Slow, but good times

I've said many times over the years that when we are stationary in Florida, there sure isn't much to report, and it's true.  In fact, I was talking to a friend the other day and he asked, "So what are you guys up to?", and for a moment I couldn't come up with a thing.

We are definitely travelers, so for us, sitting is quite an adjustment, and if we'd just embrace it more, we'd find it is relaxing and the semblance of a routine is actually welcome, at least that's what we tell each other:-)

So what have we been doing?  First off we had the distinct honor of celebrating a dear friend, Jan's, 90th birthday.

Our birthday boy, Jan, celebrating with a beer

And then capping it off with a birthday sundae!

Another day we, Jan and I, with BIL Tom met good friends, Steve and Bobbie for lunch.  Well our very talented woodworker friend, Steve, presented us with an intarsia fish we had asked him about previously, and whether he thought he could make it for us.  He pulled it out and we were so amazed and grateful for the incredible job he had done!

The fantastic intarsia brown trout Steve made for us
Jan has already named him, "Brownie"

I ended up cat sitting, and therefore batching it for several days while Jan flew out to Fort Collins, CO to see our daughter Kelly, and our new son-in-law Brian.  

Our daughter, Kelly

Jan had a wonderful time, had a nice visit, and was able to get a good look at the area.

Downtown FoCo (Fort Collins)

Beautiful Horsetooth Reservoir

Snow covered Rockies

Enjoying a nice brunch with Kelly and Brian

Meanwhile I held down the fort here, catered to our cat Bert's every whim, enjoyed meeting Tom's friend Rob, and even got some fly tying in with my fantastic new magnifying lamp.  No, it certainly has nothing to do with age.

With a beautiful sunrise Jan had to say farewell.

Then she got to enjoy the harsh reality of flying into Minneapolis-St Paul on the way back in the winter:-)

A little bleak 

Standard operating procedures

Just so I don't disappoint anyone, we have enjoyed many, many lunches and several dinners with lots of friends. Yeah, gotta get a food pic in here:-)

Delicious tuna nachos

Seared tuna appetizer

We were finally able to accomplish something we have been working on for over a year.  We got our first Shingrix shot.  We have been searching and inquiring everywhere we have been, and finally found that of all places the Publix pharmacy had some vaccine in stock, and they are confident we will be able to get our second one before we leave in the spring.

The driver's chair continues to plague us.  We have ripped it apart, had several phone calls to the manufacturer and even bought a new control box hoping we could solve the issue.  But, no, so right now we have ordered new guts and mechanism and will just replace it all and start over.  Hopefully that will solve the problem, as long as we can actually get it all back together.

New control box and harness

New mechanism

So other than that and playing a ton of bocce, we haven't been doing anything.