Oh my gosh, it is cold here today! Dave and I ran errands late this morning and I thought I would freeze! Dave told me we wouldn't be outside much so I should be okay without a jacket as long as I wore a long-sleeved shirt...well, he was wrong!
When we got home, I put on a sweatshirt - over my long-sleeved shirt. I also had on jeans, and socks with my tennies.
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Just like that we're in Iowa at our condo where it's a balmy 51 degrees outside and 68 inside! We've already run the furnace...can you believe it?!
We had a beautiful and uneventful (Thank God) trip. Other than "hiding" from the one thunderstorm, we had a great drive. This nation is so pretty - all the greens are just gorgeous. Iowa is very dry, but tomorrow we're supposed to have rain showers and we won't complain it we get them. When we drove into Waterloo, we drove directly to our favorite Mexican restaurant! We split a margharita and enjoyed it thoroughly! We even have leftovers of our food for tomorrow...nothing left of the margharita though!
Everything is unpacked and most of it is put away. After we brought the first load up to the condo, we went down to the lobby where every afternoon at 4:00 whoever wants to come down gather to visit. It was fun walking in and surprising everyone today! It was good to see everyone, too.
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The house is clean and everything is packed except for the refrigerator. We're going to try to leave around 7:00 in the morning. If we get out earlier, that would be nice...but I don't see that happening. Say a prayer for safe travels for us!
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Another hot day here - I think summer has started. We went to Largo Nature Preserve to walk this morning. Didn't see the little screech owl or any alligators, but saw some baby ducks and baby moorhens. Lots of algae on the water so a lot of the birds are gone. When we got home, I took my shower and got ready for my mammogram...finally!
I got busy around here this afternoon - cleaned the refrigerator. I'll still have to do the freezer part, but it's mostly done. Dave put the awnings down, except for the large one out front - we'll do that tomorrow. I'll vacuum and dust and cover the furniture tomorrow while Dave is moving things inside. The charcoal, kitty litter, and ant/roach traps are ready to go as is the RV antifreeze for the drains. I've called to have things put on vacation.
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I took a "me day" today! I got my hair cut and had a pedicure! I needed both badly! We walked at Largo Nature Preserve where we saw a little screech owl in her nest. That's a first for me. Screech owls are only about 6-7 inches tall and make their homes in holes in trees. We'd have never seen her, but there were 4 people on the trail with their cameras pointed at her!
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We're having a heat wave here! It was very hot today. We walked on the sidewalk in Indian Rocks Beach. That was really, really hot! We parked at Caddy's Pub and walked south over half a mile. Then we came back. When we got there, Sudi and Howard had arrived and were getting out of the car. We ate a late lunch inside in the a/c!
When we got home, we rested a bit, then packed up some things. We packed the car - we're probably 90% packed and ready to go. Tomorrow we start the cleaning and getting the house ready for us to leave. I'm still trying to get a mammogram scheduled. Hopefully I'll get an appointment tomorrow.
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Today was another hot day in Florida! Hot and humid! We walked at Sawgrass today - we even walked the back trail in addition to the one we usually do. We didn't take the good cameras - just our phones. There were some baby anhingas in a nest, but they were a bit far away for our phones.
