A Rainy Florida Day

Today it rained all day. We used the time to wash quilts and I also had an ear doctor apt. I bought some interesting tapes for us to listen to on our trip to Rhode Island. Books on tape are great for trips. The library was cleaning out some old tapes and you could buy them at bargain prices.

Fancy Nancy Says: Libraries have great sales. Reading is just one great hobby.

Nice Dinner Guests and Fun Meeting Today

This was a social weekend. We had 4 for dinner last night and today we had a meeting of our movie club. Everyone is getting ready to relocate so there is a lot of socializing to say " Have a great summer". Just like when summer camp ends for kids, the grandparents are now the big kids and soon will return as adults to the real world.

Fancy Nancy Says: Stay as a kid as long as possible. Enjoy your new friends and adventures.

Getting Reorganized To Relocate

Well, yesterday was my last day to teach in Florida for this season. Most of my students have relocated, so there was no attendance. I went line dancing next door since I found no students had arrived. Now I will do some entertaining before we leave, and then pack up and relocate.

Fancy Nancy Says: Relocating is fun after the work is completed. It takes time to move.

Exercise Lesson Ends

Today I had a free exercise lesson at the spa ahd health club that I attend. The speicalist was 19 years old and she has very little understanding of the body as it ages. She wanted me to do some exercises that were too much. I stopped her and cut short the free lesson.

Fancy Nancy Says: Don't take an exercise program with a 19 year old  when you are way past 19.

Fitness Membership Closing

I have enjoyed LA Fitness this season. I play racquetball by myself and always win. They have lots of exercise equipment. My membership ends fot his season , but I plan on joining when we return to Florida .

Fancy Nancy Says: Exercising with air-conditioning is great to allergies.

Getting Social

Folks are getting ready to return to life up north. Winter camp is ending for the grandparents. Now it is time to go back to reality.

Fancy Nancy Says: Enjoy each new day.

Reading My Post and Comments

I always enjoy when I read my blog the comments that some of you make. It is fun to hear from you and also see how many hits the site has. Right now there have been over 7,000 hits since I began to blog. It makes me happy to know that others are reading what Fancy Nancy has to say. Keep in touch and you want something special for the blog let me know. I am not good with pictures, but I can do fun research.

I am enjoying a new book right now and I love going to my local library and seeing what is on sale. They have a great room where they put all the discards , and I often buy them. It is a donation to the library and since I love all libraries, I am happy to support them as well.


Fancy Nancy Says: Libraries are wonderful places. They offer the public so many great things to read, see , and enjoy.

Massage and Shopping

Massage is wonderful. I love the feeling of relaxation after a soothing massage. We are having some dinner parties so I did some marketing. Folks are getting ready to relocate up north so people like to connect before they leave.

We have Marty's tennis friends coming to dinner on Wed. and then another group next week. Luckily my taxes in done and classes are winding down now.

Fancy Nancy Says: Winter camp for grandparents is nearly over. Next, we return to real world soon.

News Group Meets and Discusses Current Events

I started a news group and today there was a meeting. Only 6 people attended. Many have already left Florida. We discussed world events and some problems seem impossible to solve.

It seems for centuries people have not gotten along . When will mankind start to be kind to one another. There have always been wars and conflict. We did not solve anything, but it is always nice to meet new people and have an intelligent discussion.

Fancy Nancy Says: People have been fighting in wars forever. Will they ever learn to get along with each other???

Tennis Party and Morning Service

Today was an interesting day. In the morning my friend took me to a memorial service at the temple. I have not been to this temple in a long time. The service was fine, but the air-conditioning was really cold.

At night we went to a tennis party . The party is an annual event with a large crowd. The food was good, but the music was so loud an noisy I suggested that we leave. It was nice to come back to our quiet home.

Fancy Nancy Says: Folks do not realize it, but the loud rock music can wreck your hearing. Watch out!

Nice Dinner Guests Tonight

My neighbors have just sold their condo. I invited them for dinner before they relocate. They had mixed emotions about selling, but since the condo dues keep going up, they feel that they had to sell.

In condo living that is the problem. The price of the condo is not that bad, but each year the dues increase and you have not choice but to pay them or relocate.

Fancy Nancy Says: Condo living has its issues.

New Movie Is Excellent

We saw a new movie called Fly Fishing in Yemen. Very well done by the BBC. The scenery is great and so is the acting. A nice Easter afternoon surprise.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday. We expect company this week, so I did some cooking and then went to Boston Chicken to get some things for supper.

Getting ready to file my taxes tomorrow. This year tax season has been confusing due to Identity Theft. I am not the only one who had the problem. It is a major issue in today's world.

Fancy Nancy Says: Privacy no longer exists in the world today.

Dictionaries Are Helpful

I just checked the dictionary and I found out that the word granddaughter has two d's. Dictionaries are valuable since it is often hard to remember how to spell many words. You do have to have some idea how to spell a word to even look it up . No wonder non-naitve speakers of English have such a problem with English. Even native born speakers still have to look up words to confirm the spelling.

Fancy Nancy Says: Use your dictionary to help you out spelling words.

A Wonderful Family Dinner

Yesterday we had a wonderful time seeing my family in Florida. It is so nice to have time together and the nice part was everyone was well and enjoying getting together. There were 7 of us at the Bonefish Grille. I had not seen some of them since last year.

Rebecca, my wonderful granddaughter was there with her boyfriend. She is doing a great job teaching youngsters. She has always had a job and she is a good worker. My daughter Lynn made a beautiful new book that was called Miss Lynn's Songs. She had hudreds of songs in her new book. I suggested that she publish it.

I am lucky to have such a nice family. Happy Holidays to all. Fancy Nancy

Libraries Are Wonderful Places

Today our local branch of the library is closed so I will go to a central branch. I am so lucky to enjoy reading and movies and the libraries offer some great choices free of charge. Ben Franklin started the idea of a free library. He was a smart leader to think of the library and begin the post office as well. He never knew about the internet, but if he had lived he would have enjoyed that as well.

Fancy Nancy Says: Libraries are an important free facility for many of us. Too bad that many cities and towns have to cut back on library funds. So many folks enjoy our wonderful libraries.

Getting Reorganized for May

In May we return to our northern home. Now it is time to clean out things , register the cars, get rid of things we don't need and scale down. The good part of relocation each year is it forces us to get rid of things we no longer use.

Today I met a lovely 20 year old girl at my exercise health club.
She wants to teach dancing so I asked her if she would want to meet with me once a week until I leave to teach me some of her dance steps. I will see what she will charge me. I did some dancing with her today, and tonight I am a bit sore. I guess she is in much better shape than I am. Oh well, maybe when I was 20 I was in better shape as well.

Fancy Nancy Says: Your body definitely changes as you age.