Dinner in Cocoa Beach, Florida

The Husband and I have been enjoying ourselves, trying all the different eateries in our new home town. Last night we stopped in The Pig and Whistle for a bite and a pint. Having never been to a real English Pub I cant tell you if is authentic or not. I can tell you that it was comfortable, with a few TV's playing assorted sports, and almost every table full of very happy guests. The waitstaff was friendly, courteous, and anticipated the very questions we had. The Husband had the Chicken Pot Pie; chunky chicken, sweet corn, chicken gravy, with a flakey pastry topping, and a side of mashed potatoes. I chose the beef tips with mushrooms and gravy, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Both meals were fantastic, however, I liked mine the best. We definitely will return (I hear they have one of the best burgers in town). 

I am Baaaaack....

Yes, once again, after a years hiatus, I am back to try this again. I know, I know, you have all missed me and have moved on and learned how to live without my crazy ramblings. However, I am jumping in to try again. First, we moved out of an apartment in Oviedo, Florida and bought a home in Cocoa Beach, Florida. I love my new home and home town. We are having a great time settling in and exploring. Between the great eateries and festivals our weekends are flying by, not to mention home improvements. Now, we get to add the wedding of our oldest son into the mix. Woo hoo.......life is good.

January 3rd, 2012 One Photo a Day

This is a beautiful shell bouquet I found, many years ago, at a thrift store. I am currently working on making shell art. Sailors Valentines, mosaics, and 3D objects are also on my list of things to do. Dave and I have been taking classes, in mosaic arts, together. It is a fun art form incorporating glass, tile, shells, and found objects. Our teacher is a very talented woman and her studio is filled with some amazing artists. We really enjoy our time there.

One Photo a Day January 2, 2012

These are my beautiful fur babies Loki and Kapua. 4 year old  Australian Shepard brothers. They are the sweetest dogs, to my husband and I. However, they have an issue with fear. They fear everything, including butterflies. They were brought up around our two human sons and it takes time for the dogs to remember them. In fact, Loki can forget who you are if he turns around too fast.  But they are my goofy dogs and I couldn't imagine our lives without them.

One Photo a Day 2012

 I have challenged myself to take a photo a day for the 366 days of 2012.
 If you would like to join me, you can get more info on how to do it, follow the link.
http://shuttersisters.com/home/2009/1/12/tips-for-shooting-one-photo-a-day-for-365-days.html

Here is photo number one.....Planet Hollywood in Downtown Disney, Florida.
Dave and I had a wonderful day of people watching and fantastic food. This is not where we ate, this is the view from Bongo's Cuban Restaurant. The combo platter, filled with mouth watering Cuban food, was perfect for the two of us. After lunch, we sat for a few hours of people watching and ice cream. The international visitors were such a treat to watch. Happy babies, tiny children, young adults, and much older one's, from all over the world. We had a great spot, right in the middle of the action. So much so, that our bench became the Grandpa parking spot. Seemed every few minutes some family would park their Grandpa on the bench, to wait for them to finish shopping. We met a few wonderful folks that way. Too soon it was time to head home. We will go back soon.

Happy New Year!!!

It's been awhile since I was last here. Life has been very busy. There have been births, deaths, our oldest has joined the Navy, and our youngest turns 17, the 26th of this month. WOW, time does fly. Dave and I are doing great, he is enjoying his job, and we have both started working in mosaics. I have also decided to partake in a photography chalange, one photo a day. This will help to remind me to get the camera out along with myself. It will also help to get me online, if only to post and comment.

It's been a while!

Well hello,
   it's been quite sometime since been here. A lot of things that happened in last couple of months. One of those things is I'm turning 50. To be exact I'm turning 50 on Saturday. So I've been celebrating this entire month.
   One thing I did to celebrate was buy a Dragon. Okay, so I didn't run out and buy big giant firebreathing dragon with wings, that would've been really cool. What I did was get the Dragon speech recognition program and so far so good. See, I can't type, never learned, that made blogging a bit difficult. Which is one of the reasons why been gone so long. The other reason of course is that nobody reads this thing.
   I guess I write for me. I don't really write for anyone else. If someone happens to see it, read it, comment, that's wonderful. If not, that's okay. So here I am wandering around, dictating nonsense on my blog.
   I made a deal with myself for my 50th birthday and that is I'm going to try and commit to writing my blog at least once a day. Hopefully you'll find it interesting worth commenting on and if not I'm, okay with that my dogs still love me.