NANCY and BILL

Last night a strong cold front moved into the area. The temperatures dropped 20 degrees, the rains came and the winds have been gusting over 40mph ever since 6pm last night. I spent most of the night tossing and turning as the winds whipped up outside;o((

Nancy said the title of this blog should have been, "As The Screen Room Turns!" Yeah, I left it up last night....BIG mistake;o(( When we got up this morning, it was upside down!! It was torn, the hubs were broken, the stakes were dislodged and spread around the campsite!! Oh well--what's done is done!!

I've had to sew it together before when a micro-burst storm hit us this summer. But this time it's going to require sewing in a half dozen places. Yea, it's going to require a seamstress and that ain't me!! Nancy is going to have to perform major surgery if we expect to salvage the screen room. She agreed to give it a try when she can move her sewing machine outside. So it won't happen before we get to Florida and warmer weather;o)) If we can't mend it, we'll just get another one just like it....I'll have lots of spare parts;o))

Nancy here: I don't have one picture of the mess to share with you. Bill was outside cleaning up while I was still in PJs. No way was I heading out in the cold and wind for a picture!! But it really was a mess and he looked so pathetic trying to untangle the mess;o((

After cleaning everything up, we ran some errands today. We picked up our mail, went to the bank ATM and did a little food shopping for Christmas. It was too windy to do much else. The coach smells good with Nancy making stuffing for the Turkey dinner we're having at Julie's house.

The cold weather arrived just as the calendar shows it's the first day of winter. We aren't winter fans, but the good news is that the days start to get longer after today--Hooray!! Now if we can get the winds to slow down and the temps to rise we would be a lot happier. It doesn't look like it's going to happen in the near future. We'll just take it in stride and look forward to Christmas with the family. Then it's off to Florida for a few months....I'm ready :o)))

Nancy here: I can't post a blog without a photo...so here are a few of the white pelicans that visited the causeway yesterday!!! They hung around for an hour or so and then headed south. Smart birds...can't wait to see them there:o))

The First to Arrive!!