Monday, August 7, 2017

Sad day in Destin

This past Thursday we lost a dear friend. I have written many times about Kenny. I am sorry to report he succumbed to cancer after a courageous but brief battle. Kenny was loved by everyone. I know you always hear that when someone passes away but with Kenny it was really true. Kenny would give you the shirt off his back and do it with his always present smile. Kenny will be missed but the memories he created will live on forever. Sail on my friend…


Sunshine Cindy and I had a hectic week. Tuesday we got an offer on our house. Wednesday we agreed to a deal. Thursday we made an offer on a house. Saturday we signed a contract to buy the house. After a full weekend of packing, we are about 75% done. Sunday I went up in the attic to empty it. It felt like it was 200 degrees up there. But we got everything down and we even got the entire garage packed up. This is going to be a whirlwind couple of weeks coming up. And yes, we are staying in Destin!

Most of our week was spent doing house stuff. It was either negotiating the price on our house or the new house, figuring out how to get moved in three weeks and where are we going, starting to pack as I mentioned and oh yeah, working our regular jobs!

Thursday we stopped at Island Wings after looking at the house we ended up buying one more time. At Island Wings we talked about what to offer. While there the call came in from Wayne about Kenny passing. It was a strange emotional moment for Sunshine Cindy and I. We were waited on by Melina. She was either Russian or Ukrainian. A lot of places hire these folks for the summer. She was very nice, cheerful and we could tell she was a hard worker.

I stopped at Landshark Pizza on the way home from work on Friday. Sunshine Cindy was in Niceville celebrating her Mom’s birthday. I had a pizza and couple beers and beat her home. The only other time we got out was Sunday. We stopped at Landshark then too. B was there. Brian came in after us. He was with Steve who is the GM of Half Shell Oyster Bar and Restaurant. He seemed like a nice guy. Josh was working the bar. We had some food and a good time then went home as we were tired from all the packing we had done.

This Friday is the wake for Kenny. It will be a sad time but also a celebration of his life.

See ya next Monday.

Destin Steve

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