Re-entering society (but not too much)

Hi Everyone - 

Sorry it's been a while. Business has been great which is keeping me too busy to blog (if I'm not getting paid for it. :-) But here I am.

Glenn and I are both fully vaccinated now so we've gone out a few times to eat at restaurants with outdoor seating. Here we are on our first big night out at Caretta's on the Gulf - an awesome restaurant on Clearwater Beach.

After we went down to sit by the fire pit and listen to music and get blasted by sand.

And here's a pic from another night when we got pizza at Nona's.

We also got some new things for around our lanai. We got new lanterns and flowers.

A new plant stand.

And new lights around - and in - the pool. (Long story, replacing the lightbulb in the pool triggered a series of unfortunate events which ended up costing $1,500. Still, it looks darn nice!)

Ok, so you want some puppy pics? Fine.

Just kidding! Although Eddie may be part gator. He loves to swim and bite things.

What?! I'm totally sweet and innocent!

So when we want to eat undisturbed, we typically put the dogs on the other side of the door from us.

And I took these pictures while I was "at work" the other day. You can tell Eva takes her job very seriously.

Eddie, not so much!

I haz a ball.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

Eddie loves to swim and it's a great way for us to wear him out, so we've been letting him swim every night. 

Here he is with his new sea turtle.

So here are a couple cute videos. 

Warning: In this one, he is skinny dipping!

In other news, we bought a new couch - which is white - but so far it has been holding up pretty well, and I really like it. It was a saga getting it in here and assembled (it came in 26 boxes and we had to hire a guy to put it together which was the smartest thing we ever did).

Anyway, here it is when we first got it in.

Here it is with Eddie posing like a supermodel.

And here it is with some throw pillows that we bring out for company.

It's very comfortable!

Our friends Chad and Lisha just took a trip to Iceland and texted us this picture. (Yes, there is a volcano erupting behind them.)

I told them, this makes me feel like the most boring person in the world. Here are Chad and Lisha starring in the next James Bond film and I am putting a chicken and broccoli casserole in the oven. Sigh!

But, in VERY EXCITING NEWS - today, for the first time in 15 months, I went to the hair salon. It took 4 hours but I went from this:

To this:

I feel 10 lbs lighter and 10 years younger! Whew!

Anyway, that's all we got for now. Hope you all are well. Love you!