Day before Thanksgiving

Yesterday was a complete relaxing day for me. Doug went with Amber for the inspection of the house she and Mark have put an offer on, Mark had to work. After they had lunch Doug went for a haircut and Amber came to our house for the afternoon. The three of us went to see Puss in Boots and to be truthful it wasn't that good but the popcorn made up for it.

Today it was up, drink coffee and read the newspaper afterwards we did 30 minutes of Bob Harper Boot Camp workout DVD. Went to the store and got all the items need to make a low-fat pumpkin pie, hope it taste okay. Tri County Air Conditioning and Heating was out for our yearly check up on our air conditioner. No problems so good for another season.

Doug has gone to Sam's to pick up his medicine and when he gets back he will BBQ some salmon for supper and I'll cook a butternut squash. Our day will then be ready to wind down and it will be early to bed as we will get up around 6 for a bike ride before dinner at Todd and Shannon's.

St Armands

Another beautiful day in Florida, got up had coffee and read the Sunday newspaper. Decided that our exercise for today would be a drive to the Ringling Bridge, park under the south side and then walk over to St Armands Island. Every week end there is something going on at the circle in St Armands, today it was a Mustang Club Car Show. Was a fun way to spend several hours. Not all the cars were Mustangs, some Thunderbirds, Ford 150 Lightening pickups and one Mark VIII convertible. Yes, we know there were no Mark VIII convertibles, the owner told us a company took the car and customized 23 of them. We talked with the gentleman who had the first one that was customized, he paid $65,000 to have it did. Guess some people have more money than they can ever spend :) The walk to and from the island is around five miles, so good exercise for the day.

Need a new refrigerator so went looking for one on our way home, think we found what we want. Because our home is a modular we have to be careful looking for a certain size. Talked about taking down the cabinet over the old refrigerator but lucked out and found one we like that will fit.

Yoga

Yoga this morning, feels good to stretch. Helps keep the body limber.

Walked over to the community center this after noon, nothing much going on.

Went to the mall and saw the movie Tower Heist, funny funny movie.

Siesta Beach

Coffee and newspaper at Starbucks this morning then seven-mile walk on Siesta Beach. Suppose to be in the 80's again today. Beautiful sugar sand, light breeze.

Next up to Home Depot to buy a couple palms to plant on both sides of the driveway. Also got two tomato plants to put in flower bed, the tomatoes in the grocery store are tasteless and sometimes just plain bad.

Day starting off pretty great. Todd and Shannon will be over tonight for Mexican Supper, tacos, refried beans, Spanish rice and chips and dip. Oh and good Mexican beer.

Met friends for drinks the other night and heard some good news, they are getting married!!! Congradulations, Karen and Paul. We're very happy for you. Had planned on leaving for Home2 on Oct. 1, but will stay around to help them celebrate. Leave the next day for Canada, Minnesota, Gettysburgh, Washington DC and them Florida arriving around Oct.30.

Labor Day was a labor day and we enjoyed every minute of it. Went to Kent and spent the week end with Bryan and family. Helped seal his new fence and it looks wonderful. Maggie can now run outside and not have to be on a leash. Came home on Monday and was glad we were headed for the Tri-Cities as the traffic headed into Seattle was backed up from the top of the pass back to Ellensburgh.

Back into exercising, it's been so hard this summer to keep at it. We've been gone so much and so active working around the house that exercising just didn't fit in to our schedules. But now we are working out every morning with one of two tapes, Yoga one day and Weights the next. Plus we walk or ride our bikes seven plus miles after the work outs. Maybe we can take off some of this weight we've packed back on this summer.

When we first got home this spring had our fish pond remodeled and it turned out beautifully. Ended up with two ponds in the place of just one. One one side we have 13 gold fish and on the other 2 large Koi. Spent a week in Canada when Doug's step-father, Cecil, passed, on turning found a small fish on the Koi side. Wondering if they had a baby or if one of the goldfish somehow got to the other side.

Next had the area behind our bedroom screened in so we could sleep with our french doors open. Have a small table and two chairs out there so we can sit and have coffee and read our newspaper in the mornings. I admit we enjoy our life :)

Yesterday we walked down to the mall and saw the movie "The Help". I would recommend it as one of the better movies I've seen this year.

So tired, been traveling so much. Seems like we just got back to Richland and already will be leaving for FL in a month. Weather has been cooler this summer, never making it into the 100's so the pool hasn't been used much. Over family reunion all the little kids spent much of their time in the pool but the adults just watched.

Has been a sad summer also as I lost a cousin to a heart attack, only 49 years old. Hadn't seen her in years and was looking forward to getting reacquainted at the family reunion but she passed the Monday before. On the day we were leaving for her memorial got the news that Doug's step-father had passed away. Had just seen him at the Minor-Dickinson reunion so that was good. All the grand kids but two were there as we celebrated Doug's Mom's 90Th birthday. I know they are glad that they got to see Cecil one last time and I know he really enjoyed being there and meeting all her grand kids. Last, just heard that a daughter of another cousin just passed away. Debbie was in her 20's, I believe, and had cancer since she was about eight years old. As I said it has been a sad summer. It can only get better. Things happen in threes and I've had my three....