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North America » United States » Texas » La Porte March 21st 2015

Geo: 29.6483, -95.0203Today was our scheduled relaxing day and we've done it right! Lounged around in bed, reading and talking, until 10:45. Yes, we missed our free breakfast, but we had planned ahead. When we finally got up we shared a bagel with peanut butter, some watermelon, grapes and yogurt. It rained all day...seriously rained to the point that I got a NWS alert on my phone warning of flooding. Jeff went out to purchase some contraband to sneak onto the boat...wine and gin.Right after he returned the deluge began. Holy cow! We stood at the window and watched the rain.By now it's 3:30 and we have been almost completely non-productive. Laziness doesn't suit us very well; we headed for the workout room. The rain was messing up the satellite signal to the TV in the ... read more

North America » United States » Texas » La Porte March 18th 2015

Geo: 29.6567, -95.0284Last night in Loveland, Jeff and I were frantically cooking all the veggies in the refrigerator. 2 pounds of spinach steamed, 12 cups of red lentil carrot soup made, 3 pounds of potatoes peeled and mashed - all destined for our freezer. Trash taken to the curb, cat boxes cleaned, laundry done and hung up, dishwasher run. Mission accomplished!We were up later than we had intended to be and knew 6am would arrive MUCH too soon.Our good friend, Tom, rang the doorbell at exactly 7:15, about the time I was thinking of drying my hair. Poor Tom has a terrible cold but he remained good humor as Jeff and I made coffee, ate breakfast and finally Jeff went into the crawl space to turn off the water. I guess it's apparent that we didn't ... read more




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