February 2011

Got up around 7h00 a.m. and read emails, drank coffee and had a slow morning. 

From there, we went to get some groceries, at Sobey's, on the West Side and then, we headed off to Lancaster Mall.  Gilbert needed to pick up a couple parts, for Bertha again, at what was formerly called Radio Shack but is now called "The Source". 

Did some more packing and stuff, late afternoon.  Gilbert had to go up into the attic and grab one of our old, vinyl suitcases.  I didn't realize that I'd need that much luggage space.

In bed around 11 p.m.

Sunday, 13 February 2011

Got up at 8 a.m. - WOW!!  aren't I the lazy one!  LOL

Well, I'm finally caught up on my laundry - did that this afternoon!

Got up around 7h00 a.m. and there was snow on the ground.  Snow has stopped and we will be getting rain by the time I board the bus, heading towards Bangor, Maine.

Left the house around 1h45 p.m.

(picture taken previously... when I had picked up my ticket)

Well, I sure was nervous this morning!

I did NOT want to wake up late!  I had the hotel give me a wake up call and
set the room radio alarm to go off at 4h00 a.m.

Taxi picked me up at 5 a.m., for the airport.  Got security checked and was
able to keep both my "framboise" (AKA "raspberry") luggage with me, as carry-ons!
BONUS - saved money there!  LOL

Since I was early and didn't get a chance to have any coffee, I picked up an
English Muffin and a cup of coffee.

OH MY GOD!!  I was finally able to see the front and back of our airplane!!!
My knees buckled!

I hadn't flown in over 10 years!!!

From the airport, we went back to the hospital.... this time with Elaine.
Charlie appeared to be much better, much to everyone's relief!

After we left the hospital, Frummie took us to a restaurant called "Deck 84",
and we ate outside on their deck.  What a LOVELY place.  There was a water way
and everything was all lit up and magical!

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

I got up around 7 a.m.  Couldn't sleep anymore and was too excited.  I wanted to
ENJOY Florida and not waste too much time in bed!!!

*grin*

When I opened up my eyes, here's what I saw outside of my bedroom window!

Well, I woke up at 6h30 and physically got out of bed at 7 a.m.  It's just still soooo hard to believe that I'm in this gorgeous place and that back home, it's freezing cold!

Grabbed coffee and chatted with everyone, as they woke up.

In the meantime, Charlie had called and he was able to LEAVE the darn hospital, FINALLY!!!  

Frummie and Kevin left, around 10 a.m. and arrived an hour later, with Charlie!!!!

After talking with Charlie and Frummie, Elaine and I left in their car to go visit Harley Davidson's.... Elaine bought some "stuff" for her hubby.

We then went to the (big) Joann's store.  I bought some cute "coffee" fabric there and plan on making some curtains or whatever, in our kitchen!

Just as we were about to get into our car, after shopping at Joann's, we saw this CUTE little animal!!!  We later found out that it was a "Cuban Lizard"!!!

I was able to take a picture of it, but it quickly scurried away, afterwards.

As we hadn't eaten and it was 3 p.m., we opted to grab a quick burger at McDonald's.  Yep!  same kind of Big Mac as we have and YES, that hit the spot! 

LOL

We got home around 5 p.m., met Frummie and Charlie's friend and neigbour, Gerry, while Charlie cooked supper - oooops!  They call it "dinner" here!  *grin*

YEP - you read it right!  Charlie was well enough to cook an INCREDIBLE dinner for us!

On the menu?

Filet mignon, with a bit of "jus", baked sweet potato and asparagus.

Dessert?

Almond cheese cake streusel and a bundt marble cake.... with coffee.

Here we are, around the table - Gerry had joined us for dinner.

We sat around and chatted.  I cut up some of the civil war fabrics that Elaine had given me.... to share with Frummie.  Elaine was the "fabric folder".  *grin*

Frummie reading a magazine:

And here's Elaine, resting from folding fabric....  *grin*

And we chatted and chatted till 11h30.  I read, in bed, till 2 a.m.

Rosa

Everybody got up fairly early, took showers and we went to "Cracker Barrel"

for breakfast.

WHAT GREAT FOOD!!!!  WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!!!  I just LOVED it there!!!!

*VBG*

Here's Elaine, Frummie and Charlie.  Kevin was absent from the picture - he had to speak on his cell phone.

They have an INCREDIBLE country store there, as well!  The men left in Kevin's rented car and Frummie, Elaine and I spent some time browsing and shopping in that store.

We then took off to Buttonwood Quilts.  It wasn't as big as the first quilt store we had been to - "My Quilt Store" - but I just LOVED this store!

(ssssshhhhh..... notice what store was BESIDE the quilt store?!???   LOL

From there, we went (again) to Jo-Ann's.... but this time, the one that's smaller and closer to Frummie's.

From there, we went to "Boynton Beach".... THE beach!!!

Elaine was able to realize one of her "Bucket List" wishes.... dip her toes into the Atlantic ocean!!!

They had the strangest, in MY eyes, jellyfish.  Ours don't even CLOSELY ressemble these, and I live near the Atlantic ocean, as well!!!

And here's Elaine, dipping her toes!

Everybody slept in this morning.

Once up and dressed, we decided to go to Target - Frummie and Charlie needed a few things and I had never been to a Target, before.

I picked up a bigger suitcase so that I could bring more "stuff" back with me.

Around here, there are LOADS of sports cars!  I'm not a car enthusiast but my eyes popped out, nevertheless!

We ate lunch at a deli called "West Side Deli" - OH MY GOD, but the sandwiches were humungous and DELICIOUS!!!

I had matzah ball soup, for the FIRST time!

Once home, we just sat back, basically and RELAXED....

Frummie gave us a quick tutorial on how the AccuQuilt Go Machine works, and cut out some cute flowers to appliqué, as well!

I managed to take a couple pictures of Frumme and Charlie's home.

The girls read magazines and surfed the web for quilty items and such and NO, they didn't buy!  LOL

I worked on my my coffee "Rainbow Flower".

Charlie cooked an incredible dinner - a HUGE pot of chili, with corn cake.

Gerry, their friend and neighbour came over for supper.

We went to bed around 1 a.m.

Rosa

I got up around 7 a.m., once again.  I washed and dried my clothes, this morning.

We all left around 10h30 a.m. and went to this incredible mall, called "Boca Town Center"!!!

OH MY GOD!!!

A Luis Vuitton store!!!  Elaine and I went inside to "smell".  LOL

(note: purses are approx. $1,000.00 each!!)

A REAL "Apple" store!!!

Saks Fifth Avenue!!!

They even had palm trees, growing INSIDE of the mall!!!

Coach, a store mainly for purses!!!  These 2 purses were my favorites, but their prices certainly weren't in my budget, unfortunately.

Victoria's Secret!!!

And a cazillion other lovely stores, too many to mention here. *grin*

We met up with Frummie's 2 lovely daughters for 12h30, at "Stir Crazy"....  an incredibly entertaining and different restaurant!

Their food is Mongolian/Asian.

I took a picture of Frummie and her 2 daughters, after lunch...

We got home around 2 p.m. and I changed into more comfortable clothes.

Hand sewing was our main activity till 5 p.m.

Frummie then invited us to go view their Club House, so we took a short walk to go view it.

Once again, I was FLOORED by the beauty of their location, and how lucky they were to live here!

Here's the main entrance:

SEVEN tennis courts!!!

And their pool area.... to DIE for!!!!

A community (for them) computer room, even!

A room to play pool.

And many, many other activity rooms!

Dinner was left overs: Charlie's chili, yesterday's leftover sandwiches from the Deli, and other various food items.

Afterwards, we lazed around and chatted.  Elaine helped Frummie with some teeny, weeny wool appliqué flowers... They selected wool colors and Frummie cut them out.  I continued working on my Coffee Rainbow Flower table topper.

Frummie, working on her wool flowers:

I got up around 7h30 and updated my journal, while the others slept.

Another lovely building!

We went into this building that had a few boutiques but upstairs, there was an antique store.  None of us bought anything, but it sure was fun to browse!  *grin*

Frummie, at Star Buck:

After our afternoon of shopping, we came home... got changed and went to the pool!  Charlie and I went into the water and met up with Gerry, their friend and neighbour.  Elaine and Frummie did some chatting and hand sewing, on the lounge chairs.

 Look at me and those INCREDIBLE palm trees!??!?!?  I'm still madly in love with those trees!  *grin*

We all went - Charlie, Frummie, Gerry, Elaine and I to the "Carolina Ale House", for ribs.

Charlie, Frummie and Gerry.... patiently waiting for a table.

Oh dear.... what can I say?

It turned out to be the hottest and/or most humid day of all!

Once again, I had such an INCREDIBLE visit with Frummie and Charlie.....  my heart broke, to leave my friends.....

Gilbert and I got up at 7h30 and as Gilbert went downstairs to get our coffee, he quickly realized that we had a problem with one of our computer thingies.

Gilbert and I both woke up at 7h30 a.m. and he was nice enough to go downstairs to get the coffee.   Actually.... come to think of it, he got it yesterday morning, too!  LOL

We then went back home and un-loaded our groceries from Costco and headed out the door, for groceries.... on the West Side.

By the time I had completely finished the dress, supper was cooked.

In bed by 10 p.m.  Once again, I was EXHAUSTED!!!   I sure hope my energy level comes back before I head off to work!

Rosa  

Awake at 3h30 a.m.... tossed and turned till around 5h30 and then, fell into a deep sleep until 8h30 a.m.  

Gilbert went downstairs and got coffee for us.

Once again, we sipped on our coffee, while reading our emails and reading the news on the web.

Sunday is usually our laundry day so I decided to start early, this morning.

Gilbert and I then went downstairs.... he puttered around in Bertha's room (our Long Arm room) and I puttered around in my sewing room.

Had leftover veggie pie, for dinner.

One of our clients arrived around 2h30, to pick up her quilt and, as soon as she left, we headed out the door to go to the funeral home.  My co-worker's Dad had passed away.

Once home, Gilbert got into the cooking mode.

He made 4 lasagnas:

And since we had bought a bag of, what we call "Triangle" bread, from Costco, he sliced them in half and added garlic butter to them, wrapped them in foil paper and popped them in our freezer. VOILA!  Instead garlic bread, when you need it! *s*

Afterwards, he rewarded himself with his every-other-weekend-drink.... his martini!!!

Now, while Gilbert was cooking, I did a whole BUNCH of dishes and then, went into my sewing room and finished sewing our chenille floor mat.

It doesn't look like much, right now, but TRUST ME.... Gilbert has to finish cutting up the "lines" - that's his job and then, we trim it up and I'll bind it.  Stick it in the washer and dryer and BINGO !!!!   You've got yourself a chenille floor rug!  Special thanks to Barb, for telling me about this technique!!!!

Watched a bit of TV and then, popped in an old movie - The Cable Guy.

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