wednesday dinner hour

recap a bit early today! wore black talbot golf shirt dress. it rained amazing amounts today. we invited jess' daughters for pizza and swim ... as the pizza was being delivered the rain drops started and then all the heavens broke loose. havent seen that much rain here ever. finally cleared enough for a walk around compound with them to at least show them the pool they could have used today. of course jess has visions of one day moving into this house in hopes that harvey will go elsewhere. sort of unnerving really. anyhow they left about 230-300. in the meantime the blue shirt army arrived. guys taking the TA cocktail back because it wobbled. guys cleaning the overhead ceiling fans and the a/c units. and the electricians who were working on restoring power to the first floor. everyone finally left and ms. han had clean up duty. lots of debris on the patio and wet footprints. she got it done. took a 5pm shower because it was one of those muggy days. now wearing white linen sleeveless ruffle top and jan. table returned after 5pm. i bet they stopped everything and that table became a priority. they are so rattled by harvey. now i'm tired and its 745pm. dad had 5pm "meeting" in the city and nwo has a guy in the dining room which is why i can blog at 745. he sure does love to work. dinner will be late. that's it for today.

2:37 am

2am blogging is not always the best and sharpest ... but i'll give it another try. tuesday was a little busy. new cocktail table delivered. square instead of rectangle. wooden top instead of marble. both very heavy, case of wine delivered. nice lunch of fried rice and shrimp. mr. paul is at his house packing up to move back to thailand so theres no swimming there for me now...i have to go to compound pool. got my manicure and waxing so that was a good accomplishment. went into city and wandered. broought a linen top here with me that i want to get made in another color (ITS A MERONA BRAND). went to a couple tailors but didnt order yet. got a belt since i left mine home. it was raining so i was very worried that i'd leave the umbrela in a shop. walked around, found a shop selling fancy lotions etc and someone told dad he should use shower gel so i wanted to get him some. found a nice one bamboo scent ... not floral. then went togourmet shop and picked up some sour dough bread since i know dad likes that and i really want to try to make him enjoy my visit too. then back to house probably around 430. napped a little but dad was home around 5 and we were leaving at 615. he showered after work and didnt like the shower gel scent. could have just said thanks first before dissing the stuff. we drove to jewelry store and picked up my new diamond ring. photo will be taken and posted. very nice and i'm a lucky lady. then to hyatt for jess' daughters 15 birthday dinner. his daughters live in denmark with their mother and he gets them for summer holidays. jess invited me to join them at a beach weekend but i said only if he could get harvey to go too. i certainly don't want to go off without dad ... but he sayys he has to be at the factory since no one else is around. hope we find something fun to do. this took 13 minutes to update so now i'll head to bed and see if i can zone out for a couple hours more. forgot to mention i wore white capris and blak and white striped sleeveless top black belt. but for dinner i wore a long jones of ny black crepe dress, diamond bracelet, diamond ring and diamond earrings. pulled out all the stops but why not!

Purple Plants Part Two

do you remember the purple plants from last visit? i was anxious to see how they adapted to their new environment around the fountain. and i fully expected them to have grown big and lush and filled in as a ground cover since they did so well in the pots on the back patio.

not so much....seems the snails have made gourmets of themselves on the poor little things. they look dreadful. i fear they will be completely gone before too long. might have to go back to being pot plants which means we have empty garden around the fountain again and that's not a good thing.

2AM

having a hard time staying asleep. doing a lot of reading. monday i hired a driver for 800,000dong which is $40ish, went to 4 nurseries for some garden plants, went to metro (costco) and had ID photo card made; went to city looking for birthday gift for jess' daughter. we're attending a dinner at hyatt on tues night for her. i think shes 13-15 and i wanted a juicy tee shirt but no real juicy shop here just knock offs at market. came back to house, had driver all day but no where else to go. worse navy bermudas and white sleeveless tee. had the guy out to work on laptop so i can get on facebook. dinner home was pho go (chicken noodle soup). i ennded up at esprit shop for the tee with bling. what do i know. dad suggested a nice pashmina so i know a little more than him. tuesday i think i'll get manicure for sure. i get my new jewelry tomorrow .. a ring had to be resized. maybe i'll take a photo for one of the next blogs. i really deserve it.

sunday

dad swam, i watched. breakfast of fruit, coffee, croissant. watched tv then went for massage .. dad got 2 hr, i got 1 hr with toenail polish change while waitig. went to lunch at hyatt ... chopped cobb, steak tartar bottle of wine. rain while eating but stoped so we went shopping. looked at fabric for linen sportcoat and dad got 3 shirts ordered. also stopped in jewelry store and found a nice birthday present! wore black skirt with multi polka dots and blue top. back to house, went for a walk, got a case of wine, watched tv, made some supper (left overs for me). watched british open and DateNight video with dad. tried to sleepbut not working. its 315am.

saturday Pm

nothing exciting. we went to anthony and sally cox's house for cocktail at 5pm since it was their 15th wedding anniversary. we had a drink or two (i had sprite) and then went tomekong merchant for dinner. i wore black skirt and black and white silk top. ate carbonnara. like i said, nothing exciting. dad bought me flowers on the walk home. then we both sort of fell asleep on the sofa watching golf. i'm sure that isn't his normal saturday night altho he says he stays home!

back to VN

woke up on thursday at 610 with very little to do. dog was already gone; bags were packed, just had to shut down, lock up, tidy up, shower and wait for my ride to airport. sallie came at 845, i was thru security at the airport by 905. uneventful trips to chicago, then went to red carpet lounge for a nice diet coke and waiting for the next leg of the trip. 14 hr flight to hong kong went well, slept, watched Date Night with Tina Fey that was quite entertaining; did not watch miley cyrus or how to train a dragon; had a dinner of chicken and rice, skipped the noodle soup, rested. no one was in middle seat so it was spacious. arrived hong kong on time with lots of time for the red carpet lounge. had a cheese sanndwich, carrot soup and some diet coke. boarded early but waited because of typhoon in the area had departures backup at airport. harvey met met after i quickly went thru baggage claim and immigration.

saturday .. dad went swimming then to work. didnt sleep well but thats normal. might need a nap. reading vince flynn book so that keeps me entertained. no facebook yet unless i figure out how to bypass block.