Goodness, I’ve been trying to get around to writing an entry for like a week now and it just hasn’t happened! I can’t believe how long it keeps winding up in between entries lately! So please excuse the brain dump of topics this entry will likely cover as a result. Cold So my cold/flu/plague which…
Category: Weather
King of the Jungle
Today was an unseasonably beautiful day with temps in the mid-70’s. (It’s normally well into the mid-80’s by now with feels-like temps into the 90’s.) And, having worked my butt off getting 8 orders made on Sunday, packed and shipped today (hopefully) in time for Mother’s Day, I rewarded myself with an afternoon romp around…
Where Did February Go?
Here we are and it’s already March. And I realize my intentions to actually sit down and write out a blog entry in my oh-so-neglected blog last month not only never came to pass, but I didn’t even come close. Handful of photo posts….and that’s about it. Sheesh. Just seems like I’ve been so busy…
Sunset at the Beach
It’s been unseasonably warm here lately, (it was 84F/28C yesterday and it should really only be about 70F/21C this time of year) so we tried to make lemon aid out of lemons and went down to the beach. Not for the whole day, just for a little while about an hour before sunset. I took…
Photo Update
Playing catch-up in photos… I managed to get the village up around the tree the night before my craft market but I still haven’t gotten my monorail up yet: Of course, you know what that means. Tree + village = Gracie! The craft market went great. Not only did I have a pleasant amount of…
Sunken Gardens
It was a beautiful weekend weather-wise here in the Tampa Bay Area with very low humidity and cool breezes. It was lovely. I wanted to enjoy a little of it, so Sunday we went to Sunken Gardens. I had gotten a super cheap Groupon way back in May with the plans to use it when…
Isaac Update
Tropical Storm Isaac’s projected path has been steadily moving westward over the past two days. This isn’t to say it’s a safe for Florida to relax – far from it. These things change on a dime and you never know where it will end up until it’s there. But, it’s tentatively good news. Spaghetti models…
Tropical Storm Isaac
Well, good old tropical depression #9 has been named now: Isaac. And though it’s early to know with any real certainty where it’s going, current tracks put in on a direct course for Florida. Here’s the National Hurricane Center’s current path prediction: And, even looking at the early spaghetti models, many of them are plotting…
Minor Updates – With Pics!
There really just hasn’t been a whole heck of a lot interesting going on, so there’s been a distinct lack of blog updates lately as a direct result. Here’s a few brief blurbs of what’s been going on this week that didn’t warrant an entire entry. Bruise Update Remember the massive bruise I mentioned a…
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
That sounds dirty and suggestive. Oh well, WordPress has already named the permalink so I’m sticking with it. (Yes I know there’s an edit button. Don’t bring logic into this.) It’s not meant to be a dirty or suggestive title at all actually. I was just sitting, staring at the empty entry title field and…
Life Updates
With all the focus on my blog about healthcare following my CNN.com article, I haven’t had a chance to update what ELSE is going on in my life lately. So here’s a bullet-point rundown. Love’s Dad was in the hospital again. Last Monday, July 2nd, he went to the ER late afternoon with severe pain…
Tropical Storm Debby
It’s been absolutely pouring here since yesterday. Non-stop. It’s raining sideways out there. All because of Tropical Storm Debby. Even though it’s on it’s way towards New Orleans, the way hurricanes and tropical storms spin, the back end is lashing the entire state of Florida, just drenching us. High winds, surf advisories, tornado warnings, flood…
Downtown St. Petersburg
This afternoon, we braved the intense June Florida heat to head to downtown St. Petersburg. I wanted to walk around and get some photos with my new camera. And since Love really loves the area, it seemed like a win-win. Of course, it was INSANELY hot and it even rained briefly (like 5 minutes worth)…
Holiday Weekend
Been quiet around here the past few days because it was a 3-day, holiday weekend. Today (Monday, May 28th) is Memorial Day and a Federal holiday so most companies are closed, including Love’s. (Plus things like banks, post office, etc.) It’s also considered the “unofficial” start of summer here in the US. People BBQ and…
Boring Weekend
Nothing really to talk about, hence the lack of posts in a few days again. Just more of bullet-point comments than anything, so here goes: Love’s CT scan The neurologist wanted to get it done to see if they could track down the source of the throbbing/whooshing/pulsing problem he has in his right ear. Doc…