Thursday, September 8, 2022

Good morning clouds! It’s a great day on our street … some ne’er do wells left last night! 

Open the champagne 🥂 🍾 and 🥳 … 😂 (I’ll give a brief explanation … husband, wife and cute dog buy house in 2014 … husband is terminally ill and allowed ne’er do well son and wife to move in (just til they get on their feet) … owner dies in 2016 with useless, nasty son/wife still mooching off them. The ne’er do wells ‘control’ Shelby’s life … take her car away but treat themselves to a new car … use her husband’s life insurance money to buy brand new work truck and trailer … but never goes to work. The house goes into disrepair and the hoarders line up old broken down junkers on the driveway.) 

Regardless of the stories ne’er do well told, he lost his mom’s house to foreclosure. It’s sad. Shelby and her little dog will be in an old 5th wheel stuck with them. 🥲

So, I happened 😂 to be outside trimming plants when the investor, Scott, stopped to talk. He was looking to flip the house and sell it to a rental company, but after having a look around the property and talking with us he thinks he will sell it to a family. That would be wonderful for the hood. 

By the way, bingo last night at the Tavares Dog House was so much fun. Anna and Steve set it up, and new neighbors Christine and Mike joined in the fun. Yeah yeah yeah, I forgot to take pictures. So, there was Anna, Steve, Mike, Christine, Kim, Bob, Lynn, and us. Lynn won one of the raffles. 🥰

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Good evening y’all. We were off to K’s today and finished the shower plumbing.

Mark did a good job getting everything hooked up while I went for missing parts. Hey, the showerhead didn’t come with a flange. Why? 🤷‍♀️ Lowes had a choice of one that was brushed nickel. Sold. Then, Mark needed screws 1/4” longer … so that was a trip to Ace. It’s done! 

Wayne had ordered a box of HVAC filters which the neighbor put in the garage. Nice. Mark replaced the filter. ✅ Another wee job done. We were happy to see all the new plants doing well. 

Back home, it was catch up on the regular chores. I bought the nicest planter for Kim’s birthday and filled it with colorful succulent plants. Hope she likes it for her patio table. Her birthday is on the 16th I think. 

Tony and Aurelia have arrived at Sue & Wayne’s in their motorhome for a few days visit. They all went to 901 for dinner. Glad that restaurant survived the pandemic shutdown. 

Tomorrow morning I’m going with a couple of folks from our neighborhood to hearing about a new 164 planned unit development adjacent to our ‘hood. You can’t stop progress, but you can certainly ask for a traffic light and improved roads. We shall see what happens.

That’s it for today. Ta ta til tomorrow. 🥰

Monday, September 5, 2022

Good morning! Happy Labor Day! Up north this is the unofficial end of summer. Being a transplant, I put my autumn decorations on display. 🍁 Here in Central Florida there is a slight change in our weather pattern. 

Sunday, September 4, 2022

Good morning sunshine! It’s a great day for bowling! We puttered about getting our daily jobs done between peering out the windows at our neighbors moving. They’ve been here 8 years and ruined that house! Not a stitch of maintenance has been done. It needs a roof, stucco repair, septic field, windows, exterior paint, water treatment system … and that’s without walking inside! 

This afternoon Mark and I went to the bowling alley for lunch and to bowl two games. I am starting to get used to my new ball and enjoying it a lot more. We were on Lane number #13, and it was almost impossible to get a Strike. It was rather funny! 

This evening, after dinner, we walked the dogs and got invited in at KimBob‘s for a beer and to see how they’re cool project is turning out. It looks great. The screens are up and the pavers all down where they need to be. 

Sue and Wayne are having some work done on their cottage porch. The weather has turned cooler, so it’s a good time to get it done. 

Ya gotta break some eggs to make an omelette as LaDonna says. 😂

Saturday September 3rd, 2022

Good afternoon y’all. Congratulations to Aurelia and Tony on the purchase of their big-ass MOTORHOME!

Hope we’ll see you in Florida this winter! Cheers to safe and happy travels! 

Mark had some fun today! He used Bob’s target 🎯 for his bow and arrows. It’s a nice day here … mid 80’s. ARTEMIS is scheduled to launch 🚀 in an hour … so going to watch it if our clouds go away! 

Ru roh

Nancy was walking by tonight when we called her in for a glass of wine. That was about 7 o’clock, and we extended our front porch evening until 10 o’clock. We had so much fun! 🤪

Friday, September 2, 2022

Happy birthday Aurelia. We are celebrating for you at Applebee’s tonight. Lol

So glad Chessy is feeling better. 🐾🥰

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Good morning. I’m actually writing this on Friday morning as Thursday just got away on me.

Mark and Wayne spent their morning tracking around the woods. It was quite a nice morning, weatherwise. They have been seeing a lot of bear, and not many deer. 

Last night I went to Cheri’s for a very small Yaya’s group. We are used to having 20 or 22, but since Covid, we are lucky to get 9 together! Is it just another thing that COVID19 has changed? Anyway, last night‘s theme was to come dressed as what your dream job would be. So, I went dressed as a pirate. 😂🏴‍☠️ Hey, I always liked boating so it’s a natural. 😂 Most of the girls participated. Pat always wanted to be a dancer and was dressed to the nines including a belly dancer style belt. Trina, a very tiny woman, wanted to be a jockey and came appropriately dressed along with the whip.😂 We had some fun with that I can tell you. Cheri played a 60’s hippie and had the music 🎶 going. Lynn was a tennis player, Rose a dog groomer, Nancy a suffragette and Donna … ???  Cheri had lasagna, a big garden salad, and a Publix raspberry cream cake. it was a fun evening, and eventually conversation lead to the rezoning variance signs posted near our community entrance.

The variance, if passed, would change zoning on the redlined area from agricultural to residential allowing 264 new homes abutting one of our neighborhood streets. Our HOA will attend the zoning meeting. I outlined our ‘hood in purple. 

So, that was our day! Welcome September!  🍁