More Cruise Ships!

Well many thanks goes out to Mexico. It seems ALL cruise lines have cancelled their trips to that lovely destination because of the Swine Flu and added Key West as the port of call. What this means is we get twice as many tourist here on the island. Is this good or bad? Hmmmmm let me get back to you on that!

Today In Key West

Today in Key West, nothing happened or should I say, it hasn't happened yet. The sun is shining, it's 81 degrees and breezy. Water is still alittle too cold to venture into and its too rough for boating.

So on that note, lets talk about my favorite up and coming country singer "Dave Aaron". Dave has lived in key west most of his life and has been trying forever to make it into the big world of a country music star. Check out his website at http://www.daveaaronmusic.com/. Let me know what you think.

Birthday Weekend

The weekend is over and I survived the partying, barely! Friday was "Girls Gone Wild Happy Hour" at the Sports Page Bar & Grill. Nice locals place to hang out not to mention drinks and ALL appetizers are half price from 5 - 7pm. Then it was on to Cowboy Bill's Reloaded. My favorite bartender Lacy fixed me up with Lacy's Special Place Shots all evening. Oh and did I mention there was a bachalor party going on? Needless to say me and my friends crashed it!

On Saturday it was the famous Duval Street Bed Races. If you've never witnessed them, its a great time. Teams build makeshift beds out of required parts and foot race them down Duval Street (hoping they will stay together!) most don't.

My new kitty (Miss Cheyenne) is now a week old and I finally gaining weight. She has become VERY active too! Here is her new picture.

I also got a good picture of "Ralph" the Rooster.

The Vandenberg Arrives

For those of you that don't know, Key West has been trying for years to acquire an old navel ship (The Vandenberg) so that they can sink it and make another artifical reef. Well yesterday after many years in the works, the ship arrived. All I can say is what a big piece of rust she is too! About 200 people showed up on the dock to watch her be towed in. What an impressive site it was, especially with the carribean music playing in the background. For the next month she will under go more repairs in preparation to be sunk 6 miles off the island in 140 feet of water. If you would like to learn more about this adventure and see more pictures of the ship, please follow the following links: (Pictures of docking) http://images.keysnews.com/galleries/news/VAN%20GAL/index.htm
(Information about the ship) http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1013131.html

Stay tuned for more information on the sinking. Until then she sits at the dock.

New Pet

One of my fellow island dwellers decided to give me an early birthday present on my front steps. Meet "Cheyenne" as my husband has so named her. She is approximately 12 weeks old and full of energy. Now the fun part of learning how to care for a kitten. I guess the first stop is the vets office. YIPPY!

It all begins now!

Well here goes............my first official blog! I figure if others can do it I can too. Maybe this will help friends and family stay in touch more. Now for the important things, first off, my birthday is this Friday. My life is officially half over at that point if I live past 80. More on this later. Second, for those that don't know me too good, I have officially become a pet freak! I mean who else do you know that has a turtle, 3 goldfish, a pet rooster name "Ralph", a new kitten, two wonderful dogs, and nine yes NINE birds?