was pretty nice. Sunday was a cloudy, grey day and just a little cool. It was a lot windy. But since we were privileged to meet with the saints and worship God, it was a perfect day!
I am missing my sister and feeling a little low tonight. Guess I will just head for bed.
God Bless
Monday, February 27, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Enjoying life
On Saturday, after sleeping in (good-bye morning walk)we pretty much had a lazy day. Did get a few things done around the place, but nothing spectacular.
Around 4p, we went by and picked up two ladies and headed to Mt. Dora. There was a fund-raising dinner at the Christian Home and Bible School there and we all had tickets. What a pretty little town Mt. Dora is.
Really enjoyed the ride and talking with them. TM took the scenic route and we saw some beautiful country. Yes, TD2 went along. He was so good and didn't try to get in the back and bother the ladies. He did sit where they could reach him though. The only thing later was he kept trying to get over under TM's feet. I kept reminding him to stay under my feet.
The gym there was beautifully set up with the school colors of blue and white. It was great to see friends from Wildwood and the Diana Singing. The meal was so-so. The veggies were good, but the chicken had a sauce I didn't care for. So I mostly just scraped the sauce off and ate the chicken anyway. The entertainment was some students singing songs from their latest production. Lots of talent there. The quilt auction was fun to watch. It brought in about $10,000. for the scholarship fund. No, we did not do any bidding - just a little steep for our pocketbooks.
Again we were out til after midnight by the time we drove back and dropped off our 2 ladies. It was really hard to tumble out of bed the next morning. But did not have any desire to miss church services.
God Bless
Around 4p, we went by and picked up two ladies and headed to Mt. Dora. There was a fund-raising dinner at the Christian Home and Bible School there and we all had tickets. What a pretty little town Mt. Dora is.
Really enjoyed the ride and talking with them. TM took the scenic route and we saw some beautiful country. Yes, TD2 went along. He was so good and didn't try to get in the back and bother the ladies. He did sit where they could reach him though. The only thing later was he kept trying to get over under TM's feet. I kept reminding him to stay under my feet.
The gym there was beautifully set up with the school colors of blue and white. It was great to see friends from Wildwood and the Diana Singing. The meal was so-so. The veggies were good, but the chicken had a sauce I didn't care for. So I mostly just scraped the sauce off and ate the chicken anyway. The entertainment was some students singing songs from their latest production. Lots of talent there. The quilt auction was fun to watch. It brought in about $10,000. for the scholarship fund. No, we did not do any bidding - just a little steep for our pocketbooks.
Again we were out til after midnight by the time we drove back and dropped off our 2 ladies. It was really hard to tumble out of bed the next morning. But did not have any desire to miss church services.
God Bless
Monday, February 20, 2012
Fun times
On Friday night we drove to Lakeland to have dinner with John and Carolyn Ellington. We went to high school with John, in fact he and I rode the same school bus. We had not seen them in (ahem)a number of years. We met Carolyn at our 10 year reunion, but had not seen either of them since. What a sweet lady she is.
Naturally we spent time bragging, er, talking about our children and grandchildren. Exchanged a picture or 2 (or 3 or 4).
Carolyn prepared a delicious meal (I could have taken seconds because it tasted so good, but I didn't want to overeat).
We did a lot of catching up on what each of us had been doing over the years and the places we have lived. It was delight to get to know Carolyn better and find out how much we have in common.
John has done a lot better job of keeping up with our high school buddies than we have, so we spent quite a bit of time talking and learning about them. With our 50th reunion coming up, it is fun to find out what people have done with their lives.
If all this doesn't tell you we had a good time - we arrived there at 6p and left about 11:30p! Good thing we had brought TD2 with us. Of course, he got to stay and guard the truck and not come in and see their beautiful home.
Carolyn is an accomplished artist. Many of her paintings hang in their home and are just striking.
All in all a good time. All 3 of us slept in on Saturday morning. :)
God Bless
Naturally we spent time bragging, er, talking about our children and grandchildren. Exchanged a picture or 2 (or 3 or 4).
Carolyn prepared a delicious meal (I could have taken seconds because it tasted so good, but I didn't want to overeat).
We did a lot of catching up on what each of us had been doing over the years and the places we have lived. It was delight to get to know Carolyn better and find out how much we have in common.
John has done a lot better job of keeping up with our high school buddies than we have, so we spent quite a bit of time talking and learning about them. With our 50th reunion coming up, it is fun to find out what people have done with their lives.
If all this doesn't tell you we had a good time - we arrived there at 6p and left about 11:30p! Good thing we had brought TD2 with us. Of course, he got to stay and guard the truck and not come in and see their beautiful home.
Carolyn is an accomplished artist. Many of her paintings hang in their home and are just striking.
All in all a good time. All 3 of us slept in on Saturday morning. :)
God Bless
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Our exciting life.
Just a normal couple of days.
Good to finally get back to my morning walks with Pauline, even if I do have to get up at 7:30. Good for me.
Today has been a beautiful day. Got plenty warm early, but never did get real hot. Just the way we like it.
TM had his doc appt. to recheck his shoulder where he had his cortisone shot. All is well, everything reacting just as it should.
Went to get my toes done, but didn't happen. Too much waiting time. Guess I won't go back to Wal-mart unless I see the place is empty. Also I didn't like someone else getting served when they had been waiting less time than I have. So I left and I let them know why.
Mid-week Bible study was interesting. First off, our preacher had to get to the hospital since his blood pressure was high and his heart was racing. He is doing ok, just will be wearing a heart monitor for a few days. Anyway, he just handed off his lesson to one of the men. Poor guy, totally unprepared and this was not a lesson to be unprepared for. The subject was "Are there degrees in Heaven and hell?". This is definitely something to create a lot of discussion. Several good comments, but much more study needs to be done.
TD2, Fancy, continues to keep us entertained. The number of positions that he can get into and still seem comfortable appear to be unending.
Guess that is all I can think of for now.
God Bless.
Good to finally get back to my morning walks with Pauline, even if I do have to get up at 7:30. Good for me.
Today has been a beautiful day. Got plenty warm early, but never did get real hot. Just the way we like it.
TM had his doc appt. to recheck his shoulder where he had his cortisone shot. All is well, everything reacting just as it should.
Went to get my toes done, but didn't happen. Too much waiting time. Guess I won't go back to Wal-mart unless I see the place is empty. Also I didn't like someone else getting served when they had been waiting less time than I have. So I left and I let them know why.
Mid-week Bible study was interesting. First off, our preacher had to get to the hospital since his blood pressure was high and his heart was racing. He is doing ok, just will be wearing a heart monitor for a few days. Anyway, he just handed off his lesson to one of the men. Poor guy, totally unprepared and this was not a lesson to be unprepared for. The subject was "Are there degrees in Heaven and hell?". This is definitely something to create a lot of discussion. Several good comments, but much more study needs to be done.
TD2, Fancy, continues to keep us entertained. The number of positions that he can get into and still seem comfortable appear to be unending.
Guess that is all I can think of for now.
God Bless.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Rally
Arrived at Lazy Days late on Monday for the rally starting on Tuesday. Tuesday morning up early for free breakfast. Lazy Days provides free breakfast and lunch for campers. Nice little perk and the food was good.
Our chapter does "adoptions". Anyone who is at a Chapter 57 rally for the first time is adopted by another member. TM and I adopted Becky and Lonnie, a couple from Montana. Nice and fun couple. I am enjoying their emails about their travels and about Becky's daughter traveling in Thailand.
Thursday we caravaned to Tarpon Springs and had a good time. Riding with us were Joe and Yolande from Sudbury, Ontario. Enjoyed their company Tarpon Springs is sort of a mini-Gatlinburg tourist place. A century ago, Greek people came over and began sponge diving. Unfortunately, it is not much of a business anymore. But they have made the most of the area with boat trips, Greek restaurants and tourist shops. We did not go on a boat trip as we felt the day was too cool to be out on the water. We ate at the Parthenon Restaurant because it was the first place I saw serving lamb. Wonderful food.
It was so good to be with friends and make new friends.
We came back on Saturday, hooked up and rested. Getting up every day at 7am is not our usual.
Oh, and TD2 (Fancy) had a good time too. He got to go to Tarpon Springs with us. Of course he was mostly in the truck, but he was a good boy.
Today, Monday, I got to sleep in - yahoo! Felt really good - and felt good to take an afternoon nap. We sure are spoiled. We will see how tomorrow goes when we have to be up at 5:30am. Ugh! Definitely in for a nap tomorrow afternoon.
God Bless
Our chapter does "adoptions". Anyone who is at a Chapter 57 rally for the first time is adopted by another member. TM and I adopted Becky and Lonnie, a couple from Montana. Nice and fun couple. I am enjoying their emails about their travels and about Becky's daughter traveling in Thailand.
Thursday we caravaned to Tarpon Springs and had a good time. Riding with us were Joe and Yolande from Sudbury, Ontario. Enjoyed their company Tarpon Springs is sort of a mini-Gatlinburg tourist place. A century ago, Greek people came over and began sponge diving. Unfortunately, it is not much of a business anymore. But they have made the most of the area with boat trips, Greek restaurants and tourist shops. We did not go on a boat trip as we felt the day was too cool to be out on the water. We ate at the Parthenon Restaurant because it was the first place I saw serving lamb. Wonderful food.
It was so good to be with friends and make new friends.
We came back on Saturday, hooked up and rested. Getting up every day at 7am is not our usual.
Oh, and TD2 (Fancy) had a good time too. He got to go to Tarpon Springs with us. Of course he was mostly in the truck, but he was a good boy.
Today, Monday, I got to sleep in - yahoo! Felt really good - and felt good to take an afternoon nap. We sure are spoiled. We will see how tomorrow goes when we have to be up at 5:30am. Ugh! Definitely in for a nap tomorrow afternoon.
God Bless
Friday, February 10, 2012
It has been a while
Between just not feeling like writing and computer problems, it has been too long since I wrote.
Can say it has been a relatively quiet time though. We had a nice Christmas with Sheila, Michael, Michelle, and Mary. As always we miss Apryl and Jeremy.
In January, I once more saw the ear doc for an infection. Due to the hole in my eardrum that will not close, he sent me to their surgeon. He took a look and decided that he was not prepared to do the surgery necessary for the position my hole is in. (Bet you always knew I had a hole in my head. :)). After an MRI and a couple of CT scans, I was off to Tampa to see the surgeon there. He didn't even hesitate in saying I needed the surgery and explaining to us what was involved. So,on Jan 13, I scheduled surgery for Jan 23. Pretty fast work. On the 19th I had to be there at 8am for pre-op stuff. Remember, it is a 2 hr drive from Winter Haven. Ugh, up at 5am; but so glad I have a driver who lets me sleep. Love you, TM! The day of surgery I didn't have to be there til 11am - sounds good, but remember I was fasting. Sheila came over from Merritt Island to be there and Mary (granddaughter) was also there. Mary is in school in Tampa, so Sheila had come over the day before and spent the night with Mary.
I got into surgery pretty much on time, but it was a longer surgery than planned. Seems my ear canal had collapsed, 2 bones had to be replaced in addition to rebuilding the eardrum. All I know is I woke up hurting and dying to go to the bathroom. Both things quickly and easily solved. It was then I realized I was hungry. Got some juice and graham crackers to tide me over. On the way home we stopped at Panera in Lakeland, yum.
Right now (Feb 10) we are in Tampa again; but for fun stuff. It is an Escapee Rally and is a good time. Will write about it later.
God Bless
Can say it has been a relatively quiet time though. We had a nice Christmas with Sheila, Michael, Michelle, and Mary. As always we miss Apryl and Jeremy.
In January, I once more saw the ear doc for an infection. Due to the hole in my eardrum that will not close, he sent me to their surgeon. He took a look and decided that he was not prepared to do the surgery necessary for the position my hole is in. (Bet you always knew I had a hole in my head. :)). After an MRI and a couple of CT scans, I was off to Tampa to see the surgeon there. He didn't even hesitate in saying I needed the surgery and explaining to us what was involved. So,on Jan 13, I scheduled surgery for Jan 23. Pretty fast work. On the 19th I had to be there at 8am for pre-op stuff. Remember, it is a 2 hr drive from Winter Haven. Ugh, up at 5am; but so glad I have a driver who lets me sleep. Love you, TM! The day of surgery I didn't have to be there til 11am - sounds good, but remember I was fasting. Sheila came over from Merritt Island to be there and Mary (granddaughter) was also there. Mary is in school in Tampa, so Sheila had come over the day before and spent the night with Mary.
I got into surgery pretty much on time, but it was a longer surgery than planned. Seems my ear canal had collapsed, 2 bones had to be replaced in addition to rebuilding the eardrum. All I know is I woke up hurting and dying to go to the bathroom. Both things quickly and easily solved. It was then I realized I was hungry. Got some juice and graham crackers to tide me over. On the way home we stopped at Panera in Lakeland, yum.
Right now (Feb 10) we are in Tampa again; but for fun stuff. It is an Escapee Rally and is a good time. Will write about it later.
God Bless
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