OOPS!

Sorry! Last night instead of blogging, I crashed and went to bed early. So, now it's Wednesday and we are almost ready to get in the car to go home for the holidays. We'll be seeing you all real soon. The refrigerator is defrosted. I was using the hair dryer on the freezer part of the frig, when this big chunk (30" x 24" x 4") fell from the bottom of the freezer onto the shelf, scaring the daylights out of me. It looked like an iceberg floating in the marina after John tossed it in the lake. I'll bet it freaked out some of the people around here to see a big chunk of ice like that just floating around. Anyway, we are all packed. It looks like we are moving back permanently with all the stuff we are bringing with us. See you soon.

Monday, November 28, 2011

We worked toward being ready to leave here on Wednesday. Two more days!!!! John washed the boat, covered the dinghy and I washed and did the ironing, so that we have clothes to pack. Then, we washed the car. While we were out, John bought and gave me a Christmas present early. He bought me Neat Receipts for my computer. It's a portable (it fits in my computer bag with the computer) scanner with software that reads and sorts receipts, documents, and business cards. I am really excited about using it. I hope to be up to snuff by the time we get back to Florida in January, so my paperwork will be easy for taxes next year. I'm hoping this makes me better organized and able to find documents and receipts when John asks for them. It should also allow us to toss a lot of the paper in our files.

Tomorrow, it's time to defrost the refrigerator. Yuck! Then begin packing. We'll be home before we know it.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

John and I got up and got ready for Church this morning. We went to All Souls, but there was one problem, we had the Mass schedule confused in our brains, and we got there almost a half hour too late. God knows we made the effort. The next Mass was a Spanish one, which meant we wouldn't understand a thing that was being said, so we went back to the boat. Later this afternoon, we went to Wolfy's to watch the Cincinnati - Cleveland game. Who Dey!!! They won. There was a couple sitting near us rooting for Cleveland. They were nice.

Only 3 more days!!!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Norm arrived back at his boat last evening. He came to our boat and we sat on the aft deck and visited for awhile, catching up. It was nice to see him. We went out for breakfast this morning with Norm. After that, we just kind of fiddled around doing this and that, trying to remember what all we have to do before we climb in the car and drive home. We had Happy Hour tonight, for the first time in a month or so. We keep meeting new people on the dock. Today we met a man (Andy) and his son (Evan). They seemed like nice people. At one point, there were more than a dozen fishing boats trying to get out of the water at one time. Apparently, there were four foot waves out on the lake and everyone decided to come back at the same time. We did not, however, get the rain they were predicting for today. We'll see what happens tomorrow.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Well, the good thing about making a turkey is the leftovers. Yummy!! We should have enough leftovers to last until we leave for home. I understand that the weather is pretty nice at home, as it is here. We are expecting rain tomorrow and Sunday, but the weather reporters are right about as often as they are at home. The forward air conditioner should get fixed over the weekend. John was mistaken when he said we are leaving here on Thursday. We are leaving on Wednesday, the 30th. I guess he was thinking that there are 31 days in November. So, we get to subtract 2 days from John's countdown. There are 5 more days until we leave!!!!!

Thanksgiving 2011

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Carol and I (yes I know how to blog too, Carol just does such a good job) enjoyed a relaxing day today. Carol prepared a meal fit for a king with all the trimmings for a thanksgiving feast. The boat smelled really good with the turkey cooking in the oven. It was pretty windy today. One boat in the marina went out and came back quickly because the lake was very rough. Because of the wind, he couldn't get back into his slip and ended up on the face of the dock for now. We did hear from our kids and grand kids today and are counting the days (7) until we head back home for the holidays. Till later ......

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Today was a pretty busy day for John.  He first worked on the toilet and was successful in attaching the hoses.  Hip hip hooray! Shortly after finishing with the toilet, Al arrived to work on the air conditioner.  It turned out to be a faulty high pressure switch.  So, Al is coming back over the weekend with the switch, to fix the salon air conditioner.  Fortunately, today was very comfortable and tomorrow is supposed to be in the high 70s as well.  (Yesterday was hot and muggy, but the aft air conditioner is working and so we were able to sleep comfortably.) 

We want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving.