Jan, 2020
Dave with his Duck Horn wine - what a treat this was!
Dave turned 75 on Jan 10 – he is still moving around and enjoying life. His sister had a great birthday present sent to him! He loves his wine – that may be why he is still going strong!
We had our first boat in the dock for 2020. Swink’s arrived on Jan 2 hoping to stay a few days, but ended up here for 10 days waiting for weather window to head to the Key’s. During their stay we had a dinner party for 10 people, went to the Cape Coral art fair, ran around to stores (Lorrie loves to shop), Roger and Dave had dental appointments, and had cocktails each evening. We had the Shorts in the guest room for one night also – always a party here in January. We said fair sailing on Jan 12 at 7:00 a.m. as Reality left the dock, the sun was barely up but the tide was right for their travel plans. We continued with our exercise program even while we had dock guests.
We had our largest DFC gathering on Jan 14 for cocktails and dinner. There were 14 for cocktails and 12 for dinner so we ordered pizzas from our favorite restaurant – they delivered and everyone dug in. Barb made a Greek salad to go with pizza. Didn’t have much left overs.
We had a few to do house list items completed in January – nothing major but regular maintenance items that required being home and waiting for people to arrive. Barb spent time working on QOV quilts – she takes quilt blocks and assembles quilt tops (no count was kept of how many she put together). We were able to swim most of the month as the weather was warm and the pool heater worked well. We also met friends and former colleagues during the month for dinner or lunch in various places -- always nice to see friends both boating and others. When looking back we were with people at least three times a week, no wonder Barb was tired of cleaning the house.
We had our first boat in the dock for 2020. Swink’s arrived on Jan 2 hoping to stay a few days, but ended up here for 10 days waiting for weather window to head to the Key’s. During their stay we had a dinner party for 10 people, went to the Cape Coral art fair, ran around to stores (Lorrie loves to shop), Roger and Dave had dental appointments, and had cocktails each evening. We had the Shorts in the guest room for one night also – always a party here in January. We said fair sailing on Jan 12 at 7:00 a.m. as Reality left the dock, the sun was barely up but the tide was right for their travel plans. We continued with our exercise program even while we had dock guests.
We had our largest DFC gathering on Jan 14 for cocktails and dinner. There were 14 for cocktails and 12 for dinner so we ordered pizzas from our favorite restaurant – they delivered and everyone dug in. Barb made a Greek salad to go with pizza. Didn’t have much left overs.
We had a few to do house list items completed in January – nothing major but regular maintenance items that required being home and waiting for people to arrive. Barb spent time working on QOV quilts – she takes quilt blocks and assembles quilt tops (no count was kept of how many she put together). We were able to swim most of the month as the weather was warm and the pool heater worked well. We also met friends and former colleagues during the month for dinner or lunch in various places -- always nice to see friends both boating and others. When looking back we were with people at least three times a week, no wonder Barb was tired of cleaning the house.
Reality on the dock! loved seeing a 44 DF here.
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Jan 14 dinner party: Beth Petry, Angela & Mark Mouton, Kurt Petry, Dave, Bob & Kemba DeGroat, Pete & Yvonne Schick, Pam & John Short. (not pictured, Jerry Anderson and Deanne Fitzpatrick
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