Archive for the month 'August, 2007'

Moment of separation

Setting the sky on fire

Thunderhead

Cory took off on his bike with my old c8080 camera and headed down the road to photograph the gator. I think he did a pretty amazing job, don’t you? I also think he got a little too close for my comfort. He swears it was the zoom lens.

Cruising gator

Approaching [...]

Our little friend

Tonight my son went fishing and caught this:

………….right down the road from where we are living. Yes, that is an alligator.
He said he decided not to catch it with his bare hands because it might be too dangerous. I nodded agreement, and then he added:
“What I really needed was a [...]

It’s an alligator moon

We had the boat hauled a few weeks ago….dry docked and they sanded down the bottom and repainted it.
The above picture is right after the first sanding. The bottom is rough and raw.
That is how I am feeling.
Raw.
I can’t cry anymore because my eyes are so swollen, the tears [...]

Raw

After spending 6 hours….yes, I said 6 HOURS….with the house inspector the people buying our home hired, I was thinking things could only get better from there.
They didn’t.
We went to a friends house for a birthday party, and at about 7p.m. Quinn fell from the jungle gym and hurt himself. After questioning him, and [...]

I am trying to find the silver lining of today

We lived through TS Erin. Rain, wind…. and the trailer? It was a rockin’ with the wind….among other things.
There were many relatives agitated with our decision, but come on, it was a tropical storm for Pete’s sake! I have no intention of leaving the semi-tropics for a whimpy tropical storm. [...]

Riding her bike into the eye

Head thee north, dudes

Prayers and positive thoughts for safe travel for the Hell’s Half Acre family as they dodge Dean.

Hurricane Dean

……sailor take warning.

Red skies at morning

We went home to get the house ready for sale this weekend.
Have I ever told you how much I hate to pack? well, I do. It is a suckie job, but has to be done.
We cleaned and cleaned and I signed a listing agreement with our local real estate agent on [...]

Sold

” Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain

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Throw off the bowlines

We are doing it. In less than 30 days we will be coasties again.
This morning we made the final decision…the decision to move to the coast.
It was agonizing, as you all know. After all, you have been dragged along during the process, and at times probably wanted to strangle me.
We [...]

It is official

I switched the colors around for fonts and background. Is this easier to read?
And added more posts per page.
I aim to please.
On the house front, we are in the middle of finding a lender who will not charge us $8700 in closing costs. Someone quoted us that and I swear [...]

I aim to please

Parking lot birds at the coast

Morning walk

We found a house.
Photos and details to come.
I know, boooooring. Pfft. Tease. And all that.
But!
Right now I am busy watching “Barbie: Magic of the Rainbow” and eating popcorn in bed while my sweet daughter puts every clip she owns in my hair. I am going to go bald [...]

Bingo