Tami the Troublemaker from Florida

Welcome to sunny South Florida. I hope you enjoy your visit to my page. As soon as I figure out how, I will post a photo.

Happy fun loving boys. One seems to be proudly showing his missing teeth. Trade you some gentle rain theyd love to play in for some of your warmth.

Lovely photo of your son's and their dogs. I will leave you one of my pink camelias as a welcome to you new home page. I have not visited Florida.

June, Thank you for the pink camelias. I am sure they will look beautiful in the garden. Let me know if you ever come to Florida

Hi, Tami! to your new page. I'm impressed - you already have a picture of some great-looking boys here on your page. As you continue to settle in, please enjoy these tulips and a big box of Frango Mints.

Of course, the dogs are also quite handsome!

Just dropping in some bubbly for sharing with all your guests!! Congrats on getting your place decorated so quickly!

Julie, Thanks for the Frango Mints. They are my FAVORITES. I am glad Macy's carries them now. Now I don't have to wait for a friend to go to Chicago. The tulips are beautiful. The bigger dog is the only other girl in my house. Come visit anytime.

Bluey, Thanks for the bubbly. Hope you are enjoying your visit.

T A M I
Congratulations to have Your own page and very glad to see Your kids on top of the page.
Tami with my best wishes to You I offer You this nice .
You are to my Egyptian Guest House any and every time You Wish.
Have a nice day.

Tami, thank you for the compliment you left on my page - that's the nicest thing anyone has said for a long time. I am lucky enough to have travelled a bit and I enjoy sharing my travels with others.

As for your own photography, there's nothing wrong with it. The photo of your kids is a great photo. Why not wander around your own neighbourhood taking a few photos to show us what it is like.

Hi Tami; It seems we are (almost) neighbors. I live in Miami and just absolutely LOVE the Everglades. I try to go almost every weekend. Unfortunately with all the smoke we are having I did not go today. I hope we get some rain soon!

Best regards and a very Happy Mothers Day to you. Your sons are so cute!

Tami, have you been in touch with nal from Miami? She is a great photographer and, as far as I can tell, she lives in your neck of the woods. Have a look at nal's flickr page and it might inspire you and give you some ideas.
(But I see that she has beaten me to it.)

Hello Tami,
I just found your page and wanted to say Hi.
I have left you a bouquet of Iris on the table.
Stop by for a visit anytime
Happy Mothers Day!

I live in South Miami, but work in North Miami. Wouldn't you know it? : )
Hope you are having a wonderful Mothers Day.

Hi Tami, are you still having trouble with flickr? If so, just sign out and then sign in again and you will see something like 'Upload your Photos' among the options. If you click on that you will be able to upload up to six photos. Do let me know if you are still having difficulties.

Tami, thanks for your response. I wish you well with your pooter, they can be dreadfully confusing at times. I'm sure there are little people who live in computers whose sole job is to confuse us.
I can imagine that marking papers would be a bit of a pain in the neck, but I guess it goes with the territory.
All the best,
Ian

Tami, it looks like you have succeeded. Congratunations. They are great photos of your family.

congratunations = congratulations

Hi Tami! Thanks for the very fresh orange juice, I always associate Florida with oranges I live about 30 miles from Dumfries, it is our nearest 'proper' town. There are 2 others about 15 miles away, Lockerbie (SW) and Langholm (SE) they not 'improper' (!) just more like big villages. Dumfries has the chain stores and a cinema!!! WOW!!!

Hi Tami,
I think we have each invented new words - my congratunations and your ocmputer!
Birds of a feather.........

Tami, I have already invented another - clarefully. And so life goes on - lurching from one typo to another. I'll have to be more clareful in fluture.

Hello Tami ,thank you for the juice ,any time is good for more ,you have lovely boys ,i have three also .come back to visit .

Tami, that's why we chose SC, where we are (in the middle of the state) we get snow every other year on average, however, the last snow we had here was Jan 2003. The 'puppy' we had rescued had gotten out right as my sister arrived so we could continue to Charleston for the cruise we were leaving on that afternoon! When we got to Charleston, they had flurries which is odd for them being on the coast. My brother who lives in the upstate gets snow a little more frequently, but he can at least see it on the mountains. Thanks for helping me remember.
Your boys look like they're as far apart in age as my two--they're 12 mos 5 days apart.
Have a wonderful week.

Good Afternoon Tami. Sorry for the mi-identification of your boys. My second one has always been bigger than his brother--certainly never wore hand-me-downs! Even at 27 ans 28, Jake is over 6 feet tall, while Craig is about 5'6'. Funny, their pants legs are pretty close to the same! Hope you have a wonderful day, and a great week to follow.

Hello to another Floridian! Seems we may have the record for the most Sudokuists in one state! From reading some of the other notes here it sounds like you may live near Miami? I am up near Tampa. Sorry you lost your little yorkie. Ours died this Jan. just a month shy of her 15th birthday. She was deaf & almost blind from cataracts. We are so glad to have our new puppy Ebony now. It seems strange to have a dog that can hear!! Please go & enter Rachel on the Our Pets page. Glad to have you in our Sudoku family.

Tami, how sweet that Rachel took such good care of Beau & was with him when he died. I forgot to mention how cute your boys are. I never had boys of my own, but now that I have five grandsons I'm learning how MUCH different boys & girls are!! How old are your little guys? Mine are 7, 6, 5, 4 & 2. The week of June 10 they'll ALL be with us at the beach house, plus the two granddaughters, 10 & 8. Should be pretty wild with 7 kids & 2 dogs all together!

Hi, Tami! I'm pasting my recipe for Farfalle with Smoked Salmon, Capers and Dill below. (I hope this works. If not, let me know, and I'll type it in) Enjoy!!!

Farfalle (Bowtie) Pasta with Smoked Salmon, Capers and Dill

1 lb. smoked salmon (thinly sliced and coarsely diced)
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 large garlic cloves, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 Tbs. drained capers
1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh dill
4 Tbs. finely diced red onion
salt & pepper to taste
4 Tbs. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
16 oz. farfalle (bowtie) pasta


1.Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
2.Place salmon in a large serving bowl and gently stir in the olive oil, garlic, capers, dill, onion, salt, freshly ground pepper and Parmesan cheese. Set aside to warm to room temperature or just until flavors mingle
3.Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente. Drain well and add immediately to sauce. Toss to coat and serve with extra Parmesan.

(Although best served at room temperature, refrigerated leftovers are also delicious!)


Serves 8

Hi Tami, and welcome to your own page! I'm slow in visiting, but I'll still keave a page warming gift of FOUR double chocolate fudge beavertail pastries from Ottawa for you and your three handsome men! Hope everyone like sweet pastry! Enjoy!

Hi Tami, thank you so much for the orange juice it was very refreshing. Your two boys look full of fun and probably mischief. My youngest daughter has just made a lovely Lemon meringue pie for me to leave for you, hope you enjoy it.
I dread to think what my times would be as I sneek in to do the puzzles while I am at work and am always being disturbed. Funny how when I am actually working no one bothers me

Hi Tami, thanks for visiting and bringing such a delicious gift. You have a beautiful family. I'm leaving you some bath salts from the Dead Sea. Enjoy

Hi Tami, I am lucky/unlucky to work from home most of the time so interet access is un restricted. As long as I get my work done I can work the hours I want I sometimes wish that I could go into the office like most people, then I would get my work done much quicker. Working from home means I see things needing doing, ao I do them which interupts my work. On the other hand if I don't fancy doing any work I can do as I please. As long as my work gets done my bosses don't mind (I do the accounts for a computer software firm owned by my husband and his business partner)

A lot of offices put blocks on game sites, as do the schools over here I know for a fact that lots of older students manage to by pass these blocks in schools. Kids are very clever these days. My daughter (23) is going back to University to do her teaching certificate this year. She has a degree in Forensic science, so she is hoping to teach science in secondary schools. In England we have a shortage of science teachers for some reason.

Hi Tami! My first visit here...sorry it's taken me so long I'm leaving a big pot of Maryland Cream of Crab soup for you and your guests to enjoy. Observing the 'teeth and no teeth' situation, I'd guess your boys are about a year or so apart in age? Your dog Rachel looks very much like a dog I grew up with. Little darker in color, but the same sweet face.
Belated to you!

Hi Tami. for the fresh-squeezed orange juice - SO much better than the frozen stuff. Love the pic of your family - I bet they're a handful!

Hi Tami! for stopping by with the wonderful fresh squeezed Florida orange juice. I will certainly let you know when supplies are getting low. Thanks for the 'teeth and no teeth' explanation. Never a dull moment with your two boys, I'm sure Re: Braces... My daughter was actually happy when she had to wear them. She felt left out because so many kids at school had them! Go figure

Hi Tami, thanks for your comment on the 'Medium' sukudo this morning. I hate to confess it, but that photo was taken at a local wildlife park. The koalas are not very common in the wild and yes, it is a great thrill when you see one.
All the best.

Hi Tami, I do hope you enjoy your trip to Colorado. It is a great State, full of unexpected delights. If you can, do pay a visit to the Rocky Mountains National Park while you are there, it is a place of staggering beauty.

Tami, as you probably know, Estes Park is close to the entrance of the Rocky Mountains National Park. It is where one of my American cousins has a holiday cabin. We were lucky enough to stay there a few years ago during one of our visits to USA.
I can understand your reluctance to travel with lively children in the car. It is so difficult to keep them amused. Whenever we had to travel long distances with the kids we used to prepare for the journey by buying up lots of little puzzles, books and games and keep them in a special bag. Then if the kids became bored we would plunge a hand into the bag and pull out a new, inexpensive item to keep them happy for the next hour or so.
Finally, I have recently discovered that there is a map of the world on the flickr site (just click on the word 'Map' somewhere on the top of the page). It enables me to show on the map where the photos were taken. I am only part way through the task of placing the photos on the map but hope to have it completed in the next week or so. You can search for a city, move the map around (click and drag) and zoom in and out. It will be great for your children. Try searching for St Petersburg, Russia and you will see what I mean. Enjoy

Hello T A M I.
Verey pleased to your visit with your lovely son to my page 'Egyptian Guest House' and your interest about my photos.
Hope to see You again but my response will be from Los angles as I fly within 24 hours to visit my son and his faimly .See You.
Many thanks for your interest.