Dream Home Picture

Southern Living Dream Home

On Sunday, I toured the Dream Home that is located just two properties down from us at Cinnamon Shore, a new development right on the beach--well, right over the dune from the beach. It has a clubhouse with pool and a driveable beach access by boardwalk---that is for the beach carts which are actually golf carts. The dream home is backed up to the beach, 3 stories tall, 5 outdoor patios, guest house over the carport, 2 outdoor fireplaces, outside tile shower, 2 master suites, a bunkhouse on the 3rd level that sleeps 6, 5 1/2 baths, and sleeps 16. It has already sold for $1.8 million. Very nice for a visit but the high cost must be from the property that it is located on.







Living area--one of the new things was http://cortexa.com/ a new iPhone/iPod touch application that lets you access your home's operations from your phone and an iPod screen on the wall in each room. They had music playing on it and you could look at the screen and see the title and artist. The menu let you monitor security, lighting, climate, motorized shades, video camera surveillance, sprinklers, pool and spa functions, and email. Your home has it's own computer and you can monitor or shut off or turn on from your iPhone wherever you are. Mind boggling, isn't it?




One of the master suites




Bunk room on third floor

Enjoying the Beach

JANICE


JOHN


FRED


TEX doing what he does best!!!

Fishing for Red Snapper

Today, Fred and John went deep sea fishing on the Scat Cat. They caught some red snapper, a Ming, and some vermillion snapper. This is the catch for the whole boat of 30.



There was a limit of 2 red snapper and this was the last day of the season---how lucky for them. John had one of the four largest on the boat and was in the running for the jackpot--too bad he didn't win.

Fred's red snapper.


The tired fishermen return after 12 hours at sea.

Scenes from Port A

This week, we drove to Port Aransas to enjoy some fishing and beaching. John, my son, flew down to relax a few days and to fish with Fred. The beach was perfect yesterday. We had read that tar balls were coming in from an oil spill, but they seem to have all been cleaned up.




These Labs were enjoying the water in the beer tub and the attention of guests at Woody's Dockside.


Fisherman's Wharf where the guys catch their fishing boat.


John and Tex on the wharf

Menopause and Seafood

On Saturday, some of the Bunco Babes went to Richardson to see Menopause, the Musical. We never stopped laughing and oh how true, especially the part about those senior moments of forgetting what you are doing or saying. We had a delightful afternoon and then ended it at Pappadeaux, my favorite seafood restaurant. We had boiled shrimp and crab dip to start, and then an assortment of dishes for each.---Michelle had salmon while the rest of us had shrimp prepared in various way--coconut, fried, stuffed---Forrest Gump would have been proud. Stacey and Michelle asked to see the dessert tray before they even had the main course. What an elaborate display---some of us didn't have room but some did have creme brulee, key lime pie, and banana pudding!! See why this place is my favorite. What a selection and the food and service couldn't be better. And they didn't even pay me for this commercial.



Stacey, Michelle, Gwen, Janice, and Rosa



This is just my baked potato!!!



Gwen's Key Lime Pie

Stacey's Grandkids

My friend Stacey brought her daughter and grandkids over to swim last week. I use them to get grandkid fixes since I don't have any. Cade is 3 and Kenslea is 9 months old. We had a great swim and then ate chicken salad and cheese sandwiches with fruit and lots of cookies for Cade and Meredith.

Meredith with Cade




Meme with Cade and Kenslea