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Melissa & Dave - Adventures at Sea

Blog posts April 2021

Kelly lives here now

Kelly and Nicole visited us for a week.  We had a total blast.  This look here is classic Kelly.  Laughing his ass off.  And making the rest of us laugh just as hard.

Its great to see him so happy with Nicole.  Though she is way out of his league.  At least that is what Kelly says, and we…

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Marla comes for a visit

Marla came for a visit this week.  She relaxed, read books, and people watched on the beach.  Whole lotta nothin' really.  It was great!  She wished she could have stayed longer since Kelly gets here in few days.

Dave wasn't feeling well, so Melissa and Marla headed out to dinner her last…

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Does a big iguana live here?

Dave tells Melissa that there is a big iguana that lives in the trees around the pool.  Uh huh.  Right.  Sure thing.  Somehow that lizard is always MIA when Dave tries to show it to Melissa.  This afternoon Dave claimed to have seen it poking its nose out checking out the street out front.  Melissa …

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New outlet

While Bob was here, he tried to repair the exterior deck outlet behind the BBQ on the lower deck.  What he discovered was that the area behind the outlet was so deteriorated that we couldn’t screw in a new outlet plate because there was nothing to hold the screws.  The plate fell to pieces in his ha…

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Pots galore

Melissa has been working on replacement of the deck pots.  Turns out that clay pots down here deteriorate over the years.  To the point where they turn back into dirt.  These two are so bad that if you poke at them with your finger they just fall apart.  The remaining dozen pots are in somewhat bett…

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Rack of Lamb Cooking Lesson

While Bob and Patty are here, Melissa has been doing a bit of cooking.  Cuz, ya know, guests and food.  They go together!  It was fried fish and giant onion rings a few nights ago.  Tonight, a rack of lamb.  Simple as can be – roasted in the oven with rosemary and garlic, with lemon green beans.  An…

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