Island Update Ending September 21, 2003

Sunday we went to bed in the fog and come Monday morning we were still in the fog. We puttered around the house all day although we did go for a walk. When I went to go down in the basement this morning I found little gray paw prints all over the green basement stairs. Oscar wanted in yesterday and evidently tried to come up from the basement right after I painted the floor. The doors were open for circulation. Mom didn't see the humor in this. Tuesday we started out with fog again and pouring rain which amounted to 1". Since it was a crummy morning, I made coffee (as I always do regardless of the weather) and we sat on the upstairs porch watching the rain & fog. That was about the excitement of the day.

Wednesday was haircut day for Mom so we caught the 1000 to run errands before meeting Aunt Jeanne and Uncle Dick at the hair dresser's. After that it was lunch at a fairly fancy marina restaurant in south Portland. Nice atmosphere. Then it was back home on the 1630 boat. We didn't quite complete all our errands, but we came close. Busy day on Thursday. We caught the 0715 boat, breakfast at the Freeport Cafe (still a nice place), stopped at L.L.Bean and then off to Pemaquid Light for a visit. That is the light on the Maine quarter which if you haven't heard has been recalled because it jambs coin operated machines. It was a fun trip. On the way back we stopped at the locally famous Moody's Diner in Waldoboro. We had fish & chips which were probably the worst we have ever had anywhere. We figure they were commercially prepared, frozen and delivered by truck or whatever. Anyway they were a poor excuse for fish and chips, but we should have known to pick a diner type food. Then it was off to the commissary on our way home to catch the 1735 boat. Long day? Yes!

On Friday we were laying in bed watching Good Morning America when the phone rang. It was Dong. He was on the front door step to get some coffee. We got up, made coffee and he stayed about an hour. We really enjoy him. Not much else happening until night when we got a couple down down pours (.6") from your hurricane. It passed way to the west of us. We did go check out the waves which were pretty good, but not spectacular.

Saturday Dong showed up with a surprise, a big container of egg rolls. They are so good! We ate them for breakfast, lunch and dinner and still have 3 left. Mom baked cookies all morning and I worked on the kitchen window nearest the stove to make it seal right so hopefully when the cold west wind starts blowing we won't be quite as cold form that window. Sunday was Mass and a late breakfast around noon like we did last weekend. I painted the white trim around the kitchen window as well as putting a second coat of black paint on the window frames. Later this week I will put things back together again. For now I have a big piece of Plexiglas in place of the window. I also managed to paint the trim on the back porch; railing, pillars, etc. I've still got lots of things to do and rapidly running out of time.

As for next week we will be in Bristol starting Monday visiting Aunt Dottie and will be back here sometime Wednesday. And that is about it for this week.

Love, Mom and Dad