Sunday, March 17, 2024

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, 2024

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ 

It’s a good day for beginning a floral painting! I haven’t had any quiet time lately that was without commitments or chores about the house.

Yesterday, we took a ride to The Villages for coffee and a visit at Sue & Wayne’s. It was a bit sad without Shorty greeting us at the door. Chiki and Mimi were a little subdued. Life goes on and we had some laughs around the kitchen table with Mark’s story about “Loopy.”

Sue and Wayne were going to Costa Del Mar last night and to listen to the music in Spanish Springs Square. 

Back home, we poured a happy hour drink and went in the pool for an hour. It was a nice evening, very relaxing.  

Last Friday we took the dogs and went for a long boat ride across Lake Eustis, and down to the Fishcamp, cruising along the shoreline. It was the most spectacular day, weatherwise! The past winter has been quite windy, unusual for this area. Anyway, spring is just around the corner, and everything is in bloom in our yard.



Friday’s cruise aboard Mrs. R B … Robbie sat with Mark for 2 hours! Both Scotties enjoy a boat ride. 

Of course, we’ve enjoyed our bowling, winning three games last Monday and bowling quite well on Fridays fun bowl. We have now clawed our way up to 13 on the league. That’s a far cry from last year when we were in first place. πŸ˜‚ 

Last Saturday we had a wonderful dinner with Randy and Dawn and Bob and Jill. It was so much fun catching up and having a lot of laughs. Rob and Belize came with us and had some fun sniffing around the porch for lizards. 



Bob and Jill are off on a 10 day cruise now.


Thursday, March 7, 2024

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Happy birthday, Wayne! 



Lunch at Flanigan’s and some lotto tickets from Sue! 

Tonight’s YaYa’s at Nancy S on the lake! I’ll get a puc to add later on. Mark’s meeting the guys for dinner in Eustis tonight. The kids … well they had their golf cart ride this lovely afternoon! 


L-R Carin, Nancy S., Trina, Pam, Denine, Deenna, Moi, Rose, Kristine, Lynn, Pat …gorgeous evening with all the doors open to Lake Eustis and the city lights across the water. 

Last night we played Catan Pirates and Explorers at Lynn & Steve’s til 9 o’clock. Lynn finally won a game! (Steve hasn’t yet although he was in the lead for much of the game.) It’s complicated … Mark and I prefer playing regular Catan. 🀷‍♀️

Monday’s league bowling was good. Mark scored a 224 and me a 202 in one of the games. We won 3 out of 4 and moved up the ranks. 



Sunday, March 3, 2024

Sunday March 3rd. 2024

Good morning! We had quite the drenching last night! Thunderstorms!

It’s been a usual time lately with bowling and household stuff around here. 

Yesterday was a rough one for the K’s because of the passing of Shorty Hot Pants after a 2 year kidney function decline. 

As if that wasn’t sad enough, our friend Angie Wills succumbed to cancer after a long battle. Her son Michael was Angie’s support who took excellent care of her. 

So, our thoughts are with our family and friends today.

Yesterday, we saw Randy, Dawn, and friends from Canada, Bob and Jill for lunch. It was good catching up with them and we will see them again before Bob and Jill leave on a cruise.  



Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Good evening! We’re just home from our monthly friends night out, this month at Mt. Dora’s new Miller Ale House. 



That’s Jim, Rose, Eddi, Deenna, Mary, Tracy, Roger, Elaine, Pat, Ken, me and Mark. 

We had a good server … everyone enjoyed their meals and we had lots of chat time. All in all, a fine evening! 

Earlier today, Kim and I went for pedicures and caught up on each other’s goings-on.  The salon was quick today and that gave us some time to visit Peddler’s Wagon in Eustis. The shop was very busy and looked gorgeous! Of course we were offered a small drink, delicious. 

It was a pretty day with plenty of sunshine … 

as evidenced on Mike’s weather page! No clouds! 

Mark shared this funny … 



Haha! 

It was a good day! 

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Well, Aurelia has called me to task - and rightly so. It’s been more than a few days since I’ve written here!

What’s been going on? Well … It is my birthday πŸ₯³ month and I’m still celebrating πŸŽ‰ that trip around the sun 🌞

Of course we’ve been bowling 🎳 and having fun with our assorted friends and acquaintances at Lakeside. We did win 1/2 a game last week and 3 games last Monday but remain pretty far down the road from last year at this time. Monday was the first day with all 4 of us bowling since mid-December! (The team’s had dental surgeries, hernia surgery, wrist injections, chiropractor adjustments; you name it!) I’ve been the only (touch wood) teammate who hasn’t missed a game. Correction! I did miss part of 1 game due to a bruised thumb! πŸ‘πŸ» Ouch. Fortunately, Willie reamed out the thumb hole and I was back in business! Our friends Dan and Mike and Penny and Dennis are in 1st Place right now! Hopefully they’ll stay there despite our best efforts tomorrow to unseat them! ( If we do, Lynne and Steve’s team will be thrilled as they are currently in second place !)

Saturday the 10th was an absolutely beautiful day and we took the boat out to Puddle Jumpers for lunch. On board were Sue, Ron, Penny, Kyle, Gavin, Cody, Mark and me.  We had such a nice afternoon. Wayne met us at the restaurant and then he and Sue went home in the car. Their dog Shorty has needed extra TLC the past couple of weeks. The rest of us continued on for a longer boat ride then putt-putted home. 



After lunch, we took a picture by the seaplane base


Mid 80’s with a bit of a breeze! 

We’ve also been into playing Catan with Lynn, Steve, Linda, and Nancy. It’s a great game, takes a little concentration, and some know how. Believe me, we are all still learning. I, however, may not be invited back since I have played with them three times and somehow have won all three times.  πŸ™„ 🀷‍♀️ (My mom was like that! Did I WIN???) πŸ˜‚ 

Pat hosted a fun game day where I played NINE … a fun and easy card game. Nancy, Rose, Deenna and I had fun! There were about 16 of us there that day. 

For Valentine’s Day, Mark and I went out to Stavros for dinner. It was totally busy, but the food, very good, as usual. However, what I chose that night, chicken, Parmesan, didn’t sit well with me. Even the next day I still had terrible heartburn. Mark remembers that our friend Dr. Fahrni Told us, he always always prescribed gin for an upset stomach, whether seasickness or otherwise. So, that’s what I had, GIN! And guess what, it worked. 

The next night, we had pizza from Stavros at Lynne and Steve’s house, while we were playing, Catan, Explorers, and Pirates! It was a fun evening. That game is even more detailed! I don’t think any of us really knew how to play it, and we need to read up on it. 

On Friday, we were busy taking the dogs to Paws And Effect in downtown Eustis to get their dentals. Once they have a specialist come in and do the dogs teeth. There is no anesthetic required, which is so much better for the dogs.  After that, it was off to the accountants to pick up our tax package! Done ✅.

Today, I met Sue at the mall and we walked around the stores for an hour and a half. It was great to get our steps in as it’s been rainy and cool this weekend.



The walkies tonight. 🐾🀷‍♀️

Now, it’s a lovely fire and TV … We’re watching Resident Alien! πŸ˜‚

Ta ta. 




Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

It’s a bit of a cool start to our day here in Central Florida.



Happy Birthday to meeeee! πŸ₯³πŸ₯‚πŸΎπŸ₯° And what a great day it has been! 

Quite a few actual (paper, snail mail) cards have arrived! Thank you!!! I love getting them and display my cards for a month. πŸ₯°

It was family birthday today … my treat, at LaPalma. That Mexican restaurant is very nicely decorated and the food good! Unfortunately, Dawn was working, so Randy came stag … with an orchid plant! (It’s on the table in this picture.)



There was plenty of fun and many stories. A gentleman sat in “our” noisy area and Sue warned him that he might want a quieter area. Ha! He came over and told us a few jokes. Nice guy. 



My sweetie picked up the tab while Sue and I manhandled an elephant into our boot. 


Cool, fits our African continent vibe. (Yeah, I know there’s a chip in the paint … tomorrow is another day.)
I LOVE it! Thank you Sue for the shopping!!!

Aside from this, Sue had a good story about Aurelia. The night they were at T & A’s motorhome for dinner last week, there was to be a launch from Cape Canaveral.  Sue told Aurelia what time to watch for it. Aurelia happened to be outside for a cigarette and spotted this, and took a picture. She was so pleased with herself for having caught the launch with such a great picture.  



Fabulous eh!!! (Until you notice the American flag hanging below the light pole.) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ I hope they will get to see an actual launch while they are in Florida. πŸ₯° (Thank you Aurelia for your birthday call. πŸ₯°)

Back home from lunch I discovered Nancy had left me a funny birthday card and gift of oil paints!!! (The ribbon has zebras and other critters on it.) The kids were happy with her visit. They had cookies!

To wind up my fun afternoon, Mark opened a bottle of Proceccio and we went in the swimspa for an hour. The kids had a Frosty Paws in the Tiki Hut. 

So, that was my day! Cheers πŸ₯‚ 




Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Good morning from coolish Central Florida where winter is hanging on. Today our high forecast is only in the mid 60s, that’s a little cooler than normal for our area!

Thursday, February 2nd was YaYa’s at Laurie’s! There were about a dozen of us yakking and enjoying the dinner Laurie prepared. It was a fun evening. 





So my birthday celebrations began last Saturday with KimBob taking me/us out to dinner at Lake Eustis Waterfront Grill. (I should have gotten a picture, darn it.) We had a great meal and drinks … and good to see the place was very busy. When I got in KimBob’s car, Kim had a big bouquet of white double daisies and a birthday bag brimming with pressies! Wow. They spoiled me. πŸ₯³ We came back to our place for drinks and a fire (inside.) Their son Danny is a connoisseur of fine drink and in conversation discovered he “needed” an L for his Blantons bottle collection. 


Boom. We have it and will give to KimBob for Danny!

Saturday was a nice day with no wind. (It’s been a windy few weeks!) So … we took the kids for a boat ride!

Robbie was happy sitting with his daddy for the entire cruise. 


Mz BeeZee sat with me! It was so nice to get out on the water! 

Sunday, we popped over to the K’s to hang a few pictures and went to HomeGoods with Sue. It was really busy there. We both saw “good stuff” but didn’t buy anything. Then off to Bealls where Sue bought a white fluffy Christmas tree skirt for $12 (on sale.) πŸ‘πŸ» I spotted a very cool elephant wall hanging done in wicker, but resisted. Yeah, it’s big but I have just the place to hang it. πŸ€” After shopping we had a drink with Sue and Wayne and I opened birthday presents before heading for home. (Nice bottle of Johnny Walker Black and a travel toiletries bag!) 🀩

The Storm Magic Gem bowling ball 🎳 that Mark got me for my birthday is working out well for me after having Willie at Final Frame ream out the thumb hole a bit. I bowled above my average yesterday! The pros say give a new ball 6 weeks to break in. (Well I’ve already chipped the surface so it’s being broken in.) 😳  We had plenty of fun bowling yesterday but didn’t take any games. One opponent bowled all his games well into the 200’s although his average is 170. Wow.

Yesterday afternoon I opened my emails and paid a bill for my annual corporation report filing. (Something just didn’t seem right and I should have waited.) This morning, the REAL Sunbiz report bill came in but of course the scammers at “Fortress Compliance” had already processed payment. I’m out $99 … and am mad at myself for being duped. 

So that’s what’s been happening here.