Happy Fat Tuesday!

 

With the arrival of Bob and Lynne yesterday, we had to go get our John G’s fix this morning.  It is a rule in the Palm Beach Rule Book (isn’t it?).

Terry, Lynn, and Leslie met the four of us for our usual cinnamon-nut French toast.  Ahhh, what a way to start this fantastic day.

Afterward, we absolutely HAD to drive up A1A along the beautiful beach that gave Palm Beach County its name.  The Atlantic was as flat as flat can be.  Hardly a ripple to be seen out there anywhere.  Seriously bee-u-ti-ful.

Y’all hang on out there in cold country—spring is on the way.  Really.  It is.  See the above photo.

Cooking tip:  I tried a new way to bake sweet potatoes yesterday—in the crockpot—and it was a winner.  I washed the spuds, wrapped them in foil, then placed them in the CP for 4 hours on high (on the patio).  Easy peasy.  I will do that again.

So what else did we have for dinner?  Well, chicken on the grill, some with BBQ sauce/some with marinade; and grilled asparagus spears.  All were finger-lickin’ good, and again, ever so easy and all cooked outside.

Tonight, we will go to church for the annual Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner.  Lynne and I will probably manage to find something else exciting to do on this fine day…while the guys go kick tires.  Or something equally exciting in the guy department.

Life is good today, y’all!

Sunny Monday in paradise

Missy finds her sunbeam and plants her little self there, right in our walkway. She has us trained to step over her. And yes, that angle does make her look fat, but don't tell Missy that. It is just a shadow.

My assistant KC ( who really has gotten fat) has already claimed my chair, but he is ready to (annoy) help me finish a bracelet. I did a little fixing of this and that yesterday on long overdue items, and I am still not finished.

These are not the best photos. Deal with it. Kitties don't wait for real cameras.

Bob and Lynne arrive today for a week or so, so I need to get myself busy, finish up, and pack all this stuff away for another day. Living in a small space dampens the creative spirit when everything needs to constantly be taken out/put away. It's all good.

We have lots of sunshine today. The workers are out cutting grass, trimming trees, and other such springtime activities. Hello, Monday. And laundry. Check.

Make this first March Monday a good one, whatever you do, and share a smile or two. Someone needs one.


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Sweet dreams in Paradise

And other stuff.

Now isn’t this sweet?!  Alex and Penny sharing a pillow…and sweet dreams, I am sure.   Where’s Barkley???

Ansley got new glasses.  I likey (but I likey YOU more):

And this sweet one sent us a little gift from a recent acolyte trip to the cathedral.  Thanks, Macey!

Yesterday, I got an email from Carolyn (MM’s sister) saying her granddaughter needed some ancestry info.  No problem.  I had been working on my own paternal side this week, so I switched over to that side of the “tree” and got busy, checking the web first before I finalized the info to send Carmen.

As I was doing some cutting and pasting in preparation for the scan and send, it all of a sudden occurred to me that I am 60-something and STILL helping with homework assignments…but not for a child I birthed!  I laughed.  I entertain myself quite easily.

I definitely want these young ones to know a bit about their ancestors, so I was quite happy to help Carmen in Alabama.  The internet is a good thing…so that we can stay in touch, no matter where we are located.

Us gals got whupped in marbles.  Twice.  Or was it three times?  MM and I played with (very) long-time friends Ray and Lois and another couple last night.  We need a re-match.  Soon!  And more cake.  It was excellent.

So today I will be working off that cake.  It is cool and sunny this morning, perfect for doing a little bike riding…then back to my kind of “tree” work.

Put some sweet dreams in your day.  Life is good and filled with blessings, y’all, but they don’t always fall out of trees!

Wacky tacky hair day

I’ve had those kinds of days, but not quite as bad as this.

It is Wacky Tacky Dr. Seuss Hair Day at school today - Red Crested Triceratops and blue mohawk boys!  And, the flash gave evil eyes for special effects.  I know my “evil boys” loved that.

Shamefully stolen from Amy’s FB page.  Give those strange critters some smooches from Grammie.  I miss those ragamuffins…and their girlie cuzins, too.

We have a bit more rain in store for us today.  MM spread a little more concrete in a couple of low places yesterday, trying to even out some places that hold water.  Oh, Mosquito Man got a call from the park office about the mosquito problem we’ve reported..and still have.  They found a small holding tank next door at the water park that had a pool of water inside, and LOTS of mosquitos and larvae.  Now fixed!  Relief is near…we hope.

Last night we had dinner with Jimmy and Cathy, friends from waaay back.  So good getting to see them every winter…and having FB contact for the rest of the year.

Today brings Steve and Bev from Mayberry down here boat shopping, and dinner with us.  Love it!  We’ll help y’all shop for a boat!  Srsly.

We are getting taxes and other boring, normal stuff done.  I need to put “stuff” away today.  It doesn’t take much to clutter up a small space, and we both need to de-clutter.  Pronto.  This is a good chore for a rainy day, as opposed to wasting good sunshine on a pretty day, right?

Whatever you do, check your hair and have yourselves a ginger peachy day today.  It’s the only day you have, my friends, so make it a great one!

Monday in paradise

 

Thanks to our neighbor, we have a photo of our free tree there on the R…and proof that MM will wear a suit when he has to wear one.  Our neighbor was impressed that MM even has a suit in a moho!  The neighbor is new and doesn’t know we have a cruising habit.  My outfit is old (I wore it for sure on the first blogger’s cruise), but it rides well in the closet and is ready to cruise again.  Soon.

The banquet was absolutely fabulous, and MM got up in front of the whole crowd and did a little reminiscing about our church in the days before A/C, expansions, etc.  It was great fun.  Fr. Paul acknowledged it as Dick’s birthday, but told him after church on Sunday NOT to expect a celebration like that next year!  Shucks.  It will be a big number that rolls around then.

So today’s major chore will be to get a set of hearing aids programmed.  Yes, MM has (long needed) aids, bless his heart.  He has had too many hours of noisy airplanes, beginning back in his Coast Guard days of long ago, running noisy equipment (from high school age), and doing target shooting, etc.  Noise cancelling devices have definitely improved over the years, and the new aids will help to maintain the ability still left in his old ears (according to audio dude).  I’m sure MM will use the volume control to his advantage.  Beware:  I know (wifely) sign speak!

Have yourselves a ginger peachy day, my friends.  Life is as good as you make it!

Happy birthday to my boyfriend!

 

Boyfriend and my fisherman!  Yep, he caught and brought home dinner last night, and boy was it good on the grill…along with some grilled cabbage.  Umm, good!

He’s a keeper!

While he was gone, the two kitties managed to escape.  Apparently I didn’t quite get the screen door latched, and they snuck out and made a run for the great outdoors when opportunity struck.  I’m docking their pay because they were supposed to be helping me, the slackers.

I didn’t see a kitty anywhere.  I called and called.  No response, no kitty on either pad next to us. 

Repeat the above. 

Finally, Missy meows and comes to me and gets dumped back inside, but still no KC.  I call for him again, and hear him answer me!  He’s such a dork.  Every time I called his name, he meowed back and finally came out from his hiding place up under the moho, out of sight.  The stinker.

Then he sat by the door, meowing to go out again.  All afternoon.  It doesn’t appeal to him today, since there is too much noise going on.  Serves him right!

So tonight we are getting all gussied up and going to a fancy banquet fund raiser for our church here to celebrate its 100 year anniversary.  MM’s family joined in ‘53 (I came along in ‘68), so we have a long history there.   Good history.

So, MM is another year older, and we are all in good health, have a roof over our heads, food on our table, and love to share.  Life doesn’t get much better than that.

We are blessed…and thankful…and hope you can say the same thing.  Happy sunny Saturday, y’all!

Fishy Friday.

No fish for my two cleaning assistants, but hopefully MM will bring something home for our dinner. He is out fishing with a group of guys, which leaves me without wheels at the Moho.

I will survive.

Yesterday I laid claim to the wheels, needing to go shopping for some strappy, snazzy evening shoes. Of course I came home with everything BUT shoes, exciting stuff like cotton balls, cereal, phone charger...no pretty shoes.

We are going to a semi-formal banquet tomorrow night. Maybe no one will look at my feet. Oh well. It is no big deal. I do have sparkly flats I can wear. I am not concerned about the fashion police attending, that is for sure.

So my stacked crockpot (Pinterest) dinner was moderately successful. I layered pork chops on the bottom of the pot, dumped BBQ sauce over the top to them, layered golden potatoes inside tin foil and places on top of the chops, then tin-foil wrapped fresh brussel sprouts.

That was the problem. The recipe said to butter, salt and pepper them, and tightly seal. I did. They were dry. Tender, but d.r.y. More butter? Add water? EVOO? Don't tightly seal? Hmmm. Back to the drawing board.

Jeanie Weanie, let me know if you try it...and do it differently. It was a great idea, but it needs tweaking. It would be good with broccoli, too. BTW, if you need to layer your chops, put foil between the layers, otherwise they stick together. Trust me.

So that's your cooking tip for today. What's cooking at your house tonight?

Have yourselves a ginger peachy Friday, y'all!



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