Weekend Recap on Monday...

Happy Monday, all.  We are off to the farm today.  Joe's client is going away for a few days so we had to adjust our days to visit.  It will probably throw off my entire week because I will be thinking today is Wednesday. Does that happen to you when your usual schedule gets out of whack?

Last Thursday ended up being a 'free' day because my lunch with a former co-worker got canceled. The Museum's The Gala was Saturday night and Diana needed to stay at work, so we will have to reschedule soon.

Friday, Joe and I decided to go on a little adventure.  We had heard of a historic hotel down in Avon Park, FL that we decided to find. They serve a fish buffet on Fridays, so off we went!  It took about 50 minutes to get there, but the drive was easy.  We were surprised that Avon Park was bigger than we expected. There are around 10,000 residents and it is the oldest town in Highland County.

The Jacaranda Hotel was very interesting.  The buffet left a little to be desired but we enjoyed it and we would go back someday.

 I don't know if these folks visited the Jacaranda, but

the pictures were on the wall.

This MAY be a Jacaranda tree that was in a courtyard there.

It wasn't blooming and I can't tell a weed from a flower, so this is a guess.

It was lovely, whatever it is.

On the way home, we went right past my alma mater, Warner University, located in Lake Wales, FL.  I went 'back to school' and finally received my Bachelor's Degree at age 50.  I hadn't been back to the campus since graduation so it was fun to drive through and see some of the changes in 16 years, including the name change from Warner Southern College to Warner University.  It is a private Christian University and it growing!

I was asked to give the commencement Call To Worship.

Anyway, that was a fun side-trip on Friday. It was a fun day for both of us.  Friday evening we went up to the Clubhouse to play Nickels. There were 18 of us so we had two tables. Always fun!!

Saturday was busy.  We needed to go to the bank before it closed and we also wanted to run by the Museum to see the decorations for The Gala.  This is the first Gala I missed in 20 years.  The decorations weren't done yet, but we could see the theme (Paris) and I know it was beautiful by 6:00 p.m.

Saturday evening we went out to dinner with our wonderful Canadian neighbors, Jill and Murray. They invited us to their house after dinner, for dessert.  Jill served apple turnovers and ice cream. Delicious! It was a fun evening and we are so blessed with good neighbors!

Sunday was laundry day. No pictures of that!  Helen and Cheryl came by for a little while. It was good catching up with them.  I made some pizzelles. That was it for the weekend!

Tonight we are having a little dinner party with two couples.  Anne and Paul from across the street, and Joan and Jim.  I'm making fajitas, yellow rice & black beans, and all the trimmings. I purchased Flan at Publix for dessert (and pizzelles).  It should be a fun evening.

Tomorrow we are meeting blogging friend Barb and her Beloved up in Ocala for lunch!! I am so excited to meet yet another blogging friend!!  This is such a wonderful group of friends here and meeting face-to-face is always special. There will be pictures from both of us, I'm sure!

Wishing you a good week!! Thanks for your visit!  Peace & hugs.