Tuesday - March 5

 Posted by Mark:

Had a rare day for us.  Absolutely nothing on the calendar.  

Started the day with a walk. Then Pat did some laundry and I repaired our outside steps on Flo.  One of the parts had rusted and bolt broke.  New parts came in the mail yesterday.   They are good as new.

I also took all the top boards off of our outside table.  They need to be painted, but rain in the forecast for tomorrow.

Said our goodbyes to Brenda and Gary our next door neighbors.   Also said hello to the new renters who came into their spot,  Steve and Doreen.   They have been renting each winter in Cypress Trail since it was first built.  They will be here until the 17th.

Cooked brats for dinner tonight.  (Mark grilling out, another rare event) 😃

Posting a photo of Connor's last hockey game.  Forgot to post it last night.

Proud Mom and Connor

Anne has been a hockey mom for the past 15 years.

Monday - March 4

 Posted by Mark:

Therapy early this morning.  We went with all the worker traffic so needed the alternate route as 75 was jammed.  While Pat was at therapy, I did a nice long walk.  Need to do more of that.

After therapy we headed to Cracker Barrel for breakfast.  Then on to Costco and Dollar Tree.  Pat needed a bunch of cards.

This afternoon we did a good walk around the park, but is was very humid.

Tonight Pat went up to play Dominoes.  She stopped to pick up Lydia and sent a photo of the nice orchids Lydia has growing in her palm trees.

They did have a good turnout for Dominoes.  Pat was the winner at her table.

Sunday - March 3

 Posted by Mark:

14 years ago today was my Mom's 84th birthday.  It was also the day Pat broke her left shoulder when we were hit by a car.  Her daily exercises and therapy are a constant reminder these days.

We picked up our Illinois neighbors down the street - Barb and Joe for Mass and breakfast today.  St. Francis Xavier was really full today.  Ella Mae's diner was very busy also.  To get first available table we had to eat inside.  It was unbelievably nosy.  Very are to gab!  Breakfast was good however.

Joe and Barb

When we got home a strawberry ferry had left us a gift.

Thanks Jim and Lydia

Pat watched Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes today.  She broke another record.

I got in one full walk around the park, but it was pretty warm walking. 

Later we went over to check on Jim, Lydia, and Joan.  They were having a game day.  They were finishing up and Lydia was finishing some Kabobs and Egg Rolls.   Good timing as we got to bring some home.

Joan, Lydia, and Jim the game players

Lydia finishing up the kabobs

Most everyone made zoom tonight, but not that much news.   Everyone is enjoying having life slow down a bit.

Saturday - March 2

 Posted by Mark:

Started the day with breakfast at the club house.  They served over 100 people today.  They do it every Saturday in Jan, Feb, and March.   But we usually have other things on our schedule.  Today it worked out for us.

Fairly easy day for us.  Pat worked on laundry.  Her new computer showed up so I enjoyed getting it all set up today.  Actually I'm doing the blog tonight on it.  I still prefer my larger laptop, but for her, it will be much faster than her old one.  She was due, as the old one was 7 years old.

Tonight we had a thank you gathering at St. Francis Church for some of the donors.  The new pastor is trying various ways to meet the people.  We met some very nice couples.  Of course, none are native to Florida.

Not much else to report.

Friday - March 1

 Posted by Mark:

We started the day with mass at St. Vincent's.  Then back home for a bit and on to Cristof's on McGregor for Pat to have lunch with Claire.  I mailed off our tax package at the nearby UPS store then headed back home.

Claire, Pat

Pat was done around 2:00 so I headed back to pick her up.  We stopped at Trader Joe's for a few things.

Said our good byes to Buddy and Jo Ann.  They head back to NC tomorrow.

We were to go to American Trilogy (Neil Diamond, Elvis, and Frank Sinatra) concert tonight but it was cancelled at last minute due to illness.

Instead we got to receive frequent updates of Brady's ballgame.  Patton lost to West Stokes High School tonight.  They ended their season at 23 -4.  First time ever to play in the month of March.