Cheese Factor aside Shell Factory is fun

Today I woke up at 9 am and realized that it was 8 am.
Ohh I likey!
So what do ya think I did? I woke Mom up too. HEHEHEHEHE
After she condemns me to Hell, we figure we'll make use of the extra hour.
We start at Cracker Barrel cause they have this oh so good oatmeal that you can only get before 10 pm and since we usually don't leave the house until that time, we never get the opportunity to sample that fine cuisine. After that we head into the ACE Hardware to pick up a few items we need. Some Caulking and some tile sealant cause the tiles in the shower came undone last night and a closet organizer cause my mom's clothes rod just crumbled under the pressure of the amount of clothes she has. After that we went to Walgreens and the Dollar Store to pick up a few items. (never shop at the dollar store cause A.) they never have what you want and B.) you can probably fine it somewhere else for like 80 cents). I found what I needed at Walgreens so we went home to drop off all our new found treasures.
I decided to caulk the shower since I had an extra hour to play with so there I am in the shower peeling off all the dead tiles and scraping off the old gunk still attached to them. I found rotten wood underneath so I scraped it clean and packed a plastic bag to cover up the extra hole left by the rotten wood. I started to caulk up the wall putting piece by piece of the tile until the job was done. Then I turned around and sealed up the bathroom counter tops that were coming loose.
After that I decided to take Mom out to see what Punta Gorda had to offer. We were looking for some sort of Halloween thing cause we were all decked out in our Halloween gear, but alas there were none to be found.
So since we were on 441 anyway, we decided to take a ride to the famous Shell Factory that mom had talked about before.
From Punta Gorda to the Shell Factory was about 30 miles but I didn't know this until I was driving and driving for like days. Along the way I saw this place called Scarecrow Farms that I told Mom we'd visit on the way back home. We were driving for so long that we hit Del Prado in Cape Coral where Dottie lives and then I said "Mom we had to miss it." "It huge you can't miss it" she says so I decide to stop in to the local Hess gas station to find out. Of course the man behind the counter says "Oh it's about a mile up...you can't miss it". Low and Behold just a few more minutes and I turn a bend and BAM!!!! there it is as bright as day. You really can't miss it.
We park the car and walk into the place. It is cheese personified people and a definite tourist trap. 15 bucks for a little blue shell and that was cheap. Anything I picked up was astronomically expensive. But I found out that the Glass Blower was the reason Mom wanted to come so we went to see him.
Guess what we found? The pottery lady making a vase and when we asked her where the glass blower guy was she mentions that his behavior has been a bit erratic lately. (just like an artist ;)
They had these damn cute pumpkins made of glass that I kept picking up but never bought. Probably because they cost 30 bucks a pop, but more than likely because the glass blower guy wasn't there. I'm a sucker for art that I can't do myself.
Well after we walked around a bit looking at all the cute cheesey things, we decide to take off.
Back towards Punta Gorda to get a bite to eat at Fisherman's Wharf. But along theway we pop into Scarecrow Farms to see all the cute Scarecrows. It was perfect since we were dying to see a Halloween theme today. Driving into this spooky, backwoodsy part of town, all we saw was a quick disappointment. No scarecrows just a funky cowboy gate.
Back on the road again till we hit the Wharf and lunch/dinner at our fav little spot there. The place Norma, Martiza, Mom and I saw the sunset...Village Fish Market and Restaurant. Great place; excellant food.
Finally we decide to head back home cause Mom is just plum worn out!
Needless to say she's sleeping as I write this with still an extra 45 minutes to spare.
That Extra hour really came in handy this day!!!! What do you think. ;)