Hanging Around

Just hanging around the house today.  Today is eating hot dogs and ballgame day.  Saturdays are good days for the basketball games. They are usually on all day but,today not so many.  They're having football playoffs on the small colleges.  So not a very exciting day.  We will go and walk a small amount after while.

B J's Wholesale

Yesterday was a little different for us.  It rained most of the night and by morning time it was getting worse in that the wind was blowing hard.  By the time noon time came around it eased up.  I was on the computer looking for coupons and came upon one for B J's Wholesale.  It is a 60 day trial period,so I thought why not!  I turned on the gps and it showed a store in Tampa a distance of 25 miles so we got in the car and took off.  The rain was hard at times but by the time we got there it had stopped raining.  We went in the store and up to the service desk to turn the coupon into the trial membership card. After the lady telling me that for a short time the membership is $35.00 instead of the usual $40.00 and the freebes that come with it and more of her sales pitch,I told her I just wanted the 60 day period for now. The store is about the same as a Sams Club with most of the  in large bulk item sales. We did get a few things that will probably take 6 months to use up. We wlked and walked around and of course sample all the free things that they had from chicken nuggets to some kind of noodles with tomato sauce.
This trip took up the whole day and we got our walking in so it was another good day. 

Stormy Rain

Yesterday,was walking around in the park.  I also had to make a part for the motorhome bay door.  I was going to use my sabre saw which is still in the motorhome. When I started to open the bay door the lever came out but the door didn't open. This is not the first or second time that this has happened. The small trigger to open the door is made of cheap metal and they break over time.  I have been making the replacement part out of aluminum. I will replace all of them this winter and maybe everything will be alright.
Yesterday we had baked spaghetti from "Hungey Howies" It was a special price of $3.99 with bread.  It was a small,I mean small serving.  They bread was larger than the spaghetti.
Today it is stormy weather,with rain and blowing wind.  Looks lik a good tv or computer day.

Walking

Yesterday we went out to the J B Starkey Park to do our walking. Saw these small buds on a pine tree. Don't know what they are?  Maybe someone will tell me.

A bunch of these small yellow finches(?) were flying all over the place.

We also saw 3 of these gopher turtles on the trail. I see these turtles all the time and yet I read the other day where they  are on the indangered species list of animals. They are 10 to 12 inches across the shell. This one was eating the grass.

Out Walking

When we got through with the blood work yesterday,we came home had a very late breakfast.  It had warmed up quiet a bit so we changed into our shorts and went to the James E Grey Preserve to do some walking.

Here are the rules for the Preserve. It looks like they didn't put no swimming on this sign,but it is posted all around.  I guess they don't worry to much about people going in the river to swim.  I know I wouldn't want to swim with alligators.

One of the bridges that cross the river.  The river was very low yesterday.  This is the first time we have seen the water so low.

We saw these berries all around the park.  The only animals were the usual squirel and lizards. The trail off the boardwalk was a little muddy but not so that we couldn't walk it.

Another good day to be out walking.

Pearl Harbor Day

December,7,1941 was indeed a very sad day for the United States of America.  The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Many lives were lost and shattered that day.  If you're old enough to remember it,you will never forget.  We have many service men and women to thank for keeping us safe thus far.
This morning Nancy and I have to go to get some blood drawn to make sure the meds that we are taking and other things are ok.  The worse part of it is we can't even have our coffee until we have this over with.

Cold BRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr

For us it was cold this morning.  The thermometer had a reading of 41° which here in Florida is cold.  It didn't get over 56° yesterday so we are going through our winter time. I sure hope it doesn't last very long.  At least the rain is gone so maybe the dampness will leave soon,  It was cool getting out early and going to church,but with the message from the pastor and the singing,seeing some our friends it was worth it. At least we won't have to worry about snow.  The rest of the day will be like yesterday in that I will be watching ballgames.

Raining Persians & Great Danes

In other words,its been raining cats and dogs all day long.  Not really,but thats what people say when it rains very hard.  On top of that the temperature has dropped and has been setting on 55° all day long.  Nancy and I had to go to Walmart to get our medications filled.  The rain is so cold and its foggy on top of that.  I know that other parts of the country are having worse weather then we are.  So wherever you are I hope you are warm and cozy.

Cardioligist Today

Today was a visit to the cardioligist for a 6 month check up.  Everything was good.  I even lost 10 pounds since the last visit.  From there we stopped by and had an early dinner at a Chinese Restaurant.  Then it was to a store to do a little shopping then we came home.  This still took the biggest part of the day.  Just like last night tonight will be watching ball games again.

Nothing but work again today.  Today it was cleaning and scrubbing the outside of the house.  We did get a chance to walk around the park a short time after eating our little Caesar's "Hot and Ready"pizza.  Once again not exciting but,still the things that have to be done.

Yipee,Hooray

We finally got out and did some walking. That doesn't mean that I'm all caught up on the work around the place.  We went to the John Chesnut Park.  There was a small "gator" to greet us.

There was a new bridge that was built while we were away.  Where there had been two small bridges,they made one nice long one.

We saw this deer along the pathway,it was gray in color and very hard to spot.  They really blend in with the surrounding foilage.

Of course you can always see a squirrel mooching for a hand out.

It sure was good to get out and be walking again. We miss it when we are not able to take time and walk.