Saturday we had a nice visit from Cindy, Boyd, Ginger, and Darren. We hung out and enjoyed the afternoon and had tacos for dinner. Tacos are easy and we probably have them for dinner at least once a week. I am becoming more in tune with our oven. I have learned that as long as I let the oven warm up for a good 20 minutes and turn it up an extra 25 degrees from what the recipe calls for, all is good in our baking / broiling / oven-cooking world. Of course Bill and I just have to remember the pan! Last week when Bill cooked chicken tettraziti, he had the mushrooms, chicken, and pasta all cooked and ready to go into the oven when we realized we didn't have a baking pan. Oops. So I jumped in the car and made a very quick run to Publix. We use the disposable tinfoil-like pans since they come in smaller sizes. Our oven isn't big enough to hold the regular size pans that you would get at Bed Bath and Beyond or Target, etc. Plus, we gave my sister Amy all of our baking pans when we moved out of our place in Alexandria in October (which she and her roommate Allison are now enjoying as they moved into their new place last weekend.)

So we had a nice time on the boat Saturday afternoon. It is fun having people on board and entertaining. There was some sort of sailfish tournament hosted at the marina across from us on Staurday and Sunday. We watched about a dozen big sportfish boats come in with their sailfish flags flying. One boat had 19 flags flying (meaning they caught and released 19 fish!!!) Most of the boats had between 5 and 8 flags flying. The clouds and the sunset both Saturday and Sunday were simply stunning.

Today Bill flies to DC for the night. He has finally given up on trying to get a straight answer out of the folks at TriCare (his medical insurance company via the military). They are at a loss on how he can get a doctors appointment since our address on file with them is Alexandria, VA but we are physically in Florida. His records are in DC, which is a different 'zone' than Florida so a referral is needed. Sounds easy, right? Right.... He has literally spoken to a dozen different people who have passed the buck and given him another phone number to call. This has been going on off and on since Thanksgiving! Very, very frustrating. It is discouraging when it is easier to get on a plane and fly to a different state than to see a military doctor down the street.