Well, technically it is still friday night, but by the time he reads this hopefully he will either be telling us goodbye, and heading for the aeropuerto....or actually on the island...we never asked him when he was going to be on the cams....

we are packing our gear for our dive day tomorrow at the point...pull the bags out and check, double check we have everything...once punkie sees the bags out she promptly decides she needs to lay on/in it...poor pup! got the boys all set with their snorkel gear (thank goodness we have extra of everything!)...dylon is taking his bike over and matt is going to rent one so they can "ditch" us while we are diving teenagers!

Have fun with the boys, Cynde!! I'm going to the Seaspace Dive show in Houston with my brother. I'm so happy for Cecil!

Thanks all. I should check the bags for Lily. We're fixun to mount up this expedition.

I think I'm gonna cry! Can't wait to see you on the cams! XOXOX to you and Sue!

aw rusty dont cry . Are you enjoying your books that you got yesterday

Hi Christine! I always come home and spread them all around me on the floor and read all the backs and blurbs again and then divvy them up btwn first to be read and later on and BoxerBob's pile of pbs with swastikas and/or *dames* in lipstick and sunglasses on the front cover. LOL He likes the cop procedurals and mysteries and spy stuff. If they have a cool hook, I read them, too.

Hey it worked, you distracted me from my crying jag. Sniff. I'll be fine. Really. Sniff. Thanks!

Oh, and when I got home, I received two books I ordered from the sci-fi book club. Doesn't it figure! LOL Those two cost more than the hundred books I got at the sale.

Hi Christine! I always come home and spread them all around me on the floor and read all the backs and blurbs again and then divvy them up btwn first to be read and later on and BoxerBob's pile of pbs with swastikas and/or *dames* in lipstick and sunglasses on the front cover. LOL He likes the cop procedurals and mysteries and spy stuff. If they have a cool hook, I read them, too.

Hey it worked, you distracted me from my crying jag. Sniff. I'll be fine. Really. Sniff. Thanks!

Oh, and when I got home, I received two books I ordered from the sci-fi book club. Doesn't it figure! LOL Those two cost more than the hundred books I got at the sale.

I'm off to HOuston Now. Bye!! I'll miss you crazy people!

Have a great time with your brother, Margarita! See you soon!

just one boat before I go.......

my favorite to relax is to read . Last night went to walmart and got some books and on memorial day weekend I got a 2ft blow up pool with a pump and then put a float in it and read. My teenage girls laugh and think its funny.

Christine - I've done that. I had a Little Mermaid kiddie pool that we used to winter the goldfish in downstairs. One summer I filled it up on the patio - climbed in and read thru an entire nine-day heat wave! The dogs would walk around and around and around the outside edge and look puzzled.

I also get Esquire and Vanity Fair and read those up here when I'm waiting for pages to load or when I reboot after a lock-up. It reduces my stress level when I have something else to do whilst I waste my time reconnecting. LOL

I got some good authors in both pb and hc at the sale this time - four recent James Pattersons, Roses and Red, Violets are Blue, Pop Goes the Weasel, and 2nd Chance. Got A Peter Straub hc - Mr. X, three Patricia Cornwells I hadn't read, non-Scarpettas, Hornets Nest, Southern Cross and Isle of Dogs, three recent Dean Koontz - Tick Tock, Hideaway and One Door Away From Heaven. So many of these new fiction are offered in the Doubleday Book Club - but I skip them knowing they'll show up in triplicate at the book sale for a half a buck or so.

Good Morning all.....!!!!! I've missed you terribly! I have ALOT of reading to catch up on!Got in the house on Thursday...my daughter came down yesterday and hooked everything up!!! 398 emails! We still have alot of unpacking to do...but guess that all takes time! Glad to see everyone is well...and I even get to catch Cecil's debut!

I usually go to the used book store but life around here has been a like a merrygo round for the past year. My youngest daughter has discovered basketball and has taken over our life. First she played a season in school and then during the winter and spring till just last weekend played on a Aau league that had us traveling all over the state of fl everyweekend.

Meryl! OMG! You're back - this is a really special day - guess we're all in synch with Cecil's first visit to Bonaire and Martin and Angela's wedding on Monday! ESP! GMTA!

Meryl - if you'd had a bigger mailbox you'd have had a thousand emails. LOL The mail has been bouncing back - but I figured that once it went thru again I'd know you were in the house.

Some divers.


Welcome back Meryl!!! I hope all is well with the house! Talk to you soon, I'm away for the weekend!

Have a great day everyone!

Oops, here is the other diver pic..

Eileen! Will you be back for the wedding at noon on Monday??

I wish I could come to the wedding on Monday, but I have to work . But I will send an extra special gift!

Thanks Eileen...Thanks Rusty! Have a great weekend Eileen! High Noon on Monday! Whhooo Whoo....I forgot about that! Yep...got back just in time!

More Toucans! LOL

I'll send the gift Sunday night!

I am getting my diver fix in now before I leave. A group of us are taking a neighbour out tonight (Stagette/bachlorette/Hen Night) - she is getting married in July!

Thanks also for all the well wishes! I will never move again!....love it though...nice view (no more Ferris Wheel!) and lots of critters to watch...the birds are thrilled! We are having counter tops put in this am...so I will pop in and out....Oh how I've missed ya!

Have a great day everyone!!!

It's Accordion Lovers Day



In 1829, two men patented portable instruments based on the same principle - free reeds activated by a keyboard and a set of bellows. Sir Charles Wheatstone of Middlesex, England, called his the concertina. Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austria, named his the accordian. The instrument came to the U.S. in the mid-1830s. Also know as a squeeze box or a hand harmonica, it was the favorite instrument for both Confederate and Union soldiers during the Civil War.

Lucky folks on cam - Hi Brian! Hi Mary Beth!:

What a surprise this is.

Chubby is looking for Cecil.

Hi Annie! Yeah, the gang's all here except Cecil but hey, he's there. LOL

So how did they do this mirror image thing?

If the stoplight is named Chubby - what did we name the Chubs?

Redband:



Getting ready for the par-tay!

TODAY'S TRIVIA:

1654 - Louis XIV crowned King of France
1769 - Daniel Boone begins exploring Kentucky
1775 - United Colonies change name to United States
1955 - "$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV
1965 - Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder ($995)

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:

1502 - Gregory XIII, Pope (introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582)
1848 - Paul Gaugin, French post-impressionist painter
1909 - Jessica Tandy, actress (Cocoon)
1940 - Tom Jones, singer (What's New Pussycat)
1952 - Liam Neeson, actor (Schindler's List)

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Wow Rusty, the mirror image divers is weird. I didn't even notice that. Annie B.

Hmm - that midi won't hunt for me. So here's another little taste of Tom Jones.

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Guess Meryl must be ploughing through all the emails she received. Just delete, delete, delete Meryl.

Annie, I didn't notice the mirror image until I was looking thru the archives - then I did a double take!

Raining AGAIN here today - and for the next few days again. Sure hope we get some sun or the tomatoes won't ripen before the first frost.

I planted a cherry tomato plant in amongst the flowers.I think it's supposed to grow like a small bush. I forgot to buy the lettuce seeds though.

According to the critter page, the chub is called Chewie. Don't quite know how that cam about. LOL

Chewie

Gotta go cook dinner now. Catcha later maybe Rusty. Happy Saturday. Annie B.

What I wanna know is - what is up with Cecil? He didn't give us flight times or cam times or nothin'. He left the house at 9am - to drive to the airport. Where was he flying out of? East Cupcake, Portland or Boston? Then when oh when does he get on-island? I wanna be able to take a break once in a while here! LOL

I'm going to put on a sweatshirt and go out and sit in the screenroom and listen to the guy behind us hammering on his new deck in the RAIN and read a book I started before I bought another carload yesterday. I'll be baaaaaack!

Hey Annie! Counter top almost in...its pouring here!!!! Isn't it suppose to be summertime!!!

Spot a cam cleaner there Rusty? It is raining fine here, thank you, I hope some is going into the resivoirs. We went to the library yesterday, so we are stocked with books for a while. I also got two dvds, we watched catch me if you can last night, it was pretty good. I also got a new pin for my library card, I'd lost my old one.
I think the mirror was happenstance,but what's interesting to me is the camera skipped a second between the two shots, then it went back to :04 seconds instead of :05.
I'll leave you with this

Spot a cam cleaner there Rusty? It is raining fine here, thank you, I hope some is going into the reservoirs. We went to the library yesterday, so we are stocked with books for a while. I also got two dvds, we watched catch me if you can last night, it was pretty good. I also got a new pin for my library card, I'd lost my old one.
I think the mirror was happenstance,but what's interesting to me is the camera skipped a second between the two shots, then it went back to :04 seconds instead of :05.
I'll leave you with this

Meryl. I bought a whole new wardrobe of clothes last week, and it's rained on and off ever since. LOL.The weather is cwazy. Annie B.

Jake maintained the cam so we get a nice clear view of Cecil.

So what's going into the bucket??

hey i need all of your expert advice last year when we went to bonaire we bought those underwater disposable cameras and the pictures turn out horrible. This year we thought we would buy a digital camaera we went to bill jacksons in fl which was suppose to be having big sale what a joke. The man who was a represenative from sealife said that you could not find it cheaper any place else. I want to know first if this is a good camera thinking about getting the reefmaster digital camera. But wanted to do my homework first the sale is on till tomorrow. Well I found one thing out the guy lied about the price his price was 399.00 and went to diversdirect online and thier price is 299.00 for the exact same camera. Since we just snorkel I figured this camera would be good for underwater pictures. Does anyone else have any better suggestions ?

christine, you might want to post your question under "everything else." i am sure you will get some good recommendations. we have a reefmaster X10 but it is a film camera. we also have a cannon G2 that is digital, but it is pricey. www.diversdiscount.com may have some deals as well. their office is local here and i have been to the retail shop/internet office a few times to buy things. they are reiliable and have a good reputation.