Tax Day

Early this morning Dave and I went to pick up our taxes.  This is the first time we've had to pay instead of getting a refund.  I don't like that idea!  Unfortunately there's nothing I can do about it!  I came home from doing that and started working on the piles of paper I have in my office while Dave went to work.  I did get one of our checking accounts reconciled today, but I didn't get clear through the piles of paper!  Maybe tomorrow I'll find my desk!

I'm astounded and very sad about the bomb explosions at the Boston marathon.  Makes you wonder what sporting event or public event is safe.  It would certainly be easy to hit a baseball game or a football game.  They're outside and would be hard to secure.  Sad that people think violence is the answer to everything.  If this person(s) is a foreigner, can't they just hate us without killing innocent people.  If it's an American, what made them choose the Boston Marathon to do this act?  I just can't imagine what our world is coming to.  It's very sad!

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Beautiful Sunday

Right now it is 62 here and 69 in Largo with rain.  It's raining here too and unfortunately next week the high will only be in the 40's.  Dave is in trouble if it continues to be so cold that he can't work.  We could have stayed a couple more weeks!

Church was really good today.  It was great seeing all of our church friends.  Great sermon, Pastor David...all about sacrifices.  We have several opportunities to be at church this week.  Dave and a bunch of others worked cleaning up our portion of the ditches this afternoon.  Then we're having a thrift sale on Thursday and we'll be helping with that....at least I will.  My calendar is full!!

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Home Again

We left Paducah around 6:30 this morning after a breakfast at the motel.  We were through St Louis in record time - 3.5 hours from Paducah to Chesterfield!!  I like that route...only about 8 miles of traffic; the rest of the route was pretty clear!  We were home by 1:30 and had the car unpacked!  Most everything is put away now and we even took naps and went out to dinner with Bob & Ann.  A tenderloin called my name!

I'm tired so I'm heading up for bed.  Dave's already in bed - he went up at 8:30!  I'll get caught up sometime!!  Tomorrow is church at our own church.  Can't wait to see our friends!

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Tomorrow is the day

Tomorrow morning we leave for points north.  I really, really hate to go.  I've really had a great time this winter and could be very happy just staying here!  We'll take off around 5:00 and hope to make it all the way to Paducah, KY before we stop for the night.

Today Bob, Ann, Dave and I went to brunch and then to dinner.  Bob & Ann had some gift cards they needed to use up, so we got to go with them.  We first went to Maggie Mae's and sat outside by the water.  Two dolphin boats were in the coastal waters and there were dolphins playing in between the two boats.  It was fun for us to see them jumping and playing in the boats' wakes!!  This evening we went to Cheddars.  I'm sure glad we only ate twice today because I'm stuffed!

Now I've got to go to bed.  Hope I sleep!  Pray for safe travels for all 4 of us!!

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Wednesday in "Paradise"

It was another absolutely gorgeous day here.  It's still 78 degrees - warm and muggy!  We went to Clearwater Beach for lunch today - Frenchy's Rockaway Cafe.  Dave had the clam basket and I had chicken salad pita pockets with fresh fruit side!  Good, good, good!  We didn't eat outside because the "love bugs" were doing their thing!  They are just thick - you can hardly breathe without getting one in your nose.

The water today was the prettiest I've ever seen on this coast.  It was perfectly still and very, very aqua!  I wish I'd had my camera with me!

Tonight I played cards - I didn't win.  My partners and I got stuck without our 7s and with a red 3...that's an instant 1000 points against us!  Bummer!!

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Tuesday in Florida

Today was an absolutely perfect day!  Abundant sunshine  and perfect temperatures!  We went to St Pete and rode the Pier Dolphin boat out into the Bay to see the dolphins.  We saw a bunch of them.  Only one followed our boat.  The Captain said the last 3 days the dolphins have been acting like they're starved - all they want to do is eat!  One thing we saw today that we haven't seen on our dolphin cruises is stingrays.  There were bunches of them, too.  Pretty cool!

We are still in a holding pattern, waiting for the storms to leave.  We're thinking Friday at this point, but we'll check again tomorrow to see if we could leave on Thursday.  Bob would like to get to Paducah the first night - that's a long drive!

I didn't go to bingo tonight.  I just didn't want to!  Sometimes I don't feel very sociable!

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Change of plans!

After watching the weather, we decided we weren't going to drive into possible tornadoes, hail, strong winds, etc.  We talked to Bob & Ann and we all decided to go together either Thursday or Friday after the storms go through the area.  You've got to love spring weather!  It's nice to be retired and not have to worry about it...we'll just stay another day or so!  The unfortunate (or maybe fortunate) part of this whole situation is that our refrigerator is empty and everything is pretty much packed in the car ready to go.  We'll keep you posted!

In the meantime, I got to play cards tonight and won!  Sandy and I beat Ann & Marilyn.

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