Happy May Day! Did anyone leave flowers on your door step, ring the bell, then run and hide? Did that a few times when I was much younger.
We have survived the first round of Doctor visits. Next come the Dentist, hearing and skin Doctors. The family, lung and heart Dr.'s all say Ernie is doing well. Will have some shortness of breath and be tired. Take a nap, a good idea for some one our age. (Seems like they have been saying that a long time.] Lung and heart Dr.'s changed dosage on some meds. Helped with the cough, time will tell with the others. so that is good just need some pep to do the things on the to do list. Ernie's is longer than mine.
Our lists in Florida are much shorter and usually contain items such as
go to flea market, or lunch or Busch Gardens.
Ernie has mowed twice now, or 3 times. I have done a little mowing with the push mower. Have a few tulips left and just planted some pansies.
I do like pansies. and most flowers. Trees are tuning green. Spring has sprung and rain has been gone for 3 days. It will come back this week end.
I just lost this blog, took me 5 minutes to find it again. It bugs me, I inadvertently his the wrong key, and presto, everything is gone. Who know where the stuff hides. I found it this time tho. Time to stop while I am ahead.
Have a good day. We will head to Syracuse Thurs. for more house cleaning. Who know what I will want to bring home.
JKC
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Time Flies
and my Mother once wrote that in a letter to me and drew some birds flying.
We are now home in Indiana. Two weeks? Seems like a longer time than that. The daffodils are now about gone. Forsythia bush is becoming green instead of yellow and the grass needs mowed. But it is wet and raining this week.
We have been gone two days and are leaving again for 3 days. Help!
For the last two years my brother and I have been trying to convince my two sisters that the home in Syracuse needs to be sold. We are getting older, I am the youngest, and the house will need repairs that we do not want to do. Such as a new roof. Plus general maintenance.
Finally, this year we had a friend and former real estate agent, now a consultant, come in, view the house and give us the information about the house. She was good. All 4 agreed this time to sell, and agreed on an agent.
Pat left, called us 10 minutes later and said the real estate man and daughter would be there in 15 minutes. 7 pm the for sale sign was in the front yard.
Talk about doing things NOW. The next day we did some cleaning and furniture rearranging and came home. Today we are going back to Syracuse to go thru some things we put on the back porch, box them up and take them to the thrift shop or to the persons wanting some of those kitchen items stored in the basement. Like big pots, cast iron skillets, vases, you name it, it was down there. And we thought we had cleaned out the basement a few years ago.
Ernie and I are tired, mentally and physically. And we have been eating out when we were in Syracuse. Not good when we both have routine Dr. appointments next week.
While in Florida, Rita had brought the game Rummykub and 5 of us are playing the game. So we have managed to find the game also. Last Sunday I made a pie, called, Rita & Clayton, and Beth, come over for pie and coffee. Rita had just made a big pot of soup, she brought that and Beth brought some cheese and crackers. A good time.
Have talked with a sister-in-law and a niece yesterday. Good talking with them, not only about the house, but about their families.
Wind and rain have been the weather this week and looks like next week also.
Managed a couple of time to have a mostly dry day to hang out some laundry. I prefer to hang my sheets and T-shirts outside. Nothing like Mother Natures drying system. Do not have to use those smelly sheets in the dryer. No, I do not like the smell of any of those softener sheets. Good ole sunshine for me. But I do use the dryer for my towels, jeans and a few other things.
We heard from a friend from Pennsylvania that is wife did not survived the
liver by pass surgery. We met them in Arizona at Judge Roy Bean estate. Shirley was wanting Ernie and her husband to stop talking so they could be on their way. Then we saw them at Big Bend National Park in Texas, met them in the White Mountains and have seen them the last 6 or 7 years. The next winter they looked us up, what to do in Florida. She decided that she was glad the fellows kept talking. And now Shirley is with her Lord. They were Missionaries for the
Navajo Indians in Arizona and another tribe in Canada. Interesting friends,
we will miss her.
Time to hang this up and get on with the day. jkc
We are now home in Indiana. Two weeks? Seems like a longer time than that. The daffodils are now about gone. Forsythia bush is becoming green instead of yellow and the grass needs mowed. But it is wet and raining this week.
We have been gone two days and are leaving again for 3 days. Help!
For the last two years my brother and I have been trying to convince my two sisters that the home in Syracuse needs to be sold. We are getting older, I am the youngest, and the house will need repairs that we do not want to do. Such as a new roof. Plus general maintenance.
Finally, this year we had a friend and former real estate agent, now a consultant, come in, view the house and give us the information about the house. She was good. All 4 agreed this time to sell, and agreed on an agent.
Pat left, called us 10 minutes later and said the real estate man and daughter would be there in 15 minutes. 7 pm the for sale sign was in the front yard.
Talk about doing things NOW. The next day we did some cleaning and furniture rearranging and came home. Today we are going back to Syracuse to go thru some things we put on the back porch, box them up and take them to the thrift shop or to the persons wanting some of those kitchen items stored in the basement. Like big pots, cast iron skillets, vases, you name it, it was down there. And we thought we had cleaned out the basement a few years ago.
Ernie and I are tired, mentally and physically. And we have been eating out when we were in Syracuse. Not good when we both have routine Dr. appointments next week.
While in Florida, Rita had brought the game Rummykub and 5 of us are playing the game. So we have managed to find the game also. Last Sunday I made a pie, called, Rita & Clayton, and Beth, come over for pie and coffee. Rita had just made a big pot of soup, she brought that and Beth brought some cheese and crackers. A good time.
Have talked with a sister-in-law and a niece yesterday. Good talking with them, not only about the house, but about their families.
Wind and rain have been the weather this week and looks like next week also.
Managed a couple of time to have a mostly dry day to hang out some laundry. I prefer to hang my sheets and T-shirts outside. Nothing like Mother Natures drying system. Do not have to use those smelly sheets in the dryer. No, I do not like the smell of any of those softener sheets. Good ole sunshine for me. But I do use the dryer for my towels, jeans and a few other things.
We heard from a friend from Pennsylvania that is wife did not survived the
liver by pass surgery. We met them in Arizona at Judge Roy Bean estate. Shirley was wanting Ernie and her husband to stop talking so they could be on their way. Then we saw them at Big Bend National Park in Texas, met them in the White Mountains and have seen them the last 6 or 7 years. The next winter they looked us up, what to do in Florida. She decided that she was glad the fellows kept talking. And now Shirley is with her Lord. They were Missionaries for the
Navajo Indians in Arizona and another tribe in Canada. Interesting friends,
we will miss her.
Time to hang this up and get on with the day. jkc
Friday, April 5, 2013
Back Home In Indiana
There should be musical notes on that post heading, don't you think?
We are back home in Indiana. Arrived at our place about 6:30 or so.
Unlocked the house, plugged in the refrig., turned on the heat, put car in the garage and then back the RV to its spot by the barn and called it a day.
As our daughter said "we are camping in the back yard".
We left Fl. on Wednesday. Stopped for fuel at Valdosta, GA. and propane.
Then I started to drive and it started to rain, and it poured and it rained.
I drove about an hour and a half. Ernie took over and we stopped at Jackson, at a Fly.J. thinking we would eat and stay the night.
And of course we started talking to a fellow RVer. You aren't going to try and go thru Atlanta tomorrow are you? Well, we were. And he added
The final 4 BB tourney is there this week end. The police said they would be out at 6 am Wed. to direct traffic." So, we followed this "friend", who has been thru and around Atlanta countless times, as he is a heavy equipment hauler, around Atlanta. He was headed for the Pilot at Resaca, but pulled into a rest area around 9. It was very full of semi trucks and RVs. parked for the night. We found two spots at the far end and stayed. Figured the truck stop would be full also. We had rain all thru Georgia and Tenn. Finally stopped somewhere in Ky. and the sun shone in Indiana.
HOO Ray!!!!!
Stopped in Greenfield and picked up chicken pieces and came on home.
Long day and Ernie drove it all today. Tired, showered and in bed!
1035 miles this trip.
I am typing with the computer on my lap and the lighting is not the best.
So this will be full of errors., more than usual
We had a good winter. Ernie gained a lot of strength back, and says he feels better. All those strawberries helped. And I picked 8 Quart Tuesday.
Have given away about half. Some flea market finds and some good shows at Busch Gardens. Found a couple of new places to eat. New to us and we enjoyed them. Well, one or two we may not go back, and one or two are for special occasions. Meaning they are more expensive. Yes, that is what we do, check out the flea markets and eat out with friends. And we have been playing Rummykub. Like the card game, rummy, but with tiles that have numbers on them.
We found a set at the Lighthouse Ministries (like Good Will) and it has extra cubes. So if 5 of us play, we could add some more cubes or should I write kubs as they do on the box and instructions.
gotta stop. can't type well.
Have a good day.
JKC
We are back home in Indiana. Arrived at our place about 6:30 or so.
Unlocked the house, plugged in the refrig., turned on the heat, put car in the garage and then back the RV to its spot by the barn and called it a day.
As our daughter said "we are camping in the back yard".
We left Fl. on Wednesday. Stopped for fuel at Valdosta, GA. and propane.
Then I started to drive and it started to rain, and it poured and it rained.
I drove about an hour and a half. Ernie took over and we stopped at Jackson, at a Fly.J. thinking we would eat and stay the night.
And of course we started talking to a fellow RVer. You aren't going to try and go thru Atlanta tomorrow are you? Well, we were. And he added
The final 4 BB tourney is there this week end. The police said they would be out at 6 am Wed. to direct traffic." So, we followed this "friend", who has been thru and around Atlanta countless times, as he is a heavy equipment hauler, around Atlanta. He was headed for the Pilot at Resaca, but pulled into a rest area around 9. It was very full of semi trucks and RVs. parked for the night. We found two spots at the far end and stayed. Figured the truck stop would be full also. We had rain all thru Georgia and Tenn. Finally stopped somewhere in Ky. and the sun shone in Indiana.
HOO Ray!!!!!
Stopped in Greenfield and picked up chicken pieces and came on home.
Long day and Ernie drove it all today. Tired, showered and in bed!
1035 miles this trip.
I am typing with the computer on my lap and the lighting is not the best.
So this will be full of errors., more than usual
We had a good winter. Ernie gained a lot of strength back, and says he feels better. All those strawberries helped. And I picked 8 Quart Tuesday.
Have given away about half. Some flea market finds and some good shows at Busch Gardens. Found a couple of new places to eat. New to us and we enjoyed them. Well, one or two we may not go back, and one or two are for special occasions. Meaning they are more expensive. Yes, that is what we do, check out the flea markets and eat out with friends. And we have been playing Rummykub. Like the card game, rummy, but with tiles that have numbers on them.
We found a set at the Lighthouse Ministries (like Good Will) and it has extra cubes. So if 5 of us play, we could add some more cubes or should I write kubs as they do on the box and instructions.
gotta stop. can't type well.
Have a good day.
JKC
Spring?
It is now spring. Seems so here in Florida. But everyone in Indiana says to stay down south, it is still cold up here!
Possible plan, we will leave the 3rd or 4th of April. I am slowly getting address changes made for the mail man. And I have decided that there is a wicked gremlin in our computer. 2 magazines did not recognize my password or user name. Neither did Kohl's or my bank. Will call the bank in the morning.
We made it to the Webster flea market Monday. Clayton and Rita were with us. We did not buy much, but did find one treasure. Ernie found it, the man said it was sterling. We doubted him. But when we got home and Ernie started polishing it, it did have sterling written on the handle. It was a food pusher. A food pusher is a little piece that looks like a miniature hoe. Children used it to push food onto their fork or spoon. We did not have one in our collection. I do have one from my Grandmother. This one is more ornate.
We have bought only a few JJ pins since January. Seems as tho all the vendors have learned that the JJ company has gone out of business and that these whimsical pins are now quite the collectible item. Prices have gone up and they are harder to find. I have 65 or so. Fun pins to collect. No I do not try to wear them all at once. Thinking how I could display them if I wanted to do so.
I have been doing some knitting and crocheting. My crocheting consists of hot pads, and scribes. I knit dish cloths. And I worked on the afghan
I started some years ago. The partial finished product is in Indiana, along with the other yarns I intend to use. I am making a knitted quilt. Using a different color and pattern for each block. I had a lot of odds and ends of yarn and so am trying to use up these partial skeins.
Ernie is doing well. Not as long a nap during the day, if he takes one, and not going to bed so early. In fact, we are having a time getting up at the same time as usual. It is still dark out. I do not like DST.
OH, to add to our list of repairs to the coach. Some we knew we were going to do, but a couple snuck in there and needed to be replaced. The latest is a nice new thermostat. Well, rebuilt. And it works much better than the old one ever did work. Ernie ordered it on a Monday, it arrived on Wed.
he connected it to the RV and on Thursday he sent the old one to the man he bought it from. And he has gotten an e-mail that it arrived where it was supposed to arrive.
Excitement in the park. A trailer has been sold! And a water pipe broke! our water was shut off for about an hour or so. All fixed up. the Couple that bought the trailer have just about gutted the insides. They intend to put in new flooring and re decorate. Will be a more permanent place to live when they are in Florida. We are sticking with our RV.
All most 10 pm, time for my cup of tea.
see you down the road
jkc
Possible plan, we will leave the 3rd or 4th of April. I am slowly getting address changes made for the mail man. And I have decided that there is a wicked gremlin in our computer. 2 magazines did not recognize my password or user name. Neither did Kohl's or my bank. Will call the bank in the morning.
We made it to the Webster flea market Monday. Clayton and Rita were with us. We did not buy much, but did find one treasure. Ernie found it, the man said it was sterling. We doubted him. But when we got home and Ernie started polishing it, it did have sterling written on the handle. It was a food pusher. A food pusher is a little piece that looks like a miniature hoe. Children used it to push food onto their fork or spoon. We did not have one in our collection. I do have one from my Grandmother. This one is more ornate.
We have bought only a few JJ pins since January. Seems as tho all the vendors have learned that the JJ company has gone out of business and that these whimsical pins are now quite the collectible item. Prices have gone up and they are harder to find. I have 65 or so. Fun pins to collect. No I do not try to wear them all at once. Thinking how I could display them if I wanted to do so.
I have been doing some knitting and crocheting. My crocheting consists of hot pads, and scribes. I knit dish cloths. And I worked on the afghan
I started some years ago. The partial finished product is in Indiana, along with the other yarns I intend to use. I am making a knitted quilt. Using a different color and pattern for each block. I had a lot of odds and ends of yarn and so am trying to use up these partial skeins.
Ernie is doing well. Not as long a nap during the day, if he takes one, and not going to bed so early. In fact, we are having a time getting up at the same time as usual. It is still dark out. I do not like DST.
OH, to add to our list of repairs to the coach. Some we knew we were going to do, but a couple snuck in there and needed to be replaced. The latest is a nice new thermostat. Well, rebuilt. And it works much better than the old one ever did work. Ernie ordered it on a Monday, it arrived on Wed.
he connected it to the RV and on Thursday he sent the old one to the man he bought it from. And he has gotten an e-mail that it arrived where it was supposed to arrive.
Excitement in the park. A trailer has been sold! And a water pipe broke! our water was shut off for about an hour or so. All fixed up. the Couple that bought the trailer have just about gutted the insides. They intend to put in new flooring and re decorate. Will be a more permanent place to live when they are in Florida. We are sticking with our RV.
All most 10 pm, time for my cup of tea.
see you down the road
jkc
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Dining Out
Dining out! Doesn't everyone like to eat out now and then. We seem to do a lot of it in Florida. We see someone we haven't seen for sometime, and its "Lets eat out"
We have been to two very nice restaurants this past week. We were at the Lakeland RV Dealer (just looking, rather Beth was and Clayton, Rita, Jane and Ernie were along for ??? a good time.) It was getting noon time and Beth had found a good Chinese place when she was quilt shopping with friends. We went to Lings Buffet. Stuffed ourselves with good Chinese food. and peel and eat shrimp. Medium price, but worth it enjoyed the day. Took the long way home. Nice way of saying we were not sure where we were going. We just knew we were going South, but Clayton's GPS said North. But when we turned to our right the GPS said West. and this time she was right. go figure----even a GPS can be wrong sometimes.
We had a laughing good time. One of those times when you had to be there to see the humor in what was going on. To tell the story of what when on, it is a dull time.
And today we went to a special place. Our daughter had sent us two gift certificates to The Colonnade Restaurant, on the Tampa Bay. Family dining, an old restaurant that serves fresh seafood. It was on the other side of the bay, and meant a trip down the interstate 4 and thru parts of Tampa to get there. But it was delicious. I had grilled shrimp and broiled scallops. Ernie had the same thing only fried. Rita had salmon and Clayton had a fish sandwich. All very good. I also had a salad and cooked cabbage. An unusual side dish. It was good. Tender, had ham and bacon, with a few slices of carrot for color. And then came the Bourbon pecan pie, with a chocolate base and chocolate drizzled on top. We split that. The filling part of the pie was almost like cake and had plenty of pecans on top. The pie was not as rich as it sounds. Rita and Clayton split a coconut cream pie dessert. More expensive than Steak and Shake, of course, but a good place to eat for special occasions.
They are having rain, sleet, snow and ice in Indiana today. We are glad we are in Florida. The weather has been cooler here this past week. Especially at night. The space heater does run part of the time at night. It is 61 degrees now at 9:15 pm. this am it was 51 degrees. We have had temps in the 40's a few nights. Did you see on TV about the sink hole in Seffner, Fl.? About 10 - 15 miles from us. It made National news!
Time to close for today. Have a great day. jkc
We have been to two very nice restaurants this past week. We were at the Lakeland RV Dealer (just looking, rather Beth was and Clayton, Rita, Jane and Ernie were along for ??? a good time.) It was getting noon time and Beth had found a good Chinese place when she was quilt shopping with friends. We went to Lings Buffet. Stuffed ourselves with good Chinese food. and peel and eat shrimp. Medium price, but worth it enjoyed the day. Took the long way home. Nice way of saying we were not sure where we were going. We just knew we were going South, but Clayton's GPS said North. But when we turned to our right the GPS said West. and this time she was right. go figure----even a GPS can be wrong sometimes.
We had a laughing good time. One of those times when you had to be there to see the humor in what was going on. To tell the story of what when on, it is a dull time.
And today we went to a special place. Our daughter had sent us two gift certificates to The Colonnade Restaurant, on the Tampa Bay. Family dining, an old restaurant that serves fresh seafood. It was on the other side of the bay, and meant a trip down the interstate 4 and thru parts of Tampa to get there. But it was delicious. I had grilled shrimp and broiled scallops. Ernie had the same thing only fried. Rita had salmon and Clayton had a fish sandwich. All very good. I also had a salad and cooked cabbage. An unusual side dish. It was good. Tender, had ham and bacon, with a few slices of carrot for color. And then came the Bourbon pecan pie, with a chocolate base and chocolate drizzled on top. We split that. The filling part of the pie was almost like cake and had plenty of pecans on top. The pie was not as rich as it sounds. Rita and Clayton split a coconut cream pie dessert. More expensive than Steak and Shake, of course, but a good place to eat for special occasions.
They are having rain, sleet, snow and ice in Indiana today. We are glad we are in Florida. The weather has been cooler here this past week. Especially at night. The space heater does run part of the time at night. It is 61 degrees now at 9:15 pm. this am it was 51 degrees. We have had temps in the 40's a few nights. Did you see on TV about the sink hole in Seffner, Fl.? About 10 - 15 miles from us. It made National news!
Time to close for today. Have a great day. jkc
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Pictures taken in February 2013
Busch Gardens Marilyn McCoo and Bill Davis Show
Feb. 21, 2013 Good show as always
They have been married 43 years.
It was a rough day on the 20th of February. We went to the Plant City Flea Market, Toufayon Cookie Factory, McDonald's for $1.00 burger and then to the best place of all. PARKSDALE for strawberry shortcake or sundae.
Actually at McDonald's we were joined by Austin and Linda. The lovely people in the below pictures are: Ernie, Beth, Jane, Rita and Clayton. We are sitting in the Strawberry throne. None of us put on the crown or robe. Oops, Beth does have a crown on in the second picture. The cookie factory raised their price on the chocolate crisp brownies. Bag not as full and 50 cents more. Well, the first bag we got were trial cookies. They are popular and so they are selling more. Expensive in the stores. $3 at the cookie factory $4. at the store for 4 full squares. We will take the broken ones in the bag.
A good group. Rita and Clayton are staying in the "guest trailer/house"
Of course the best picture is of the 3 girls.
Beth, Jane and Rita. Click on the pictures for better views.
Sunday, Rita fixed a new recipe for meat loaf with cheese in the middle. The recipe came from my cook book that came with the new micro wave.So the 5 of us were her tasting crew, she had some sweet potato fries, slaw and peanut butter pie. Good meal. A very light evening supper tonight. We are having a quiet day. Church was different also. It was a singing day.
No sermon. The pastor said, We Methodist's have our methods, some are just different, but it is a great praise to our Lord to have a Hymn day.
Have a good day. jkc
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Another Day
Wednesday. Feb. 19th, 2013
The day started out great. Rita, Clayton, Beth, Ernie and I headed for Plant City Flea Market. We all bought something. No, I do not think Clayton did. We did find an old glass measuring cup, pretty little teapot, 4 drinking glasses, smaller than what was at the "guest house" and a small snow man pin. And a casserole dish for the "guest house" The guest house is a trailer here in the park that Beth rented for 3 months. Her friends from Iowa were here for two weeks, her Dad and sister were here for 2 weeks and now Clayton and Rita are here for 6 weeks. They will go on a cruise for one week and at that time two of Beth's grown children will be here. We have had a good time having these people here. We also went to the Toufayon Cookie factory and bought more of those crisp Brownies, then McDonalds for a burger, and next, Parksdale for our strawberry fix for the week. Second one for us. We really watch our diets in Florida.
But then this after noon, Clayton, Mike and Ernie took out the micro wave that is/was in the RV. Sun.. evening it would not work. You could program it, but it would not run. So it is out on the street, almost. Monday we went shopping, Tuesday we ordered a new GE microwave, convection oven from Home Depot. (it is just like the new one we have at home) When we told the salesman that it was 16 years old, he said that is about 4 lives of a regular microwave. So I guess we got all the use out of it we could. Thursday they will deliver the new one sometime between 8:30 and 12:30.
Any bets on what the real time will be?
Jack, our neighbor in the 5th wheel RV talked with Charlie about the empty storage shed behind his rig and lo and behold Charlie said we could use it. So Jack has a key and so do we. That means we can leave the old lawn chairs here, my big garden pots and ????? There will be room for the things Beth bought for the guest house to be stored there. She would like to have the same trailer next year. But Charlie would not guarantee that that particular trailer would be available. He might sell it or rent it to a year around person. He owns six trailers here in his park. This one is nice, it has a bedroom and full bath at each end of the trailer, with the living space and kitchen between. It also has a washer and dryer. Time will tell.
My tea is ready, Have a good day jc
The day started out great. Rita, Clayton, Beth, Ernie and I headed for Plant City Flea Market. We all bought something. No, I do not think Clayton did. We did find an old glass measuring cup, pretty little teapot, 4 drinking glasses, smaller than what was at the "guest house" and a small snow man pin. And a casserole dish for the "guest house" The guest house is a trailer here in the park that Beth rented for 3 months. Her friends from Iowa were here for two weeks, her Dad and sister were here for 2 weeks and now Clayton and Rita are here for 6 weeks. They will go on a cruise for one week and at that time two of Beth's grown children will be here. We have had a good time having these people here. We also went to the Toufayon Cookie factory and bought more of those crisp Brownies, then McDonalds for a burger, and next, Parksdale for our strawberry fix for the week. Second one for us. We really watch our diets in Florida.
But then this after noon, Clayton, Mike and Ernie took out the micro wave that is/was in the RV. Sun.. evening it would not work. You could program it, but it would not run. So it is out on the street, almost. Monday we went shopping, Tuesday we ordered a new GE microwave, convection oven from Home Depot. (it is just like the new one we have at home) When we told the salesman that it was 16 years old, he said that is about 4 lives of a regular microwave. So I guess we got all the use out of it we could. Thursday they will deliver the new one sometime between 8:30 and 12:30.
Any bets on what the real time will be?
Jack, our neighbor in the 5th wheel RV talked with Charlie about the empty storage shed behind his rig and lo and behold Charlie said we could use it. So Jack has a key and so do we. That means we can leave the old lawn chairs here, my big garden pots and ????? There will be room for the things Beth bought for the guest house to be stored there. She would like to have the same trailer next year. But Charlie would not guarantee that that particular trailer would be available. He might sell it or rent it to a year around person. He owns six trailers here in his park. This one is nice, it has a bedroom and full bath at each end of the trailer, with the living space and kitchen between. It also has a washer and dryer. Time will tell.
My tea is ready, Have a good day jc
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
These first two pictures are of the cheeta and dog that were put two together when babies. Cheeta was abandoned by its mother and it needed a companion. Busch Gardens started hunting for a blond lab. Found this dog at an animal shelter and it seemed to be just what they needed. No other cheetas that could take the cub at that time. They are now about 2 years old. The dog is a mixed breed, not all lab., but is the dominate one. They are very much like brother and sister. You can see the dog among the trees in the second picture. 
The band Sha Na No was playing at the Stanleville Theatre. The leader is dressed in a "Yello Polka Dotted Bikini" He lost his sarong as he exited the stage. I did not remember the band, but did remember the songs they played. They sang the "hokey pokey" and of course got the audience to do the moves. Got a man up on the stage to show us how and he had good rhythm. Kept up with the band. Then they sang the "shimmy" or what ever the name of the song. This lady (with white hair) not me, could really shake and shimmy. They had her on stage too, and had her take a bow when she went back to her seat. fun. The other thing I remember about that concert. After the band left the stage and we were filing out, over the loud speaker came a recording of Al Jolson singing "Toot-toot-tootsie-good-by" My Dad loved Al Jolson, saw him in person in Chicago. so I grew up listening to Al Jolson on the old Victrola. 
These three pictures are of the National Great Lakers RV Club gathering for their "winter meeting" We go to Parksdale Farms for strawberry shortcake or sundaes and then to a near by park to sit, talk and enjoy visiting with each other. 28 of us there this year. Good time.
Not the best pictures to know who was there. Ernie said it seemed as they turned around each time he took a picture. But we still know who was there.
Have a good day. jkcSunday, February 17, 2013
Chubby Checkers
We were at Busch Gardens about 3 weeks ago to see Chubby Checkers. Do you remember him? He came out on stage singing and sang all the time. No talk inbetween songs. Maybe to introduce a song, but no jokes, or comments. Enjoyed the show.
These birds are on this tree during the day at Busch Gardens. I saw one of the workers taking off some of the fronds and putting fresh ones in place. Beautiful birds.
This RV is a GMC motor home. It was cut in two in the middle and 4 feet added to the motor home. Th
I did it again. This winter I am fighting with a naughty gremlin in this computer. some of the wierdest things happen and I do not know what key I hit to make strange things happen. The 4 feet added if in the middle. And Ernie said 1 foot behind the rear wheels and 3 feet in front of the rear wheels. Did I get that right? any way it is one cool GMC. jkc
I did it again. This winter I am fighting with a naughty gremlin in this computer. some of the wierdest things happen and I do not know what key I hit to make strange things happen. The 4 feet added if in the middle. And Ernie said 1 foot behind the rear wheels and 3 feet in front of the rear wheels. Did I get that right? any way it is one cool GMC. jkc Wednesday, February 13, 2013
A busy week
We are back at Charlies. Parked until we head North, I hope. All those years we stopped for 7 to 10 days and then took off for another 100 miles or so to visit sights and friends. Seeing the USA. Now we enjoy staying in one spot.
We got home Sunday, Monday was wash day and fix, clean and nap.
Tuesday we traveled by car, to Sarasota for a Hoosier Cruiser luncheon.
Only 28 there this year. Two new prospective members. A good time visiting and checking on what was going on this winter.
Wednesday is Plant City Flea Market day It was supposed to rain after noon. So we went early. And some of the vender's did not come, due to the possibility of rain. so we zipped thru, did not buy anything. I did too a BIG strawberry onion. So sweet So good. And tomatoes. it wasn't 10 am yet. so instead of Mickey dees we went to Publix grocery, then for our strawberry sundae and then home.
Depending on the weather which day, Friday or Saturday, we will make a trip to the Florida State Fair and Busch Gardens We can be inside more at Busch.
No rain yet, but very windy. I did go cut some more of the vine off of the fence in front of us, and across the road. It chokes the hibiscus and other flowery bushes. Charlie gave me permission. so I have trimmed twice now. another week or so I may trim some more.
Last Saturday we went to a different flea market in Brooksville. It had been a thriving market at one time. It was closed down for awhile and then re-opened this past October. And of course we found some more silver plate and JJ pins. The rally was not as great as past years. For one thing there were only 3 Hoosier Cruisers there. No big happy hour. The parade was small and it was, well ?? We had a good time, just different.
Next week will be busy also. Tuesday we will go to Parksdale and strawberries with the National Great Lakers Club. Not many National motor homes left in the club, but we are keeping the club intact as we all enjoy each other.
Our thermometer reads 78.7 The air is on. It can get quiet warm in our RV. Have a good day. jkc
We got home Sunday, Monday was wash day and fix, clean and nap.
Tuesday we traveled by car, to Sarasota for a Hoosier Cruiser luncheon.
Only 28 there this year. Two new prospective members. A good time visiting and checking on what was going on this winter.
Wednesday is Plant City Flea Market day It was supposed to rain after noon. So we went early. And some of the vender's did not come, due to the possibility of rain. so we zipped thru, did not buy anything. I did too a BIG strawberry onion. So sweet So good. And tomatoes. it wasn't 10 am yet. so instead of Mickey dees we went to Publix grocery, then for our strawberry sundae and then home.
Depending on the weather which day, Friday or Saturday, we will make a trip to the Florida State Fair and Busch Gardens We can be inside more at Busch.
No rain yet, but very windy. I did go cut some more of the vine off of the fence in front of us, and across the road. It chokes the hibiscus and other flowery bushes. Charlie gave me permission. so I have trimmed twice now. another week or so I may trim some more.
Last Saturday we went to a different flea market in Brooksville. It had been a thriving market at one time. It was closed down for awhile and then re-opened this past October. And of course we found some more silver plate and JJ pins. The rally was not as great as past years. For one thing there were only 3 Hoosier Cruisers there. No big happy hour. The parade was small and it was, well ?? We had a good time, just different.
Next week will be busy also. Tuesday we will go to Parksdale and strawberries with the National Great Lakers Club. Not many National motor homes left in the club, but we are keeping the club intact as we all enjoy each other.
Our thermometer reads 78.7 The air is on. It can get quiet warm in our RV. Have a good day. jkc
Monday, February 4, 2013
Brooksville, 2013
The SEA rally of FMCA
This is the South Eastern Area rally, 2013 of the Family Motor Coach Association. It is held in February at the Brooksville airport. Most of the motor homes are parked on the run ways. We are parked on the grass in front of the vendor tents. In the Handi cap area. There are also places for the volunteers, the Frustrated Maestros group and the Road Trek RV group. This part of the Brooksville Airport is rarely used and so the SEA is able to use it for a 10 or two week period. They do own a building here, that is used for classes during the rally, storage the rest of the time. There are different ideas as to how much the area really owns, but it is a nice venue. We have noticed that the vendor tent is smaller this year. Are we enjoying our rallies, but not buying the "extra" toys and items that are often at rallies and RV shows?
We came in Sunday, yesterday, the 3rd. and have a good parking spot. Today we made a trip to Webster to go to the big flea market held each Monday. And as usual we spent too much. Send some cash---- I think we spent more on JJ pins than we did on silver. We did get a few good pieces of silver. Home early, time for a nap before supper.
It is cool, about 60 miles north of where we stay and it makes a difference.
There was frost on the windshield this am. Wonder if we had frost at Charlies. My aloe plant will not like that. Should not hurt the lettuce and onions I planted. Parsley or chives either.
We did invest in two new lawn chairs. Two that we had put new webbing on finally broke. The metal parts, not the webbing. So, instead of borrowing our neighbors for this week we got some nice strong chairs, not too heavy. to keep with the RV.
And YES We have a NEW windshield on the passenger side. No more crack. The windshields were taken out, the front window area aligned and the new one and driver side windshield put back in. Yeah. They even seemed more clear and especially clean. Clean is something you have to do to most windows.
Time to close. We are dry camping, the generator has been running and it is time to close up. Have a good day. jkc
This is the South Eastern Area rally, 2013 of the Family Motor Coach Association. It is held in February at the Brooksville airport. Most of the motor homes are parked on the run ways. We are parked on the grass in front of the vendor tents. In the Handi cap area. There are also places for the volunteers, the Frustrated Maestros group and the Road Trek RV group. This part of the Brooksville Airport is rarely used and so the SEA is able to use it for a 10 or two week period. They do own a building here, that is used for classes during the rally, storage the rest of the time. There are different ideas as to how much the area really owns, but it is a nice venue. We have noticed that the vendor tent is smaller this year. Are we enjoying our rallies, but not buying the "extra" toys and items that are often at rallies and RV shows?
We came in Sunday, yesterday, the 3rd. and have a good parking spot. Today we made a trip to Webster to go to the big flea market held each Monday. And as usual we spent too much. Send some cash---- I think we spent more on JJ pins than we did on silver. We did get a few good pieces of silver. Home early, time for a nap before supper.
It is cool, about 60 miles north of where we stay and it makes a difference.
There was frost on the windshield this am. Wonder if we had frost at Charlies. My aloe plant will not like that. Should not hurt the lettuce and onions I planted. Parsley or chives either.
We did invest in two new lawn chairs. Two that we had put new webbing on finally broke. The metal parts, not the webbing. So, instead of borrowing our neighbors for this week we got some nice strong chairs, not too heavy. to keep with the RV.
And YES We have a NEW windshield on the passenger side. No more crack. The windshields were taken out, the front window area aligned and the new one and driver side windshield put back in. Yeah. They even seemed more clear and especially clean. Clean is something you have to do to most windows.
Time to close. We are dry camping, the generator has been running and it is time to close up. Have a good day. jkc
Busch Gardens January 2013
Beth, Betty and Greg at Parksdale Farms with our strawberry shortcake or sundae. While sitting there a man came up and commented on Ernie's Hoosier Cruiser jacket., Where in Indiana do you live? He was from Rochester. a long time friend of Pat and George. Pat was my room mate in nursing school. He also knew another Hoosier Cruiser that we know. Small world. A good day, and Betty loaned Beth her sewing machine, as Beth had had a problem with hers. She was sewing some chair covers for the church. And now they are done and the machine returned to Betty.
The band is playing Tommy Dorsey style music. It is interesting to see that a few of the band members are fairly young. Nice to see that some like the good old band music.
And below are the singers and dancers from the Marrakesh Theater. A Miami dance party that heats up the stage with Latin spiced pop tunes. It was fast and loud.
We go to Busch Gardens
each week and see a different band or singer. Next week will be Chubby Checkers.
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