Rainy start

Well we're in South Florida - 

Dvd's watched:

Happy Feet

Boz: Boz's and 1-2-3s

Hair Spray

Boz: Colors and Shapes

Mary Poppins

Stops:

Apple Bees in Tallahassee

Gas Station - who knows where?

Service Plaza on the Turn Pike

We did stop for the night about an hour north of our intended destination - the kids were tired of being in the car and we didn't want to inconvenience our friends with two toddlers who would be wired for ours.

Maddie and Wyatt traveled so well - they did great! Once we got checked in at the hotel we played outside and I tell you as long as there are rocks and sticks - Wyatt is happy!

Maddie played in the flower gardens - the magical fairy garden - she called it.

We got up this morning and ate breakfast and had a very short drive to our friends house.

Our drive tomorrow is about as short - and it seems the wet weather has set in in South Florida. It's been pouring for a few hours now with little hope that it will let up!

We're hoping for a sunny send-off tomorrow afternoon!

What a disappointment!

It's probably a good thing for us - bad for others, but it seems that Fay has moved far north of us and we're going to be spared the worst of her soggy fury. The trees are still and it hasn't rained in a few hours - the worst of the rain was a very fine spray, nothing torrential or tropical at all.

So we stuck around the house for well - nothing. But it was nice to concentrate on the house instead of the tea and get a few things done that have been neglected.

The playroom is in order once again - I have clean clothes and my new skirt and shirt for the tea are cleaned and ready to go. I've swept the floor at least twice- but I can't win with the rain! I vacuumed the hallway and playroom - and even did the corners and along the wall with the attachment thingy - something I rarely remember to do. I also vacuumed the intake grates for the A/C - and that was a nasty job!

Mike has started cutting the plastic off the laminate and I'm hoping that we'll be able to start working on the floor sometime this week. 

I've made the timeline for the tea and now all I need to do is make the list of things I need to do tomorrow - or rather what my volunteers are going to do. 

My mom showed up with a beautiful bouquet of gladiolas - bright pink! - to tell me thank you for all the work I've put into the tea. It was very sweet and I love them! I've had to stay on Maddie to leave them alone.

Mike just pulled Wyatt off the toy chest - Mike's teak toy chest from his childhood. His mom brought it to us a few years ago and currently it's behind the couch - a prime climbing place. He's such a climber - quick to get up on the chest and scale the couch - sliding down the front of the couch. 

Maddie, of course, is sitting next to me in her princess dress that we bought at Disney World - complete with shoes, crown and wand. Wyatt is putting on a necklace that has come unhooked (so it's a long thread). He keeps trying to put it on and strut away, but it keeps falling off. He's so funny to watch.

I have a lot of thoughts on what I want to write about - and many things I've been pondering this last week - in between living the Tea... I'm anxious to start really writing again - 

Fay Fay Go Away... rain on someone else today!

Actually I don't mind the wind and rain  because it's making for a nice day at home. We've done the dishes - Mike is scrubbing the counters (one of his special tasks that he does so well!) and the kids are playing in the playroom. I'm hoping to get the rest of the kitchen cleared up and organize the livingroom a little bit and sweep the floors in there. 

The worst of the storm is yet to hit and I'm hoping that it will be gone in time for the Tea tomorrow!

Back to cleaning!