It was another of those unbelievable days in the SS today. Two in a row! I was toasting beside the pool this afternoon and decided to give it a try, unheated. Well I have to say it was about the temp of the Atlantic Ocean in mid June. I got in, up to my waist, slowly and even more slowly but just couldn't do any more. Came in and sent an email to the home owner and told her to make arrangements for the pool to be heated starting tomorrow. It will take about two days to warm up but it's just not any good to me without being heated. Pretty to look at but not good if you can't just jump in when you feel like it. Over the past couple of years I have learned a lot about the charges for heating a pool. This house charges $30/day. Before you faint, the owner charges us $20 because she comes just after us and wants the pool warm when she gets here. All the same, that's a lot. The house we are looking to rent next year charges $75/week. Quite a difference. Additionally people who have shabby homes here, and there are a few in that category, negotiate to get free pool heat. It's a bit of a racket, I think. Someone is doing well on this, and it's hard to say how it's going to play out. These houses are getting very tight. People come year after year and get the same house; friends come and decide they want to stay here too; houses get eaten up pretty quickly and landlords are starting to elevate the prices on the homes. The one we visited on Friday night is the mirror image of this one but not as nice. No updates in the kitchen and the furniture is original, that is to say about 12 years old. Starting to look a bit sad. It's the location that's the selling point here. Not the houses so much, except for this one. If we don't take it in 2016, there will be six people lined up to get it.
Last night we went to the Grand Floridian Resort to watch the fireworks from the Magic Kingdom which is across the lake from the GFR. Well we hadn't been to this resort before and what a place. The lobby would be four or five stories tall, open all the way up with massive chandeliers. You can walk around each floor, open to the lobby and on the second floor, an orchestra was playing. Not a band...an orchestra. We went for a drink in one of the bars on that second floor and looked out over the pool down to the lake. What a place. Just before ten we went down to the lake and had a great vantage point to watch the display. They do this every night. No one does it like Disney.
This morning we went to Mass at Celebration and noted once again the interesting demographic which attends this church. Maybe five people under twelve. Everyone else was old, and I mean older than us. Just a couple of interesting stats: last weekend 4433 people attended Masses at that church and the collection for that weekend was $24, 318.23. Their mortgage is $3.5million dollars. After Mass we went to the farmers market which is more of an upscale sale of foods and jewellery and things of all sorts. Quite the place and set beside a lake. Just beautiful. I love going there after church on a gorgeous morning.
Did a bit of necessary shopping today and had a Skype chat with Chris and Laura and The Littles. I can't wait to see them Jocelyn told me she would give me a big hug and a kiss when I got there. She will be five next week FIVE!! I can barely believe it. She is a sweet child in every way. Bhreagh is a going concern. Three in July. I hope to fly down for her birthday. This is the first of Jocelyn's birthdays that we have missed.
Wilma and Lowell are coming over tomorrow and will spend the night. We hope to see them before noon. Trying to find a golf time for Tuesday. Green fees are very expensive in this area if you aren't part of a group of if you haven't bought times before you arrive. You have to watch for the hot deals in the morning it you are going to do well. It's almost a full time job. Terry Dorey did it two years ago and I sure understand now the fine job he did!!!
That's about it for tonight. We sprung forward and now are back on NS time. Mike didn't change his watch when we crossed into the US over a week ago and now he doesn't have to!!What a guy!l Hope all is well with all of you and that you can drop by again in a day or two. Things are going great here; I miss my friends and the cats but I knew that was going to happen. On the other hand, tis' a lovely way to spend a few weeks, here in the sun. Big love to all!!
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