Whole Foods opened in the new Outlet Mall this week.

It's also known as Whole Paycheck.

All the fresh seafood is amazing. 

Isn't this display something?

This is what I bought.  Two soups, strawberries, popcorn, 

Parmesan chicken breast, and Key Lime juice.

Five items was over $23.00 but everything

in the store is organic and fresh.

I loved the experience.  It's is pretty large and

has things I could just look at all day.

A wonderful addition to the neighborhood.

So Andre' did a great job beating me up but I was still able to walk the stores afterward.  He asked me if I was sore after Tuesday's workout but I wasn't so he stepped it up again.

It's the last day of February and that means spring is just around the corner.  The snow birds will be headed north soon too.  I have lots of them as friends but I will admit it's really nice when they are all gone and the streets aren't so busy and the stores and restaurants.  (This is not for Sandy and Dick! - smile!)

I am off today with the entire day stretched out in front of me to do with whatever I please.  I'll let you know when I decide what I do!

Have a great day y'all.  I will too.  For sure!

To continue this is the desk in the bedroom where 

I have actually been doing beading again!  

And looking into the dressing area.

That desk was my desk when I was a little girl

doing my homework.

And yes, the clock is pink too.

Friday!  I know y'all love that.  It doesn't matter to me because they are all mostly the same but Fridays are good.  I have Andre' waiting to beat me up pretty good.  TCD says I should do the squats every day if I can.  After Andre' I'm pretty much on my own for the rest of the day so I have to find something fun to do.  It is supposed to be cool and rainy, a high of only 73°so no pool for sure.  

Whatever you do make it a good day.  I will too for sure.

Continuing the condo photos.  Let me know if you are sick of it yet please!

February is almost over and I'm glad.  It's my least favorite month and I'm glad it's the shortest.  D#1 is coming in Sunday for a Monday dental appointment.  I'm not sure yet how long she will be here but I'll take any time I can get because she's such a joy to have around.

Today I am playing canasta and having lunch at the club.  No pool yet, it's warm enough to sit out there but the water isn't warm enough yet.

I have switched to texting rather that emailing mostly now.  It's fast, easy, and instant.  I don't know why I didn't use it more before but I do now.

That's it from my world y'all.  It's great here, hope it is the same where you are!

To carry on the photos of the apartment here is the bed.

And a small table by the front door.

I did another one hundred squats with Andre' plus a bunch of other things.  I always think at the time that I can't do it but then I end up doing it anyway.  Without him I wouldn't do half of what I am doing if that much so it's totally worth the money.  Some of you are curious as to what I pay him so I'll tell you, it's $30.00 a session plus it's at the club where I am a member so I don't have to pay gym dues.  So for $60.00 a week I am getting in the best shape I have been in for many years and I plan to continue.

So poker, last night I put in $40.00 and took out $39.00 so I played all evening for one dollar.  Pretty cheap night out and it was a nice game.

Today Steve and Jane come and make my apartment all shiny and clean and you know I love that.  

And I made a mistake about the night I am having dinner with my Broker that I call Bob because that is his name.  Last night the mayor brought me two hamburgers he grilled outside.  How sweet is that?  Service right to the door.  Can't beat that with a stick!

Have a great Wednesday y'all.  I will too.  I promise.

Since you seemed to like seeing my apartment here is a peek into the guest bathroom.  Below is the dressing area outside the powder room.  

Yesterday was a lovely day.  It started with the laundry but got better from there (I actually don't mind laundry at all), then I went to the pool, it was still to cold in the water but I enjoyed sitting outside talking to friends.  

Then I had a telephone call from a cousin that I have not spoken to for many years and I do chat on Facebook with her but it was lovely to actually chat.  She was coming through from Key West to Jacksonville but unfortunately I was not able to meet her.  She will be coming back to the area soon though and I will be sure to see her then.

Then I had a quiet hour or so and then I got to go spend some time with TCD!  We talked for quite a while, that's all but it was very nice.  Then he went back to work but I appreciated him saying he was going to take care of me after my surgery.  I told him D#1 was coming down to do that and he said great but he'd be there too.  How nice is that?  He marked the day out on his schedule and said he'd be at the hospital.  The surgery is 7 1/2 hours and he said D#1 would have to have some breaks and I would never be left alone for a moment.

Today I am not playing Mahjong, I have an appointment and then I'll go to the pool for an hour or so - oh, and I have Andre' in the morning, I can't forget that.  Then in the evening I am having dinner with my broker.  We meet every so ofter to chat about money and we have become friends over the years so we chat about our lives too.  

That's it for my world today.  How is yours going?

In case you are wondering why I am putting all the house photos on the blog, well I haven't been anywhere really to take any others so stick with me and I am just showing you my world.

You know this photo gave me an idea.  An idea for an invention.  I have no idea how to actually do anything but I can think of things.  Do you see the wires behind this table?  Well in this high tech world in which we are living wouldn't it be lovely if someone smarter than me invented wireless electricity that would sync to your lamps, hair dryer, televisions, everything, just think, no cords any more.  Lovely.  Maybe someday someone will actually do it.

So it got so nice and warm I went down to the pool yesterday and it was good to sit there and visit with everyone and honey there were a lot of people there.  The water, however, cooled down to 74°and it will take a few days for the heater to get it warm enough again.  The duck has a cold so I didn't get to see him after all because I don't do sick people if I can help it.  Bless his heart, he gets so many colds being around that many people all the time.  I am being even more careful now with  my upcoming surgery too.

Have a lovely Monday y'all.  I will too.  I just know it!

Today, being Sunday, is my day to have a date with the duck.  Yesterday was a wonderful day, I didn't even get up until 9:45 and then I enjoyed my coffee and listened to music most of the day.  I never did get dressed, just got a shower and changed my pajamas.  It was warm enough to open the screen doors which I did but not warm enough to swim.  The middle of the week it is supposed to be back in the 80's so I'll go then.

I played on the computer some, I baked some muffins for the governor of the pool, we made a deal because he loves my muffins.  Every six times I make them he takes me to dinner.  I make coconut strudel for him and they have to be almost burned, that's what he likes.  So I wrap each one individually and he freezes them and has one at a time.

Oh, I also did my homework assignment from Ayla, my pretty granddaughter and got that mailed off to her professor.  That was fun.  And Ayla and I texted some.

That was my day, how was yours?

I took this photo last evening on the way to the car.  I just love a Florida sky but it sure was cold.  On the way home it was actually much warmer so I think the worst of it is over now.  I hope so anyway.

Today I am off.  As in not one thing on the calendar.  Yay me.  Finally a day to do as I wish, sleep until I am quite done, get up when I feel like it, eat when I feel like it, do whatever I danged well please.  Maybe chores, maybe not.  Who knows but I'll find out when it happens.  

If it dares to get warm enough I'll go to the pool and if not perhaps a bike ride or maybe just stay in my pj's all day.  

I hope your day is as good as mine.  If it is you are mighty lucky!  We have one more week of February and then we get to have March, a much better month.

Clear and cold, that's the word here.  When I got home last night it was 47°and dropping.  Yikes!  I know that's not cold to my Yankee friends but to us it's mighty cold!

Today Andre' will be beating me up again and then at some point I have to go see TCD because I think I might need a root canal.  I have a tooth under a crown that feels funny now when I drink something hot.  I'll let him tell me what I need but I think that is in my future.  Lucky for me I have him because I know he will tell me truthfully, I think I have had root canals before that I didn't need before I had him.

It has been so long since I have been in the pool, I really miss it.  Soon I hope it will be warm enough again.

I have been letting my fingers do the shopping again.  I don't have anyone telling me not to so shopping has been sort of happening in my world.  Oops.

Have a great Friday y'all.  And stay warm.  I will too!

I was at a friend's house yesterday and she had the cutest things everywhere.  Look at this lamp!  Did you ever?  Adorable.

So yesterday I was playing Maj and one of the girls was driving me nuts acting so hyper and talking every second.  Then I was may have been a bit short with her after a few hours of this and she told me I had a bad attitude.  Holy krap.  If I wasn't polite I would have told her a few things but I bit my tongue and kept playing.  Another of the girls was rolling her eyes at me when it happened like "what?", anyway I don't stay upset about things like this.  I just move on.

Today I have canasta and then dinner with the Mayor and his lovely wife.  

I need to get started with tax stuff soon because I am having the surgery March 19th and won't want to go there after that until past time for filing.  I don't like extensions but if I don't have everything I might have to this year.  Anyway I am hoping I can get them done early in March.

So have a lovely Thursday y'all and stay warm.  It's mighty cold here today!