Spring Break Day 4: Now With Pictures

Today, Nate had to drive back & teach. The kids & I stayed at the resort. As Chief put it this was his last chance to sleep in for a while. They slept until almost noon. Ate lunch & watched X-Men 1.5 in the condo. We did walk over to the IMax and catch Everest. … Continue reading Spring Break Day 4: Now With Pictures

Spring Break Day 3 — Now With Pictures!

Note: This is the new, improved, updated, full-color version of Spring Break Day 3 with pictures. Today got off to a little later start. Started with a breakfast of multi-grain pancake, I'll post the recipe later. Then we loaded up the Princess Crusier (PT Cruiser) and headed to St Augustine. The Princes Cruiser, ready for … Continue reading Spring Break Day 3 — Now With Pictures!

Spring Break Day 2

Today Nate had class so Kat, Chief & I went headed to Lakeland to see a spring training game. 1st Base Entry The Detroit Tigers spring training is in Lakeland. Joker Marchant Stadium (Tiger Town) is a pretty nice facility. It is also home to the The Flying Tigers, part of the Detroit's club system. … Continue reading Spring Break Day 2

Spring Break Day 1

Today we picked the kids (AKA Kat & Chief) at the airport & drove back home. We really didn't do much today except hang out at the house. After dinner I took the kids to UF to watch the bats come out by Lake Alice. Took some pictures while waiting on the bats to come … Continue reading Spring Break Day 1

Ok, I Was Bored

Word of the Day sine qua non: an indispensable thing. Things That Make You Think Why isn't phonic spelled the way it sounds? How can someone draw a blank? Why do you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway? Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it BEGINS ringing? Why do we … Continue reading Ok, I Was Bored

A Day at the Beach

Thought I would share some pictures from our trip to St. Augustine beach Friday.  Warning today's post contains a lot of pictures.  It was too cold to get in the water but we did enjoy walking on the beach. Yes, I know it wasn't really cold. The black dots are surfers. They were about the … Continue reading A Day at the Beach

My Places to Go in 2008

Read an article in the New York Times on-line about places to visit in 2008. I decided to compile my own list of places to visit in 2008.  Of course my list isn't as exotic as NY Times list.  I decided to restrict my list to places that I want to visit and actually might … Continue reading My Places to Go in 2008