Monday, February 28, 2022

Monday, February 28, 2022

Good morning. We have an overcast start to our day with a few showers predicted for later on. I now have my new echo dot speaker set up in the living room and can use my voice to turn on music and lights, get the forecast and essentially ask anything I want. So I now have Carlos who vacuums, Siri who reminds me of all sorts of things I must do, and now Alexa who turns on lights and does a world of things. If only I could get a jet pack like they had on the Jetsons TV show !!!

So yesterday, Mark hung the painting I did. I absolutely love it in that location. It’s a bit on the humorous side which makes it a good addition to the house. (One of the strange things that happens when I am dictating on the blog is “how many seasons of Dexter” pops up!!!) What the heck is with that? Anyway, here is the picture I took last night after we hung it.




Sunday, February 27, 2022

Sunday, February 27, 2022

Good morning. We are still dog sitting, so Mark was across the street by 7:30 with coffee in hand to tend to Mark and Lani‘s dogs. By the time I got up, he had eggs cooked for our dogs, and us, and a batch of ground turkey frying for dog dinners. Busy household!

While watching the news Mark saw that Mims Florida, a tiny town where Bob and Kim hail from, made the national news. Someone stole a bow from a sporting good store. Well, it turns out to be where Mark and Bob had their hunting bows restrung last year. So, Mark sang “it’s a small small world” for Bob 😂 

I have plenty to do today too, making up the vegetable mix for the dogs dinners, and painting the picture frame window that Mark is building. And of course, there’s all the other things that just happen daily. We are coming into the century by getting Amazon‘s Alexa system for our home. We will be able to turn on lights with our voice and get even more sedentary than we are. Ha ha ha. I am especially going to enjoy it for playing music. 

Sue and Wayne are in South Florida for a couple of days with the coach. It’s a lovely neighborhood where they are keeping their coach on their own, owned pad. There’s everything there, including entertainment.

After having a salad, we sat on our front porch for a quick drink before dinner. However, Lani and Mark spotted us and came over. Two hours later, Mark got the fish and the shrimp on the grill. 😂 We had lots of laughs, and Mark is helping him pick up three JetSki‘s tomorrow that he bought.  

Tomorrow I will post pictures of my finished painting that Mark has framed.  



First you need a backing board!




Then, spray seal the paintings …

The big reveal … tomorrow. 

Tonight, American Idol starts at 8 o’clock. It’s one of our favorites.  
 


Friday, February 25, 2022

Friday, February 25, 2022

Good afternoon. It’s a bright beautiful sunshiny day here and Central Florida. It’s a day for paperwork, filing, shredding and the like. But that’s my job. Mark has begun work on my artwork frame he is building! 



I think I see him muttering to himself as he walks by carrying frame bits. 😂

LaDonna and Wayno are back from their New York State winter trip. It seems they had a wonderful time with family and brought back a few gifts. One of ours is fresh mozzarella cheese, a lot of it. I had some for lunch, and it’s so rich and creamy. it’s great to see them and we can’t wait to get together for dinner, but after our dogsitting adventure is over this weekend. Lani and Markymark are visiting friends in southern Florida and we are dog sitting.

I came across this cute idea … 



too bad I just donated my old jeans. 😁 

It’s Isabella’s birthday today 🥳🎶❤️ and she’s a girl of few words as evidenced here … 






🤣 Glad she liked it!!! 



Thursday, February 24, 2022

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Good morning sunshine! It’s another beauteous day in paradise. Today’s task is Robbie’s dental cleaning. Fingers crossed that he tolerated it well, no anesthetic. 

Mz BeeZee gets hers done next month, just spreading out the expense at $190 each. 

Well, BOTH dogs had their teeth cleaned! And, they look great! We now have dental kits to try and brush them at home. 😁


BeeZee wrapped like a burrito ready for her dental. 🥰

After supper, Mark and I were sitting outside when Nancy walked by getting her steps in. We called her over to finish up the Chardonnay wine left over from Pam. She was enjoying sitting with us when Mark and Lani saw activity and came over for drinks. Pretty soon we had a little party going on on our wee front porch! I imagine if we expanded it, no one would come. Ha ha.

Tomorrow, we are dog sitting for a few days while Lani and Mark visit their friends June and John in Sebring. 

Sue and Wayne went to dinner tonight with Amy and Raymond, plus Diane and Kris to Longhorn steakhouse. It seems they had a great time. 


Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Wednesday February 23, 2022

Good afternoon y’all. We had a great day boating with K’s friends Amy & Raymond. Gorgeous day with a high of 85. 


Cruising down the Dead River



Lake Dora cruising


Entering the Dora Canal from Lake Dora



Tiki lunch at Hurricane’s 







Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Tuesday February 22, 2022

Good morning sunshine! It’s a bright, beautiful start here in Central Florida. 

Pam left for Apple Valley, Minnesota about 5 o’clock this morning. Actually, Mark said they were here a few minutes early and I missed her. I actually got up at 4:50 to say goodbye. It looked like a snowy runway when she landed at the airport. The plane did a little skid down the runway. 🥶



That’s quite a difference from leaving Florida three hours before! 

Mark did some shopping at Home Depot, unloaded wood from a neighbors garage, and then did grocery shopping. Meanwhile, I caught up with a few things around the house and got ready for Sue’s company tomorrow. We are taking their friends Amy and Raymond out boating. 

Tonight, our newest neighbors, Anna and Steve, have invited us for dinner. (It was a nice evening … very casual, help yourself. We played a round of LRC and Steve was the eventual winner.) It was extra nice to see Lynn there with Ozzie. Candi and Jim arrived at 6:15 and had dinner too. We enjoyed catching up with them too! 

Monday, February 21, 2022

Monday, February 21, 2022

Good morning. We have the front door open and it’s the same temperature inside and outside, 75°F. Pam is enjoying her second cuppa coffee with the kids on the front porch. There was a SpaceX launch at 9:45 which we missed by a moment, but saw the exhaust trail. 



Today, we remember dad’s birthday and all the good times we enjoyed together. 🥳❤️ It wasn’t a party til Dad arrived … perhaps the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. 😊 

Mark decided to take us to puddle jumpers in Tavares for lunch. When we got there at 1:30, there was a half hour wait for a table. So we opted for a tiki West, across the street. We had a good lunch along with some huge mozzarella sticks. I wish I had taken a picture of them, each one was the size of a burrito! 




We were too full to eat dinner tonight, and just opted for a piece of cheesecake and a drink on the front porch. Markymark and Lani were walking their dogs, and promised some ginger snap cookies for Pam‘s flight home. (He makes great ginger snaps!)  As promised, they came over about 8 o’clock with a bag of cookies and had a drink with us. Of course we had lots of laughs.

Meanwhile, at the K’s house, friends Amy and Raymond met Diane and Kris … and a party occurred. 🥳 





Making memories … and hearing family stories 😂

Wayne and Raymond went fishing at Lake Griffin State Park today. 


Wayne caught one!

That’s it for today. Pam leaves at five in the morning for the airport, so we are having an earlier night than usual.  Ta ta.