Sam update.

Sam is in Europe for 3 weeks. He took my camera so pictures will be low on my blog page.
I might as tell the world how it has been going.
Communication back and forth is sketchy at the best.
one email.
Until today, His leader called to say there has been some "monkey business" going on.
Monkey business = itching powder, excessive running, and jumping off of walls in a 1000 year old castle.
I needed to talk to him and tell him to settle down. Hard to discipline when I would have done the same in his circumstances.
So far in one week they,
Visited John F Kennedy Memorial in Runnymede.
Walked and sight see London,
Changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace,
Had a medieval lunch,
Explore the Tower of London (an old prison),
Meet the Beefeater guards,
A cruise on the Thames River,
Dinner theater watching The Lord Of The Rings,
Meet members of the Parliament,
Ride on the London Eye (worlds largest Ferris wheel @ 443 feet),
Visit Covent Garden with street performers,
Stay with a local Family for a few days to eat local food and do what the locals do,
Visit Statford-upon-Avon (home of Shakespeare),
Spend the night in a tented medieval village on the grounds of Warwick Castle, have free roam of the castle all night, Launch the worlds most powerful Catapult, AND repel off of the castle walls.

ALL THIS IN THE FIRST WEEK!

they say he has been messing around. I'd be coming out of my skin.

I'll run down week #2 latter.
Tim

Lets start sommething this summer

7:59 Official Start Of Summer.
Longest day of the year.

Take a vacation, Fall out for a while.
Summer's comming in and it's going outa style.
We'll lie down smoking, honey, have yourself a ball.
'Cause your mother's down in Memphis,
Won't be back till fall.

Hey, Hey, come right away.
Come and join the party every day.
Hey, Hey, come right away.
Come and join the party every day.

Shits are in.

Sorry it has been so long for an update.

Work has been off the chain. I'm lucky if I get home before 9 or 10 at night.

Sam took off yesterday for Europe with the People to People program. He will be gone for 3 weeks. He is going to England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Not a bad trip for a 13 year old.

If anyone wants a shirt just call 772-283-7222.

Till a cooler and latter time.

Tim

The Heat Is On

We went from mild to nice temperatures of low to mid 80's for weeks. May 1st came and left and we all thought summer would never get here.Then came May 3rd came along 96 degrees! That was a real smack in the face. EVERYONE and I mean everyone called. I have said it for years, get that a/c checked before it gets hot.
Here is a cool poster from Phil Lesh and Friends. The Warfield in San Fran. is closing and Phil has the last 5 nights booked. They been throwing down the bombs! Playing full multi Dead albums each night! Check some action on philzone.com. Also check out archives.org for LOADS of free live music.
After looking at this unit and showing the customer pictures of it (it is on a tall rooftop) the question was asked "Will it last another year?" I wish I had a dollar every time I heard that question.
Installed 2 new systems last year for the Walsh family. They are saving 72% off of the cooling bill! These 2 systems will be paid for in full in 42 months! In 3 1/2 years!!!! I don't know about you but I hate paying that power bill.

Till next time,
Tim

There still out there

The weather is still perfect for pompano fishing. Light current, light westerly winds, the water is clean.
Rescheduled some work and school and we watched the sun rise on TUESDAY morning. That's right a Tuesday.
We caught all these fish, not the wiener dog He just wandered into the picture, before 9 AM.

I am not a huge fish eater or a fish killer, but we do love those pompano. We will get another 3 meals from them and some Friends will stop by this afternoon to enjoy a few. 3 fish at 2 lbs. each is a real feast.

This weather is supposed to last past the weekend, we will try it again on Saturday.

Till then, stay cool

Tim

Pompano on the beach

Ted kept asking over and over to go to the beach today. I had a boatload of paperwork to do and I kept saying no. Then Anita said she would go and kept asking me to go and try to fish. I finally gave in and we went. It was real windy and we were watching the kite surfers coming and going. Those people rock! Looks like alot of fun. Some of them catch some massive air. I hung out and the tide came in and the waves started to mellow out and the wind too. Still waiting and all of a sudden bait fish appeared and birds were diving and the beach came alive.
In the time span of about 2 to 2 1/2 hours we caught a MESS of fish. 13 pompano, a dozen blue runners, couple of whitting, a couple of croacker, 2 ladyfish, a bluefish, and a 6 to 7 foot shark ate another pompano and ripped up my rig.
We also saw a few snook and a couple of rolling tarpon.

The final count was 13 pompano for the grill and we will feed a few neighbors, They ALWAYS like when we catch too many pompano. May 3rd is very late for pompano. The moral of the story is when asked to go the beach, Go! The paperwork will always be waiting for me. My family will be grown and gone before I know it.

Till next week,

Tim

P.S. anyone want a fish or two for dinner give me a call.

A Day At The Beach

The surf was too big and too many weeds to fish and the surf was too small to surf. This is Ted getting started for a day of skim boarding. He usually falls a few times before he gets the hang of it.
Ted gets the feel of the skim board real fast and is riding like a pro in no time. He can skim board for hours on end. Still no fishing for me.
Here is Sam working on his secret sand sculpture. He would not tell us what he was making. He said we would figure it out when he was completed.
He made himself a sand chair so he could read his book in peace. Sam always says he hates the beach, but on the way home he always says he had a great time.
This is me waiting for the surf to calm and/or the waves to settle down so I can try to catch the last of the Pompano run that has been on the last two weeks. The surf never settled down and the weeds got thicker throughout the day. I guess there is always tomorrow.

We live on a dead end street with a park at the end. We get alot of foot and bicycle traffic every day and alot more on weekends. We see alot of weird stuff sometimes. Yesterday a man and his (approx) one to two year old son rode by on his bike. The man had his son on his shoulders, with no helmet on and not even holding on to the youngster, peddling back and forth. Very dangerous to say the least. I had to go out and say something and he got all pissy telling me to mind my own business.
You need a licence to drive a car, drive a boat and to even get married, but you do not need a license to have and raise children.

Summer is coming very soon, lets get those air conditioning systems cleaned and tuned up before it gets too hot.

Till next time,
Tim