Lance and Nancy

Sugarloaf Key: Got up early this morning. Mike slept in since he’d been up just about all night playing spades on the Internet. Good morning to sleep in though—drizzly and cool. Started clearing off around 2:00 so we headed out to hit the flea market and take the DVDs back. Flea market closes at 2:00. So, we just took the DVDs back and rented another one. Back home and sat outside and read for a while until it got too chilly. Mike looking forward to the Mizzou game this evening. Talked to our friend, Lance, in Portland, ME. He’s not coming down this year because the water ride he invented is about to go into production and he’s really busy. Besides, he says there isn’t much work down here this year. He’s an extraordinary carpenter. This water ride he invented will make him very wealthy. We can say we knew him when.

New plant for our table...

Fri, Dec 5, 2008

Sugarloaf Key: Up early again and took care of some bank account stuff on the computer. Joan Rivers is going to be performing at the Tennessee Williams Theater in January. Got on line and made reservations for that. There’s also a big reception after the show—usually with food and drink. Not sure if she’ll make an appearance. Also made reservations for a concert at Fort Zachary Taylor—a couple of steel bands. One of them is MM24 which I’ve been wanting to see. They’re also having an evening tour of several historic inns and homes in Key West that are all decorated for the holidays. I’d like to get tickets for that. Late morning we headed to Key West and bought a portable DVD player. Works great, so that takes care of our DVD problem. Stopped and had lunch at the sea food bar and grill attached to the Blue Lagoon Motel. My mother stayed there back in the 70s. Can’t believe it’s still there. Drove to Big Pine Key and rented a couple of DVDs—one was “Taxi to the Dark Side” which was a very good documentary. The other was “The Happening” which was terrible.