Wild Weekend! Birthday Celebration 34 Years of Lobster

 Shalimar, FL  (Hi 85   Lo 74)

The week was pretty normal. It's finally June which took two months to get here. I had a few zooms and the diamond art, wellness class, and a couple hours of cards, then a  passport class on Wednesday to Sweden. 

Thursday I went to village six for crochet, played cards that night in Village one. But the big days was Friday and Saturday. 

I have been waiting for this day for quite awhile. My birthday is Sunday and Rick and Tammy came from Chicago to be with me and celebrate my 34th year of eating lobster dinner. The tradition still goes on.   Thank you two for coming!

Friday I picked them up at the airport and we met with Sharon at BHV for a few questions if I'd pass. It's going to happen and I wanted the two of them to meet. We left there for a few errands and eating at Stewby's seafood restaurant for lunch. Ya can never get enough seafood. 

 We came home and got a few computer things figured out and made chicken and dumplings for dinner.  They went to the hotel later in the evening. 

Saturday we started the day off running about 9am. First was breakfast at Waffle House. Then to the armament museum.   (Click on photos to enlarge).  

Stealth

Tammy checking out the pilots position

Commanders area

I guess this guy was tired and waiting for others, 

When we left there, we went to Destin. Traffic was heavy, but we knew that and just took our time. When we got to the bridge, there were boats everywhere and lots of people. 

Zip lining were in a couple of places. One woman was stuck and a guy went out to get her. 

This is the boardwalk area, $20 to park

Lots of boats to take people out in the bay. Some with glass bottoms. We'll do that next time. 

A couple pelicans watching all the activity. 

This one was fun to watch. He would catch a fish for lunch in the hole. He wasn't afraid of anyone going up and getting pictures. (click to enlarge) he's in the middle on the white cylinder. 

Several tiki boats going to the sandbar on other side of the bridge

Dee and Rick

We stopped at a restaurant for some "starters" which were wonderful and a few drinks.

We decided to go on to Poppy's Seafood Bucket but on the way in, it's a closed community so have to get a pass. It's in  a section like a town on it's own. Lots of shops and restaurants. It's so neat, and I'll take anyone out of town to see it when they come to visit. 

A bunch of umbrellas

This is year 34 for a lobster dinner for my birthday

Thank you Rick and Tammy for another great birthday!!

Rainy Season - Memorial Day - Last Council

 Shalimar, FL  (Hi 87   Lo 75)

It's been raining a lot this week, we need it, we're in an extreme drought. Instead of hurricane to help alleviate the drought, we are getting daily rain, I'll take that. 

I'll start with Memorial Day, on Monday. We had our Village one potluck and 28 people attended. There was fantastic food (we have great cooks) and a lot of socializing. (Click on the photos to enlarge)

And pouring rain.

Tuesday, seemed like Sunday, we all felt like the week was messed up. I went to diamond art, a weekly staple. Inner wellness class was at 1:00.  I had a couple zoom meetings the rest of the afternoon and evening. 

Wednesday six of us worked on the newsletters for the community. There's six buildings so we each had a stack of the newsletters to put together. This is the events for June. I'm doing most of it if not two things on the same day and hour, then there's a decision to make. 

At 1:00 a bunch of us had crafters corner. Gals bring in all kinds of things they're working on. I'm trying to get my diamond art done.  At 2:30 we had residents council.  This is my last one. You can only be on for two years and my time is up. I can be off for a year and come back on if voted on to do so. I'll see what happens by then. 

Thursday I got my monthly massage and chiropractor appointment, then straight to the crochet group in another building. I get out a bit at least once a week. When I took the car I noticed I've gone 99 miles since Feb 2, the last time I got gas. 

Friday there was a Wii bowling party.  The end of the season we get all the bowlers together and have snacks. There's several people with 300 games, and 900 games. I've got a long way to go. I had 200 a couple times this year.  It's on the computer, so the ball goes where it wants to. 

Saturday I cleaned up the apartment. It's time for a deep cleaning. I also went to Del's to work on the puzzle. Mine is almost done. I also am trying to find a charger which seems to have fled. I can't find it anywhere.  I also worked on Jim's PC and had to get a new mouse and keyboard. Now that's working. 

I took some pictures of the walls in the commons area. It's so pretty.  My picture is on the right. 

If I don't drown, I'll see you next week.