What a beautiful week we had last week.
We left Charlie's Park Sunday the 29th of Jan. to go to Brooksville, Fl., for a SEA rally. South Eastern Area rally, a part of FMCA. there were 1000 motor homes there.
Sunday was arrival time, checking to see who had arrived and enjoying the move. We met up with Jerry and Carol, Bruce and Beth. Went to Texas Roadhouse with Jerry and Carol for supper. Monday, the 30th we headed for Webster, Florida. the big outdoor flea market. Met our friends from Alabama. Merrill & Martha, Cubby and Anita. _
We found some good silver plate buys, plus 3 silver chests. I found a pin and Ernie got a few small things. Had lunch at the Speckled Bean, a buffet. Good food, although the wait time is about one half hour. (tonight, Beth said they found a place just past the flea Market with good food and no wait time. Will have to check that out if we go again._ Back to the rally------ The entertainment was good, sort of. The sound system was lousy and so made the experience not so good. Thursday night we went to the Harmony House for supper with Merrill and Martha. Good small town diner. Ernie had liver and onions and I had shrimp. Just a light batter on the shrimp. good. Friday night the entertainment was the the CIGAR CITY BAND. They worked on the sound system and the band was great. all the old tunes we motorhome people like. You know, the oldies but good ones. The band caught on that we were enjoying it and they decided to enjoy themselves also. They took a 15 minute break and played for another 50 minutes. Everyone wants them to come back next year. Did not seem to be as many vendors this year. We did renew our Pass Port Membership for 3 years. This is an organization for campgrounds to give you one half price per night. A $30 a night campground will only charge $15. if you are a PassPort member. They can fill their park and we get the benefit. some will state during heavy tourist seasons the it is available only if there are openings. Some parks are full during the winter in Florida.
At full price. We also bought 2 led lights for the RV. Two above the table, to replace 4 bulbs and one for our bullet reading lights. It is bright and better than the old bullet lights. Expensive light bulbs, but supposed to last and last. Longer than what we will own this RV?????? Melanie and Ross, if you are reading this, Sharon and Don Eversman were at the rally. We talked with them Friday and introduced them to Beth.
Then Don and I talked while Beth and Sharon discussed quilting.
Came home to Charlies on Saturday. that after noon we headed down to the Tampa Bay Marriot----walked through the lobby to the marina. Where the yachts park along the bay. Our friends, Austin and Linda, ( we met in Florida, they have a home in Muncie) were having a 50 year anniversary party. Their son is a Captain, of the Knot Again Yacht. King Marine of Tampa Bay. Luxury Yacht Charters. We had a bay side buffet and then Mikel took us on a cruise around the Tampa Bay and out further to view the St. Petersburg sky line. Loved it. Knot Again is a 50 foot luxury yacht featuring a gracious salon, full kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, extended aft deck with dinette which converts to a sun-bed and an extensive bow area. Coast Guard inspected etc.
We ask Linda how she liked her party. Well, I had said I wanted to go on a cruise for my 50 wedding anniversary. This will do, have my family and Friends also.
Sunday was a lazy and busy day. Catching up on things that needed to be done, a trip to Wall Mart and Winn-Dixie. Winn-Dixie had a special on crab legs and we got some for supper. We enjoy getting them when they are on sale. Also got some shrimp.
Today, Monday, it was make telephone calls to find out where a package was, check with Medco about not sending automatic mailings, and 2 more calls. Did three loads of was. One in the dryer and the rest out on the clothes line. Dried quickly, even with the humidity. There were black clouds to the North, but we did not get any rain. the weather man said you could drive and be almost flooded out and the next mile there was no rain.
Our park has been busy. A trailer sold and another bought, new people up the block, here in the park. And an older lady had a stroke last week. UPS left us a note, had we moved? and where were we? Called them and they will deliver Tuesday. And I picked the first tomato off of my plant. A small one, but it was red, ripe and ready to eat. One more is ready, and then it will be awhile before the others are ripe. They are small tomatoes. Not cherry, just small. the onions are doing well, small but tasty.
Beth said her lettuce was just right for cutting and they had some for supper. I almost snitched some Saturday, it look so fresh and pretty.
The weather had been warm the last few weeks. The weather man said tonight that a cold front was coming this week end or the first of next week. Be down in the 60's.
yep, that is cold, down here. Might have to get out a sweat shirt for a day or so.
Better stop for now, that is the latest with us. How are all of you doing.
sleep well, jkc
Tues. afternoon. another motor home moved in and Charlie brought a small trailer from Zepherhills for someone. Park is full, but for one spot. And a couple empty trailers. enough jkc
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Brookville, on Wednesday
just a brief note. We are dry camping at the SEA (South Eastern Area) rally of FMCA.
Sunny and nice. Doors and windows open with 1000 motor homes.
Two Indiana RV's in front of us. They mostly use there RV's when they go to old car meetings. Only two other couples from Indiana are here. OOPS, time to fix lunch.
write later. jkc
Sunny and nice. Doors and windows open with 1000 motor homes.
Two Indiana RV's in front of us. They mostly use there RV's when they go to old car meetings. Only two other couples from Indiana are here. OOPS, time to fix lunch.
write later. jkc
P.S. from the Seasame Street blog
At the flea market
A good day. I bought some peppers and strawberries. Ernie bought a socket and an angel pin for me. A JJ pin. pretty.
Beth came down with some sweet corn for us, so I said stay for supper. We had sausage with peppers, onions and tomatoes. I usually use Ro - Tel tomatoes, but I am out, so I used some taco sauce, V-8 juice and diced tomatoes. Beth walked back home and came back with a delicious salad and strawberries. Good food and good friends. When Bruce left for choir practice Beth taught us a card game. a type of rummy. fun.
Its 11 pm, time for bed. Good night all. jkc
that was written last week. Today we did not make it to the flea market. But did get to Parksdale for strawberry sundaes. And the National Great Laker Club had a gathering at Parksdale and then on to a local park for some time with everyone.
Yesterday, Jan. 24, we celebrated 53 years of marriage. Went out for supper in Plant City.
Johnson Barbeque smokin' since 1954. the sign outside also says Fred's.
Which ever, it was good. The dinner was 4 ribs with 2 sides. But if you ordered 2 sides you could get 6 ribs. So we got the 6 and took 6 home. large ribs, good meal. I had a sweet potato casserole and it was delicious. The manager said some people top it with a scoop of ice cream. I passed on that idea. We had left overs tonight.
Will try to write more often. Have a good day tomorrow. jkc
A good day. I bought some peppers and strawberries. Ernie bought a socket and an angel pin for me. A JJ pin. pretty.
Beth came down with some sweet corn for us, so I said stay for supper. We had sausage with peppers, onions and tomatoes. I usually use Ro - Tel tomatoes, but I am out, so I used some taco sauce, V-8 juice and diced tomatoes. Beth walked back home and came back with a delicious salad and strawberries. Good food and good friends. When Bruce left for choir practice Beth taught us a card game. a type of rummy. fun.
Its 11 pm, time for bed. Good night all. jkc
that was written last week. Today we did not make it to the flea market. But did get to Parksdale for strawberry sundaes. And the National Great Laker Club had a gathering at Parksdale and then on to a local park for some time with everyone.
Yesterday, Jan. 24, we celebrated 53 years of marriage. Went out for supper in Plant City.
Johnson Barbeque smokin' since 1954. the sign outside also says Fred's.
Which ever, it was good. The dinner was 4 ribs with 2 sides. But if you ordered 2 sides you could get 6 ribs. So we got the 6 and took 6 home. large ribs, good meal. I had a sweet potato casserole and it was delicious. The manager said some people top it with a scoop of ice cream. I passed on that idea. We had left overs tonight.
Will try to write more often. Have a good day tomorrow. jkc
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Seasame Street Movie
Last week we went to Busch Gardens. Happened to meet up with 3 others from our park. After watching one show we decided to go to the 3D theatre and watch the Seasame Street film. We did not think about this one carefully. We came out wet, all shook up and wind blown. Laugh like crazy and had a good time. More adults there than children. That was ok. You never know what we will do where ever we may be.
Have missed going to the flea markets, cold and rain have kept us away. Will go to one tomorrow. Wednesday is Plant City Flea Market is what we call it. I have heard it called the Mexican Flea Market and Sam Allen market. Named after the street or road it is on. But we find it interesting to see what goes on and see some of the vendors we talk with each time we go.
It was 84 today. After the past week of cool weather this was welcome.
Last week was also the Tampa RV Super Show. We went two different days. No, we did not buy a new coach. Saw some neat ideas in the vendor buildings, checked the Pilot/Flying J, Booth. They are offering a card, like a credit card, but it is just for Flying J and Pilot service centers. For those of you that do not know Flying J and Pilot are truck stops. Flying J also catered to the many RVers out there. They had a dump station, fresh water, propane, gas and diesel. They also went bankrupt. And Pilot bought them out. Pilot decided rather than they pay the 3 cents they must pay the credit card company's that many of the rv people use that Pilot would have their own card. Give us cents off on the gas and diesel. And not shut off the diesel when it reaches $75. (then you start all over.) And a ninety gallon tank takes more than $75.
Which is why we fill the top half, not let that get below 1/2 full. It is not a credit card. We will get a notice each month what we owe and pay Pilot. It was interesting, two or three of the personnel at the Pilot/flyingJ booth commented that Pilot just did not realize how big the RV business was for Flying J. We did not stop at Pilot stations, they did not cater to us. And did not have overnight parking for us. so why stop there. The new stations will have these amenities.
Friends from Pennsylvania called us and we spent some time with them. they are looking for a smaller motor home and were staying 3 nights at Lazy Days Campground.
So we met them there for lunch, which is free. It was pretty good. Better than last year.
Meat loaf, green beans, rice and your drink.
Most of the people here in the park that were either gone for the holiday or do not come until after the holidays are all here. Our row is full now. The back row has 3 spots open. Charlie prefers persons that will stay at least a month or the season.
My tomato plant survived the cold weather and is back in the sunshine. Must take the aloe plants back outside also. The onions are growing, won't be long before we have some fresh green onions. Fun, something to watch and take care of.
Enough for now. Talk with you later. jkc
Have missed going to the flea markets, cold and rain have kept us away. Will go to one tomorrow. Wednesday is Plant City Flea Market is what we call it. I have heard it called the Mexican Flea Market and Sam Allen market. Named after the street or road it is on. But we find it interesting to see what goes on and see some of the vendors we talk with each time we go.
It was 84 today. After the past week of cool weather this was welcome.
Last week was also the Tampa RV Super Show. We went two different days. No, we did not buy a new coach. Saw some neat ideas in the vendor buildings, checked the Pilot/Flying J, Booth. They are offering a card, like a credit card, but it is just for Flying J and Pilot service centers. For those of you that do not know Flying J and Pilot are truck stops. Flying J also catered to the many RVers out there. They had a dump station, fresh water, propane, gas and diesel. They also went bankrupt. And Pilot bought them out. Pilot decided rather than they pay the 3 cents they must pay the credit card company's that many of the rv people use that Pilot would have their own card. Give us cents off on the gas and diesel. And not shut off the diesel when it reaches $75. (then you start all over.) And a ninety gallon tank takes more than $75.
Which is why we fill the top half, not let that get below 1/2 full. It is not a credit card. We will get a notice each month what we owe and pay Pilot. It was interesting, two or three of the personnel at the Pilot/flyingJ booth commented that Pilot just did not realize how big the RV business was for Flying J. We did not stop at Pilot stations, they did not cater to us. And did not have overnight parking for us. so why stop there. The new stations will have these amenities.
Friends from Pennsylvania called us and we spent some time with them. they are looking for a smaller motor home and were staying 3 nights at Lazy Days Campground.
So we met them there for lunch, which is free. It was pretty good. Better than last year.
Meat loaf, green beans, rice and your drink.
Most of the people here in the park that were either gone for the holiday or do not come until after the holidays are all here. Our row is full now. The back row has 3 spots open. Charlie prefers persons that will stay at least a month or the season.
My tomato plant survived the cold weather and is back in the sunshine. Must take the aloe plants back outside also. The onions are growing, won't be long before we have some fresh green onions. Fun, something to watch and take care of.
Enough for now. Talk with you later. jkc
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Happy New Year
It is 10 pm. Ernie is in bed and I will be before long. the trailer park just
West of us is having a firework New Years Eve. Have seen some of them from our window. Hear them all the time. Plus Latino music. We hear the music several nights a week, if our windows are open. Our RV is not up close like some of the trailers in our park. Makes life interesting. And this year, each evening, after dark the ice cream man comes along. In the park West of us and the one South of us. And that jingle goes thru my mind half the evening. The truck does not come down our lane, wonder if he only goes where he know there are children.
Went to the Big Top Flea Market today. Talked with Gene, the gentleman that has one whole end of a building for all his stuff. He has gone to auctions for years and brings in new stuff all the time. but the last two years he has slowed down and trying to clean stuff out. I found a small spoon with holes, it is an olive spoon, or a salted nut spoon, or a relish spoon. Most pictures said olive spoon. Dainty and a pattern I like. While talking with Gene I told him about the lady we bought the tea leaf strainer from. He ask some questions about her and said they used to go to the same auctions. Her name is Dottie and if we go to that market again tell her he said hello.
Now the fireworks are going off to the East. Wonder what it is like here on the 4th of July. Have a Happy New Year. jkc
PS maybe quieter as the migrant workers next door leave.
it is the 6th and I have not finished this blog. A lot has happened. we have had cold weather. I mean, frigid for Florida. 28 Tues and Wed mornings. I brought the tomato plant in, plus the all the plants but the onions and pansys.
I have some green onions planted in two shallow plastic saucers that I got for a quarter at a garage sale. They are looking good. The tomato plant has about 8 or 9 tomatoes on it. Most are quiet small yet, but one is really a nice size.
We have also had some sadness within the Hoosier Cruiser Club. A long time member died this week. And another member has had cancer and is undergoing various treatments . Plus we learned another friend in the club had a brother die suddenly. I guess it is like my grandfather said when he turned 90. I read the paper to see if my name is in the obits.
Went to Parksdale on Thursday. For our Strawberry sundae and grapefruit. also got 4 yellow peppers for $1. 3 cucumbers for $1. some fresh picked green beans and a bag of tangerines. Have to watch, some of their veggies are expensive. Sometimes we can get good vegetable buys at the flea markets. We missed two markets this week. did not feel like getting up and going in the cold. We go early and hope to find a good buy on something.????
Have a good week end. jkc
West of us is having a firework New Years Eve. Have seen some of them from our window. Hear them all the time. Plus Latino music. We hear the music several nights a week, if our windows are open. Our RV is not up close like some of the trailers in our park. Makes life interesting. And this year, each evening, after dark the ice cream man comes along. In the park West of us and the one South of us. And that jingle goes thru my mind half the evening. The truck does not come down our lane, wonder if he only goes where he know there are children.
Went to the Big Top Flea Market today. Talked with Gene, the gentleman that has one whole end of a building for all his stuff. He has gone to auctions for years and brings in new stuff all the time. but the last two years he has slowed down and trying to clean stuff out. I found a small spoon with holes, it is an olive spoon, or a salted nut spoon, or a relish spoon. Most pictures said olive spoon. Dainty and a pattern I like. While talking with Gene I told him about the lady we bought the tea leaf strainer from. He ask some questions about her and said they used to go to the same auctions. Her name is Dottie and if we go to that market again tell her he said hello.
Now the fireworks are going off to the East. Wonder what it is like here on the 4th of July. Have a Happy New Year. jkc
PS maybe quieter as the migrant workers next door leave.
it is the 6th and I have not finished this blog. A lot has happened. we have had cold weather. I mean, frigid for Florida. 28 Tues and Wed mornings. I brought the tomato plant in, plus the all the plants but the onions and pansys.
I have some green onions planted in two shallow plastic saucers that I got for a quarter at a garage sale. They are looking good. The tomato plant has about 8 or 9 tomatoes on it. Most are quiet small yet, but one is really a nice size.
We have also had some sadness within the Hoosier Cruiser Club. A long time member died this week. And another member has had cancer and is undergoing various treatments . Plus we learned another friend in the club had a brother die suddenly. I guess it is like my grandfather said when he turned 90. I read the paper to see if my name is in the obits.
Went to Parksdale on Thursday. For our Strawberry sundae and grapefruit. also got 4 yellow peppers for $1. 3 cucumbers for $1. some fresh picked green beans and a bag of tangerines. Have to watch, some of their veggies are expensive. Sometimes we can get good vegetable buys at the flea markets. We missed two markets this week. did not feel like getting up and going in the cold. We go early and hope to find a good buy on something.????
Have a good week end. jkc
Friday, December 30, 2011
Pictures and more pictures
This is a cast iron picture used in the 1840's to show the fire brigade that the house was insured. If you did not have a fireman's mark on your home they may not stop to put out the fire, as they would not get paid. We found this at the Plant City Flea Market and bought it for a friend from Mobile, Alabama. They are interesting pieces and usually command a price of $40 and upward. The vendor did not know this and had told us $15. When we came back after calling our friend in Alabama the vendor said $45. Wait a minute, you just told us $15. So I did. You may have it for $15. Someone told me after you left I should ask $45. A good buy for the day.
Linda and Larry from Yorktown, IN. They were driving through and just had to have a strawberry sundae. No problem for us to show them how to get there, even though we had already been there in the morning. We split the sundae and so we did have a whole one on Wednesday. Just 1/2 twice. Parksdale has gone to their winter prices and so no more parfaits. Just sundaes, shortcake, milkshakes, anything with strawberries and ice cream. Goooood
The back of a 3 wheeled motorcycle. Yes, it is a cycle. We had to get out of the car to look at it. And it has a steering wheel for driving it. Two person, just like a regular cycle. More pictures of it on the Pictures blog.
Some more of the stilt walkers from Jungala. They are fascinating. We are now enjoying having Bruce and Beth here. They are good friends from Indiana, we play cards with them and have good times together. I had ham and beans for them the day after they arrived. Give them time to get settled and not worry about cooking. Went out last night to Sweet Tomatoes for supper. This is a restaurant that serves salads, pasta dishes, soups and breads. With soft serve ice cream for dessert. And they have a fruit section also. Good food,, fresh from the garden. Well, the delicious turkey soup might not have come from the garden. Anyway, we had senior night tickets, $2. off the regular price. We walked two miles today. 1 in am and 1 in pm. Gotta keep walking. I still do my arm exercises. Must work on getting my arm in back of me, to scratch my back. More people are starting to talk with us, they have seen us here now for 3 years, so I guess we pass muster. Or we are not just fly by night campers. Which we used to do. We, maybe, miss the sight seeing we did when we stayed in an area only a week or so, but we also now enjoy staying in one spot. It is nice to make new friends and be a part of the park community.
Enough for tonight, hope you enjoy the pictures. I am sure there will be more. Good night. jkc
Monday, December 26, 2011
Christmas night
And all the decorations are put away until next year. They were using up the space where I keep the toaster and small blender. SO, put away!
Christmas eve we attended the Methodist/Native American Christmas Eve Service. I enjoy hearing the drums and the singing.
Today, I went to church and came home to cook our own Christmas dinner.
The small rib roast turned out great. So was the dressing. The potatoes were stuck to the bottom of the pan and black. The beans were almost the same way, but I got to them in time to save them. Guess I haven't cooked a bigger meal for while that I forgot to watch the various pots. We are eating less than what we used to, so I need to watch more what is actually cooking. Plus, I forget that gas and electric are just different. Another excuse for poor cooking. anyway, we survived and had a quiet day here in the RV. 83 degrees outside today.
Our friends have shown us how to get on to various coupons for eating out.
I now have 3 different sub-way sandwich shops where I can get a free cookie and get points on my card. I have enough points that I can get a free drink. So, since you can get a 6 inch sub for $2.00, we can have a sandwich, drink and dessert for $4. plus tax. I usually share!
We have enough points at TGFridays for a free appetizer or drink, and yesterday Bob Evans had e-mail coupons for dinner, 2pm to 5 pm, buy one
entree, get the second one free. Tomorrow it is the same for breakfast.
Taco Bell gives seniors free small soft drinks and Steak & Shake is still having happy hour half price on all drinks. They make good milk shakes.
And Ernie is losing weight. Slow, but it is going down.
Talked to both of our children today. They sounded well and we enjoyed their conversations. Nancy said her 3rd grade students have improved since the first of the year. That is good. I-Step testing is just a month away. I like to hear about her students and when a struggling student catches on to a certain principle it is a delight to know you are getting through to some of the children that are so slow. They can learn, I think it takes plenty of patience and ingenuity to teach so that children want to learn.
Planning on defrosting the refrig and finding the ham stock I have frozen in bags. Will make a pot of ham and beans, so that when our friends get here from Indiana they will not have to cook that evening. or lunch. The freezer is small and it is packed, probably too much for proper freezing. So, it will be good to get the ham stock out and find what is hiding in the corner of the freezer. Does any one else have that problem. In the refrig or the freezer?
A few more days and it will be 2012. It will be an interesting year I am sure.
Take care, everyone. Happy New Year. jkc
Christmas eve we attended the Methodist/Native American Christmas Eve Service. I enjoy hearing the drums and the singing.
Today, I went to church and came home to cook our own Christmas dinner.
The small rib roast turned out great. So was the dressing. The potatoes were stuck to the bottom of the pan and black. The beans were almost the same way, but I got to them in time to save them. Guess I haven't cooked a bigger meal for while that I forgot to watch the various pots. We are eating less than what we used to, so I need to watch more what is actually cooking. Plus, I forget that gas and electric are just different. Another excuse for poor cooking. anyway, we survived and had a quiet day here in the RV. 83 degrees outside today.
Our friends have shown us how to get on to various coupons for eating out.
I now have 3 different sub-way sandwich shops where I can get a free cookie and get points on my card. I have enough points that I can get a free drink. So, since you can get a 6 inch sub for $2.00, we can have a sandwich, drink and dessert for $4. plus tax. I usually share!
We have enough points at TGFridays for a free appetizer or drink, and yesterday Bob Evans had e-mail coupons for dinner, 2pm to 5 pm, buy one
entree, get the second one free. Tomorrow it is the same for breakfast.
Taco Bell gives seniors free small soft drinks and Steak & Shake is still having happy hour half price on all drinks. They make good milk shakes.
And Ernie is losing weight. Slow, but it is going down.
Talked to both of our children today. They sounded well and we enjoyed their conversations. Nancy said her 3rd grade students have improved since the first of the year. That is good. I-Step testing is just a month away. I like to hear about her students and when a struggling student catches on to a certain principle it is a delight to know you are getting through to some of the children that are so slow. They can learn, I think it takes plenty of patience and ingenuity to teach so that children want to learn.
Planning on defrosting the refrig and finding the ham stock I have frozen in bags. Will make a pot of ham and beans, so that when our friends get here from Indiana they will not have to cook that evening. or lunch. The freezer is small and it is packed, probably too much for proper freezing. So, it will be good to get the ham stock out and find what is hiding in the corner of the freezer. Does any one else have that problem. In the refrig or the freezer?
A few more days and it will be 2012. It will be an interesting year I am sure.
Take care, everyone. Happy New Year. jkc
Monday, December 19, 2011
The week of Christmas
Hi Everyone!
Merry Christmas.
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the RV not a creature was stirring not even a ----oh!no! there goes an ant!! We have used a bag of ant
granules and then some. All under the RV and around the tires and various hoses. Little white or black ant traps inside. We haven't seen one for awhile.
Since I am writing about them, they will be back. I am very careful about anything sweet and liquids. One year I found an ant in the water holder of the coffee maker. That poor ant traveled thru tubes and what ever to get water and then could not get out.
Back to Christmas-------Sunday evening the pastor and his wife give a Christmas dinner/theatre evening. Bob Evans catered the meal and then the fun began. We sang the Partridge in a Pear Tree carol. Each table had a part.
My table were the calling birds. Our leader would stop and correct us or ask where are the French Hens. It got to be funny and all that getting up and down wore off the pumpkin pie. We had to stand up each time our part came up. Just think, the Partridge had to get up 12 times.
then we had a theatre treat of the Christmas story. I think the small angel and small shepherd boy stole the show at times. They were the grandchildren of the Pastor. The costumes were quite unique and original. A star, the angels, (they all had wings of different materials and some were very pretty) and the animals. The cow and sheep talking about the blessed event. Just a pleasant take on the special event, the birth of Christ.
Ernie and I have been walking around the park. One round trip around the park is a half mile. Twice in the am and once in the pm. On most days. We have also found a Subway shop not far from here. We now have a subway card and get their coupons. We did try a strawberry sundae instead of a parfait.
Can get the parfait only thru Friday. Then the winter schedule takes over and
we will split the strawberry boat. I know, we probably should be walking more to walk off the subs and strawberries. they are good!!!!
It was cool here this am. Down to 48 degrees. We got out the little electric heater for a few hours. by noon it was in the high seventies. Now it is down to 65 at 8 pm.
Saturday we went to a different flea market. We found a very special spoon. An individual cup tea leaf strainer. In one of the grape patterns we try to collect. LaVigne. it is so pretty and Ernie has it polished to a shine.
The flea market was the old Lakeland Farmers market. And it was an old place. Plenty of fruits and vegetables. Not too many flea shops. But as we were about to leave, we saw this one, rather several booths in one, shop.
books stacked high and behind the book shelves, shelves of dishes and glass ware. Been there so long it was all dusty, dirty. My I help you find something the African American heavy set lady said. And then she brought out a tub of silver plate silver ware. WOW We were both digging through it. We came out with 7 great pieces. One of them being the tea strainer spoon. One of our books said it was not impossible to be found anymore, but there were not many out there. And she knew what she had, so her price was not the low price we usually pay. But still within reason. Ernie checks on e-bay and Replacements LTD. for prices. We did all right. But will not sell that one piece.
We are still learning about our 3g I-phones. I am taking more pictures. Would you like to see my tomato plant.? I have 2 tomatoes and 3 blossoms on it. And the onions are starting to stand up and get green!. Yeah!
Time to take a shower. Have a Happy Holiday.
jkc
Merry Christmas.
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the RV not a creature was stirring not even a ----oh!no! there goes an ant!! We have used a bag of ant
granules and then some. All under the RV and around the tires and various hoses. Little white or black ant traps inside. We haven't seen one for awhile.
Since I am writing about them, they will be back. I am very careful about anything sweet and liquids. One year I found an ant in the water holder of the coffee maker. That poor ant traveled thru tubes and what ever to get water and then could not get out.
Back to Christmas-------Sunday evening the pastor and his wife give a Christmas dinner/theatre evening. Bob Evans catered the meal and then the fun began. We sang the Partridge in a Pear Tree carol. Each table had a part.
My table were the calling birds. Our leader would stop and correct us or ask where are the French Hens. It got to be funny and all that getting up and down wore off the pumpkin pie. We had to stand up each time our part came up. Just think, the Partridge had to get up 12 times.
then we had a theatre treat of the Christmas story. I think the small angel and small shepherd boy stole the show at times. They were the grandchildren of the Pastor. The costumes were quite unique and original. A star, the angels, (they all had wings of different materials and some were very pretty) and the animals. The cow and sheep talking about the blessed event. Just a pleasant take on the special event, the birth of Christ.
Ernie and I have been walking around the park. One round trip around the park is a half mile. Twice in the am and once in the pm. On most days. We have also found a Subway shop not far from here. We now have a subway card and get their coupons. We did try a strawberry sundae instead of a parfait.
Can get the parfait only thru Friday. Then the winter schedule takes over and
we will split the strawberry boat. I know, we probably should be walking more to walk off the subs and strawberries. they are good!!!!
It was cool here this am. Down to 48 degrees. We got out the little electric heater for a few hours. by noon it was in the high seventies. Now it is down to 65 at 8 pm.
Saturday we went to a different flea market. We found a very special spoon. An individual cup tea leaf strainer. In one of the grape patterns we try to collect. LaVigne. it is so pretty and Ernie has it polished to a shine.
The flea market was the old Lakeland Farmers market. And it was an old place. Plenty of fruits and vegetables. Not too many flea shops. But as we were about to leave, we saw this one, rather several booths in one, shop.
books stacked high and behind the book shelves, shelves of dishes and glass ware. Been there so long it was all dusty, dirty. My I help you find something the African American heavy set lady said. And then she brought out a tub of silver plate silver ware. WOW We were both digging through it. We came out with 7 great pieces. One of them being the tea strainer spoon. One of our books said it was not impossible to be found anymore, but there were not many out there. And she knew what she had, so her price was not the low price we usually pay. But still within reason. Ernie checks on e-bay and Replacements LTD. for prices. We did all right. But will not sell that one piece.
We are still learning about our 3g I-phones. I am taking more pictures. Would you like to see my tomato plant.? I have 2 tomatoes and 3 blossoms on it. And the onions are starting to stand up and get green!. Yeah!
Time to take a shower. Have a Happy Holiday.
jkc
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Dec 11, 11
This is the ice show at Busch Gardens. It is held at the Moroccan Palace Theater. comfortable seating.Below is our place at Charlies Park. It is mostly trailers, with a few park models and a few motor homes or 5th wheel RVs. We are the transients and live in the ghetto of the park. so we were told the first year we were here. Now that person talks with us and we have become known to several of the people living here year around or come every year for the last 20 years or so.
So we are the newbies on the block. Michigan, Indiana and New York are the states that are represented here. Right at the back of the car, on the corner of our patio is my garden. (that white ring area) I have a poinsettia, two grapefruit trees about 6 inches tall, small aloe plant, two pansy plant and a tomato plant that now has two small tomatoes. And I also have a flat of green onions planted. They said it was to be a mild winter here, so we shall see if I get a ripe tomato or not.
Two of the animal keepers with Kasi the cheetah and Mtani, a mixed breed dog
acquired at an animal shelter as a companion for Kasi. Cheetah's will bond with their siblings, but Kasi was brought to Busch Gardens as an orphaned baby Cheetah. They thought at first the Mtani was mostly a lab mix dog. But now that he has grown more they are not so sure there is much lab in him. But the two have formed a great companionship. they run and play and live together. they have not put either of them with the other cheetahs. We figure the dog would not last. so for the time being the dog and the cheetah are kept separate from the rest of the pack. The keepers were petting the dog and the cheetah as if they were both dogs. How long will they be able to do that?
These two elves wore their legs off working for Santa and so are in the boxes.
They greet you as you come into the Gardens. These pictures were taken with our new cell phones. We are learning how to use them and finally found the correct web site for info on how to use them.
A few persons living in the park have flown home for the holidays.
Most of us stay here, no one wants to go home to cold weather. We bought some Ruskin tomatoes the other day. almost as good as Indiana tomatoes.
or is that blasphemy! We stopped Sunday and had a strawberry parfait. they will be available only until Dec. 24. the 26 you have to get the strawberry boat. We split that, it is big. but the parfaits are so good. Parksdale now has Duncan grapefruit. It is a sweet grapefruit. Its fault is that there are many seeds in it. 5 grapefruit for $1.00 so we can scoop the seeds out for that price.
It is getting late. Have a good day. jkc
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Busch Gardens
Different and the same. Busch Gardens. Ernie has some good pictures of the dog and cheetah. Will write more about those when he gets some pictures on the blog.
The ice show has been moved to a different building. Nice, seats are more comfortable. the show is pretty, very similar to the past two years. It is a small skating surface for an ice show. The costumes are pretty and they have a new skater. She cannot be more than 4 or 5. She does very well.
We did not go far at the Gardens. need to take the sky ride to see how the new Cheetah ride looks from the air. No, I well not ride it, It is a roller coaster.
We got the neighbors moved. They did most of it, but we added a little help.
So nice to be able to have family over and have room to enjoy them. They may stay longer than the first of April.
Tonight Thonotosassa had a "Christmas in the Park" night. Santa arrived in the local ambulance. There were free hot dogs and dessert, with canned pop for all. Free will donation or some canned food. Popcorn also.
The grade school choral group sang. Well done. A few games for the children and oranges in bags of 6 to the bag. All of this free. I enjoyed. I think our RV park was well represented.
Just had a little rain. We hear the rain on our roof. When it just starts to
sprinkle I can hear it. I wait to see how hard and fast it is hitting on the roof to find out if it is just a light sprinkle or a real rain.
Enough for now. Will continue this tomorrow. jkc
Ernie now has the pictures on a page and so this will be read after you see them.
The ice show has been moved to a different building. Nice, seats are more comfortable. the show is pretty, very similar to the past two years. It is a small skating surface for an ice show. The costumes are pretty and they have a new skater. She cannot be more than 4 or 5. She does very well.
We did not go far at the Gardens. need to take the sky ride to see how the new Cheetah ride looks from the air. No, I well not ride it, It is a roller coaster.
We got the neighbors moved. They did most of it, but we added a little help.
So nice to be able to have family over and have room to enjoy them. They may stay longer than the first of April.
Tonight Thonotosassa had a "Christmas in the Park" night. Santa arrived in the local ambulance. There were free hot dogs and dessert, with canned pop for all. Free will donation or some canned food. Popcorn also.
The grade school choral group sang. Well done. A few games for the children and oranges in bags of 6 to the bag. All of this free. I enjoyed. I think our RV park was well represented.
Just had a little rain. We hear the rain on our roof. When it just starts to
sprinkle I can hear it. I wait to see how hard and fast it is hitting on the roof to find out if it is just a light sprinkle or a real rain.
Enough for now. Will continue this tomorrow. jkc
Ernie now has the pictures on a page and so this will be read after you see them.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Moving Day
Moving day for our neighbors, that is. Sunday morning our neighbors informed us that they were going to look for bigger living quarters. That night they thought they had found the right one. Monnday, after looking at the trailer in daylight, they decided no. By 10 am they had two more possibilities. One, they really liked, but it was not ready until spring. Nix on that one.
By Monday noon they had a buy, or rather a trade. So we helped move a few things and Tuesday will be the big moving day. We cannot believe they moved so fast. Those of you who know us, know it takes us t i m e. to find what we want when it comes to spending the big bucks. We will get to see the inside tomorrow. But all indications it is a nice trailer and they made a good deal. This will be so nice for them as their 3 children live in Florida now, instead of Indiana. They will be able to have them at their home for together time. Their Avion trailer was just a shade small for very many people.
No, we are not selling our RV. We like living in it during the winter. With the living room slide we are fine. could use more closet space, but that goes for a lot of regular homes, also.
The weather is still in the 70 and 80's. I do have Christmas decoration up, and I am getting used to not having snow for Christmas. Bah-- hum-bug!!
We did miss out on our Great Niece's wedding Dec. 3rd. We heard it was a fine wedding. The "cousins" were invited, 9 of the 15 were there and a picture was taken. I am enjoying that and will be nice to see pictures of the bride and groom also. My parents have 15 grandchildren, and the grandchildren are the cousins.
Their parents, my brothers and sisters are the adults. Well, we have to separate ourselves somehow. I think all the cousins are now over 45 years of age.
And now the cousins children are getting married and having babies and my---
goodness, I guess the adults are getting older. Considering the fact that I am the youngest of the 6. and our son is the youngest of the cousins.
One of the things we older people talk about is being old. Most of the time most of us do not feel our age. and then I looked at my arm when I was exercising the other day and they were wrinkled like an old womans. So in many peoples eyes I am an old women, just do not feel like it, most days.
I am still doing my arm exercises (that new ball and joint are stubborn in getting full movement, meaning I want to scratch by back with my left hand).
I go outside after dark to exercise. The Rv is not quiet tall enough for full extension of my arm. A neighbor across the way was outside while I was doing my exercises and I wondered what he thought this women was doing standing outside her Rv waving her arms around in all directions. so today I told him what I was doing and why. He didn't miss a beat, Well, didn't you see me waving back to you?
we do have a good time here at Charlies.
we complain about Charlie sometimes and I am sure he may complain about his tenants. But we cannot complain about the cost of living in this RV park.
so we just enjoy ourselves and each other.
We still have not made it to Busch Gardens. We need to go soon, do not want to get into the vacation crowds later.
Ernie spent two hours polishing the 1 and 1/2 wheels today. And walked items down to the new home of our neighbors. Ernie went to bed early and I am writing this and playing my games on the computer.
Have a good day. or night. jkc
Tuesday. the neighbors are all moved. That is the stuff from one trailer has been moved to the other and vice versa. We helped and this afternoon I helped put a few things away. Mainly handing things to Linda to put away. We ate out for lunch and supper. too tired to cook.
the trailer is very nice. 2 bedrooms and bath and a half. nice kitchen and living area. and the patio room is enclosed with windows and screens. Can also be heated or cooled if desired. They made a great deal.
Hope this gets posted. Ernie tried to post it earlier and it didn't go.
jkc
By Monday noon they had a buy, or rather a trade. So we helped move a few things and Tuesday will be the big moving day. We cannot believe they moved so fast. Those of you who know us, know it takes us t i m e. to find what we want when it comes to spending the big bucks. We will get to see the inside tomorrow. But all indications it is a nice trailer and they made a good deal. This will be so nice for them as their 3 children live in Florida now, instead of Indiana. They will be able to have them at their home for together time. Their Avion trailer was just a shade small for very many people.
No, we are not selling our RV. We like living in it during the winter. With the living room slide we are fine. could use more closet space, but that goes for a lot of regular homes, also.
The weather is still in the 70 and 80's. I do have Christmas decoration up, and I am getting used to not having snow for Christmas. Bah-- hum-bug!!
We did miss out on our Great Niece's wedding Dec. 3rd. We heard it was a fine wedding. The "cousins" were invited, 9 of the 15 were there and a picture was taken. I am enjoying that and will be nice to see pictures of the bride and groom also. My parents have 15 grandchildren, and the grandchildren are the cousins.
Their parents, my brothers and sisters are the adults. Well, we have to separate ourselves somehow. I think all the cousins are now over 45 years of age.
And now the cousins children are getting married and having babies and my---
goodness, I guess the adults are getting older. Considering the fact that I am the youngest of the 6. and our son is the youngest of the cousins.
One of the things we older people talk about is being old. Most of the time most of us do not feel our age. and then I looked at my arm when I was exercising the other day and they were wrinkled like an old womans. So in many peoples eyes I am an old women, just do not feel like it, most days.
I am still doing my arm exercises (that new ball and joint are stubborn in getting full movement, meaning I want to scratch by back with my left hand).
I go outside after dark to exercise. The Rv is not quiet tall enough for full extension of my arm. A neighbor across the way was outside while I was doing my exercises and I wondered what he thought this women was doing standing outside her Rv waving her arms around in all directions. so today I told him what I was doing and why. He didn't miss a beat, Well, didn't you see me waving back to you?
we do have a good time here at Charlies.
we complain about Charlie sometimes and I am sure he may complain about his tenants. But we cannot complain about the cost of living in this RV park.
so we just enjoy ourselves and each other.
We still have not made it to Busch Gardens. We need to go soon, do not want to get into the vacation crowds later.
Ernie spent two hours polishing the 1 and 1/2 wheels today. And walked items down to the new home of our neighbors. Ernie went to bed early and I am writing this and playing my games on the computer.
Have a good day. or night. jkc
Tuesday. the neighbors are all moved. That is the stuff from one trailer has been moved to the other and vice versa. We helped and this afternoon I helped put a few things away. Mainly handing things to Linda to put away. We ate out for lunch and supper. too tired to cook.
the trailer is very nice. 2 bedrooms and bath and a half. nice kitchen and living area. and the patio room is enclosed with windows and screens. Can also be heated or cooled if desired. They made a great deal.
Hope this gets posted. Ernie tried to post it earlier and it didn't go.
jkc
Friday, December 2, 2011
Its December already
Yes, it is Christmas in the air! and I have decorations up in the RV.
In a previous blog I wrote about going to the Marietta Fish Market for our evening meal. And then someone ???? wanted to know how we got there as they would like to go there when they are in the area. Address is: 3185 Canaton Road, Marietta, Ga.
Oh, Boy, do I have directions. 3 different ways to get there, that I know of today. The easiest one is this. I-75 exit 278. go to Camp McKenny Campground. Talk to the campground hosts when you sign in, and if it is the gentleman and lady with nice southern accents, they will tell you how to get to the Fish Market. that makes 4 ways.
anyway,back to the easy one. Once you have found your campsite and are all set for the evening and are ready to go eat.
Go back to I-75. Turn south and go to exit 271, turn left onto Chastain Road. this turns in to New Chastain road. Take this to Canton road. Turn right onto Canton Road. Go past the CVS on the left and just past the Walgreen Store is the
MARIETTA FISH MARKET!!! Yeah! We turned in the first turn, but I think you can go past the Market and turn into a bigger parking lot. Delorme says that this is 14.96 miles from Camp McKenny. Now you may want to take the scenic route, two different ways, one 19 miles, the other 17 miles.
If you want directions for the scenic route send me an e-mail and I will send you the route via e-mail. OK Bob? The campground hosts know the scenic way.
this past week we have been to the flea markets again. Found our kettle corn people. They are from Canada and have a home here also. Enjoy talking with them. Christmas music is in the air at the markets. Have found a few more pieces of silver and a tea setting of Spode China, Christmas pattern. (cup, saucer and small plate) I had to have it, I have a few pieces from my Mother and Aunt. also found 2 more pieces of JJ jewelry. For 50 cents each. Fun!
Did get to church this past Sunday. Recognize a few of the people from last year. This year in the park we are being greeted by the regular winter (and year round)people, they recognize us.
We are learning their names also. Michigan, New York, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania are the states people hail from.
I've lost my blog spell check, hope I am not mis-spelling to many words.
We did get new cell phones. Yes, an I-phone 3G. I know it is a 2 year old phone, but we have to learn how to use this one before we go to a more complicated one. By the time we learn all about this phone, the newer ones will be old and less expensive also. We trust our young sales lady. She has been at the AT&T store for a few years and sold us our last cell phones. Patient,friendly, and knowledgeable about the phones. Nice. She is studying to be a nurse, so we had more to talk about. We wish her the best.
We have had rain and some cold weather. Well, cold for Florida. Put on the long pants and jackets. To be in the high 70's, maybe 80 by Monday.
That's all for tonight. My fingers are not spelling correctly. I get my letters turned around. So good night. jkc
In a previous blog I wrote about going to the Marietta Fish Market for our evening meal. And then someone ???? wanted to know how we got there as they would like to go there when they are in the area. Address is: 3185 Canaton Road, Marietta, Ga.
Oh, Boy, do I have directions. 3 different ways to get there, that I know of today. The easiest one is this. I-75 exit 278. go to Camp McKenny Campground. Talk to the campground hosts when you sign in, and if it is the gentleman and lady with nice southern accents, they will tell you how to get to the Fish Market. that makes 4 ways.
anyway,back to the easy one. Once you have found your campsite and are all set for the evening and are ready to go eat.
Go back to I-75. Turn south and go to exit 271, turn left onto Chastain Road. this turns in to New Chastain road. Take this to Canton road. Turn right onto Canton Road. Go past the CVS on the left and just past the Walgreen Store is the
MARIETTA FISH MARKET!!! Yeah! We turned in the first turn, but I think you can go past the Market and turn into a bigger parking lot. Delorme says that this is 14.96 miles from Camp McKenny. Now you may want to take the scenic route, two different ways, one 19 miles, the other 17 miles.
If you want directions for the scenic route send me an e-mail and I will send you the route via e-mail. OK Bob? The campground hosts know the scenic way.
this past week we have been to the flea markets again. Found our kettle corn people. They are from Canada and have a home here also. Enjoy talking with them. Christmas music is in the air at the markets. Have found a few more pieces of silver and a tea setting of Spode China, Christmas pattern. (cup, saucer and small plate) I had to have it, I have a few pieces from my Mother and Aunt. also found 2 more pieces of JJ jewelry. For 50 cents each. Fun!
Did get to church this past Sunday. Recognize a few of the people from last year. This year in the park we are being greeted by the regular winter (and year round)people, they recognize us.
We are learning their names also. Michigan, New York, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania are the states people hail from.
I've lost my blog spell check, hope I am not mis-spelling to many words.
We did get new cell phones. Yes, an I-phone 3G. I know it is a 2 year old phone, but we have to learn how to use this one before we go to a more complicated one. By the time we learn all about this phone, the newer ones will be old and less expensive also. We trust our young sales lady. She has been at the AT&T store for a few years and sold us our last cell phones. Patient,friendly, and knowledgeable about the phones. Nice. She is studying to be a nurse, so we had more to talk about. We wish her the best.
We have had rain and some cold weather. Well, cold for Florida. Put on the long pants and jackets. To be in the high 70's, maybe 80 by Monday.
That's all for tonight. My fingers are not spelling correctly. I get my letters turned around. So good night. jkc
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