Sharp's Travels

Should I sew them togeather like this or.......

........or like this or .......

.....or like this, how the pattern changes as you turn them

About 2/3 are sewed togeather

Not much going on today. We were going to late church today so we stopped on our way to check on Grandma and she is doing well. The nausea medicine as made all the difference. After church service Cheri and I were baptizes along with several other people. It is a new start in our christen life. This afternoon we watched a movie and then over to Grandma’s to take care of her needs. Carol was visiting her. We were back home by 3:30 pm and got ready to watch the Packer’s play. It was a treat for us as we don’t get to see many of their games. Even though we have Direct TV I am too cheap to pay the price they want so we could get all the Packer games. Yes the Packers did win, but I was worry near the end as it looked like the Eagles were going to pull out the win.

9-11, everyone remembers what they were doing on that day. Two other days I remember are when JFK was shoot and when the first space shuttle blew up. It’s sad that we only remember the bad things that happened and not good things. I rode the bicycle around the park today and see that the two trailers that burned have been all tore apart and moved out. Other then the damage to the trailers nearby that had the siding melted you would never know we had the fires. As far as I know no one has been caught for setting the fires. The people from the first fire have bought another place in the park that was for sale. The people from the second fire have had a use trailer moved into the park on a different site. They plan on having a Florida room added to it. Grandma has been sick the last two days. The doctor told her to stop taking the medicine that was for nausea. He said it had a lot of side effects. So now she is very nauseated. So we had her start taking the medicine again. We will have to go back to the doctor to see if there is something else she can take. This evening she said she felt better. The therapist had his last visit today. So now there will not be any more Medicare people coming to check on her. It was a very hot day again today and Grandma’s trailer got up to 82 inside. So that means that the air conditioning people have more work to do. I thought sure enlarging the return air was going to fix the problem. I think they will probably add an additional air out let in the kitchen area.

I got Grandma’s van wash this morning. And I must say I picked the wrong day to do it as it is very humid and I was soaking and wet within five minutes. The air conditioning people called at 10:30 am and said they were on their way over to install the new air return vent. Which was good timing as the therapist was coming at 11:00 am. Well the air conditioning people brought the wrong size vent and said they would come back at 1:00 pm to install the right one. The good news is the air conditioner is now working the way it was supposed to. It has only taken two years to get the problem solved. After the therapist left we went home to have lunch and then back to Grandma’s to wait for the air conditioner people to come. At 1:00 pm I got a telephone call saying they didn’t have the right size grill in stock and had to order one. So now they will be here Monday. This afternoon Cheri and I went to see Mat Dillon’s movie the Takers. It was a little better then The American. Of course that’s no saying much. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you really don’t have anything else to do. After the movie we had to go to Wal-Mart to pick up Grandma’s medicine, I also had to pick up mine. I got the grill out and grilled up a rib eye steak for supper, very good. I just got done and it pour rain, good thing I wasn’t five minutes later.

The first thing I do after I get up is to make coffee. Well this morning after our walk we didn’t have any water. But the coffee was ready. One good thing about living in an RV is all I had to do was turn on the water pump and we could use our on board water. It seems like we have this happen once or twice a year. I never keep very much water on board because I don’t want it to get stale. Well Cheri forgot and started a load of laundry. After the laundry was done we were very low on water. It was after 4:00 pm before we got water again. I guess the pump went out at the well. The nurse came at noon to see Grandma. This was her last visit. She was so impress with Grandma because of all the things she does for her age. She said that if she is ever in Baker Acers again that she would stop to say hi to Grandma. We played dominos after the nurse left and it was getting hot in the trailer. Ever since we had the new air conditioner put in it seems that it can’t keep up on hot days. If you have followed our blogs then you know it has been an ongoing problem. I was pretty upset and made a trip to Bahrs plumbing and heating to have a talk with the manager. Well I never got to talk to him. But they said they would send someone out to check it out tomorrow. I said that wasn’t good enough and wanted to have someone come today and fix the problem. They did come around 4:30 pm. They determined the return air intake wasn’t large enough. So we had to remove a drawer that was above the intake in order to enlarge the opening. Wow! What a different that made. They are coming back tomorrow to put in a larger filter and vent housing. I am pretty sure this will fix the problem. I asked them why we never had that problem with the old unit. They said that the new unit moves more air and was starving at the air return. Well tomorrow afternoon will tell the tale as it is suppose to be another hot day with a heat index of 110. Stay tuned and I will let you know how things turn out.

We picked up Grandma to take her for her 10:30 am doctor’s appointment. The doctor was running over an hour late so we didn’t get back to Grandma’s until after noon. Then we went to Wal-Mart to drop off prescriptions for Grandma and to pick up some groceries for her and ourselves. By the time we got home it was near 1:30 pm. After lunch Cheri finished cleaning the cupboards and I cleaned out the basement. It was too hot to be outside, but I wanted to get that job done. I was out of salt for the water softener so I made a trip to get salt and made a stop at Lowe’s to pick up a new flag pole mount. I think this is the forth one I have bought over the last five years. We sometimes get a strong wind which is enough to break the mount. I keep looking but not able to find a stronger one. I also made a stop at the Napa store to get a new fuel filter for the truck. I always like to have an extra one on hand because you never know when you are going to need it. After I got home we went over to Grandma’s to take care of her needs and played a game of dominos. We were getting ready to leave when Carol stopped in. She wanted to play Five Crown and said she couldn’t remember how to play. So Cheri and I stayed to play a game with her and Grandma. It started to rain before we got done playing. It was a very hard rain so I took the umbrella and went home to get the car and then back to pick up Cheri. So it was after 7:00 pm before we got done with supper. It did quit raining just before we went to bed. I bet we got over three inches of rain.

Today was fall cleaning day. Cheri with my help cleaned kitchen cupboards. I did manage to get Cheri to part with a few things that she never uses (tough job). Along with cleaning we had to go over to Grandma’s as the therapist was coming at 11:00 am. We also did laundry for her. After lunch we decided to go to a movie. We wanted to see George Clooney’s new movie The American. It has a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Well I am here to tell you it was a terrible movie. I would give it a rating of 0 out of 5 stars. It is the worst movie we have seen in years. On the way home from the movie we stopped at Grandma’s to bring in the laundry and make her bed plus change her bandages and flush the stomach tube. Then we played a game of cards with her, only one game today as we still had cupboards to finish when we got home. We got rain again this evening and it was a very hot and humid day.

We were lazy again this morning. After our walk we just took our time getting around. I got up with a bad headache and didn’t feel like doing anything. I got the blog written while Cheri read the paper. I checked the paper and saw that Tony Stewart won the NASCAR Race. I was upset with seeing that because I hadn’t finished watching the race. It takes some of the fun out of watching when you already know how it is going to end. I did finished watching it before I took my shower and got dressed. Cheri spent some time going through her quilting catalogs and searching on the internet for a few things she wants. Cheri also fixed chicken and dumplings to take to the Labor Day potluck at the Rec Hall. We picked up Grandma at 12:45 pm to take her with us to the potluck. Today is the first time she has been out since her surgery. She enjoyed seeing the people and been out and about. After the potluck we took Grandma home and got her settled and our routine done with her. We headed home as I still had my headache. I rested for a while and Cheri worked on her wall hanging. I knew Cheri wanted to go to Jo-Ann Fabric’s to pick up a few things. So we headed to Lakeland so Cheri could do some shopping. We drove in rain going down and back. In fact it rain most of the evening.

We were able to take our time getting around this morning which was nice as we went to late church this morning. After church we were invited over to the minister’s (Dean and Hettie) home for lunch. Cheri and I have volunteered to help clean the church. It gave us a chance to meet other people that will be cleaning the church. It was a fun time getting to know other people and visiting. We didn’t get back to Grandma’s until around 4:00 pm. Carol was over to Grandma’s and they were playing cards when we got there. After we took care of Grandma we headed home to relax. Cheri worked on her wall hanging and I read until the NASCAR Race started. I watched about half of it before I fell asleep. I was recording it so I will finish watching it in the morning. We did get a little rain late this afternoon and it was very humid today.

Today was a repeat of yesterday as far as the weather goes. We had a high of 91 degrees. Cheri was excited today because there was a sale at the quilt store here in town. Of course she had to go and check it out. The therapist was coming at 11:00 am for Grandma. So I went over there. When I got home Cheri was back and didn’t buy any material but did get a couple of books. She worked on her wall hanging this afternoon, I read and napped. At 2:00 pm we went back to Grandma’s to do her daily things. Then we played cards with her, she really enjoys playing cards. We got back home around 4:00 pm. I fired up the grill and did some pork chops and Cheri fixed corn on the cob. After supper we headed to Dade City for the monthly car cruse in. It was fun looking at the cars again. It is the first car show we have been to since we got back in Florida. We forgot about the one last month. When we got home I started watching the NASCAR Race that I was recording. I fell asleep watching so I turned it off and went to bed. I will watch the rest of it in the morning.

It was a hot humid day so it was a down day for us. The nurse came to check out Grandma at 12:30 pm. We were thinking about going to a movie this afternoon, but the van didn’t get done until 2:00 pm. So we spent most of the day inside reading. Cheri wanted me to help her cut the backing for her quilt. So we took it down to the Rec Hall where we could put a couple of tables together so we would have room to lay it out. No other news today.

The routine was much the same as all the other days. The aid came to Grandma’s at 10:00 am and Roger the therapist that has been working on Grandma’s legs came at 11:00 am. It was after 12:00 pm before we got home. We had lunch and then went grocery shopping for us and Grandma. Usually we go to Wal-Mart and get everything. But today was different, Cheri wanted to go to Publix’s first, because she had a sale paper that had buy one and get one free. We brought that stuff back home because we had some things that had to go into the refrigerator and then to Grandma’s to drop off her things. Then we went to Wal-Mart to pick up some groceries there. From there we headed over to Winn Dixie to get some more buy one and get one free. This isn’t my kind of shopping. I rather just go to one store and get very thing and be done. I guess it is a woman thing when it comes sales and shopping. When we left Winn Dixie I noticed that we had a leak from the transmission of Grandma’s Van. So after we got home and put the groceries away I had Cheri drive it down to Arnolds Repair. I followed in the truck. We left it with them to check it out. They called later and said that the cooling lines from the transmission to the radiator were leaking. They also found a freeze plug in the engine was starting to leak. So they are going to repair them and change the fluid and filter in the transmission. Then we headed back to Grandmas to take care of her needs. It was near 5:00 pm before we got home. Not a fun day.

Wow! September is here, not sure where August went so fast. We have been in Florida almost a month already. The first thing this morning I sprayed the lawn, so I got to take another thing off of my honey dew list. Cheri did some work on her wall hanging. We went over to Grandma’s this morning as the therapist was coming at 10:00 am. She said that she could see Grandma’s is getting stronger. This will be her last visit. We were back to the 5th wheel by 11:30 and decided to take a motorcycle ride down to Plant City to have lunch at Applebee’s. They now have a soup and salad menu. So that is what we had and it was very good. We took the back roads back home; it was a nice 60 mile ride. Later we were back to Grandma’s to take care of her and then we played a couple games of SOB. Carol came while we were playing so we got her involved and taught her how to play. Cheri and I left to go home for supper. Carol and Grandma continued to play SOB. It was another day with lower humidity and a high of 88 degrees.




                 Morning Sunrise

We were back to our normal getting up this morning. It was 71 degrees this morning which is now our coolest since we have been here. Being it was cooler and low humidity I finished cleaning the motorcycle and mowed the lawn. While I was doing that Cheri went over to Grandma’s as the home help person was coming at 10:00 am and the therapist came at 11:30 am. Cheri got home at 12:30 pm and I was just finishing up my work. After lunch we went for a motorcycle ride. We stopped in Dade City to have my glasses adjusted again. They are still bothering my ears. Then we traveled the back roads around the area. On the way back we made a stop at Lowe’s to I could get some spray for the lawn and a new water hose nozzle. After we got home we went over to Grandma’s to change her bandages and flush her stomach tube. We have to do this every day until Oct 13, and then she gets it removed. We played a couple games of SOB with Grandma. She won one and I won the other one. This is the first time Cheri didn’t win a game.