Wednesday

 We had a gorgeous day here.  We went  to Boyd Hill Nature Park...we've been there before but we've not been  there for several years.  It was a great 2-mile walk.  It was a little hot...and a snake slithered near me so it wasn't perfect.  We bought new tennis shoes for walking and today was our trial run.  We knew that Boyd Hill didn't have boardwalks, just shell/dirt/gravel paths.  It was a good trial for our new shoes.  My foot doesn't hurt so I would call it a successful trial.  The only thing I didn't like about the shoes was that they were hot because I had to wear socks!

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Tuesday

 We took John & Gayle to Pass-a-Grille today.  We found a spot on the beach and set up our chairs.  Gayle and I walked to the end of the beach and had a nice visit on one of the park benches there.  After we walked back, we went to the Brass Monkey for lunch.  We wanted to sit outside so we had to wait for a bit.  We finally got our table and enjoyed sandwiches on the balcony.  After lunch, we went back to the beach but a couple of spring-breaker couples had set up their canopy pretty close to us and none of us were very comfortable being that close to others so we didn't stay too long after our lunch.  It was beautiful there today!  

This evening I went over to visit with Bob and Steve and John for a bit.  The rest of the evening I worked on editing photos.  I may NEVER get done with March!!

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Monday

 After visiting with Bob and Cousin Steve, we went fishing.  Dave didn''t catch any fish, but we were visited by a couple of manatees who hung out around us for over an hour.  That was pretty cool.  We also talked with a family of Latinos from New Jersey who shared their squid bait with Dave.  Then we visited with a black lady and her kids who were visiting Florida from Charleston, SC.  They were so friendly!!  It was a good time by the water.

After lunch, we went to LNP to do our walk.  We saw an alligator and lots of baby ducks.  

Now we're watching Idol.  Wow!!  These kids are awesome!

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Sunday

 Happy Easter!!  I hope everyone had a fabulous day!  It was beautiful here and it was beautiful at home, too!!  In fact at one time it was 71 here and 80 in Waterloo.  How about that!!

This morning, Dave and I did our 3 church services.  Our Easter dinner was at PF Chang's at Countryside Mall.  There were 9 of us - John & Gayle, Ron & Marsha, Bob & Ann, our cousin Steve, and Dave & me.  We had our own private dining room so we felt pretty safe.  Our waiter was very careful to always have his mask up when he came into our room.  It was a nice outing!!  

This evening, we talked to Jami and then go to say Happy Easter to Bryan, Erin and the kids.  The family got haircuts - I think Grandma Jan gave them all haircuts.  Aidan was so cute - his long curls are gone - he looks like a boy again!  Plus, he had on a shirt and tie!!  He couldn't wait to show us his new toy.  Kaitlyn told us Happy Easter and showed us her new toy!  Fun conversation tonight!

Right now, we're watching American Idol and I'm trying to vote.  You get 10 votes for each of the first dozen singers...tomorrow night is the same thing.  So far, I can't pick any of them who I think should go home...they are all fantastic!!  I've given all but 3 all 10 of my votes!!

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Saturday

 Beautiful day here.  After breakfast and getting ready for the day, I went to visit with our cousin who is staying with Bob and Ann.  When Dave got ready, we went to Oldsmar on an adventure.  We were both hungry for caramel corn, so we went to the flea market to see if we could get some.  Can you believe, they had kettle corn but not caramel corn!!  Bummer!  Dave got a couple  of hats and some socks.  We also got a couple of ears of corn and some fresh strawberries so the trip wasn't a total bust! 

When we got home, I got on the computer to watch Allison pitch the first game of a doubleheader softball game.  Dave napped.

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Friday

 It was in the 40s when we got up this morning.  We decided the best thing to do on a cold day was to clean house.  So we did laundry, vacuumed, dusted, and mopped the floors.  Later in the day, we walked at Largo Nature Park, stopped at Verizon to see how to capture screenshots now that they updated our phones, stopped at the bank, and picked up groceries at Sam's...we also got gasoline at Sam's.  We were busy little people today.  

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Thursday

 It rained this morning and for that we are grateful!  With it came a cold front, though.  Tomorrow is only to be in the 60s.  Today wasn't too bad.  We went to Sawgrass to walk.  Unfortunately we didn't get to see any alligators and only a few birds.  It was just too windy.

This evening we "attended" Maundy Thursday service at 1st Presbyterian Church in Ottumwa.  

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