Sharp's Travels

It wasn’t a very good day for me, my sore throat turned into a bad cold. I felt miserable all day. Bev came down and cut Cheri hair this morning and then Cheri and Bev were doing some sewing on Cheri’s new sewing machine. Now Bev plans on getting one like it. I did go out and take down the wreath and put it away. Paul came while I was doing it and was showing me an ad on a car and wanted me to check it out on the internet. This afternoon Cheri worked on her quilt and I took a nap. Paul and Bev picked us up at 5:00 pm to go down town for the car show. There wasn’t many cars and were back home by 6:30 pm.

They were having a sale at the local quilt store so guess where Cheri wanted to go this morning. Then she wanted to stop at Bealls to check on some shoes that were on sale. That was ok with me because I could go into Tractor Supply store and look around. I just left the store and was on my way to the truck when my phone rang. It was Cheri letting me know that the shoes that I wear were also on sale. So I went into Bealls and got a pair for me. This after noon I took a bike ride down to Dover Welding shop to ask some questions on the motorcycle lift. I needed to know what gauge of wire I have to install on the 5th wheel for the lift. When I got back I mowed the lawn along with the neighbors. Cheri worked on her quilt. After our evening walk we went for a ride to Dade City with Paul and Bev. They wanted to go to Bealls Outlet store. It was 8:00 pm when we got home.

We stopped over to Grandma’s and I put the charger on the golf cart. Then it was back to see Paul and Bev and find out if they wanted to go to a movie this evening. They weren’t sure if they could go or not and would let us know. I worked on waxing the truck and Cheri worked on her bed spread quilt. Late afternoon Paul and Bev called and said they would pick us up 4:30 pm to go to the movie. We saw Four Christmas’s and it was very funny. We all enjoyed it. After the movie we went back to Paul and Bev’s to play dominos. The girls won both games.

Merry Christmas to every one! We went down to the Rec Hall this morning to help set up tables and chairs for the Christmas Dinner. After we got done with the tables and chairs we walked down to see Hibbie and Jean. Jean was able to come home for the day from the rehab center. It was nice to see her home even if it was for only the day. From there we went to visit with Grandma. Then home to get ready for Christmas Dinner. After dinner we went to see Grandpa. He was feeling some better so we got him up and took him outside in the park. I wheeled him around the park and I think he likes doing that. This evening we went back down to the Rec Hall for a ham sandwich and some dessert.

We stopped by Paul and Bev’s for a short visit this morning to see what they were up to. We got home around 10:00 am. I went to work on cleaning and detailing the bike. The white wall tires needed a good cleaning and took be a couple of hours to get them looking nice. I don’t think they had ever been cleaned. I didn’t get done with the bike until 4:00 pm. Cheri defrosted and clean the refrigerator, made a cranberry salad for the Christmas pot luck diner tomorrow. We went to Candle Light Service this evening down at the Rec Hall. They had cookies and punch after the service. Cheri and I took our time coming home looking at all the Christmas lights.

We made a trip to the quilt shop here in Zephyrhills. Cheri took her wall hanging to have the quilting done. The lady that does the quilting has a lot of work and said it wouldn’t be done until around the first of May. Then we stopped at Big Lots, it’s the first time we have been there this season. Then we made a stop at the motorcycle shop to price an oil change and having a new rear tire installed on the bike. I can save over $200. by having it done there instead of the Harley dealer I don’t need it now, but will have it done before we leave here in the spring. Dean and Betty came over to play dominos this evening. Cheri and Betty beat us bad. Maybe next time if will be our turn.

It was a cold windy walk this morning and stayed cold all day with a high 59 degrees. We made a trip to Wal-Mart to pick up groceries. There were so many people that the parking lot was full. So you know what it was like in the store. I couldn’t wait to get out of there. On the way home we stopped at K-Mart so Cheri could make a return. We were home by 11:00 am. We didn’t go again out until our evening walk. Cheri did some laundry and worked on her wall hanging. I did some work on the computer and watch TV. My new GPS came today. I order a Garmin Nuvi 260W for $177.00, good price, normally sells for around $250.00 plus shipping. This evening we went up to Paul and Bev’s to play Five Crown.

After Church seven of us went to IHOP in Dade City for lunch. When we got home Cheri wanted to go to guess where? Yep Joann’s Fabrics, the best part is we get to take the bike. It was after 4:00 pm when we got home. This evening we went with Paul & Bev to do the Church Street walk in Dade City. Its about six blocks long, they close the street to the car traffic so you can walk down the street and listen to the bands at different places playing their music. Look at all the lights and decorations. They have free coffee and hot chocolate. All the churches on the street also have music going on. It was another fun night.

Cheri went over to see how Grandma was doing this morning. She said her knee was still sore but had walked down to the post office and back. Dean stopped over to return the carpet cleaning brush and visited for a while. When Cheri got back we had an early lunch and went for a bike ride up to Dade City to the quilt store. Cheri bought material for the back of the wall hanging she is working on and material for another quilt she plans on making. We took the long way back to Zephyrhills and stopped to see Grandpa. He was in bed and said that his stomach didn’t feel good. He did talk a lot today which was a good thing. Grandma came about an hour after we got there. When we got home we got ready to go with Paul and Bev to Plant City for the car show. We stopped a restaurant that we hadn’t been to before; it was a buffet and a little pricey for what they provided. We saw a lot of nice cars and Cheri found some she wanted to take home. It was a fun evening.

Cheri left at 9:30 am to take Grandma to the doctor for her follow up. She is still having trouble with her back and now a problem with her knee. While they were gone I worked on hooking the computer to the TV to show our Alaska pictures. Paul stopped over to visit then Bev came down. I wasn’t long when Cheri came home. We visited for a while. Cheri said we had to take Grandma to the Dade City hospital to have her knee x-rayed. Then we had a 3:30 pm appointment with a doctor across from the hospital. The doctor gave her cortisone shot in the knee. He said she was a candidate for a knee replacement, but is too old to have it done. It was 4:30 pm before we got home.

This forenoon I continued to clean the shed and reorganize the basement. I think those jobs are done for a while. Cheri continued to work on her wall hanging. This afternoon we took the truck and went to Dade City to eat at a Chinese restaurant we heard about. It wasn’t the best and probably won’t go back. We stopped there at Wal-Mart and then over to Win-Dixie’s for some groceries. Cheri was looking for some different kind of meals that Wal-Mart doesn’t carry. We made a stop at the Good Will store on the way home to drop off a few things. It was a very nice day with a high of 78 degrees.

We once again got our walk in before the sun came up. It was another beautiful day with a high near 80 degrees. I spent the morning washing the truck and it really needed it as it hasn’t been washed since we were in Wisconsin, shame on me. This afternoon I did some cleaning on the bike. Cheri spent her time working on a wall hanging until I asked her to go for a bike ride. Once again we went to Joann’s Fabric to return the lamp we bought yesterday. It was too high to set on the sewing table and didn’t shine the light in the right place. We brought a shorter one with an adjustable arm, it work perfect and clamps to the sewing table. On the way home we stopped to see Grandpa, Grandma was already there. We wheeled Grandpa out to the parking lot so he could see the bike. Then we feed the ducks in the park and I wheeled him around the park before taking him back inside. This evening we went down to Ken & Eileen’s to play Five Crown. Grandma also came down. Ken won two games and Cheri won one.

We received Grandma’s Life Line in the mail yesterday so I went to installed it this morning. On the way over to Grandma’s I saw Paul and Bev and they asked me what we were going to do today. I told them Cheri wanted to go down toward Tampa to a different Joann’s Fabric to look for the sewing machine case that was on sale. Paul said what time are going and I said in about a half hour. So after I got Grandma’s Life Line in the four of us headed out. Paul wanted to stop at a Wal-Mart down in that area, then on to Joann’s Fabric. Cheri got her sewing machine case and some small containers for sewing supplies. We got home about 4:00 pm.

We were up early and had our walk in before the sun came up. It is much warmer today but cloudy. After Church Ken & Eileen, Grandma, Cheri and I went out for lunch. We went to a new place call Ce Ce’s. They do a pizza buffet and it wasn’t that good, just average. This afternoon Cheri and I took a bike ride to Lakeland. Cheri wanted to go to Joann Fabric to check of a sewing machine case. Then we had to make a stop at Michaels for some Christmas shopping. It was 5:30 when we got home.

Cheri worked on Christmas Cards and I did some paper work. Late morning we made a trip to Wal-Mart to pick up my medicine and a few groceries. This afternoon it was more paper work and Christmas Cards. I got the table set up with Cheri’s new sewing machine. Now she is ready to create something, a quilt maybe. At 3:00 pm we went down to the Rec Hall to help set things up for the Potluck Supper at 5:00 pm. Cheri took baked beans for the pot luck and didn’t have any left to bring home. As usual the food was great. This evening we went over to Paul and Bev’s to play dominos. We guys won both games.

We got ready to walk this morning, opened the door and there was a heavy mist coming down so we canceled the walk. About 10:00 am Paul & Bev and Cheri & I made a trip to Camping World near Tampa. Cheri wanted a small table with adjustable legs on it. She wants to put her sewing machine on it to use. I also picked up some sewer connections for the 5th wheel. We were back home by 12:00 pm and it was time to get ready to go to Sea World in Orlando. Last summer Rick and Janice got eight tickets to go to the taping of Wheel of Fortune. So Rick & Janice, Dean & Betty, Ken & Eileen, Cheri and I went. It was outside and we waited in line two hours before we got a seat. They taped three shows and we stayed for two and part of the third before we left, it was just to cold to sit there with the wind blowing around us. Two thirds of the crowd had already left. It was neat to see how they go about doing the taping. They were there for three nights and taped three shows each night to be aired starting March 2 2009.The wind was blowing and the temp was 41 degrees on the way home. We stopped in Lakeland for a bit to eat and get something hot to drink. We got home at 10:00 pm. It was fun to see how the magic of TV works.

It was windy when we walked this morning and were supposed to get a bad storm and had tornado warnings out for most of the state. So I put the awning in and the bike in the garage. We both had doctor appointments at 9:00 am for our yearly physicals. It started to rain just before we left for the doctor’s office. While we were inside it rained real hard and when we came out the rain was almost over. We got home around 11:00 am and because of the rain we thought we would take in a movie this afternoon. The Telephone rang and it was the Sewing Machine store letting us know Cheri’s new machine was in. So we changed plans and went to get the sewing machine. Grandma rode along with us and treated us to Chinese for dinner. We got home around 3:30 pm. Then it was off to Wal-Mart to drop off a prescription and pick up some groceries. We did our walk and settled in for evening of TV.

I worked on putting locks in the saddle bags on the bike. It took me until 2:00 pm to get that job done. Cheri work on laundry and cleaning. She also made chili in the crook pot for supper, sure smells good. Mid afternoon we made a trip on the bike to see Grandpa and then to Dover to check on a motorcycle lift for the 5th wheel. It was 5:00 pm when we got home. It was very warm here today with a high of 82 degrees.

We stopped at Paul and Bev’s for a quick visit this morning. Cheri took Grandma to the doctor for blood test and got in to see the doctor as her cough that has been hanging on. She got a prescription for some antibiotics and dropped that off a Wal-Mart on the way home. After lunch we went to get a tank of LP and then to Wal-Mart to pick up Grandma’s medicine. When we got back Cheri and I put new legs on Grandma’s patio table that I made this morning. When we got home we decided to take a bike ride. On the way back we stopped at Applebee’s for supper. It was dark by the time we got home and then took our evening walk.

I had to be in Lakeland with the bike at 9:00 am. I had an appointment to get the handle bars changed and it was 40 degrees. I thought it was going to be a very cold ride, but turned out only my hands got cold (summer gloves). It was almost 1:00 pm before I got home. Cheri had shampooed the carpets. They needed to dry before she could vacuum so we took a ride on the motorcycle to Dade City. There is a quilt shop there that she wanted to go to. After our stop there we took a ride around the country side. When we got home Cheri did the vacuuming and I cleaned the bike. While on our evening walk we saw Dean & Betty and they asked us over to play dominos. The gals won one and us guys won one.

Paul picked me up at 8:15 am and we went to Webster for the car show and swap meet. I was looking for some air horns for the truck, didn’t have any luck. Paul got a pair of fender skirts for his 58 Chevy. It was very cool and windy while we were there. We tried to stay in the sun to keep warm. We got home a little after 2:00 pm. Cheri spent day with Bev and early afternoon went to see how Grandma was doing. We didn’t walk this evening; we both were tired and didn’t feel like doing it.

We were up early this morning and were down to Donna’s place at 6:30 am to set things out for the city wide garage sale. It’s supposed to start at 9:00 am, but people were already coming by 7:00 am. We had a lot of things to sell. By 1:00 pm we closed it up as we only had a few things that didn’t sell. We stopped by Paul and Bev’s for a visit. Later Paul and Bev picked us up at 3:30 pm and we headed for the car show in Dade City. It is always fun to see all the cars. Once again Cheri picked out about five or six cars she would like to have. Of course I seen a few that I liked. Around 5:30 the four of us went out to eat and headed for home. It was a fun evening.

It was a beautiful day, with a high of 75 degrees. This morning I went up to Paul and Bev’s to help install their Direct TV dish and cable. Paul hadn’t got the TV cable so we couldn’t do that but he did use our cell phone to call and get their land line phone hooked up. Cheri went over to see how Grandma was doing and went to Wal-Mart to pick up medicine for her. I came home and worked on the motorcycle. I installed a couple of helmet locks. When Cheri got home we had lunch and then Cheri had an appointment for a mammogram. I went back to Paul and Bev’s to install the Direct TV. Cheri and I both got home at the same time and decided to go and see Grandpa. We got him in the van and took him for a ride around town and into the park to see some of his friends. I don’t know if he enjoyed it or not. He wasn’t talking and wouldn’t respond to anything.

We had an appointment this morning at 9:10 am to get our blood work done for our physicals and didn’t get in until 10:00 am. They had somebody pass out so it put everybody behind. We were getting petty hungry by the time we got out of there. We went out for breakfast at the Sugar Shack, it was very good. When we got home Cheri took Grandma to the bank and to Wal-Mart for groceries. I got the bike out and went and filled it up with gas. When Cheri got home we took a bike ride to Lakeland and stopped at the Harley Dealer and made an appointment to have the handle bars changed on the bike. Then we went to a Sewing machine place to look at new machines. Cheri bought a new Janome Gem 660. We will have to go back to pick it up as there wasn’t room on the bike to bring it home. Also have to wait on another part that she ordered (platform) that fits around the arm of the machine.

It was a cold 35 degrees this morning; everything was white with frost on our walk this morning. When we were on our walk we see that our friends Paul and Bev are here. After breakfast we went up to see them. We are glad they are here as we have missed them. Paul and I already have made plans to go to Dade City Sat. night for the cruse in and look at all the cars. Sun. we are going to a car show and swap meet in Bushnell. Cheri and I went to Dover this afternoon to look at motorcycle lifts that we can put on the back of our 5th wheel. They had a used one that I am dealing on, have to wait until they contact the owner to see if he will accept our offer. On the way home we stopped to see Grandpa. He did a lot of talking again, good news. When we got home we see we have new neighbors above us. Bonnie didn’t come this winter and has rented her place.

It was a very cool and windy day with a high of 58 degrees. I didn’t feel like doing any work outside today. I worked on our Alaska trip pictures. I finally got 1550 pictures burned to a DVD. I kept sorting and cutting down on the 6,810 pictures we took while in Canada and Alaska. We took many more getting to our starting point in Canada. While I was working on the pictures Cheri went to see how Grandma is doing. She said her throat isn’t sore but is doing a lot of coughing. We went to the post office to mail out Grandma’s Life Link that quit working. Then we stopped at Wal-Mart to get medicine for Grandma. We stayed inside the rest of the day except for our evening walk.

Wow! Hard to believe it’s December already. We have been here for a little over a month; don’t know where the time has gone. We didn’t get the bad storm that they said we would get, did get some rain off and on during the night. This morning Cheri and I went to get a tank of LP and then to Wal-Mart to do some shopping. It was noon before we got home. The Life Link dialer we got for Grandma in the spring quit working. I made a call on what needed to be done to send it in for repair. We just got it in April and should be covered under warranty. This afternoon we went to see the movie Australia. We thought it was a very good movie. We were suppose to get rain this afternoon but was sunny all day, maybe rain tonight.

Grandma is under the weather today; she has a very bad sore throat and can’t talk above a whisper. After church Dean, Betty, Ken, Eileen, Cheri and I went to eat lunch at IHOP in Dade City. When we got home the wind was blowing very hard. So I put the awning in as it was whipping around. We are supposed to get a bad storm late this afternoon. This afternoon we Cheri and I went to see Grandpa. He was doing a lot of talking again today. We took the computer with us and showed him the pictures from our Alaska trip. When we came out of the nursing home it was raining. On the way home we stopped to see Jean Jensen and she seems to be coming along better. It was 6:00 pm when we got home.