I would love to switch places with Richard right about now. I could be sitting on the patio drinking a glass of wine looking at the lake.
But I am here dealing with this:
We had a toilet that kept backing up in our house. Turns out there was a cap that got stuck in one of the pipes during construction- 4 hours later it is still there. They have moved it and lost it in the plumbing a few times, but it is still in the pipes somewhere!
Sunday we ventured down to the Magic Kingdom. It has been a year since I have been and I may wait another year until I go again!
The Halloween decorations were definitely good and so was some of the food… but way to many kids!
Last Saturday I did the Think Pink bike ride for breast cancer. It was a tough ride- there are definitely some hills in Florida!
I failed to post the rest of our photos from our trip to Chicago. We enjoyed our weekend- a day at the Science and Industry museum, amazing food and a boat tour.
Sunday was my first organized bike ride. We drove about an hour to a town called Inverness. It was very low key with a start time between 7:30 and 9:00 am and you could chose any distance you wanted up to 100 miles (we rode 34). This was my longest ride so far and I did ok.
We followed it up with a local breakfast and the Hen House. The food was your good old small town food and definitely needed after the bike ride!
Our couch finally arrived after 4 long months! I am really happy with it and Emma seems to have found her spot!
also makes for a great place to watch rugby from at 3 am!
We got a table at Temporis for dinner last night. They only have 20 seatings a night so I was really excited! They don’t have a menu just a 10 course meal and We went for the reserve wine pairings.
First off was a 2006 Andre Jacquart Champagne, which we really enjoyed
The first course was called Watermelon. Two this slices of watermelon with a feta ice cream and a mint cake.
This next one was one of my favorites. Fluke. Strawberry, Finger Lime, Tangerine Lace
Third was Crab. Avocado on the bottom. Grapefruit3 ways pumpernickel toast.
Next we switched over to a 2017 Alphonse Dolly. Which we also enjoyed.
This was one of Richards favorites. Tomato. A twist on a tomato gazpacho soup.
Corn was one of both our favorites. It was baby corn grilled with coriander and espelette with fresh truffles.
Next came Lobster. Lobster in a vanilla pasta with black truffles and tarragon
We switched over to 1999 Pelissero for the next few courses.
Sunchoke was next. It had Parmesan, gooseberry and sunflowers.
A5 Miyazaki Wagyu. Another one one of our favorites. Served with broccoli, orange and cashew.
The chefs take on a Mojito to cleanse your palate.
We didn’t care for the desert wine. A 1997 Moulin Touchais.
Lemongrass with Masago Arare, Yusuf and Shiso
We ended with Pistachio. It was a white chocolate cream with a cherry sorbet and a lemon balm cake.
It was an amazing meal and the service was outstanding!
After an uneventful flight up to Chicago we checked into our hotel. 
It is a beautiful old hotel in downtown called Palmer House. After a quick drop of the bags we went off to explore a bit and get some lunch.
We found a German restaurant that’s can be traced back to 1870. When the World Fait came to Chicago in 1893 they set up a stall selling their beer for a nickel and you received a feee sandwich! Quite the deal. Fast forward and they are still selling beer and Traditional German food. They have even won a James Beard award!
We of course did some beer sampling, but we kept looking at the art work and thinking it didn’t fit into the German decor.
It looked more Italian or Greek to us. Turns out the painting is of Chicago during the World Fair where they got their start selling beer. Only a small building is left and is now a museum. 
After lunch we took a walk through some of the parks and along the river.
I took on another project around the house. I wallpapered one wall in the 1/2 bathroom, got a new shelf and cabinet and added some new plants. 
We took a evening trip down to Hollywood Studios and to take a peak at the new Star Wars area. I have to say I really enjoyed Star Wars!
Richard was looking a bit down so we went over to the Rock n Roll roller coaster and that seemed to cheer him up!
The Johnsons 