In Florida

Wife and I are taking a short-trip to Pass-a-Grille Florida better known by the two cities close to it Tampa and St. Petersburg. We're visiting daughter Pulisha and her clan. Unfortunately Venerable Pu has a major project at work (she's a spy), has been working major hours (like 12 hours + a day) and had to work this Saturday as well. So we're not getting to see much with her. This is leaving Tim de Buffalo trapped to the house with the three children and he looks a bit mentally deranged as a result.

We did get to catch up with Pu at the winter market (big outdoor farmers market and food stalls) in St. Petersburg yesterday during her lunch break. That was pretty cool and we got a bunch of stuff for dinner including a filet of this totally monstrous snow grouper. We also got great fruit including some awesome pineapple. Wife whipped up a pineapple upsidedown cake with granddaughter A while granddaughter C (who is now 11) helped me with dinner...and she really did help. She is capable with knife now so she can do prep work and she's not afraid of the stove so she can watch the sauteed veggies. I showed her how to make a basic white sauce and how to turn that into a cheese sauce which we used for a potato dish. Tim grilled steaks. We were finally able to enjoy everyone's company together. The younger children curled up in front of that famous children movie Jurassic Park(!!!!! - Tim's idea) while the rest of us had dinner.

Hopefully Pu will not have to go to work today as I am heading back on Monday.