aging and reading material

Whitney, Hannah, Laina & Kelly play VB at St. John

OK I'm sitting in the Dr.'s office the other day and I pick up the "Ocala Home" magazine...flip thru the pages and discover Miss Whitney's pic in the St. John School ad page...how fun. She says she told me that she was in it (Spring 2009) edition....I forget, as usual....(is the mind the first to go??)

Again, I'm in the Dermatologist's office 2 days ago....having him look at yet another "spot" on the bridge of my nose...is it my imagination or did the "other spot" jump 8 cm and grow again in a new area? ....I asked...he ponders and says, "no...this is just an age spot"....what? Is it caused by the sun? He says, "no, just age"...says, "it won't go away, it will just get bigger and darker"...I say, "cut if off"...he does..with that same pain-numbing needle he stabbed me with last time...and in 1 minute it's gone...but I have to wear yet another band-aid on my face....band aid-face!!! But...at least the sun is not causing it...my age is....I say, "as long as they can slice it off....good, come on age...you will not deter me.....!

a week of friends & food

Miller girls beauties

silly

Oh my goodness sakes...this week can just be marked by food intake....but so much fun...it was also a week of work your tail off at the gym...so it's a net net week!





Wednesday...Bonefish...date nite Miller-4...love the sashimi ahi tuna...but the highlight was the INFAMOUS BROWNIE dessert....mmm


Thursday...Ayuttaya Thai Cuisine with buddies Marcia & John......love the open flame-heat-your-chicken-kabob-then-dip-in-peanut-sauce...but the fried bananas with peach sherbet...delightful!



Friday...Mojo's Cajun Fare with Valerie, Scott, Jenny & Claude....love the boiled shrimp and crawfish....dessert was AFTER the movie....marble slab...scoop of cake batter and strawberry ice-cream mixed with raspberries....at 10:00 PM











Don't forget Saturday....after dinner fried cheese balls and Merlot on Ipanema's cigar-patio with live jazz with Sarah and Craig....stogies firing!















...followed by Sunday at Sonny's BBQ with Valerie & Scott, Adah & Whit again...this has been a good week for my kitchen....guess I'm cooking tonite...I am without excuse....argh...why am I mad?













Tomorrow.....back to the gym...lots of cardio this week!

wedding at the beach

view from our room

Hannah & Cyndi

wedding crasher

of course, porpoises seen jumping from our veranda

the beautiful wedding cake (and tasty too!)

the 2 Cindys...dressed for outdoor beach wedding (1000 degrees)

but at the last moment...the wedding was moved inside...we we still having fun...

Hurrah Hurrah...another great weekend....my buddy C2 "just so happened" to be attending a family wedding in South Florida (2 hours from my house) and said, "hey, want to join me?" Of course I say, "heck yeah".....so this past Friday we hoofed it down the freeway and landed in a harborfront townhouse .....all to ourselves for 2 nites...no husbands, no worries....

the agenda:

• Friday nite...Waterfront dining ....afterdinner drinks & time with C's gorgeous Mama



• Saturday morning...sleep in, drink too much coffee, lunch, watch the boats go by



• Saturday afternoon...pool time...people watching...fruity drinks...oh yeah



• Saturday evening....wedding, dinner, drop Hannah off at ACA VB camp just down the road, back to hotel, more time watching boats go by



• Sunday morning...sleep in, drink too much coffee, watch the boats go by and check out.....leave each other...cups full because, finally, we had enough time to catch up....

I truly love this girl.....C...you're the best....until we meet again...(got anything coming up?) Hugs!

more musings...

our hotel....:)

Sum Sum Summertime....

Summertime is slowtime...time to stay in your jammies way too long; time to drink more coffee than you should; time to blow off working out and doing chores and grocery shopping (sorry family) and for va-cay...and that's what we've been doing....

July4th weekend (Thurs-Sun) we spent in Ashevegas....yep, we took the party bus and the gatorfamily of 3 and headed up to the mountains. It was great...for a whole weekend...we were tourists HAHA

Felt great to be back in the "big house"....we arrived around 3 AM...let's just say we had a little trouble getting out of Slowcala....we were so pumped we all didn't even try to go to bed until around 4:30AM....then we did the usual stuff you do when you're dragging out...eyes all crusty and sleepy....we dragged it out to the living room, drank coffee and just chatted...

It was a "pretend beautiful weather" weekend there....0% humidity, sunny, cool, breezy mountain air and no bugs"....everything opposite of Flo-RI-da...so we opened up the windows and doors and just took it all in....our Gator friends were asking, "tell us again why you left this pristine place?" That's when we reminded them that this was "pretend weather". Typical Asheville weather is cold, gray, rainy, and gloomy...and really, do you want Summer to be cool? I say, "heck no!"

But, we were being tourists so we acted like this was the norm. We decided to just spruce up a teeny bit above our "jammy-wear" and head out for a hike around "The Ramble"...prettiest neighborhood in Ashevegas...lots and lots to look at...while we were out we got the infamous call that the house was going to "Show"....we scrambled back, did what was necessary to hide the fact that 6 tourists had just landed about 7 hours earlier and were living out of suitcases....we vacated the place and prayed..."Please God, let this be the one so we can celebrate while we are here the sale of this magnificent place".

We decided at that moment our "attire" would have to do for the next few hours...we headed up to the top of Mt. Pisgah for a hike....it was fabulous on the top...great views from there...our Floridian gators were amazed....fun fun

We hiked, saw waterfalls, dipped our toes in the frigid mountain stream, and ate boxed lunches...more fun.

Our prayers were not answered the way we wanted...they said, "no"...aggghhh! But we enjoyed our day anyway.

Later that evening we invited a group of our A-vegas pals over for an impromtu pizza party...very much fun reconnecting with these beloved buddies of ours.

Next day: White water rafting...we're still waiting for the picture to arrive in the mail....icy water, again 0% humidity, cool breeze, another perfect outing.

That evening: Gourmet dinner and fireside chats at the Hosey House....a perfect ending to a perfect day...(note to self, find a friend that is NOT a fabulous cook so I can look better)

Sunday: Church at Grace...our old favorite stomping grounds....loved it...and, of course, lunch at Earth Fare...when in Ashevegas....eat like the vegans we love....haha...then hit the bakery for chocochocochip cookies, pecan pie, chocolate cupcakes....put the house back together for more potential buyers, get back in the party bus and head south to Flo-Ri-Da.

11:30 PM....home sweet home...hello pets!