Monday, November 30, 2015
Gay Nov-29-15
7:01 AM | 
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We picked up Grandma and
took her to church with us this morning. Pastor Randy had powerful message on
faith and was very interesting and made the time go by so fast. Sunday school
was also about faith and went along with what Pastor Randy’s message was about.
We didn’t go out for lunch today as we still have leftovers at home that we
need to eat. We stopped by Mel and Jan’s to drop off notes from church and
Sunday school as Mel is still very weak and wasn’t able to go to church. We
visited for a while and waited for Sherry to return from shopping so we could
say good bye to her as she is leaving to go back north in the morning. When we
got home we settled in to watch some of the TV shows we have recorded, we have
a lot of shows to get caught up on. I got an e-mail from Mike and he wants to
go for a motorcycle ride so we got one set up for Thursday. They are calling
for rain on Thursday but it is far enough away maybe we won’t get it. We couldn’t
go any sooner as Thursday and Friday were the only days everyone was free.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Gay Nov-28-15
6:40 AM |
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Things were kind of sad
here this morning as Nikki has to leave today and head back to Wisconsin. The
week she was here went so fast and we didn’t get to take her to some of the
places we had planned. We left for the airport at 10:30 am. After we dropped
Nikki off at the airport we stopped at the tile shop to buy the back splash for
the kitchen. The store was closed for the weekend. The store hours for Sat were
8:00 am to 12:00 pm and we were there at 11:45 am. I could see other delivery
slips on the door so I know they were closed all day. We stopped at Home Depot
to see about an under counter pull out towel rack, no luck on that. We did buy
some spray paint to try and paint the switches and electrical outlets to match
the back splash. We also stopped at Lowe’s still looking for the towel rack
with no luck. So when we got home I ordered one on line. I sprayed one switch
and cover and it looked good next to the back splash sample we have. We relaxed
the rest of the afternoon and then met Mike and Pam uptown at 5:00 pm for
dinner and then back to our place to play cards. It has been over two weeks
since we last seen them, nice to end the day with good friends.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Gay Nov-27-15
6:54 AM |
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Well I know Thanksgiving
over because Cheri had me get all the Christmas decoration out and put the
Christmas tree up. Cheri and Nikki spent all morning putting away all the
Thanksgiving decorations and putting up the Christmas decorations. I worked in
the kitchen putting up the pendulant lights up over the peninsula counter. It
was after 1:30 pm when I got done which was shortly after Cheri and Nikki got
done with the Christmas decorations. We had a late lunch as I didn’t want to
stop with the lighting until it was done. After lunch we dropped Nikki off at
Grandma’s and Cheri and I went to the hospital to see Mel. He is very dehydrated
from the radiation treatments and loose bowels. They think he will be able to go
home tomorrow. We picked up Nikki around 5:00 pm and headed home. We had
another Thanksgiving dinner from all the left overs, still have enough turkey
for a couple more meals. I have uploaded a picture of craft projects Cheri and
Nikki did this week.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Gay Nov-26-15
6:53 AM |
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Happy Thanks Giving. I
hope you all had a blessed day and was able to spend it with family and
friends. The turkey dinner with all the trimmings we got from Publix’s was
really good. Nikki made a cherry pie and pumpkin fluff to eat with gram
crackers. While Cheri and Nikki were fixing dinner I worked on getting the
water and drain hooked up to the new sink. Everything went well until I hooked
up the drinking water. I had run a new water line for it. When I turned on the water
I had a leak spraying water where it came into the cabinet. It looked like it
was coming from behind the dishwasher. So I removed the dishwasher and found it
was right where it came through the cabinet side wall. Somehow it got bent over
and broke at that point. I had an extra water line splicer so it wasn’t long I
had it fixed and the dishwasher back in place. It took most of the day to
getter done as Cheri and Nikki were working in the same area getting dinner
ready. Late this afternoon after I got done Cheri, Nikki, and Grandma played
cards. I headed to my recliner to watch a little TV and take a nap. Nikki took
Grandma home which was nice because I really didn’t feel like going out. I was
the last one to bed this evening as I had to stay up to watch the Green Bay
Packers play the Chicago Bears. It was a disappointing game as the Bears won.
The Packers had plenty of chances but just didn’t pull it off.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Gay Nov-25-15
6:50 AM |
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We got around early this
morning as they were coming to install the new counter tops the first thing
this morning. Well when 10:00 am came Cheri called to find out when they would
be here. She was told that they just left and would be here in an hour. So much
for the first thing in the morning. I guess their day starts later than mine. Mike
and his brother Hank stopped by to see the cabinets and counter top. They got
here just a few minutes after the counter top guys. Long story short the
counter tops are in and look great. We had to wait until after 4:00 pm before
we could put anything on the counters and I have to wait until tomorrow to do
the sink plumbing because of the weight of the garbage disposal. So after they
left we went to Lowe’s to get the plumbing materials I will need tomorrow. Then
we looked at stoves and refrigerators as they have a big sale on them right
now. On the way home we stopped at Publix’s and picked up our Thanks Giving
diner. It is a precooked turkey with all the trimmings. All that has to be done
tomorrow is cook the turkey for two hours and heat up the rest of the meal and
we will be ready for a Thanks Giving dinner.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Gay Nov-24-15
6:29 AM |
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This morning we took Nikki
out to the flea market. It is the first time we have been there this season. It
seems like it is bigger than it was last year. I purchase four carpenter pencils
and a bag of kettle corn, seems like I have to buy a bag every time I go. It
doesn’t take me very long to see everything and was back to the car to wait
almost an hour for Cheri and Nikki to come. When we got home I worked on the rest
of the cabinet lighting. Cheri and Nikki went shopping and to pick up medicine
for Grandma and then to her place for pizza and cards. After I got done with
the cabinet lighting I took a motorcycle ride to Home Depot to get a black
telephone jack and then on to Lowe’s in New Tampa to check out a trash and
recycle bins that roll out from a cabinet. This Lowe’s was the only one that
had them. Well I ended up buy one and strapped it on the motorcycle. I looked
pretty funny going down the road with it. Cheri and Nikki got home about 45
minutes before I did. I install the new trash and recycle containers in one of
the pantry cabinets. It was near 6:00 pm before I was done. We had some lasagna
that Cheri had frozen along with garlic toast for supper. We watch Dancing with
the Stars or I should say Cheri and Nikki did as I slept through most of it and
woke up to see who won. Cheri was very happy with the results.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Gay Nov-23-15
6:51 AM |
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I got up this morning to a
temp of 47 degrees, not to my liking. I am not sure if it even got to 60
degrees today. I took Grandma for her doctor’s appointment 9:00 am and didn’t
get to see the doctor until 10:00 am. She had a fasting lab and was pretty
hungry by the time I got her back to our place for something to eat. She visited
with Cheri and Nikki while they were doing a painting project. I headed to Lowe’s
to get a some plumbing fittings for the water filter I am installing for the refrigerator
in order to have some good ice cubes without the chorine taste. I also picked
up the under cabinet lights for the kitchen. Nikki made potato soup for lunch
which was excellent. Was really good on a cold day. This afternoon Cheri and
Nikki took Grandma home and then went shopping. I worked on refrigerator water
filter and lights under the cabinets. The filter is done and the lighting is
done on the sink side cabinets and the office area, still have the refrigerator
side to do. We had leftover soup for supper. We watched Dancing with the Stars
and Cheri said the wrong person got voted off.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Gay Nov-22-15
6:26 AM |
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It was a misty rainy day
although we did get some sun midafternoon and then more misty rain. We did go
to church this morning along with Nikki and Grandma. We didn’t stay for Sunday
school as we had a few other things going on. After church we did stop by Mel
and Jan’s as they weren’t in church. Mel is not feeling well after having all
the radiation treatments. We dropped off church information along with new
Sunday school study book. Nikki wanted to go to Golden Corral while she was
here so that was where we eat lunch today. We brought Grandma back here to
watch the football game with me but it didn’t start until 4:30 pm. So Nikki and
Cheri took her home and then went shopping. I worked out in the shop putting
things away from the kitchen project. Nikki and Cheri picked up Grandma on
their way home from shopping so she could watch the Green Bay Packers with me. Cheri
and Nikki were busy checking out projects on the computer that they might like
to do. Around 6:30 pm Cheri fixed pizza for us as we had such a big lunch.
After the football game I took Grandma home. We watched a little more TV and
called it a night.
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Gay Nov-21-15
6:48 AM |
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Cheri and Nikki left early
to go shopping as there was a Christmas Bazar down at the club house today.
They also did some grocery shopping so that they can make potato soup from a recipe
that Nikki has. Then they picked up Grandma and brought her over her so she
could spend time with Nikki. They played cards all afternoon. I worked outside
today cutting back the shrubs and flowers. I also clean all the twigs and
branches off the roof of the house. Then I cleaned the rain gutters and raked
up the leaves in the back yard. After all of that I was ready for another
shower as I was pretty hot and sweaty. Then it was time to watch Wisconsin
Badger football. Cheri made a wonderful dinner of Italian chicken, spinach
salad, baked potatoes, mixed vegetables, and fresh baked buns with cherry jelly.
Very good. I took Grandma home around 6:30 pm. Then we settled in for an
evening of TV. Around 7:00 pm we had a rain shower come through, just enough to
wet things down.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Gay Nov-20-15
6:28 AM |
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We got an early start at
cleaning the house. It was a full morning of sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and
dusting. We got almost everything done before we had to go for Cheri’s eye
appointment. She is still having trouble with double vision. The doctor did
some fine tuning on her prescription. After the appointment we headed to Wesley
Chapel to order the new glasses. If this doesn’t take care of the double vision
she will have to go see a retinologist. While we were in Wesley Chapel we had a
late lunch at the Hibachi Grill. We also made a stop at the Honda dealer to
make an appointment for the recall on our car. Our last stop was the Wesley
Chapel Wal-Mart to get some more paint for the kitchen. It was after 3:00 pm
when we got home and still had some cleaning to do. Larry and Denise came over
at 5:00 pm to play cards and have pizza with us. We played one game of Hand,
Knee, and foot. Plus a game of pinochle and once again Denise and Cheri won
everything. We played cards early because we had to leave at 8:45 pm to go to
the airport to pick up our daughter (Nikki) from Wisconsin. She is here for a
week to spend Thanks Giving with us. It has been two years since she was last
here.
Friday, November 20, 2015
Gay Nov-19-15
7:24 AM |
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Cheri and I spent most of
the day cleaning up the house. I finished putting on the cabinet nobs and
putting the cabinet shelves where Cheri wanted them, still have a couple of
cabinet shelves to put in as Cheri isn’t sure what she is putting in them. I
finished getting all the tool out of the house and now I need to get my shop
cleaned up and the tools put away. This afternoon we went to the bank for
Grandma and to Wal-Mart to pick some groceries and other things she needed.
After we dropped off her groceries we went to Publix’s to get the groceries
that Cheri needed for Thanksgiving. It was near 3:00 pm when we got all of that
done. We did a little more cleaning and called it a day.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Gay Nov-18-15
6:08 AM |
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Larry and Denise came over
this morning. Cheri and Denise went shopping. Larry helped me haul away all the
old kitchen cabinets with their truck. We took everything to the Re-Store here
in Zephyrhills. They even took the pallets that the new cabinets came on plus some
scrap for their dumpster. It took four truck loads to get rid of everything. It
was 1:00 pm when we got done. I called Cheri to see if they were going to be
around for lunch. She said that they just got to Jo-Ann Fabrics as there had
been an accident and had to go a long ways to get around it. So Larry and I
went to Pizza Hut for lunch. After lunch we headed home and when I went to put
the tarps away I realized I still had the old hot water heater to get rid of.
So we loaded it in the truck and headed to the scrap yard to get rid of it. We
also loaded up the cardboard and newspapers we had and has we were unloading
them at the park dumpster a guy wanted to know if he could have the hot water
heater as he and a friend part them out. So we unloaded it there for him, nice
that we didn’t have to make the trip to the scarp yard. With everything done
Larry asked me if I wanted to take a motorcycle ride with him to look at a new
topper for their truck. We rode to a truck accessories place down by the Tampa
Fairgrounds. It was my first motorcycle ride since May, sure felt good to get
back on the bike. The ride was 55 miles which was just right for my first ride.
It was near 5:00 pm when we got back to our place. Larry and Denise headed home
and we settled in for the evening. Around 7:00 pm we got a good rain shower,
just checked the rain gauge and we received just over a ½ inch of a much needed
rain.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Gay Nov-17-15
5:42 AM |
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We were up early this
morning as we were heading home (back to Florida). We got a chance to say
goodbye to Brooke before she left for work. Then finished packing the car and
left the same time Darren left for work (7:40 am). We were going to stop for
breakfast before we got on the road very far but things moved along pretty good
in the rush hour traffic so we kept going until we were south of Atlanta. When
we got off I-75 for breakfast there was a sign that said large quilt shop.
Guess who wanted to check it out? So at breakfast we asked the waitress if she
knew where it was and she told us how to get to it. We got to the quilt shop at
9:45 am and had to wait until 10:00 am for it to open. We didn’t have a lot of
time to spend there but Cheri did find a few things. We needed to get back on
the road as we had tickets to see Tony Dungy speak at our church this evening.
We got home at 4:10 pm, unpacked the car, changed our clothes, and then headed
to Dade City to have a sub at Subway for our dinner. We were early getting to
the church but wanted to get a good seat to see Tony Dungy. He gave his testimony
which was very interesting. We were back home by 8:45 pm and were ready to call
it a night.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Gay Nov-16-15
6:21 AM |
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It was another busy day. I
worked on electrical all day and Cheri cleaned up behind me plus some extra
cleaning and putting things away. Darren came home for lunch and then back to
work. We had just finished up with the electrical and was putting a few things
in the car to be ready to leave in the morning when Brooke and Darren both got
home about the same time. We got everything done that Darren and Brooke had on
their list. Darren ordered in pizza for dinner which was very good. We watched
some of our TV shows and called it a day.
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| Darren and Brooke's house |
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| Results of all the electrical work done for two days |
Monday, November 16, 2015
Gay Nov-15-15
6:32 AM |
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We didn’t go to church
today, just too much work that needs to be done. I worked on caulking and Cheri
follow behind me doing touch up painting. We also got all the furniture back in
place. I helped Darren hang the cabinets in the garage. Darren spent most of
the day in the garage sorting through tubs of things and then with my help got
it put up in the new storage area in the garage attic. One last thing we did
was put up his laser parking stops so they know where to stop when they park
the cars in the garage. We got cleaned up and headed over to Chris and Cheryl’s
for dinner. They fixed us a stuffed pork loin with sausage, boiled cabbage, squash
casserole, butter beans, and French garlic bread. It was a meal fit for a king.
We got all the things on Darren and Brooke’s list done except the rest of the
electrical and we plan on staying another day to finish it.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Gay Nov-14-15
7:06 AM |
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We continue to be very
busy with working at Darren and Brooke’s. I helped Darren load up the SUV so he
could make a trip to the dump and on his way back he stopped and picked up
breakfast from Chick-fil-a. Cheri continued with the wall painting. While I
worked on the chair rail Darren put the new garage cabinets together. Brooke
made a trip to Lowe’s to pick up a few things we needed. We didn’t break for lunch
until 1:30 pm. At 2:30 pm the last piece of chair rail was installed (all 230
plus feet). Cheri had finished the wall painting. Next was to start the caulking
and paint touch up. Cheri and I finished what we could do in the master bedroom.
So Darren helped move the furniture so we could get to the rest of the bedroom
walls. By 4:30 pm the master bedroom was all done. We quit work at 5:00 pm as
we were to be at Brooke’s parents (Chris and Cheryl) at 6:00 pm for drinks and
to see their new house. We all headed out for a wonderful steak dinner and then
back to Chris and Cheryl’s to visit. It was 9:30 pm when we go home and we were
all ready to call it a day.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Gay Nov-13-15
7:13 AM |
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We were very busy today.
Still doing the chair rail and painting. It was a long day and didn’t get done
until after 6:30 pm. Cheri was still working making Lasagna for supper and we
didn’t eat until around 8:00 pm. Tomorrow will be another busy day as Cheri
still has painting in two bedrooms to finish. Darren and I have two bedrooms to
finish putting up chair rail. Darren also change out three toilets while I worked
on the chair rail. So that was our day. Oh we got a call that our counter top
will not be ready to install until Nov 25th. I believe that is the
day before Thanksgiving.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Gay Nov-12-15
7:01 AM |
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Cheri worked on painting
the lower part of the walls before we put up the chair rail which will divide
the two paint colors. Darren and I worked on putting down the floor in the
garage attic and even got a lot of things put up that were stored in the
garage. Then it was time to work with chair rail. After making a couple of
sample cuts I realized we needed a square to make sure we had the saw set up
right. So we headed to Lowe’s to get the square and a level. While we were
there Darren also bought a couple of cabinets for the garage. We also checked
out flooring for the bathroom in the loft. When we got home we had lunch and
then back to work. We got several pieces of chair rail up but not without me
making some miss measurements and wrong cuts. But the more we did the better I
got. What we have done looks nice but we still have a lot left to do. We quit
at 6:00 pm and headed downtown to have Mexican for supper which was very good.
We got so much food we brought home enough for another meal. After supper we
went to the grocery store to get a few things Cheri needs to make cookies, a
bagel dip that Brooke likes, and Lasagna for tomorrow.
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| Some of the chair rail is up |
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Gay Nov-11-14
7:26 AM |
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Cheri and I had a busy day
working on things in Darren and Brooke’s house. Cheri was busy painting all 230
plus feet of chair rail. I work on electrical in the garage adding additional
outlet for their lawn sprinkler, had a cord running across the ceiling to the
garage door outlet. I also added a light in the attic of the garage plus a new
out let in the ceiling. Darren came home with the paint that will go on the
walls below the new chair rail. So we put up a chalk line on the wall so Cheri
could paint before putting the chair rail up. Darren and I got some of the
plywood up in the attic so they will have a floor to set all the things that
will go into storage. We still have to cut a couple of pieces to fit and then
screw all of it down. Darren and Brooke took us out for supper in downtown
Roswell and Brooke’s mother met us there. We had several appetizers, calamari,
sliders, Bang-bang shrimp, bacon rapped shrimp. When we got home we watched a
little TV and called it a night.
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| Cheri painting chair rail |
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Gay Nov-10-15
7:43 AM |
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I was busy all morning
changing out electrical receptacles, switches, and cover plates. Cheri was good
about getting what I needed for each receptacle and switch plus cleaning up
behind me. We worked until around 2:00 pm when Darren got home. We took
measurements to add a storage floor in the attic of the garage along with
lights and new electrical outlets in the garage. We also measured to add chair
rail to three bedrooms and hallway (about 230 feet). Then the three of us
headed to Home Depot to get the plywood for the attic, chair rail, and some
additional electrical materials. We got the electrical materials and then went
to the lumber department and found that they didn’t have enough of the chair
rail. They checked other Home Depots and found one that was about ten mile
farther away that had the chair rail so we headed there to get it. Long story
short we did get enough but had to take some damaged pieces. We got the plywood
and rented one of their trucks to haul it home. It worked out good getting the
truck as it only cost twenty dollars plus two gallon of gas. It was 5:30 pm
when we finally got home from returning the truck. After supper we hung a large
3’ by 5’ mirror on the wall in the dining room and one of Darren’s big pictures
(4’ by 4’) high on the wall by the open stairway to the loft.
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| Darren and Brooke's living room with picture we hung last night |
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| Darren took this picture of downtown Atlanta |
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Gay Nov-9-15
7:12 AM |
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The guy came around 10:20
am to measure for the counter tops and have an appointment to have them
installed next Tuesday. It worked out well as we are gone for a week and they
will be ready when we get home. So we were on the road at 11:00 am headed to
Roswell GA to spend a week with Darren and Brooke. The day was overcast so it
was nice for driving except when we got into Georgia we had a light mist of
rain the rest of the way. We made a stop for gas about 100 miles south of
Atlanta and it was 53 degrees and we were in shorts and short sleeves, cold for
people from Florida. The traffic move along really well until we were about 12
miles from Darren and Brooke’s. It took us an hour to go that 12 miles of stop
and go rush hour traffic. We arrived at Darren and Brooke’s a few minutes past
6:00 pm. sure was good to see them and got a tour of their house, very nice.
Darren fixed us some potato soup which was very good. We spent the evening
visiting and watched a little TV.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Gay Nov-8-15
6:59 AM |
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We had a good day. We
Picked up Grandma and took her to church with us. Pastor Randy sent us his
message notes so Grandma could follow along with the service. Sure is nice of
him to do that. His message was A Simple Plan from Romans and 2 Corinthians
6:2. Our Sunday school lesson was A New Name from Genesis 17:1-8, 15-22. Mel
and Jan didn’t make it to church today so it was just us for lunch at the
Village Inn. After we dropped of Grandma we made a quick stop at Wal-Mart and
then stopped to see Mel and Jan. Mel was feeling a little weak and needed his
walker to get around and figured it would be best to stay home. It was almost
3:00 pm when we got home. I settled in to watch the NASCAR race and Cheri did
some laundry and started packing for our trip to see Darren and Brooke.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Gay Nov-7-15
6:04 AM |
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I got up around 4:30 am
this morning as I wanted to get an early start on working with the cabinets in
the kitchen. The plan for the day was to get all the base cabinets in so that
the counter top people can come Monday morning and measure for the new counter
tops. I am not sure what Cheri did today but I do know she was busy all day
plus she continued to clean up after me which is a full time job. I was done by
4:30 pm and ready for a shower. I needed to get cleaned up as at 5:30 pm we
were going down to the Rec Hall for with Mike and Kathy for a free Italian meal
being put on by the park manager. It was an ok meal but nothing great but when
it is free you can’t complain. There were around 150 people for the meal and
then played a game and had a 50-50 drawing. It was around 8:00 pm when we got
home. I settled in to watch the Wisconsin Badger football game I had recorded. Cheri
spent the rest of the evening with her I-Pad.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Gay Nov-6-15
5:29 AM |
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It was a busy day for
Cheri and me. Cheri got the laundry started early this morning and spent time
in the sewing room cutting down our king size electric blanket to a queen size.
While I was working on the electrical we got a call from Jan telling us that
she was in the emergency room with Mel. His blood pressure was sky high and his
lungs full of fluids. She said that he was resting and doing better but was
going to admit him for the day to keep an eye on him. So after lunch we went to
see him and he looked good and said that he really could have gone home. The
doctor came in and listened to his heart and lungs. He said that he still had
fluid in the lower part of his lungs but was much better. I had some good news
today as the cabinet I ordered came. So I busy putting it together this
afternoon. I also got the upper cabinets installed in the office area plus one
additional cabinet in the kitchen. I only have four base cabinets left to
install and I will get them done tomorrow. Cheri called the stone yard and made
an appointment for Monday morning to come and measure up for the counter tops.
We were going to leave early Monday morning and head to Atlanta to spend a week
with Darren and Brooke. Our appointment is for 10:00 am and will be done by
11:00 am so we should be on the road to Atlanta by 11:30 am. The counter tops
should be ready to install when we get back from Atlanta. It was 6:00 pm before
I was done for the day.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Gay Nov-5-15
6:46 AM |
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I had trouble getting my
body to move and get started today, just tired. Cheri was busy with house work
and laundry. I was about ready to leave and head to Lowe’s for some electrical materials
when Larry and Denise came. Larry went with me to Lowe’s and Cheri and Denise
were checking out new templates on the internet for quilting. Larry and I got
back around 11:00 am and we visited for a while and they left as they have
company coming this afternoon. Cheri and I had lunch before I got started on
the electrical work. Mel and Jan stopped by around 1:30 pm for a visit and to
drop off a get well card for me. I quit working at 3:00 pm as I needed to shut
the power off to continue and the circuit I was working was the lights which
met it would be on the dark side for doing anymore and I didn’t feel like
getting an additional light source today. I guess I was pretty lazy today. We
rested until it was time to meet Mike and Pam at Panera Bread for supper and
then to Ron and Sandy’s for our Life Group Gathering. It was the last Life
Group for this season. We are going to miss being with our friends and learning
more about God.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Gay Nov-4-15
6:40 AM |
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Cheri got up in the night
because I was snoring very load and couldn’t sleep. She went out and put on a
coat of paint in the office area and then came back to bed. So she is very
tired today. She put on the last coat of paint this morning so I could start
doing the electrical work. I also patched some holes in the office area. I also
cut in some electrical boxes on the sink side of the kitchen for more electrical
outlets. I was busy all day but really can't see where I did anything. I was at a good stopping point around 3:00 pm and didn’t feel like
hanging any cabinets today. So Cheri and I relaxed and watched some TV. After
supper we went over to Larry and Denise’s to play Hand, Knee, and Foot. We
played two games which Cheri and Denise won.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Gay Nov-3-15
6:07 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
We didn’t get very much
work done today. I had a follow up doctor’s appointment at the VA this morning
and had to wait over an hour to get in. I had a good follow up report from the
doctor. On the way home we stopped at the Re-Store to see if they wanted any of
the old kitchen cabinets we removed. They gave me a telephone number to call
and they will come and pick them up. We made one more stop at the hair solon so
Cheri could see about getting an appointment to have her hair done. She came
out and said that she could get in right away so I headed home and she is going
to call when she is done. It was already 1:00 pm when I got home. So I worked
on getting things ready for Cheri to paint in the office area and another coat
of plaster on the wall. I just got done and Cheri called and was ready for me
to pick her up, good timing. When we got home Cheri went right to work on
painting and I worked on the base cabinets. I was done at 4:30 pm and Cheri was
done at 5:00 pm. We rested a while before Cheri fixed supper.
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| Cheri busy painting |
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Gay Nov-2-15
6:37 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
It was another busy day in
the kitchen. I had some dry wall work to do where I had taken out some of the
old cabinets and damaged the wall. Also did some electrical work as it would be
easier to do before putting in the base cabinet. Larry and Denise came over
early afternoon to see our kitchen project and then Larry help me remove the
old cabinets from the office area. Cheri and Denise went shopping in Dade City
while Larry and I were removing the old cabinets. We were done by 3:30 pm and
Cheri and Denise were back so we sat and visited for a while. After they left I
finished cleaning up so Cheri could fix supper. We had some of the ribs that we
got at Sam’s yesterday. I still think they are best ribs. This evening was
Dancing with the Stars and I couldn’t stay awake, kept falling asleep so headed
to bed. I don’t know who got voted off.
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| the end is near |
Monday, November 2, 2015
Gay Nov-1-15
5:53 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
It was nice to have the
extra hours sleep last night but the truth be known I would much rather stay on
daylight time. Grandma went to church with us today. Pastor Randy message was
Do You Really Believe? From Romans 10:8-13. It was a very good message. Our
Sunday school lesson was Waiting for the Promise from Genesis 15:1-7, 13-16.
Charlie did and excellent job of presenting it. After Sunday school we along
with Mel and Jan went to Doc’s for lunch which was good and got a chance to
visit. We got a call from Larry and Denise and they arrived around 9:30 pm last
night and wanted to know if we wanted to go to Sam’s this afternoon. So we
headed home and changed our clothes and went over to their place. Larry and Denise
got a new truck just before they came down. We had a nice visit before heading
to Sam’s. We really didn’t need anything but managed to spend over 100 dollars.
We also got some of Sam’s great pork ribs. Larry and Denise asked us to stay
for supper but we had things that need to be refrigerated and I was tired so we
headed home. Cheri fixed us a pizza for supper and I settled in to watch the
NASCAR race that I had recorded and was happy to see Jeff Gordon win the race.
I also watch some of the Green Bay Packer game with Denver Broncos. Green Bay
was behind and I was really tired to I headed to bed. Cheri went an hour before
me.
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Gay Oct-31-15
6:30 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Happy Halloween to
everyone, hope your day was better than mine. I started the day by going to
Lowe’s to get the plumbing materials I needed to get the water and drain hooked
up in the new sink cabinet. I also bought some stain that I thought might match
the cabinets. I had to cut a piece to make the dishwasher fit in order to have
the sink cabinet centered under the window. Cheri stained it with the new stain
I got and it was almost a perfect match. Getting the water lines extended turned
out to be a test of my patients. The water lines where short and had trouble
getting the extension couplings on. I ended up with a leak but I finally did
get it fixed. I set a piece of the old counter top that had the sink in it on
the new cabinet and connected the water and drain to it. I also ended up with a
leak or I should say a drip. This is all temporary until we get the new counter
tops so I put a pail under it for now. I went to plug the garbage disposal in
and realized I forgot to cut an opening in the back of the cabinet for it,
something to figure out another day. I also had trouble getting the dishwasher
connected. It was 6:00 pm and I was tired and had enough for the day. Cheri
helped me by cleaning up some of the mess I made. I am not sure what all Cheri
did today but I know she was busy.
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