Monday, January 31, 2022

Hi there! It was a busy day around here. 🤔 Mark ran the errands of eBay packages and off to Lowes for the K’s laundry room cabinet. (Leesburg had 2 or them yesterday; gone today. 🙄 So, Mark drove to the Mount Dora store to buy it.) He attempted to drop off the donations at the humane society store, forgetting its closed Mondays. 🙃 

Meanwhile back at home, I listed a dozen more items for sale, cataloged them and packed them where I can find them. (I hope!) Monday is always banking day … pay the bills, whatever. Then there’s the daily chores.

Sue passed onto me a memento from my Dad! 

I didn’t know my dad was a school safety patrol. It’s cool, eh! This pin would be over 100 years old. 

Another pin Sue gave me was Dad’s military service pin. That would be from WWII … 

Fantastic gifts! They’re in my curio cabinets with the war medals. 🥰

It was warmer today! Thank heavens. I’ve not thawed out from yesterday. Mark is back in shorts already. 😎 He took the kids for the first golf cart ride in a week. They love it. 

Tonight we were watching Blind frog Ranch on the discovery channel. That’s it for today.  

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Good evening y’all … congratulations to the Cincinnati Bengals on their big win! They’re going to the SuperBowl! 🏈 

Mark and I were up today at 5:45 and on the road by 730 to Sue and Wayne‘s to work for the day. Mark had the dubious pleasure of taking down the upper shelves in the laundry room. He discovered many drilled pilot holes looking for studs. Ha ha. Well, whoever installed those cabinets never did find studs so just put screws into drywall and hung the shelves. We couldn’t believe how they were staying on the wall themselves, never mind that they had things on said shelves! 

While Mark was working on that, I mixed up several batches of white paint and eventually came up with a bit of yellow and a bit of red and voila - a perfect match. There were a lot of touchups to be done as the previous owner was a real clod. 😂 So needed other things touched up, like the dining room chairs, a shelf on the wall unit, a scratch on a mirror, so I was busy dabbing paint for hours.

Mark had to run to Lowe’s for something today and decided he better open the other cabinet box to see that everything was there. He must’ve had a premonition, as a door and the shelves were both missing from the package. So, Wayne will have to return that when he is back in town and Mark will buy another one for install Tuesday. 

We hung a mirror and a few pictures, and some candle sconces as well today. Then, we loaded up the boxes that were at the door for donation and for more eBay listings and headed home at 4:30. It was a full day of puttering about.

Back home, Mark unloaded the Kia while I sorted things out and re-boxed items for the Humane Society store. Now, it’s 630 and we just had our dinner in front of the TV watching the end of the football game. It was a busy day, but a good day.

Saturday, January 29, 2022

It’s a new day … and another cold wintery one here in Central Florida. Yeah, we’re officially wimps. 😂 The sun is shining and it’s 47F but the north wind is 15 mph … cold for us! 

RanDawn phoned today to catch up with us and to ask about Harry’s passing. We don’t have any details … thinking about Marlene and the girls though. RanDawn had been out to bingo last night … Dawn won a couple of games and saw our (former) neighbor Lynn there! Dawn’s mom had her first week of radiation treatments and is doing fine thus far. (They’re going to help her out in March toward the end of treatment.) Meanwhile, they have plans for a visit with family to Disney. And … Scott’s in town having escaped before the big blizzard in his hometown. 😂

Sue and Wayne have things to do and people to see in Pompano … so Mark and I will do some odd jobs for them meanwhile. (Mark will save the soffit job for a warmer day!) 

Granddaughters H and I got their Valentine pressies today. Yeah, I mailed them early. They both sent a thank you text and appreciated what we sent. Schweeet. They are lovely girls.  

My sweet boy! 

Robbie had a wee grooming today so tonight is Bee’s turn in the chair. 

Whatta picture. 😂

Well we are tucked in watching TV at home, RanDawn  and Scott rode over to Gator Harley for the chili cook off. I said they really are tough!!! Then, they went home and got the Explorer and went out to Sonny’s for dinner.  

Friday, January 28, 2022

Good evening. It’s been another crazy busy day around here. Our biggest thing today was to take both Robbie and BeeZee to see Dr. Wilson for their annual bloodwork and check ups. Although we don’t have the bloodwork back yet, they both had very good check ups. 🥰 Robbie has lost 2 1/2 pounds since his last visit and she feels he is at his ideal weight. It’s much better for his liver, his heart and his joints. So, we will attempt to keep him at 23 1/2 pounds. Mz B lost a half a pound … and could / should lose another half a pound at least. Both studies are ready for dentals, but rather than have them knocked out for it, Dr. Wilson recommended a place called paws and effect in Eustis. They offer dental cleanings without knocking them out. We will see how it goes, at $190 each. Today was pretty pricey, just about $500, so we will wait until next month to get Robbie done and then the month after that BeeZee m’s dental. Hey, we’ve got to take good care of our sweeties. 

Sad news yesterday when we heard Wayne’s brother-in-law Harry had been in a fatal accident. We are thinking of Marlene, Candace and Cheryl at this terrible time. 

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Sol de Mexico dinner fun with friends 🥰

It actually was a bit of a crazy day. We had a sale on eBay, couldn’t find the items in our storage, canceled the sale, then promptly found the item. Now I have to void the shipping, and ask the buyer if they would like to purchase it again. OMG. Actually, that’s how the whole day went.  🙄

Then we were to meet everyone at sold Mexico at 5 o’clock. Lani had to go to work today so made it 6 o’clock. I thought Wayne and LaDonna had been in on the entire range of text sharing, and never thought to tell them about the time change. At 5:10 she called me to see if they were at the right restaurant. Well, they were and I realized I hadn’t told her at the time change. OMG, we had to giddy up and get off to the restaurant. 😅

So believe me, that’s how the entire day went. Now, it’s after 11 and we’re off to bed. 

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Good evening. It’s being another chilly Willy day here in Central Florida !!! I hate it 🤨 … bring on the sunshine! It’s been overcast all day with light rain. I swear, it reminds me of Manitoba in October. 

Mark started the painting of our baseboards, at least in the hallway where I am slopping water around washing floors. 😂 He worked until his knees got sore. More tomorrow.

I decided this year rather than leave all my accounting to year end, I would try and work on it each month. Well, that was a couple or three hours work today. Hopefully it’ll get a little easier as I get used to doing it.

Kris was trying to remove the shower door at the K’s  house, without damaging it as Diane wants it at her place. Apparently there is a piece of side glass that is going to be very difficult to remove. Maybe next week we can work on it with him.

BeeZee is done with the chilly winter weather too. We haven’t had a golf cart ride in 3 days! This coming weekend is going to be the coldest we’ve had in four years! Yikes. 

Tonight, date night, we are going to Oakwood Smokehouse for ribs and onion rings. Yum. Sue and Wayne met us there! How fun … so many years of living 259 miles apart when we couldn’t meet up. Dinner is always good at Oakwood. Our waitress Michele was very good … all in all, a great night. 

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Good evening. It’s almost 10 o’clock and Markymark, Lani, June and John have just left our place after an evening of enjoying a fire and drinks. We had plenty of laughs with them. John and June are from Waterloo Ontario, and quite the typical, fun loving Canadians.

We all shared stories, plenty of laughs, and were eventually called sinners. 😂 Don’t worry, she meant dog sitters. 

Robbie was loving sitting with his auntie Lani. 

We are going out with them Thursday.  

Monday, January 24, 2022

Good morning. We were awakened at 5:30 with a power outage. Our sound machine of ocean waves quit, and we both woke up. The first notification from Duke energy was at 671 homes were affected, and now it is 1030 and there are 60 homes affected, and we are one of them. Hell hath frozen over. 🥶 

Actually, we are OK as we have the fireplace. The kids are wearing their winter jackets and we have the fire going. It just made for a different day than what we had planned. Mark had to run to the post office with an eBay sale and stopped in at Winn-Dixie for a few supplies. Now he is on the way home to start the generator to keep the fridge going. Although it never got lower than 36° here at our house, we had the heaviest frost on the nearby rooftops that I’ve ever seen in 21 years of owning this house.

Looks like a thick blanket of snow! It’s frost at 36°F. Weird. 

Robbie and Belize are feeling toasty warm, sitting on the sofa snuggled up in there Sherpa jackets.

Yeah, cosy. 

Apparently it got colder in the Villages overnight, down to 30°F. The K’s house was 66 with the little heater on that we loaned them. (We bought two of those little heaters in Oklahoma City in 2011. We’ve used them numerous times in the RV since then.) They are having trouble with their whole house HVAC system and have had a couple of repairman out already. Apparently, the system needs replacing immediately.  🤨 

Fortunately, our heat came on at 10:56. Duke energy said it was equipment damage. So, there must’ve been an accident somewhere that took down a pole. 

We spent the afternoon tidying the garage which has become Ebay central and listing more items. Hours and hours of messing about. 😅

We sat on the front porch for a while this afternoon with the dogs, and Mark had a cigar. Now, it’s TV time. Hope you had a good day … and stayed warm. 

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Good evening. Both Mark and I are worn out after a day at Sue and Wayne’s. Neither of us got done exactly what we wanted! Mark and Wayne went to Lowe’s to pick up cabinets for Sue’s laundry room/kitchen pantry. They were able to buy the cabinets they wanted, but when they got home one box had been marked wrong. They had to return it, then go to the Lowe’s in Wildwood to purchase the correct one. By this time it was 330 and we needed to head for home to feed our dogs. (They had been home alone since 9 o’clock …  fortunately, our friend Markymark came in to walk them at 2:30.)

I was able to repair the chip in the dining room curio … spackled nail holes in the walls and do touch up paint. There was a can of paint labeled “interior” but it was all lumpy and stinky. Wayne had it color-matched … hope it dries the correct color! 

Then, on the way home from the villages, we were delayed 15 minutes sneaking around an accident scene. It wasn’t good, I’m sure someone died in the vehicle we saw. 😢 So sad. Someone hit that vehicle at a high speed. 

Frost is expected overnight so Mark has covered our delicate plants! Wayne was doing the same for the first time in their new home. They have lovely roses at the front garden. 

This is handy for the K’s … 

it’s a learning curve! I added a bit of chlorine granules today but afraid to overdo it without a repeat test hours later. 

We put a pizza on the Pizzaz and watched the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs. It was an edge of the seat ending! 

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Good afternoon. It is a dull misty day. We are supposed to be getting rain, but it’s all south of us. It’s a perfect day for getting a few things done around our house. Mark is painting our new baseboards with the Swiss coffee color we use on all our white woodwork. I have planned all week to finish my painting today. Of course it won’t be finished, but I am getting a lot done. While I am painting, I have my favorite show, Ancient Aliens on Roku TV. 

Randy called today just to check in. He had been to the gym for a workout while Dawn is working this Saturday. It had been a light rain over at his place. 

I sent a text to Sue and got a callback from Wayne. 😂 He was looking for missing clothes hangers that he had thrown in the bottom of the wardrobe packing boxes. (I’m sure they will show up in some strange place.) We know Diane emptied the wardrobes and hung the clothes up … and the boxes were empty when Mark flattened them for recycling. So, the hangers have got to be around somewhere. 🤷‍♀️ 

Tonight we went to our Stavros for a quick and delicious dinner! Stavros it was! We invited the K’s but they already had a nearby offer of Chicken tortilla soup (good stuff) at Di & Kris’s. It’s very very cold feeling tonight (50F) at this time! The north wind is right out of the Canadian prairies … guess I’ve lost all my northern ‘blood’ ‘cause damn it’s cold tonight. 😂

Cheery fire! Stay warm. 

Friday, January 21, 2022

It’s nearly 11 o’clock, and I’m just starting today’s blog. Mark and Wayno had a morning in the woods today while I did the chores at home. Tonight though we went to Kim Bob’s for a bonfire. Markymark and Lani have guests in from Canada or staying for 10 days. The six of us at around Kim Bob‘s new Christmas present from their kids, a propane fire pit.

This was taken at 6 o’clock, when we first got there. It got a lot chillier with the wind coming off the lake. It was a fun evening as it always is with that group.

Rain is moving in tomorrow with this cold front. And by Monday, Sue and Wayne are going to experience their first frost in a long time. Ha ha.

That’s it for tonight. 

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Good afternoon. The majority of today has been spent drafting a letter to Empire regarding our money dispute on the floor project. Anyway, I won’t get into it here, but it’s been a long dragged out process well into the second month. I did speak with the paralegal who helped us at Morgan & Morgan previously. She told me how to draft a letter and how to itemize things. They are great, I highly recommend Morgan & Morgan.

We hung the ginormous black mirror today in the living room, and I love the way it reflects the morning sun.

 And, it looks fabulous. 😎

That freed up another mirror that went into the sunroom which freed up a mirror that we donated to Markymark for a rental property of his.

Schweeet how it ties things together! 

We took a nice golf cart ride this afternoon. It’s 74° and sunny. Our new position on the Harbor Shores board involves getting rid of old utility poles that are no longer used. They should’ve been removed two years ago, and most were. hey, somebody’s gotta do it.

Tonight, we sat all the front porch a couple of hours and just enjoyed the evening. Now tonight, we’re watching the movie Beetlejuice! It’s actually pretty funny, but would be terrifying for a young child. 

Wednesday January 19, 2022

It’s the wee hours of the morning and I’m having coffee with Mz BeeZee. Last night I headed off to bed at 9:30, tired from unpacking. Well, I got a 2nd wind at 2 a.m.  🤔 (Unfinished ‘business’ gets me.) There were more pictures waiting to be hung … and Wayne was trying to schedule Comcast (again) as they went to their old address! Nothing’s easy when you move! I don’t think they have TV yet. 🤨

At home, I just want a normal day. 😂 Laundry, painting and the like. Reality … more boxes of things for eBay listings. Sue sent me home with two lovely (white brocade) dining chairs, a small blue chest with storage and the ginormous black framed mirror that stood at their front entry in Pompano. (It’s mega-ginormous in THIS house!) 😅 So, I have moving related things to accomplish here too. 

It’s now 15 minutes before two and Mark has gone to the store to pick up hangers for the big mirror, He dropped off several boxes of things at the Humane Society store. It feels like we’ve been moving. 😂 These are just a few of the boxes that Mark is crammed into our garbage and recycling for tomorrow’s pick up. He’s actually in the picture, can you see him?

Mark’s been busy for hours. 

Tonight we met our neighborhood friends for dinner at Luigis in Tavares.  It’s always a fun night, just getting together and eating dinner. Back home, we sat on our front porch with the dogs while Mark smoked a cigar. It was in the mid 60s, a little bit chilly. 

Tomorrow, we have a couple of mirrors to hang! 

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Good morning. It’s 930 and we are off to the Villages … Again. 

Sue and Wayne had appointments for driver licenses today, so they were out and about for a few hours while Mark and I got some unpacking and sorting out done.  They brought lunch home from a local restaurant and we sat down for a few minutes. While the 3 of them were drinking their coffee, I, anxious to get back to unpacking, scooted around Mark’s chair and tipped over the dog’s tiny water dish. 😬 I caught hell. 🤣

No pictures today, but I did get the dining room sorted out, well, at least the table cleared off and the runner put on! There were many more boxes to be unpacked, but by the time we left there were just two left in the living room that weren’t going into the big wall unit. Hopefully Sue will get to them tomorrow and sort out where she wants things.

Monday, January 17, 2022

Good evening y’all. Today I thought of Linda as it would have been her birthday. Linda loved animals and would enjoy sharing her big day with Betty White, another generous humane supporter. Many donations are being made today in honor of Betty White’s 100 birthday. 

It was an eBay day for me, listing Sue’s things. Mark finished cleaning the boathouse gutters. 

We met LaDonna and Wayno at LaPalma for dinner. It was fun … and they came over afterward for their dog fix and to smoke cigars on our porch. Nancy stopped by and joined us for a few minutes. She was going home after dinner at Pat and Ken’s. We had the propane fire going. A Lake County deputy stopped by asking about two “kids” posing as roofing sales people. We’d seen them coming in from dinner. Hmm … guess they’re going door to door. 

We moved inside at 8 o’clock to watch a football game so I lit a cosy fire. 

It’s going to be really cold tonight … in the 30’s!!!  

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Good morning soggy Sunday morning! Ha! We had a gusty line of storms move across our area. 

Mark stayed home today … accomplished quite a few bits like dog baths, cleaning out the truck, laundry and floors washed. Me? I went to The Villages to help Sue and Wayne get settled. 

The Rose guest room … 

Lots done! Wayne installed the curtain brackets and we hung valance curtains. Still to do … hang the oval mirror over the dresser. 

Then, beside unpacking more miscellaneous boxes and moving this about, 

The Safari guest room took shape. Not all the pictures have been found yet … but so far,

Wayne hung this with a little help. It’s all coming together, slowly. There’s so much to sort through!

I arrived home with 3 (more) boxes for eBay listings … and scored a nice elephant lamp for my guest room.

 That’s the new lamp way back in the room. It’s perfect! Thanks Sue and Wayne! 

Mark had a nice steak dinner with Brussel sprouts ready when I came home at 4:30. So sweet. 

 

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Good afternoon! It’s a beautiful one here in Central Florida … sittin’ on our front porch. (Sue and Wayne will get a taste of cool weather Monday & Tuesday mornings!) We were busy with a community meeting this morning so didn’t go there to help; tomorrow! Mark and I volunteered and were elected to be Community Coordinators. It’s our first time being involved with Harbor Shores HOA. We’ll see. 

Our fabulous guys at dinner last night. 🥰

Mark was working on the boathouse roof, cleaning gutters today while I listed some eBay things from Sue. Actually, it’s after 8 o’clock and I’m still doing listings tonight. We are trying to find a home for all the moving boxes. It’s crazy but they are so expensive for someone to buy. I had one person coming today, but of course they still haven’t got here. And, overnight it supposed to start raining as a cold front moves in. Oh well, no good deed goes unpunished. Mark spent a lot of time breaking them down, batching them according to size and covering them all with a tarp. Maybe she will come yet, but I highly doubt it.

Diane and Kris got us all new selfie sticks. It works great, has a tripod stand, built-in extension and Bluetooth shutter control. Now I can’t do much about the subject matter, but the selfie stick worked great. Lol

We’re home watching football (I’m working on eBay) and a nice fire going! Rain is moving in tomorrow. 

Ta ta til tomorrow. 

Friday January 14, 2022

Good morning! Yayah it’s middle of the night and I’ve had my coffee already. 🤷‍♀️ It’s just a fact I sleep better in the summertime … don’t know why! Anyway, everyone else is fast asleep here. 

Funny how my mind processes things during the quiet hours … like what happened to the king size bed frame #2 from K’s move? It’s missing along with 1 mattress cover and sheet set for a twin bed. 🤷‍♀️ Both Diane and I checked the moving truck … it was definitely empty. 

Today is catchup around here … then out to dinner tonight. What to wear? 

Fabulous evening at Rose Plantation celebrating the K’s anniversary and the closing of the Pompano house. They were there 9 years! 

Lots of fun!  The service was great … food very good … what a night! Thank you Sue & Wayne. 

Thursday, January 13, 2022

It’s 5:30 now and we’re home from unpacking at the K’s in The Villages. No pictures yet; maybe this weekend! 

Mark worked flattening cardboard boxes so we could put them in recycling. We tried donating them with a neighbor to neighbor ad online but no takers. 🤷‍♀️ Tonight I put them on marketplace, hoping that someone could use them. Otherwise, they will be recycled.

We had some homemade soup that Randy had brought over for dinner. Afterward we sat outside while Mark had a cigar. It was getting chilly, so we came in at 8 o’clock just to put on the TV and sit with our dogs. 

That’s it for today. We are all worn out. Ha. 

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Happy anniversary to Sue and Wayne today! I hope they will find time in their busy day to enjoy some champagne that found its way into their new refrigerator. Cheers to 48 years! 

Tonight, Mark and I went to a surprise birthday party at the Olive Garden for Eddi who turned 80 today. Deenna had arranged a table full of appetizers and we ordered drinks and waited for them to get there. He was so surprised! 

After dinner we went back to their home for coffee and cake. Everyone brought gifts … and Eddi said it was his best birthday since 18. 🥰 Deenna got her hubs 4 nights away … going to SeaWorld and Kennedy Space Center. He’ll have a blast! 

Back home we organized for tomorrow’s jaunt back to The Villages. Diane and Kris are bidding on a Villa and want our ‘old’ king bed for a rental. So, we’re loading it up in the Dodge and delivering it on our way  to Sue and Wayne’s. More unpacking, hanging pictures and whatever. 

There was sad news today from our friend Nancy. Kachina began bleeding from her paw and breathing rapidly. Dr. Wilson helped her cross the Rainbow Bridge this afternoon. She lived a year after diagnosis of multi cancerous internal growths and a cancerous paw and was 13 1/2. Nancy gave Kachina a wonderful life and doted on her. Prayers for our friend Nancy to find peace in that Kachina finds Thomas, Nancy’s late husband. 

We wish they’d stay youthful and healthy forever. Run free Kachina. 💕🐾 The entire neighborhood loved you. 

Now it’s Telly time before bed. 

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

It’s been a long, busy day! Mark n I were up at 5:30 … Scotties fed and walked before we left for The Villages to meet up with the movers. (They were there when we arrived before 8 o’clock. Problem was Diane & Kris had the house key … and couldn’t remember the garage door code!) 🤨 They arrived at 8:30. 🤷‍♀️ 

It was a busy 4 hours with three men asking where things went as they brought boxes and furniture in. I followed the chosen layout that Sue and Wayne wanted … but it was a tussle here ‘n there. 😂 Diane had her own agenda which was emptying ALL the boxes as quickly as possible. This resulted in “things” all over while I attempted to make order of the chaos. 😅 Wayne popped in at 2:30 and was pretty happy with what we’d accomplished. Hopefully we haven’t muddled things up for Sue!)  

Lots of fun … perhaps we should have measured the bar stool height? 

Bwahahaha … just one of the funnies. Diane and Kris hamming it up. 😂

Mark worked on the inspection report repair list while I was busy inside. Our neighbor Markymark took Robbie and BeeZee out twice for us! Great guy! 

Tomorrow, Mark has more repairs to do so I’ll tag along and help Sue organize for a few hours. That was our fun day! Hope yours was great. 

Monday January 10, 2022

Good earlybird morning! Geez Louise you’d think I’m the one moving today! 😂 I woke at 3:30 … had a coffee, read my emails, realized I’ve lost so much blubber that I cross my legs again. (Not particularly a good thing.) Yesterday was actually NINE years since I came home from my left knee replacement. No regrets … knee replacement has been a pain free game changer for me. (Oh yeah it was painful … hit 10 on the pain scale for hours after surgery even with a nerve block and medications.)

It’s 3:35 and the movers are still loading up in Pompano. Why so long you ask? Ha! Here’s the story. 

So the movers told Wayne they would be there at 8:30. He was at the Pompano house at 8 o’clock, ready for them. They found at 8:30 that they were just leaving, the villages, five hours away. OMG. Did no one look at the address where they were picking up furniture? 

By 4:30 the furniture was loaded up and heading north to The Villages. The K’s will drive their coach to the new home tomorrow. 

More tomorrow!

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Good evening. It’s now 830 and we have just sat down with a drink. This morning, Mark went early with Bob to the woods. The only thing they saw were bears, lots of  bears this year. They were back home by 11. 

I had been working on eBay listings for Sue all morning while the Scotties enjoyed some time on the front porch. It was a beautiful morning, just in the 70s.

Diane and Kris did the walk-through on Sue and Wayne‘s new house today. The seller still has a few things to move, and tomorrow is closing day. 🙄 They are going back to the house tomorrow to do another walk-through just prior to the closing at 10 o’clock. 

Mark has our truck loaded with tools he needs to do some (minor) repairs before their furniture arrives on Tuesday. We’re in charge of the furniture placement (Tuesday) and will be there with the movers. 

Sue and Wayne will arrive late Monday with the coach and stay nearby. It’s all very exciting = stressful. Fingers crossed for a smooth move! 

Yesterday … dum dum dum … Mark did a criminal act!!!

Yup! Mark removed the DO NOT REMOVR label from our new camp chairs. 😂

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Good afternoon. Mark was up and out at 5:30 to go hunting with Bob. When he gets home I will see what he got on his videos. Lately, it has been Bears. There are plenty of bears around.

Me? Well I had the usual loads of laundry, fertilized the house plants, replaced the Britta filters in our two jugs, washed the kitchen and hallway floors and printed a label for Ebay. This afternoon, I am going to paint. 

Much to be done … it looks very staged right now but this is where I’m at today. 

Robbie and BeeZee enjoyed a couple of hours of sunshine on the front porch while I was puttering around. It was a beautiful morning! This afternoon will be in the mid 70s. You just can’t beat Florida in the winter. 

This is from Scott in Connecticut. I asked if he was on his way down, and he said yes, in two weeks. 🌴 

Mark pulled the big 5th wheel hitch off and cleaned the bed of our Dodge for working at K’s on Monday and Tuesday. The movers won’t arrive until Tuesday … so we’re handling the inspection punch list starting Monday. Diane and Kris are doing the walkthrough.  It’s a family affair. 😂 By the time Sue and Wayne arrive late Tuesday, the rugs and furniture will be in place. 😅

Tonight, we had an easy supper, went for a walk with the dogs, then sat on the front porch for a couple of hours listening to music and just enjoying the evening air. 

The last day of deer hunting is tomorrow … so Mark and Bob will be gone early again.

Friday, January 7, 2022

Good afternoon. I was up early working on my big painting. The kids came and sat out here in the sunroom with me and we put the news on. They are so cute, they love to be wherever we are. Mark managed to sleep in until 830, very good for him.

My wee Scottish helpers 🐾💕

We had plans to go out tonight, but after listening to the news and hearing that the omicron virus is rampant, and this is probably the worst weekend for it in Florida, we have decided to stay home. When I talked to Diane and Kris this afternoon they said the same thing. They are staying home. Anyway, tonight on the history channel the proof is out there, the newest series.  I will be tuned in. 👽 

WOWSA!!! Scary stuff … got to rewatch this one! 

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Good afternoon. It’s now 330 and I’m just getting a chance to start the blog. After doing today’s chores, we took a ride to the accountants to drop off my tax information. That felt good, just getting it out of the house. Ha ha. I’m sure I will get calls for verification of things, but at least it is started. We also had a return to make at the Home Depot and accomplish that on the way. Then, they were valentine cards to pick up for the girls as well as a birthday card and gift wrap for our friend Eddi. We are going to a surprise party for him on Wednesday. 

Mark got up full of ambition today and clean the canvas tops on Mrs. R B. Geez, we don’t remember when it was last cleaned. After laying in the sun drying, they look pretty darn good. 

Did we tell you our exciting news? Pam is coming to visit, arriving Valentine’s Day. Then, Markymark and Lani asked about a Beatles concert will be held in Weirsdale Florida. That will be Friday night, so we bought tickets for the three of us to join them. It’ll be loads of fun, a trip down memory lane. 

I talked to Diane today and heard she got a card from aunt Jane. Both her and Kris were so touched by it and so happy that she remembers Beau so very well. 

Isn’t that sweet! Diane and Kris were sure touched! 

After dinner, we walked the dogs and saw the rocket’s trail … still amazing to us. Had it been a night launch 🚀 I’d have posted pics. 

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Good afternoon. Well, I guess it’s nice to be missed. Thanks for checking in on me Jim. On Monday, I started sorting out my paperwork for business taxes. It was a lot more work than what I thought, and I continued on it after my doctors appointment on Tuesday.

Last night, we went to LaDonna and Wayne‘s for pizza and sat on their front porch with our dogs and smoked cigars. It was a beautiful evening, jacket weather … just a little bit cool. The sunset was amazing.

Today, the dogs have been sitting on the front porch helping Mark re-screen the garage doors. There’s always something to be done, isn’t there? 

Clean & fresh looking! Good job Mark! 

I finished up the tail end of the tax paperwork and called my accountant. Now, I’ll take a drive and drop it off to him for the bookkeeper to begin that part of it. It was a pretty good year, well, a lot of eBay activity with consignments.  Our friend Lynn had us sell some of her late husband’s things on eBay. Then Markymark brought over boxes of things to sell after they settled in. That helped to drive business and I sold several paintings and knickknacks. 

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Good evening y’all. We started our day at KimBob’s for a patio brunch. The champagne was flowing … Bob was at the big grill … bacon, ham, sausages, cheesy scrambled eggs, peppers ‘n onions, mushrooms, potatoes, banana bread, pumpkin muffins and toast. It was quite the feast! 

Lani and Markymark were there too … beautiful morning, slight breeze off the lake and 72F. Life is pretty darn good. We were there from 9 to 12:30 … and KimBob didn’t want us to go. 😂 

Back home there was a lack of motivation … so we napped and watched some football. 

Saturday January 1st 2022

It’s an extra warm start to 2022 here in Central Florida. That’s okay, no complaints. 

This morning Mark and I hauled the Christmas trees back to their closet and tidied up from last night’s fun. 

He wanted to park The Caddy back in the garage … but we have boxes of Sue’s things for eBay piled up … plus a 9x12 carpet. (Good luck Mark.) I started listing a few items and showed Mark how to do list an item. (He wasn’t interested apparently.) 😂