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[Sandra, Moderator]

Enjoy, Peggy!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Have a wonderful holiday, Peggy! I'd love to visit Iceland some day. I also heard that it's beautiful there.

[[deleted user]]

Enjoy Iceland Peggy!

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I just love Sundays. Coffee pot is on, a book or two by my side, catching up on goodreads, watching a bit of booktube, doing a bit of cross stitch, chicken in the one pot for dinner, today is going to be a good day!

Happy Sunday everyone!

[Margo]

Travis wrote: "I was gonna blame faulty acme suction cup thingy but Margo's beauty could have distracted me"

Yup, happens all the time. I can't risk entering a building that hasn't been checked for people walking the ceiling with those suction cup thingies. This face and body are my curse *sighs deeply and covers face*.

[Margo]

Peggy wrote: "Hi from Iceland! It's so so so beautiful here, I have no words for it.

The weather has been very nice too, sunny and sometimes even warm enough for just a tshirt. Not much longer though, we're he..."

Peggy I'd say those temperatures are bliss after all the heat at home! Wrap up warm and have a great time 😁

[Sarah]

Have a great time Peggy. Looking forward to hearing all about it .

[Janice, Moderator]

Anna wrote: "I just love Sundays. Coffee pot is on, a book or two by my side, catching up on goodreads, watching a bit of booktube, doing a bit of cross stitch, chicken in the one pot for dinner, today is going..."

Sounds idyllic! Enjoy your day.

[Kristie, Moderator]

A new little boy just moved into my neighborhood this weekend and my grandson made friends with him. Today they were playing outside and came back with a big bag of canned goods. Apparently, my grandson decided they should collect food for the homeless and they went door to door asking my neighbors if they had any spare cans of food they could donate.

I have to admit I was torn between being really proud of him for thinking of the homeless people and wanting to discipline him for going around to people's homes without asking me first.

Now, I just need to figure out where we can donate the food locally. I'm sure there are places near us.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Kristie, your grandson has some initiative, doesn't he? :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

He seems to have found it this summer. lol

His mother did this when she was his age too. I remember she really wanted horseback riding lessons and she went through the phone book and called all the local horse farms until she found one that would give her lessons in exchange for working with the horses, cleaning out stalls, etc. She also went door-to-door offering to walk people's dogs while they were at work for something like a dollar a walk. She ended up getting so many dogs that she had to hire one of her friends to help her. Those were both 10-11 years old. That seems to be the age in our family. It's so funny for me to see him doing stuff like this.

Hopefully, he keeps this going and applies it to school and other things.

[Travis]

Enjoy Peggy. My BIL went a couple years ago to Iceland and loved it

[Janice, Moderator]

Your grandson is growing into a wonderful, caring person, Kristie.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "Your grandson is growing into a wonderful, caring person, Kristie."

Aww thanks, Janice. I think he's a sweet kid. :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Someone broke into my car in the early hours of the morning. My neighbor said it was around 4:30 because he heard them routing around in the back of his truck.

Fortunately, they didn't break the windows. I'm not sure how they got in, though. It was locked. They took about $2 in loose change, some pens, my iPhone cable, some CD's, a package of Wet One Wipes, and my yoga bag with pillow & blanket. They left the most expensive thing which was my yoga mat worth $100.00. (Phew!)

The thing I'm sad about is the pillowcase on the pillow. My friend made the 3 of us that chum together the pillowcase out of fabric with women on the beach. There were sayings on it about girlfriends. :(

[Sandra, Moderator]

Janice, how frustrating! I'm sorry about the pillowcase. :(

[Kristie, Moderator]

Oh no, Janice! So weird what they took. Sorry about the pillow case. Glad they left the yoga mat at least.

[Sarah]

How frustrating Janice. Definitely an odd combination of things they took.

[Lisa]

Sorry to hear that, Janice.

[[deleted user]]

Oh Janice - what a shame. Sorry to hear about the pillow case.

[Janice, Moderator]

They took pretty much what as in the car. I think they move so fast, they just grab what's there.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Yes, they don't take the time to see what they are grabbing. My daughter's car was broken into once and they smashed the window to get in. I'm not sure the car was even locked. They stole her bag of dirty gym clothes off the seat, but didn't notice her wallet sitting in her door. Not the best criminals...

[Renee]

Sorry to hear about your theft. It makes you feel so violated. Hope you are okay.

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks Renee. I'm okay. I'm annoyed, but grateful that there was nothing of real value. It will make me rethink how I do things. I often put my wallet in the glove box when I go to yoga. That won't be happening any more. If they somehow access the vehicle electronically, they can get in quickly and easily without causing any suspicion in a parking lot.

[Margo]

Oh Janice, what rotten luck. It's horrible to someting so personal and special stolen from you. It's scary how easily those people can access your property using technology.

[Sarah]

It was my last day at work yesterday before my holiday. Heading to the airport tomorrow where we'll stay overnight then we fly out on Saturday morning to Austria. I'm so in need of a holiday. Things have been really stressful this last month or so what with Rob's bath, the van fiasco, and me being unwell. We're going to be staying in the Austrian alps on a massive lake and the weather should be pretty warm by the looks of it. Annoyingly, I'm still unwell. I've had abdominal pain for the last 2 weeks and on some occasions, it's pretty severe. I'm just hoping I get some respite on holiday.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Sarah, I didn't know about all the last month events. I hope you enjoy your trip and rest. And I hope your pain ceases. Maybe being less stressed will help.

[Kristie, Moderator]

That sounds like a beautiful holiday Sarah. I hope it is restful for you and your abdominal issues clear up once some of the stress is removed. How is Rob’s back doing? That was pretty scary.

[Travis]

Bastards stole the wet wipes. Little thing like that is the one that would set me off

[Janice, Moderator]

I hope you have a great relaxing holiday, Sarah and that less stress will mean less stomach pain.

[Janice, Moderator]

Travis wrote: "Bastards stole the wet wipes. Little thing like that is the one that would set me off"

The console was cleaned bare and I couldn't think of everything that was in it until I went to get the mail yesterday. The mail key was also taken. All they have to do is go to the mail box at the end of the street and try each box until they find the one that opens. I do have other keys for it, but put in a request for the lock and keys to be changed. That will cost me another $30.00.

My neighbor knocked on the door last night at 10:30 to tell me he saw a guy scoping out the back yards. He had a backpack on his back. My neighbor saw him walk between my car and the other neighbor's truck to get to my backyard. My lawn mower sits in the corner. As soon as I get dressed I'll go out and check it.

My other neighbor made a deal with me. He was building a shed and offered to let me keep my mower in it if he could use it. The shed is built, he's been using my mower, but my mower isn't in the shed yet. A couple weeks ago he mentioned that he needed to get me a key for the shed. The mower will be in that shed tonight! Enough! Or I'll buy a shed, lock my mower in it and the deal is off.

[Sarah]

Thanks guys. @Sandra - it's easy to miss posts on here and i didn't really go into much detail about it all either. @Kristie - it's still stiff and occasionally he gets a twinge. Which is fantastic. He's back at work now too. He's using up his holiday so he only does 4 days a week up until end of September. @Janice - i hope the lawn mower is still there. Great deal with your neighbour! I hope your post box lock gets changed fast.

[Renee]

Sarah I envy you. I live in Chicago. Chicago is fairly flat. Mountains always thrill me. I love the colors and shapes. Seeing the Alps is one of my dreams.

Janice I send you my support and prayers. The betrayal one feels after being robbed is awful. Even little things that didn't mean much hurt. You also get the well meaning people who say things like at least no one got hurt. Well someone did. You were hurt by the items being taken. Let your self be angry. You did not deserve that

[Travis]

Ok. The mail key would have got me outraged

I mean it all would but especially the mail key

[Cherie]

Have a nice holiday, Sarah!

[Janice, Moderator]

The lawn mower was there and my neighbor moved it into his shed right away. Phew!

Renee, thanks for your comments. There's part of me that says it's no big deal. But, I dreamt about it the other night, so I guess it impacted me more than I realized.

[Lisa]

Enjoy your holiday, Sarah. I hope you and Rob both get some serious rest and relaxation whilst you are there.

[Peggy]

Sorry to hear about the theft Janice.

Enjoy your holiday Sarah!

[Peggy]

I'm back home! Iceland was insanely beautiful. Especially in the south we saw such extreme features of nature. Immense glaciers and waterfalls and geysirs and steaming earth, and all sooooo impressive! The north was beautiful too, but the weather was much worse there (5C, rain, wind, cloudy so the mountains were always obscured). The last 3 days were partly sunny and a bit warmer, but with super strong winds.

One of my favourite things was a boat trip we made on a rubber boat in between the icebergs on a glacial lake. And we drove to a colony of hundreds of puffins, so cute! They were only about 1-2 metres away!

If you want to see a map of our trip and some pics (almost all of them made by Rob), have a look here: https://www.polarsteps.com/PeggyBonge...

[Sandra, Moderator]

Glad to see you back, Peggy! And happy to hear you enjoyed your trip. I will take a look at those pics later. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Welcome back, Peggy! Glad you had such a nice trip. The pictures are beautiful. I love the way he connected them to a map so you can see where you were while looking at the picture. Great idea.

[Peggy]

I discovered the polarsteps app a day before we left and thought I'd give it a go. Rob loves taking pics but he hates selecting them for an album. So he did most of the pics and I did the app. It has an option to track you automatically so that instead of a straight line from A to B, you see the actual route. Not 100% accurate (especially because Iceland doesn't have phone network everywhere) but close enough. I think it's a great way to have a memory of your trip! I'm going to make a real album with many more photos too though.

I put all our previous trips in the app as well (not in as much detail as Iceland) so that I have an overview of where I've been. It's looks great :D Everything from a weekend within the Netherlands to our one-year trip. It gives you some nice statistics too! For example, we've been to 40 countries which is 20% of the world. And in total, in the 15 years we've been together, we spent 739 days travelling. That's 2 years of our 15 years!

[Kristie, Moderator]

That's so cool! I'm going to have to give that app a try.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Never heard of PolarSteps, but it looks great. The pics are beautiful. Such a wonderful place...

[Janice, Moderator]

The pictures are awesome! The rock formations are quite different. I'm glad you had a good trip, Peggy.

[Lisa]

Beautiful pictures, Peggy! Really glad you had a great time.

[Renee]

I am really jealous Peggy. I want to go to Iceland someday. The pictures make me want to even more, Welcome back

[Shirley]

Peggy wrote: "I discovered the polarsteps app a day before we left and thought I'd give it a go. Rob loves taking pics but he hates selecting them for an album. So he did most of the pics and I did the app. It h..."
Stunning pics Peggy. I am going to Iceland next May so I am super-interested in your itinerary, because we are also self-driving. I’ve already put the puffins into my must-dos. Thanks so much ch for sharing.

[Peggy]

That's awesome Shirley! Don't hesitate to send me a message if you have any questions :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

My day has not started out as intended. Someone stole my Netflix account while I slept last night and I've had to spend the day starting new emails and changing passwords etc. Ugh...