We are both blessed and cursed to be living on a military base. Cursed because our house is super small and old. I'm forever battling ants, bees and a variety of other Florida critters that require the exterminators help. We live with leaky jalousie windows, doors that don't quite shut right and an AC unit that can't keep the entire small house cold, only part of it. We are blessed because our rent is $1275 which is already super cheap for Key West, but that also includes all of our utilities. You can't find anyplace to rent for that cheap on the island of Key West. Another blessing is that the miltary base is secure, has it's own police, and is very family and community friendly.
An example of this was the Children's Halloween Festival and Wolf Walk. It was an event that invited families from all the military communites on Key West to meet and decorate pumpkins, get candy, have dinner and show off their dogs and kids costumes. It was fun. Grace, Carrera, Gabbie and I all went to this and enjoyed the pumpkin decorating. They provided the paint, brushes, and accessories for the pumpkin. All we had to do was provide the pumpkin. They had carnival style games for the kids, food and other entertainment all afternoon. They even got goody bags with candy, coloring books, crayons, and an assortment of safety devices to make trick or treating safer (flashlights, reflectors etc.) Once it got cooler outside they had a Wolf Walk. That was a 1 kilometer walk for the dogs. Dogs in costumes were entered in a contest for $100 gift card for a pet store. We weren't able to stay for the judging since I had class, but I did get a really nice doggy gift bag full of food, treats and toys for her. Along the walk they handed out candy to all the kids. Grace had a bag full and had her cheeks pinched by lots of little old ladies. Thankfully she was a good sport about it.
Carrera painting pumpkins
Grace in costume playing with another little girl.
Can you guess what she is? She's a watch dog!