VACATION IS WINDING DOWN

Well, it's Saturday. Golfer just left for the last day of the tournament. Yesterday had been a pretty good round for him. But because some players got rained out due to the frequent small storms that were going through here, all of yesterday's scores were thrown out. I hope today is good one! The guys look forward to this tournament a lot and it's always nice if they have a good time.

It's been a good week - visiting with Bikini and Brief and the kids, lots of pool and beach time, visiting with friends, dining out at good places........ I'll be going down to the lobby soon to book our reservations for next year. The new owner of the Ocean Dunes will give us the same rate if we book before we leave. This is a convenient location and we all like it. The suites and rooms aren't real "plush" and fancy, but the price is right.

So, tomorrow morning we'll head home. I'm sure our furry kids will be happy to see us. They've been in good care with Lisa looking after them. We'll have a flurry of catching up with the laundry, a little cleaning and some yardwork and then it's back to work. That's what makes us appreciate vacation!

More later. Stay safe!

SOME HIGHLIGHTS..........

Vacation is going well, good times are being had, fun is exhausting!

Bikini, Brief, Boxer and Bloomer left for home this morning. They had to get back in time for the end-of-the-year program for Boxer's school. It was great seeing them! The kids were wonderfully well behaved. A couple high points were Boxer doing his "shark swim" face down in the water with his arms behind and above his back like fins. Cute! And Bloomer wanting to go feel (feed) the ducks. We got there and Bikini gave her a quarter for the duck/fish food dispensing machine and before she could get more instructions out of her mouth Bloomer threw the quarter in the water for the ducks! I guess she figured they could shop for themselves!

We want to send a "thinking of you" out to BeyB who had some dental work done this week. She's had some permanent teeth come in where no baby teeth came out and things were getting crowded. Had to have a couple teeth pulled. Nurse J says she's doing well though. She also had a teensy cavity repair and some teeth sealing. Hopefully, next year they will all be able to join us at the beach for a couple days, too.

As for me, I've had lots of sun sitting time and water time. Today I did a little shopping and also did the laundry. We had packed for the week thinking we would have washers and dryers available as usual. But out of three washers and three dryers in the building, only one washer works. So I found a very nice laundromat and loaded up the stuff and got it all done at once. Also got some reading done while I was waiting!

Dinner tonight is with our friends at a great Italian restaurant we discovered while we were here the last time. The guys have had a couple rain delays today in the tournament, but they should be back in time for our reservations. If not, we'll change the time. No worry.

So for now, take care and stay safe!

THANK GOODNESS! IT'S VACATION TIME!

First..... sorry it's been so long since my last post. Much has been happening!

Golfer and I were in Washington, D.C. visiting friends when we got word that my sister's husband had passed away. He had been quite ill and was in declining health. It was sad, but we're glad he's not suffering any longer. Golfer scrambled around and found me a flight to Ohio and I got there for the funeral. Visited with everyone and came home last Tuesday. Then I had to scramble around to catch up at work and get everything ready for our vacation.

We are now in Myrtle Beach. Golfer and his buddies will be playing in the Retired Military Golf Classic this week. Bikini, Brief, Boxer and Bloomer are here for a few days. It's great to see them. Boxer and Bloomer are getting so big! And they have been soooooooo good! We've played in the pools and they've built sand castles. They've gone round and round the lazy river at the water park. We've gone out to dinner with our friends and the kids have been on their best behavior.

Memorial Day weekend is also the time of the Atlantic Beach Bikefest. Usually, the hotel where we stay is overcrowded, loud and noisy, and there are no parking places, and long lines everywhere for a few days. We have been pleasantly surprised this year. Myrtle Beach has passed some new laws and they are being enforced. Such things as restricted noise levels and parking restrictions, helmet laws, etc. The bikers have gone back to Atlantic Beach and the paper says they had a good time. The rest of us have enjoyed our visits to Myrtle Beach this time, too!

In other news, Golfer and I attended an excellent performance of "Wicked" at Chrysler Hall last week. It was wonderful! I highly recommend it. For those of you not familiar, "Wicked" is the story of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz. You know, she didn't really start out as wicked. Tolerance of things different is a good thing.

That's about it from here for now. Stay safe!

HAPPY DAY BEFORE MOTHERS' DAY!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Mothers' Day!

I'll be calling my Mom, who lives in Ohio, tomorrow. She's turns 100 this year and she doesn't "do" computers so she won't see these wishes here.

All is well with us. Today it's hot and muggy and getting ready to rain some more even though the sun is out right now. We've had at least eight days with rain off and on. Things are soggy. The grass needs to be mowed and all that rain did not slow down any weed growth. I considered doing a a little yard clean-up today, but like I said, it's hot and muggy. Tomorrow is only supposed to be in the 70's. That's more conducive to yard work in my opinion. So today has been filled with doing laundry and doing errands and doing some cleaning.

Golfer and I saw "Wolverine" this past week. Very good movie. If you liked the X-Men movies, you should like this one. There are a few new movies coming out soon that we want to see. The new "Star Trek" might be the next one. I believe Bikini and Brief are seeing it today. I'm anxious to hear their opinions.

I ran into Nurse J while out doing errands; we had a short chat in Sam's Club. All is well with them.

Stay safe and have a good weekend!

Hey, All!

So.... When I fed the furry kids early yesterday morning I discovered teeny, tiny ants in the kitchen. Just in one area; the same area where they seem to be every year about this time. I had hoped that the disturbance of tearing up old flooring and putting in new tile and all the accompanying mortar and grout would eliminate the problem, but not so.

When the kitties had finished eating, I took up all their dishes and emptied and scrubbed them. Sprayed the whole area with kitty-safe insecticide and hoped for the best. The ants started keeling over right away. When I returned home from work in the afternoon I didn't see any live ones, so I cleaned well, and put things back in place. It's been too windy to spray the ant shield liquid around the foundation outside. We've found that that helps, too, but it will have to wait until later.

It's a lovely day here. Warm, breezy. The windows are open and the furry kids are running back and forth. I've been outside to pull some weeds and do some cleaning up.

Golfer is due home this evening from visiting his brother in Ohio. Lar had major heart surgery recently. We're glad he's doing well.

Bikini reports that Boxer has two soccer games today. Boxer took Bikini to a Mother's Tea at his school. Bikini said it was lovely and a good time was had by all, complete with dressing up and drinking tea and having lots of goodies! Bloomer is keeping busy, too! They are all doing well.

Nurse J and Cable Guy are both working today, so I took BeyB up to her school to join three teachers and over fifty kids, and some parent chaperones for a geology field trip to a field mine in the mountains. BeyB's teacher asked me if I wanted to go along; five kids did not show up. They had to pay in advance, non-refundable, and it wouldn't have cost me anything. I passed on the offer, but said thank you. Nothing sounds like so much fun for a sixty year old woman with joint issues as a two to three hour bus ride (one way) (on a school bus!) to a field mine to dig rocks in the sun with over fifty pre-teen kids. Woo-hoo!!!! But I do hope they all have a good time and find some great rocks. BeyB was excited because her mom bought her a new messenger bag and she said she was going to fill it with rocks. I reminded her she had to be able to carry it home.

That's about it for now. Stay safe!

ANTS ! ! !

More later.