Friday - September 4

Loaded up the car with laundry on this rainy morning with thunder, lightning and heavy rain at times.    There was a let up around 9:30, so we were off to The Orchard Farmstand (a favorite of mine).   I saw online that they have their breakfast sandwich (bacon or sausage, egg and cheese on English muffin and hash browns for $5 from 7-11.)    And they have the specialty coffees. 

Gosh, water standing all over the place......enjoyed our breakfast and coffee and then onto the laundromat for last time this season!    3 loads later we were on our way home with the rain still coming down.

Quiet afternoon with rain off and on.    Around 4, we decided to go for a walk....whew.....so humid.   We walked downtown and back.    Visited with Bruce for a bit....he came up tonight for the long weekend - Christine will join him later.    They are from the Cleveland area and have a sailboat "Job Site"!    Maybe the weather kept others away, but we know more will be coming tomorrow.

So, here we are with the start of Labor Day weekend - hard to believe!    The "Perch, Peach, Pierogi, and Polka Festival" is happening starting tonight thru Sunday.    The Knights of Columbus put on this event downtown always on Labor Day weekend and this is the 21st annual "P" festival.   We plan to go tomorrow.

Thursday - September 3

 Hopefully this is the last of the HOT days!   Lots of sunshine, hot 'n humid!

Mark ran some errands and when he got home, I left for the coffee shop and a to-go latte and then a mani/pedi with Danielle.   Said our good byes till next spring.

On home and Mark was changing oil in the engines - got that messy job done but thankful he can do it and save a bunch of $.   Took him over 2 hours.    Also changed AC filters.

I was using our apple corer to cut up an apple for lunch and while the apple slices come out perfect, I  "somehow" cut my thumb - those blades are SHARP.   Lots of bleeding and thought it had stopped but no...a band-aid, followed by gauze and tape and lots of paper towels applying lots of pressure - arghhh!    Finally used some of the "Seal Wound" which Mark keeps on hand if/when he nicks or cuts himself while shaving.    That did the trick to stop the bleeding, but when he sprinkled this brown dusty stuff on, OUCH>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>holy moly, did that hurt!    What an ordeal....one of those "I can't believe that just happened" moments!!!

We got me all cleaned up and after lunch, Mark (my great nurse once again) was off to run more errands.   

Late afternoon, the sky was getting dark to the west. We decided to put Ruby and Big Red inside the building.    I went to Rich's for some chicken and sides.   I got Ruby tucked away safe 'n sound and we decided to head to the biggest building which has solid heavy-duty walls between buildings.    We met Jeanne as we were walking and she and Roscoe were going into the building where her RV is.    Radar looked nasty!

It was a doozy of a storm - very heavy rain and strong winds.    It came fast and furious.   Lasted almost an hour.     Went back to Flo and enjoyed our supper as the sky became nice and bright again!

  

Wednesday - September 2

 We hit 93 (but felt like 105) according to the weather here in Port Clinton!   

Had a quiet morning reading and playing games and lots of puzzles (me) on our I-pads.    Steve, one of the dockhands came to pump out Flo and Catrina's potties - so nice they have a portable pump out to come right to us!

Then off to The Orchard Farmstand to meet friends, Steve and Margaret from CT.    They live on Catawba Island and we got together last August with them.    I play canasta with Margaret.

We ate inside this hot day and enjoyed a yummy lunch as always.   Our waitress handed us the drink and food menus and "features". The special drinks were in memory of "Saint Dolly", so Margaret and I just knew we had to try "The Dolly" which was very good and refreshing.

CHEERS to Dolly!

Lots to catch up with - health issues, their home is on the market, family updates and news from CT.    Look forward to seeing them back at CT this fall.

Steve, Margaret, Pat, Mark

Mark and I stopped at Rudder's for some of their delicious wasabi/ginger tuna salad and then a few things at Wal Mart.   On home for naps and more time on our I-pads.   

Tuesday - September 1

 

 Steamy and breezy start to September....the heat is on here in Port Clinton and much of the country.

Mark got a haircut with Gina and stopped at Coffee Express for coffee and muffins and back to Flo.   We have Catrina cleaned out and now living on Flo and pretty well organized.   We did 3 loads of laundry here at the marina - an all-day job but it's free!

We picked Jeanne up at 11 and off to Fremont and the Tackle Box II for lunch - we wanted her to experience this place which is very eclectic with just about every collectible (from way back when) you can imagine.    She loved it and of course, lunch was so good (Jeanne had shrimp and Mark and I shared the pollack platter)!   Lots of good visiting, a stop at Lowe's for Mark to return something and on home.     Enjoyed the AC...

Pat, Mark, Jeanne with the Pillsbury Dough Boy and so much more!

Mark went to Bassett's for another return.

Sorry to hear today that our friend, Rhea (90) passed away.    She and Earl were the dearest nicest folks - I was in Exchange Club with Earl for many years and they were both big Blue Angel fans!

More rain around 6:15 but didn't amount to much

Another pic from my Class of '66 reunion

Monday - August 31

 Cannot believe it's the last day of August - summer is really winding down!

We set to work today getting Catrina cleaned out (mostly) and Flo loaded up along with stuff in Ruby and Big Red.   Mark wiped off all the polish he put on Flo last week - she is sparkling!!!    It was a productive day.

Took a break and went to Bistro 163 (a favorite "Pay it Forward" place with the nicest volunteers and wonderful food).   Today Mark had the 1/2 BLT and cup of chili; I had 1/2 chicken salad on a croissant and 1/2 spinach/strawberry/avocado salad - all delicious!    LOVE this place and they do so much for the Port Clinton community.   Also got some bread pudding to go....more on that later!

My lunch

Excellent place

Back to work and spent the afternoon dealing with stuff!   It's really warm today and supposed to get hotter as the week goes along + rain off and on all week.

Some neat tidbits from the Gatlin show last night...

Darryl and Andrea did a tribute to Dolly with some of her big hits (the crowd loved this)!

They brought Jack up on the stage to sing - wow....he was good.   Sang alone and then with the Gatlins - that guy is going places!

When the rain started, they shifted their song agenda to include 5-6 songs with "rain" in the title - pretty cool!

So happy to get a text from our nephew-in-law, Ryan that he's doing better....just one issue after another but hoping it's all good news from here on.

Luke and Maeve started school today at New Dimensions Charter School.

Maeve - 5th grade

Luke - 8th grade

Mark and I shared the bread pudding (still some left) with cinnamon whipped cream for dessert tonight...so delish!!!

Had some light rain off and on this evening.