No internet...

Actually I have internet access right this minute..  We didn't have any yesterday evening and today.  I didn't have any access just a few minutes ago, but when Dave tried he got on right away..  So, I'll try to say something really fast before it goes again!

Yesterday was a rainy, gray day here in Ft Lauderdale.  We didn't do much until it was time to pick up the girls.  Then we had to fix supper and get Kelly ready to go to soccer practice.  Homework was hard - Megan is trying to do fractions and she doesn't like them!  I tried to explain them to her, but she got that glazed-eye look like I do, so Grandpa took over.  It took about an hour, but she finally got her homework done - yay!!

Last night while she was at practice, we hung around Jami's and watched one of the DVD's of Planet Earth.  That was very interesting until it got to the bugs and spiders...then I stopped watching!!

Today we paid the admission price and went into Hugh Birch Park.  It's a nice place - 2 miles of hiking, picnic tables, etc., right on the intercoastal.  Then we went to Hillsborough and Deerfield Beach.  That's like a different world!  Beautiful place!!   Took some pictures, but won't get them uploaded tonight.  Even though it was mostly cloudy today, the water was beautiful!

After we picked up the girls, we took Kelly to get her braces put on.  That was a new experience for this grandma!  She was very brave!  She will have the top ones only until her top teeth get in line with her bottom teeth, then she'll get the bottoms put on.  Next appointment isn't for 6 weeks.

Since tonight is our last night here, we all went to Razzleberry's for ice cream!

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Gray Day

Today was a gray day most of the day.  It only rained a few sprinkles, but it was gray and ugly all day.  Now, however, the moon is shining bright over the water and it's gorgeous out!  It's 79 here and 32 and snowing in O-town...oh my!

Dave and I had a lazy day today.  We went to see the blimp but the hangar is being renovated, so we couldn't get in.  It won't be open again until fall.  We went shopping for just a little bit - found a rug for our entryway in Largo.  We went to Bru's for a salad at lunch, then came home to read and perhaps nap.  Dave napped and I read!!

Tonight was "date night" with Jami.  We took her to Nick's for Italian food.  I could hardly wait for lasagna!! Nick's has the best I've ever eaten!  So I ordered lasagna, Dave ordered linguine and sausage, and Jami ordered tillapia piccata.  The waiter came back to our table several minutes later to tell us they were out of lasagna.  How in the world does an Italian restaurant run OUT of lasagna!!!  I was really bummed!  So I ordered chicken marsala and it wasn't nearly as good as their lasagna.  At least I didn't cause a scene!!

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Busy Monday

Oh, my!  What a busy, busy, hot day!  We went to Jami's this morning to do some more of her daddy-do list.  I think Dave got most of her projects finished up today.  Then at 2:00 he went to pick up the girls at school.  We also got Tom's secretary's girls.  So we had 4 girls 11, 10, 9 & 9 in the house, along with Danny (5).  I fixed goulash for supper.  The kids needed to eat early because Kelly had soccer practice and had to leave at 5:00.  The goulash was a big hit!  While Tom took Kelly to practice, we stayed with Megan, Danny, Aiyana and Naolani.  It was a very noisy evening!!  Jami finally got home about 7:00 and we ate with her.  By 8:00 Tom & Kelly were back and Aiyana & Naolani were leaving.  So we left and went to Razzleberry's for our ice cream fix!  I had sugar-free oatmeal, walnut, raisin - yummy!  Dave had rum raisin!!

Tomorrow we're not going over there.  We'll see Jami at dinner tomorrow night.

Right now I'm watching my Cyclones play Kansas on ESPN.

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Sunday in S Florida

This morning we actually slept in - we didn't get up until about 9:30!!  Consequently we missed church.  We went to the beach to enjoy God's beauty instead.  We have a beautiful view out of the window of our resort. This morning everything was kind of hazy, but by the time we got out to our car, the sun was out and it was hot, hot, hot!!  In fact, it's still 76 out at 9:30 PM!!

We ate lunch at Bru's Room today.  We got to sit outside and watch the pre-race stuff.  Then we went to Jami's, did laundry for all of us, did some daddy-do's and watched the race!  I even got to go to Beall's Outlet for a few minutes.  Supper was at Jami's and then we came back here.  Tomorrow we start picking up kids as car-riders and fixing supper, etc.  Dave's still got a couple of daddy-do's left!!

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Saturday in Ft Lauderdale

We had to be at Danny's soccer game at 8:30 this morning, so it was an early one for all of us.  We got up to the aroma of frying bacon.  Jami started the bacon, pancakes and eggs and I finished the eggs and bacon.  It was a very good way to start our day.  Danny's soccer game was a hoot.  The final score was 6-3.  Danny scored 4 of the 6 goals, plus he scored one for the other team by accident.  His little buddy, Jackson, scored the other 2 goals.  It was a beautiful morning for sitting outside!  After Danny got done, we went across town to Kelly's soccer game.  Kelly's team got creamed!  The score was something like 9-1!  Ugly!!  At the end of Kelly's game we went back home for lunch and to pick up Tom...then off to watch Kelly play again.

Her second game was to start at 2:15 and then we had to leave immediately after (3:15) to go to Miami for Cirque du Soleil.  Well, it didn't work that way unfortunately.  The referees were late for Kelly's game so it didn't even start until 3:00!  So at halftime, Kelly had to leave her game.  We'd paid over $500 for these tickets and we weren't about to miss the show.  What a fantastic show it was!!  It was Totem and it was wonderful!  If you ever have a chance to see one of the Cirque du Soleil, do so.  Very entertaining!!

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Ft Lauderdale

We're in Ft Lauderdale.  Our drive over was very uneventful.  We only saw one sandhill crane.  We DID see some baby wild boar pigs...unfortunately, Dave wouldn't turn around and go back so I could get a picture of them!!  Other than that, we didn't see anything fun!

We got here about 3:30 and went to the beach.  The water was beautiful today!  I took some pix, but I don't have my cord so I can't download them tonight.

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All packed & ready...

We're all packed and ready to go first thing in the morning.  We're heading to Ft Lauderdale to see Jami and her family.  We'll stay with them tomorrow night and then get our condo for Saturday thru Friday.  This time we're down by the pretty beaches at the Ft Lauderdale Beach Resort.  It's an okay place, but not as nice as Sea Gardens.  This weekend is going to be hectic as both Danny and Kelly have soccer games AND we have tickets to see Cirque du Soleil.  Those tickets were our Christmas presents to each other.  Should be fun.

Today we went to Sarasota to see Dad & Roberta.  Dave needed to put some trim in the bathroom and I had $10 in Bealls bucks I needed to spend!  Roberta and I did water aerobics and after lunch made a quick trip to Bealls.  Unfortunately I spent more than $10!!!

We got home about 3:30 and went for our bike ride.  Then we started getting ready for our trip.  I'm hoping the weather is nice while we're there.  It's sure not nice at home.  O-town is supposed to get 9" of snow.  A friend of ours headed to Texas today.  He left a little before noon and didn't get to St Louis until about 9:15 tonight.  I would have turned around and gone home!!  I hope everyone is safe.

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