A'Hoy Maties

Jon and I have a set of friends that have a boat and asked us to go out for a ride this afternoon - we all had a blast and below are several pictures of our trip....It was a three hour tour - but with a much better ending. :)

Boat in dock

Big Boat...

View from out on front....very cool, Grant did not enjoy...
Don't worry,we held on to him!

My view for the day - beautiful!

City of Sarasota....

Our Main Captain for the day...

thank goodness for Auto Pilot!

There's the co-pilot!

Hanging out in back!

This is the ride out front that Grant did not enjoy....

Grant ran around the boat all afternoon....
While Jon and I will not be investing in a 44' cruiser like this one -

it definitely wore Grant out and went to bed at 8:15 tonight.

I'm sure he'll be up by 5:30 as he has been lately -

but maybe he's just a little more tuckered out.

By the way - didn't think we'd be taking a boat ride on the

Gulf of Mexio on November 1st!

Another joy of Florida!!

Trick or Treat

I think Grant looks like an absolute treat!!

Nanny is in town - so we went Trick-Or-Treating!

Nothing but treats for Grant!

Done being a Giraffe - for now, he wants to wear it almost every day!

Can't Take the Farm Out of the Boy

Grant has finally gotten big enough to truely ride his tractor we got him for Christmas. He actually drives very well and has even figured out how to use the reverse. The Lanai was kind of limiting for him to ride around in, so we've taken it to the big outdoors! We had to take the tractor to go see the cows on the other side of the neighborhood tonight. We're thinking about opening it up to 2nd speed so we can get there and back before it get's too dark. He's doing great with it - but it's still a little slower of a pace than normal walking.

Project Finished

Previous post = before...

This picture = after.....2 large garabage bags of clothes to Good Will!

It Happened Again!

Our house HAD to be built on a Monday!

How else could my second closet rack come tumbling down???

Another fun weekend project! I will only admit this on the blog - but I think I will actually be going through my clothes and getting rid of what I don't wear....which will be alot in all honesty!!
I hope some charity (and Jon) will appreciate my sacrifice!

New Do's

So after over 20 years of having the same person cut my hair - I have taken a leap of faith and had my hair cut down here in Florida. Even since April, when we moved, I have scheduled hair appointments around coming home. I got nervous when my September trip to IL was cancelled - I knew I wouldn't be able to make it until November when I was going to be home next. WHAT WILL I DO! I thought....Well, one of the ladies Jon works with said she'd help me out and get me in with her lady. So - I drove 2 hours to her hair salon and got my hair cut. Still getting used to it and not for sure how long I'll drive 2 hours to get my hair cut -but it beats the shaggy mess I had.

(Hard to take good pictures of yourself!)

Grant has a new do to!! Well, this one is just every now and then....

he loves his Spiky Hair!!

Fall Temps in Florida?

Nope - I was just gone for a couple of days so Grant was in control! I was a little amazed when I got home that long PJ's, a winter hat, and slippers were all in order when it was over 85 degrees outside! But he was happy!!!