Friday, April 23, 2010



(This post is for the 22nd. as I did not have time last evening to make my entry).

We cleaned up, polished up, and tagged and bagged all of the inventory we had built over the past two weeks. The numbers were stunning! We had a very productive two weeks, replacing all that was sold at Gainesville, and all the commissions that we outstanding for Florida. I finished the Prevatt kids Mother's Day present for their Mom, Nancy, and put the Studio to Sleep for 6 months. Well, actually, I have not put the studio to sleep yet, that will begin on Monday, but the Prevatt gift was the last piece of the season. Starry Night was the OFFICIAL last panel of the season, but who's counting?

So we were ready to leave by 1PM, and we headed out to a little R&R on Siesta Key. On the way in we stopped in Arcadia at the Wal-Mart to gather up some supplies, and Sherry picked up another MP3 player, as we are going to try once again to get some books on tape loaded up for her. We stopped at a Best Buy on Tamiami Trail and returned the iPod. I looked at flat screen TV's (for the new camper), and the new iPad, which was pretty impressive. I see this as being the next thing. It will put all of these old lap tops in the land fill.

We got to Turtle Beach at around 5PM, set up and headed straight to the beach. This is the Beach that we brought Jess & John and the Kids to. It is a beautiful beach, little used and mostly always deserted. We happened upon it by chance two years ago. The campground is quint, with a very small number of spaces, and run by the county (the best parks in Florida are often county owned parks, reasonably priced, and almost always clean). This one was privately owned, and slated for the "condo chopping block" when the county stepped in and purchased it from the owners. We love camp, and we love the beach.

As I was saying, we went immediately to the beach, found a nice bench and sat to watch the sunset set two hours hence. Not more than half a dozen people walked by the entire time. We caught a great Sundog off to the north of the set, just about 45 mins prior. A sail boat was crossing the sun just as it dipped into the Gulf. We had Ruddy Turnstones and Sanderlings running up and down the beach, along with the occasional Willet. It was Beautiful!

We came back and had a hot meal and spent the rest of the evening working on the MP3 player. I am so Amish. I cannot get this thing to work at all. Sherry will have to take it to someone who knows how to load this unit, or return it, along with the previously attempted units. First an MP3 player, than an iPod, now another MP3 player. Instead of taking this MP3 player back, she might decide to trade me in on someone who is more technologically advanced.

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