Recipes for living, loving and laughing:Jo, Elliott, Cloey & Zoey's adventures

 We are very settled in Monroe and are considering selling Lincoln and visiting a few times a year. We talk to the little ones almost every Sunday. They are growing up. 2nd grade, 1st grade a nd  preschool.  I'm doing fine on the exemestane.  Scans have  been clear. We have found a few docs but still have a couple more to find. We are heading back to CA in a month for four months.  Our flight to Canada was easy. We are trying to be less judgmental so I won't talk about a couple of annoying things.  I am trying very hard to do this blog in as non-OCD as possible. I wrote for epinions for years and don't want to be detailed like I was. "Just the facts, ma'am." We rented a car so did what we usually do. We borrowed a couple of itineraries from the web and followed those. One thing we would do differently is arrive in Calgary and leave in Edmonton though this is not a direct flight.  We would have toured Calgary for two days instead of leaving it to the end.  Here

2022 has certainly been challenging. Health issues just kept piling up. Our world turned right side up or upside down depending on your perspective.  After family therapy we are good with the Loomis Levy's and have had the kids a lot. It's been fun but exhausting.  We made a necessary choice to be closer to our adult daughters. After searching and changing our minds, we bought a great house in an over 55 community in Monroe Township, NJ.  Funny but we are 45 minutes away from cousin Marissa and family; too far (2 hours) from Terri and Jeff and 1 1/2 hours to Manhattan. I may have mentioned this but our daughter MD gave 3 months notice, sold her house and got a job and apartment at a hospital near Lennox Hill.  Our furbabies turned 11 and without the beach house (We sold it and will sell the RV.) they don't run as much as they used to but they are spry and healthy.  I'll take pics when I am in the house and hopefully find my camera in one of the 6 suitcases we packed. 

It's almost Thanksgiving and it will be just the two of us. The Loomis Levys haven't spoken to us since January and now that means if we don't have a relationship with them, we can't have time with the kids. Ouch that hurts. Anyway, saying more aggravated me so I'll leave it at that.  I am getting used to the inhibitor I am on. More tired than usually and I don't know if pains are from R.A. or the Cancer drug. Or cancer. I just had a uterine biopsy. Getting back into the swing of things here at the country club, which is nice, but I would really like to have a lake house in NY by the time we get back there.  As you know I love to post memes, etc. If one of Loomis Levys paid any attention, she would know that and would not have taken a meme seriously. I will share some here, but I get lots from Instagram, which I can't log onto right now! Truthfully, I am bone tired and don't have it in me right now.  Ok I'm back today and getting my hair cut and colo

 Although I had to look at my watch to know the date. We've spent the time mostly looking at houses in Monroe, NJ and then discovered that the over 55s were not dog friendly. I did get the furbabies to be emotional support dogs and psychiatric service dogs, but we are not ready to take them on the plane next week to go home. We have gone to a couple of campgrounds and went to Asbury Park. Initially we saw the kids every other day but neither one is working so we go in on Sundays because it is easier to park.  I am now on exemestane, the inhibitor to ward off any cancers. I was tired before now I could sleep all day. I'm having scans and doctor's appointments when I get home so maybe they can figure out what's wrong with my hip/back/leg pain!! Not really in the mood to write. 

 August 7 There might be a narrative at some point but I'm just glad I could upload them.