Happy Spring! Hope you all enjoyed St Patrick's Day. We celebrated with Irish Soda Bread. I attempted to locate some green bagels at our local grocery stores and bakeries, but no one seemed to put in the effort this year. Besides wearing green, our holiday was pretty low key. My family does not enjoy corned beef and cabbage. Although they did enjoy my sausage and kale soup. One of my patients made a big batch of kale at work and I did not want it to go to waste. I also enjoyed trying out a new recipe on the kids-stuffed french toast (complete with nutella and ricotta cheese). They asked for seconds.

 So Winter seems to be hanging on as we celebrated the first day of Spring with a snow storm.
Tom spent most of the week in bed, recovering from whatever bug he caught the weekend before. He had to drag himself into work for a few days though since he was busy teaching a class.

Allison was busy enjoying her Spring Break. We felt bad though since most of her friends had traveled to Florida. Allison would probably have enjoyed a visit with her Aunt and Uncle and Grandma and Grandpa in Venice, FL, but actually we were a bit selfish and wanted to keep her home to visit with us. She managed to make good use of her time off though. She had a dentist appt and got her hair cut. She also enjoyed some outings with her roommate. They spent the day at the Baltimore zoo. They also saw the HS musical, Hello Dolly. That was actually Allison's first time at a school musical. (Looks like she had to graduate first). Even SCott managed to enjoy a school musical, West Side Story,  with his friend's at their Catholic High school. And Tom and Allison enjoyed an evening out on the town, watching a movie and having dinner out while Scott and I were off on a Boy Scout overnight. Allison had hoped to take her roommate to DC to visit the Smithsonian and the National Zoo, but her roommate's mom did not feel it would be a safe outing for the two girls. Funny, I felt comfortable about Allison acting as a tour guide. I guess it is because we have been there so often and the kids know their way around the train stations and museums. I offered to take both girls on a field trip on my day off, but the weather was pretty nasty with sleet and snow and ice, so we opted to stay off the roads. It was actually worse down in DC. But schools stayed open in this area. Scott already has several snow days to make up at the end of the year.

So on Sunday, Allison headed back to school to finish up her Spring semester. So far she is happy with her classes and did well on her midterms before break. Although her accounting midterms were pushed back after break because of their snow days. So she has some work to catch up in that class. Meanwhile, the art teacher keeps trying to get her to change her major and become an art student full time!

Scott and I certainly had a busy Scout weekend. We have been looking forward to a trip to the Baltimore Harbor and an overnight on a WWII Liberty Ship-a floating museum. The SS John Brown was built in the Baltimore Harbor and celebrates 75 years afloat. The ship actually still runs and makes several runs down the Chesapeake Bay each year with a dinner and period shows, plus a fly over of WWII planes. Actors portraying The Andrew Sisters and Gen MacArthur entertain the guests during the day. The Liberty ships were built in the '40s to transport tanks, planes, weapons and Troops to Europe. So it is a big, floating warehouse. Scott and I arrived early Saturday morning and helped transport the food onto the ship as well as our own gear. The ship is docked in the harbor next to a empty warehouse which is used as a parking lot. As big as our ship was, the 2 new Naval ships docked on the other side of the pier dwarfed our vessel. We had 18 boys and 12 Adults on the trip. The scouts and the Dad's all slept on narrow bunk beds, 4 levels high. As the only girl in the bunch, I was able to get my very own "state room" complete with regular bunk beds and a bathroom. Saturday we spent the day on a tour of the ship. The boys also assisted with several service projects including using a crane to haul some trash off the ship and sweeping and mopping the decks. Plus they took a few classes in navigation and knot tying.  The ship is run by retired naval personnel and volunteers. It is a lot of upkeep.
. The tough part was climbing all the stairwells(narrow ladders) to all the decks and pushing open the heavy doors between compartments. We stopped for lunch of grilled cheese and soup which we all prepared in the ship's galley. The tough part was running up and down the stairwells for water as the ship was still winterized on the lower decks and no running water. And the ship was cold! I was a bit spoiled as my section of the ship was heated. We set up tables on the 'tween deck high above the lower hold. A little spooky knowing we were standing on wooden slats and metal beams high above trucks and tanks. Dinner and dessert were served on the same deck and included garlic bread, meatballs and pasta and salad along with mud pie and a snack during a late night movie-Battleship. Scott and I were pretty worn out and took time out for a nap. We had to get up for an hour during the night to complete a Night Watch which is typical on ships. Scott took the 3am to 4am watch and I did the 4-5am watch. Fortunately the ship was pretty comfortable and quiet and we got some decent sleep-even with the threat of ghosts! Sunday morning we were up early and helped with clean up and packing after breakfast of pancakes and sausage. We headed home early as Scott had a busy day planned working on a school presentation for English class.

He also continues with boy scout meetings, confirmation catechism classes and working out with the track team or meeting with his video club after school. Plus he is getting ready to participate in the upcoming Robotics tournament near DC over his Spring Break.

On Sunday afternoon, I had to get cleaned up from our overnight as I was participating in a Girl Scout choir benefit concert for The National Federation of the Blind. The concert was held at a local 7th Day Adventist Church and included youth choirs from all around Maryland, including The Boys Choir of MD. Naturally my OT skills were put to work as I helped blind guests into the bathroom. I can't go anywhere without getting caught up in my work role! But I certainly don't mind helping. I am wired that way. Anyway, the concert was very nice and the kids did an excellent job. We did not stay for the whole event. I was falling asleep in the pew waiting to sing!

And before my big weekend, I was out with a few of the neighbor girls on Friday night at another high school fund raiser. This time it was a 50th Anniversary Dinner-The Viking Fest-held at a local church. Complete with catering from Outback Steakhouse, a live band and separate piano player, open bar and martini stand(I stayed away from there!). They were serving Vikingtinis which they concocted on their own. Also a silent auction, door prize raffles, 20/20 raffles, photo booth and wine grab bags. Since most of our neighborhood kids attend Mt Hebron high school, it really felt like a block party. At the last minute, the husbands decided they wanted to come, but the event was already sold out.

So the week goes on! Back to school and Back to work.

Welcome Aboard! The SS John W Brown Liberty ship

 Eagle clutching a German sub and Japanese. airplane(kamikaze).

 Ship tour-Scott 3rd from the right

 Spare anchor

 Operating a crane(Scott up above)

 Scott manning the guns(we attacked Fort McHenry across the harbor).

 Tween Deck(dining hall and sleeping quarters)

 Dining on top of the cargo hold

 Sleeping quarters

 Scott gets comfy

 Ship scale model

 Ship chapel(lifeboat pulpit)

Two weeks ago:

Easy Come, Easy Go. Just as quickly as the snow came, it went. The week before  was  a bit warmer with rain which melted most of the snow. We still had some snow piles here and there, but mainly we had mud puddles. Made for walking Cookie a bit of a challenge.

And it did nothing to help those with allergies. Which includes Tom, Scott and Allison. Tom spent last weekend in bed with a fever. Scott had a sore throat and Allison came home on Spring Break with a runny nose. I was the only disease free one so far.

Before everyone got sick, they were very busy. Scott finally put in a full week of school and track practice. He also had a Court of Honor dinner on Weds night with Boy Scouts. We enjoyed a catered dinner and lots of awards and presentations. He was also  very busy with homework, projects and tests as the end of the semester rolls around. He had just 2 more weeks until the end of the semester  and Spring Break begins(for him). And at sometime the kids will have to make up 3 snow days.

Allison had also been very busy with classes and midterm exams. She wrapped up her last class on a Friday and headed home. She certainly needed  the rest. But she started off her Spring break by inviting some girl friends over to spend the night on Friday. The next morning I filled the girls up with Belgian waffles for breakfast and then they all went out for Korean food for lunch. Even Scott was invited along. Spring break means lots of errands so she tried to get her hair cut, but our hair stylist was too busy this weekend. No matter. Allison was much happier resting on the sofa. She can get her hair cut during the week.

We had a busy scout weekend a week ago. Scott and Tom spent Saturday morning picking up bags of donated food for the Boy Scout food drive. I spent Saturday afternoon singing with the Girl Scout choir at the Charlestown Retirment Village where I used to work. In honor of Girl Scout week,  a group of elderly men and woman at the retirement village known as The Forever Scouts invited us over to sing campfire songs. We had a fun time singing with the group and they even videotaped us to share with residents in the nursing home at a later date. It was also fun driving around campus too to see the new construction going on and checking out the changes already completed. I am still happy to be working at the current nursing home though as I have heard the old company keeps taking away staff benefits. Plus I have a lot of flexibility in my new job, as well as the benefits.

I think I will be even busier at work however since one of our physical therapists just resigned. She decided she would be happier working with developmentally challenged kids rather than the nursing home patient. So we will be down a therapist which means more work for the rest of us. Until we can find a replacement. I ended up driving back to work last Friday evening so we could take her out to dinner at a local pub. I also picked up some dessert to share with the staff and a shamrock for her to wish her good luck.

I had spent most of last Friday with my parents.We had a meeting early in the morning with their broker and a notary to sign some papers. Then we walked over to the grocery store. Tom was off work so he met us for lunch. We tried out an Italian restaurant near their apt.  with a brick oven. Mom and Dad inhaled their pizza. Afterwards, I spent the afternoon looking through some old family photos and putting up St Patty's Day decorations with my parents.

Tom on the other hand spent the morning at the car dealership getting my tire gauges recalibrated. Turns out I ended up with a flat tire. Tom took a morning off from work to get the tire fixed, but then had to take the van in for the gauges to be reset. What a pain. But I am back in business. Thanks Tom. I returned the favor by dropping off science fair trophies that Tom ordered at the kids old school.

Then Tom decided to spend some time test driving new cars. Seems his old Toyota Echo had a rough time this winter and we could use a replacement.

Here is the shelving system Tom assembled for my parent's apartment. It is pretty roomy for all their photos, trinkets and storage below for albums and books.

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In Like a Lion, Out Like A Lamb. Looks like our spring is definitely coming in like a lion. We had(hopefully)our last big snow falls of the year. All of us were snowed in on Thursday. I had taken the day off to attend a class. Tom worked from home and SCott had a snow day! Both Scott and Allison  were out of school for a few days. Scott also had a few late days last week as well. It made for a short week of school, but they are both paying for the snow days this week as teachers and professors alike are dumping huge assignments on both kids. Also cramming in tests. Even my parents missed out on their scheduled events because of the snow. Their aquatic program was cancelled and so was my water aerobics class at the Y. So I think we are done with snow. Springing ahead this weekend certainly got us into the mood for Spring.

And speaking of Spring, Allison is trying to catch up with her midterms before returning home for Spring Break.  Scott was trying out for Spring track(again). The kids did not get to practice much, but it looks like Scott has joined the throwing team. He is busy learning the Shot Put, but also wants to try Discus(maybe when the snow and ice melts off the field). So far all the high school kids are practicing in the gym or in the parking lot. His robotics team is also wrapping up their last weeks before the tournaments at the end of the month. And on top of that, he has officially turned in all his paperwork for his new job! We are just waiting for his training schedule to come out.  Wow is he busy!

Scott is also getting busy with boy scouts. He still has some work to do on his Personal Fitness badge. The counselor wants to complete bi weekly assessments to see if Scott is improving in his work out program. We actually finished all that with Scott on his own, but apparently this counselor wants to review his progress. So back to the drawing board! Scott was also helping out with the annual Scouting for Food program by delivering bags around the neighborhood on Saturday. Tom drove him around before dropping him off to help with the boy scout camping equipment inventory.

He manged to squeeze in a bit of fun by going to a movie with his friend on Friday night. The boys saw The Lazarus Effect(they were in the mood for spooky). The boys also scheduled an overnight with several other friends and enjoyed watching movies and playing video games. On Sunday, I did get Scott out for a hair cut this weekend. I also dropped my mom off to get her hair done as well.
Afterwards, Tom cooked all of us steak dinners. He managed to shovel a trail out to the grill on the back deck. We had an early dinner since we had to drop Scott off to church for catechism class that evening.

By the way, for anyone interested, Scott will be making his Confirmation this spring-May 9th, Saturday at 10 am. If anyone would like to join us, feel free. All our Welcome!

I was not around much this past weekend as I attended a continuing education course on dementia for 2 days. Tom and SCott met me for dinner after my class on Saturday night. We decided to meet at a local outlet mall across the street from the hotel I was at for my class. Unfortunately, the traffic is horrible at the mall complex as they have built on multiple restaurants/shopping/movie theater and a huge casino. It took forever to locate parking and then it took us about 45 mins. just to get out of the parking lot on the way home mainly because of the casino traffic. I think most of Maryland and Virginia had cabin fever this weekend and needed to get out for some entertainment!

And in honor of National Engineering Week, Tom entered Scott in a contest at Northrop for engineering ideas. Tom turned in examples of Scott's projects from his Engineering class and Scott won 1st Place out of 25 applicants! He brought home a huge trophy! His engineering teacher was very impressed and had Scott bring in the trophy to show off to the school board. Way to go Scott!

1st Place Engineering

 Snow Days in Baltimore

More crazy weather. Guess Spring is on hold for now. We finished off February with a bit more snow and now freezing rain. (Oh surprise, school is opening 2 hrs late on Monday due to our freezing rain). Scott has had a few late days and even an extra day off because of the weather this week. I think it is playing havoc with the teachers' schedules as they load the kids up with extra homework. It is taking its toll on SCott in a few classes as well. Plus the teachers decided to try new testing methods in a few of his classes which have thrown him for a loop. He needs to push a bit more to inch his way up in a  spanish and history. Most everything is going well so far. He just has 4 more weeks until Spring Break and the end of the semester!

Scott also decided to give the track team one more try. They held their first Spring try outs on Saturday morning. I was not sure how they were going to try out in the snow! The track was not cleared, so they ran around the parking lot and then headed into the gym. The track coach recommended Scott try for some of the throwing events(maybe that will give him a spot on the team). Again, there are so many kids trying out for track and just not enough spots for everyone, especially the runners. Guess we'll see if it works out. He is still going to the Y on Friday nights to exercise with his friend. I am just happy that he is staying physically active!

And speaking of staying active, Congrats to Scott who was officially hired as a Skate Guard for the Supreme Sports Club complex in Columbia, MD. Allison had the same job, but there is a whole new management in place. So Scott may be doing a bit more than Allison did when she worked there, like working in the cafe. Anyhow, we stopped by the sports club on Friday evening to fill out a huge stack of papers. Now we just have to wait for a schedule and for SCott to start orientation.

I also had to take him in for his yearly medical check up on Friday evening. He needed his boy scout medical forms filled out for summer camps. Yes, he is already signed up for all the summer camps. Then on Saturday morning I had to take him to the bank to open a checking account to go along with his savings account, He needed a check book and ATM card for his new job! So his busy schedule just got busier!
He has had a bit of a slow down with his Robotics team. Their robot is done and had to be locked up/bagged until competition time at the end of March and beginning of April.
He is still going strong with boy scouts. Tom stopped in to do a presentation at his scout meeting on Weds night on the American Heritage badge. Scott is still trying to finalize his Personal Fitness badge with his counselor. And he has a lot of scout activities coming up in the next few months.

Tom also stopped into the kids old school Weds afternoon to assist with the upcoming Science Fair. He presented the guidelines to the kids. Tom also acts as a counselor for the kids when they choose their projects, and then helps with the judging. Not to mention ordering the trophies.

Allison keeps busy with her Spring semester. She will be home soon on Spring break. She was in our neck of the woods this weekend as she traveled to Uof Maryland to participate in an Ultimate Frisbee tournament. They did well and won all  of their games. Allison even scored! She ended up staying at a nearby friend's house rather than driving up to our place. And this morning she and the girls headed back to Salisbury since the weather turned. Even she had a snow day last week!

Before the weather got too much worse today, I ran out and got a hair cut. Then Tom and I headed over to my parent's apt. We had stopped in on Friday with a new bookshelf that needed to be assembled. We had picked it up at Target. Unfortunately, the piece was damaged, so we had to return it and pick up another cabinet. So today Tom was able to assemble the shelves and hang a few more pictures. I also dropped off a few more knick knacks for mom to fill up the shelves. And we set up a pair of electric toothbrushes that the dentist recommended. Overall, a very busy day. Tom would have stopped in with me on Saturday, but he was anxious to try to get to another Hershey hockey game before the April tournaments. So he and his friend John drove up to Hershey together to look for tickets on Saturday night. They had a great time at the game.  I stayed home and played with my online photo album.

Which leads me to my calendar corrections. I missed sending out a big Happy Birthday to Caroline and Clayton Bozyk. Along with Birthday Wishes to sister in law, Susan. And I forgot to wish everyone Happy Paczki Day(Polish donut day on Fat Tuesday!). Hope everyone is surviving Lent. I'd like to give up work. It is definitely keeping me busy. And we just failed an OT student. He did not get it. It happens.

More later. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.

So Winter finally decided to show up! Tom did not seem to mind the freezing cold temperatures last week as he was busy working in San Francisco. That part of the country was about 10 degrees above the norm for this time of year.

The rest of us were pretty cold here on the east coast. It has been so cold, the plastic soda bottles are freezing and exploding in our garage like land mines. It does not seem to help to bring them inside either. They just burst and bubble over and make a mess in my kitchen.

Scott has had a few days off school as well as delayed school days last week due to cold temperatures and a bit of snow. It makes for very slippery roads since the salt does not work on the streets in this deep freeze. Scott did have last Monday off for President's Day. He had spent the night at a friends after watching The SpongeBob Movie. So he used his day off to catch up on homework and writing a paper. He was also getting ready for his camping trip this past weekend.

The boy scouts usually have one cold winter camping trip. This certainly met all the prerequisites for cold. The boys traveled up to their boy scout camp on Friday night. Scott traveled with one of the moms who was staying over for the weekend. She was assisting with badge requirements as this weekend is usually spent working towards advancements. Apparently is was so cold, the pipes all froze at the campground, so no running water for the weekend. They did sleep indoors in the dining hall with the fireplace on Friday night as temps dipped below zero. On Saturday night the boys made it out to their tents. Fortunately they were pitched under a pavilion, so they weren't buried in snow. Last year at this time it was so warm, the boys were having snowball fights outside in their short sleeved tshirts. Not so this year. Scott was busy working on an inventing badge, his personal management badge and a new boy scout STEM program called NOVA. Scott was working on the projectile badge-making marshmallow catapults out of spoons(stuff like that). His astronomy badge was cancelled though as the counselor was not able to make the trip up to camp on Saturday because of the weather. Scott is also still trying to finish up his Personal Fitness badge with his counselor on Weds nights at his weekly meeting. Despite the crazy weather, Scott reports he really enjoyed his weekend away. He returned home on Sunday afternoon and has been busy catching up with homework ever since. And I am sure he could use some sleep!


Meanwhile, Allison traveled home this weekend for a break. Actually her roommate asked for a ride home, and then decided to stay at school. So Allison decided to come home anyway. We decided to catch a Hershey hockey game on Saturday night. Tom was able to purchase some wonderful tickets right on the glass along with a parking pass. Instead, we were hit with almost a foot of snow on Saturday making the roads impassable. We would have needed to leave around 9am Saturday morning and spend the night in Hershey PA. We did not want to take the chance of getting stuck in PA since Allison needed to get back to school on Sunday. Tom was willing to try the drive, however he changed his mind when he could not get up a small hill around our house in the snow. He ventured out for a hair cut and that was as far as he got. Allison and I went out Saturday morning to hit the post office and the bank located in our local grocery store. We barely made it home in a white out. My favorite was the guy who stopped directly in front of us on busy Route 40 and then stepped out of his car to clean off his windshield wipers while cars passed by. I told Allison that was a perfect example of how not to drive in bad weather. I would have stayed home too but I needed to get my parent's tax paperwork mailed off along with taking care of some banking business for Allison's account.

I didn't get all my errands run on Friday. I tried to go to my swim class which was cancelled due to late school openings. Instead I swam some laps since I pretty much had the pool all to myself at the Y. And then Cookie had her yearly check up at the vets. Everyone has to get some medical appointment in at some time. On Monday night I was out with mom and dad at the dentist. My dad's crown had fallen out and needed to be cemented back in. So after work I ran them both over to the dentist office and they'll be back for more. I wanted to take them out to dinner, but we had another snow storm heading in. Instead, everyone had take out chinese food and I dropped them off with their food at their apt. It took forever on the roads with the icy snow and rush hour traffic. I was pretty worn out at the start of the week.

I managed to take a break and scheduled a Girls Night Out while Tom was in San Fran and Scott was at his scout meeting on Weds. The high school hosted a fund raiser for After Prom at a local painting and wine drinking facility that opened recently in a new shopping complex. I ran home and changed and my neighbor and I headed over. No sooner had we ordered our wine and got settled in our seats that all the power went out in the complex! We spent 2.5 hrs painting in the dark under the glow of the cell phone lights! How crazy! But it was a lot of fun and a nice break int the middle of the week. And I think my painting came out pretty good! Everyone asked if it was a paint by number(no). Just paint by dark!

On Friday, Allison and Tom both made it home safely. And on Sunday, Allison headed back to school after a rather restful weekend(since we were mostly stuck in the house). It gave me time to catch up on some rest since I have another cold coming on(and so does everyone at work).

We also managed to sign SCott up for one more try at the High School track team(although there are a lot more boys signing up again). We just can't win. The coach told SCott to try out for some of the throwing events first, then the running. We'll see.

So before you know it, it will be March and that means Spring Break for both kids(just at different times). Things are really going to start getting busy for sure!

My Paint by Dark masterpiece!

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Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Tom and I decided to spend our time at the movies. We went to an earlier movie to avoid the crowds and a bit of a snowstorm. We decided to see The Kingsmen. A british comedy which is sort of James Bond meets Austin Powers. Scott was busy in the morning helping out with a Boy Scout equipment check. The scouts are checking all their camping equipment to make sure nothing is broken or missing. Soon they will be off camping again.

I decided to treat my Valentine boys with a goody bag. It included Starbucks instant coffee drinks for SCott and a very special, limited edition package of Red Velvet Oreo cookies(wow these are incredible!). Tom got a package too. Plus some seasonings to cook dinner for us all! Coffee flavored seasoning for the brisket I bought to make a special Valentine dinner. Complete with strawberry shortcake for dessert. Allison received her special Valentine gift box last week of goodies to share with her roommate. Sounds like they both enjoyed it! And Allison enjoyed a night over at some friends playing card  games and watching movies. Tom got me some lovely gold hoop earrings(never have enough earrings).

On Friday I was busy taking my parents to their cardiologist for a check up. They both passed with flying colors and won't have to go back for another 6 months. I also had mom help me out with a few phone calls to take care of some of their banking business. We also enjoyed a phone call from my mom's brother Joe. We all had lunch together in their dining room and I treated them to some roses and chocolates for Valentine's Day. I even managed to get to my water aerobics class before heading over to their apt.

On Sunday morning we all enjoyed Scout Sunday mass. I picked up my parents for the noon mass and met Scott and Tom at the church. Scott received a religious medal that he earned last year. After mass, we all went to the boy scout pot luck brunch in the cafeteria. I made a big pan of crescent roll hot dogs(they were eaten all up!) as well as bringing a batch of lemon cream cheese danishes. Many of the scouts did not make it to the mass because they were camping and their truck would not start in the cold that morning.  We all enjoyed our meal, and then said goodbye to Tom as he headed to the airport. Tom is spending the following week out in San Francisco for work.

We had some rough weather over the weekend. A bit of snow, but mainly very strong winds. Tom was able to fly out on schedule on Sunday. Scott had Monday off for President's Day, so I let him enjoy The Spongebob Movie with his friend Jason on Sunday night. Afterwards, Scott spent the night at Jason's house for a sleepover and lots of video games and movies. They both had a great time but did not get too much sleep.

Scott also had his first job interview last week. He is going for the same job Allison had as a skate guard at the Roller Rink. He has some paperwork to fill out, and then we will know for sure if he has the position. We took him out to dinner afterwards for doing such a great job.

And of course he also stays busy during the week with his boy scout meetings. He is working towards earning his Personal Fitness badge which is required for Eagle. Then he will just have one more badge to complete for the requirement, as well as completing a project.

Scott had been busy getting all his homework done ahead of time this past weekend, along with spending a few hours at his Robotics team meeting on Sunday afternoon. He was happy to have had two half days at school last week for Parent Teacher conferences.  I picked him up Sunday after having my tires looked over at Costco. My low pressure light went off. I think the oil change guys took out too much air! The gauge went off after they refilled the tires. I was glad it was nothing too serious since we are looking to have a few snow storms in the coming week. And I do not need to have car problems while trying to get to work.

For once, Tom will be in the warmest part of the country this upcoming week.

Scott received his Religious Scout Medal at a special mass this past Sunday.

 Scott enjoys brunch with Gma and Gpa Bozyk

 Pika our cat likes snuggling on Scott's High School sweatshirt on cold days
( I don't think she likes us bugging her!) Pika is 15 years old!

Joe and Kathy-Here is the tour of the Florida house. Front room, large window to left(check out the fishing lures above the curtain) Mr Irons ran a bait shop in Venice

 Turn to your right, dining area, kitchen to left, enclosed porch behind curtains

 Standing behind the table, looking into the kitchen on the right

 Standing in kitchen(overlooks the enclosed porch and canal)

 Back of kitchen

 Full bath(shower on left)

 Master bedroom

 Door to garage, kitchen to right

 Back enclosed porch

 Looking into main room, kitchen to right, table on left

 2nd full bath(tub and shower on right)

 Second bedroom. Has a third, small bedroom not shown.

 Canal in back-dock, bay ahead and out to Gulf to right.

 Looking straight out across the canal from back of house

 Boat lift

 Back of house

 Back of house. Canal on right, enclosed porch

 Left side of house(from canal)

 Right side of house(from canal side) Garage on right and master bedroom.

Right  Side of house

  Right Side of house

 Air conditioner/water softener.  Not sure if either work

 garage

I did not take a photo of the front of the house this time. Too many cars parked in front when we left. I know I have a photo somewhere in my files. Address is 506 Pine Cone Lane, Nokomis. Off Albee I believe(main road to Nokomis beach). Tom's parents often eat at Pops-at the marina on the left just before the drawbridge at Nokomis beach. Kathleen