Florida in August??

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:01 am

Hey Gang --

I'll be leaving for Florida on Thursday morning 8/3 and won't be returning 'til the weekend of the 12th.

Hubby's family owns a condo there that we rent out for the winter season. We've got to have it repainted, recarpeted and get new furniture, as everything is over 20 years old and has seen better days.

I (only half-kiddingly) said to hubby that we should get a laptop; that way we can use a computer in Florida. He knows I will be going through withdrawal symptoms from my FG friends. It's true . . . I'll miss you guys.

I'll be sure to post my brains out (!) over the next two days.

Be well, be happy and smile freely :-6

Oh . . . and feel free to miss me! :rolleyes:

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:04 am

Oh Cher, your gonna have a blast. I'm sure you can make it a couple of weeks, just go enjoy the beaches and think how jealous some of us will be of ya. I know I will be. :p

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:09 am

Sher --

I'll be gone 9 days. The funny thing is that here in Boston the temperatures have been in the high 80s to high 90s for awhile now. So the Florida heat won't be that much more difficult to take. Even though it will be a working vacation, there will be no alarm clocks to wake up to

The toughest part for me is boarding Buster for the whole time.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:18 am

you don't get to take him with ya ?

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:25 am

Sheryl wrote:

you don't get to take him with ya ?

As much as I am madly in love with Buster, I feel this is the best thing to do. I have never taken him on vacay with me. My hubby says we have to be able to have a normal vacation like two adults!

I wouldn't want to be tied down on vacay and worry about leaving him alone in a strange place (strange to him anyway).

I look at it this way: Imagine how excited Buster and I will be to see each other when I pick him up at the boarder's house!

Absence truly does make the heart grow fonder. :-4

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:31 am

As you know Cher, this is me on hearing your news!!

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:32 am

Gail :-4

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:01 am

I know I'll miss reading your posts.

If you can't take Buster with you, you should get a laptop! How much must you sacrifice?:wah:

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:04 am

Well, Cher, we will all be very blue while you are away from the garden, but we will survive, I am sure. Have a good time, and we will try to stay out of trouble.

PS..Libraries have computers!!:p

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:19 am

Peg and Marie --

Thank you both for your kind words.

You guys RULE :guitarist

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:47 am

Oh! I lived there for 10 years, I want to go with you!!

Hope you & hubby have a wonderful, relaxing vacation! :-6

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:57 am

Try and take just a little time out from all the work Cher.....we'll really miss you ! :-6

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:43 am

Sunny my friend, you know how great Florida can be! Thanks for your good wishes

OKMan, I'll miss ya buddy. Hope you have a great time in Istanbul. How long will you be there for? Do you have things planned to do already?

Bez, my love, I will definitely make time for fun. Thanks for thinking of me. :-6

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:58 am

OKMan

Sounds just wonderful! I hope you have an excellent time. :guitarist

Love the new avatar, by the way :-6

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:15 am

Oh TGirl --

I'll be thinking of you when I go in the 84-degree ocean. Can you believe it is 84 degrees in August? It is!

Have a FABULOUS birthday in my absence. Party on! :guitarist

cars · Post by **cars** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:16 am

Have a great time in FL cher, & bring plenty of SPF 40 with you. Even though it's hot up this way, the FL :-6 is much more brutal & "burns", not tans, way faster!

We'll miss ya, but you deserve to & it's good to get away from the regular routine every now & then.

As far as Buster, we just got through sitting for our Daughter's West Highland Terrier last week. He missed his masters for a few days, but then got to know our routine with him, & he then made out just fine. Of course he did "know" us, so that made it a little easier. Buster should do just fine also.

Again have a great time, & don't work too hard in that Condo!

ENJOY, & USE PLENTY OF SPF 40!

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:19 am

Hey Cars my friend,

So nice to hear from you :-6

I've got the sunscreen ready to be packed! Thanks for the advice.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:17 pm

Florida in August...Ugghh !!! Did 20 yrs of Fl in Aug. Ugghh !!!

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:27 pm

Peg wrote: If you can't take Buster with you, you should get a laptop! How much must you sacrifice?:wah:
YEAH!!! Really!!

Cher...what the hell am I going to do without you for all that time??? :yh_cry

Hey...there are libraries where you're going, right? Go to the library and at least say "Hi" once in a while!!!

And have fun and try not to melt! We'd be interested to see how the place turns out, you should take before and after pictures!

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:10 pm

Cher - you have a condo in Florida? Near Disneyland?? hehe

Thats interesting to know! nudge, nudge,

Hope you have a splendiferously wonderful time there and take some gorgeous piccies of the sea, the Keys, the nightlife and Disneyland (which I WILL get to one day if it kills me!) I need to see pools and palm trees!

BIG big hugs to you hunny! Have a superb hol! :-6

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:13 pm

Cher if you can't get a laptop head for a Coffee house that has Laptops....!!

Heck right now Laptops are cheap with school just around the corner. Probably get one pretty cheap if you just want the basics... Come on you can talk hubby into a laptop..:rolleyes: If you don't have an internet connection in the Condo it is pointless unless you get a wireless card...

I have been talking to LC alot the past few weeks, and the weather as she puts it sucks..!! HOT AND HUMID..:-6

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:25 am

Thanks for the warm words, gang.

Florida in August could indeed be hellish.

Perhaps I'll come back as a raving lunatic bitch from all the heat! :rolleyes: :p

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:13 am

cherandbuster wrote: Thanks for the warm words, gang.

Florida in August could indeed be hellish.

Perhaps I'll come back as a raving lunatic bitch from all the heat! :rolleyes: :p

Nah - that'll NEVER happen!:)

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:33 am

SnoozeControl wrote: I hate to admit it, but I think I'd enjoy seeing that.

No offense taken.

My last boss would occasionally get really annoyed with me because I was in a good mood most of the time. One day he called me into his office and said, "Would you please STOP being so nice to all the patients -- it's really aggravating me!" And he meant it, too.

I left the job two weeks later. ***** him!!!

And, because I am a major talker, my husband has said to me on occasion, "Honey, I love you, but I REALLY wish you came with a dimmer switch."

I thought that was so cute. :p