GUSTAV GO AWAY! WE WANT TO PLAY

TROPICAL UPDATE AT 50 PAST THE HOUR!!!

So, now you know what I have been up to lately. But I have a good reason....I am on vacation in Key West. We arrived yesterday. The normally beautiful ride with the aquamarine water on either side of the narrow strip of Rt. 1 was rather grey and cloudy for our ride here yesterday. But we kept going and hoping for a stream of sunlight. We arrived safely and made our way to the Hogs Breath Saloon in the rain last night, had a quick drink or two and walked back to the resort.

Terri and Jim are our gracious hosts ,because they have a time share with points to spare. We are staying at the Galleon resort. It is very nice with a great view of the marina and the Coast Guard Station. We had some squally weather last night with threats of waterspouts and tornadoes. The wind was howling outside for most of the night and the rain was pelting our window next to the bed. I just pulled the covers over my head and went back to sleep. I really am a good sleeper, I probably would have made a great grizzly bear! Hibernator extraordinaire!

So we woke up to sunshine and wind this morning. took the bikes out for a ride around. We went down Whitehead St. to the southernmost point. We stopped at the Hemmingway House for a quick tour on the way. Oh, the most exciting part of the day was that Jimmy won $50 at pool bingo this afternoon. You go Jimmy!!!

We had a great time in CT thanks to our friend Teri and her partner's great house. We helped Teri house sit at this awesome place and had several get togethers with some old friends and family. They have a pizza oven outside and we made about 50 pizzas, and drank some wine, etc... I am waiting to get some of the pictures emailed to me. I didn't bring my camera, just the mother-in-law.

(SHHH don't tell anyone, I just snagged these pictures off my sister's flickr page)

Speaking of the mother-in-law, she is still there for about a month. She almost got me in trouble on the airplane. It is a little known fact that airline pilots need to pee sometimes. So, when they do, the flight attendant secures the area and will not allow anyone to approach. Well, Helen had to pee too, and she wasn't going to take no for an answer, she was warned not to come any closer and to go to the back of the plane, but she decided she didn't want to and wanted to know why??? So she started approaching the flight attendant to ask her why. AAAHHHHH!!!!! I had to get firm with her, and tell her to sit down or go in the back. I got the look...she went to the back. Then she had to pee when we were approaching landing and the seatbelt light went on and we were starting to rock and roll. I told her to wait it would only be about 10 or 15 min. She said ok, I turned my head, and she bolted for the bathroom. AHHHH!

So, this is going to be a nice break this month.

We went to the casino with Teri, Cinda, and Warren while we were in CT. Teri was great, she showed us all her slot secrets, (she read a book). I won $409. in one machine then Bob started to do pretty good too. For being there from 2;30 - 11:30, we did ok. We were up about $150. when we left. I hate to lose, so this was a good thing.


I have been itching to do something creative ever since I got back from the north last week. I painted some wine glasses for Teri as a thank you for having us stay with them while we were up there. I never painted on glass before, it is really easy. You use special paint and bake the glasses in the oven. Teri if your reading this, Surprize! (she never reads this, she always loses the link) .