Monk's Memoirs: Valentine Breakfast And Other Tidbits....

I decided for Valentines Day to take several(seven) of my friends (women) I know to breakfast...I thought it would be a nice surprise for them and they really got a big kick out of it...being the forgetful person I am....I didn't take one single picture of the event...what an ass...however here are two that were invited but not there...Linda (on the left) and Kelli...Kelli is Ronnie's sister (see pic in last blog) and Linda is a friend of hers they are both visiting from Ohio....they call Kelli "The Legend"....it seems she got the nickname last season when she was at a local hotspot.."Sharky's"...a restaurant and bar on a 1000 foot pier in Venice...Kelli had just scolded her sister for embarrassing her by eating her asparagus with her fingers...the band started playing a song...I think it was called.."The Gator" or something like that...Kelli jumps up and says, "Did you ever see the dance "The Gator"? and immediately falls to dance floor on her back and and starts flailing her hands and legs in the air.. for all intent looking like a frantic turtle stranded on it's back...and she thought she was embarrassed by her sister!!....hence she is now called "The Legend"...they still talk about it at Sharky's....Linda and Kelli didn't make the breakfast..both were sleeping in (hung over) from the previous nights festivities..keep in mind they had just got in town the night before..they wasted no time getting back into the swing of things...we all had gone to The Coconut Grove to listen to our friend Kenny Rose do his thing...and it seems they continued to party after getting back to Ronnie's house...Ronnie (the sensible one) went to bed knowing that she had to get up for the breakfast....I don't blame them it's their vacation ..the rest of us here in paradise have the time to spread out the good times...

The rest of the Valentine breakfast group consisted of Debbie (Dancing Debbie, see previous pic), Lisa (pic hard at work in the Village Gift coffee shop), Sandy ( see new pic in next section..she really hated that other one in the last blog), Ronnie and Helen (see last blog)...I was glad that I had the opportunity to treat them to breakfast..we all had a great time and lots of laughs and that's what friends do.....Of course when we were all at Coconut Grove the night before and the waitress saw one man sitting with six women (half the women in the place) she said, I "was one purple hat short of becoming a pimp"......

Here is a shot of Sandy at a Tiki Bar called "The White Elephant" we go there often for the good food and great entertainment...on Sundays its karaoke and they have the best singers in town...I don't know why all the good ones come here when so many of the bad ones show up all over the place...its not like they screen them at the White Elephant....I guess the bad ones just know they are bad and don't want to be embarrassed by showing up where even the waiters and waitresses can sing better than them....

Here is Kenny Rose's son...once again stupid ass forgot to get his name, sorry Kenny....his son sings in a group in Michigan and he did a couple of songs in each set last night at another great Tiki Bar called "Stump Pass" its a marina, restaurant and bar and is our Friday night hangout...the kid has his father's talent and really belted out some great songs....

And of course what would my blog be without a few pics of the TWCG (The World's Cutest Granddaughter)......she has her first Valentines day outfit on and looks like she really knows what the card says...one thing I know for sure is that she knows how much she is loved and doesn't need the card to prove it....I hope this blog sticks around cyber space long enough for her to read someday...of course she already knows how much Grandpa loves her....and that goes for the other three World's Cutest Grandchildren as well...Samantha, Kevin and Alex..how can I be so lucky to have all these wonderful kids and grandkids...the good Lord saved me from all the perils of war so that these two generations and the ones to follow could be born...nothing that I could ever do can outshine this life accomplishment....I'm so proud I could bust........

Travis got written up in the base newspaper in Abu Dhabi...his unit got a new trailer that is the newest kind of portable firing range and as one of the bosses he got several quotes and pics in the article....it keeps them on base for firing and that's a good thing when (even in Abu Dhabi) there is no really secure place outside the wire......

My neighbor from up north, Karen, came down for a visit at the home of some other mutual friends of ours...Bob and Kathie..here they all are on our golf outing in Sarasota...then we followed that up with an outing down my way at Rotunda Links just a short way from my place....we had a great time and then Karen..who only had a week....had to go back to fridged north country...hurry back Karen......