Its July already!

It’s July already! The last time I wrote here it was February. So much for my good intentions of writing at least every few days. Since the summer doldrums are here maybe I’ll get caught up on my writing chores.

After all the winter guests departed and things settled down we decided to replace our bedroom carpeting with wood laminate. That kept us busy for most of April. It looks very nice and has helped with my allergies. Carpeting here in Florida is not too good of an idea as it becomes moldy. This was very good carpeting but it had been there for 15 years and you could definitely smell the mold when we tore it up. As soon as the bedroom was finished with everything washed and polished we got our suitcases and the cat and piled into the car to head north for our eldest son’s 50th birthday party. We spent 2 weeks there and enjoyed being with everyone but as so often happens the time gets consumed with family and we rarely have time to visit with friends.

The first of this month our oldest grandson and a friend came down to go sailing with us. I had decided that I was going to stay home as I’ve never been really fond of sailing and as I’ve gotten older and my knees have gotten stiffer my affection for the sport has dropped a few notches, but in the end I went and enjoyed myself although it took a couple of able bodied seamen to move me from cabin to deck and I didn’t even dare venture into the dinghy. I didn’t feel that my dignity was up to it. But we spent a week and visited a few of our favorite anchorages. I might try it again! Although there is a saying about “Old sailors never die they just trawl away.” I think that I’m ready for the trawler.

Our awnings got destroyed by Wilma last year and it has been extremely difficult to get replacements as everyone else lost there’s, too. One of the awnings was just delivered Thursday. It was a metal awning that is also a storm shutter and quite large. Since this season’s hurricane season is here, we were glad to get it but we were told that it would take another 4 or 5 months before anyone was available to install it. Dick ended up getting it and is now struggling to get it installed as I sit here in the AC typing and feeling a little guilty as I see him sweating. I am a good wife so I did take him a fresh sweatband.

Good wife that I am I think I had better think about supper.