Sharp's Travels

This was not one of our better days. Cheri got a call on her phone about 9:00 am. It was Grandpa saying he thought he was having a heart attack. We ran over and got him in the van and took him to the hospital emergency. Grandma was down for the Thursday morning coffee hour and didn’t know what had happened. I came back and got grandma and took her to the hospital. They finally got Grandpa in a room about 12:30 pm. Cheri and I left for a couple of hours and then went back to the hospital. We talked to the nurse and he said he didn’t think it was a heart attack and thought it was angina. We waited until after 6:00 pm for the doctor and finally came home. The doctor called us about 8:30 pm and said they were going to do some test tomorrow to check out the stints that were put in about 4 years ago. We finished the night watching the Packers get beat.

I took the bike for a short ride this morning to the doctor’s office for my physical blood work and then to the storage shed place. There was nobody around so headed home. When I got home I got on the phone again and no answer. So I called the place in Brandon and got an answer. Got things set to have the storage shed delivered between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm, they showed up a little after 3:00 pm. We went out for lunch today with the cousins and spouses to celebrate Dean and Betty’s wedding anniversary of 61 years. Cheri and Bev went to a painting class this afternoon. I worked on getting things ready for the storage shed. I put up a piece of rain gutter so the water won’t run down between the trailer and the new shed. I also rebuilt the back steps to the trailer. Cheri got back a little after 4:00 pm and put on a coat of paint on the floor of the new storage shed. We both are pooped tonight.

Today was move the old shed day. Paul and I cleaned out Grandpa and Grandma’s storage shed. I unhooked the electric and water from it. Paul got the tie downs undone. When I got back with the truck to move the old shed Dean and Cheri were there to help load it. The shed wasn’t all that heavy and it slide right up on the truck. We brought it over and sat it on our lot behind the 5th wheel. I will have to do some work on it before setting it up, new framing under the floor. I called the guy to bring the new shed and couldn’t get a hold of him all day, will try again in the morning. Late after noon Cheri and I went to Lowe’s to pick up some supplies for the new shed. Cheri is going to paint the floor and shelves before we put anything in it. I got the back door steps painted and now have to put new treads.

This morning I went down to Ken and Eileen’s to help Ken haul away some dirt and lumber that was left over from the new patio and repairs on the storage shed. Cheri and Bev were doing some practice painting getting ready for their painting class Wed. This afternoon we took a ride down to the airport checking on glider rides. We will have to go back as they are only open on Wed, Sat, and Sun. Then we went to Lowe’s to get some plumbing supplies. Tomorrow I start on moving Grandpa and Grandma’s storage shed getting ready for the new one. On our evening walk we stopped and visited with Dean and Betty. They got here late Sat afternoon.

After church 11 of us (cousins and spouses) went out for lunch, by the time we got home it was 1:00 pm. I went over to Grandpa and Grandma’s to fix the telephone line. When the carpet layers laid the new carpet they damaged the phone line under the carpet. As it turned out I had to run a new line from the junction box outside. On the way home we stopped and visited with Paul and Bev. They were getting ready to go out to eat. Cheri had a bad headache, laid down and took a nap. It didn’t seem like Sunday because there wasn’t any car racing on TV and the Packer didn’t play.

I got up early this morning and walked while Cheri was getting ready. When I got back Jodi and Darren got up. Cheri made pancakes for breakfast. The four of us went out Geo-caching. The first one we couldn’t find, Cheri and I will have to go back looking for it. The second one was behind the ice cream shop. It was pretty temping, but managed to leave without ice cream. The third one was near an old roller skating ring out in the county. It has been operating since 1939 by the same guy. We got to talk to him about it while we were there. We didn’t find the next one either as a guy there keep bothering us, so we left. We stopped at Golden Coral for a late lunch. Then we went to Grandpa and Grandma’s for a visit. Darren and Jodi left for Atlanta about 2:30 pm. Cheri and I took a nap and watched TV.

We have been busy with Darren and Jodi and so I am late getting this blog done. Darren and I took Jodi and Cheri over to the shopping center and dropped them off. Darren and I stopped at Radio Shack and picked up a power cord and accessories to run power up by the rear view mirror so now he wouldn’t have a power cable hanging down across the dash for is GPS unit. We just got done when Cheri called for us to come and pick them up. We stopped at Arby’s for lunch. When we got home Cheri stated making lasagna for supper. Darren and I went down to the Rec Hall and play pool. Grandpa and Grandma came over for supper.

Happy Thanks Giving to everyone. After breakfast Darren, Jodi, Cheri and I went over to visit with Grandpa and Grandma. We go home just in time to watch some of the Packer game before we had to go down to the Rec Hall for Thanks Giving dinner. I recorded the game so when we got home we finished watching it. Later we made a trip to K-Mart and Wal-Mart. When we got home we played a game Uno which the girls won.

We had a busy day. Darren, Jodi, Cheri and I left here at 9:00 am to go to Bush Gardens in Tampa. I didn’t know how busy it would be, but thought Wed. would be better than Fri. It wasn’t that busy, so we picked the right day. We had a lot of fun and didn’t leave Bush Gardens until 4:30 pm. From there we went to Lakeland and stopped at Best Buy. Darren wanted to check out the Nave (GPS) units. Then we stopped at Friday’s for supper. We got home around 7:15 pm. Darren started doing some updates to our computer and we played a game of Uno which Darren and I won.

After our walk this morning we went over to Grandpa and Grandma’s to get things ready for the people to put in the new carpet. We moved everything outside except for the refrigerator, couch, and beds. Grandpa and Grandma sat outside in their recliners and looked like homeless people. The carpet people came at 12:30 pm and didn’t get done until 6:00 pm. By the time we got everything back in the trailer it was 7:00 pm. Darren and Jodi arrived form Atlanta at 8:30 pm. We went out and got a late supper and back to the 5th wheel. It was 12:30 am before we got to bed.

Cheri did a load of laundry this morning. We went over to Grandpa and Grandma’s for the 11:30 am appointment with the lady from J C Penney’s to have measurements for new drapes. Grandma picked out a smoke blue for drapes and white sheers. It will take about 8 weeks to get them. In the afternoon Cheri took Grandma to Wal-Mart for groceries. I spent my time paying bills and setting up an account on the internet for our new cell phone service. I also logged the cache visits that we found yesterday, we have found a total of 119.

We had church here in the park this morning. It was the first service this season. There were 47 people. I found out that we were going to be able to get the Packer game on TV, so we had Grandpa and Grandma, Ken and Eileen, Roger over to watch the game. Cheri fixed munchies for half time. After the game Roger, Cheri and I went out Geo-caching. We found 5 caches before it got dark. We got to see a beautiful sunset. This evening Cheri and I watched the NASCAR Race and the Amazing Race.

We went to get a tank of LP this morning and also picked up the carpet samples, the people are coming Monday to measure up for new drapes in Grandpa and Grandma’s trailer and wanted the carpet color for the drapes. We went to Wal-Mart for groceries, big mistake to go there on Saturday, to many people. This afternoon we went down to the Rec Hall to help set up for the 5:00 pm pot luck supper. We had a lot of good food. Our friends Paul and Bev Webb from Ontario arrived late this afternoon. They came over this evening for a visit.

Today it was back to helping Roger and Ken with the storage shed. By 5:00 pm we had the floor all in and all that was left to do was a few screws in the floor and put on a couple of coats of paint. Cheri went for her bone density test and then came down to Ken and Eileen’s to help Eileen clean. It was a long day, we both are pooped.

I took Cheri over to the clinic so she could get her blood work done for her physical. When we got back Cheri did laundry and cleaned. She also was putting together her menu for next week when Darren and Jodi are here. I went down to Ken and Eileen’s and fixed their golf cart. They had new batteries put in and the guy broke a wire on a micro switch, so the cart wouldn’t work. I was able to solder the lead back on and now it works fine. Then Ken, Roger and I went to Lowe’s to get lumber for their storage shed. We had to put new floor joist and floor boards in. The termites had made a meal of the old joist and floor. We got the old floor and joist out and a good start on putting in the new. We will finish that project tomorrow.

Cheri took Grandpa to the doctor this morning and then at 1:00 pm she had her painting class. When she came home she wasn’t happy with the way her project came out. I thought it looked very nice. This morning Eileen and I went to the airport to pick up Donna. She brought her cat with her on the airplane. She it rode with no problems. When we got back to Baker Acers I turned on the power and water for Donna. I got everything working except the refrigerator. It wouldn’t start up; she plans on getting a new one. When I got home I put the batteries in the neighbor’s handicap scooter.

So Friday the 13th came on Tuesday this month. Cheri did cleaning and laundry. She also got out her paints getting ready for her painting class tomorrow. Wow! I didn’t know she had so many bottles of paint. I think she has every possible color. I got Donna’s (cousin) car out of storage. She is coming in tomorrow. I pumped up the tires, checked the oil and gave it a wash job and cleaned the windows. It was very dirty from sitting all summer. Cheri and I had doctor appointments this afternoon for our annual physicals. Being we are seeing new doctors, we have to go back for our blood work and a follow up office visit.

It was paper work today. We had paper work to do for Grandpa and Grandma, plus it was time to do our health insurance for next year. CenturyTel is changing companies, so there are many changes we need to look at. There are different plans that we can pick from. Kenny and Eileen arrived from the north county today, Roger drove them down. They stopped over to see us on there way out to have lunch. It was a very nice day with a high of 75 degrees.

We went to church with Grandpa and Grandma this morning. When we got home Cheri and I settled down for an after noon of football and the NASCAR Race. We didn’t get to see all of the Packer game. Shortly before the 4th quarter Fox Network switched, as they said to a more interesting game, Eagles and Redskins. We watched that until the race started. It was another beautiful day with a high of 75 degrees. Our neighbors came in this afternoon and we helped her unload their van. When we did our evening walk, we could see a few more have arrived for the winter.

It was a cool morning, but quickly warmed up with a lot of sun. Cheri and I took a motorcycle ride to the Big Top Flea Market. Grandma has an old vacuum cleaner and can’t find bags for it. Thought we might find some at the flea market, no luck finding any. Cheri bought a new check book cover. She found a nice one for $12.00, I had looked on line and the best I could do was $16.00 plus shipping, she did good. On the way home we stopped at a road side stand and picked up late lunch, early supper. I got a rib dinner and Cheri got a pulled pork sandwich.

Cheri took Grandma to the doctor this morning for a follow up on her arm. It is coming a long OK. Then they went to Wal-Mart so Grandma could pick up medicine and groceries.
I stayed home and got caught up on some of my reading of magazines. After lunch Cheri and I went to Lakeland to do some shopping. Cheri wanted to go to Penney’s. On the way home I stopped and put in some diesel fuel at $3.42 per gallon.

It was our coldest morning so far, 46 degrees and a high of 72. We had to wear jackets for our morning walk. Grandma was having a problem with her computer and printer so this morning I went over and got that working again with the help of Kari. After lunch we went out looking for a dentist so we could get our teeth cleaned. No one would clean our teeth unless we set up a new program with the dentist and get x-rays. Our insurance will not cover this as we have our dentist in Wisconsin. We will have to do some more checking on this. We went to Lowe’s and got the part ordered for Grandpa and Grandma’s range hood. This evening we went down town to a movie. The movie was called Michael Clayton staring George Clooney. We didn’t think it was very good; we had a hard time fowling it.

Cheri took Grandma to the doctor for her eyes and then they went to the carpet place and picked out the linoleum she wanted. On the way home they stopped at Wal-Mart to pick up medicine and groceries. I put the power washer together and washed the motorcycle garage and the 5th wheel. It was a nice day to work outside with a high of 67 degrees and lots of sunshine.

The guy from the carpet place came to Grandpa and Grandma’s to measure up for the new carpet. Grandpa and Grandma have picked out the carpet that they want and now have to pick out the linoleum they want. I spent the morning putting in the new range hood for Grandpa and Grandma. It turned out to be a major job I had to make a lot of changes to get it to fit, plus there is a part missing and will have to go to Lowe’s to check on it. This afternoon I dropped Cheri off at Big Lots while I went and picked up a tank of LP. Then we went to the doctor’s office and made appointments for our yearly physicals. Then we dropped off a prescription at Wal-Mart for Grandpa. While we were there I picked up a power washer so I could wash the 5th wheel and Grandpa and Grandma’s trailer.

Cheri took Grandma to the bank and Wal-Mart to get a few things. I put up the awnings on our neighbors place. They are coming in sometime this week. I took everything out of the basement again this morning so it could dry out some more and found it real wet again. I will have to empty the tank before it gets half full. I took the motorcycle hitch off the 5th wheel and now have to get some paint for it. I also got the direct TV working in the bedroom. When Cheri got home we had some lunch and spent the rest of the day watching TV.

This morning when we went over to Grandpa and Grandma to go to church we see Grandma with a very bad open wound on her arm. She fell on the concrete late yesterday afternoon bring in the laundry. Cheri and I took her to the emergency room to have it cleaned up and a dressing put on, also put a splint on her finger. We didn’t get home until 1:30 pm. The doctor needs to see her this week so Cheri will call for an appointment tomorrow. Cheri fixed dinner for all of us and we watched the Packers play, another close game until the end. Nice to see the Packers win another one. After the game Cheri and I went shopping for new shoes. We like the New Balance 608 sneakers and in Wisconsin they were $65.00, so we waited until we got here and got them for $39.00, nice savings. When we got home we watched the NASCAR Race that we had recorded.

This morning I took everything out of the basement so it could finish drying out. Cheri and I spent the day doing paper work for Grandpa and Grandma. This evening we went to Dade City for supper at a restaurant that we saw a write up in the news paper. They are celebrating 50 years in business. Well it was very bad!! Don’t know how they have stayed in business. Then we went to the car show in Dade City. They have one on the first Saturday of each month. It is fun walking around looking at all the old cars. On the way home we stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few things.

Today I was going to change the water filter and found the basement wet, which means a water leak. Since we left Fond du Lac we have had a problem with the black waste water tank. It has acted like the vent pipe was plugged. Today I found that if the tank is full it will leak into the basement. So until next spring when we take the 5th wheel to the factory to have the bedroom slide fixed we will dump the tank when it is half full. I also sprayed the lawn and under the 5th wheel to keep the creepy crawlers out. I took Grandpa to the eye doctor for his 6 month check up and then to Wal-Mart to get a prescription filled. On the way home we stopped at the storage place and ordered the new storage shed. It should be here in about two to three weeks. Cheri continued to do her fall cleaning and some laundry.

After our morning walk I went for a bike ride with Bud Avery. We went to Camping World down near Tampa. Bud was looking for some rope lighting. He didn’t fine what he was looking for, wants some that is red-white-blue. We took the long way back home. We did pass through a short rain shower. It was a fun day; got home around 3:00 pm. Cheri took Grandma shopping for new carpet and bought home some samples. They also went to Wal-Mart to pick up medicine. The guy that was supposed to call and come to measure up for the storage shed didn’t call or show up. I guess he doesn’t want to sell us a shed. Well there are plenty of other places that will be happy to sell us one. It upsets me when a place of business doesn’t do what they say.

Happy Halloween!!!! While on our morning walk we saw the park manager and had him come over to Grandpa and Grandma’s to check on the size, stile, color and placement for a new storage shed. He approved everything we want to do. So tomorrow a guy from the storage shed company is coming to measure up for the shed. Cheri and I went for our flu shot today and then went to a Sprint store and got new cell phones. We have had Cingular/AT&T for the last three years. We felt it was a time for a change. We haven’t been happy with the internet service with the air card. We would continually get dropped and many times couldn’t get a data connection. On our evening walk we can see more people have arrived.