It has been a while since I wrote a post. Since the last post, my house was broken into by the back door, and our safe was busted open on November 11, 2010. I was not home so no one was hurt. The crooks took all our money and jewelry. Nothing was found, but the insurance has helped by replacing the door and will be replacing the damaged floor. Another Christmas and new year without Joe. I have been teaching two introductory computer classes at Tri-C. I just finished a support group through St. Bart with alot of nice people and have volunteered at a couple of functions. Just came back from five days in Key West with Sue Bobey, another business teacher who I knew from BG and retired last year from Cleveland Jane Addams High Schol. We stayed at the Doubletree Hotel which is near the Key West airport. It had a shuttle which had a regular schedule to take us into town or the beach every day. On Day One we went to the Key West Butterfly Conservatory and Ernest Hemingway's house. Day two was a pool day, and day three was a beach day. Tried and loved eating edamame at Mangoes and had a great lobster lunch at Blue Heaven, the restaurant with chickens running around. And, of course, you can't go to Key West without going to Jimmy Buffet's Margarittaville. After getting some sunburn, we continued our sightseeing on day four with a tour of the Truman Winter White House and major shopping. Of course, every evening we went to Mallory Square to watch the sun set. Everyone gathers for the evening festivities where there are street performers and vendors. The entire crowd applauds when the sun sets. Then everyone heads to one or more of the downtown bars to drink and listen to the music of the bands and performers that are at all the establishments such as Sloppy Joe's. Also got a black and white beaded necklace at Yours and Mayan, a fair trade store. On our last day, we just vegged around the pool and got ready to bring some sunshine back home. Coming back home to an empty house is the hardest. It hits you in the face everytime that Joe is not here to share in what we do on a daily basis or on special occasions or trips. He would have loved Key West and its caribbean low-key lifestyle.
Today it is St. Patrick's Day, and it is sunny and 65 degrees in Cleveland, OH!
