Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Good evening. It’s just after 730 and we are settling down for the evening. At 5:30 we went over to Mark and Lani‘s for a swim in their lovely pool. It was 86°, 1° warmer than the air. Next thing we knew we were being served with a lovely charcuterie board in the pool.  Nice! After a drink we came home to chill with our doggies. Speaking of dogs … Henry had his teeth cleaned and his nail clipped where our kids had theirs done a few months ago. All went well! 

Earlier today we picked up KimBob and went to Twisted Biscuit for lunch. Great food served in a big way. It was fun to catch up with them and hear about their family happenings. 

That’s it. I forgot to take a picture today. 😂

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Good morning. We were a little too late getting in and settled last night to add to the blog. Indeed, did I even start it yesterday? Oh yes, I did write a little.

We left home yesterday about 4 o’clock heading to the villages. We had happy hour drinks with Sue and Wayne and a few laughs. (Their new landscaper has pulled out all the plants by their front window! Only 1 rose bush made the cut.  🥀 Mark and I will do a little decorative landscape in there while they are traveling. It’ll be fun for us, and we have some ideas already. Chattahoochee stone will be the base.)

Anyway, after our happy hour drink(s) we headed over to Ruby Tuesday to meet with Diane and Kris. Well, there was an hour wait and as Mark said, the waiting area looked like a scene from “night of the living dead“ 😂 Since the place was nearly empty, I’m guessing they were having trouble getting staff. Sue and Wayne thought we should try Applebee’s, and they were right. We phoned and they had a hightop table for we six right away. Within five minutes we were sitting at the table with drinks in hand. Now that’s some good service! 

Wayne, Sue, and Diane

Julie, Kris, Mark

AND … a special picture the guys posed for for Rick. LOL 

Dinner was delicious, and a bargain. We will definitely go back to Applebee’s again. It’ll be a good place to meet up with Diane and Kris over summer. 

We puttered about today putting the brass bed together. It’s very heavy duty and nice upgrade for the guest room. 

See the beach stone idea at the French doors … I cute them to fit and Mark’s going to grout them. 

It’s delightful to have the house back to normal again. What a huge undertaking it was having the bedroom floors done. Whew. 

So it’s Memorial day here. Mark cooked us steaks and mushrooms and we had a glass of Cabernet wine. Nice day. 

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Good evening y’all. It’s been a good day … some puttering about, some donations to the humane society store and a few “extras” returned to Home Depot. Of course we needed some things to finish our project … so the return and purchase balanced out with .57 cents leftover. 😂

The highlight of our day was a FaceTime call from Rick. It was wonderful to catch up on news and just yak. 

Sue sent me this … 

Ha!

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Our installer arrived before 10 o’clock … nice guy! There are a few problem areas for him as with any renovation. He seems very competent. 

Fast forward to 6 o’clock, and Junior was finished, tidied up and gone. What a wonderful job he did. He didn’t take any breaks, no lunch, no drinks, just worked. We think him and asked him for a card so we could hire him again for future projects. 

Mark worked on the baseboards and got most of the master bedroom done, and tomorrow will do the closet and start on the guest bedroom. We both love the floors and are so glad we had them done instead of just throwing down carpet. Yay us! 😂

So tonight, the bed is made, night tables and lamps working, a little bit of Decor here and there but basically just a good spot to sleep tonight.

Pictures tomorrow.  

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Good evening. We’ve been busy enough around the house, but also watched a little TV and relaxed today. We took the dogs for a nice golf cart ride, a beautiful afternoon it was. Tonight we decided on Stavros Pizza, near us. The house was just too much of  muddle this evening, just getting ready for tomorrow’s floor installation. Finally. We’ve been at this since the beginning of May.

This beautiful boardwalk is near Sue and Wayne’s neighborhood. They were out to a nice club this evening for dinner.

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Good morning clouds! Mark was off shopping first thing this morning while I tidied the house. Last night we went to the movies! Downton Abbey was on the big screen and we had to see it. We’re fans since the PBS series. It was good! Back home we sat on the front porch with drinks while Mark smoked his cigar. It was a fine night. 

Today, while washing my hair in the shower I heard a “blub blub blub” coming from the bathroom sink! I peeked out the shower … no rising water but the shower was not draining! Yikes! Quick rinse … no conditioner and let the shower drain. Yuck. No conditioner on my hair …

Hahaha … I have a lion’s mane. 

Of course when you’re on well and septic … you never know if something hasn’t clogged a drain. Mark checked our shower and cleaned out the drain. That “wasn’t bad” he said. He walked the drain field but that was all good. What the heck? Anyway, we’ll conserve water usage today! 

So it’s now going on 10:30 in the evening and we’ve had a good day. We went to the twisted biscuit for lunch and the food was great. Randy and Dawn have been there many times, so I guess we’ve been missing out for a while. After lunch we went over and had a visit with Randy. Dawn was at work today, so it was just the three of us sitting around chatting. We heard about Scott’s overnight visit and his expensive trip home with the price of fuel. 

Back home, it was a ride around the neighborhood on the golf cart with the kids. Everything is looking shipshape, no boats nor trailers sitting in the driveways anymore! Yay community coordinators (us)! 😂

Monday, May 23, 2022

Good morning. It’s 9 o’clock and we’ve just finished breakfast of cheesy scrambled eggs and avocado slices. Yes, the dogs had the same plus chicken livers. It’s a beautiful sunshiny start to the day! 

Sue and Wayne are on their way out for breakfast in Margate. I think they head back home today to the Villages.