Day Three Hundred Forty 2013

Supper tonight at Ocha, our favorite Thai food deli. Grandson Knox and Rich, the owner of Ocha, have become buddies on a first name basis. Knox loves Ocha carrots dipped in sweet and sour sauce. Rich makes sure Knox’s mom gets plenty on her plate to share with Knox on his plate. Tonight, Knox ordered for himself. Carrots!  [thanks for sharing the picture, Kelly.]  Happy TGIF, everyone!

Day Three Hundred Twenty Seven 2013

Chilly night! Chili night! Happy Saturday!

Day Three Hundred Twenty Four 2013

WEDNESDAY this and that

Neil and I went for a walk around the block after our Slim Fast lunch today ~ this hill gets your heart pumpin’

Grandson Elijah after school telling me about his day

Ray of light kind of day ~ sky was so blue

Also a doughnut kind of day ~ Ralph’s rules!

Also a pizza kind of day ~ supper with peeps at Mamma Rosa’s ~ Granddaughter Shelby ready for a bite of pepperoni

My ooey gooey cheesy mushroom pizza dripping off the plate ~ yummalicious. Wednesday was pretty tasty. Was yours?

Day Three Hundred Twenty 2013

Ever Lovin’ Saturday













Lazy windy gray Saturday. Good day to read and rake a few leaves and make some stew and hang out with peeps. How was your day?

Day Three Hundred One 2013

Bought a new Crockpot yesterday and thought I’d take it for a spin today. It’s the first time I’ve ever actually bought a slow cooker even though I’ve been using them since I’ve been married [40 years and counting]. Crockpots made their debut way back in the seventies. Someone gave us our first one for a wedding gift. It is burnt orange. I still have it. My daughter Holly gave me one of her slow cookers after she got married ~ she and her hubs ended up with three as wedding presents.  I was happy to have a modern one where you can remove the crock from the pot. Easier to wash. It was time for a new one, though. Spent twenty bucks for it at Wal-Mart. Not too shabby. Works great, especially after the smells-like-I’m-cooking-batteries odor wore off and the sweet and sour chicken and broccoli aroma took over. Tasted great, too.

Day Two Hundred Seventy Five 2013

“…I want to run the beach's length, because it never ends.”
~Deborah Ager

Sunshine was rare today. There is a developing tropical storm headed this way in the next day or two.

Blue and gray. Mostly gray today with rain. First day here that we didn’t sit on the beach at all.

We lazed around the pool instead and watched Knox splash.

Zero feet deep is perfect for him although he was fearless and waded out into the two and three feet part of the pool.

I think we found Nemo



He had more fun at the pool this morning than pint sized human beings should be allowed to have

This afternoon we spotted some dolphins feeding in the choppy waves ~ one of these days I’m going to see one jump up out of the water ~ Neil saw one the other day ~ I’m so jealous


We walked to a place on the beach called the Back Porch for supper [thanks for the pic, Kelly]

Neil was leaning out the window, watching the sun go down

The food here is most excellent


While we were eating we finally got to see some sunlight [thanks for the pic, Kelly]

We weren’t going to have dessert, but the server said they had Key Lime Pie and cheesecake ~ the Key Lime Pie was homemade but not the cheesecake, so Kelly and I decided to try their Key Lime Pie. The server also brought us a complimentary piece of cheesecake which was really nice. We all sampled the two, but the Key Lime Pie was the best ~ it tasted like Mom’s Lemon Ice Box Pie only made with key limes ~ heaven on a plate.

The sunset turned into something truly awesome after this gray rainy day [thanks again for the pic, Kelly~nice shot!] The stars are out tonight and there’s not much wind, but the waves are crazy fierce. Neil has been out there on the beach flying his night flyer RC plane. Tonight he came back in and said he couldn't get it to start ~ it landed in the water the other night and got some salt water in it which is not so good. Wonderful Wednesday at the beach even if you can't fly~

Day Two Hundred Seventy Four 2013

“It’s hard for me to put into words why I like the beach so much. Everything about it is renewing for me, almost like therapy...Beach Therapy”    ~Amy Dykens

At the Donut Hole for breakfast [I did not buy a donut~I haven’t even had one Krispy Kreme since we’ve been here]

Kelly and Coffee

This is a good idea

Neil’s great big breakfast

Knox's great big pancake

Beautiful day on the beach~waves were fierce

Knox having fun by the sea

He has more fun when mommy plays with him

Knox and his daddy chasing sandpipers

Crash boom splat

Happy Feet~Bird Edition

Good sleeping weather

We enjoyed the shrimp so much last night that we cooked it again tonight for supper.

The leftover chili made for a yummy rerun.

Dragonfly on the screen~don’t know what he wanted but he wouldn’t go away.

Pale but pretty sunset ~ Life is good at the beach even if you can't remember what day it is [especially if you can't remember what day it is ~ Neil kept asking]. Happy October, everyone! My favorite month of the year.