Mother Nature Is Treating Me To Some Fabulous Weather

March 8, 2016

Good morning.  It's another gorgeous day here in Florida.  The weather forecast for every day till I go home is more of the same.  I couldn't ask for anything better. 

Yesterday, Pogo and I had a quiet day just relaxing.  He did a bit of sun bathing, and I watched TV while I crocheted.  A few more rows and I'll be at the halfway mark on the afghan.  Today the house cleaning crew will come by and do a bit of cleaning and exchange the dirty linens for some clean ones. 

Here's a photo of the afghan and the beginning of the pink baby cocoon that Audrey was working on here.  I'll have her send me a photo when it is finished.

Maybe later today Pogo and I will take a walk around here for a bit of exercise.  Then we'll get back to lazing about the rest of the day.  Last night we were outside at 8 p.m. to watch the fireworks.  There weren't any so at 8:15 we went back inside and got comfy.  At 8:30 p.m. the fireworks started.  Oh boy, we almost missed the whole thing.  At least we got to see the last half of them. 

Today I have a couple photos of the beautiful skies here at daybreak.  You have to be quick to catch these colors because in a very short time, the sky lightens up and the sun appears, big and bright.

For my friend,Nani, I took a short movie of the tops of the palm trees waving slowly to a soft breeze, but I haven't figured out how (or if) I can upload it here.  The sound that the palms and the breeze makes is sooo beautiful. 

Yesterday I washed my laundry -- by hand, in the sink.  Then I hung it all on coat hangers to dry.  Now I won't have to run back and forth to the laundry building.  This morning everything was dry so I folded and packed it away.  I keep out what  I need for the week, and the rest is neatly packed away in my suitcase. 

Right now, my little guy is curled up on the chair next to me having a little nap while I type my post.  He's had his breakfast, and soon we'll be out on the porch where he can do a bit of sun bathing. 

Well, that's about  it for my news for this morning.  Now I'm going to get a fresh glass of ice water and  take my crocheting out to the porch.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a beautiful day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Enjoying The Nightly Fireworks Displays

March 7, 2016

Good morning.  It's a little after 6 a.m., and I've been up for a while now.  Joe will be leaving in a few hours to head back home.  Then it's just Pogo and me for the rest of the week.  Pogo is really going to miss his turkey treats.  (He will only take them from Joe)

I think I'll just laze about for the rest of this week, except for maybe one trip to the flea market.  I should be able to get a lot of the Honeydew green afghan done.  Right now, it is a little more than twenty five percent done. 

This year, the nightly fireworks brings out a lot of the folks here.  We stand out in the parking area and watch a fabulous show.  So far, I 've been able to get quite a lot of decent photos.   Here are some  of my favorite fun shots.  Later I'll share some of the regular shots.

 

This last shot is from the finale.  I just love the orange and gold colors against the black background.  I guess we are all just kids at heart when it comes to fireworks displays.  They are beautiful, and we all come out to watch them.

I have another photo to share.  This one did not come very good, but it is the only one I have of Pogo playing with his Auntie Audrey.  I used my phone, and the lighting was not very good, but you can see how much fun he has been having with all of us lavishing attention on him.

Perhaps today I'll work on my laptop for a while and make a couple new quick pages.  Things will be busy when I get back home and I might not have very much computer play time the first week.  I will find out after I get home how my taxes came out.  Hopefully, I won't owe any extra money.  I've been making quarterly payments to the IRS and the State all during the past year. 

 

When I get home, I'll be needing to buy me a new mouse for this little laptop.  I broke the cover to the battery compartment on the bottom of the mouse while I was trying to open it to change the battery.  Now my mouse doesn't roll so smoothly on the mouse pad.  But it will do for now.

 

Well, that's about all my news for this morning.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day.

 

Hugs, Edna B.

Oh My! I Made A Blooper!!!

March 6, 2016

Good morning.  Of course you all noticed my big blooper on my last post.  (about daylight savings time)  But I hope you noticed that I amended it.  My good friend Rhoda called me to explain my boo boo, and I pulled up the post and tried to fix it.  Daylight Savings Time begins NEXT Sunday, March 13th.  In a way that is good because  now I won't lose an hour of my vacation time.

Daughter Audrey and her friend left yesterday morning to head back home.  While she was pulling out of her parking spot, I was already missing her.  She might be a grandmother, but she is still my baby.  Moms are strange that way.  We know our children grow up to be adults, but we still remember them as babies in our hearts.

By the way, she made it back home safe and sound by 11 p.m. last night.  Wow, that's a lot of driving for one day.  Audrey, I'm so glad you girls made it back safely.

I don't go very far from my condo here, so my photo ops are rather few.  However, every now and then I manage to get a few good shots.  The first morning we were here, we noticed a large beautiful moon hanging low in the sky.  Out came the camera, and here's the shot I got.  The sky is a pretty blue because the sun is shining in another part of the sky.

The weather here has been awesome the whole time I've been here.  I guess Mother Nature figured I needed a couple of weeks of this warm sunshine.   Every night, there have fireworks going off somewhere.  We are thinking that they might be from Disney World (which is right behind us) but I'm not really sure about that.  Most likely some of them are.  I'll have photos for you tomorrow.

Yesterday, Joe and Pogo and I went grocery shopping in the morning, then Joe spent most of the rest of the day at the pool.  Pogo and I napped for a while, then I played on my laptop.  Such excitement!  Ask me how I stand it.  Ahhhh, bliss!!

I have another photo of Aurora Kay to share that Deanne sent to me.  Gosh, the blessings just keep on coming. 

I picked up some cute tee shirts for both our new little princesses, and I've decided to give all the shirts and dresses to Deanne when I get home and let her divide them up between our two new babies. 

Well that's about all my news for this morning.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Dealing With A Very Tricky Internet

March 4, 2016

Good morning.  Joe is out on the porch having his coffee, Audrey is just waking up, Pogo is curled up beside me, and I'm here with you.  It's a good morning indeed.  I hear movement behind me.  It's Audrey coming down to have breakfast. 

Pretty soon, Pogo, Audrey and I will be heading out for another flea market.  Then we'll come  back here and have fun with our projects.  Audrey will be heading for home tomorrow morning.  Alas, this week has flown by too quickly.  Joe will be heading back home on Monday morning, and Pogo and I will be on our own for the rest of the week.

Yesterday afternoon, I tried downloading some photos from my phone to my laptop so that I could share them here with you, but they just won't download.  I tried several times, but no luck.  This morning I tried again, and I still had no luck.  Sorry.  I guess the only photos I can share for now are the ones I take with the camera.  The internet here is simply sucky!!! 

I found this item on the web and thought I would share it with you.  Tomorrow night when you go to bed, remember to set your clocks ahead first.  It's Daylight Saving Time again.

 

OOPS!!!!!  Somebody on Facebook is having fun with me.  Daylight Savings starts on Sunday, March 13, 2016.  Not this Sunday --  A week from this Sunday.  Sorry 'bout that.  (Thanks Rhoda for catching that for me)

 

Another fun thing coming up is the Total Solar Eclipse.  It will happen next Wednesday.  You can Google it to find more information.  I hope you get to see it.

There's not much to write about here, especially if I can't download photos to share.  It's quiet, and we mostly just sit around with our crafts (projects or the pool) and relax.  But then, that's why we came here. 

Now I think I'll start getting ready to go out to the flea market.  So, till Sunday, Y'all have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

A Few Minor Problems - No Biggie!

March 3, 2016

Good morning.  (at least for another half hour)  I've been  busy all morning working on a quick page for you, and dealing with the maintenance crew here.  Because I can't do the stairs very well anymore, (because of my asthma and copd) I sleep on the sofa downstairs.  However, the sofa has been a torture chamber. 

It is  a sleeper sofa, and I guess the mattress inside is all worn out.  I don't open the bed out.  I just put my sheets on the sofa part and sleep on the sheets.  When you sit on the sofa or lie on it, you fall into a big hole.  Oh my, such a comfy way to sleep.  NOT!

This morning, the maintenance crew is putting a new mattress and frame into the sofa.  It's really quite interesting to watch them doing this.  They told me that sometime this year, all the sofas are being replaced.  They also fixed the garbage disposal because something was stuck in it from the last folks who were here.  

In between all this, I did work on making a quick page, and got it ready to be zipped and uploaded.  Oops!  Where has my Win Zip gone?  It is not on my little laptop anymore.  Ah well, not too worry.  I went on-line and downloaded  it again.  After it was installed, I went looking for it.  Hmmm, it was no where to be found.   So guess what?  I won't be posting any quick pages until after I get home.  Not to fear though.  I'll post extra's to make up for it.

I have a cute photo to share of Pogo on the flight down here.  He is inside his carry case.  Once we board the plane, Pogo settles in and goes to sleep until I lift him up for a drink and a snack,  then he goes back to sleep.  He's a wonderful little traveler.

Just before it was time for us to board the plane, I got a super surprise.  My nephew Kenny and his wife and two children were scheduled on the same flight.  They had come up North for his dad's (my brother in law Mel) funeral service, and were now on their way back home. 

I had no idea they would be travelling the same time as we were.  AND,  they would be sitting in the row in front of us on the plane!!!   Here's a photo I took of Kenny holding up his son, who was having a great time smiling away at us.  Isn't little Jack just absolutely adorable???

Today, Joe is at the pool (surprise!!), and Audrey is out on the porch working on a project on her laptop.  I will make us some lunch when I finish this post, and then I will head on out to the porch and work on my afghan.

The weather today is gorgeous, and I'm really loving being able to sit out on the screened porch until late in the evening.  It's the porch that I miss the most when I go back home.   Well, that's about all the news for today.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Living The Easy Life

March 2, 2016

Good morning.  What can I say?  It's another gorgeous day here. I love it!!  Pogo likes it too because he can run around naked and sun bathe.

 

 

Yesterday, we stayed in most of the day and just relaxed.  Joe was at the pool all day and got a bit of a sunburn.  All in all, it was a nice day. 

 

This morning I went to make us some breakfast, and the eggs were frozen (sort of).  I cracked one open and it had difficulty falling out of the shell.  It was a hard blob.  Down the garbage disposal it went!  We're having English muffins instead. 

 

Late yesterday afternoon, once it started to cool down a bit, Audrey, Pogo and I went for a little walk around here.  This gave us a chance to stretch our legs and maybe take some photos.  Pogo, of course, found everything to be super interesting.

 

 

A lot of the gorgeous hibiscus bushes have been cut way back, so there aren't as many of the beautiful hibiscus blossoms to photograph yet.  Hmmm, I never knew you were supposed to cut  these plants so far back.  I learn something new every day.  However, here were some azaleas in bloom, so I stopped to take a few photos of them.

 

 

I think today we'll go to one of the flea markets and walk around a bit.  Maybe we'll find some neat goodies.  I especially want to check out the venders there who sell fresh fruit and veggies.  Maybe I'll pick up a few oranges. 

 

Yesterday I put a few more rows on the Honeydew green afghan.  My goodness, it is looking really pretty.  I can't wait to see it finished.    I just hope I have enough room in my suitcase to pack the afghan in it.  Ah well, I'll figure it out.

 

I've decided that I don't like the shower stall here.  There is no bar on the wall to grab a hold of so that you don't slip.  Also, the shower head points at my face and the top of my head, making it difficult to wash the legs and feet.  I suppose this would be okay for a tall person, but I'm only five feet tall.

 

When we got here, we found that we had a new stove, a new refrigerator, a new coffee maker, a new toaster, and  few other new things.  Sad to say, we are not very impressed with any of these  things.  Makes me wonder about the person in charge of making purchases to update the units.  This person isn't very bright as far as I'm concerned. 

 

I would rather they replace the sofa every few years to keep it comfortable for sitting and sleeping on.  One year they replaced all the bathroom vanities.  The ones that they took out were really nice.  I just don't understand why people insist on fixing things that are not broken, when there are other more important things that need to be done. 

 

Ah well, this is nothing to lose sleep over.  That's really about all the news for today. I guess I'll get dressed and maybe head out to the flea market.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a fantabulous day. 

 

Hugs, Edna B.

Enjoying The Beautiful Weather

March 1, 2016

Good morning.  Oh my, it's another simply beautiful day here in sunny Florida.  We are in Kissimmee, and our condo backs right up to Disney land.  All these years I've been coming here, the land has sat there untouched.  This year, there is construction going on, but I don't see any signs telling us what is being built there.  Maybe a new theme park?  Hmmmmm.

Before I forget, today is a new month, March.  Here is the March page from my calendar.  I took this photo last year right outside my porch here. 

Yesterday was a laid back day.  Audrey and I went grocery shopping at Walmart, and of course, I just couldn't make it past the baby department without stopping to oooh and aaah over the beautiful little dresses.  No, I did not stop to buy.  Liar!!!  Of course I did!!!   It was really difficult to leave that department with an empty basket, but I managed.  I only bought four dresses. 

Now comes the problem.  I have to go back and buy four more dresses.  There are two beautiful little girls to spoil.  I would give them each two of the dresses, but I wouldn't be able to decide on which dresses to give to which little princess.  So that means we will need four more dresses.    Sigh....such a problem!  haha. 

It wasn't so very long ago, that I was making special dresses for another little princess.  But now she is all grown up.  Of course I'm talking about Jazzy.  I'll see  if I can dig out a photo or two of her modeling her dresses. 

I thought I might get a couple new photos of Pogo yesterday.  But he's quite slick when he see's camera or the cell phone being pointed his way.  He turns away or takes cover.  He was on the sofa, so this time he took cover behind the blanket, only poking his head up long enough to see what was going on.  These are the two photos I was able to get.

I also have the two new scrap pages of Aurora Kay to share with you today.  The first one was made by Kyra, and the second one was done by Beth.  Ladies, these are both beautiful pages.  I love them.  Thank you so much.

Yesterday afternoon, Audrey and I settled in to do a bit of crocheting.  She is working on a pretty pink baby cocoon for a friend, and I'm working on a Honeydew green afghan.  I'll take some photos of our projects later.

Joe had gone out for a walk yesterday morning, and stopped in at a restaurant nearby for breakfast.  While he was there, he spotted a coconut crème pie.  That stayed on his mind all day, so last night, he went back there and bought the pie.  We had it for dessert.  Oh yum!!!

Today we are having a lazy day.  Audrey cooked us all breakfast.  Scrambled eggs, biscuits and sausage gravy.  Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm.   In a little while, Audrey and I will sit on the porch and work on our crochet projects later, and Joe has gone for a walk.  When he gets back, he will spend most of the rest of the day at the pool.

Well, that's about all my news for this morning.  So, till tomorrow, Y'all have a magnificent day. 

Hugs, Edna B.