Keksie

It is 48F right now. Saturday and Sunday will be cold and we will have freezing temps. at night. Darting Monday it will start to warm up. I will have a lot of yard work this spring, we have our lemons wrapped so I hope they make it.

I am so sorry. My thoughts are with you.

My husband is as much of a large case packer as I am. His shoes are huge, so even if he only brings a pair of dress shoes and a pair of sandals they take up a lot of room. His clothes take up a lot of room and even his snorkel mask is big. So even with less items his bag is as full as mine.

Good idea not to post the picture. Those are hilarious.

The cats love the table to sit and watch outside.

The table. It weighs about 500 lbs. and has been moved from Colorado to New Jersey, to Texas, to California, to Texas, and finally to Florida.

I am not really sure. Maybe it is a cultured granite? He had a computer program that showed the veining in each slab which was different for each, and how each counter piece will be laid out. He could move the pieces around to capture most of the veining and have everything run the same way. It will use most of 2 slabs to get all the pieces. I have a table made from a marble slab that my parents got from Marble Colorado. I still remember going with them to pick it out.

I don't over pack, I pack what I want and need for a trip. It will not fit in a carry on. I have a lovely suitcase that rolls well from the car to the ship or the car to the hotel. I don't do laundry or want to wash and dry anything other then my swimsuits. I want all my products that I use at home although I do put some in smaller bottles. For warm weather cruises we bring our snorkel masks and for cold weather cruises we bring a lot of outerwear. We usually can get by with two large suitcases and a carry on for me and a back pack for my husband. For our Alaskan cruise tour we had three large cases plus back packs.

We picked out the granite for the kitchen today.

August

The jacket and pants were from LL Bean. The long undies from Lands End. The boots were Ariats from tractor supply.

When we were in Ketchikan it was a cold steady rain all day. I had a 3 in 1 jacket, hiking boots and waterproof pants over my jeans. I also had long underwear on. We spent the day at one of the totem pole parks and all day I stayed dry and warm. The jacket could be a rain coat or a warm jacket or both. The boots had been sprayed with water proof spray and the pants fit well over my pants. I would have been miserable if I had gotten wet or cold.

Super adorable!

Day one and so far so good. I was gone most of the day at the refuge so I missed the noise and mess.

Well that was stressful. My laptop decided to update to Windows 11 this morning and lost all my documents since 2019. Sigh. I have a backup utility but it was not easy nor was it quick. I really dislike technology right now. An adult beverage is needed now.

I love this fridge. Although it is a Samsung and has the ice maker problem. I really like the middle drawer and use it a lot for lunch meats and cheeses.

There is always Florida.

I remember that freeze. I was worried about my friends who lived across the street from us before we moved. Their generator saved their pipes and kept the well pumping. They were so happy to have that generator.

Monday the kitchen work will begin. Should be finished in a month. Goodbye half the wall.

Our coldest day will be Tuesday. 41 daytime, 18 at night. We have the pipes already prepared.

They actually "fly" in the water.

I still think she needs to spread her talent to the Princess and Virgin forums. Maybe Bee is using AI to write the poems. Lol

That sounds wonderful.

Oh my now I have the oompa loompa song stuck in my head. Sigh

Safe travels.