Thursday things…

Now that Christmas is over, I can post a few of the beading items that I made and gave away.

This is an amethyst necklace and earrings set…chunks and round beads.

 

And blue cat’s eye and seed pearls for a special ‘blue’ gal. 

Picture this in onyx, rather than blue.  I forgot to take a photo of that one before it got wrapped.  Duh.  That particular recipient loves zebras, so she got a black and white necklace.

And this is a pink cat’s eye necklace for our ‘pink’ gal.   With her being the oldest, I wanted this necklace to be just a bit different and a little more mature than the other two.  I think all the girls were pleased.

I have some ideas churning around in my head for my next few projects.  I just placed an online order for some items I need, so I’ll be busy…or as busy as I want to be.

So yesterday we did indeed have breakfast at John G’s on the beach.  That ocean was so calm, there weren’t even any wavelets out there.  Flat, flat.  No surfers anywhere, and not many folks on the beach either.  And even better:  no line to get in the restaurant!  Woohoo…that rocks!

Thought for the day:  Don't take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.

Make it a great day, y’all!

Let there be light…and French toast…

And so there is!  Check out that open door.  All the windows are open as well.  We are loving this weather—just perfect!

We are thinking about a drive to the beach this morning.  It’s there—we need to go see it.

John G’s is calling our name…come, eat…enjoy some cinnamon-nut French toast. 

Twist my arm!

Busy guy…

Time to replace the dead lights.  It’s a law that when you live in Florida, you have to have lights in the palm trees.  And they have to actually work.  These needed replacing, and that is a ‘blue’ job—manly work.  Dick wondered if I was out there to record the FALL.  Whew…glad that didn’t happen.

Isn’t that sky just lovely?  I see that it is about 27 back in Mayberry.  See those shorts and bare feet.  Yep…now you know why we are in Florida in January.

We had pizza with the Tieches last night.  We’ve known them FOREVER.  Love, love seeing old friends, which is another reason to stay here for the winter, just in case y’all were wondering.  Lots of history in this place for the two of us, more so for Dick, since he grew up here.  Our roots are very important to us.

So there is still some more settling in to do.  Dick has trimmed some of the shrubs; I’ve got to sort through files and get them in place here in the moho.  Everything in place, all in good time as we feel like working…or not.  We are pacing ourselves.

Remember--No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

Life is good, y’all!

One man’s trash…

…is another man’s treasure, especially if his name is Sanford, um, Dick (remember Sanford and Son on TV?)   Amy and I often refer to our guys as Sanford and Son-in-law!

Dick saw this little number stacked up in a neighbor’s trash pile when we were bike riding the other day, so he went back in the car and brought it home.  It is a Rubbermaid storage unit that only had a slight dent in the top where a tree limb creased it.  A couple of blocks straightened that puppy right out; he has hosed it out real well; now it is draining and drying.  Good as new.

Former neighbor Al and his new lady stopped by for a visit this morning.  The sun is shining; the palms are gently swaying.

Hello Monday.  It’s just another day in paradise, y’all!

Sunday in paradise…

I sent this photo from my iPhone to my blog before church this morning.  It never showed up.  I sent it a second time.  It didn’t arrive.  Sheesh.  

It was 75 and sunny, and the day just got better and better.  Beautiful…balmy.  Wow. 

Dick needed a hose from Home Depot for our Weber grill.  That was his major accomplishment today, other than grilling the steaks.

I did piddly stuff, plus laundry.  And we watched a little football.

We love this change of pace.

Life is good!

Where did my photo go?

I sent this earlier in the day but it did not post. Strange! It was sunny and 75; now the sun has set and we are about to grill some steaks on the patio. WYWH!

Happy New Year, y’all!

THE SENILITY PRAYER:
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do,
and the eyesight to tell the difference...

May you each have a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. 

Blessings from our hearts to yours…the Traveling Bells