The Griswolds are on the move…

We are leaving the campground today, fortunately not because we got thrown out for looking so trashy!

The Splendide has gone to the trash heap, minus the ‘good’ innards—motor, hoses, etc.  They went nawth with Amy/Jason to get stored at the shop. 

Dick and I are heading to Cape Canaveral this morning to pick up a ‘new’ Splendide to replace this dead one.  Mama has gotta have clean clothes.  Daddy likes to have spare parts.  It works out.  Then we’ll head south to W Palm Beach after the pick up. 

We hated saying goodbye to Don, Carolyn, Bob and Lynne, but all good things must come to an end.  Plus, Bob and Lynne will be back to WPB in March.  Relatives just keep showing up..JK!  Friends Tom and Dixie had us all over for a farewell dinner last night.  Our circle of friends just keeps growing, and we love it.

So we’ll be arriving in WPB, setting up, retrieving a week’s worth of mail…and getting life back to normal.

Welcome new commenter Life Cruiser.  You ask if I ‘mind’ that you comment.  Hello…I LOVE COMMENTS!   Seriously.  I started this blog for my family and friends to keep up with where in the world we are…and am now ‘meeting’ folks all over the world.  How great is that?!  Dick and I are going on a cruise in less than three weeks, and we’ll get to meet ‘in the real’ some of the people I’ve met on the internet but haven’t met in real life (Sandee, Zane)…and some folks that I met via the internet, and have actually already visited with in real life (Bee, Sarge, Barb, Linda—plus a few others).  How great is this???  I can tell you --- FANTASTIC!  I am so excited about this new adventure.

Thought for the day:  Over prepare, then go with the flow.

That’s what we’ll do.  Life is good, y’all!

Monday, Monday

Hey, boys.  Look up there on the water tower at that HUGE bird nest!

Little boys are sooo easy to entertain, as long as they can keep moving and working off their abundant energy.  Whew!  I wish I could bottle up some of that stuff.

The kids hit the road yesterday, stopped for the night in middle GA, and are visiting an airplane museum this morning.

Another rainy day in central FL, so the plans are for a museum visit in ORL today for the big kids here.  Carolyn is being a good tour director:)

How ‘bout those Packers?  The Super Bowl party was fun last night.  More later on the wine tasting event.

Can you believe another arctic blast is heading south?  Sheesh.  It makes 57 here seem like summer.  Stay safe and warm, ppl!

Sunday, rainy day in paradise

The kids have to leave today.  Boohoohoo.  Goodbye is not a favorite word of mine, especially when said to my sweet family.

Dessert for breakfast was a great hit with the birthday gal…and everyone!

And the wee boys enjoyed blowing out candles on the cake…well, what was left of the yummy Sour Cream Pound Cake that Joyce made. 

 

 

 

Say CHEESE!

And bon voyage to my precious people.  Goodbye, sugah boys!  It’s gonna be freezing back in Mayberry.  Stay safe and warm!!!

Life is short...forgive quickly, love truly,
laugh uncontrollably...
and never regret anything that made you smile.

Saturday stuff

So now that Amy’s birthday has come and gone, I can show y’all the other necklace that I made for her.  She wanted pink, so pink she got.  This one is made from pink chip opals (opals are Scooter’s birthstone), pink marble, coco beads and wooden beads.  She liked it and the other pink necklace I posted awhile back.   Yep, it was for her also. 

We began Amy’s birthday with breakfast at Cracker Barrel at her request, a little shopping for the ladies, then a trip back to Carolyn’s house for an early dinner.  Amy and Nana Joyce made chicken pot pie—delish!—and then Amy, Jason, Bob and Lynne enjoyed a performance by Cirque du Soleil (Dick and I had seen this particular performance, so we kept the wee boys—no hardship there).

Speaking of boys, here they are after a day at Disney World, totally exhausted…our own mini-Blues Brothers.  Happiness is…having tired boys sleep!

 

We plan to go to the local farmer’s market and poke around today.  No telling what else we’ll do, but it’ll be fun for sure.  Yikes, the kids leave to go back to Mayberry tomorrow.  Time is flying by!

Can y’all believe the piles snow all across the country?  And snow in Texas messing up the Super Bowl?  Sheesh.  Anyone have any plans for a Super Bowl party?  We do, and I’m taking meatballs, clam dip, and crab dump.

You’ve never heard of crab dump?  Easy peasy—a block of cream cheese; topped with a can of drained crab meat, and about a half bottle of cocktail sauce dumped on top of that…served with crackers.  Good, but good!  Try it.

Happy Birthday, Amy!

I'm glad he didn't 'blow' out the candles!

We love you bunches,
Mom and Dad

Thursday things…

I feel so much better today, after getting a good load of precious sugah yesterday.  My sweet boys enjoyed a dip in the park pool, and then fun on the playground where they proceeded to get totally worn out, just as wee boys should!

Carolyn and Don had us all over for a very fine dinner last night.  And had friends stop by for a howdy.  She is a terrific hostess.

And today is a big day for this gang, shown here, already on the monorail at Disney.  This is Nana’s first visit there.  She’s the short person over in the corner.  Scooter LOVES the monorail and would probably be content to just ride on it all day long.  These guys will be filled with tales of their Mickey adventure, and totally tired by the time they get back to the campground, after the fireworks tonight. 

Carolyn has suggested a great destination for dinner for us big kids not experiencing the Mickey adventure.  It involves good food and animals.  Life animals.  Big animals.  Stay tuned.  Hopefully, WE aren’t on their menu!

Make today a good one.  Lynne and I are off to……..do something or other.  Who knows?

Remember:  It's never too late to have a happy childhood.  But the second one is up to you, and no one else.

Life is good!

OK...I sent this photo from my iPhone, but the text didn't arrive with it.  I have to learn what went wrong:(

Anyway, Dick is there with the girls...Dixie and Georgia...Don and sister Carolyn's two sweet doggies...who love to go for a boat ride. 

So we are now back at the cg after a nice lunch, and guess who is here--Amy, Jason, Nana Joyce, Doodlebug and Scooter!  Bob and Lynne will be arriving shortly, then we all head back to Carolyn's home for dinner.

See why we love to come to FL in the winter?  No snow/ice...and lots of fun and family.

Amy and I are taking the wee ones to the playground.  WYWH.

That's life in paradise, y'all!