You would think when you stay home most of the time you could get a lot done.  But it seems the time keeps rushing by me, and I have not done an update for awhile. My daughter has been here several times and Marie is in Florida and doing well.   Another week and we will get our second Covid shot which we are looking forward to.  We have not visited many of our favorite spots, still doing take out and a little outside dining.  We do have almost weekly gatherings with the neighbors to share some grill out and good conversation.  And doing my best to get some golf in, but it seems I can’t find the secret to making my golf game any better!

January was cool for south Florida with lot’s of days in the 60’s and low 70’s, but we did manage to survive.  Our association pool was closed a number of months due to some repairs and then issues found in the seawall on the intercoastal.  That became more annoying as the weather warmed up but eventually a contractor was found to do some repairs and the city finally gave its blessing to move forward.   Now the pool is open and happiness has returned.  The repairs are short term though and in the next 5 years a plan will be needed for some very expensive repairs.  I do like to have repairs done before they become critical so we have put in a new AC unit, south Florida salty air takes its toll on rooftop units and ours was over 10 years old, which is the average life span of the units.  So we won’t have to worry about that while we are not here during the summer. Other than that no major projects this winter just small ‘tinkering’.  I did have a broken tooth extracted and now have an implant in place that is healing, a couple of more months to having a tooth.  Chris had started seeing a chiropractor for her back in Oshkosh, and found one down here that has helped her a lot.  With some exercise she is seeing him once a month and feeling better.  So life remains very good.  We kept track of the cold days up north and had no desire to experience it.  We will continue to live the ‘good life’ and see our Wisconsin friends at the end of May!

Get that gator off the tee box

Super Bowl

Man O War

the intercoastal, we are on the left

Neighborhood Grill Out