The storm is somewhat upon us, although not nearly as fierce as originally expected, or shall I say, predicted. Supposedly the eye of the now Tropical Storm Fay may still pass over Jacksonville sometime tomorrow. not as much wind problems as rainfall in the forecast. Therefore, I have decided to not do anything overly dramatic as far as my glass is concerned. I hope this doesn't come back to bite me at some point but I am trusting the wind speed predicted won't be sufficient to blow my windows out.
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Well, here it is--tomorrow--and the storm is upon us! It was not appearing to be terrible earlier this morning so we decided to venture out, after I checked to make sure Hang Ups was open. Julia said my ears must have been ringing because they'd just been talking about me before I phoned them. I wondered if Koko's was open and she thought it was, seeing the chef's cars parked out front. A plan is born! I'd wanted to take Noah around Eagle Harbor to show him the town, where we'd lived and so forth, and then over to Koko's to have an entertaining lunch. This is exactly what did, not driving in the rain or wind. Not the same could be true for our ride home, however!
Wow! Lynn and I came back here but the family went over to the Mall to exercise on the indoor playground, to help the boys burn off some energy. Lynn and I came back to the condo and were thoroughly drenched just getting from the car to the elevator. The plans for our condo social event were changed from the sundeck to one of the penthouse units instead. We might go up at least for a little while to say 'hi' and let my family see the view, for what it is today!
Last night for dinner we ate at home, with me doing the honors! I prepared meatballs with mushroom gravy, corkscrew pasta which the boys loved madly, steamed baby carrots, and tried a new recipe for Vidalia onion casserole. Mmm, that casserole was absolutely fabulous! For dessert I'd made a cherry amaretto pie and served it with vanilla ice cream. Oh, nearly forgot to mention the fruit bowl purchased from Publix. And we all survived eating food prepared in my kitchen---by me! I told Judy R. I'd share the onion recipe with her ONLY if it worked out so watch the mailbox, Judy! It came through Janet's friend, Karen, who is planning to make it for our pot luck on Sunday so I'll get to have it again very soon!
Right this moment, Manny is sitting across from me at the glass topped table playing with the Play Doh which his dear cousin, Justin, bought for them to help pass the time during the storm. Justin also brought the boys some fabulous coloring books but they are really enjoying playing with the Doh.
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Above is what I wrote until the Internet got lost on the 20th!!!!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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