This is Bob

For those of you who have wanted to know what the new guy looks like, here he is. We were on Hudson beach this week-end and I took this with my phone. Bob is 5'6" tall, with brown eyes and works for a competitive theme park. And, he makes me laugh. (It has been a long time.)


I wanted to introduce him to Grouper and "Inn On The Gulf" has the best 'going' in this area. Long way to go for fish, but well worth it. BeBe is one of the waitresses. I've know her for years. She will take great care of you when you visit. I recommend the Grouper fingers. There is enough to share so I would advise getting only one serving. You might want to add a salad to share. My personal favorite is the Village Salad. Greek salad without the lettuce.


We also went to Tarpon Springs while in the area. It is one of my favorite places to visit locally and he had never been. I have so much fun introducing him to new places and things. Tarpon is a great place to get most anything. It is one of the few "quaint" villages left. Although the infamous Pappas Restaurant is no longer in business, you can get great food there at one of the local establishments. My personal favorite is Platkas.


I have a lot of Greek friends. One of them, Joseph who lives here in "O" town, likes the goat cheese that we can buy in a little market on one of the streets off the main drag of "Dodcanese Blvd". (I hope I spelled that correctly). So, of course, I had to get him some. He was working today and we took it to him at the park. We stayed for a while and had dinner there.


The parks are a great place to visit. We get in free, so the only expense you have to incur is for food. If you know where to shop, you can get great eats. This park is kind of special in that it is where Bob took me on our first date.


Tomorrow, which is already today by the way, he is working and I am going to church in the am. We are getting a new cleaning person and I have a lot to do before she arrives Monday. I DON'T clean before the cleaning person shows up, but neither Charles or I have been home much lately so there are things that definitely need to be put away, especially all the presents from Christmas, cds, etc.


Bob is going to church with me @ 6. We are having a group called "Shades of Green" singing and I thought this would be a nice way to introduce him to my church family. We can't stay long because he must be @ work by 4 and he needs to get SOME sleep. This will be interesting. He has not met either of "natural sons" nor has he met Bret, Julie and the girls. He knows how much they mean to me and he's a little nervous about meeting them. I have assured him that they only want my happiness so they will be excited to meet him. I pray this is true because I have a feeling he is going to be in my life for a VERRRRRRY long time and that makes me smile.