MY Day

Dave went to Sarasota today to change some hinges on his dad's bathroom cabinets, so I had a day to myself!  I enjoyed my day...I even made some cards today!

All three of these cards use Stampin' Up supplies.  I think they turned out really good.  I embossed on each of them and added hearts that were either punched out or where I used embosslits.  I love the fact that SU is making so many items to cut out their stamped images.  I have a terrible time using scissors any more, so this makes things much easier!

I also took 3 bike rides today.  It wasn't easy riding south - the wind was really, really strong.  I had quite a workout!  When Dave got home, we went up to 104 to see their home.  They're selling, but it's not what we want.  It had 2 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths, plus a big porch on the front.  It wasn't as big a unit as we're used to.  It was very nice and the price is great - $4,500, but we haven't sold ours yet, so no go.

This evening it's been raining here and that's wonderful.  I hope it rains all night - we are really dry in this area.

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Wednesday

I don't have much to say today, so this is going to be short.  We went to coffee this morning - again lots of people.   After coffee, Dave and I went to do some shopping.  He needed to go to Home Depot and Walmart, so I went along.  I don't usually go when he needs to go shopping...I'm not into shopping!!  We got done about 11:30 and came home to rest a little before lunch, since we weren't hungry any way.  In the meantime, Sue & Penny asked us to go to dinner with them to celebrate Penny's birthday.  They were going early so we went with them and skipped lunch.  We were able to get in on the early bird specials at JD's!  Good food again!!

When we got home, I went up to see if they were playing 7s.  Since I was the last one there and they already had 8 players, I came home.  Dave and I've spent a quiet evening in our chairs!!

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B&B Tuesday

Tuesdays are bowling and bingo.  One is getting more tolerable, but the other isn't!  Bowling this morning was much better!  I bowled a 119, a 148, and a 168!  Yay!  I even had a turkey!!  I struck out in the 10th frame to get my 168!  I felt very good about it.  That's 2 weeks in a row that I've had a 160 game!

For lunch we went to PJ's on Gulf Blvd.  There were 24 of us at lunch.  I had a Caesar salad with blackened chicken!  It was huge so I brought over half of it home for tomorrow.  Very good!

As for bingo tonight, I did the same as usual - I didn't win!  Again this week, I came close but no cigar!

I'm looking forward to this next week.  We're supposed to have warmer temps!  Yay!!

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X marks the spot!

We saw this X in the sky this afternoon on our way home from St Pete.  I thought it was appropriate since it appeared to be over our park!

We had a good day.  Dave had a urologist's appointment so I went along.  He goes back for some tests on Valentine's Day, but the doc felt that there was no cancer - yay!!

We ate lunch at Fresco's near The Pier.  We got to sit in the sun on the water, looking at the wonderful reflections of the boats and the moorings.  It was truly a beautiful day!

Tonight at 7s my team lost again...I'm starting to get a complex!

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Super Sunday

It was another beautiful day in the neighborhood!  It's a little chilly tonight, though.  We went to church today and then came home to get ready for the big Super Bowl party at The Ranch!  It was fun - lots of food, lots of noise, and no one really cared about the outcome.  Although it's finally becoming a game now in the 4th quarter.  I'm cheering for Baltimore just because Osemele and Stephens are former Cyclones!  Other than that, I would probably have cheered for San Francisco because I like their uniforms!!

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Saturday

Today was another beautiful day.  Dave and I were a little slow getting out of bed this morning!  It was just a good day to sleep in!!  Once we got up, however, we started in cleaning the house!  Together we got everything done except the bathroom counter...and I'll do that tomorrow!  We vacuumed, ran the WetJet, dusted, and Dave even took the shower doors out and cleaned them.

About lunchtime, we went up to the middle area of the park where they were holding a bean bag toss tournament.  They were serving hot dogs for $1.00, so that was our lunch.  I didn't want to participate in the tourney, but while we were up there they asked me to play in place of someone who had to cancel.  So I did!  Nancy and I won our first game but we got absolutely clobbered our second game!!  Regardless, it was a beautiful day out and a fun time was had by all!

Dave washed the car this after and power-washed the driveway and porch, too.  He even had time for a nap.

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Friday on the water!

This morning we picked up our neighbor, Bill, and went to pick up Sudi & Howard for a casino boat ride.  And what a ride it was!!  It was cold with a brisk wind, so that made for a very rough ride over choppy waters.  They said it would be a moderate chop, but I think it might have been a little worse than moderate.  It was 5 hours of not-so-fun boating!  We went to the casino part of the boat for just a little bit, but I needed fresh air.  So, I only lost $4.00.  Not too bad considering!  When I went out into the fresh air, there were sick Ranchers everywhere!  A lot of people on that boat got sick - some worse than others.  I did pretty well as long as I stayed out on the open deck.  However, there was one problem with that - it was downright cold out there!!  I'm sure glad I had a scarf and a hoodie on!  Lunch was relatively good on the boat, but some didn't think so when they got sick.  On a positive note, we saw lots of dolphins as we were sitting in dock, plus I was able to get some good pictures.

The end!!  Thank God we made it back to land!!

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