December in Florida

Hey Everyone!

Happy Holidays! Time is flying down here and I can't believe we'll be back in the burgh soon.

Last week, Glenn was in Orlando all week. During that time, there was all sorts of craziness. As some of you know, we discovered that our plumber had failed to properly winterize our house, and one of our radiators froze and burst, ruining the carpet in my old dressing room.

Yeah, I'd say that's ruined.

Anyway, fortunately Glenn was able to coordinate between several companies to get the radiator removed and capped, the heat system back up and functioning, and the carpet removed from the dressing room, all in time for the home inspection. Yikes!

And, because stuff always happens when Glenn is away, I also had the excitement of letting the dogs out one night, only for us all to discover that there was a surly raccoon in our yard. I have no pics of this, but I am guessing you all recall what a raccoon looks like. Anyway, we had been warned when we moved here that the raccoons down here are vicious and have been known to kill dogs, so I was a bit nervous that I was going to have to break up a raccoon / dog fight with a broom. Fortunately, the dogs screamed and yelled at the thing, but kept their distance. I was later able to lure them back inside with some ham.

Glenn returned to a beautiful weekend. We are actually having unseasonably warm temperatures here - this weekend was in the mid-80s. Darn right hard to believe it is December.

Friday night, we ate at lovely restaurant on the water called Jackson's in downtown Tampa. We got to sit outside on their porch and had a delicious meal.

Nice view!

 Later, we walked across the bridge to the Sail Pavilion. Really pretty night.

On Saturday, we went to St. Pete Beach late in the afternoon so we could take a walk along the beach, catch the sunset, and then have dinner.

Four Pelicans a' Floating

We stopped at a little beach bar where a live band was playing and hung out for a bit, watching the sun go down.

Please note in this next picture that a man is dancing with his bird.

Here...I'll make it easier to see...

I think it's nice the bird gets to go dancing.

Anyway, Glenn got some really pretty shots of the sunset.

So anyway, those are the highlights from the weekend. Sunday we mostly stayed in and read on the porch, took naps and got a pizza. Those kind of days are pretty nice too.

Love you all and hope you are doing well!