New years Eve fireworks

The view I look at while doing dishes

Paul and I at the park in St Andrews, it was COLD

Shooting dice on New years Eve :-)

L-R, Marsha, Paul, Ron, Carole, KR, Bob, Luis, Judy

Another week gone and it has been COLD! Everyone gives me a bad time about complaining about the cold BUT, it is NOT supposed to be 26 degrees in Florida!

Because of the cold we haven't been doing much. We play cards a lot and when the North wind isn't blowing we go for walks. No pool time with these temps.

We ventured off to a place in AL that just opened a casino, not impressed. Did find a place called "Skins and Bubba's" that had some really good food. I am not kidding about the name. The food was Delicious, the name was a hoot!

Friend KR celebrated his 69Th birthday last night so we all went out to eat. I swear I eat more meals out down here than any other time. I will have to really put in extra time at the Y when we get back.

It is good to see our regular gang and we have added a couple more friends to the mix.

We miss the kids and friends at home and have decided that next year we will revert back to our 2 month stay. 4 months is too long.

Here is hoping the weather gets warmer for ALL of us. Talk next week

2010

Son in Law Tom and great grandson, Grady

Great grandson Gavin with Daughter Dee and Son in Law Tom

A cypress swamp, right in the middle of town, Blountstowm, FL
A friendly dice game, New Years Eve 2009

Fireworks off the pier, 12:07 am, Jan. 1, 2010

Happy New Year everyone. We are on the downward side of our winter trip. The November weather was spectacular, December was OK but not as good as usual. We are hoping that Jan. and Feb. will be better.

We have also decided that 4 months is too long, so we will go back to 2 months next year (if we get to do this again)

We had a wonderful Christmas with Dee and her family. I am totally shopped out! No one can shop for and find bargains like my Daughter Dee.

We have been doing the video chat thing with the whole family and it so great. On Christmas Day we got to watch Ann's boys tear into Christmas and it was almost like being there. Paul and son Bob chat weekly and talk about, what else, FOOTBALL! We highly recommend this to everyone.

When we got back here, the friends from WI started arriving, we are all here safe and sound and very happy to see each other.

There are 3 of the couples in our complex and the other couple is up the road a little.

We all got together to celebrate the new year and do what we do best, eat, laugh and play games. This year it was DICE!

It is starting out cloudy this morning, I hope this is not a harbinger of the next 2 months :-)

That is it for this week, I am really doing well at keeping this thing up!

I guess I'll try and get in a walk before the morning gets away from me.