We are still waiting for the new windows to come in.  Meanwhile the dividing wall from the dining room to the fireplace room came down.

Dinner

Barbecue chicken, beet salad, artichoke and pan fried potatoes.

Sunday

The mechanic and I decided to spice up our marriage...by remodeling!

Our home was bought 36 years ago.  It was a small weekend cottage.  We have since added on as our family grew.  The original part of the house has never been remodeled.  So our project is to remodel that part of the house.

We are first starting by removing the fireplace and installing very large windows.  We want to capitalize on our lakefront view.

In the past the mechanic, his twin and our son did all of our projects.  But...now we hired a contractor...Ted.  It's great coming home and finding all the work done while we are out earning the money to pay for the work being done.
So the work begins...this is what we have so far after three days of Ted being hired.

This is what remodeling looks like...a big mess!

For lunch I made a broccoli soup and an tomato and avocado sandwich. I used my good china as it is just sitting there on the pool table.

 Dinner...

Sausage links, Provencal vegetable tian(eggplant, zucchini, potato and tomatoes...baked for an hour and a half)and a salad.

TGIF

At FAR we even work on fork lifts...replacing a gas tank.

I only needed 8 butterfly stitches for the mechanic tonight.

More beach pictures

Our hotel view included seeing big ships leaving the Jacksonville shipping port.

Looking up...

 Looking down...

Sunday night we ate dinner at ...

I forgot to take food pictures as we were having such a great time. This was our view.

When seeing these heels on a young lady, Gary asked how can anyone walk in those.  My answer...practice.

Since today was such a wet rainy day I decided to post more beach pictures.  I walked the beach early every morning. 

We Are Back!

Our three day getaway at Jacksonville Beach was very relaxing.  The weather worked for us, no sun but also no rain. 

Our 5th floor hotel room had a great view. Saturday we enjoyed watching people doing a variety of water sports.

 That night we enjoyed dinner at...

Snow crabs, french fires salad and hush puppies

Craw-fish, boiled potatoes, boiled corn and a salad