Thursday, February 8, 2007

This has the makings of a beautiful day. I grabbed my book and biked over to the pool. Had the whole pool to myself. The water was a little chilly, but refreshing. I biked back and Mike was just heading over to the pool, so I went back with him. Stayed for a little while and then headed back. Changed and headed over to the No-Name Pub on No-Name Key for lunch. Had their delicious pizza. Explored No-Name Key for a while. The homes at the end of the key—after you cross Bogie Channel—have no electricity. It’s kind of an isolated community and they depend on generators and solar panels for electricity. There’s a house for sale that’s all by itself on 8 acres. Looks like a neat property. Then to Boondocks for some miniature golf. I did badly again. Maybe I should drink while playing—margarita golf. Next time. When we got back we called Ron to wish him a happy birthday. They’re both good. Hope they can come back down here after Jan’s surgery.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

This morning was looking pretty good. Clearing up and warming up. We went into Key West and had breakfast at Ricky’s Blue Heaven Café in Old Town Key West. I had filet eggs benedict and Mike had a two-egg breakfast. Really good. Roosters, hens, and chicks roaming all over the place. Outside seating only. Great place! After breakfast we went to the Bufferfly House. Such a neat place. Then we went to the brand new Florida Keys Eco Center across from Fort Zacchary Taylor. The guy in the motor home across from us works there. It’s a great place with lots of interactive displays. There’s also a ship docked near there that used to be an ice breaker or something. We’re going to go back there and check that out some other day. It was a great day. Craig, our neighbor, took us aboard one of the many boats they have docked there—mostly research vessels. This one was confiscated for back taxes or something. It’s 60-something feet long and has a master bedroom and several other sleeping rooms with johns and showers. I would never want to live on a boat. On the way back we stopped at Chico’s for an early dinner. Only so-so. We used our GPS for getting round which worked great. Guess we’re getting together with everyone to play bingo tonight. Yep, bingo. Jeeze, what an exciting life we have.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

This morning was cloudy, windy, and threatening rain. Supposed to be a high of 70 today. Didn’t do much. Played on the computer for a while. Mike went up and rented “Fly Boys”. That was a pretty good movie. After that we drove into Key West and saw “Because I Said So” with Diane Keaton…a so-so movie.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Well, the rain has stopped and it’s just really windy. But it’s supposed to rain again today. Up early this morning and put the brisket and other ingredients in the crock pot for dinner tonight. Then I got on the computer and took care of some banking and other things and then played spades for a while. All of a sudden I’m on a losing streak (sigh). Mike went over to play shoes and I read my book for a while. The smells wafting up from that crock pot are wonderful. Went to the video store and rented “The Black Dahlia”—a so-so movie. Our dinner came out great though—brisket, mashed potatoes, and zucchini.

Sunday, February 4, 2007

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY! Bears and Colts. It is a rainy, windy, ugly day here in paradise. Everyone is laying low. I was going to put a brisket of beef in the crock pot so we could have it at superbowl time, but I was missing one ingredient and by the time Mike got to the store and back it was too late to put it together. So, we went to Boondocks for an early dinner and then back in time for the game. And what an opening—an 80-something yard punt return for a touchdown by the Bears. Looked bad for the Colts for a while, but they came back and won it. It was a really good game—lots of turnovers and other surprises. Speaking of surprises, my brother Ronnie called after he and his wife, Jan, had viewed this blog. Said it's a miracle because Jan is off her sleeping meds. All she has to do is read my blog and she's asleep. Maybe this blog should be listed in Web MD also?

Friday, February 2, 2007

Another beautiful day in paradise, but really warm and humid. Actually turned on the air conditioning. I spent most of the day outside reading my latest book and Mike stayed in the air conditioning on the computer. We decided to go to Bobalu’s Southern Café for dinner. Dined outside on the patio. Talked to Ron and Jan after seeing the tornado footage on the news. They’re okay.

Thursday, February 1, 2007

This morning started out beautiful, then clouded up and started looking ugly, then cleared off to a beautiful, sunny day. So we headed out with our bikes and went to our favorite biking area. We parked at Sugarloaf Lodge and biked through the residential area to the end of the road and then onto a blocked-off section of an old county road that goes back toward Lazy Lakes. This old road is in really good shape and is maintained by someone—maybe the county. At the end of this road is another quarry lake. The whole ride is in the middle of nowhere with beautiful water on both sides. We biked for three hours total. Back home and showered again. Mike went into the pool. It’s much warmer now and looking good for the next couple of days. Earlier today the ground started shaking. The whole camper was shaking. Happened twice! Thought it was an earthquake, but turned out to be a sonic boom.