Actually hotter than hot. When our northern friends ask us “how do you stay in Florida all year round?” We are like, it’s not that bad. It never gets over 90 and it rains every afternoon. Brings the humidity down.
That hasn’t happened thus far this year. 96 today. And yesterday. And every day for the last week. And no rain.
So my suggestion for this weekend is….. Stay inside. Watch Netflix. Or hang out in your favorite local bar. For the next 6 weeks.
Things will get better.
I always write my Friday Meanderings on Thursday evening. With a glass or two or three or, maybe even, four of Chardonnay.
Which I think makes me very clever.
Or, sometimes that last glass puts me right over to very sad.
I’ve had a crazy busy week. Haven’t been sleeping. Caught a cold.
So. My meandering for this week is….stay inside, enjoy your family, get some sleep.
Kendall started texting me a couple of weeks ago about “when can I come up and it better be RIGHT NOW!.” Yeah, I think it’s really cool that the 8-year old is texting me.
So Kendall and Addison have been here for a few days.
The above pic was after an hour boat ride to the Springs, two hours of swimming, an hour back, showers to get rid of “Lu Poo” (if you live in Homosassa you know what I mean) and then a big crash. (Maggie did not go with us but she spent all that time worrying about us being out on the boat without her.)
Kendall, Maggie, me and grandpa all took a very long nap. Addison toughed it out. And was still up at 10 pm. (Where does she get the energy????? and she must not really be related to the rest of us!)
Going to show you a video next week of Addison’s encounter with a manatee. As soon as I figure out how to put the video on here. Very cool!
Anyhow, what’s going on….
The Mullet Toss. Saturday. All the money goes to the kids. Terry and I are working (sweating) at the raffle table.
Monday. The Meet and Greet. (Postponed from June because of a tropical storm) The newspaper has advertised TWICE that there will be “light appetizers, wine, beer, and soda.” Sheesh. How did that make it into the paper? But we should have a good turnout! Get there early if you want any of the free food and drinks cause I only bought enough for 100!!!!!!!
I’m sure that you will hear ALL about it next week!
If a hurricane doesn’t hit us before then. (Would that not be a message from a higher power?)
Sad news for us this week. Our friend Carroll Wood passed away on Tuesday.
Jon and Carroll when they won the family cornhole tournament back in 2015.Shirley and Carroll chillin’ in our screenShirley and Carroll enjoying an afternoon on the Homosassa River.
He was Terry’s Mom’s “boyfriend”. He loved coming to Homosassa and was just here for Mother’s Day. We all went to “Vintage on 5th.”
We will miss him greatly.
So what else is going on?
I’ve been working on a project in my sewing room. I signed up for the “Manchester Metallics Summer Bag Challenge” through the blog SewMamaSew.com. I thought that if I actually got picked out of the over 100 people that applied, they’d send me some fun fabric, I’d throw an easy-peasy tote together, post it and they would put it on their website. (Always looking for free publicity) But then I read the acceptance email and realized that it’s actually a challenge against other sewers! What? Now I’ve got to bring my A game! It will be posted next week. Check it out at DesignsByKTGreen.com on Tuesday.
Here’s the fabric I get to work with!
They are all from Kaufman Fabrics and the one on the left is SHINY! The middle one is indigo denim and the one on the right is Kona cotton is silver. I’ve got the bag designed and part of it put together. Still lots of work left to pull it together, though.
Pretty. Pretty. Pretty.
Then there’s my new political life. When I originally agreed to run for the Homosassa Special Water District’s board, I thought I was the only one signing up. But there’s a guy from the other side of the river that’s also running. Bummer. Today’s the last day to “qualify” so there could be even more competition!
Tomorrow is the Homosassa Fireworks Festival. Terry and I will be at the Old Homosassa Heritage Council in the afternoon asking for donations for our golf cart raffle and our very cool new t-shirts. Since it will probably in the mid-90s tomorrow and there’s a bar right beside our booth, we’ll probably be drinking beer, too. (Or at least I will!)
Tomorrow is also the first day of Scallop Season! Woo-Hoo! Terry and I will be on our bikes at the ramp watching the local entertainment!
Got some political stuff going on, too. Two candidates for Sheriff will be in Old Homosassa to hang out with the locals on Friday evening. Chuck Kanhel will be at the Civic Club and Phil Royal will be at the Old Mill Tavern. (Chuck Kanhel’s political signs have him as “combat veteran”. I told Terry that I’m putting “wife of Vietnam Combat Veteran” on my political signs. That ought to get me some votes!)
Mullet Toss is on July 9th at the Old Mill Tavern. “Meet and Greet” honoring Senator Charlie Dean is on the 11th at 5 PM at the Civic Club.
