Excellent

Read these. Immediately. I have not enjoyed a book series so much since, well, the Twilight saga, and frankly I'm a lot less (or not at all) embarrassed about really enjoying these!

The last book in the trilogy will be released in August. You have my permission to wait until then to read them if you want to get 'er done all at once.

A Weekend on Pine Island

Jeff was on spring break last week and to celebrate we spent the weekend on Pine Island with my Dad and step-mom. Pine Island and its neighboring city, Matlacha (pronounced Matt-Lachay), are interesting places--very colorful, kind of random, but so fun!

We had beautiful weather on Saturday and Sunday and it was a welcome relief from the cold and clouds (to those of you up north or out west, yes, I understand that this is all relative).

We explored the island by bike (beach cruiser, baby! Have I ever mentioned I'm not really good at riding a bike?) and car and found some great treasures--some beautiful, big homes amid trailer parks, some funky and delicious restaurants (if you get the chance to eat at the Sandy Hook, do!), and some small biker bars with great names (e.g., Ragged Ass).

Jeff found some coconuts while out and about...

Any trip to visit my dad would not be complete without a great cookout--steak, chicken and fresh gulf shrimp. Yum! Since the shrimp were fresh, they came as God made them. Dad and Jeff made them suitable for eating. Ashley and I avoided this processes like the plague. Neither of us enjoys seeing our food with a face.

I didn't get a picture of it but, Ashley made quite the entrance on Friday night. She drives a big, four door, Titan that makes sure nothing gets in her way--including the string of lantern lights marking the parking area next to my dad's motor coach. Once she clipped one, she decided to just keep going and flattened the rest of the string. We all had a good laugh about it!

One of the things I love about Jeff...

So, Jeff woke up early this morning to drive to Palm Bay, Florida where he will spend the weekend with Chad and company. I am always nervous when Jeff has to drive somewhere "foreign" alone. He just doesn't have a good sense of direction. And while he's been to Chad's house on numerous occasions, I was still nervous.

He called me a couple of hours into his trip and says, "I was thinking of you. I see the cruise ships and the Tiki Bar!" (one of my favorite places for crab legs and sweet potato fries). I thought this was really sweet and felt bad having to tell him that he has in deed gone too far (maybe 30 minutes passed his turn). I promised him that in just two short months (when my t-mobile contract is up) I will buy him an iPhone, equip it with the GPS application (I'm the IT department at our home in addition to navigation) and then neither of us will have to worry any more about him getting lost.