Saturday was nice...
Jeanie, Cali and I left the house at 11:00am and drove into town. The plan was to park downtown, walk to center street, go to the farmer's market, catch the Veteran's Day Parade, then go to the Art Fair. Unfortunately, either we misinterpreted when the parade would go down Center street, or the parade started early. We parked on Beech street because that was as close as we could get, then walked to Center street. We ended up catching the tail end of the parade. We missed the marching bands which was a disappointment for me, but did see the pirate ship, which reminded us that our planning wasn't so good, as in hindsight, we wouldn't have taken Cali and subjected her to the booms of the canons on the ship.
After the parade, we walked over to the farmer's market where we ended up purchasing a meatball stromboli, a spakakopita and a raspberry turnover from one of the baked goods vendors. We found a bench in the shade on Center Street, and the three of us enjoyed our baked goods.
After brunch, we walked through the art fair. Cali was very popular. There were some nice pieces - especially some stained glass - but alas, it was all too rich for our budget. We walked around the marina for a few minutes then walked back through the art fair and back to the car.
After leaving downtown, we drove to the Publix shopping center where there were two Florida Georgia Blood Alliance bloodmobiles and I gave blood while Jeanie and Cali did some window shopping.
After completing my donation, we drove down Sadler and got a dipped cone at Dairy Queen. We then drove to the north end of the island and parked at the North End Park parking lot and tried to go for a walk on the beach but were blocked by the sand replenishment project's large pipes which ran the length of the beach for quite a distance in either direction.
After watching the replenishment folks work for a while, which was quite interesting, we drove to the north end of main beach, parked, and took a short stroll on the beach.
After our walk, we drove back past home and while Cali and I picked up Chick-Fil-A sandwiches for dinner, Jeanie picked up a movie at blockbuster. We didn't end up watching the movie Saturday evening, but I'm sure we'll get to it later in the week.
Sunday was okay...
I went to the airport around nine for my weekly get-together with the regulars at the airport. After sitting around the FBO and chatting for a while, I walked around the T-hangar area and chatted with some other folks.
Around 11:00am, I returned home and Jeanie and I ate a nice brunch of green salad with grilled chicken.
Neither Jeanie nor I slept well Saturday night, so after lunch we took a short nap.
After the nap, we decided to tackle the garage. The goal was to clean and organize the garage to the point where we could make room to actually park the RAV-4 in the garage. While we did make quite a bit of progress, we did not actually achieve our goal. Had we had another hour or two of daylight and another hour or two of energy, we might have succeeded, although I am not sure as there is still about 7 1/2 pounds of "stuff" that we are trying to cram into a 5 pound sack. We did end up with a number of items going into the round file and a number going into the Goodwill box which did help. With a fresh start, we may be able to increase the efficiency of our storage scheme, or we may find some more nominees for relocation. Even if that is not the case, by early next year, Jeanie will complete the refinishing of the bookcase headboard her dad made for us, as well as the refinishing of one of our old oak end tables. Once we get those into the house, that should make enough room to start parking the RAV-4 in the garage.
Since we were both tired and neither of us was in the mood to cook, we drove to the new McDonalds in Yulee and went through the drive-thru.
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Posted by David at November 11, 2007 08:52 PM