Friday, April 30, 2010

No Phone Zone

Oprah is sponsoring a No Phone Zone campaign.  The pledge she is asking people to sign has them  promise that they  will not talk on their their cell phones or text while driving a vehicle.  I completely agree with her impetus, however, why is is necessary?  I have known for years that doing anything like reading the newspaper, putting on makeup, shaving, eating and yes, using a phone  while driving a car is moronic, suicidal and homicidal.  I know that there is a group of us superior human beings who don't need to be reminded about things  that are basic common sense.  One thing I know for sure is that our group isn't big enough.  Join my group of Superior Human Beings.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Who's The Birdbrain Here ?

I got this little moron for the DH on our anniversary a month ago.  His name is Admiral, as in Byrd.  If he has any positive attributes ( Admiral, not the DH) they are well hidden.  The little (insert expletive here) has been sitting in one corner of this luxurious and entertaining cage we furnished with every bird toy known to man & bird.  He just sits in his corner & shits. 
What's up with that?  I have had several parakeets in the past and they were very social cuties.  This guy is (insert politically correct term meaning retarded) here.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Spring Break Break

There's short break between spring break and summer slam.  Even though we don't allow guests under 21, we do get lots of families and that means women and children. The truth is that women and children are much harder on my rooms than my winter fishermen and workers. The first two photos are of a room occupied by 2 parents with one 9 yr old boy, the second photo is of one of my lovely, soft fluffy bath towels which I was told was used to wipe down a boat.  It was dark, they told me.  We couldn't see that your towel was getting soiled.  They ended up paying $10 for a boat rag. 

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Lunch On The Beach

Yesterday was just such perfect weather, that The Ho & I had lunch at Toucan's in Mexico Beach.  Yeah, it's touristy, but you can't beat the location on a beautiful day.   We even spotted a school of dolphin as we were leaving.    Dolphin sightings are good luck, so it was a great ending to a  lovely girlfriend visit.                                

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Those Wascally Wabbits

The DH took a reservation for 2 people under the age of 21, even though we have a strict 21 & older policy.  Apparently, the kid convinced him that he was military and visiting his mother in PSJ.   In actuality, it was just two horny teenagers on spring break.

I'm happy to report however that I know for sure that they practiced safe sex.  My lovely assistant Shegundala* (see note), saw  by the disposable plastic liner,  the ice bucket had been used, so she opened it to place a new liner inside and what she found was large stash of brand new foil wrapped condoms.  That's a first for us, although we have found some very strange things lurking in the ice buckets.  Note to all:  always use the disposable plastic liner.

*Note:  I have all this trivia rattling around in my head.  Many, many years ago Dom Deluise did an act on variety TV where he was a magician and Ruth Buzzy in her very first TV appearances was his "lovely assistant Shegundala."

Friday, April 2, 2010

Shout Out to my Painters!

For the first time in probably over 30 years, the Dixie Belle has a burst of color and I want to thank my dears- Danielle, Ike, Courtney and Dustin for spending a whole day of their spring break helping me with this ambitious project.  I actually took photos of the work crew & wanted to show them here, but by some mysterious happenstance, the damn things disappeared off my camera card I swear, I wasn't even drinking.

Anyhoo, they helped paint the doors, trim, planters and posts.  Without them,doing that work would have taken me weeks.

Thanks again you guys.  You're the best and the Dixie Belle has never looked better.