Things I have been up to lately...

...in no particular order.

Trivia Night with Matt & Jenni

These guys are experts.  I wholeheartedly expect to see Matt on Jeopardy one day.  Whenever I play Triva with them, I like to think that there is one question I will answer, that as a team we would not have got if I was not there.  This night my question was something about the book Great Expectations, answer was Mrs Havisham (I can't remember the exact question something about a wedding dress).

 

Lunch at The Yacht Club!

We never do this.  But figured we were both off on a mid week day and we should do something nice.  Lovely food and I may, or may not, have had two bloody marys.

My friend Feliz directed a wonderful little production for her school Performing Arts group. Always an enjoyable evening seeing some very talented kids.

I am on a bit of a healthy eating kick.  Long time readers of my blog know that Keto is something that works really well for me.  Well, I am not doing full keto at the moment but I am definitely trying to avoid sugar and eat a lot more protein.

Protein! For Breakfast these days I am having Greek Yogurt with a small sprinkling of muesli.  

As well as trying to eat better I am back on the peloton every morning.  A small bit of yoga also.

Poor Monty had to have a visit to the vet. He had these weird little white bumps all over his nose bridge which he then was scratching and making them bleed. It really was quite bad.

I was working, so Patrick brought him on his own which worked out fine in the end (Patrick had a small bit of trepidation initially, about getting him into his crate and bringing him in a car etc).

Turns out he has a "Mosquito Bite Sensitivity/Allergy".  They gave him a steroid shot and gave Patrick a bill for $200.  Not sure how much the steroid shot did.  A few days later I got some cream (silver honey) in the pet store and that cleared up things nicely it seems (Pictured. Monty with the cream on, looking like a right little bruiser).

Some others things going on that I can't remember off the top of my head. Oh! We went to see Project Hail Mary at the Tropic and very much enjoyed that!

End of crab trap season 2026

Busy day today! First on the agenda was end of stone crab season and bringing in our crab traps. The winds were high and the water was decently choppy making it hard work for us.

We were glad to have them in and loaded into the jeep. They are seriously heavy btw (concrete base etc etc).

My bike had a puncture so poor Patrick had to drive me everywhere for the afternoon: we first went and left the bike in for repair and then he drove me to a doctors appointment and waited outside while I was seen.

When we came back we each gave the crab traps a going over with the power washer. They look and smell a lot better and are now ready to be stored away until next year.

After lunch I realised that I had left something in work. I’m not back until Monday and while Patrick could have picked it up for me on Sunday I decided I would go for a slow cycle and get it myself. 

We were both tired this evening and while we had been thinking about going to Brady’s Irish pub for dinner we decided to get quesadillas to go from Paradise Cafe. They were huge - Patrick ate 2/3 of his, I ate 1/2 of mine and am saving the rest for lunch tomorrow! 

Pink!

 New toilet seat arrived. I’m in love! 

Valentine’s Day 2026

 Started out strong by getting up at 7am headed out fishing. Totally struck out at fishing lol. But did go check our crab traps and got a bumper quantity and this 8.5oz absolute monster, so there’s that 🤣

And finally! Wrapped up the day with our usual heart shaped Chicago pizza and a really good bottle of wine. 10/10 day

Elastomeric paint

 The shed roof was painted with three layers of elastomeric paint.

And then we waited. The big rain eventually came and we identified one leak. Actually, I think the roof would have been fine except that the day before the rain Patrick cut some coconuts down and some landed on the shed roof with a big thud…and the roof being so old and rusted, it created a few little minute holes and hence the leak.

Yesterday we added some more layers specifically on this area. I’m hopeful!  But I’m also realistic that likely we will get leaks like this now and again, and will need to keep applying more paint when needed. I think I can live with that! 

Part Three of what is hopefully a Three Part Series

You guys! The toilet. This freakin’ toilet!!! 

This morning I woke up to a small pool of water at the front of the toilet on the tile. I asked Patrick did he know anything, hoping he would tell me he spilled some water or something. I wiped up the water but noticed a small pool soon after. Over the course of the morning it continued to pool.

There it is. A tiny leak right there. Please excuse the awfulness of this pic - remember, my toilet is from the 1950s.

So, I did two things (1) I messaged my old boss asking him can I just seal this hole (a very bad idea according to google and to him) and (2) posted on Facebook asking for any plumber recommendations.

Well, when a guy posted that he could be there in 30 minutes and quoted his price, I jumped on his offer.

He arrived promptly and got stuck right in.

He texted me this photo after 15 minutes lol. While I know the principle of how to fix this issue and I knew all the steps he would have to take, this photo proved to me that I could not have attempted it myself.

And we are done! ✅ 

I am hoping the next and only post that you see about this stupid toilet is my cute little pink toilet seat I have on order!! Woohoo 🙌 

Happy New Year 2026!

Happy New Year! For those of you wondering, why yes, I did mark the new year with my traditional oyster shooter at the Half Shell Raw Bar. It’s a pretty gruesome affair - an oyster, spicy vodka and spicy cocktail sauce. 

But so much fun!!! Recommendation 💯