Packing!

After church today, we met Sudi & Howard at The Pub for lunch.  It was good - not great, but good.  It was wonderful getting to sit outside one more time.  Today was a gorgeous day.  It's still 73 degrees at 9:30!  I just checked O-town's temp and it's still 66 there!!  I hope that it stays nice for a while!  

When we got home, I packed my clothes today.  I'm leaving a few items here, but mostly I'm taking my stuff home with me.  Dave has been putting out the dryer sheets and packing the car.  We've got most of it loaded.  Tomorrow we'll get outdoor furniture into the house plus cover up all of the furniture.  I'll have to clean the refrigerator, sinks, the bathroom, and sweep the floors.  It's quite a process - closing up a place for the summer.  Shutters come down and sheets go up over windows that don't have shutters...

I sure hope we get to go for a bike ride tomorrow before we put the bikes away.  I'm hoping to play cards tomorrow night one more time.

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Saturday before we leave.

Today I had a brief meeting with Connie and Coreen as I'll be typing the park's phone book for the future.  After my meeting, Dave and I decided to go to Fort DeSoto, an old Fort on the water.  It's a beautiful park. Costs $5.00 to get in, but it is well worth it.  Lots and lots of beaches and gorgeous scenery!

The old Fort still has some of its buildings and some HUGE cannons.

 Then there are these magnificent views!

We were there for a couple of hours, then came home for a bike ride and a little more packing.

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Our last Friday here...for a while. :(

I'm starting to get bummed.  I'm really not ready to go back to Iowa yet.  It's just too pretty here.  I will miss playing cards three nights a week and the warm weather and the sun and the water!  I really, really like it here - can you tell?

Dave and I did some packing and now we're just waiting until Tuesday to leave.  He'd probably leave tomorrow if he had his druthers, but I'm not going to let him start until Tuesday morning!  This weekend, we're hoping to soak up some sun so that it'll carry us through until warm weather hits Iowa.  It was 60 there today, but I know that won't last.

I played cards tonight and my team won...BIG!  That was a good way to go out for the year!  Tomorrow I'm meeting with some ladies about the phone book for next year and then we're off to the beach or somewhere pretty!

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Nice rain!

We've been really, really dry here and today it rained most of the night and morning.  It was really raining hard when we had lunch on the lanai.  It was a great day for a nap, but I didn't take one - Dave did, however!  He needed one because this afternoon and evening we spent with his cousins and their spouses.  We had ourselves a cookout and then sat around and gabbed.  It was a fun time!

Nancy & Charlie plus Mark & Diane rent condos on the Gulf of Mexico in Madeira Beach.  They have wonderful views!

 Dave, Mark (middle) and Nancy (2nd from the right) are all first cousins.  It's been a winter of family!!

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Beautiful Day!

This morning we went to coffee and left immediately afterward for Sarasota by way of Treasure Island.  Sudi went with us.  Our first stop was at Dad & Roberta's.  Next stop was at the pool and the Boondocks Restaurant for lunch.  It was a great day for sitting out eating lunch!  Then we took Roberta back home and the 4 of us went to see Sarasota.  So we took Sudi to St Armand's Island and to downtown Sarasota.  We also took in Beall's and The Women's Exchange.

That was our last visit to Sarasota for the spring.  Next time we'll go to Indiana to see the family!

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Good Day

I had a very good day bowling this morning!  I bowled a 150, 128, and a 171!  I was pretty happy!  I even had the high women's score.  Unfortunately both Johnny & Roger had 185's, so the men won.  It was our last day of bowling, so we had a pizza party with everyone bringing desserts after bowling!  It was a fun morning!

Unfortunately, Vicki and her family went home today, so we had some sad folks!  We've had so much fun with the 3 of them!  Allison was very sad, but she got to swim for about 45 minutes before they had to go to the airport.

Love those girls!!

Tonight was my last bingo for the spring and I even won a game!  We had a very small crowd, so I only won  $10, but at least I won!!

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Busy Monday!

Yesterday was one of those days when we were very, very busy and I have no idea where the day went!  We started the day pulling an April Fool's prank on Bob!  Allison and Ann took his bike and brought it down here, then told him that it wasn't out by the car any more.  Bob had seen an old truck drive by and thought maybe the guy had stolen his bike.  He was ready to call the police so they had to tell him where it was!  He and Allison walked down here to get it so the three of us went for a bike ride!

After lunch we played shuffleboard with Al & Allison while Vicki got some sun.  Then I baked cookies and got ready for today's bowling party.  After supper we went up to Bob & Ann's for a rematch in Farkle.  This time Bob won.  I farkled with 2500 points and 6 dice...couldn't believe it.  I might have won if I hadn't farkled then.

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