Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Good afternoon! We’re just back from a golf cart ride with the kids. It’s a balmy 87F . There are 2 homes for sale in our hood … priced from $500K to $395K … we’ll see what they sell for. 

Today was housekeeping and vehicle washing. Not necessarily fun, but necessary. 

In the evening we met Kim and Bob at the pool. It was so nice, we were there for three hours. We even stayed in the pool during a rain storm. 😂 

Monday, July 25, 2022

Good afternoon. It’s 90° but my hard-working man is outside making himself a gun cleaning station. He certainly loves a project!!! Me? I am inside the air conditioning along with the Scotties. 😂

First thing this morning we took the dogs for a nice boat ride. It was just 84° and cloudy. 

As you can see, BeeZee loves the boat!

Robbie sat at the helm the entire time! 

We were home just before 11 o’clock. And, today I made lunch. Ha ha. I know, most of you think I cannot cook, and I like it that way. But, today I made my old friend Klaus’ sauerkraut and kielbasa recipe. Mark liked it! 

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Good morning. It’s not too bad a start to our day. It’s 1030 and 86°. Mark has gone to the grocery store to pick up a few things while I tidy the house and get ready for an afternoon out with friends. we are meeting up with LaDonna, Wayne, Dee and Rick.  

Well, it’s now 9:45 and I have a minute just to work on the blog. Our lunch was great, the food all good bit the place sure needs a good clean up.  It has become a real greasy-spoon hole in the wall. 🤨  it was fun catching up with everybody, and our next camp out all together is set for October. 

Back home, Mark helped Kim Bob with a freezer they had just picked up. Then, we took the dogs and went to Nancy‘s for a swim.

As you can see, the kids are wearing their HedzUp … The water was a nice 84° today. We had drinks, a cigar and a swim for about an hour. Storms were moving in around us, so we decided we best head home. However, we never got any rain. 

That’s it for today. 

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Good evening! We had a fun day with KimBob aboard Mr$ R B on smooth Lake Eustis. 

We left home at 10:30 and picked up Kim and Bob at their dock. It was a balmy 84F and calm. Here’s where we went …

We were the 2nd pontoon to arrive … Bob picked a high top on the porch with a great lake view! The hostess put the box fan our direction and we were set to partay. 

We started with fried pickles, onion rings then chicken wings … and beer! It was great. 

The cruise home was lovely … no rain today. 

Tonight we checked Nancy’s pool chemicals … all good. Maybe a swim tomorrow. 

Aurelia and Tony have sold their Lockport home, closing in September. Congratulations 🥂 on making a big lifestyle change! They’ve secured a 3/2.5 townhome with garage in The Peg. 

Friday July 22, 2022

Good morning! 🌞 The new flowers opened presciently at 9 o’clock! Strange eh? Apparently, as Mark says, they are 9 to 5ers.  😂

We had news last night from Mark’s cousins that aunt Jane passed away from congestive heart failure. Jane had been living at The Cove in Tavares. Kathie, her daughter, had just taken Jane to Melbourne for a visit with niece Sheela.  It came as a surprise to them as aunt Jane had had such a good day at the beach. 

Aunt Jane soaking up the sun in a tide pool at Melbourne beach. (Jane would have turned 91 this August 20th.) 

Kathie, Sheela and Jane just days ago. 

A memorial service will be held in September in Buffalo. 

Diane and Kris adopted Jane’s little guy Beau when she moved into the nursing home a couple of years ago. 

 

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Good evening y’all. We’ve had a couple of busier days. So this blog is a bit of this and that. ☺️

KimBob’s pool was delivered yesterday!!! 💦

Pretty exciting! They are cautioned it could be up to 90 days before everything is finished because there is a shortage of workers! 🤔  Soooo … we met them at Mc’s pool for a dip and drinks. 🥰

Yesterday morning we were up early … before the sun 🦇 to lay 10 bags of black mulch. That cleaned up the area behind our home that gets a lot of runoff. 

This morning, I went to Home Depot and picked up a few plants. What I had in mind wasn’t exactly what I ended up buying. But the purslane looked really healthy and had beautiful blossoms. I added a Zebrina to the front yard pot. 

Here’s a picture after adding hanging plants today! (They were full of blossoms and hope they’ll look happier tomorrow!) 🤞 🌺 

Last night, we went out with our neighborhood group, Rose & Jim, Elaine and Roger, Deenna and Eddie. We went to our local Applebee’s, and everyone had a good meal from the look of it. The service was good, and we had a nice time. I felt bad because I got a tickle in my throat and couldn’t stop coughing a couple of times. Fortunately, my GIN arrived and that cured it. Ha ha. We couldn’t make a decision where to go next month so left it up to Deenna to choose one of three places we had mentioned. It’s always fun to get together and catch up with everybody. Missing from the group was Pat and Ken, Mary, and Nancy. I’m not sure where Mary was, but Pat and Ken are up north and Nancy had joined them for a week.

Looking good girls! I see there is no shortage of wineries in upstate New York. Cheers 🥂. Enjoy the cooler evening air. 

This morning, Mark went with Bob and Wayne hiking in the woods. 

The colors are so vibrant because of all the rain recently. Isn’t she gorgeous! Cute fawn. 

This afternoon, we went to Nancy’s and watered her plants, put the trash out and swam in the pool. It was great. Robbie and BeeZee had their lifejackets on and swam too. The pool was 82F … nice and cool. It felt great. We all crashed and had an hour’s nap when we got home! 😂

We had a good dinner of roast beef and are going to settle in tonight and watch the January 6 hearings. That’s it for today. Hope it’s been a good one for you all. 

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Good morning. It was a lovely start to our day, and Mark was up very early to catch the best of it. When I got up at 7 o’clock, he had already done two hours work in the backyard. Anyway, right after breakfast we took a ride to Nancy’s and had a beautiful swim in her pool.

Talk about living in paradise!