Tootin' Tuesday...

While I am doing my copying of the rally schedule, and closing up the moho to hit the road, I'm leaving y'all with a chuckle for the day. Here is your very own trip to enjoy...on the bus!

You are on the bus when you suddenly realize ... you need to fart. The music is really loud, so you time your farts with the beat. After a couple of songs, you start to feel better as you approach your stop. As you are leaving the bus, people are really staring you down, and that's when you realize, you have been listening to your ipod!

Be careful out there, people! Enjoy your day...ours will be exciting!

Monaco rally explained...

Loving Annie wants to know what a Monaco rally is. Well, let me 'splain it. First, here are three Monaco coaches all in a row at the fall '07 rally in Dillard, GA. The close one is our moho...
And here we are again this past October in Franklin, NC...where we had snow!

So that is what a few Monacos look like, now what is a Monaco rally? Well, it is when a 'club' of Monaco owners get together to meet new folks, eat, see old friends, eat, have a bit of entertainment, eat, have a business meeting, eat, laugh, and make plans for the next rally or two! There are literally dozens of various Monaco clubs all over the country. We actually belong to two of them, this one and a caravan group (that's a whole nuther story!), as well as belonging to another camping group that allows any brand of moho to join. It is a great way to make new friends from all over the country as any of these gatherings.

This is our first time to be rally masters of this particular club, Monaco Travelers. It has definitely been OJT (on the job training). We have a total of 30 coaches registered, with 59 folks attending. We officially begin on Thursday, but we and our co-rally masters will gather at the cg on Wednesday to put on the final touches and hit Sam's for some last-minute needed items.

My big project today is to finish up the rally schedule of events, then print, copy, collate (I miss my copier from home) 30 packets of info, and check my to-do list VERY carefully! Anyone wanna come help me??? I have to put together 30 goody bags.

Life is good. Have a great Monday, y'all!

Celebrating 95 years...

Why wait till #100 rolls around? Last night we celebrated 95 years since St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was founded in Lake Worth, FL. The evening began with Evensong, followed by a buffet of ethnic foods. Here we are with long-time friends Chris, Dick and Pat...

Cheers, Deacon Pat! Frazell Hall was quite festive...

Dick and I served as wine stewards. Loved the wine tub...but felt it would be wrong to steal from the church and bring it to the moho with me!

The food served was outstanding, and all proceeds raised went to two worthwhile local charities...and of course there was cake. Margot baked this beauty with a replica of the original church structure on top (that one was demolished in the '28 hurricane).

Dick is outside doing a bit of cleaning on the moho; I am stuck inside on this perfectly beautiful day working on our upcoming Monaco rally. We sure didn't know how much work was involved when we agreed to be rally masters. Fortunately, we have good co-rally masters in Joe and Bonnie. Next time will be a cinch, right? Wait? Did I say NEXT TIME? What am I thinking???

So how is YOUR weekend going? We are meeting Jose and family tonight for dinner. Jose was an employee of ours when we had a business here in Lake Worth a very long time ago. We look forward to visiting and catching up with them. And I get out of cooking one more time!

Sailfish Saturday...

Good food, right on the waterway...can't go wrong with that combination! This is where four Bells had breakfast this morning...

Mural on the wall in the ladies room...

Bob, Lynne (the nawthern Bells)...Dick and me...

Dick said he was probably gonna wear out some flip flops this winter...oops, his Birkies have a major problem! Save the beer for later...you've gotta water the new trees first!

Havin' fun in the FL sun. Happy Saturday, y'all! Check out a funny today on Haley's blog...especially humerous because she is a school teacher and I can so see this happening!

Friday in FL...

We are running out of time to get to John G's, but we want to do that before Bob and Lynne take off on Monday. Gosh, we've got lots to do between now and then! Dinner with Wade and Ginger tonight, breakfast at Sailfish Restaurant tomorrow, and a big 'do' at church tomorrow night. We are quite the social butterflies!

Let me clear up something...Dick does NOT have heart trouble, only a cold. It is Sherman (brother-in-law) who is still waiting on surgery news. Prayers are appreciated, of course.

The weather is warming up a bit, which I know will please our kids freezing back in Mayberry! Just kidding...

I know Bee and Sarge are leaving Sunday on the very same ship (Carnival Valor) that we were just on (Bee, I left instructions for cake to be on the menu just for you!). So what are YOU doing this weekend? Go out and have fun, OK?

Thursday stuff...

Poor Dick. He has a bad head cold. Hear Dick cough. See Dick blow his nose. You remember I said that Sherman got a cold? Well, Pat did too.

But...Sherman is in the hospital because of that cold, and that is a good thing, cuz the doctors discovered he had a slight heart attack! He is awaiting a look-see by the pulmonologist this afternoon to determine when they can do a triple by-pass on him. The good news is that there is no pneumonia. Dick's cold is certainly minor by comparison to Sherman's ordeal.

Lynne and I never made it to Publix yesterday, so that is my mission today, since I need a few things. We were successful in finding 'stuff' to go in the rally goody bags, and we had lots of fun just being together. The four of us went to Dan and Joan's for dinner (yummmm) and a couple of games of marbles. No, not the kiddie kind (I never did play with them, did you?) This is a board game, and there is quite a bit of strategy to it, better played with 6 folks than 4. We played guys against girls. Girls rocked!!! Twice:-)

I remember playing Monopoly a lot as a kid and loving it. And rummy. Reminisce a bit and think about what your favorite game was when you were young. What was it?

Life is good...it is warming up here in WPB!

Gone shoppin'...

Lynne and I are going shoppin' to some of our fave places--Marshall's, TJ Maxx, Publix, Dollar Tree. We probably won't do too much damage to the checkbook.

Amy, that was Wayne who took you on the unicycle...I'm not sure about the ages of the Marc kids...at least 10 years older than each of you. I'll have to ask Joan tonight:-)

Brrr, it is chilly down here in WPB...38 this morning, but 11 back home, so who's complaining?! Not me! Life is good. Y'all have a good day.