Friday Meanderings

I’m baaaaaack!

And where have I been?

First I went to a conference in Orlando.  It was very interesting.  But Orlando is one big traffic horror film. Don’t go there.  Just a word of warning.

Then Terry and I went on vacation.  First road trip without Magster the Wagster.  So we didn’t have to stay in La Quinta!  Friends with cats let us stay with them!  (Maggie did not like cats.  Or kids.  Or strangers.  Or….oh, you get the picture)

Anyhow….

Now I’m going to show you a whole bunch of boring vacation snaps.  If you aren’t into that, you might want to move onto your next blog!

Went to North Myrtle Beach to visit our friends Terry and Phil.  Also the parents of our son-in-law, Andrew.

And you know we went to the beach!

How pretty is this?  While we were there soaking up the rays, a couple got married right in front of us.  No witnesses.  Guess that’s legal in South Carolina!

North Myrtle Beach

We all went to dinner at a restaurant on Little River.  KInd of an upscale version of the Shed!  I had sushi—can’t get that at the Shed!

The whole gang

And did you know that Myrtle Beach is the capital of Shagging? Had to check that out!

Shag Water Tpwer
Those are shaggers on their water tower!
Shag
And shaggers dancing at the weekly Thursday night music!

Shake it!

After a few fun days in South Carolina we headed to Washington DC.  The home of daughter Jessica and son-in-law Andrew.

Jessica's name plate
In case I forget Jessica’s title, I’ve got a pic now!

We toured Jessica’s office and then went to their apartment where we received our itinerary.

itinerary

Of course, we packed for 100 degree weather.  Because that’s what the Weather Channel told us to expect.  Nope.  Cold and Rainy! Terry and I both had to borrow sweatshirts for the Washington Nationals game.  (They lost!)

Washington National

Washington Nationals Stadium

Went to the National Portrait Gallery to see Michelle Obama which was on our schedule.

National Gallery
First we had to get a snap in front of this giant golden thing. There’s Andrew photobombing us.

Stopped by to see Michelle Obama which was on our itinerary.

Michelle Obama

President Obama was NOT on the schedule but we stopped by to visit him, too. Just because.  There was a really long line in front of his portrait for photo ops.

Barrack Obama

Then we went to Union Market for drinks and snacks because it was on the schedule.

Not on the schedule was the visit to a rum distillery.

rum distillery

rum disterilly
We were definitely the oldest couple in the room. Perhaps Jessica and Andrew were the next oldest couple. I wondered out loud how these kids could afford those prices. Seriously, the drinks ranged from $10 – $16! Terry said “they are all attorneys working for the federal government.” Got it!
rum
We were old. But we were happy after our rum visit!

Next up was a dinner party at Jes and Andrew’s apartment.

dinner party
Is this their patio. Or is this a photo shoot for Southern Living?
Andrew cooked.
ukuleles
After dinner the party demanded that Jessica and I entertain on our ukulele’s. Fortunately many adult beverages had already been consumed!

We did a lot more stuff.  Because it’s our family motto to squeeze 10 pounds into a 5 pound sack.

But I didn’t take any photos!  Whaaaaaat!

Okay. Moving on.

The Pet of the Week is….

Dusty

And Blizzard.Terry and Blizzard

Back when I still had dog smell on me these two would not even enter the same room that I was in.  Dusty actually hung out with Terry and me.  Blizzard.  Not so much.

Now the important stuff.

I plan on upgrading my websites this weekend.  Hopefully it won’t take long.  I never know.

And after that, I’m going to post more.  Here.  I’ve been taking photos and have no where else to put them!  So….come back next week.  And–if the website is up–there will be snaps!  And perhaps comments.  Maybe snarky ones.

For the weekend….

Saturday I’m going to Citrus Pride at the Crystal River Mall.  Maybe following that up with Open Mic with our friend Chuck Andrews at the Old Mill.

Scalloping starts on Sunday.  I’ll be helping the Key Club park cars.  Fun.  Right? (No.  It will be hot.  And humid. And sweaty!)

Sarasota Slim will be at the Shed on Sunday.  Besides 10,000 scallopers arriving to get there boats in then back out, there will be 10,000 motorcycles trying to find parking to hear Sarasota Slim.

I’ll be there.  Somewhere in the masses!

If you are scalloping in Old Homosassa, don’t block our streets.  Or litter our properties.  Or pee on our plants.

Have a great weekend!

Kathy

 

 

 

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Cobia Big Fish Tournament was last weekend!

Cobia Big Fish Tournament

Cobia Big Fish Tournament

Cobia Tournament

Went to dinner at Old Mill Tavern.  Someone had reserved all the tables!  We figured out who it was!  Left him some personal messages!

Old Mill Tavern

Lights are up on the pool!  Woo Hoo.  Now just need to do landscaping, new sod, replace pavers, repair sprinkler……  Maybe I’ll wait until it’s a little cooler!

pool

pool

Have a great weekend!

Kathy

 

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Its been a pretty wonderful week—which is all I expect from living here in Perfect!

Those that follow me on Instagram know that we have been putting a pool in.  Living in Perfect wasn’t quite perfect enough.  But now it totally is! (Well, after all the clean up is finished like new pavers and sprinkler system repair and some sod)

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We’ve been here 15 years!  (I know, how can that be!) Our two previous houses had pools which I loved.  The last few years I’ve really been missing that evening swim.  So we finally decided that it was time.  Love it!

My niece Michelle is moving.  She used to post here every week—she’s an excellent chef!  But then she started her own blog and then I fell down the rabbit hole and started my sewing blog…..

We got together last Saturday.

Here’s Michelle’s husband, Jon, and my great friend Yvonne.  Yvonne’s son who grew up with my daughter and son is running for office!  So cool! If you live in Hernando County, vote for Doug Chorvat!

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Here’s the rest of us! (Terry was the photographer)

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Besties, Donna and Yvonne and me looking really chubby, and my beautiful niece Michelle!

Seriously.  Vote for Dougie.  (He would hate I called him that!) I watched him grow up, graduate from HS with my daughter, go on to college, get a job, marry beautiful Malinda, have two awesome kids. And, of course, he has a great mom and she has great friends.  (And Yvonne was a mermaid!)

Besides all that, he’s totally qualified.  He’s been working in the Clerk of Circuit Court office since he graduated from college and has gone on to get even more certifications.

Okay.  I’ll get off of my voting stump!

My rain lilies started blooming this week.  Ahhhhh, maybe because we’ve had a WHOLE LOT OF RAIN!

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We had a really big torrential downpour on Wednesday. Flooded all the streets in Homosassa Springs. ( And in Old Homosassa—but we are used to that! ) Homosassa Springs made it onto all the Tampa newscasts.  Ha!  Blaming all the construction on US 19.  Really?  You think?

As far as I drove was the Homosassa Civic Club.  It was ukulele day!  Not going to miss that!  Nor were any of the other players. I had to wade in but most of them came in from US 19 and floated their vehicles through that mess and made it to our jam.  So impressed!  These people are dedicated to the Homosassa Ukers!

Monday evening the Homosassa Civic Club gave out scholarships to our local students.  They all came to pot luck and the meeting.  Love seeing these young people and their parents! That woman on the right? Not a student!  She’s a teacher at Crystal River and on the scholarship committee.  Jessica MacRae. She did receive the scholarship when she was going to college! She’s also running this summer’s camp at the Old Homosassa Learning Center! Yeah Jessica!

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Speaking of summer camp, there’s my favorite Key Club volunteer Tasia.  I think there’s a pretty good chance she’ll get a scholarship next year!

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And here’s the Dog of the Week!

Kimber!

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She is such a happy dog! And so joyful when I stop by the office.

Do you remember her puppy photo?

I was lucky enough to get to see Kimber every time I went to the Homosassa Special Water District office.  Which is several times a month since I’m on the board and have stuff I gotta do.  And then Kimber’s mom decided that Kimber needed to get weaned away from the constant loving.  Sad face for me and everyone in the office.

It was a very bright spot when she did a visit this week and I happened to stop in. Too cute.  I love all those hugs and that her little tail never stops wagging!

Well, that’s about it but…..

One last meander…..

for at least the past year I’ve had problems with this website.  Slow.  Pictures don’t load.  Issues with some of the apps that I use.  I called my host, GoDaddy.  They assured me that it was all my fault.  Too many apps.  Too many photos.

And I just accepted that.  Although there are a lot of other blogs out there with more pics and apps.  But this is supposed to be easy.  I have several websites and FaceBook pages that I maintain so I like easy.

But I’ve been getting these messages from WordPress (that’s the blogging website software I use) that my PHP is waaaaay out of date.  (Some kind of vaccine, I’m sure.) And I actually had the time to check on that a few days ago.  And it is.  And I have to buy ALL NEW HOSTING from GoDaddy to fix it.  No discounts for being paid up for three years.  Just pay a whole bunch more money.  And they will be happy to take it.

Totally my fault for not keeping myself informed.  Fortunately, the other websites that I do for the community are new enough that there is no problem.  It’s just “Just a Slice of Life in Perfect” and “Designs by KT Green”.  My own personal stuff.

My fault.  But not my fault.  Perhaps GoDaddy could have let me know before I did my last renewal.  But they were happy to take my money and then request more.

Anyhow, I had to rant a little to a friend, Diane Bedard of NatureCoaster.com-the only other person that I know personally that has a blog with WordPress—and she came up with a solution which I can live with.

But this blog and my other personal blog, might be offline while this is all taking place. So…..hang in there.  If the site is down when you check on it, be assured, it will be back.  Better than ever!

Have a GREAT WEEKEND!

Kathy