Monday at the Ranch

We woke up to cold weather today - it wasn't even 60!!  You know these mobile homes aren't really insulated very well, so when it's cold outside, it's pretty chilly inside too.  Dave got up early, early to take his sister and her hubby to the airport for a 6:00 flight.  Only 1 flight in and out of St Pete/Clearwater airport and it was their flight!  Is that good news or bad...it wouldn't be so bad to be stranded in Clearwater!  They made it home safely...and early.  Their plane left early and got in early.

We didn't have water aerobics, so we rode our bikes two different times yesterday.  It was so windy that it was really hard to go north...you really had to pump your bike hard.

I went to 7s from Hell.  My partner and I lost (can you belive it?)  We were ahead by 1900 points going into the last hand and ended up losing by 70 points.  I hope I find my winning mojo before bingo tonight!!

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Busy Sunday!

After church, we came home, changed into swim clothes and headed to meet Dave's family at the pool in Sarasota.  Both of Dave's sisters and their husbands were here, so there were 8 of us that spent the afternoon and evening together.  We stayed at the pool until about 3:30 even though at times it wasn't very warm...it was cloudy and windy!  It was still fun, though.  When we left the pool, we got ready to go to the Beach House for dinner.  Now the BH is right on the beach, probably about 50 feet from the water.  The water was really riled up because of the winds!  The waves were probably 2-4 feet high.  It was just beautiful!!  We ate in an enclosed area (enclosed with plastic) so we were technically outside, but all of us had jackets on.  I didn't get cold at all - I had on shorts and a light jacket, but my MIL was really, really cold.

We brought Suzy & Greg home with us because they flew out of St Pete/Clearwater airport at 6:00 this morning.  Busy, busy day!

It's only 55 here this morning and I'm thinking we probably won't be having water aerobics...I'm waiting to hear.  More later...

Having Trouble

I'm having trouble with my internet tonight.  I don't know if I'll get this posted or not, we'll see.  I hate to do all the typing just to lose it, but hopefully it'll be okay.

Today Dave and I both got our hair cut.  We got in at Super Cuts on E. Bay - didn't have to wait too long.  I was really surprised for a Saturday.  We also went to Lowe's and stopped at the bicycle shop for a new seat for my bike.  It's a really nice one!!  We also got me a light since mine died!  Plus, the best - we ate lunch at Five Guys!  Love those burgers and fries!

Dave washed my car this afternoon, put my bike seat and lights on, while I cleaned house!  Tomorrow we're going to Sarasota to spend the afternoon with Dave's two sisters and their husbands, plus Dad & Roberta.  I'm sure we'll be at the pool!  We'll go to church first, then be down there around 12:30 or so.  We're all going to the Beach House for supper.  It's a neat place to go...right on the beach.  We've seen dolphins there before - hope we do tomorrow.  We haven't seen one, yet.

Tonight we're sitting here  watching the Cyclones play against Baylor.  There's 6 minutes left in the game, and we're up by 2 touchdowns.  Hope we can hang on to win this.  It'd be a great homecoming victory, if so.  As we sit here, the windows are open - it's still 74 (only 35 in O-town).  We've had a gorgeous, but windy, day.  
I hope this game gets over and I can sleep better than I did last night.  I had iced tea yesterday (2 glasses)...I guess I'd better stop drinking that stuff!  It seems to keep me awake!  Back to the game!

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Beautiful day!

It was a little breezy today, but it was still beautiful.  I went to aerobics and when we got out of the water, it was so windy that it made us pretty cold...but it didn't take long to warm up.  It is 77 here tonight and only 34 at home.  You've just got to love this weather.

Dave worked on painting the bathroom ceiling this morning, so I took the car and went "exploring".  Actually I wanted to get my hair cut, so I was in a Super Cut when I was informed by my hubby that some of the neighbors were going to the Legion.  I promptly cancelled my haircut and took off for home.  We got to the Legion shortly after our friends, ordered, and our food came within a minute or so of theirs.  There were 12 of us there.  The Legion here sits on the Intercoastal and it is gorgeous - you sit right on the water!  The sun was shining brightly, but the wind was blowing so hard that we all had to put our table umbrellas down!

I went for two bike rides around the park today.  It was really hard when I tried to head into the wind, but I did it!!  Good workout!

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Thursday

It was another hot day here!  This morning, though, it was cloudy and breezy.  When I went to water aerobics, it was chilly, but it didn't take long to warm up!

This afternoon, Dave and I went to Bob & Ann's and swept out their lanai...Dave then used the Wet Jet so now they can walk into their lanai without getting so dirty...maybe.  It sort of depends on how much the wind blows between now and the time they get here!  Dave power-washed our driveway and it looks really nice.  It still could use another time or two, though.  He's talking about painting the ceiling of the bathroom tomorrow.  He's like the Energizer Bunny...he just keeps going and going!  Me, however, not so much.  After aerobics and riding my bike twice today, I'm ready to crash!

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"W"

This morning at coffee, we changed my "loser" status to "winner"!!  We won the morning 50-50!!  At least it paid for my bingo last night and for next week's too.  So I won't feel bad about going to bingo on Tuesday now.

Dave worked on leveling the mobile home today.  We were going to hire this done, but Dave bought a 12 ton jack and some shims and did it himself for around $32!  I'm sure it would have cost more had we hired it done.

We put in an offer on the mobile home we were interested in...we didn't get it.  After a weekend of thought, we gave him an offer that was commensurate with what units are bringing in the park.  He shot us back a figure that was $5,000 more than what we offered...sorry, not going to happen!  Anyway, not from us!  So, we're back to square 1.

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L

Ok, I think I have a big L on my forehead!  I just have no luck at all when it comes to bingo!  I went tonight for the first time, and I was only close in one game!  All the rest of the time, I may as well have stayed home!!  One table won 5 or 6 games - they could have shared!

This morning I went to water aerobics - that was fun.  I can sure tell that I moved muscles I don't usually.  I was kind of stiff this afternoon.

It's really hot here - it's still 78 degrees.  It's supposed to be around 90 again tomorrow.  Our home wasn't too bad until late this afternoon.

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