Thursday - January 23

Ahhh, nice return of the warm weather, shorts, flip flops, no more jackets, etc.    We survived our "2" days of winter!    Ha....   We Floridians LOVE our warm sunshine!!!

Our friends, Lee and Tamara from Bloomington (winter on Anna Maria Island) were planning to come today, but Tamara's uncle who lives in Bradenton, became ill yesterday and is in the hospital.    We will reschedule.

Today was a tea party in the park - an annual event put on by Debi and her crew of workers.   I was able to get a last-minute ticket and thoroughly enjoyed it.    Wonderful food, lots of tea choices, and just a pretty setting with the ladies (and 2 men and a little princess, Ellie visiting her Grandma) enjoying a very lovely event!

Mark went to the Mix Grill for lunch and ran some errands.    We had a quiet afternoon reading and napping. 

We went to a happy hour party hosted by Dennis and Jamie under their tiki hut - lots of people, lots of excellent food and drink and good ole chatter.     It was a spectacular evening to sit outdoors and enjoy visiting with old and new friends!

Michael has been in Johannesburg and Cape Town this week - loved it!   Told Mark and me to put on our list of places to visit!

We are off to North Port (overnight trip) tomorrow to visit Allie and Owen, so no blog till Saturday!