Saturday, December 31, 2016
Gay Dec-30-16
5:53 AM | 
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
I went outside at 8:00 am
and got the hole dug so the city guys could come and fix the water leak. I wasn’t
sure what time they would be here so I got it done early. As it turned out they
didn’t come until around 2:00 pm. It was cold and a stiff breeze which made it uncomfortable
for us Floridians to be out, I am not sure whether the temp made it to 60
degrees or not. I do know that it is going to be much colder tonight. After
Cheri got her Friday laundry and house work done she took it pretty easy. I did
some computer work and I also took it easy the rest of the day. Late this
afternoon we got a call from Darren wanting me help him figure what it would
cost to take out all the carpeting and install wood floors. Plus the cost of
building a wall in their loft so he can have an office where he can work from
home in a quiet place. We also made a trip to Wal-Mart to pick up medicine and
groceries for Grandma. Then we headed over to Dick and Linda’s place to see
their new master bathroom and all the new hardwood flooring. They did a great
job and looks really nice. Then the four of us went to Terra Healthy Fresh Food
restaurant for dinner. Cheri and I had the ribeye steak special and were pretty
disappointed as it wasn’t that good. After dinner we went back to Dick and
Linda’s to visit and Dick played a few songs on the organ. It was around 9:00
pm when we got home. We were cold so we turned on the electric blanket and crawled
into bed and watch TV.
Friday, December 30, 2016
Gay Dec-29-16
6:43 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Cheri was out the door at
8:45 am and drove herself to her hair appointment. I on the other hand was slow
getting around, needed some extra coffee this morning. Cheri was back home
about the time I was ready to get started. I took the Christmas tree down and
got it boxed up for another year. Cheri helped me put away all the decorations.
When that was done it was time for me to head up to Jan’s to blow off the
carport roof and blow out the leaves that had settled in the rain gutters. My
next stop was to get a haircut which I had been trying to get down that last
couple of days. After lunch I took down the outside Christmas lights and worked
on get a water leak fixed on the flower irrigation system. Our park went around
putting back flow preventers on all the outside faucets and left me with a leak
to fix. A few months ago the city came around and changed all the water meters.
I did some checking and found a leak between the water meter and our shutoff
valve. I took a picture and went downtown to the city hall to find out who was responsible
for the repair. They had an employee come out and said that they would fix it. When
they were fixing it they shut off my valve which they wouldn’t have had to do
and now our shutoff valve leaks. They are supposed to come back tomorrow to fix
it. It is under part of the concrete driveway. So I said that I would dig it
out for them and will start on that in the morning. Cheri spent the day doing laundry,
house cleaning, and getting the house back in order after removing the
Christmas decorations.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Gay Dec-28-16
7:01 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
We took our time getting
around this morning as there wasn’t much time to do anything before it was time
to go to the airport to pick up Jan. Cheri did start taking down Christmas
decorations and I did some computer work. We left for the airport at 10:45 am.
Jan’s flight was about fifteen minutes late coming in. On the way home we
stopped at Bob Evan’s for lunch. We had a table in a more quiet area and was
nice to be able to visit while enjoying our lunch. By the time we got Jan home
and settled in and back home it was 3:00 pm. On the way home from church last
Sunday the low tire alarm came on. So when we got back home I aired up the
right rear tire that was low. Well on the way to the airport the alarm came on
again. So we stopped at a station and air it up to over fifty pounds so I was
sure we could make the trip without a flat. After dropping Cheri off at home I headed
over to Tire Kingdom to have it repaired. I told the manager about having to
air up the tire a couple of time and needed it repaired. So another guy took
the car in and put it on the lift and short time later and took it down and
drove it out in front of the shop. He came in and told me the only thing that
was wrong was that the tire was over inflated. I told him I knew it had a leak
because I had to air up the tire a couple of time. Long story short after
talking to the manager again the car was taken back in the shop and found and
repaired the leak, time to find a new place to have tires repaired as this is
the second time I had trouble there. When I got home Cheri had all the
Christmas decoration down and packed up to put away. I was just too exhausted
and frustrated to do any more today. We passed on supper because of the large
lunch we had today. But did have some more Christmas candy while watch TV.
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| Thank you for the card Grandma and Grandpa |
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| I really like it |
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| It makes me laugh |
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Gay Dec-27-16
6:59 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
I got down the Christmas
containers so Cheri could start taking down Christmas decorations and I went
outside to start cutting out pieces for the motorcycle rocker. Then all plans
change as we got a call from Larry and Denise wanting to know it we wanted to
go to Bok Tower with them. Of course we wanted to go so that was the end of
work for the day and to go and have some fun with Larry and Denise. Denise even
packed us a picnic lunch to have after we saw a few things. There were a lot
people there but with the place being so big it didn’t seem like there were
that many. They had a young lady play the bells at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. After
walking around the tower area and through the flowers we headed for the
Pinewood Estate. It was all decorated for Christmas as it would have been back
in 1944. Cheri and I have been to Bok Tower and the Pinewood Estate a couple of
times before but always see something new, in fact they have opened up a new
area with an outdoor kitchen and a really big play area for children. We had a
wonderful time and got home at 6:00 pm. We settled in with some Christmas candy
that Nikki sent us and watched a couple more Christmas movies. For more
information on Bok Tower and Pinewood Estate click on this link https://boktowergardens.org/
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| Fun day |
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Gay Dec-26-16
6:54 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Will we survived another
Christmas and time to think about taking down all the Christmas decorations.
Cheri was busy cleaning things up in the kitchen and making room in the refrigerator
for all the leftovers. I can see we will be eating leftovers for a few days
which is fine with me. I worked outside on the motorcycle rocker. I had to
recut some of the templets because of a mistake I had made cutting out the
wheels. Then it was time to start sanding on the templets. I used the new spindle
sander and it work really well and made it a lot easier doing the sanding. I
think I now have all the templets ready to use. I set up the router table and
did a test run on routing with the templet which work really well. I also made
a trip to Lowe’s to pick up a trim bit for the router as I have a half inch bit
and also needed a one inch bit. By 3:30 pm I was exhausted and done for the day
Cheri was already in the recliner resting and watching TV. We watched a movie
before having some of the leftovers for supper. Then a couple more movies
before calling it a night. Felt good to get some work done today.
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| Our little reindeer (six month old) |
Monday, December 26, 2016
Gay Dec-25-16
6:46 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Merry Christmas to all and
pray that you had a wonderful day with family and friends. Early this morning
Cheri was busy making apple and lemon pies to take over to Larry and Denise’s
for supper this evening. I got the ham out and trimmed it down to fit in the
crock pot. We were able to get all of this done before we went to church as
church was later this morning and was only one service and no Sunday school.
Grandma didn’t feel like going to church today. It was a little pass noon when
we got home. We munched on the candy that Nikki sent to us while watching some
more Christmas movies. We left at 2:30 pm to head over to Larry and Denise’s to
have Christmas supper with them along with Grandma and four of their friends.
We all sat around the table visiting and snacking before supper. Larry and
Denise fixed a large baked turkey with dressing, mashed potatoes, broccoli and
cauliflower bake, and meat pie. Cheri and I brought the wine, ham, and pies.
The other people also brought food for supper. We all eat more than we should
have and there was a lot of food left over. After supper there was more
visiting and playing cards. It was around 8:30 pm when we got home. It was a
nice Christmas spending it with friends.
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Gay Dec-24-16
6:36 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Cheri and I decided that
we were taking the day off and not doing anything. We did make a trip to
Wal-Mart so Cheri could pick up her eye drops. The parking lot was so full that
I dropped Cheri off at the door and drove around until she was ready to be
picked up. Then a stop at Publix’s and Winn Dixie to pick up some things for
dinner on Christmas day with Larry and Denise. We spent the afternoon watching
more Christmas movies we had recorded. Late this afternoon we picked up Larry
& Denise and Grandma and went to church for candle light service. After the
service we dropped Grandma off at home and then we went to Pizza Hut for pizza.
Then back to Larry and Denise’s to play a game of Hand, Knee, and Foot that
Larry and I won. So it was a stress free day.
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Gay Dec-23-16
6:40 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
No pressing plans for
today so we took our time getting around this morning. Although Cheri did get
the bed sheets in the laundry as Friday is the day for that. She also finished
her Friday house cleaning. I did a little clean up in the shop, watered
flowers, and removed all the mum blossoms that had gone by. I hope that they
will bloom again. I also got a call from Grandma this morning that she and the
cleaning lady couldn’t get the shed door unlocked to do laundry. So I went over
and found the only way I could get it on locked was to push on the door while
turning the key, never had to do that before. So I lubed up the lock and tried
it several time and it worked fine. I am not sure what the problem really was. Around
4:30 pm new friends Skip and Joy from our Sunday school class came over to see
our house and to visit before going to Terra Healthy Fresh Food restaurant for
dinner. It wasn’t very busy and nice to visit while eating. They dropped us off
at home after dinner and we settled in the rest of the evening watching more
Christmas movies.
Friday, December 23, 2016
Gay Dec-22-16
6:52 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Cheri was busy early getting
the laundry done as her and Denise were going shopping down in Lakeland today.
Which met Larry, Mike, and I were going for a motorcycle ride today. It is the
first true guys ride of the season. We got a late start on the riding season
because Larry and Denise were held up in Canada because of Larry having the
knee replacement. I led the ride today and keep our forenoon riding close to
Brookville because I wanted to have lunch at the Florida Cracker Kitchen. Mike
and Larry hadn’t been there before. From there we rode over to Leesburg with a
stop at the Harley dealer. I had planned to leave at 9:00 am this morning but
because of the colder weather we waited until 10:00 am. It was still cold
enough to wear chaps and winter coat. By noon it was warm enough to ride with a
lighter jacket. We rode 179 miles and got home around 4:30 pm. I had just got
in the house when Cheri came back from shopping. Cheri and Denise had a good
time shopping and came home with a few things she found for a good price. The
evening was spent watch Christmas movies.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Gay Dec-21-16
6:38 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
I took Grandma for her
doctor appointment for her B-12 shot which didn’t take very long as we were
only a few minutes late getting in. Cheri was busy doing her Wednesday house
work. Cheri and I worked together making some cabbage soup for supper. This
afternoon we worked on getting our cell phone calendars to sink together into
one calendar. Then I got all of the appointments loaded which will be nice as
we both will have the list and won’t need the paper copy any longer. Slowly we
are getting a better understanding what all we can do with these cell phones,
hard to teach an old dog new tricks. The rest of the afternoon was watching
more Christmas movies we had recorded. This evening we picked up Larry and
Denise and headed to Dade City for the Church Street Christmas Walk. We enjoyed
the walk seeing all the homes decorated. We also went into our church for the Christmas
program. It was around 8:45 pm when we arrived back home. Watched another
Christmas movie and called it a night. Oh, the cabbage soup was really good and
have some left for tomorrow.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Gay Dec-20-16
6:55 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
We were on the road a
little pass 9:00 am heading to Brooksville for Cheri’s eye appointment. Cheri
had been responding really well to the eye drops for her eye and the doctor was
reducing the number of drops she was using. Well things didn’t look good today
and she is pretty much back to square one. So she is back on drops four times a
day. She has to go back in six weeks to see if things are better. On the way
home we stopped at the Florida Cracker Kitchen for lunch. It is our favorite
place to eat when we are in the area. Then we needed to make a stop at Wal-Mart
to pick up a few thing and fill the car with gas. When we got home we were
tired and depressed with the results of Cheri’s eye appointment. We watched a
couple of movies we had recorded. We met Mike & Pam and Ron & Sandy for
dinner at Terra Healthy Fresh Food restaurant. We had a good meal and a good
visit. We also celebrated Mike’s birthday. On the way home we drove around out
park to see all the Christmas lights and decorations.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Gay Dec-19-16
6:27 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
We haven’t been doing a
lot of work this Christmas season, taking more time to relax and enjoy the
season. Cheri was busy doing paper work today and I went out and did some more
of the motorcycle cutout templet. Now I need that new spindle sander and got an
e-mail that it has been shipped. Later this afternoon we watched a couple
Christmas movies that we recorded. Then we headed to the kitchen where we made
an upside down pineapple cake. We baked it in a cast iron skillet and came out
great. This evening Larry and Denise came over to play Hand, knee, and foot.
Larry and I came up short on the first game but we did win the second game. So
it was good as we all came away winners. It was another great evening spending
time with friends that God provided for us.
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| Cutting out the templets |
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| More cutting to be done |
Monday, December 19, 2016
Gay Dec-18-16
6:53 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Grandma was able to go to
church with us today. We found out today that Pastor Carl will be leaving to be
head pastor for a church in the New Tampa area. We will really miss everything
he has done for our church. But happy that God has called him to spread the
word. Pastor Randy had another great message today about God sending his son to
be with us. Charlie’s Sunday school lesson was from the book of Galatians
4:4-5. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful teacher. I am not sure but
Cheri and I were both exhausted when we got home and decided to just relax in
our recliners and watched a couple of Christmas movies we had recorded. Later
we met Mike and Pam at Walgreens to ride with them over to Ron and Sandy’s open
house Christmas party. What a wonderful time see friends that we hadn’t in a
couple of years. Thank you Ron and Sandy for the wonderful time of being
together. It was a wonderful day spending time with God and friends.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Gay Dec-17-16
6:22 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Cheri and I left at 8:30
am to take Jan Hughes to the airport in Tampa. She is flying to Maryland to spend
Christmas with her daughter, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. On the way
home we stopped at Publix’s to get groceries. When we got home Cheri was busy
making scalloped potatoes to take to church this afternoon as Cheri and I are
helping our Sunday school class serve a meal for friends and family of Bob
Longworth who passed away this week. I was thinking about going to Harbor
Freight to get a spindle sander to use on the rocking motorcycle I am trying to
make. I did some internet searching and found a better one at Home Depot which
was cheaper and better than what Harbor Freight had, so I placed an order for
one. I told Cheri that it was her Christmas present to me. Cheri got a text
from Jan telling her that her flight was delayed for two hours and then was
canceled. She said that she was to be leaving on another flight at 4:30 pm. Her
original flight was supposed to leave at noon. We left the house at 3:15 pm and
headed to Dade City for the funeral and meal that we were helping with. It was
around 6:15 pm when we finally got home for the evening.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Gay Dec-16-16
6:39 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
This morning Cheri was
busy doing her Friday housework and laundry. I left at 9:30 am to make a stop
at Lowe’s to pick up some Black Jack and then on to Jan’s to fix the roof where
she said she had a leak in the sunroom. After she showed me where the leak was
I got my ladder out of the car and proceeded to check out the roof. As it
turned out the rain gutters where full of leaves, twigs, and acorns plus the downspouts
where plugged. Because the water couldn’t get away it had backed up and caused
the leak. So I spent 3 ½ hours cleaning the gutters and unplugging the downspouts.
It was 2:30 pm when I got home and was ready for another shower and was hungry
as I hadn’t taken time for lunch. So after a nice shower and a bowl of soup
Cheri fixed for me, I was ready to relax the rest of the day. It wasn’t long
after I got to the recliner that I was asleep, after an hour and half nap I
felt much better. Cheri was also exhausted and took a nap. Later Cheri got a
call from both Kari and Nikki thanking her for the Christmas presents. Cheri
had made each of them eleven of the quit hangers that I had posted over the
last six months. After supper we settled in for an evening of TV.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Gay Dec-15-16
6:53 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
I got the computer set up
so Cheri could work on the Christmas letter. While she did the letter I went
out and did some clean up in the shop. A little later Larry and Denise stopped
over to see us. We made plans to go out for supper and that we would pick them
up at 4:00 pm. After lunch Cheri finished her Thursday house work and got the
rest of the Christmas cards ready to send out. I worked on cutting out a couple
of pieces of the motorcycle pattern, a bigger job than I thought it was going
to be. We picked up Larry and Denise at 4:00 pm and headed to Wesley Chapel to
eat at the Asian Buffet across from the Shops at Wiregrass. It was pretty
expensive and the food was cold and not very good. Then we headed over to the Shops
at Wiregrass to watch the 6:00 pm Symphony of Lights. For more information
click on this link: https://www.813area.com/events/shops-at-wiregrass-symphony-in-lights-tree-lighting-celebration.html Then we headed over to do a little shopping at Sam’s Club. We got back home a
little past 8:00 pm and settled in to watch a couple of shows we had recorded
before calling it a night.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Gay Dec-15-16
7:17 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Today I was a plumber. The
last few days the faucet in the shower wants to drip after shutting it off. I
decided it was time to fix it. Being there wasn’t any shut off valves I had to
turn off the water to the whole house. I removed the faucet cylinder and went
to Lowes to get a new one and within an hour everything would be back to normal
(so I thought). Well there wasn’t any replacement parts which met I was going
to have to replace the whole faucet. I found a replacement faucet and headed
for home. Cheri removed everything from the cabinet behind the shower as I had
to open up the wall to get to the back side of the faucet. When I went to remove
the old one they had cut too big of an opening into the shower and had added
some wood to make the faucet fit. That met that I was going to have to come up
with something to make the new faucet fit right. I cut a piece of ¼ inch
plywood 8 inches by 8 inches and was able to install that between the faucet
and the back of the shower which made everything fit correctly. Long story
short an hour’s project turned into a five hour project and had no water in the
house for those five hours. Cheri worked all day on Christmas cards and
cleaning up the mess I made replacing the shower faucet. Needless to say I was
done for the day. We spent the evening watching the season’s final Survivor
show. I was surprised on who won the million dollars.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Gay Dec-13-16
7:00 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Not a lot going on today. We went over to Skip and Joy’s (Sunday school friends). Skip was having trouble
with cable connections to one of their TV’s. I had said that I would take a
look at it. As it turned out he needs a power bypass splitter to make the
connection work. It is the first time we have been to their place and got the
house tour, very nice. We also had a very nice visit with them. From there we
stopped at the post office as Cheri had some Christmas presents to send out. It
took a while there to getting the presents packed and shipped. It was around
1:00 pm when we got home. Cheri took it easy the rest of the day. I was going
to start cutting out the rocking motorcycle but the spray glue I had wasn’t any
good and I didn’t feel like going after another can today. So I spent time
measuring and figuring out what I need for the fencing project. It is going to
be a pricey project and probably have to wait a while before I tackle it. All
and all it was a good day with no pressure, thank you God.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Gay Dec-12-16
6:25 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
After breakfast Cheri and
I headed out to Wal-Mart to pick up Grandma’s groceries. I dropped Cheri off at
Beall’s to shop while I delivered Grandma’s groceries. Then I stopped to look
around in Tractor Supply which is next to Beall’s while Cheri was shopping. I
was going to try and find her in Beall’s after I was done with Tractor Supply
but decide to wait in one of the chair by the exit. After a while I got a call
from Cheri saying that she was in the car. She had left through a different
exit. It was almost noon when we got home. After lunch it was time for me to
head to Tampa for my yearly eye appointment. Things went well and no changes.
It was a little past 3:00 pm when I arrived home. Cheri had been working in her
sewing room. This evening we had a Sunday school meeting to lay out plans for
next year. It was a good meeting along with some fellowship. We watched a
little TV when we got home and then called it a night. Thank you God for
another great day.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Gay Dec-11-16
7:03 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
We picked up Grandma and
took her to church with us today. Pastor Randy’s message was “The Miracle of
Christmas; The Message” from Hebrews 1:1-3. For Sunday school we studied the
book of 1 John. After we dropped off Grandma we went over to see Larry and
Denise who just got here late yesterday. We had a nice long visit getting
caught up on what went on through the summer. Then it was time to play a game
of Hand, Knee, and foot which Larry and I won. Sure is good to have them back
for the winter. We got home around 6:00 pm. I didn't get to watch any football today as the Packers weren't on TV today. We had pizza for supper and then
watch some TV before calling it a night.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Gay Dec-10-16
6:33 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
I was out of the house by
8:30 am heading to the church to help load tables and chairs for our Sunday
school Christmas party at Sharon and Bill Hunziker’s. But when I got there they
had all the chairs and tables already loaded and were gone so I headed back
home but did stop to fill the car with gas. When I got home Cheri was already
busy in the sewing room. She finished another quilt hanger for summer. I did a
couple of honey do jobs and that was it for my day. Cheri was also busy in the
kitchen making a casserole to take to the Christmas party. We picked up Jan Hughes
at 5:30 pm and took her to the party with us. There were between forty and
fifty people. We had a lot of good food and great fellowship with our Christian
friends. It was a little past 8:30 pm when we arrived back home. We watched a
little TV and called it a night.
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| Cheri's summer quilt hanger |
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Gay Dec-9-16
6:32 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Cheri and I went out to
the Sunrise restaurant for breakfast this morning. Sure can tell the snowbirds
are back as the place was packed and several people waiting to get in. Although
we didn’t have to wait too long. Cheri and I split a meat lover’s omelet and
both had enough to eat. After we eat we made stops at the Dollar store, Ollie’s,
Beall’s, and Dollar Tree as Cheri was looking for some Christmas things. Then we
headed to Publix’s for groceries and also a stop at Winn Dixey for some things
we couldn’t get at Publix’s. It was a little pass noon when we got home. We
were having Mike & Pam and Ron & Sandy over for supper this evening. So
Cheri went right to work on getting things ready. I helped as much as I could
but think I was in her way more than I helped. Cheri made New England clam
chowder to have along with a garden salad and Philly cheesesteak on hoagie
buns. She also made lemon and apple pies. We had a wonderful time visiting and after
we eat we play a game of Aggravation which the ladies won. These are two
couples that have been an inspiration with our walk with God. Thank you God for
bring them to us.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Gay Dec-8-16
7:06 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Cheri was busy early this
morning getting the laundry done along with the other Thursday house work she
does. Then she headed to the sewing room working the summer quilt hangers. I spent
time figuring out what materials I am going to use for the rocking motorcycle.
I also did some internet searching on the proper way to use the router and
which direction to move along the board when routing. It was a cool 52 degrees
this morning and had decided to go for a motorcycle ride but waited for it to
warm up some and finally left at 11:00 am. I did a 119 mile ride north of Dade
City and tried to find some roads that I hadn’t been on before. Some of them
turned into dirt or dead ends and had to turn around. It was a good ride and
didn’t made any stops. I was home around 3:00 pm and Cheri was still busy in
the sewing room and said that she was ready to quit for the day. So we settled
in the recliners to watch some shows we had recorded. This evening Ken and Peg
came over to play a game of Hand, Knee, and foot. Cheri and Peg were so far
ahead of Ken and me that we didn’t even play the last hand.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Gay Dec-7-16
6:05 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Please take a moment to
remember all the service people that lost their lives in the attack on Pearl
Harbor. It was a time that our country struggled to come together. Today we
once again need to pray for our country and bring God back to make our country
great again. Cheri started another quilt project today something about summer.
I did some work out in the shop sorting screws and getting them in containers
so I know what I actually have. I took the car through the car wash and then
made a stop at Staples to get another copy of the rocking motorcycle plans as I
will need it for part of the pattern. The plan calls for 5/8” plywood and there
is not any available, even did an internet search. Now I have to figure out
what I am going to use. I was going to go for a motorcycle ride this afternoon
but by the time I got everything done it was already 3:00 pm. So I decided the
recliner looked pretty good and Cheri said that she was done for the day. So it
was TV, supper, and then more TV. It was a more relaxing day without any
stress. Thank you God.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Gay Dec-6-16
7:00 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Cheri and I headed out at
9:00 am to Ron and Sandy’s. I was going to work on the rollouts that I made for
them. The last time I was there I had trouble installing one of them and needed
to go back and finish the job. While I work on them Cheri and Sandy went
shopping. It took me until 12:30 pm to get the job competed, in the end it
turned out to be a bad slide on one of the rollouts. Then Ron and I headed out
to Tokyo Grill & Sushi to meet Cheri and Sandy for lunch. After lunch Cheri
and I headed for home with a stop at Larry and Denise’s house to check things
out as they will be here Friday or Saturday. We got rain today and check the
rain gauge and received just over ½ inch. It has been at least two months since
our last rain. Things have turned brown from it being so dry. After we got home
I was unloading my tools from the car and see that one of our neighbors screens
had fallen down. It was broke and need to be repaired so I got the parts from
our neighbor and got it repaired and back up. Later this afternoon I decided I needed
a nap and headed to the bedroom. Cheri relaxed and watch some TV. We had soup
for supper because of the big lunch we had. It was a good day and now have all
of my must do projects done.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Gay Dec-5-16
6:50 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
We got an e-mail yesterday
from Sean who is the son of Ted Carroll who was my best man at our wedding. He
said that Ted and Gaby are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary
in January and wants us to send any pictures we had of them before and after
they got married. So Cheri went back through our old picture albums and found
several pictures. Sure did bring back a lot of old memories that we had
forgotten. I scanned in the pictures and Cheri wrote a nice letter to go along
with the pictures. Sean is going to have a book made for them. It took us all
morning and part of the afternoon to get the project competed. After a late
lunch Cheri went to her sewing room trying to put things together to start a
new project. I told her she should wait until after Christmas. I went out and
got the tools I needed to go over to Ron and Sandy’s tomorrow to work on the reinstall
of the rollout that I made for them. Later this afternoon Cheri was busy in the
kitchen making Lasagna for supper along with garlic French bread.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Gay Dec-4-16
7:05 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
We picked up Grandma at
8:45 am and headed to church. Pastor Randy’s message today was “The Miracle of
Christmas; the Moment” it was from the book of Galatians 4. Our Sunday school
lesson was “With Anticipation” from the book of 2 Peter 3:3-13, 17-18. The chocolate
gravy and biscuit that Cheri made for the Sunday school class went over well.
Many had never heard of chocolate gravy before. All the biscuits were gone and
only a little bit of the gravy left. Cheri had also taken deviled eggs and they
all disappeared. This afternoon I couldn’t get the Packer game and with the
racing season over I felt like something was missing. Cheri and I did watch a
couple of shows along with a short nap. This evening was our church Christmas
party. We picked up Grandma and then dropped her and Cheri off to get us a
table, then I went and picked up Jan Hughes. We sat with Charlie & Jan and
Skip & Joy. We had an excellent meal along with good fellowship and music. We
stayed a while afterwards to visit with some of the other people. It was a
wonderful evening with church friends and God.
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Gay Dec-3-16
5:57 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Cheri was busy for most of
the day in her sewing room. I worked outside for a while cleaning up my shop
but really wasn’t in the mood to do it, so I quit before the job was done. Cheri
was telling me about a new quilt shop downtown and wanted to go. So around
11:30 am we headed downtown. Had a hard time getting there as they had a lot of
streets closed off getting ready for the Christmas parade this evening. As it
turned out it wasn’t a new quilt shop, it was one that was outside of town and
moved to a new location. Cheri did buy one piece of material. We had lunch as
soon as we got home. Then Cheri was back in her sewing room. I headed out to
Staples to have plans for a rocking motorcycle enlarged. I am going to try and
build one for our grandson Wyatt. I will have the better part of a year to get
it done so we will see how it goes. I also made a stop at Lowe’s looking and
dreaming about how I am going to enclose my outside work area. Cheri came out
of the sewing room and said that she has another quilt project done. After
supper we watched some TV until 8:00 pm. Then Cheri started making the chocolate
gravy to take to Sunday school tomorrow as she is on the list to finish food
for our class. I settled in to watch the Wisconsin Badger football game against
Penn State. The Badgers did lose the game, just couldn’t stop the big plays.
Cheri went to bed after she got done in the kitchen and I didn’t get to bed
until midnight.
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Saturday, December 3, 2016
Gay Dec-2-16
6:56 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
After Cheri got her Friday
laundry done she went for her hair appointment and told me that she was going
to drive herself today. I went right to work on cleaning the rain gutters. A
few weeks ago I had bought one rain gutter guard to keep the leaves out so
after cleaning out the gutters I put it on to see if it was going to work on
our gutters and was a good fit. So when Cheri got home I headed over to Lowe’s
to get seventeen more of the guards. I didn’t have much trouble installing them
except where the gutter braces were. With a little modification things went
well. I also raked up the leaves in the back yard and part of the side yard. I
got five garbage bags full, wanted to do more but ran out of energy. For lunch
today Cheri made chocolate gravy to have over baking powder biscuits. Cheri
heard about this recipe a few days ago and wanted to try it. It really doesn’t
sound that good but I am here to tell you it is very good. Cheri spent the rest
of her day in the sewing room. When I got done outside was ready for the
recliner and a short nap. This evening we were invited over to Ken and Peggy’s
to play Hand, Knee, and Foot. They are still in the process of learning the
game. It was a fun evening and to make it better Ken and I won the game which
was very close.
Friday, December 2, 2016
Gay Dec-1-16
6:35 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Hard to believe it is December
already, this year has gone by really fast. Cheri was busy doing her Thursday
laundry this morning. All I got done was some Bible study. We left for a funeral
at 10:45 am. The mother of Kathy our next door neighbor past away. After the
funeral and lunch we headed to Wal-Mart to pick up some groceries and cleaning
supplies that Grandma needed. We managed to get in the wrong checkout line. The
lady in front of us couldn’t get her credit card to work. We finally had to
load everything up and go to another checkout. It was after 2:00 pm when we got
home. I was tired and not feeling like doing any work. So we both sat down in
our recliners to watch some TV but soon we were both asleep. I finally woke up
around 4:00 pm and Cheri was already awake. We watched the new Dolly Parton
movie that Cheri had recorded. It was a very good movie with great acting. Supper
was just a sandwich as we were still full from the funeral lunch.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Gay Nov-30-16
6:14 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Cheri was right at it early getting her
Wednesday house work done so she could spend more time in her sewing room. I
worked on installing the rollout drawers which took most all day. I did take a
break before installing the last two drawers to and get a haircut. I was going
to get the car washed but when I left there was a light rain which didn’t
amount to anything but did look like we were going to get more. When I got back
home I finished installing the last two rollout drawers. It was near 4:00 pm
when I got done. Cheri was good about cleaning out the cabinets so I could
install the drawers and then putting everything away again. I am now officially
done with the kitchen. I think I am done with all the house remodeling.
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