A Storm of Activity

I am going to discuss the real storm in a bit, but first I have been a "storm" of activity this past week. I think I have my seasons and months all mixed up. After all, it is hot. I took a real long lazy break this summer. I am not sure what happened with me, but I just got lazy in all areas of my life. I do have a chronic disease with autoimmune conditions, so I don't know if I just really had some lethargy that was associated with that, but I just got lazy and didn't get back on track with my usual start of school.

Tasks have been put off and exercise has been almost null and void. Anyway, this week I picked myself up and got my rear in gear.

I have been on a tear this week cleaning and getting some order back into my days.

I will share more of that as time goes, but today I have a few family things to share and a bit of stitching stuff to share.

We have a storm headed into the Gulf this week and that means it is going to hit somewhere. I don't want to wish it on anyone, so I am praying it fizzles out to be just a rainmaker moving quickly so no flooding occurs anywhere.

You know we all bemoan how hot it is, but October is hot in Florida...even in northwest Florida. The difference this year is....it is actually hotter than normal. Normal is warm sunny days with a little cool in the mornings and evening where you don't hate going for a walk or sitting at a football game. No, we rarely get to wear winter clothes such as scarves, but we do maybe get to add some long sleeves and jeans in fall colors.

My daughter was born in late September and right after her birthday for 28 of her 29 years we can usually expect a break in the oppressive heat and humidity. Then we embrace the warm days and cooler mornings and evenings. I have marked all those breaks by her birthday.

November is fall in our neck of the woods. The few deciduous trees we have that would turn colors occur in November and we get some pleasant cool days that we can wear a sweater and a scarf. Of course, that is occasionally. I can remember wearing shorts on some Halloweens and Christmases and some where we were bundled up.

September is the month for hurricanes here and we usually breathe a sigh of relief with October. Well, that was the case until that one year that it didn't cool off and we got Hurricane Opal in October. I wrote about it here.

Now, with this one I have no idea what is going to happen. I have felt it was way TOO HOT for anything good to come out of it. I have decided I will NOT watch the Weather Channel though. Gee whiz...they do more harm than good with the hype.

I am as prepared as one can be that has lived along the Gulf Coast for ALMOST all of her life. I have everything and won't be out in the rush that will ensue this week. I always try to put my Nancy Drew Girl Scout prepared self together and plan ahead of time.

My only concern this year is my daughter is pregnant and due the 19th, but she is having lots of Braxton Hicks contractions (although I had those for two weeks with her). She goes to the doctor on Tuesday morning, so hopefully they will make a plan or at least put her mind at ease, because right now she is a mess.

Now for other stuff...
We went out to my son-in-law's job site today on 30A. This is his first building project where is the actual lead project manager. It is nearing completion. In fact, one of the unit owners moved in this weekend. Mostly all that is left is cleaning up and just small things like caulking etc.
I wrote about it earlier here.

I took some pictures for you...
Lots of pretty kitchens and views.

Kitchens...

Views....

There are 12 units. We went in three of them today. The above one is ground floor which is really second floor and was my favorite view.

All units share the pool on the ground, BUT...

The swankier and richer ones have their own balconies complete with fireplace and a mini pool.

I know I saw two with that set up. 

The penthouse or top floor has a full size pool. We didn't go all the way up this time. Crazy cool views.

I don't think I would want to live there full time though...it would be too much like a hotel.

We are really proud of Tyler. His office is close by to this one. His next build will be at Alys Beach which is bit further down the road on 30A.

This condo is right across the street from the Gulf Place for reference.

View back towards the street.

I also attempted to make my own cording for one of my stitching finishes. I used Vonna's tutorial. She is amazing and shares so much. The Twisted Stitcher.

I worked on some Christmas stitching. I am calling it quits for tonight. Barring no baby and no storm this week I will be back soon with some more talk.

If we have a storm...well, it will be awhile, because I know I won't have power for two weeks. That is another whole story. That will be a small price to pay for being safe and sound though.

Remember Lindsay and the baby in your prayers this week.

Oh, and I think some of blog issues had to do with my Safari update. I downloaded another browser and hoping for better times there as well.

Sandy