How time flies when you ae just waiting around for things to happen! This week has been mostly full of clouds, rain and cold. People here are freezing...but we are not complaining...Kansas has been hit hard by cold, snow and wind. While it is not exactly delightful here...it is way better than Kansas.

W spent a delightful weekend hanging out with John and Diane...watched a very disappointing Super Bowl ...and then they were off...headed south...who knows if/when we'll catch up with them again.

Monday through the wonders of Facebook...we were able to hook up with Dakota's sister's forever parents...the Neers are in the St Pete area avoiding winter ...while they don't have Sophie traveling with them, it was fun to meet, greet, and compare dogs from the same litter. They had found a small dog park...so Dakota got to play while we chatted.

Tuesday the air conditioner man made a visit to check all ACs...though we haven't needed them!! Still using heaters!!! And we made a quick trip to Clearwater to pick up important mail...Floyd's cigar shipment and a carton of Dakota's chew bars....then we meet our friends at the local Tapas bar for half price Tapas Tuesday ....excellent food...and fun catching up with them. Floyd thought it was a mostly girlie place.....I thought it was wonderful. I'm sure we'll see them often in the next couple of weeks.

Boating projects have kept us busy....runs to the hardware store, pump out, laundry, cleaning, cooking and  walking the dog. We have managed to find several dog parks in the area...so when it stops raining, we dash over to get the boy some exercise. Haven't seen much of the canvas crew, but what we have seen is encouraging. They came and removed our Bimini cover...found the rod pockets full of mud dobber nests...thank goodness is was all dry, brittle, and dead.....ugh!!  Kelli and her crew are in Orlando this week so we are hoping to spend some time hugging that cute grand baby.  It's a busy and friendly marina...just depressing with all the cloud cover, rain, and coldness. Folks here are complaining...we just stay in, find projects, and nap! Tough life!! Soon we'll start planning our trip south...for now we are just hanging out. Kinda nice!!