Dunno where to put this… it doesn’t always feel like any of these are significant things, so never really think it needs to be written down, but here are just some small things that has been going on in our regular lives
– Since Nov 2025, Francey’s line dancing class at Fitness 19 moved from Newbury Park to Camarillo! We’ve been using our lifetime gym memberships well: Yogalaties on Wed, Line Dancing on Thur, Zumba/Boot Camp on Fridays, and Zumba on Sundays. Anson also looks forward to his workouts with Gary (guests are free F, Sa & Sun), and I love the new revamped relaxation room with 3 zero gravity massage chairs and 2 compression boot chairs.
– For work, still able to be remote and working around ~20hrs/week. We’re figuring out the new Payment Assistant function on FENXT which will definitely help pay our vendors, and a 3rd party will be cutting/signing/mailing out the checks!
– My new favorite shiny thing is Chase’s promo with Instacart. Business cards get a $20/month credit and cobranded Chase cards get a $10/month credit. Even though there is a $3.99 pickup per order, it is still a good deal on produce that isn’t marked up from Sprouts. Currently, we have 3 business cards and 6 cobranded cards. Will be able to do this deal thru the end of 2027
– Regarding free media, since I have Instacart+ due to the deal above, I’ll have access to Peacock till April 2028. I used to pay for YouTube premium lite ($7.99/month using my Google opinion rewards credits), but even after cancelling, I haven’t had ads on my account (?) Not complaining 🙂 AMEX is also giving me 3 months of AMC+ and 3 months of Paramount+ for free. Should also watch the series I bought on Apple years ago, and get new releases from the library…endless possibilities…
– Since we did so many trips (Hawaii, Bay Area, dogsitting, and Denmark), I am banned from big ones for the rest of the year (the 2nd time dogsitting in August is more of an obligation/way to love on Anson’s parents). Hehe, our next trip is already booked starting Jan 2, 2027 for an 8 day Carnival cruise to Mexico…looking forward to lobster tail & prime rib formal night and researching spa treatments, camel ride, dolphin & sea lion petting, and an outdoor adventure excursion (last one is not my idea!)
– To compensate for “not traveling”, I’m making us do some fun activities/concerts/musicals throughout the year (Mrs Doubtfire tomorrow in TO, Kpop Demon Hunters (only $1 (+$1 fee) tickets for family friendly movies during the summer) at Regal, Ventura IHG stay for mini golf/dinner with Brian/Lauren, Cow Appreciation day (dress up as a cow at Chick Fil A for a free entree), see parents and stay over in LA for Walk off the Earth in July, Anaheim Hyatt stay for Phil Wickham/hang with Cindy/Tracy and sleepover/see Cindy’s new place in October, Hunchback of Notre Dame at Conejo Players Theater in November, and multiple “obligatory” visits to see family (I’m thinking of staying a few nights maybe once a quarter at my parents’ guesthouse to better love on them/have some time to myself/eat yummy food…actually pretty excited to do this…first time will be at the end of June 🙂