11/25/2018

Weekly Update 11/25/2018

I had many kind offers to join friends for thanksgiving, but declined them all in order to stay home, eat deli turkey, and watch the football games. If I’d known how terrible the games were going to be, I may have decided to go out, but I had hopes of some good sports watching. It was not to be. But I also had a chance to get the condo ready for Christmas as I won’t have much time to do that next week. 

YUM -a home cooked thanksgiving feast of deli turkey, frozen peas and a microwaved yam

On Friday, I was up early to drive to Kay’s house. I left my car there and she drove to St Augustine where we met Lisa and Dave. The Besties together again! The Augustine Inn was ok, but Kay and I had to share a bed, and the large jacuzzi tub took up most of the room. We weren’t in the room too much, and other parts of the b&b were wonderful - it was close to everything so we didn’t need to get in the car all weekend, the courtyard was private and comfortable so we enjoyed fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and champagne every afternoon as well as bottles of wine and laughter in the evenings, and the breakfasts were great. We took the trolley tour and that was a wonderful way to see and learn a lot of the city history. We didn’t do many museums, but did get to the Castillo. Connie and Jim drove down on Saturday, so we all went out for drinks and dinner that evening. The time flew by, and I can’t believe it’ll a long time before we can see Lisa and Dave again.

The Augustin Inn, our B&B

breakfast in the courtyard

Spanish soldiers at the Castillo

dinner at the pub

the "girls", just before splitting up to travel to our homes

Driving home on Sunday afternoon I had to “watch” the game on my NFL app on the phone. It would have been a great game to watch. But, when it comes down to it, I would rather be with Lisa, Dave and Kay than at Coach’s watching a game any day!

And, while my new addition to my collection is not technically a nutcracker (it’s a bobblehead), I do have something new this year. It’s Harry Kane, the Tottenham Hotspur star. He came all the way from UK!  

my newest addition

and quite a collection it is!