tires done, will do the other two tomorrow), did a couple of loads of laundry, got my suitcase from the attic and my computer bag from the back of the trailer, then finally settled down to some Outlander binge-watching for the afternoon and evening. I feel like I needed some rest, my back was hurting a little bit, can’t afford to be in pain next week. Tomorrow I’ll finish up with my prep, and rest as well, so I’ll be ready to spend the day traveling on Tuesday. Ready for shower and bed, so good night, my darlin’! Love you!

Hi Darlin’,
Another nice night of sleep, then after chores and breakfast, and checking in a whole gaggle of Miami Cubans who came out for the day (and who offered me wine at 10:00 this morning!), I saddled up Apollo again so I could ride out with a camper named Cindy from Morriston, who had brought her horse to Jupiter to get out of the path of the hurricane. I didn’t think it was possible, but her mare was just as much of a slug as Apollo! Perfectly matched at about 2.5 mph, though we did jog occasionally. We went a bit over eight miles, which took us almost three hours, so yeah, a sloooow ride. But at least he got some exercise again, I’ve been neglecting him for too long. Many of the trails that were wet earlier in the week are a lot drier now, the Jim Lake is definitely back within its banks, so things are improving. As we were getting close to camp, the we passed the Cuban brigade, it was after 1:00 and they were just getting out of camp! Three hours of wine later… and they had this big boom box with huge stereo speakers cranked WAY up playing mariachi music. Not exactly the peace and quiet that most folks come out here for, but hey, it takes all kinds to make a world, right? When we got back, I just let Apollo graze around behind the trailer on his anchor for awhile, and I tried to work on my Buick, hoping I could round out the fuel injection rail that I inadvertently bent up a few weeks ago. I improved it, but still couldn’t get it quite right, not surprisingly. Anyway, I’ll definitely have to take a trip up to Snake Road Salvage when I get back from my job in Arizona next week. Although, I did find one on ebay that looks like the right thing, so I may have to break down and buy one instead. Anyway, settled down for the evening, watched a few Outlanders, and we’ve once again reached shower and bedtime. Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
I’m certainly enjoying these cooler nights, Hurricane Ian did a great and instantaneous job of ushering out summer and welcoming fall temps! Had a good night sleep, got my chores done, read a little bit, then finally around noon, got out the tractor and spent about three hours working on post-storm cleanup. An equestrian camper from the west coast up near Goethe State Forest, Cindy, had brought her horse over here to Jupiter to be safe from the storm, and she helped me by burning all the piles I kept bringing her, so we got a lot more done. I burned another pile as well, so it’s starting to look a lot nicer. I’ve been encouraging campers to burn whatever’s around them, so hopefully, the rest of the cleanup will mostly take care of itself, except the paddocks, which are still a mess. Otherwise, it was a quiet day. Binged on some Outlander, and now I’m more than ready for shower and bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hiya Babe,
Had a decent night’s sleep, though it took a long while to nod off, still up at around 7:30. Did my chores and had a quick breakfast, finish just in time before Karen and her friend Laura showed up for a ride. They were on stock horses, and didn’t want to take too long of a ride, so I decided to join them on Apollo. Poor old guy hasn’t been ridden in a long time, and he certainly needs the exercise! We rode for just under two hours, first taking the teal trail, included the very wet area between Intersections 7 & 9, drier out to the powerline and back to the grade on the red trail, then decided to take the red trail back to camp, which was wetter than I expected, though only a few inches in most places. The two water crossings were pretty high, but that only means above the knees, almost to the horses’ bellies, but no big deal. Was a very nice ride. I had intended to pick up some palm fronds this afternoon, but decided I wasn’t in the mood, so I finished reading a book instead. Took a shot at trying to fix the dead drill/driver that went kaput on me last week, no luck there. Changed the water filter in my hose, it’s been very slow and full of algae, so I put in a new one along with a bleach tablet just to try to keep my tank a little clearer. Settled down for the evening, watched a couple of Outlanders, now it’s shower and bed time! Good night, my darlin’! Love you!

Hey Darlin’,
Got up a little late, got my chores and breakfast done, then headed up to Sam’s Club in Stuart to pick up some pool salt for Glenn’s. They screwed up the order and didn’t give me 10 bags, only 8, so I had to go back and get the other two. Nearly made me late for my euchre game at the Kane Center, well, actually I didn’t make it into one of the foursomes, so had to play cutthroat for a bit before we rotated out into the teams. Lots of folks there, though, they’ve been getting better turnouts lately. Finished up at 3:00, headed to Walmart, picked up fuel ($65 for half a tank!), did my shopping and headed home. After 6:00 by the time I got back, grilled a nice T-bone (thanks, Luis!) and settled down for the evening. Been bingeing on Outlander. I know we watched the first couple of seasons together, but I don’t think we watched the last few, so I went back to start over (I couldn’t remember too much), and am remembering as it goes along. Had a couple of campers come in today, so I guess it’s back to normal! Really enjoyed being on my own, but as the season progress, I’m sure that won’t happen any more, darn it. 🙂 Ready for shower and bed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hi Sweetie,
Such a busy day today! James came by just as I was feeding the horses, and we chatted for a bit. First time he’s been here since the hurricane, just checking it out to see what needs to be done. After he left I had breakfast, fixed a plumbing problem I was having with my kitchen sink, then headed over to the chiropractor, but it turned out I had the time wrong, so I left and went up to Glenn’s to mow his yard. Had a little trouble, got stuck in the mud, had to use the truck to pull out the mower. Ended up only getting about half of it done before I had to go back down to the chiropractor. Not sure anything he did really helped, since most of my pain was already gone, but hopefully it will help prevent a reoccurrence. Headed back to Glenn’s to finish the mowing, stopping for gas for the mower along the way, also did some weed-whacking, then had to try to fix his pool, it’s not getting the flow that it’s supposed to, but I couldn’t get the big filter open so we had to leave it off. By then it was after 6:00, and I was glad to get home! Made a quick dinner and settled down for the evening. A very busy day! More than ready for my shower and bed! Good night, babe! Love you!