Saturday

I didn't sleep very well last night...bummer!  Consequently I woke up and was still really tired.  I can't even imagine how tired I'll be tomorrow - I HATE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!!  I wish they'd just leave it all year long so we don't lose an hour or sleep!

It was a bit warmer here today.  We went with our neighbor, Bill, to his Elks Lodge in Madeira Beach for lunch and we were actually able to sit outside to eat.  Hopefully tomorrow will be even warmer!

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My 66th!

I had a great birthday - it was the 27th anniversary of my 39th birthday!  Dave made breakfast for us  and Bob called to invite us to breakfast...sorry, Bob & Ann.  With our busy schedule, you've got to call early - ha!!  Then we met Sudi, Howard, and Chris at the Post Corner for lunch.  The Gulf of Mexico was a little riled up today - an angry ocean!

What a fun lunch!  It was great seeing all of you!!

When we got home, we took two bike rides - even though I about froze to death!  It was really cold pedaling into the north wind!  Then I took a little nap to get ready for cards tonight.

While we were playing cards, Dave brought in a cake for everyone to have a piece!  My brother came in, hugged and kissed me, and even sang Happy Birthday to me!!  He must have been hitting the Crown!  Then he came back a few minutes later with a deck of 1948 trivia cards for me!  Plus, I got over 175 messages on Facebook wishing me HB.  Overall it was a wonderful birthday!

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Rain, tornado & baseball!

Sure signs of spring, right?  Rain, tornado warnings, and baseball - all in one day!  We had torrential rain today and as soon as they came out with a tornado warning for our area, Dave said we were heading north out of the warned area.  We ended up in Tarpon Springs.  We went to lunch at Hellas Restaurant & Bakery - Dave had a shrimp basket and I had a BLT on a pita.  Both of us thought our meals were really good.  After lunch we went to the bakery and had an ice cream cone.  Dave had rocky road and I had strawberry.  The ice cream was Blue Bell and it was delicious!

When we started home, Bob called us to tell us that the game we were to go to was delayed until 2:30.  We were a little late getting there, but it was a fun day to sit at a ballgame.  The Yankees beat the hometown Phillies 4-3.  We got to see Derek Jeter and Ryne Sandberg, so I was happy!!

 Derek Jeter - he's retiring this year.  He's 39 and his career started 20 years ago!

The umpire made a bad call, so Ryne came out of the dugout to protest!!  I wish I would have taken my good camera, but I was afraid it would rain and my camera would get wet.  I just took my little bitty Sony.

Now we're sitting here watching the stupidest Batman of all times - Batman Returns.

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Ooops

Our Mardi Gras parade and party were really fun!  It was a hoot to dress up, decorate our bikes, and ride around the park honking and blowing horns, and throwing beads at those who came out to see what all the commotion was about!  After our bike parade, we went into the clubhouse for a dinner that featured many jambalayas and gumbos.  Great time with good friends!

Can you believe that after all the merriment, 10 of us played cards!?!  I was really tired, but what the heck!!

Dave went to Sarasota today and went fishing with his dad.  He brought home some filets for us to have our own fish fry up here.  I shuffled.  I won one and lost one.  Tonight 8 of us played cards.  Lots of people have company, so our numbers are down...but we still had fun!

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Great day!

Oh my gosh!  I'm so excited - we saw hundreds of dolphins tonight!!  More about that later!

Sheryl & Aaron got here around noon.  We had a quick bite to eat and then went down to Gulf Blvd.  We went to John's Pass and out on the beach.  It was gorgeous today.

For supper we went to the Post Corner.  The pizza was absolutely wonderful, as per usual!  After we finished we went to the beach to watch the sunset.  Unfortunately the sunset became second because of all of the dolphins that were coming back in.  There were HUNDREDS!!  So cool.  They were pretty close to the shore, also.  It was so exciting!

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Gorgeous day again!

This kind of weather is why we love it here!!  It was gorgeous today.  We went to church and as soon as church was over, we came home and changed into shorts and cooler shirts.  I went sleeveless.  We went to the Legion for lunch.  We got a good parking place and even got a table, although it wasn't in the main area - it was in the overflow area north of where we normally sit.  Then the place got crowded!  People just kept coming and we couldn't get a waitress.  Finally I told Dave since we were sitting by ourselves and people were standing to ask these 3 people close to us to join us if they wanted to.  They did.  Two of them were from Scotland and 1 was from Ireland.  The couple from Scotland now live in Canada and are in Dunedin for 3 months.  The Irish lady lives in Dunedin permanently.  They were very nice and interesting to talk to.  We finally got one of the waitresses to take our order, but it was over an hour before our food came!  It didn't really matter because it was lovely sitting outside!!  We got there at noon and got our food about 2:15!!  Quite a wait!

We had planned to go to John's Pass and maybe take a dolphin cruise, but we had had enough of crowds for the day.  So we came home, took a bike ride, and watched the rest of the Nascar race.  Tonight I played cards...loser again!!

Oh, I forgot to tell you that our company didn't come.  They are still at her sister's in Naples.  Maybe tomorrow!

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Super Saturday

It was another beautiful day today!  Plentiful sunshine and no wind.  It was just about perfect.

We had our annual Chinese Auction here at The Ranch.  It's kind of like a garage sale, only it's different.  You purchase tickets - 10 for $1.00.  There are solo cups by each item or each set of items.  If you want that item, you put your lot # on your ticket and put however many tickets you want into that cup.  Then at 1:00, the winning tickets are drawn and the items awarded to the winner.  We put a ton of tickets on some plastic plates, but we didn't get it.  All we got was a bug fogger and a shoe rack for Dave's shoes.

Now I'm watching my Cyclones get beat.  They just aren't hitting tonight, so KSU deserves to win.  Unfortunately, the Warriors are behind at this point also...hopefully they'll pull out the victory.

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