Libbie vacuumed and I went to Kroger then came home and made Cole Slaw and Broccoli salad. I also cleaned the driveway and garage floor. Violet group came at just before noon. We had lunch, Sheila brought tuna croissants, then I presented the Meet the Commercials DVD. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. For dinner I made Fall Vegetable Curry which had broccoli, sweet potato and chick peas in a tomato and curry base.

Good, it's raining outside. Can't go to do labor at the greenhouse. I stayed inside at my computer working on the rest of the AVSA directory. I now have the committee chairs listings and the committees the chairs are in charge of in the database using the FEEDS module. Libbie worked on shipping many plants today with Joy. I ran over to Kroger and got some Salmon which we had with Broccoli for dinner. The album depicting the life of BB Greenhouse came late today. Why is it when you want something the mail always comes later? Dinner was the Salmon and broccoli.

This morning I worked on the AVSA directory a little before going over to the greenhouse and taking down 2 gutters in house 1 to get the 6 inch gutter extension for Sam. I didn't stay long at Sam's. Came home and got the AVSA directory running on Drupal which was today's goal. We still don't have committee members but it's a lot closer. Dinner was Libbie's excellent pizza once again.

Brought the pipes to Sam's from yesterday. They had two runs of columns standing and started drilling the third run. Meanwhile they had 2 guys putting gutters up. I got pretty dizzy in the heat and began seeing double. I had to sit down for a while to recover. I had a 6 inch subway sub for lunch then stayed around a little while longer before heading home. I stopped at Trader Joes and picked up McIntosh Apples and Shiraz wine. Dinner tonight was some ribs from the freezer with broccoli and Shiraz. At home I took my blood pressure which was fine, I was afraid it was going to be too low. I also looked up stroke symptoms but all is well now.

Went over to Sam's this morning around 9:30 with the splice plates. We started drilling holes in the pipes and got one run done. Went home to get more pipes. Libbie came back with me.
We went to the greenhouse and took down half of the gutter run in house 1 to salvage the pipes in the ground. It exhausted both of us. I had to practically crawl back to the car. Dinner was pulled pork BBQ sandwich. We skipped dancing tonight.

Went to the greenhouse this morning and took down the ridge pole and the rest of the bows in house 1 except for the center covered section. I'm going to abandon the idea of covering the equipment and just take the whole thing down. I came home very very tired but rallied to the cause and got cleaned up for dance with Robert. Our 3:30 class was great again since we added to our cha cha. tomorrow night is Waltz foundations.

This morning I went out and did the groceries around 9. I had switched to NBC but found out that Dishnetwork and NBC were having an issue with costs. Received several calls from Libbie as I worked on the AVSA website. Her flight from Baltimore to Raleigh was cancelled but she got booked on another one an hour later. I picked her up then after coming home for a while we went out to dinner at La cocina where I had a Guiness Draft and a La Cocina Quesadilla. Libbie had the smae Quesadilla but with a Margarita.

It was an early morning breakfast today then I worked some more on the Bluebird photo Album. My coupon for free extra pages runs out tomorrow. Got going by 8 AM. Traffic once again was light except for all the trucks in SC until we hit 16 (or is it 26?) Lots of traffic gets off there. I had one stop at Santee for bathroom and coffee at McDonalds Stopped again North of Florence for gas at 3.15 per gallon and got home by 12:15. The WSJ was not stopped but somebody nicely piled them up next to a tree by the driveway. Disappointed in WSJ delivery. I spent the rest of the afternoon finishing up the album and finally ordered it in the late afternoon. Yes!!!! Worked a lot on permissions for the AVSA website and finally solved the restricted access issues. Search was revealing restricted items to those not authorized.

Cleaned the place up this morning and made a reservation at Comfort Suites North of Savannah at exit 109. I found that making last minute reservations costs about $10 more than advanced ones. Left at 1:05 PM. Traffic was surprisingly light for a Sunday. Stopped in St Marys GA for gas then made it to Exit 109 by 7:15 PM. I had a Spicy chicken sandwich and fries at Wendys in front of the hotel. The facility is a nice quiet suite location. I'm happy with the choice.

I got the feeds import working nicely this morning complete with importing the taxonomy terms. This took some doing but it's now solid. I left for Clearwater around 11:58 and got there just before 1. Mary Lou took me upstairs to hospitality where I had a sandwich. Bought a Sinningia in the salesroom. It was a nice afternoon, I was treated like a celebrity for the website. Dinner was Spicy chicken from Publix with terrible eggrolls and the rest of the Rodney Strong.

I'm really enjoying reading the Nicholas Sparks Longest Ride book. Nice story so far.

Took the 6 chairs to goodwill in 2 trips. Only three at a time would fit in the Corolla. Stopped into Havertys and looked at Dining Room tables.It will cost around $1,000. Took a trip to Bradenton which was worthwhile but won't repeat. Dinner tonight was the leftover ribs with zinfandel. Nice. I treated myself to a bottle of Rodney Strong Cabernet. Nice.

The carpet people called around 9:30 and arrived around 10 am. It was pouring rain when they arrived but soon the sun came out. A very thin husband and wife team did the whole thing - moved the furniture, pulled out the carpeting, installed the new stuff. It took all day. Dan lent me his hand truck so I was able to get the glass top of the dining room table to the dumpster. Good riddance. Now I have to take care of the 6 chairs. The carpet job took all day, they left at 4. I called over the clubhouse and got a full rack of ribs for two nights. I ate the salad, baked potato, roll and half the rack with a glass of Ravenwood Cabernet. Very nice. HAd to put the condo back together which was not bad.

It's a balmy morning and the sun is rising over the Atlantic as I head to breakfast at 7 AM. I had the eggs, sausage and bagel with cream cheese. Took 2 cups of coffee to go back to the room and spent some time online before packing the car. I wanted to leave after 8 to avoid Orlando traffic. Used GPS which took me past the Raceway onto I-95 where it's an immediate cross multiple lanes to get onto I-4. I-4 is torn up in what appears to be a widening project between I-95 and the 3 lane section. It started raining in Orlando but the rain was light until I got to I-75 where visibility was poor due to the spray from trucks. It was not a fun drive and could have been worse if traffic was any heavier. Got into the condo around noon after a Publix run for milk and fruit. I had their General Tso chicken for lunch then for dinner went back over and got a foot long turkey and a bottle of Ravenwood Cabernet Sauvignon. It was nice to be settled. The usnset was the best I ever saw - it was a beautiful red sky due to the clouds.

Left the house at 6:22 am to take Libbie to the airport for her 9:40 flight. On the way back I stopped in Bruggers and picked up a bagel with cream cheese. It's been a while and it was good. The recycle guy came but not the regular garbage. I brought both cans back up and left for Daytona at 8:12. Stopped in Florence for gas at 3.12 then stopped at Kroger south of Savannah for gas and a chicken sandwich as well as a bag of grapes that were on sale for 99 cents per pound. I really got sore on this trip, my bottom ached and legs were stiff. There was light rain from Darien GA to Daytona. Checked into the Comfort and then took a walk on the beach. bought two bottles of Yuengling from a convenience store and 4 slices of lousy pizza from Giovannis across from the Comfort. It had no flavor whatsoever but the beer was going. When I got back with the pizza and beer it started pouring rain. By the way, arrival at Daytona was 4:40 PM today.

This morning it felt good to read all the positive website comments. Everything still seems to be OK. I found one bad link I quickly fixed. Spent the whole day doing computer work still. Booked a room on Daytona Beach for Tuesday night as a treat to me. I also changed the San Antonio reservations although it cost us a few hundred more for a Sunday flight. I also booked a Marriott Courtyard on the Riverwalk in a hotel and parking package for $184 plus tax, total is $214. A little pricey but we'll enjoy it. Dinner was Salmon and salad. Starting to pack for tomorrows trip by first emptying the trunk of the Corolla.

Rain this morning and most of last night. We stayed home and I finished the website to-dos. Found a really nice script that returns you to the top from the bottom of a long page. Barb added some custom colors to make it standout. Libbie made her yummy pizza again. We had it while watching the Emmys. I was having trouble transferring the website to the new host. A lot of references were pointing to newavsa. Finally found the culprit in a php script and edited it. Had a chat with support about how to do some of the transfr details. In the end after a brief panic the website was working although it was well past midnight.

Went to Sams this morning at 8. Helped lay out the new greenhouse. Came home at noon. Extremely disturbed by the ebay GPS sale. The guy wants his money back - said it's not as described. Bunch of crap. Picked up ribs and a wireless bridge on the way back from Sams. Dinner was ribs, squash, salad and Rodney Strong Cabernet. Yumm. Still working the website - fixed the store this evening. Sue retyped the AVM articles, don't know why.

We left the house at 8:30 to drop Libbie's car off for an oil change. Our appointment is for 8:45. We're also getting a tire rotation, recall and state inspection done. It's a rainy day. I took half the bows down in house 1 and noticed one of the tanks were removed by Ferrelgas. I hope they take the others. We had Salmon and butternut squash for dinner with Shiraz. We went to dance party tonight. Fun.

I did the light eating thing today which was good for my health. I continued to scan pictures from Libbie's greenhouse albums. I want to create an album while I'm in Florida. I also started putting the finishing touches on the website ready for the committee to review tonight. Went over to Sams place on Dowling Rd and looked at the grading job. It's very nice! Dinner was chicken fingers and salad. After dinner we went to Foxtrot Foundations class taught by Robert. The class was worthwhile. When I got back there were many corrections to be made on the website. I made almost all of them before going to bed. Downloaded the new Nicholas Sparks book "The Longest Road" from the newsgroups today.

I stayed inside most of the day working on the web stuff. We're close to launch and I'm doing stuff from the to-do list. Dinner was pulled chicken with Trader Joes BBQ sauce. Pretty good. I scanned quite a few pictures of the early greenhouse days.

Did the usual grocery shopping but early then did web work. LEft at 11 for the greenhouse where I finished tearing up house 2 fan wall and then did house 1 fan wall. That side of the greenhouse is wall free and done. Dinner was spaghetti with hot peppers and parmesan because we don't have pizza cheese.

Went to the greenhouse later after a morning of home work and web work. I took down house 1 fan and took down house 2 fan wall. I was too tired to cut it up so I came home. Dinner was tuna sandwiches. Had a long long long conversation with Sue Hoffmann about MAAVS and the convention. She wants me to be Master of Ceremonies and Vice President.

Where does time go? This morning I did a little web work then listed our carpet on craigslist and the old GPS on ebay. I'm also doing maintenance on Traviata - catching up the journal and doing a backup. That new disk drive appears to be corrupt or dead which is not a good sign. Went to the greenhouse at 1:30. I listed the old backporch carpet on Craigslist. Received 5 replies, Libbie waiting for Wendy, the first one. I also listed the old GPS on eBay. Hopefully it sells at $25. At the greenhouse I used the Sawzall with a hacksaw blade and easily cut all the dead men posts down. Wow, I wish I bought this tool 2 years ago for the home greenhouse. I actually cut those posts with a manual hacksaw. Came home very tired and left over BBQ with watermelon for lunch. Libbie made her wonderful pizza for dinner. I worked on the AVSA website.

We left for the greenhouse at 9 and were very surprised to see everyone there working away when we arrived at 9:10. Bob and Sam brought 6 guys with them. they took all the wood then disassembled the three greenhouses. I removed the house 2 fan, we only have house 1 fan left. Bob bought everyone subs at Jersey Mikes. Libbie and I each ate a whole sub which was excellent. We got home pretty tired. In the evening I ran out to Home Depot for hack saw blades for the Sawzall to cut the columns and dead men pipes. Dinner was Shiraz, ribs, broccoli and Bluebonnet Chocolate Peanut butter ice cream. I didn't do any web work today.

Went over to the greenhouse today and took the ridge pole down in house 1. It's a little chilly today, high only in the low 80s with a slight breeze. I wore long pants. We had a dinner of BBQ on a bun then went to the dance party where we got to practice our Nightclub 2 step. We stayed until 9:30. Tonight Carolina Ballroom broke the evening up with showcase demos of some of the competitors going to Charlotte for ballroom competition.