Getting back into routine is easier said than done when there's a little puppy in the house. She's a little character. Yesterday she had a "playdate" with Brenda's little male puppy, Bode, that Brenda's picking up on Spring break when she and Emma come from California. It was rough and tumble time. Marian, Bob's friend, is taking care of him, and brought him for the visit, but we'll be taking over that job when she and Bob go camping tomorrow. Should be an interesting couple of days. They're both scheduled for a couple of shots at the vets and it coincides with Bob and Marian's camping trip.

Now that it's the end of March, lots of friends are leaving for places up north. Not us. We're not leaving til the first of May because we're going on a short four-day cruise the end of April. We're starting to have good weather now. I feel sorry for those leaving now, as the winter weather has not be ideal here in Florida. Til now. Friend Carol is leaving in a couple of days. We've planned a pool time this afternoon here. She's headed for upstate New York. . .traveling via the auto train in Sanford, Fl. to Washington D.C. area.

I can hear sounds outside that tell me brother Bob has set up his miter saw on the grass outside of his lanaii. He's taking the sliding glass door down and replacing it with a wall, between his bedroom and the lanaii, just like Paul has done with ours. FYI Bob's condo is kitty-corner to ours in the back. It is the same floorplan as ours, but reversed.

Gracie is taking a nap right now in her playpen, so I'm free to type. We're trying to get her used to it. Paul set up in the lanaii. She whined, tore up her puppy pad, and dumped the water out. I cleaned it up. She has separation anxiety. After setting the timer for a half hour, she finally fell asleep. Good!

Big day for Lue. She's picking out her puppy today which she'll be getting in May. She called last night to see how our puppy was doing. So . . . She has the choice of a young puppy, or one that is a year old (a teenager, she said.) We're thinking of her today as she makes that decision. She said Ruth and she had a good trip back on Monday evening. They arrived home around 12:30 AM Tuesday morning. Tired, of course. Their visit was much too short, but we enjoyed their stay. . .

So - I imagine you'll get tired of hearing a lot about Gracie, but that's what we've been doing in our neck o' the woods. What's happenin' in yours?