Tiki Bar - Breakfast and Beach - Birthday Lunch

 Shalimar, FL  (Hi 82   Lo  69)

Mother's day seems months away, but this week's blog starts with Sunday and it was Mother's day. It was a super great day. I heard from both boys which is always a plus. The luncheon was really good in the dining room. 

Here's a few photos. (Click photo to enlarge).

I like this picture of the walkers coming to the commons for lunch. 

People picking up to go lunches

The line before going in. We were the second shift. The place was packed. 

Resting after eating was a great idea. My neighbors, Anne and Del

After lunch we went to the new Tiki bar on Hurlburt Air Field. It's right on the bay and a beautiful place. The weather was perfect.

Ellen, Lane, Dee, Kathy enjoying a drink. 

You can rent boats/pontoons 

Sand dune on the other side. Past that is the gulf

Brand new housing for military

Monday I went with Sheila to Asiagos Skillet for breakfast. It's on Okaloosa island and a very good place. She knows the area and has been to several restaurants that are better than others. We try to get out once a month. 

They have an area of decorations that is really neat. 

Then we went to the beach. It was so gorgeous. 80 degrees with a breeze. We found a public place to park and just enjoyed the views and waves. 

Tuesday  I played "beat the clock". I love Tuesdays. I had diamond art then took a person to the airport, came back for wellness class, had a zoom class then worked on a puzzle. It was rainy most of the day so I didn't get out. I played cards at night then back on nightly zoom. 

Wednesday was another busy day. I went to a seminar on mental health for half hour. I got home in time for a noon zoom class. I was on tiktok as a moderator, then another zoom with some great friends. Cards in the evening and ending with survivor.  No time to waste. 

Thursday started with my class "Circle of life".  I'm trying to get people in a group to talk about the paperwork to get done before you pass. I also do an open forum to talk about thoughts when you pass what do you expect, there's no proof of anything but talk about dying/death to live better. We're all going to pass, be comfortable talking about it. 

For lunch we went to Ruby Tuesday to celebrate Del's 89th birthday. Dee, Kathy, Del, Rosie. 

When we played cards we had a cake for Del. 

Friday started with Tiktok, then the afternoon was working on a puzzle with Del. 

I had the NC zoom in the evening and on to the nightly zoom.  I have more friends on my zooms then in person, love it. 

Saturday was a perfect day to clean up outside. The patio needed some attention and the apartment was in need of some cleaning. I was yakking with the gals outside and one of the neighbors needed some help with groceries. I got them taken in the apartment then I worked on the puzzle and made one of my meals.  Happy hour was at 5 and I was home by 8. The storm chasers are back out for severe storms in the Midwest so watching them on Youtube. 

Some extra things:

A tiny little puzzle that Del put together. Her son and wife went on a cruise and it was on the ship. It's postcard size and so cute. 

Del got her first lighthouse done before I got mine done. I'll post as we finish them, but there's eight total. 

I think it's time to replant my peace lily It's huge. 

End of Bowling - Volunteer Dinner - Goodbye Party - Camaroon - Flowers

 Shalimar, FL  (Hi  79  Lo 69)   HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

On Monday it was our last Wii bowling for the season. We'll start back up in August or September. In the evening we had volunteer dinner that management does for all the volunteers that work thru the year.  (Click on photos to enlarge)

The meal was great 

and so was the cheesecake

Jim Morris won the volunteer of the year.  T-bone is his support dog.

Tuesday was the normal diamond art class then wellness class. I crocheted the rest of the day and cards in the evening. We started a nice pit fire and had smore's

Mickey trying to eat a BIG marshmallow

Wednesday they had a goodbye party for Kelli. She worked as a companion service person helping residents with anything they needed. She got another job on Hurlburt base.  Bobbi Jo giving her a hug when she entered the room.

After that was over I stayed for "Passport". We went to Cameroon, Africa. They do a video about the country with song, politics, money exchange, languages etc. It's very interesting every month what we learn. I've been to Ireland, Hungary and now Cameroon. 

Thursday I didn't go to crochet, it was raining off and on and I didn't feel like getting out in it. It's the one time I hurt from arthritis is when it rains or very cold. It's hard to walk or move. I stayed in and worked on the puzzle and crochet. I stay busy just not always what's going on in the community. 

Friday was busy. At 10:00 I went to coffee talk. The companion service employees held the group with questions about what they like or when was the last time you had a good belly laugh. It's a way of finding out tid bits of your neighbors 

I got home and a lady came to the door with these. It's from my younger son and girlfriend, Rick and Tammy. Thank you so much, they're beautiful. They also smell so good. 

I also volunteered to decorate the dining hall for Sunday's Mother's day dinner. It was only an hour with several of us doing it. 

At 3:00 I went to the gym to learn about what machines to use for knees and legs. I'm losing strength. Now that I know how to do some special machines for certain areas, I'll go over and spend some time working out.  I had the NC group zoom and watched a couple hours of storm chasing and called it a night. 

Saturday it rained most of the day. I watched videos and played computer games and of course crocheted.  The neighbor came over to do more on the puzzle. A great down day.

Going Away Party - New Craft Group - Storms - KY Derby

 Shalimar, FL  (Hi 74  Lo 50)   80 one day and 50 the next day.

Mother nature is still having fits, like Menopause. We never know what weather we're going to get or what to wear. At least we did get rain. 

Sunday we had a going away party for Jim and Debbie who are moving to Guam. Why? because they can. They're younger and still have a lot of traveling to do. They want near water and there's two military bases on the island and cheaper than here. Good enough reason. We grilled out just before the rains started.  Joel and Rosie at the grill. Thank you. 

We had lots of food. Our village always do a good job in bringing delicious items. Thank you everyone. 

Jim and Debbie. (Stacey in the middle)

Monday and Tuesday was a normal day with bowling,  diamond art and meditation class. I worked on the apartment to get it more organized both days in the afternoon,. 

Wednesday I went to Niceville for crocheting, but that's probably the last time. There's other things I'd rather do and NOT crochet for a few hours both Wednesday and Thursday. The group is mostly the ones that come to our place on Thursday, so I'm thinking of quitting Wednesday group. In just a few weeks I'll be back to playing my favorite game of hand, knee and foot card game. I also have craft group a couple times a month that's on Wednesdays.  I  helped the couple moving to Guam with moving some things from her place to mine.  

Thursday Debbie and Jim were leaving so it was the last "goodbye".  It's just like being in the military, you get close to someone and they move, or I moved. It took a couple hours to just brush it off and I went to crochet for a few hours, then I went to a new activity. 

I was invited to a craft group in town. Getting there at 5:00 was more traffic than I've been in for a few years, but I actually found the place with the GPS. There were five of us and we did protection bags. A bag full of all kinds of herbs and stones. When we  feel "out of sorts" we can pick up the bag and calm down. I'll take all the suggestions possible to do that.

Kelli opening bags of sage.

Speaking of crafts,  I worked with my neighbor and we got two puzzles done. Another item was a 3D pitcher, that wasn't easy. We had to glue it as we went up each level or it would fall apart. That was challenging.  This was fun and ended up very colorful.  There's a closed tube inside to put in water for  live flowers. 

We also did two puzzles. 

Saturday was the village one meeting. It turned chilly but we still had a good turnout. The best part is people brought homemade goodies.  We took down the Easter decorations and put up the red, white a blue decorations to use all the way to Labor Day. 

Anne has been doing the decorations for years. Joel and Rosie helped out, especially the high areas. 

For three days I watched storm chasers and I took a couple pictures from the TV. This is a double tornadoes with one storm cell. 

        

                                               I've seen a couple of this type in my life time. 

Something of interest that's not "normal happening", is an Air conditioner fan that blew up in another building. Now the wait is a few weeks to get another one, it's specially made for our building. 

Click on the photo to enlarge. 

                                I did go to happy hour and we had a nice fire in our firepit. 

I did get to watch the KY derby.  So much hoopla for a two minute race. 

It was a great busy week. Now let's see what happens with MAY.