ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END

Another gorgeous day in Marco!
The view from our balcony
We had some fun and looked at condos just for the heck of it. This one was located on Smokehouse Bay. Beautiful view from the balcony. It's nice to dream...right?
We had lunch at Snook Inn. I usually get their fried grouper sandwich, but I had their yummy coconut shrimp today. The view, the food, the music....all good!
It always amazes us that the water color is so pretty on the Snook River.
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After lunch, we drove to Naples for the afternoon.
We have lots of palm trees at home, but not this kind. It's my favorite.
Naples beaches are pretty too. Not as wide as in Marco or on "our" beach back home.
Gorgeous!
This was Jack and Linda's first trip to Marco and Naples, but I don't think it will be their last.
It's gonna be hard, but we're heading home tomorrow....sigh!

Kat

VALENTINE'S 2009

A wonderful and memorable Valentine's Day!

(The beautiful pearl/crystal necklace I have on is my Valentine gift from George. He really surprised me. I saw it at the Heart Gala a week or so ago at the silent auction and wanted it. I bid on it, but someone out bid me. George left our table during dinner and made sure it was mine. How sweet is he!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Kat

MARCO ISLAND FUN

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!
How sweet is this?! A heart formed out of seashells on the beach.
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Our Friday:
Looking out our hotel lobby window toward the pool and beach
The beach here is so different from ours...very flat...lots of small shells. The water is much calmer too...very few waves.
Jack & Linda and George before our walk on the beach. We took a nice long walk and collected quite a few seashells.
A guy was fishing off of some rocks and caught this hammerhead shark
We saw dolphins and can you believe it...I actually was able to catch one on film
I've always loved this statue
Here we are at lunch at The Tiki Bar waiting for our grouper sandwiches

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After we took our walk and had lunch, we all showered and dressed and then drove into Naples for some shopping and dinner.

We're having fun!

Kat

MARCO ISLAND, HERE WE COME....

Our bags are not only packed, but already in the car. We leave early in the morning. Our friends Jack and Linda are going with us.

I just checked the weather one more time.....


ThuFeb 12
Partly Cloudy
high 81° low 59°
chance of rain 10%

FriFeb 13
Mostly Sunny
high 81° low 57°
chance of rain 10%

SatFeb 14
Partly Cloudy
high 81° low 57°
chance of rain 10%

SunFeb 15
Mostly Sunny
high 80° low 58°
chance of rain 10%

MonFeb 16
Partly Cloudy
high 75° low 52°
chance of rain 10%

Can't wait!!!!!

Kat

TUESDAY

I spent all afternoon and evening playing games. Can you guess who arrived today?

If you guess my Mom and Sherry, you're right. They will be house sitting and keeping Miss Daisy while we are on our trip to Marco Island. (We leave early Thursday morning.) It's wonderful having them here. We had a lot of fun playing Chicken Foot, using double 12 dominoes.

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Becky at Looking Through The Eyes Of Luv passed along this "Life is Grand" award and I'm suppose to list five reasons my life is "grand".

1. Life is grand because I have my health.

2. Life is grand because I love my husband as much today as I did the day we married (31 years next month!)

3. Life is grand because we have children and grandchildren who are all happy and healthy and who love us and each other.

4. Life is grand because we live in a place we love...our personal "paradise".

5. Life is grand because I have many wonderful friends, not only in real life, but in this "Land of Blog".

Soooo...if you read my blog and enjoy it, please accept this award from me to YOU.


Thanks Becky!



Kat

MY NEW HANDBOOK

HANDBOOK 2009

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2008.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile. Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

(Our daughter sent this to me in an e-mail and I thought it was well worth sharing. Thanks Bree!)

Kat




ps....they need to post this warning for the movie TAKEN...oh.my.word! I was still shaking when we left the theatre.

ANY BODY THERE?

Oh.My. Gosh! It has been an absolute gorgeous day here. Finally! The kind of day where you just want to stay outside, which we pretty much did.

I guess everyone else is spending the day outside too. I haven't gotten many e-mails or comments today. I keep checking every few minutes...silly, I know... so I thought this cartoon was cute. I'm reminding myself of when I was a teenager and would wait by the phone, willing it to ring. Remember those days thinking "why won't he call" LOL

We're going to the movies tonight to see Taken. I hear it's very good. It's gonna be a nail biter I'm sure. Just watching the previews, makes my heart race.

Kat

MY SATURDAY

Funny story:

While George played golf today, I decided to run a few errands. While shopping, I had a lady stop me and ask "Pardon me...may I ask your advice please?" Of course, I said yes. She preceded to explain that she had a formal dinner to go to and needed some advice on what color stockings to wear. She went into great detail describing everything...from head to toe. I gave her my best advice. She thanked me and said "I knew you were the one who would know best." I thought "Wow, she must think I'm a "Fashionista"! "She must think I'm the best person in this whole store to ask advice about fashion."

Until....

Drum Roll Please!

I remembered I was in Walmart! LOL

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We had dinner tonight with our friends Jack & Linda and Dick & Linda (too many Linda's in my life LOL). We enjoyed a wonderful meal at Borago in Grayton Beach.

I ordered my favorite salad - Arugula with Gorgonzola, toasted walnuts, lemon and extra virgin olive oil and my favorite entree - Fusilli with toasted pine nuts, artichokes, calamata olives, fresh mozzarella and basil pesto sauce and I added grilled shrimp to it. Oh.My.Word! Delish!

Dick & Linda brought along two bottles of wine they brought back from Italy. Really really really good wine. It looks like Dick was feeling his wine!

Kat