Saturday

Another beautiful day here!  Dave and I finished addressing, signing, and getting ready to mail our Christmas cards.  Next on our agenda is working on the cards for our friends here in the park. 

Today we went with Bob and Ann to meet Sudi & Howard at SeaBreeze for lunch.  It was delicious as usual...or mine was, anyway.  Then we went to their condo.  We hadn't seen it since they moved in.  It's beautiful and WHAT A VIEW!!!

We didn't take our walk until about 4:30 or so.  It was starting to get dark as we finished. 

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Fridat

Dave and I went for our walk today...at Largo Nature Park.  We had a banner day.  We saw lots of critters so we really enjoyed our walk.  We didn't take the good cameras, so didn't get great pictures.  Some, though, were very good. 

This limpkin was just making an awful racket...just kept clicking away.  Finally we looked down in the water below him.  Mr Alligator was just hanging out waiting for a tasty morsel. 

These are all taken with my phone.  I love this egret.  He's backlit and starting to get his breeding plumage.

While we were over by the canal, two roseate spoonbills flew in.  I was about 12 feet away from this guy.  He was so pretty!

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Thursday

I love Thursdays!  I got to sleep a little later.  When I get up, I take my time eating breakfast and playing games on the computer.  Then I try to be ready when Dave finally gets home from lawn duty at church.  Today we went to Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Target, Hospice Thrift Store, and to the dry cleaners before we came home.  Lunch for me was celery and peanut butter.

This afternoon we put up roll-up blinds in our bedroom and did laundry.  We even rested a bit and now it's bedtime.  Time goes so fast!!

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Wednesday

We had 31 at coffee this morning!!  Sure glad to see some people turn out for events.  Now if someone would just volunteer to do Christmas!  I've got it all figured out; I just don't want to be in charge of the whole thing!

Dave had an appointment with the retina specialist today.  His eyesight is much improved with the drops, so no shots in his eyes!  He doesn't have to go back for 5 weeks!!  I about froze in the waiting room today so I went out and sat in the car in the sun!

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Tuesday

We bowled today.  I had another good day at bowling.  I bowled a 454 series!  I had a 145, a 165 and a 144!  I felt like I was starting to throw the ball pretty well...that's two weeks in a row of some pretty good scores.

After bowling, Ann, Chris, and I went to Gulfport to meet some of the others from the park at O'Maddys for lunch.  On Tuesdays, Gulfport has a large outdoor market that goes for blocks...five or six at least.  There were canopies on both sides of the street.  Good thing I know how to parallel park, cause a pickup pulled out when we were looking for a parking place.  We were right across the street from the pier.  Nice!

Ann and I decided we'd come back to Gulfport on a warmer Tuesday when we had more time. 

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Monday

We got up early this morning, checked out of the condo, and met Jami for breakfast at Lester's Diner on Atlantic.  We love to go there for breakfast.  Someday we're going to go there for lunch, or maybe just dessert.  Their cakes and pies look delicious!

Those cakes are about 6-7 inches high!!

After breakfast, Jami took off for work and we headed back home.  Had an uneventful trip home.  Lots of traffic on 75, 275, and 19 and were glad to be home safe and sound.  I took a short nap while Dave went to the grocery store.

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Sunday

We've been in Ft Lauderdale or Pompano Beach for the last 3 days.  We came over Friday and have enjoyed being around Jami and her family.  The girls and Danny have grown up.  I didn't hear even one squabble all 3 days!  That has to be a record!  Kelly is working and applying to different colleges.  Megan's got her grades up and is trying to decide where she wants to work after school and during the summer.  Danny is 12 and is getting so tall.  He's playing soccer and loves fishing and the water in general.  At the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, he finished 1st in his age group.  His time was 20 minutes...the adult who won did the 5K in 15 minutes.  Not bad!! 

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