Merry Christmas!!! Hope everyone is enjoying the day. Love you guys and miss you all (or should I say y'all) xoxoxo

Christmas Eve

"Chillin' out" Cherry style before Santa arrives.

Look who's home!

...and Marais  is very happy!

2 of my favorite characters!

Congratulations Wally!!! We're so proud of you! Today was mid-year commencement at Michigan Tech - and look who was also there - Blizzard T. Husky!

Sueś Views

Itś just me clowning around in the First Federal Holiday parade. I was a chef for the gingerbread house. The costume was made by someone at work. It was fun passing out gingerbread cookies and dancing in the streets of Alpena.
Sue

Sue's Views

When out on the lawn I heard such a clatter...I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter! Why Santa decided to do some checking up in the Floer household. I couldn't believe it!

Today at Brush Creek Mill we had a commemrorative tree lighting with bulbs of red, white and blue. The bulbs could be purchased for $5.00 each. White bulbs signify a lost loved one, red was for anyone serving in the military, and blue signifies someone you want to show appreciation for. During the ceremony, the names of each person honored was read out loud. So Betty Rathbun, Walt Rathbun, Bill Floer and Jean Floer all were honored today. The afternoon began with the Huron Shores Barbershop chorus giving a half hour Christmas concert. Then the names were read, then everyone sang Christmas carrols. After, there was free refreshments. The tree was lit outside after the names were read. It will stay lit all throughout the holiday. So Mom and Dad have a white bulb on the tree. Pretty cool, eh? It brought a tear tp my eye...especially when they pronounced their names correct. There were 90 people honored.

Sue's Views

This was our winning float in the Alpena Holiday parade. We hade a perfect score! Everything on the float was moving. The suckers in the windows went up and down, the gingerbread boy and girl on the back moved from side to side, lights flashed, music blasted from the speakers above, we had live people inside and all around the float. I was a chef dancing up and down the street as I passed out fresh made gingerbread cookies. It was a lot of fun.

I've been thinking we needed to get a teardrop for our Element, but as I was reading a thread about someone building their own teardrop, I came across this picture.  I think we need one of these for our tandem!  It would have to be a double, of course.  Not sure of the design because  a double would take a lot of space on the road - maybe bunks?  What do you think Jim?

Sue's Views

My friend, Therese took this picture two nights ago. She does photography on the side. I love this picture. I have to get some of the parade pictures that she took for First Federal. Say prayers for Jett. He had to have surgery today after his stitches got infected. On Monday he saw a dentist in Seattle after his bunk bed accident. The dentist thought he may have broken his jaw. He couldn't tell if he did or not, but even if he did, they wouldn't do anything for him. They would just make sure it heals. Candy said his mouth was puffed up like a racketball. He couldn't eat or drink anything today while Candy waited for the call to take him into surgery. Poor little guy.I took today off. Stress related. I won't go into details. We really should plan a get together with Aunt Beverly. I'd better get a card off tomorrow. The Dodson's and Turvey's are coming up for the White Tail Dinner tomorrow. Therese and Tim and their son are joinning us at our table, along with Bernice and Don. It's held at the Hillman Community Center. Later...Sue...by the way...I loved the village, Sally.

White Christmas

Fond Memories of a White Christmas
Originally uploaded by sache47

Today I set up a Christmas Village in my kitchen window to bring back
memories of a snowy walk through downtown Birmingham on Christmas Eve.
Hope you all enjoy your own preparations for the season, and some
nice walks through the crunchy snow to enjoy the neighborhood lights.

Captain Joe Hits the Road

Joe completed his orientation in Inidanapolis for Werner Enterprises and has begun his 90 days of training. There was a little bit of concern over who his trainer would be, so many in his class were heavy smokers. But it all worked out great. He met Steve on Wed. morning. He's from Ann Arbon, loves football, Red Wings, same age as Joe, family man who likes to be home for holidays, and doesn't smoke. He's a real nice guy. A former banker who lost his job due to merger last year. He's been driving less than a year. Joe is his first trainee! He has a dedicated route, which means goes to the same places. Virginia, West Virginia, PA, IN, and sometimes to Texas, for Kraft Foods. After 90 days Joe will be on his own, hopefully with a dedicated route as well. He leaves Sunday (I will take him to AA), then he will be gone for 3weeks, back for Christmas for one week. Then he will drive for 2 weeks be home every other weekend. I think it will be ok. I'm so glad he could be home for Thanksgiving and everything is working out.

Sal said to keep you all posted on where the good gas prices are and places we might want to visit. So far the best is MI and IN border $1.58/gal. Love you all! Happy Trails kids! and remember. . . no spagetti dinners on paper plates in the backseat!!!

Turkeyday '08

Here is the picture of the crew we had over for Thanksgiving.  Walt Invited a friend of his from the geology group at MTU.  This is Poonam from the Madras area of India.  Her mom and Dad are in India, so it was fun to have her adopt us as her Thanksgiving family.
We had a great meal - A heritage turkey, that was fantastic! and all the good trimmings!
A fun day for sure!!
A movie Recommendation from the day:  "Lars and the real girl"

Always type in Blue Cats!  (Grrrrrrr)

Sue's Views

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This is the turkey tureen that Ron got me for my birthday. I couldn't remember if I already sent this or not. Isn't it cool? It's my first tureen. I served pumpkin soup in it once and beef stew in it another time. He also bought me the flowers. I'll be cooking turkey for Ron and me on Thanksgiving, then having his family over on Saturday. It's a little weird, but I already had the turkey thawing, when Bruce called to ask if we could have Thanksgiving on Saturday. By that time, I could freeze my turkey again, so we'll have turkey twice. Candy will be running in her first marathon on Thanksgiving day. She's been training hard. Good luck, if you read this! On Friday I will be a singing baker in full costume as part of a gingerbread house theme in the Alpena Holiday Parade at night. I go at 1:15 to get my make-up put on and top part of my costume. Then at 4:45 we all get the the rest of our costumes put on (all hand made by someone). Some people are chefs and some are gingerbread people, and some just walk along the float. First Federal usually wins the contest. Last year we weren't in the parade. I'll let you know how we fair. Back in Hillman, Brush Creek Mill is having their Christmas Tree Display contest. I have to put up and decorate the tree for the Chamber of Commerce. I doubt will win; there's a lot of clever ideas. By the way, the bricks have been layed that I got in honor of Mom and Dad. I went to take a picture of them today, and they're all snow covered. They look real nice. I'll send a picture as soon as I can. This girl better hit the sack. Blessings to all.

Anchorage at night

I went to the link Aimee specified - so pretty tonight!

hi ya!

Hi ya, everyone!

 

I've been enjoying your blogs lately even though I haven't been commenting (whoops!).  Thought I'd post...

 

I'm working out of the Anchorage office this week.  It's definately different but good, too.  It's about 30 degrees right now (talk about a heat wave compared to Fairbanks!).  Brian's apartment and the office here are toasty warm and it's nice to not be cold all the time.  I've been enjoying the big city-- breakfast at the Snow City Cafe and dinner at Moose's Tooth, Qdoba!, shopping at REI and the brand new Target...  it's pretty nice.

 

I'm also getting pretty good at Mario Kart!  Ha!  I can even beat Brian sometimes.  (just sometimes, he's good)

 

I attached a picture of our office here.  It's the office building on the very left of the picture-- I saved a picture from a webcam close to here.  My office (if you could see through the window) is on the top floor, right about where the camera cuts off the side of the building.  (YEAH, I have a window!!!)  (webcam link)  I face the building where the webcam is.

 

Anyway, things are good.  We're going to Talkeetna (Tal-keet-na) for Thanksgiving with some of Brian's friends.  Should be a good time-- I've got lots to be thankful for!

 

love you all!!!

Sue's Views

I just happened to be browsing through a photo album from 1990 when I spotted this uncanny photo of Sally (Palin) Cherry. Now if Sally would have had her ultra cool glasses on...I think it's a pretty good resemblance. I think she copied your hair style. You're such a trend setter. This was taken at Nancy's house during Christmas. (Now that's a fun idea)

Love, Sue

Sue's Views

Sorry I didn´t preview this picture before sending it to you. I did a lot of fall scenes this year. Nancy, I keep forgetting to tell you that you really got me fired up about the beautiful fall leaves in Michigan. I collected more than I can handle. I pressed them, and then painted them with 1/2 glycerine, 1/2 water. It was a lot of fun. I even got into doing ferns and weeds. Now I just need a bid board to showcase them. When itś done, Iĺl show you all the oaks, maples, poplars, ferns, and weeds I collected.
In Nature,
Sue

Sueś Views

It was a big day for the kids n the snow. I got out my new flying saucer ( which I only bought for the purpose of using it for the top of my lighthouse costume) and I showed the pups how much fun it is spinning around and pushing myself with my arms. ell they couldn´t wait to get in on the action. I laughed my fool head off watching them. Rusty put his front paws in the saucer and then walked himself with his back legs. After this went on for awhile, I got a shoelace and tied it to the saucer. Then Ruby pulled Rusty all over the front yard. I should have sent it in to Ämericaś funniest Videos¨. I´m sure we would have won. I cant wait for some real snow to fall. It looks like itś in the forcast. Ya-Hoo! Suicide Hill...here we come!
Sue

painting house

hello family,

sorry its taken me so long to post a blog about painting our house mom but these are our new colors. dozer was out and helping that morning. anyways...its almost finished. just a few more touch-ups, paint the gutter pipes and we're done.

i cant post long cuz church is at 9 and well i am still in my pj's.

i hope you have a safe drive home mom...i cant wait to see you!!

love to all,

liz

frozen lakesicle!!

It is totally frozen! I remember one year when Andrea and Elizabeth could go ice skating on Thanksgiving Day. This is pretty unusual for Nov., it has been pretty cold, well in the teens at night, not so cold for Aim, I suppose that might be a heat wave for Alaska.

Joe begins his new job on Monday. Working for Werner Enterprises. He graduated with his CDL on Monday. Orientation is in Indianapolis, then he trains for 90 days traveling around the USA with a trainer. He is not sure where he will be going. Hopefully home for Thanksgiving, for sure home for Christmas. It's a new adventure for him and me too. Not having him here will be strange. We leave in a few hours (gotta watch the Michigan Game) for Indianapolis, I'll stay over night and drive home Sun. I gave him an early Christmas present. ASUS! So he can keep up with his Detroit Free Press Sports, espn, family and friends. We had a test run last night over dinner at Panera with free WiFi. He's good to go.

Stay warm family, Love ya!! Keep singing!

ps. notice it was too cold for me to go out on the deck for a picture. i stood in the house!! HA!

Matt and Walt are home!!

I don't have much to add, but it sure is nice to have them here!  It's also very nice to have our deaf dog back with us.   I sure missed doggy dog while she was up north.

Hope all y'all have a great weekend!!

(Oh yeah, this is Mid-hair cut for matt, but I do like the look!)

Happier Days before kayaking

Now let's just put our thoughts on happier moments. I think I remember the studio we drove to when mom and dad had this picture taken. It was a little trip around those mountains. Notice the toilet paper bangs? That mother, she sure was quick with those scissors! I remember sitting on the toilet while she placed the toilet paper over my forhead for a nice staight cut, (well unless the toilet paper was a little crooked). I think I even had to hold the toilet paper myself!! Oh brother, was I a sapp! Just look how sweet and happy we were! I think big sister Sally looks very coordinated. Although little Jimmy looks a little worried. Maybe he heard some stories from Mr. Poling? I love my family!

In My Own Defense...

Yes, it's me, atop my weapon of mass distruction. I ask you, could a kind, sweet woman like this ever do anything to harm her little baby sister? Now I'll be the first to admit that I am not the most graceful, as noted by my 5th grade teacher Mr. Poling, who used to say,"Look out, here comes Hurricane Sally" every time I left my seat to approach his desk. I was known for ACCIDENTLY knocking things off desks as I passed down the narrow isles. We all know now it's because of my malalligned back, my bottom half walks in a different direction than my top half, but I digress. I am sure that you would agree that I practically look like an angel with the halo to prove it in this photo. I would NEVER want to harm my poor little Tooty Toot. Now would someone please remove that dreadful photo of Sue from the blog. If that photo gets leaked to the Key
West Citizen, I'm liable to get thrown in the Key West jail for assault with a deadly kayak, and we wouldn't want that to happen right before Thanksgiving. I've got a turkey to cook.

sueś Views

This was the result of my kayaking mis-hap with Sally while I was down in the keys. As Sally and I were launching the boat, she stepped on a rock...I kept walking with the kayak, and jammed it into my chest. It still hurts to the touch. *Thatś qhat I tell Ron, anyway
(no really)
Loved the kayaking on the ocean. Had a super time.
Sue

New Contest!!!

Caption this photo to win a fantastic prize!!!

Winner is to be judged solely by me and my decision will be final!  Employees of the International house of Amway should be darn happy they have a job and should not be using up band width to play a silly game! (Sorry Shawn). 

Be creative!

Finishing Iceman

What a fun day I had at Iceman!  It was a very exciting race for me.  I took 34th out of 54 people in the Single Speed, over 40 group.  If I would have done a regular Mountain bike (with lots of gears) I would have been 20th out of 73.  So, not to blow my own horn, but I race in a pretty competitive group.  I like single speed biking - It reminds me of younger days, spinning around the block on Oriole Dr.  

I took one tumble on my bike, about 1/2 way through the race.  I got caught in some deep sand and went to the side a bit.  Then I had to pick my self up and wade through the sand to get back on my bike.  It sounds dumb, but man that took a lot out of me.  

One of the cool things was Shawn was in two places to cheer me on!  She is an awesome support crew and great team photog!  Thanks Shawn! (I'm the second one back in this photo)

Keep the rubber side down cats!

Jim and I are sitting here at our B&B in Bellaire, preparing to head to Lexington (MI), smelling breakfast and watching the snow fall outside. We've had a great weekend and the snow is so nice to see - ya gotta love Antrim county!!! Jim did very well in his race yesterday - set a personal record by riding about 10-15 minutes faster than last year. It was a little wet out there and sometimes a few sprinkles or a bit of sleet, but all in all, can't complain! In fact, I heard some guys say that the damp weather made the dirt on the trail just about right.

We forgot to bring our camera cord, so the pictures will have to wait. But we will have some pictures to post. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!

Aimee says...

Hey all!

I keep thinking of things I want to blog and then I never do it... so
tonight I blog.

First off, things I've learned in Alaska:

1. Things freeze fast. Our first snow never melted. Nor did
anything ever melt on the roads. The slough froze up pretty quick and
the river is mostly iced up.
2. Planning is good. Since I don't drive every day, I don't keep my
car plugged in. I plug it in to warm up the oil a few hours before I
want to go somewhere. Usually that means I plug in the car at lunch
if I want to go somewhere at night.
3. The weather is easy to predict. No clouds? Expect it to get
bitterly cold (about -10 these days but I think that will go down).
Overcast? It might stay around 10 degrees which feels surprisingly
warm. Over 10 degrees? It will snow. Never expect plows.
4. Slippers are your friend. I think this is self explanatory.

I thought of those while riding my bike. It's been winter here for a
month now! They do things a little different, seeing as they get less
snow than MI but it gets much colder.

I had a really fun weekend. Brian came up Friday afternoon. He
wanted to stop by my office and experience Beer Club. He also brought
up the halibut I caught in Kodiak! He made me halibut etouffee and it
was delicious! What a guy! ;-) Plus that halibut I caught is
tasty! It's the first time I've had food in my freezer that I caught/
killed myself.

Tonight I used the leftover veggies and chicken broth from the
etouffee to make some soup. I just threw stuff together, which is new
to me. Once I figured I had it tasting pretty good I threw some
dumplings in! Yum! It was a hearty and easy meal! Picking out
spices and vegetables to go together isn't a natural thing for me so
it was a big step. ;-) Man, good food the last few days for me!

Tomorrow I have class and I've got to squeeze in my voting... It's
close so maybe I'll bike there at lunch. Then I don't have to plug in
the car! And if it takes a long time, at least I have a good excuse.
I will be glad when the election is over.

The picture is of my new slippers (thanks Mom and Dad!) and Mr.
Chungo. I think we've got matching shoes!

Thanks for the northern lights comments, everyone. I can't wait to
take more pictures of them. Brian said he heard once it's actually
"northern lights season" I should be able to see them 5 nights a
week! I have ideas for camera settings for the next time... it's hard
to play around with the dials when it's so cold!

Like Dad would say, "don't forget to vote, cats!"

A cop, a goblin, a cowboy and a football player walk into a bar...

No they didn't, they came to our house to trick or treat!!!  We had so much fun and gave away so much candy!!   It's always fun on halloween!

And for the MSU fans out there...Do you think the real Wolverines would have been better off with this little guy playing on the team??

Happy November cats!

Sue's Views

I'm still beaming after my baptism. Therese is usually about 5'10" but she was squatting down in this picture. It's a great picture of Ron...He's so happy in church, isn't he? I think he should try it on a regular basis. Don't mind me in this picture, my eyes tell the story. It's called a mountain of emotion from stress to relief and anxiety all mixed into one.

Yes, Bill, we had snow yesterday. May I be the first to wish you a very happy birthday. I'm sure there's a cocktail waiting for you at Sparky's if you play your cards right. Maybe Sally will take you to the fancy place by the condo. I looked on the weather today for Key Colony, and your birthday should be complete with a day in the 80's. Ah...get the sun tan spray! There's a plane ticket with my name on it...jk...only in my dreams.

Love,

Sue

Creepytime

We're making our preparations for the little darlings tomorrow night!  Last year we had good weather and a couple hundred showed up at our door.  This year the weather is expected to be good too, but there is a home football game - playoffs - think there will be much of a difference in the number trick-or-treaters?  

Look at this!!!

Big deal, a picture of our kitchen table, why would this ever be worthy of a blog??  This picture proves something very, very important.

Besides proving that we can keep the kitchen table clean (I think it was cluttered for most of the summer), it also shows that the little black dot that was in every one of our old pictures, is now gone!  We had our camera fixed and the picture now is super dooper clear!

Thats all cats!

Peaceful Coexistance?

Too bad they missed the Las Vegas wedding. Jim could have taught them a step or two.

Sue's Views

This was the day we traveled north with Sally and Bill to 40 mile point light house. There is a ship wreckage right on shore (or what remains of the bottom hull). We were searching for interesting shells. I just kinda liked this picture, with my baptism coming up this weekend and all. Ker-ploosh!

Love ya,

Sue

P.S. I got the Hughes re-installed. I'm back in business.

Pennies from heaven!

Funny what you find on your camera when it has been set aside for awhile. Our camera is in the shop for repairs and so we've been using our old camera this weekend. When I loaded the pictures onto my computer, look what I found!

This picture was taken a couple years ago. This was a very special day for Jim. We received these cereal samples in the mail. This is like pennies from heaven for Jim! It made his day!

I hate to name-drop, but...

We drove up to Miami for the second time in a week, this time in search of better CD rates, and we ended up at Ocean Bank in Kendall and drove right by OJ's house! He wasn't home, but we got a tip from the lady that wrote up our CD that he shopped at the same Publix as she does, on Kendall and 132nd Ave, and we drove right by that too! I tell ya, the excitement never quits around here! And also, in case you are interested, the gas prices up in Kendall were $3.69 and down here in Islamorada we only paid $3.19. Are we lucky or what? Yes, I know times are tough, but let's look for the small pleasures in life, and there are always a few of those. We had shrimp and wings for dinner at Sparky's when we got home. Now that's a small but important pleasure for sure. Hope you all have a great weekend filled with small or great pleasures.

update!

Hey everyone,

I really should be blogging more. I don't have any good excuses...

Winter is here! It's below freezing all day and we've been getting a
dusting of snow almost every night (and it stays). There's ice over
Noyes Slough (small river) and the lakes are freezing up. I told the
parents it's like the whole area is just a few degrees above freezing
all summer. It's amazing how fast things are freezing. Even the
Chena river has "frazil ice" which looks like slush flowing down the
river (learned that in my class last night!).

It's getting darker, too. After the autumnal equinox we lose a lot
more light per day than yous guys down south. The sun comes up
sometime after 8 now so I've lit up my bike. I've got blinky lights
on the front and back and a red light in my spokes (it's awesome) and
I've got my headlamp mounted to my helmet. I also bought some studded
tires. They're really awesome and I'm planning on doing a lot of
riding before it gets too cold (not planning on riding too much when
it's -40!).

This semester I'm taking a class-- Arctic Engineering. It's required
to get my Professional Engineer's license in Alaska. (sidenote: I sit
for the big exam in a year and a half!) Anyway, the class is really
cool. I've encountered a lot of differences between engineering up
here and engineering in MI and I'm learning a ton in the class.

I'm taking a class for work this week too. Yesterday was not so fun--
11 hours of classes! Never had that many hours of class in college!
Glad I don't have to do that again. So tonight I'm relaxing.

I had a great weekend in Kodiak visiting Brian. What a cool place. I
really liked it but I'd never live there-- it's so isolated! It's an
8 hour ferry to the mainland. The picture is of a beach we found. We
felt like we discovered it ourselves. So cool. Brian gets back to
Anchorage in a few weeks and we'll be able to resume our regularly
scheduled visits. ;-)

Well, that's the news from the north. I love reading all your blogs!

Aimee

On the "Must Have" List

I'm pretty sure just about everyone in our family needs this to help improve the self- portrait qualities. I know I'm putting it on my Christmas list.

Sue's Views

Here it is...my last night in Florida. I took out my diskette, so I don't have any pictures to show you. (I have it packed away, so I wouldn't forget it.) It's 11:00 and I just heard an iguana on the side of the balcony. We've got the air conditioning off and the door wall is open. I might have to close it if I hear any more scratching. Sally and Bill took me out for a birthday dinner tonight. I had b-b-q'd ribs. Yummy! I almost finished the 2 full racks! Tomorrow I'll get into Flint at 6:00 thhen drive home to Hillman from there. Back to reality. It's been fun having some memorable experiences to share with the famiy on the blog pages of life.
Good company, great times, but alas time has come
Just memories remain of all we have done
Our family is few but thoughtful and kind
from sixty one to fifty nine
My bags are packed, my skin is brown
My husband awaits my arrival in town.
So long for now but I wait for the day
for more frolicking and fun at life in the Cay!

Sue's Views

Gecko buddies surrounded me this trip in unny Florida. Today was quite a thrill;let me explain. While Sally and I were having a nice peaceful morning on the beach tanning and telling stories, I decided to walk over the beach next to the Cay to look for fish from the pier. nobody was on that beach and last year I spotted ll kinds of fish from that pier. I tip-toed so as to not disturb the fish (if there were any) took a long hard look...nothing! So I thought the fih were probably on the other side of the pier. I carefully went to rest my hand on the column of the pier to tke a peek...all of a sudden I heard a rustling sound, and then...ker-ploosh!!! One of these dang gecko monsters jumped out from my hand and jumped into the ocean! Yikes!! I let out hair raising scream, but my big sister never heard me. The lawn guys were manicuring the grass. I'm sure they got a chuckle over the 55 year old lady in the the lime green bikini who nearly got attacked by this gigantic lime green lizard. YUCK! The moral of the story is;stay on your own beach, or make sure you take along your big sister when you go fish spotting.

Sue's Views

Here's my creation that shoud have gone along with the last blog. sorry!

Sue's View

Here is the "jewelry tree" I found on the beach. In order to make the tree stand up on the slat table, I used the rubber part of a washed up pair of swimming goggles that I found washed up on the beach. I love to let my imagination run wild. Sally will always have this on the table when she comes down for a swim. If she forget to take off her earrings before a dip in the ocean, now she'll have a place to hang her jewelry. (Ha!) Oh the fun things we do to entertain ourselves. Sally and I were talking about all the fun times we've had during family get-together. Here's the million dollar question...How many family get- togethers do you think we've had ince Sally went away to college? I couldn't begin to count, but they've all been great. I think we should plan a huge family reunion for next year. Half-way between Sally and Aimee is about Denver. Who's game?

Tough Day At The Beach

First I had to "TOE" Susan in off the water because she was getting too sunburnt. Good thing I took Jr. Lifesaving twice, even though I flunked it, I remembered how to do the overhand tow which is actually quite easy when you have a noodle with you and you are rescuing someone on a raft. Then Sue and Bill went fishing off the shore. Sue caught this cute little grunt which sacraficed it's life to be cut up as bait to catch bigger and better fish, a baby snapper and a jack. It was a relaxing afternoon. But I tell ya, never a dull moment when Sue is around.

Sue's Views

A thunderstorm blew in when we arrived back home after our big day in Key West. Sally and I planned on paddling again this evening, but we had to settle for "Dancing with the Stars" instead. What is Chloris Leachman doing next week? Ya have to say 82 is unbelievable, beating out all those younger dancers. Bill cooked us up some scallops tonight-those yummy gigantic kind that you can only find in Florida. I bought us a scrumptious key lime pie for dessert. I hate to say it but I'm down to two more days before I head back to Michigan. After talking to Ron the other night on the phone, I think he'll be pretty glad to see me. The pups are a real handful by yourself, trying to fight through a migraine headache all at the same time-plus entertain our guests from Ohio while they were celebrating Ron's birthday. I hope I can get my little ASUS to work like this when I get back home. It's so nice being able to tap away to the fam as I sit in bed.
Love, Sue

Sue's Views

Look what Sally & I fond on the shore... moon jellyfish! OOey gooey! She was poking it with a stick, until I hollared at her. Then we observed the picture on T.V. and saw the tenticles laying out the back. This has been some vacation! I sure wish the whole family was here to enjoy all the fun things there is to do in the Keys. More to follow.
Love, Sue