Super Bowl Weekend 2010

On Saturday night we helped Ron celebrate his 70th Birthday with about 50 other guests at Alfano's in Clearwater. Here is Ron with his partner Ken. They have been together for 42 years!

Our table:

The food section! It was all delicious!

On Sunday night Greg and Scott had a few people over for the Super Bowl game. Good food and a good game! All rooting for the Saints!

Higher Education - We Grad-gee-ated!!!

Well, we had a great time at graduation. Michael, our caller, really messed with our heads! After the first 'tip' we were ready to head towards the door . . . thinking, "Did we not learn anything?" But it was all in good fun!

We got new name badges and our diplomas!

The start of the balloon crawl! There's a video posted below.

Balloon Dance

One of the 'Tips" involved keeping the balloon between your legs. One of us didn't quite make it!

A Weekend in January

The weather has gotten back to normal for this time of year; daytime highs around 70 degrees.

I picked these tangelos in Wayne's backyard on Saturday. The rose is from his yard too.

Wayne baked the two layers of the coconut cake. The cake took 3 sticks of the butter and the frosting took another 3. Did I tell you I started back at the gym last week?

Then we headed over to Rosalie's and James' wedding. I work with Rose. It was a nice celebration. Good food and lots of fun!

A bunch of my co-workers. I'm saving most of the other pictures for blackmail.

All the Single Ladies dance for Nadia!

Linda and Louie came to visit on Sunday morning. We went to Cafe Alma for brunch and then back to my apartment for conversation and coconut cake!

Wayne makes another fantastic coconut cake!

Facebook: From Retro to Fictional Character

I had a hard time with this one. Started with Bugs Bunny, one of my favorite. Decided to change it to Pee Wee. I'm fickle, what can I say?

Wayback Week on Facebook

Taking a cue from Idle Eyes and a Dormy, I thought I would post my 'way back' pic here. After seeing my three daughters posted pics, I just had to join along. I'm posting theirs here too. Where has the time gone???

Gina at 19 - Visit to Winter Park

Gina turned 19 last Saturday and on Wednesday we spent the greater portion of the day hanging out together! Fabulous Gina with that Fabulous pink tree!

Our official portrait of the day!

First things, first: lunch at Bahama Breeze! Our appetizer: Tostones with Chicken(Pronounced "toast-tone-ays") Thick slices of home-fried plantains layered with chicken, sweet peppers, mushrooms, onions and cheese, topped with fresh tomato salsa.

And next, a visit to Just Puppies!

And lastly, over to Regal Cinemas to see The Princess and the Frog. What a fun Daddy / Daughter Date!

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Answer: It's Florida!!! The temp has been hovering in the mid 30s to low 40s for way too long now!

Wayne has been coming down sick so I spent much of the weekend flying solo. We joined some friends on Friday night at Georgie's, then some of us went to 5 Guys for dinner. Both Howard and Greg had never been to one. Note to self: Stick to 5 Guys on an afternoon, not at 9:30 at night.

On Saturday I took a look at the Gold's Gym near me. It has a nice setup, plus I can get the AARP rate. I've been wanting to get back to the gym, and I'm thinking maybe the timing is right.

I went to Publix to take advantage of the buy one / get one free offers for the week. I even picked up some meat loaf mix to make a meatloaf!

On Sunday I went to see Avatar in 3D at the Regal in Park Place. I loved the movie! I'm impressed with the world that was created on Pandora. Special effects have come a long way!

I made up my own recipe. It came out pretty good!

I also picked up these Emerald almonds as one of the BOGO specials at Publix. It's the "Cocoa Roast" with dark chocolate flavor. Had much less sodium than the other varieties. And they are yummy!

Happy Birthday Gina!!!

Happy 19th Birthday Gina! I love you!

Happy Birthday Elvis!

Finally! My first post of 2010! I took my Christmas tree down on Wednesday night. Had to take one more picture before it was gone for another year.

Today was the first day we wore our Tampa Bay Lightning shirts. We'll be wearing them every Friday for the hockey season. Showing off our team spirit? Sure! Plus promoting our new Lightning credit card.

It's been so cold here lately, I feel like I'm on ice!

Happy New Year! 2010!

I've been hanging around the apartment, doing odds and ends. I put my garbage out in the alley and walked to the mailbox. On my way back I decided to walk around to the front of the apartment building and come in that way. There was a package at the front door, addressed to me. It had a sticker on top, "Contains Ice Cream". My first thought was "How long has this been sitting out here?"!!!

I carried it into the kitchen and tore it open. A Christmas gift from Joe and Joy. Just what I wanted! What a surprise! More for me to eat!!!

Sunset Beach & North Shore Park

After a leisurely morning, and since the day was warming up nicely into the low 70s, I decided to take a ride over to the beach. It was sunny and warm. Seems like a lot of snow birds are in town.

Saw these dead crabs on the beach when I first walked out there.

This is the beach near Caddy's.

Frosty is still hangin' out there.

As I was walking back to my car, I noticed this egret in the courtyard.

After stopping at Publix on Treasure Island to pick up a couple of things, I headed over to North Shore Park to relax some more and enjoy the surroundings.

The sun was going down. This is around 5:00 pm.

I fixed myself some leftover angel hair and broccoli for dinner.

Christmas Leftovers

Ham and cheese sandwich on fresh "White Mountain Bread" w/ Jalapeno and cheddar Cape Cod chips.

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Day 3 - Visit with the Girls

Monday morning coming down . . .

We went to visit the branch where I work so that the girls could meet all the great people I work with, and so that my co-workers could meet my girls! It was a fun visit. From there we headed over to Mazzaro's for lunch. It was Adeles first time there. It was pretty busy, but we enjoyed our lunch and dessert too!

Then we headed up to Target to do a little shopping. On our way back to my apartment we drove through Roser Park. There was some construction going on so we had to take a little detour thru the park. It was still a sight to see!

Our portrait shot before parting. It seems like the time flew by in an instant!

These are a few shots I copied from Adele's camera.

Saturday night after opening gifts.

From an earlier visit to North Straub Park and walking around the neighborhood