jerry & dee's blog

WINTER IS COMING SOON ???

deannal — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:11:54 +0000

Well it will soon be winter here in Canada, and l will be here for it. As l was told that my hip may not get replaced for 8 months to a year. And well l got the call on Thursday that l can get my hip done on the 2 of Sept. that is the greatest news l could got. My hip has been getting worst in the last while. So between now and then it is lots of Dr.’s appointments . Jerry is still on the boat down in the Keys. he thinks he will stay there until after the end of October after the hurricanes are over. And then he will go over to Cuba and then on to Mexico. But l guess time will tell.

Well not allot to say , the summer is all most over and l haven’t done a whole lot. Been down to Lethbridge a couple of times to see my family and that has been good. And one of the times l brought my granddaughter down with me and we had a good time. She got to see and hold a baby lamb and pet a cow. She loves animals.

And she met some aunts and uncles that she had never met before. And kids do say the darn est things too. Rayden came out of the bathroom this one morning and said that she had some rust on her, so l said show me where. So she pulled up her pant leg an dpointed at her leg so l looked thinking of rust [being red] and l didn’t see that but there was a bit of dry skin. Which she calls rust. Now in all my years l had never heard dry skin called rust. Well we had a good laugh about that. But grandma put some lotion on it and all was good.

I have sold a few pieices of my jewelry since l have been here .

Well hope this finds you all well and happy??

Back in Canada !!!

deannal — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:15:17 +0000

WELL AS A LOT OF YOU KNOW I AM BACK IN CANADA, I LEFT MIAMI ON THE 9TH OF APRIL. I CAME BACK AS MY OTHER HIP IS GIVING ME PAIN SO I WANTED TO GET IN TO SEE MY DR. .

WELL TWO DAYS BEFORE I LEFT I FELL IN THE WATER TWICE, FIRST TIME SINCE WE HAVE BEEN ON THE BOAT. FIRST WAS WE WERE OUT ON THE DINKY AND CAME IN TO GET BACK ON THE HOUSEBOAT, AND I STOOD UP AND TOOK A HOLD OF THE SWIM PLATEFORM RAILS AND DID NOT TIE UP FIRST SO MY FEET PUSHED THE DINKY AWAY FROM THE BOAT AND IN I WENT. I DIDN’T LET GO AS I WENT IN THE WATER.

THEN JERRY DRIFTED AWAY A BIT AND HE GOT BACK AND GOT ON THE HOUSEBOAT AND GOT JOE TO COME AND HELP GET ME UP AND ON THE BOAT, BUT HE TOLD JOE THAT I WAS IN THE WATER AND HE COULDN’T GET ME OUT SO JOE KNOWING THAT I COULDN’T SWIM HE JUMPED IN TO SAVE ME. HE TOOK HIS CELL PHONE OUT OF HIS POCKET BUT DIDN’T HIS GLASSES OFF AND HE LOST THEM IN THE WATER, AND HE HAD JUST BOUGHT THEM NEW IN NOV.08. SO THAT WAS NOT GOOD. BUT THEY GOT ME OUT AND I WAS OK, OH BUT MY CELL PHONE WAS IN MY POCKET SO IT DOESN’T WORK GOOD THING IT WAS A CHEAP PHONE. SO GOT IN AND SHOWERED AND ALL WAS GOOD WE SURE LAUGHED ABOUT IT .

THEN THE NEXT MORNING WE HAD TO GO IN AND DROP ME OFF AND GET THE OTHER SCOOTER ON THE BOAT, AS WE LEFT IT OFF SO WE HAD SOMETHING TO GET AROUND TOWN WITH. WELL AS WE CAME UP TO THE GAS DOCK THERE WERE TWO BOATS IN GETTING GAS SO WE WENT UP AND CAME BACK AND THEN IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE THEY WERE DONE AND WE CARRIED ON IN TO DO OUR STUFF. JOE WAS ON THE FRONT OF THE BOAT WITH THE ROPE AND I WENT TO THE BACK TO THROW TO THE FUEL DOCK PERSON. NOW I HAVE DONE THIS COUNTLESS TIMES BEFORE. I TOOK THE ROPE AND THE BACK WAS DRIFTING OUT FROM THE DOCK, SO I TOOK THE ROPE AND I LEANED ON THE LATICES AND IN I WENT AGAIN. I DID NOT{{ PANIC}} I GOT MYSELF UP AND ALL I COULD HERE IS JOE HOLLERING ” JERRY SHUT THE ENGINE’S OFF DEE IS IN THE WATER AGAIN” THE FUEL DOCK PERSON HAD GOT THE LIFE RING AND TH ROWED IN TO ME. WITH ME LAUGHING AND COUGHING FROM THE SALT WATER, I GOT OVER TO THE LADDER AND AROUND TO THE BACK OF IT. BUT I COULDN’T STOP LAUGHING TO GET MYSELF UP THEY DROPPED A ROPE DOWN AND I PULLED IT DOWN AND AROUND MY ARMS AND THEY PULLED ME UP SO I COULD GET UP ON THE LADDER. SO WE HAD TO HAVE A SHOWER AGAIN THIS TIME NOTHING GOT BROKEN OR LOST. THE FUEL DOCK PERSON SAID THAT IT WAS THE MOST PREFECT CANNON BALL THEY HAD SEEN IN A LONG TIME. AND WE LAUGHED AGAIN.

SO ON THAT NOTE I WAS OUT OF THERE BEFORE IT HAPPENED THE THIRD TIME, CUZ YOU KNOW THINGS HAPPEN IN THREES.

AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE IT HAS SNOWED AND WAS COLD AND I SURE WISHED I WAS BACK IN THE SUN OF FLORIDA. BUT SEEN MY DR. AND NOW I AM JUST WAITING FOR FOR APPOINTMENT FOR SURGERY AND HE THINKS THAT IT WILL BE 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR BEFORE I CAN GET MY HIP REPLACED. SO I WAIT.

JERRY HAS HAD LOTS OF FUN TOO ON THE BOAT, WE WILL CATCH UP ON THAT ANOTHER TIME.

HAPPY EASTER TOO ALL

deannal — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:38:35 +0000

WELL IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE L POSTED, BUT REALLY HAVEN’T HAD A LOT TO SAY. WE ARE STILL IN MARATHON FL. WE WERE IN A MARINA UNTIL LAST SUNDAY AND WE SAID THAT THEY GOTTEN ENOUGH OF OUR MONEY SO WE MOVED OUT AND AROUND THE CORNER, WE DROPPED ANCHOR. OUR FRIEND JOE WHO WE MET DOWN IN PORT ISABELL TX. IS HERE WITH US. AND WOW WHERE HAS THE YEAR GONE, IT IS COMING UP A YEAR SINCE WE MET HIM. HE HAS HAD SOME PROBLEMS OVER THE YEAR AND WE HAVE HAD SOME TOO. HE HAS BEEN HERE HELPING JERRY WITH THINGS AND JERRY HAS BEEN HELPING HIM .

WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR TWO TO THREE GOOD DAYS FOR WEATHER AND THEN THEY [JERRY AND JOE] ARE HEADING ACROSS TO CUBA, JOE HAS A 26 FOOT SEA RAY. THE PLAN IS THAT JERRY IS GOING TO PULL HIS BOAT AND THEN THEY WILL SWITCH AND JOE WILL PULL OUR BOAT THE LAST 20 OR SO MILES.

AND I AM FLYING BACK TO CANADA WITH MIKO, I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS, AND THEN WHEN JERRY AND JOE GET TO CUBA OR OVER TO CANCUN THEN WE WILL FLY OVER THERE TO BE WITH THEM AND CARRY ON.

SO IT MAY BE AWHILE BEFORE THERE IS ANOTHER POST, BUT WHO KNOWS I MAY POST ON THINGS FROM CANADA? THERE IS ALOT GOING ON THERE TOO. SO CHECK BACK FROM TIME TO TIME YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE AND READ.

HOPPING THAT EVERYONE HAS A GREAT HAPPY AND SAFE EASTER! AND DON’T EAT TOO MANY CHOCOLATE EASTER EGGS???

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TOO ALL

deannal — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:45:39 +0000

WELL HERE IT IS ANOTHER VALENTINES DAY AND I AM ALONE, I GUESS WE CAN’T SPEND EVERY HOLIDAY TOGETHER? THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER HE HAS ONLY MISSED TWO SO THAT’S NOT BAD I’M THINKING.

BUT HE DID GET ME THESE LOVELY ROSES !

THE MARINA IS FULL THEY ARE EVEN DOUBLING UP BOATS AS THERE IS NO MORE ROOM ON THE DOCKS.

THIS THE SIDE WE ARE ON AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FULL, LAST WEEKEND I PULLED THE BOAT AHEAD SOME SO I COULD STAND ON THE PIER TO DO SOME SANDING. AND THEN THE BOAT BEHIND US WAS PULLED RIGHT UP TO US AND THEY PUT A SAIL BOAT IN BEHIND THEM. SO WE ARE STACKED ALL PANCAKES IN THERE ! THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE I GUESS THEY CALL THIS SIDE THE OVER NIGHTERS OR SHORT TIMERS. BECAUSE THE SIDE WE ARE ON THE BOATS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME . A COUPLE OF THE BOAT BELONG TO PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE MARINA, AND OTHERS WORK IN TOWN AND SOME ARE JUST RETIRED AND LOVE THE BOATING LIFE.

JERRY IS ABU DHABI HE WENT THERE ON THE 31 JAN 09 , TWO WEEKS AGO. AND THINGS ARE A PER NORMAL, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK AND THOSE WHO ARE THERE JUST STAND AROUND AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT GUY TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY.

AND NOW JERRY GETS A EMAIL FROM RODGER AND HE AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE WORKS WITH ARE GOING TO STOP IN AND SEE HIM , JERRY THINKS IT IS FOR MORE WORK SOME WHERE ELSE. AND THAT’S OK AS I AM JUST FINE HERE PEOPLE ARE GREAT THINGS ARE CLOSE , I TAKE A SCOOTER RIDE UP TO THE KMART MALL AND THEY HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE NEED. AND THERE IS A HOME DEPOT HERE TOO.

SO THE DOG AND I ARE DOING JUST FINE. HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL?

I SEE THAT OUR BLOG IS BEING LOOKED AT BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HERE FROM SOME OF YOU ON THE COMMENTS ? EVEN JUST TO SAY {[ HI ]} ! !

HAVE A GREAT VALENTINES DAY. UNTIL NEXT TIME ! ! ! STAY SAFE ! !

MARATHON ! ! ! ! FLORIDA ! ! ! !

deannal — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:47:29 +0000

Well we went in our dinghy to check things out, there are a lot of boats anchored out in the bay. Some were on anchors and a lot were on morring balls, they are still charged a fee to be on a ball as the marinas are not very big here in this part of the Keys. The marinas are just a finger off the large body of water. So here are the pic’s of our little boat trip.

And even found a few Canadian Flags on boats. They were from both the east and west coasts .

Everyone has some kind of a small boat to get into a Marina to do there shopping or what ever else they need to do in town.

These are Morring Balls, they all have numbers on them so they know who is where in the Morring field .

Well that was our little boat trip in Marathon Bay morring field.

And Jerry is leaving for Abu Dhabi Saturday morning from Key West airport, will be gone for about a month or so. Fly safe ….

WE ARE IN THE KEYS! ! ! ! !

deannal — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:20:34 +0000

WE ARE IN THE KEYS, WELL WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW. WE ARRIVED HERE AT THIS MARINA ON JAN,04. WE LEFT GIBSONTON ON DEC 30 AFTER A NICE VISIT WITH ALL OF OUR CHILDREN WHO COME DOWN, FROM COLD ALBERTA.

AND I BET YOU WERE ALL STILL DOWN HERE L O L . HEARD YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HIT WITH LOTS OF SNOW AND VERY COLD IN SOME PLACES? JERRY SITTNG ON THE FRONT OF THE BOAT WITH MIKO.

SOME OF THE BOATS HERE IN THE YARD.

AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A SMALL MARINA, IT IS NICE PEOPLE AND QUITE TOO. WE CAN NOT PICKUP ANY TV STATIONS SO GOOD THING WE HAVE LOTS OF DVDS TO WATCH. L O L

WE ARE PAID UP UNTIL THE 4TH OF FEB HOPING THAT THE WEARTHER IS GOOD FOR US TO GET TO KEY WEST AND THEN OVER TO CUBA AND BEYOUND.

2008 ! ! ! ! !

deannal — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:01:01 +0000

WELL 2008 IS COMING TO A END , AND I HOPE IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR ALL ? WE HAVE TRAVELED MANY MILES AND MET A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE ALONG OUR TRIP. SOME WE STILL STAY IN TOUCH WITH BY EMAIL AND SOME JUST CHECK IN ON OUR BLOG TO SEE WHERE OR HOW FAR WE HAVE GONE. AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. OUR KIDS WERE DOWN HERE TO SEE US AND THAT WAS GREAT, WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL ALL COME BACK FOR ANOTHER VISIT .

SO NOW EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR’S EVE AND CHECK BACK WITH US IN 2009 AS WE WILL BE LEAVING HERE COME THE 1ST JAN. AND HEADING DOWN TO THE KEY’S.

SO PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH US BY DROPPING A COMMENT WHEN YOU HAVE CHECKED IN ON US ON OUR ADVENTURERS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TOO ALL

deannal — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:22:22 +0000

JUST SHORT NOTE TOO WISH ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS …

MY BOYS IN FLORIDA …

deannal — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:12:31 +0000

So my boys came down to Florida to see us and to see and do some things while here. Alen and Noni came in on the 9th , Jerry and I drove to Orlando and surprised them at the airport. There plane was late getting in and they were tired from flying all night . We all went to there hotel they checked in and then we took them out for dinner. Then we came back to the boat and let them go to bed. Then Ian was coming in on the 11 and then they were coming out to see the boat. So Friday came and they came down the pier and as l looked out after Jerry said the kids are here l seen 4 people walking so l thought my nephew came with them, but as l looked closer it was Peter. He wasn’t coming cause of Raydin’s B-day on the 15 and Christmas. But that was great to see him, it has been a year since l seen my boys. We spent the day together and then we BBQ some steaks and then they went back to Orlando as they wanted to do lots while they are here.

We all got together on Sunday and went to disney world. We went to Epcot and Animal Kingdom. Here are some pic’s that we took.

This is at the entrance of Disney.

My Family at Disney

from left to right Ian, Barry,Noni, Alen and Peter.

Jerry and I at the Germany

Some things we seen at Disney World

This the rocks in the BC display.

More of BC.

: This is for the fireworks they have in the night.

We got on a bus and it took us to the next park.

We went on a sarfic trip and seen lots of wild animals, lions,tigers, gators, elephants and rhinos.

Then we got back on the bus and went back to Epcot, the kids went back into watch the fireworks and get a bite to eat before they started. We went home back to the boat.

WOW ONE MONTH LEFT IN THIS YEAR……….

deannal — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:13:37 +0000

WELL AS YOU SHOULD KNOW JERRY IS BACK FROM EGYPT, HE GOT BACK ON NOV 13 AND JENIFER CAME IN ON THE 14 JERRY B-DAY. WE HAD A FULL WEEK OF SIGHT SEEING, SATURDAY WE WENT INTO ST.PETERS BURG

TO A RIB FEAST IT WAS GREAT THERE WAS LOTS OF THINGS TO SEE AND TASTE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF RIBS AND SAUCES FROM MILD TO HOT AND SPICY. CORN ON THE COB, FRENCH FRIES, ICE-CREAM AND LEMONADE.

THIS IS THE PARK THAT THE RIBFEAST WAS IN.

A CAR AT THE RIBFEASTTHIS IS THE PARK THAT THE RIBFEAST WAS IN.RIBFEAST

THEN I GOT SICK, I HAD A COLD LIKE I HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE SO THAT LEFT JERRY AND JENIFER TO SIGHT SEE WITHOUT ME FOR A FEW DAYS. SO ON SUN THEY WENT TO TAMPA MARINE WORLD. ON MONDAY THEY DROVE UP TO ORLANDO IS SEE DISNEY WORLD, THEY HAD A GREAT DAY THERE. THEN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE JUST STAYED AROUND THE BOAT AND JENIFER WENT SHOPPING .

ON FRIDAY I WAS FEELING BETTER SO WE DROVE OVER TO ANNAMARIA ISLAND FOR SOME FAMOUS KEG LIME PIE AT THE SANDBAR RESTAURANT. AND WE STOPPED AT A BEACH WHERE JENIFER GOT TO PUT HERE TOES IN THE WATER.

JENIFER HEADING TO THE WATER.

THE BIRDS WERE DIVING FOR FISH SO JENIFER IS TAKING A PICTURE OF IT.

AND THEN WE HEADED BACK BUT NOT BEFORE WE STOPPED AND DID A LITTLE SHOPPING. AND THEN BACK TO THE BOAT.

THEN WE HAD TO TAKE JENIFER OUT TO JOE CRAB SHACK IT IS A GOOD PLACE FOR SEAFOOD, SO WE DROVE OVER TO ST.PETERS BURG FOR THAT. AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING WE TOOK JENIFER BACK TO THE AIRPORT TO FLY BACK HOME TO CALGARY AND THEN TO RED DEER ALBERTA.

JERRY AND JENIFER AT THE TAMPA AIRPORT

AFTER CHECKING HER IN WE WENT AND HAD SOME BREAKFAST AND THEN WE LEFT HER THERE TO CATCH THE PLANE.

SHE ARRIVED AT CALGARY AROUND 6:30PM SO GLAD TO OF SEEN HERE AGAIN, AND HOPE THAT SHE COMES FOR ANOTHER VISIT SOON.