Boring Day

Dave and I were bored today...and tired!  We changed the sheets on the bed and did 3 loads of laundry.  I vacuumed the whole house, and cleaned up the kitchen.  Then we took naps - and this was all in the morning!!  When we woke up, we went for a bike ride because the sun finally came out.

This afternoon, it got nice out...it was chilly this morning.  By this afternoon, I had windows open even.  Unfortunately this weekend it's supposed to be cold.  Hopefully, they're wrong about their forecast.

We're watching a movie tonight.  I think it's called a Knight's Tale - with Heath Ledger.  He was a wonderful actor...and very handsome.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Dave and I had to be in St Pete by 7:30 this morning for his urology tests.  He passed everything with pretty much flying colors - no tumors, no stones, no cancer.  He just has an enlarged prostate, which is pretty normal.  Yay!  It was worth getting up super early!!

Tonight we went up to the clubhouse for dinner and dancing.  It was a potluck dinner and at 7:00, a DJ came in to spin some tunes...great music.  Everyone had a wonderful time dancing and singing to the songs the DJ played.  It's pretty fun when everyone knows the words!

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Short Night tonight

It's going to be a short night tonight.  Dave's got a 7:30 AM doctor's appointment and I will go with him.  I'm heading to bed now...he's already asleep.

Coffee this morning was uneventful.  We had a man come wash our mobiles - both Bob & Ann's and ours.  So we were in some chaos for a while around noon.  Our place looks really nice - or did, anyway.  It rained tonight so I hope it still looks nice tomorrow.

Tonight Ann & I played 7s from Hell...and we won!  I was actually getting pretty good cards tonight so it was fun!

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B&B Tuesday

Time sure flies when you're having fun - and that's what we have here at The Ranch!!  This morning, Dave & 8 other guys from here left to go fishing out in the Gulf.  They caught a bunch of fish!!  Dave caught 11.  They were mostly grunts.  He had to throw back 6 groupers, though.  They're not in season right now.  He left at 6:30 AM and didn't get back until about 5:15.  I didn't know fish were awake that early!!  He had lots of fun!  Bob, Ann & I went bowling.  I bowled a 433 series - same as last week!  My high game was a 160.  There was a older gentleman at bowling today who's been there before, but today he was right beside my lanes.  I got to talking to him.  He had been a professional in his younger years - tried to make it on the circuit, but others were so much better (his words, not mine).  He had the smoothest approach and delivery - he was fascinating to watch.  He bowled a 205, a 212, and a 227.  Wow!

Tonight at bingo I actually won a game all by myself!  So tomorrow I won't be called a loser!!

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Sarasota

Dave and I went to Sarasota today.  We got there at 10:15 and at 10:30, Roberta and I were in the pool doing water aerobics.  There were 81 of us doing the hour-long workout!  It was really fun.  The first half  hour was spent stretching every muscle in our bodies and the last half hour was aerobic exercise to 60's music!  Fun!!!

Before we got done, Suzy and Greg arrived so we sat at the pool until about 4:30.  Dave's dad had vertigo for the last 3-4 days and got back from the doctor's office so that he and Dave could come join us at the pool.  He's having sinus issues, so the doctor put him on a decongestant and he's feeling better.  This evening we all went to Phillipe Creek, a restaurant in Sarasota.  We didn't get home until about 8:30 or so!

We had a beautiful, fun day...filled with family and friends.  Chris & Deb Davis from Fairfield stopped at Sun'n'Fun to see us!

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Sunday

After church today (which took a looonnnngggg time to get done), we came home and changed clothes for our adventure.  Church was so long because we had a long sermon, lots of joys & concerns, plus communion!  I don't begrudge the time I spend in church, normally; however, today I wanted to get on the road.  We left The Ranch about 11:50 on our way to Tarpon Springs, the "Sponge Capital of the World".  I don't know what we have adventures on Sundays, because EVERYONE goes on adventures on Sundays and today was no exception.  The sponge docks were packed!

Besides Tarpon Springs, we went to Howard Park, which is a little island with a 1 mile "bridge" out to it.  It was beautiful out there.  I think, though, that all of the teenagers in the area were there today - lots of bikinis and six-packs!!

 This guy was diving for sponges - exhibition boat.

 Sponge docks with sponge boats.

 View at Howard Park.

 Howard Park beach.

Kids parked along the "bridge" and sunbathed on the concrete....hmmm?  Wouldn't the sand be more comfortable?

As adventures go, it was a little touristy, but nice anyway.  Lunch was wonderful.  We ate at Mama's - a Greek restaurant with homemade bread and Baklava!

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Lazy Day

We got up early this morning because we have shuffleboard on Friday mornings.  Not today, however.  The rain last night messed up the courts...they were too wet to shuffle!  Darn.  I really like shuffleboard.  :(

Since we couldn't shuffle, we stuck some pork chops in the slow cooker thinking we could have them for lunch.  But instead we just snacked for lunch and then went with Bob & Ann to the Legion to sit out in the sun for a while.  It was pretty breezy, but it was a beautiful day anyway!  We invited HB to meet us there, but we missed Sudi! Two dolphins blessed us with their presence just before we were ready to leave, so it was a successful trip.  There must have been 20 of us from the park at the Legion.  It's a very popular place to go on Fridays.

This evening, we've just been lazy.  Nothing scheduled except for happy hour and we were happy enough, so didn't go!!

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