Friday, September 30, 2016

House, dog & cat sitting

Fletcher came up from Ft. Lauderdale for a visit on Labor Day weekend. He brought his dog Vala and Doug's dog Diva to visit also. Tinker, Vala and Diva all get along well together, but I know Tinker is always glad when they go back home and he has "his" house and us all to himself. I fixed Fletcher's favorite meal of Pepper Steak and rice on Sunday for dinner. Monday before he left to go back home we went to Sebastian Roadside restaurant for a late breakfast. 

While Fletcher was here we talked about how the wifi signal could be better in the family room especially when we're watching movies on Apple TV. The wifi router is in the office on the other side of the house and Fletcher suggested that we get a wifi extender. So on Labor Day after Fletcher went back home, I went down to Best Buy in Vero and bought a wifi extender. I put it about half way between the family room and the office and it seems to have improved our wifi reception.

Fletcher flew up to Boston on the 23rd to visit some friends and Mike and I (and Tinker)
drove down to his house that day to cat and dog sit while he was gone. 

We went to breakfast at the Original Pancake House on the 24th. Mike had a waffle with turkey sausage and home fries and I had pancakes with real bacon. The 24th was also my 70th birthday, so  we went out to dinner at the La Bamba restaurant in Ft. Lauderdale to celebrate. We each ordered a grilled steak quesadilla and a Negro Modelo beer for dinner. Wish we could have had a frozen ice cream dessert, but we were both too full. Sunday the 25th we went back to the Original Pancake House for a late breakfast and we each ordered biscuits and gravy and split a Western Omelet. 

When we came out after breakfast, we saw this Mama Duck about to lead her babies across the parking lot at Original Pancake House. We were among several people who stopped to watch and take photos.


We spent the rest of the weekend just watching TV, walking the dogs, feeding the dogs and cats and being lazy.

We came back home on the 26th after having a late breakfast and Fletcher got home the middle of that afternoon. 

Tonight and tomorrow night is Mike's Class of 1961 55th Reunion for Lake Worth High School. We decided not to attend because we apparently will be having "company" next week.

If the weather forecasts are right, Hurricane Matthew will be here around Friday Oct. 7.

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