FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Good morning. It's another lovely day in sunny Florida. Mark began his tree removal. I just heard a big "THUNK", so I think the first limb is down! I really hate to take down a healthy tree. It just goes against everything I believe in. My hubbs, however, is tired of cleaning the truck from bird droppings. We plan to replace the one tree with three along the driveway. I guess that's a fair trade-off. Er, wrong tree! Mark thought it better to take down the tree in our back yard that is affecting our Sun Room floor! Well, it's still a shame to take down a healthy tree but this one IS a problem. Our Sun Room  sits on an 8" concrete slab ... and the Camphor tree sent big roots under it. 

Me, I'm starting to think "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!" It's time to start looking at the flatware, and see what I need to replace. Haha. I know the gold plated silverware should not go in the dishwasher, but it does. So from time to time, I need to order replacement pieces. So there. Also, it's time to move the furniture about and ready a space for the Christmas tree! Yay! "It's the most wonderful time of the year!" OK, it's official, I'm a Christmas nut job. ;-)

Mark wore himself out playing lumberjack  while I did 4 loads of laundry. That done, we decided to meet Randy at The Hideaway for cocktails. Mark phoned and found Randy was ready for a break from sorting treasures and old paperwork. LOL. 

As you can see, it was a beautiful afternoon sitting by Lake Harris. Mark ordered a bucket of beer and fries while I had a glass of wine. Randy arrived about 10 minutes later. His friend Dan arrived just as we were leaving ... told him we'd be back Sunday for the live music. Hopefully, we can take Mark's cousins, Donnie, Kathie and Barb with us! We think they would have a good time at The Hideaway. Tomorrow, we're going to have dinner with them. 

So we arrived home at five, fed the kids and Mark put porkchops on the barbecue. I made a salad and it was enough for dinner. This evening, we're just going to relax and stay home! 

Ta ta ... hope you've enjoyed this lovely day!