Six months back at the Cape!

Well, we have been back at the cape for six months. We survived the winter which was mild for up here. Since Cape Vincent is a stone's throw away from Canada. In fact, I look out any of our windows that over look the St. Lawrence River and we see Wolfe Island Canada.

I have gotten a job here in our one and only grocery store Aubrey's. I have re-joined my church and I sing in the choir every Sunday. I still have the same friends we had years ago and it even seems as if we never left. We both feel at home we. We are 3 hours away from most of our children and grandchildren and 8 to 10 hours from the others.

The Cape is a small river town and things don't change much around here. In fact in the winter we pull in the side walks at 7PM and 8PM on weekends. LOL. I say this because our store closes at those hours.  We have a legion, a couple of bars, and a couple of restaurant's but only one restaurant is open in the winter.

Now the summer is totally different. We have tourist mostly Canadians running around and boating. We have a big French Festival in July, many other events, concerts in the park lots of boating and fishing derby's.

We have lots of snow birds who summer here. We have lots of trailer parks that they stay all summer in.  We live in a house that was the owner of one of the trailer parks Sunset Shore but he retired and sold out to a big corporation so we get to live in the house. Our rent is really reasonable. Which is good. But our fuel oil bill is not so good in winter.  That is why we are saving for a January break next year. We figured we would spent the oil money on a month in the sun. LOL.

The cape is a beautiful place. It has lots of wildlife and scene beauty with the river here.  We get to see the tankers and steamship lines going up and down the river from the end of March until December.

Life is slow here but very good. We are happy here and life is good. So now you know what we have been up to. Hope all is well in the lives of all who read my blog. Stop in and say hello every once in awhile and let me know what you have been up to. Cheers!

Happy Valentine's Day, Happy Marriage!

Well, this was our first Valentine's Day in our home in Cape Vincent.  It was a special dinner and chick flicks for the night. We have been married for 29 years, a second marriage for both. But we have never been more in love. We complete each other's sentences and we know what each is thinking before we even speak a word. We are each other's best friend. 

Our marriage has been through lots of struggles.  But we managed to stay together and now we could not think of what life would be like without each other. It's so nice when God gives you a soul mate. Thank you God! And Happy valentine's Day to all our friends and family.

Winter Blues

Well, here it is February and I have the winter blues. Not that the weather has been so cold but because it has been a mild winter and we have paid $2000 in heating cost so far this winter. We are hoping this last 150 gallons of fuel will take us into the spring.  The first tank lasted 3 months, but the second tank only lasted a month.  We did not have extreme temps. In fact, out temps stayed around 30 degrees. So we are trying to understand why the last tank only lasted a month. Out theory is our furnace had some kind of problem, or when we got the fuel maybe we didn't get out full 150 gallons as the driver did not give us a slip this time. Did he only give us 1/2 and keep the other half for himself?????  Whatever the reason w are going to make sure next year we make some changes.

Next year we are going to put plastic over our windows,  block off the bedrooms, best of all go to Florida in January for a month.  Starting with next week's pay check we are starting the vacation fund.

I have checked on motel rooms and we can stay for $1000. 00 for a month in January, but not February or March because of Daytona 500 and bike week.  I also have a friend who is a realtor so maybe she can get us a deal for a month.

So with the furnace not running in January that should save on the fuel. We don't want to move back to Florida because our spot here in the Cape is wonderful for spring and summer. Just not so much in winter.

So wish me luck with my new game plan.  Florida dreaming.

Learning to live in the cold!

As you can see this is not the nice warm sunny Florida pictures I use to take. This is the North Country cold winter.  I must admit there are times I am missing that nice warm Florida sun, but there is something to the cold and snow also.

When you are out in this you feel invigorated. (wrong Spelling but spell check isn't working). It was zero degrees and you just felt refreshed.  Now if the wind had of been blowing that would have felt much different. LOL.

The bottom line is, we are adjusting and enjoying it here.  I guess there is something to the four seasons. Must be why God gave them to us.  So yes we are learning to live in the cold and loving it.

Ships Galore

This morning was a perfect example of why we moved back to Cape Vincent. It was a beautiful Indian Summer morning with a soft breeze blowing while we did our morning walk on the Tibbets Point Road to the Lighthouse and back. We saw many ships on the St. Lawrence River on this beautiful fall morning.

My husband picked night walkers up as we walked so he could fish for our supper tonight and if he is lucky we will have fresh fish for supper.

The beauty of this region has stuck in my heart no matter where we traveled. This small village captured my heart years ago and I love it today as much as ever. The people are the best. The view is spectacular.

I thank God for days like today and for giving me all he has given through-out the years. The travel, my friends and family and my health since the cancer. God had blessed me and I thank him daily.  God is good.

All settled in our new home in Cape Vincent!

Well after our snap decision to leave Florida and move back closer to family. We have settled into our new home in Cape Vincent. And it seems like we never left. I went to church Sunday, sang in the Choir, and joined the library joined our friends that have coffee in Aubrey's every morning.  We walk the Tibbetts Point Road like we use to and watch the ships coming up and down the River and we just feel we are home.  I miss my friends in Flagler Beach and the walks on the beach in the mornings but for some reason the Cape just feels like home.  So now we have to prepare ourselves for the coming winter.

I guess our landlord in Florida ended up doing us a favor.  I think God knows what is best for people and he makes it happen.  So wish us luck as we have gone full circle.