Good morning, everyone! Put me down on the list of not ever wanting mustard skittles or ketchup popsicles. Either of them would make me sick to my stomach!
Kathie - Be very careful if you do make that drive to Chicago alone. That Serbian thumb drive sounds weird. How many thumb drives do you have? You give new meaning to being all thumbs!! LOL Seriously though, sorry to hear that your brother is failing so rapidly. I'll keep him and you also in my prayers. By the way, that tree in Aruba you mentioned is a divi divi tree. I have a little metal one I bought on one of our trips to Aruba as a rememberance.
Dave - I know of only one person who built a house with a safe room and that's not far from us. It took the guy over 10 years to build the house and looks so out of place in that area. I'm sure Bill & Rita know the house I'm talking about. The rest of us just take our chances. No safe rooms and no tornado warning sirens. We like living on the edge!
Bill - I forgot about Aruba. I already told you that I hate you, right? I know I told Rita. Aruba is just about my most favorite place to visit. Staying there for a week, you will get to see so much of the island. If you have a car, that is. Don't forget to have an Ariba Aruba for me. Loved that drink!
Lee - Sorry the rains kept you and Ava from your morning walk. Hopefully, the rest of the day will only get better.
Karen - I hope Scooter is doing well today. Did you get any of the rains yesterday? We didn't get 10 drops all day. It got dark and looked like the heavens were going to open, but once again, the rain went all around us. We're hoping we have better luck today. Bert put fertilizer down and he needs the rains to soak it in.
We have G&E coming this afternoon, so I'll make a charcuterie board to tide them over until dinner. Nothing fancy tonight. Just a simple ground beef and pasta dish in tomato sauce. A favorite of mine since childhood and the rest of the gang loves it too.
We were laughing last night. Talk about feast or famine - company 3 days in a row and after that nothing. Which leads me to my next bit of news ... The Grille is closing for about 2 months! We have a new management company and apparently they were not happy with anything about the Grille. They are planning a deep cleaning of all areas, plus a totally new menu and a better trained staff than what they've had. Nothing lost with them being closed. We're lucky to go there once a month these days. Their food specials have been horrible and very overpriced for a place that is being subsidized by the HOA. They're pricing the food like they're downtown Orlando. They've lost us from back in the old days for sure.
On that note, time to put together a shopping list for Bert for the rest of the things we need for dinner. Take care , gang, and have a super afternoon.
