Sunday, February 26, 2012

We stayed up past our bedtimes last night playing Trivial Pursuit and Uno with Jeff and Susan. I think it was 2:00 when we headed up to bed. (The girls won Trivial Pursuit, but I was the big loser in Uno) It was fun though.

Today our other children and grandchildren came to Jeff and Susan's for a pizza party. The kids were so good, loud at times, but good. It was great to have all of us together. This is what made being here in the cold and snow flurries worthwhile.

Friday, February 24, 2012

We are in Cincinnati. Yea! We left Sanford, Florida yesterday at 5:15 P.M. and arrived this morning around 7:30 A.M. We got to see Clara and Lindy for 10 minutes before they left for school this morning. We are staying with Jeff and Susan and, of course, Kate. It was 85 degrees when we left Florida and my darling husband was wearing shorts and a short sleeved shirt. When we arrived in Cincinnati, it was cold and very windy. He changed as soon as we got inside the house. We are planning on staying until Monday, March 5th. Mom's birthday party is the 4th.

We slept for a couple of hours, got showered, and now feel human. We are looking forward to every minute of our time at home.

Wednesday, February 22,2012

Wow!

Today while playing cards on the aft deck with John, we were watching two alligators swimming around in the harbor. One was the same 8 foot one we saw yesterday. I took another picture of him and am posting it here today. Later Jim (John's brother) arrived. We went out for dinner to a restaurant that was supposed to have a fish and chips special for Ash Wednesday. We didn't get there until 6:45 and not only was there no more fish and chips, they were out of all fish with the exception of shrimp. Apparently there were more Catholics there for dinner than they were expecting. We enjoyed both the food and the conversation. Unfortunately, he has to leave already tomorrow.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

It looks like a log, but it is definitely an alligator.

The Green Hornet dressed for Mardis Gras.

Mardis Gras outfit

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of John's brother. We don't get to spend much time with him, so we are glad to have a little one on one time to visit. It won't be long (Friday) that we are going to leave here to go home for Mom's birthday party. We are looking forward to seeing family and friends while there.

John and I walked up to town this afternoon. With it being Fat Tuesday, we saw a few people dressed up like Mardis Gras. I am putting a couple of pictures on the blog.

Also, tonight we were eating dinner on the aft deck and we saw an eight foot long alligator swim by. I ran to get my camera and I did take a picture, but it was pretty far away and the picture isn't very good. I am including it though. You might have to use your imagination a little bit.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Today I got the long overdue haircut. The last haircut I got was right around Thanksgiving. Granted it was cut very short back then. Recently my hair was driving me crazy. So, today it has been taken care of. Yea!!! I feel like a different person.

Steve, your friend Jim came over to the boat today and said that you read our blog. So, Hi there, Steve. It is such a small world. Hope everything is good in Cincinnati.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

After Church, we went to Christo's for breakfast. Then, I cleaned the inside of the boat and John cleaned the outside. It looks so pretty. The wind picked up and started blowing us around. John noticed that the cover for our portable generator had blown away. He checked Norm's car and found that his cover that had been on the car, wasn't anymore. So, we ran up to the parking lot and found his car cover. Someone had rolled it up and stashed it in front of his rear tire. So, we put it in our van and went in search of our generator cover. We walked B Dock and saw it floating in the water about 5 slips farther down than ours and in the middle of a slip on B Dock. I went back to get our boat hook and John's fishing pole, so we could reach the cover from the dock. By the time I got back over to where John was waiting, the cover had blown right to him and he was able to pick it out of the water. We are supposed to get heavy rain and wind tonight. No matter what, they definitely got the wind part right this time.

We grilled chicken for dinner tonight. That absolutely means it will rain. John didn't get the name Chief Thundercloud for nothing.