.....but do the boats leave the river? No! Open boats pushing their way back to the dock in the middle of a storm....smart! I'd be scared out of my wits bouncing on the wild water with lightning all around me. Yes, thanks for the boat ride, dude!
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Prior to the storm rolling in, some poolside sitting was enjoyed. My neighbor, Ellen, decided to come down for a bit, with another neighbor, Pat, coming out later with her granddaughter. Brenda N. was going to look at some bougainvilleas she saw advertised on Milwaukee Street and then popped in to join us poolside. Jeff, from downstairs, came over to try one of those much-heralded Angus burgers and was quite delighted with the flavor. A real nice group fellowshipping around the pool!
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I saw the guy who runs the cabana shop heading out with a roll of CAUTION tape, crime scene tape, toward the teen's pool. Actually it's for kids up to age 18, so not only teens use it. A lady came walking through with two little kids, heading toward the pool, and saw him taping it off all the way around. I told her perhaps someone had an accident in the pool so she went to check it out. Sure 'nuff, someone must have gone stinkies in the pool and now it had to be closed for 24 hours. That's the first time I'd seen that happen here, but it happened often at Eagle Harbor.
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I related the story about when Timmy was taking swim lessons at the E. H. pool and as we waited for the rest of the kids to show up, I suggested he go potty before class began. Being a very obediant child, I looked up to see him with his pool pants down, peeing in the bushes right behind my chair! Oh brother! Guess I wasn't specific enough about the when and where.....that's how the shrub became varigated! All laughed about it, picturing the scene.....
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After the pool was all taped off like a crime scene (I never did spot the offending child!), a guy came walking down from The Club, carrying something in his hand. He looked like a chef or something, the type of shirt he was wearing, and got busy sprinkling chemicals into the pool all the way around the perimeter. I am so glad I didn't see the chef fishing anything out of the pool and then go back to prepare a feast!
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The dryer has stopped which means my sheets are done. Tonight I'll sleep in a fresh bed, will have to make sure my feet are clean! I heard from Justin that he's doing fine and is in the central time zone....Oh, this weather is making me sleepy, must be the drop in barometric pressure or waking up too early...Kerry and Lori called this a.m. to report that Mom is feeling good enough to go out for coffee so a mess of my sisters and nieces are going to enjoy bakery and coffee with Grandma K! Thank you, Lord, for helping Mom feel better!!!!
