Friday, November 30, 2018
Gay Nov-29-18
5:54 AM | 
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Sharp's Travels
It was three degrees
warmer this morning with a temp of 42 degrees, not sure what the high temp was
but couldn’t have been much more than 60. I picked up Larry at 8:30 am and we
headed over to Tampa Bay country to reroof two sign roofs. We were done with
the first one by noon and had to go into San Antonio to get some additional
supplies for the second sign roof. We had more trouble getting the old roof off
the second sign. But we finished the project by 5:00 pm. I was cold and ready
for a good hot shower when I got home. Thanks Larry for all the help today as I
never would have gotten it done without your help. Cheri and Denise did some
shopping today along with working on their quilt project. Thank you God for all
the help and guidance today.
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| working on sign roof |
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Gay Nov-28-18
5:50 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
It was a cold morning with
39 degrees and near 60 degrees for a high. We left at 9:00 am to take Nikki to
the airport. We had a good time with her and hated to see her leave. We were
back home by 11:00 am. We relaxed until it was time to pick up Larry and Denise
at 1:00 pm to go shopping down in Lakeland and then out for an early dinner at
Ling’s Chinese Buffet. It was early when we got back to Larry and Denise’s to
play a game of Hand, Knee, and Foot that Larry and I won. Larry and Denise are
just about done with the fireplace project, looks really nice. I am not sure
what the problem was but Cheri and I were both really tired so we came home
early. It was cold in the house so we crawled in to bed with the electric
blanket on and watch some TV. We got a text from Nikki and she made it home
safe and sound. Thank you God for everything you do for us.
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| Working on the fireplace project |
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| Project just about done |
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Gay Nov-27-18
5:57 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
I didn’t have any work
away from home today. I did rearrange the truck and made a trip to check out
tub surrounds for a potential project. I also stopped at Harbor Freight to pick
up some gate wheels for a project that I had started back in June and had to
wait for them to return to Florida this fall to finish the project. I stopped at the park office to let them know
about a dead tree in the back of our neighbors yard that needs to come down as
it has dropped a couple of large limbs. I check another project of getting an
exciting dishwasher out of the kitchen as it is tight to the counter top and floor
tile had been installed at a later time and they can’t get the old one out. I
may have to remove a few floor tile to get it out. I checked out another
bathroom project and they are going to wait until after the first of the year.
Late this afternoon I put up our Christmas lights but not as many as last
couple of years, just lights where I didn’t have to use a ladder. Cheri and
Nikki went shopping and then picked up Grandma and brought her over here for
supper and cards. Cheri and Nikki made turkey and dumping along with a new
recipe for cherry bars. Later I took Grandma home and then an evening of TV and
popcorn. It was a cool day with a high temp of 67. Thank you God for a blessed day and guidance.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Gay Nov-26-18
6:09 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
I was out the door at 6:30
am heading for the Tampa VA as I had an 8:00 am appointment for a C scan on my
lung to see if the lump has changed or not. A couple of months ago my hearing
aids quit working and as long as I was there I had them checked out and found
that they will have to send them away to be repaired. I have had them for six
years and needed a hearing test so I had that done while I was there. My
hearing has change very little in the last six years. They also fitted me for
new hearing aids which should be ready to pick up next week. Things went well
and was home by 10:30 am. Cheri and Nikki were ready to go shopping. I changed
my clothes and went over to Larry and Denise’s to help Larry work on his
fireplace project. By 5:30 pm we had all the tiling done, looks really nice.
Cheri and Nikki stopped over to check it out and to visit with Denise. When
they left they picked up Grandma so we could go out for dinner at the new
Sunrise restaurant. With me being late getting home from Larry and Denise’s it
was after 6:00 pm when we got to the restaurant. It was very busy and had to
wait a bit to get in. It was near 8:00 pm when we finally got home. It was a
short evening watching TV as we all napped through a couple of shows. Thank you
God for the safe travels and being with us through another day.
Monday, November 26, 2018
Gay Nov-25-18
6:03 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Nikki and Grandma went to
church and Sunday school with us this morning. Pastor Randy’s message was
titled “How to Tame your Temper” from the Book of James 1:19-20. Sunday school
was from the book of James 5:7-9, 13-20 “With Anticipation”. We brought Grandma
home with us so she could spend more time with Nikki. I headed over to Harbor
Freight to get a new tile saw blade for my tile saw. Larry is going to be using
it this week and are going to try a new blade to see it that will stop the chipping
of the tile. When I got home I changed the blade and took the saw over to Larry
and Denise’s. Larry and Denise had been over to Tarpon Springs to buy some
fencing that they saw on Craigslist, got a good deal. When I got home I found
Cheri, Grandma, Nikki at the kitchen table looking at magazines on home
decorations. Nikki is planning on painting and redecorating her house next year
and is looking for different ideas. I headed to the recliner and watched some
TV and napped. This evening Cheri and Nikki watched a couple of movies and I went
to the bedroom to watch the Green Bay Packers get beat by Minnesota Vikings. Which
means that they won’t make the playoffs this year. Cheri came to bed just as
the game was getting over. Thank you God for our church and Sunday school to
learn your word and spend time with Christian friends.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Gay Nov-24-18
6:19 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Not a lot going on today.
Cheri and I left at 7:00 am for the Hole in One donut shop for our Saturday
morning breakfast sandwich and to satisfy our sweet tooth. Nikki didn’t want to
get up that early so we brought donuts home for her. One of my jigsaws had quit
working and have been thinking about getting a new one but not wanting to pay
the $139 for the one that uses the same batteries has the Ridgid tools I have. But
Home Depot had a special deal that if you bought a package with the hammer
drill and impact driver for $200 you could get the jigsaw for free. It was a
deal that I couldn’t pass up. I stopped by Larry and Denice’s to see if Larry
wanted to go to Home Depot with me. So we headed out to check out the tools. I
did buy the drill and impact package and got the jigsaw. Larry and I also
bought some additional saw blades that were on sale. When I got home Cheri and
Nikki were getting ready to go shopping. So I decided to get the Christmas
lights out and put them up. But it was too hot and decided to wait for another
day. I did set down at the computer and registered the new power tools. They
have a normal three year warranty but if you register them you get a lifetime
warranty. The rest of the day was spent in my recliner napping and watching
some TV. When Cheri and Nikki got home Cheri fixed us lasagna Texas toast for
supper. After supper Cheri and Nikki settled in watching Christmas movies and I
went to the bedroom to watch the Wisconsin Badger football game with Minnesota.
The Badgers lost big time. Thank you God for a blessed day.
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Gay Nov-23-18
5:45 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
I was up at 3:45 am not
able to go back to sleep. I was out the door at 6:10 am heading to Dade City
for my accountability group breakfast and Bible study. There were only two of
us this morning. I was back home by 8:00 am. Cheri was busy doing laundry as
she wasn’t able to get any done yesterday with all the Thanks Giving things
going on. I helped Cheri get the Christmas decorations out and put together the
new Christmas tree she bought a few weeks ago. The last few years she has
wanted a pencil tree and finally found one she liked. Cheri and Nikki spent most
of the day decorating for Christmas. I spent the rest of the morning doing
paper work. This afternoon I made a trip to Lowe’s to pick up a new security
light for Bob and Donna and then installed it for them. When I got home Grandma
was here and playing cards with Cheri and Nikki. I headed to the recliner to
rest. We had Thanks giving leftovers for supper and think we will be having turkey
for a few more days. Nikki and Grandma played some more cards before taking her
home. After watching some TV I headed for the shower and then to bed. Cheri and
Nikki stayed up watching a movie. Thank you God for guiding us through another
day.
Friday, November 23, 2018
Gay Nov-22-18
5:10 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Happy Thanks Giving to
everyone. I pray that you got to spend time with friends and family. We were
blessed to have dinner here prepared by Cheri and Nikki. Denise also brought a
green bean hot dish. We had Jan, Sherry, Grandma, Larry, Denise, Nikki, Cheri
and myself here for turkey dinner. It was a good time and some good visiting
catching up. Early this morning I worked on Cheri’s cubby unit and got it back
to together and got the legs and extra trim added, now it is ready for Cheri to
do the painting on it. I was just about done when Cheri said that the kitchen
drain was plugged up. They had peeled a bunch of potatoes and put the skins
through the garbage disposal all at once. I had read that Potato skins are not
supposed to be put through the disposal. I had to take the plumbing apart from
the disposal to the drain trap to remove the potato skins. Good thing I am able
to do it as I can’t imagine how much it would cost to get a plumber to come out
on a holiday. By 4:00 pm our guest had left and I took Grandma home. When I got
back Cheri and Nikki were already putting away the fall decorations and getting
out the Christmas decorations. It was short evening of TV as we were all
falling asleep so decided to call it an early night. Thank you God for all your
blessing and being with friends today.
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| The bird |
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| Cheri's cubby ready for her to paint. |
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Gay Nov-21-18
6:02 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
You ever have one of those
days that nothing goes right and should have stayed in bed, well I had one of
them today. I was working on Cheri’s new cubby cabinet and broke the bottom of
it while attaching some legs. Later this morning we dropped Nikki off at
Grandma’s to visit while I took Cheri for her eye appointment up in
Brooksville. She did get a good report with no change in the eye. On the way
home we stopped at Florida Cracker Kitchen for lunch which is one of our favorite
places. Well the hamburger we spit was wasn’t very good, first time we have had
a bad meal there. The tire TMS alarm came on in the car saying we had low air
pressure. I check the tires and all seemed ok but did top them off. Then I had
trouble getting the TMS alarm to clear. Then we stopped at Lowe’s to get some
cabinet screws and dole pins to repair the broken base of Cheri’s cubby
cabinet. The dole pins that were broken were metric and the only one I could
buy were US standards. So I had to drill out the holes to make the new ones
fit. Cheri also picked out some additional trim she wants me to add to the
cubby cabinet. We picked up Nikki and head home. Cheri and Nikki were busy in
the kitchen getting things ready for Thanks giving dinner tomorrow. I did some
work on the cubby cabinet when I tried to attach the legs to the base of the
cabinet there wasn’t enough wood to attach to as the panel was a hollow core
piece. I got out the silicone to attach the legs and will wait until tomorrow
if that is going to work. After a late supper we settled in for an evening of
TV and some napping for all of us. Thank you God for helping us through another
day.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Gay Nov-20-18
6:07 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
I finished the project I
had started yesterday on the door in the siding for access to the water
shutoff. I was back home in time to go with Cheri and Nikki to the flea market.
It is the first time we have been there since they opened this fall. Cheri
brought some books and I bought a couple of new dress belts. It has been over
thirty years since I have had any new dress belts. I also bought a bag of
kettle corn which is one of my weakness when I am where they have it for sale.
When we got home it was time for lunch. After lunch I went to Bob and Donna’s
to check the outside security light which wasn’t working. I could get it to
work part of the time and decided that they are going to get a new for me to
install. Cheri and Nikki went and got groceries and medicine for Grandma and
then spent some time visiting with her. Later this afternoon I worked on
getting Cheri’s new nine hole cubby put together. She wants some additional
things done to it like legs installed on it. So after putting it together I
went to Lowe’s and got some legs for it. When I got home it was already after
4:00 pm and decided I was done for the day. Cheri fixed pork chops, corn, scallop
potatoes, and fresh biscuits for supper. The rest of the evening was spent
watching TV shows we had recorded. Thank you God for a blessed day.
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| Cheri's new cabinet |
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Gay Nov-19-18
6:12 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
I started the day getting
the truck loaded for today’s work. I couldn’t start on the bathroom until 10:00
am so I worked on another project here in the park that has been on my schedule
for the last month. I installed a new door sweep on the lanai and then to make
an opening with a small door to have access to the main water shut off. It was
10:00 am and time to go back to the bathroom project. Donna had gotten the towel
bars, light fixture, and grab bars that I needed to install along with a few
other minor touch ups. As of 5:00 pm the bathroom project is officially done. Another
very happy customer. Cheri was busy with her house work and then spent time in
the sewing room. She also went and visited Jean our next door neighbor. After
supper we headed to the airport to pick up our daughter Nikki as she is coming
in from Wisconsin to spend Thanks Giving with us and Grandma. The traffic at
the airport pick up point was really busy and has to wait in long line to pick
up Nikki. It was around 8:30 pm when we arrived home. Cheri and Nikki settled
in to watch Dancing with the Stars. I headed to the bedroom to watch a little
TV before calling it a night. It was near midnight with Cheri came to bed.
Thank you God for a blessed day and bringing Nikki to spend time with us.
Monday, November 19, 2018
Gay Nov-18-18
6:15 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Grandma had said that if
it was too cold she wasn’t going to church but it didn’t get that cold last
night and she was able to go. We have been getting to church earlier as I have
been helping hand out church bulletins and helping with the offering. Pastor
Randy’s message was from the book of James 1:19-20 “The Truth about Temptation”.
In Sunday school we were studying James 4:6-17 “With Submission”. After Sunday
school we dropped Grandma off and made a stop at Lowe’s so Cheri could look at
the nine slot cubby that was a display model but they would only give us 10 %
off on it which wasn’t enough as it had some damage. They were supposed to have
a new on in stock but couldn’t find it. They checked for us and Lowe’s in Plant
City had three of them in stock. So we headed home to change clothes and then
took the truck to Plant City and got the unit that Cheri wanted. When we got
home it was time for me to watch the NASCAR race which is the last one for the
season, no more racing until February. Cheri read and napped while the race was
on. We had our usual Sunday night supper of pizza and an evening of TV. Thank
you God for a blessed day with Christian friends.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Gay Nov-17-18
6:32 AM |
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Cheri and I were at the
Donut Hole in One by 7:30 am for our usual Saturday morning breakfast. Being it
was only 43 degrees this morning we thought that there wouldn’t be a lot of
people there but that wasn’t the case. I guess when it comes to the sweet taste
of donuts nothing is going to stop them from coming and we are proof of that.
When we got home Cheri headed down to the Club House as they were having a
craft fair. I headed for Lowe’s to get some clips to secure the air conditioner
power cable to the wall. Then on to Dade City to finish the air conditioner
work. I got the inside and outside painted and the power cable secured. When I
got home Cheri showed me the things she bought at the craft fair. I unloaded
the tools from the truck and loaded all the scrap lumber and took them out to
Ron and Sandy’s as Ron has a burn pile to get rid of card board and scrap
lumber. Cheri and I had looked at a nine module cubby unit that would hold the
container she has bought. I told her when the truck was empty I would pick up
the unit for her. Well went I go to Lowe’s they didn’t have any left and the display
models had been removed. Sometime in the near future they will have new ones so
now it is a wait and see what they will have. While I was doing all of that Cheri was
grocery shopping getting things for Thanks Giving dinner. This evening Larry
and Denise came over to play cards. We played two games of Hand, Knee, and
Foot. Cheri and Denise won both games. Thank you God for leading and guiding us
today.
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| Air conditioner project done |
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Gay Nov-16-18
6:00 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
It was 20 degrees colder
this morning than yesterday with a temp 43 degrees, not to my liking. Once
again I was out the door at 6:10 am heading to Dade City for my accountability group
breakfast and Bible study. Our study this morning was in Romans chapter 14. I
was back home by 8:00 am and sat down and watched the rest of the Green Bay
Packer game that they lost, not a good season for them this year. Cheri was up
early getting the laundry going and then getting ready to take Grandma for her
doctor’s appointment. I left the house at 9:00 am and headed to Lowe’s to pick
up a few things that I needed to get the air conditioner caulking done and the
strip to cover the TV cord on the wall. I figured on getting panel around the
air conditioner painted today but ran out of time as we were having company (Doug
and Judy) coming at 2:30 pm. They are thinking about installing new kitchen
cabinets and want to see the RTA cabinets we installed in our kitchen. After a
good visit the four of us went out to Sonny’s for dinner. After dinner we said
out good byes and headed home. It was another evening of TV and napping before
heading to bed. Thank you God for being with us and time spent with friends.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Gay Nov-15-18
5:50 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
I had a very good day.
Larry helped me install a new larger air conditioner in the church kitchen. The
old one wasn’t big enough to cool the kitchen. We had to rebuild the window
opening. Not sure how we were going to do it but with Larry and my idea
together we came up with a good plan and got it done. We had to be out of the
church kitchen by 3:30 pm as they had a meal that was going to be put on for
the evening and needed the kitchen. Well we got done on time but I will have to
go back and do some caulking and painting which I plan on doing tomorrow. We
also hung a new 72 inch TV in Fellowship Hall. It was near 4:30 pm when I
arrived home. Denise was here working with Cheri as they were each doing a
quilt hanger. I had dropped Larry off at home not knowing Denise was here.
Cheri also got her laundry done and took Grandma for her heart doctor’s
appointment. Cheri fixed us some left over roast beef and gravy along with the
food we brought home from Olive Garden. It was another evening of TV trying to
get caught up on the shows we have recorded. I did try to watch the Green Bay
Packers game but quit at half time as I was too tired to stay up for the rest
of the game. I recorded it so I will try to watch the rest of it tomorrow.
Thank you God for guiding us through another day.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Gay Nov-15-18
6:05 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
I didn’t have any work
away from home today so Cheri and I took our time getting around and went out
to Sunrise Eatery for breakfast this morning. Cheri was busy doing her Wednesday
house work and then worked in our master bathroom doing some sanding on the
vanity doors and then some touchup painting. I took the truck through the car
wash and vacuumed it out. Then I took the car through the car wash and also
vacuumed it out. I made a stop at Lowe’s to return some materials and get four
towel bars that you have to put together and cut to lengths so they can be
mounted on the inside of the vanity doors. Well Lowe’s no longer sell the ones
I wanted. When I got home I did a couple of honey dew jobs for Cheri,
installing new handles on a cabinet and change the furnace filter. Then we
headed to Lakeland to return some material at Floor and Décor which I forgot to
take back the other day when we were there. From there we went to Home Depot
where I found the towel bars that I wanted. Then a stop at Olive Garden for a
late lunch and early dinner. We had one of the early birds specials and even
brought food home. When we got home we decided we had done enough for the day
and headed for the recliners for an early evening of TV which was good as we
are three and four episodes behind in our shows. We had rain during the night
and didn’t quit until around 3:00 am, checked the gauge and only received 3/4
inch. Thank you God for a relaxed day and getting a few things done at home.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Gay Nov-13-18
7:02 AM |
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I was slower getting
around this morning as I didn’t have any work away from home today. I finally did
get started around 9:00 am. I worked on a shadow box project that was supposed
to have been done the first of Nov. I made a proto type box and then went to
Tampa Bay country to see if it would work for the couple. We made some minor
changes so now I have to build five boxes that will fit up over the kitchen
cabinets. Because of Thanks Giving and they are going to be gone for the month
of December I will do the install the first week of January which is good as it
will give me more time to get them built. Cheri took Grandma for her doctor’s
appointment this morning. She also made a trip to Wal-Mart for Grandma’s
medicine along with other things she needed. She said it was really busy and
even had trouble finding a parking place (snow birds are here). We had leftover
roast beef for supper. We left the house at 5:00 pm and headed to Dade City for
a movie that the church is sponsoring at the drive inn theater. The name of the
movie is Woodlawn. Several of us from church volunteered to help. Cheri and I
were at ticket booth handing out church information and a ticket for a free bag
of popcorn. It has been a lot of years since we have been to a drive inn movie.
We had seen the movie before but enjoyed it again. It was 9:00 pm when we got
home. We decided to get ready for bed and watch a little TV in bed. Thank you
God for a blessed day.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Gay Nov-12-18
6:34 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Cheri and I weren’t able
to start the finish work on the bathroom project until 10:00 am. So Cheri was
busy getting a beef roast with carrots, potatoes, and onions going in the
crockpot for supper this evening. I did some paper work and got the truck
loaded with all the things we might need today. Once again things took longer
than I thought it would. We worked until 4:00 pm. I still have some corner work
on the tiles that I am having a hard time with. Plus I am going to pick up some
towel bars to install on the inside of the vanity doors. But will wait for
Donna to get the light fixture and grab bars she wants installed. While I was
showering Cheri was putting supper on the table which didn’t take long as it
was all done in the crockpot. This evening we were invited over to Larry and
Denise’s to play Hand, Knee, and Foot. I think the last time we played was back
in April. We only played one game as I was too tired to play another game. We were
home by 9:30 pm. I headed to bed and Cheri watched Dancing with the Stars.
Thank you God for helping us through another day. I will post before and after
pictures of the bathroom project.
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Gay Nov-11-18
6:25 AM |
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I put in a bad night and
was up a 4:00 am and had been awake long before that. Cheri got up shortly
after I did. She was out in the kitchen early putting together a seven layer
salad for our Sunday school Linger Longer which is really a pot luck meal we
have a couple times a year after the Sunday school lesson. It is a chance to
get to know the people that is in our class and new members. Grandma did go to
church with us today and I also helped with the offering. After we dropped
Grandma off a home I went to see about getting a free haircut for being a veteran
at Great Clips. It was around 2:30 pm when we finally got home. I settled in to
watch the NASCAR race that I was recording and then the Green Bay Packer
football game. Cheri read and napped most of the afternoon. We did watch a
couple of shows between the race and football game. We had our usual Sunday
evening meal of pizza while watching TV. Thank you God for a blessed day with
church friends.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Gay Nov-10-18
5:30 AM |
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It was 7:30 am before we
got to the Hole in One Donut shop this morning. Once again there were a lot of
people there, mostly men coffee clutching. When we got home I went right to
work out in the shop putting things away and cleaning. Cheri went shopping at
Beall’s as she had a coupon she wanted to use and then to get groceries for
Grandma and ourselves. Cheri was back by noon and I took a break to rest a bit.
We skipped lunch as neither of us were hungry. Later in the afternoon I decided
I had done enough for the day. So I loaded the car with some materials I didn’t
need for the bathroom project. I check on Cheri and she was busy in her sewing
room. After I showered and got cleaned up we made a trip to Lakeland to return
the unused materials at Floor and Décor. On the way home we stopped at Steak
and Shake for late lunch and early supper. When we got home I settled in to
watch the Wisconsin Badgers get beat by Penn State and Cheri was back in her
sewing room working. Later we both settled in to watch some shows we had
recorded. We are three and four episodes behind on shows we have recorded.
Thank you God for a more relaxing day.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Gay Nov-9-18
6:13 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Today I was out the door
at 6:10 am heading to Dade City for my accountability group breakfast and Bible
study. Our study for today was Romans Chapter 12. Today was the day that I was
supposed to have the bathroom project done. Well I didn’t make as I came up
about four hours short of having it done. Cheri helped me all day and even did
some laundry and went for a haircut. I also made a trip to Lowe’s to get a
shower head extension. Cheri and I had to be done by 3:30 pm as that was the
time Bob and Donna were arriving. All that is left do is some caulking and
painting some grout lines. I still have towel bars, grab bars, soap dish, and
toilet paper holder to install that Donna needs to buy and show me where she
wants them. It took a while for Cheri and me to get all of my tools home and
back in the shop which is a mess as everything for from this project is stacked
in there and needs to be put away and to get the truck loaded again. I didn’t
want Cheri to have to cook supper after working so hard today. So we went out
for supper at the Sunrise Eatery for a fish dinner. It was around 6:00 pm when
we got home and settled in for an evening of TV which turned out to be nap time
for both of us and very little TV watching. We were both exhausted and decided
to go to bed. Thank you God for the many blessings and guidance today.
Friday, November 9, 2018
Gay Nov-8-18
5:46 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
This was supposed to be
our last day working on the bathroom project but with some minor hiccups we
didn’t finish. The grouting took much longer than I thought it would. Larry did
more of the final things along with mixing the grout for me. I had trouble with
the grout setting up before I could use all of it, never had that problem
before. Cheri was there to help after she got the laundry started. She helped
clean the tile after the grouting was done. The main reason we didn’t get done
was a problem with the black grout and caulking. I made a trip to Calver’s for
supper and brought it back to the bathroom project while Cheri was doing some
of the touch up painting. We finally quit at 8:00 pm and then made a trip to
Lowe’s for some black paint to match the black tile. By the time we got
showered and cleaned up we decided it was too late for an evening of TV so
crawled into bed and watch some TV there. Thank you God for guiding us through
another day.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Gay Nov-7-18
6:06 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
It was another busy day of
work with the bathroom project with Larry and Cheri helping. I continued tiling
while Larry did trim work and helped me by cutting the tiles I need. Cheri painted
two doors that the painters were supposed to have done. She also made a trip to
Lakeland to pick up some more pencil tile that I was running out of. After the
tiling was done Cheri was able to finish the door painting. While Cheri was
painting I loaded the truck with some of the tools we no longer need. As of
6:00 pm everything is done except grouting, touch up painting, and clean up. I
plan on posting before and after pictures when we get done. We were really
tired and only had an English muffin with peanut butter for supper. We both
fell asleep watching TV so decide to call it a night. Thank you God for a
blessed.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Gay Nov-6-18
6:08 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Cheri took Grandma for her
lab appointment this morning. After getting her Tuesday house work done she
spent the rest of the day shopping with Denise and her mother. Larry helped me
again today with the bathroom project. We had a good day and got a lot done.
First thing this morning we worked on getting the barn door installed, Then
Larry worked on getting the new sinks installed, the medicine cabinets trimmed
out, the toilet installed, and helping me cut tile. I worked on the tiling
again today. I thought that I would get it all done but at 5:00 pm I still had
a couple more hours of install that needs to be done before the grouting can
start. By the time we got things cleaned up it was after 5:30 pm. I had to quit
so Cheri and I could go and vote. After voting we went on to Culver’s for
supper. When we got home we called Darren to see how things were going and to
have him remote into our computer to see why we haven’t gotten any e-mails for
the last three days. It turned out that we had used up all the Google storage.
He deleted a bunch of stuff that we no longer use along with many old e-mails.
Plus I upgraded for more Google memory. After all was done it was near 9:30 pm.
Time to go to bed and watch a little TV to unwind from the busy day. Thank you
God for all that you do for us.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Gay Nov-5-18
5:56 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
It was back to work on the
bathroom project with the help of Larry. He did a lot of trim work, installed
the medicine cabinets, and assembling the cabinet drawer and installing them. I
continued doing the tiling in the shower area. After lunch Larry and I went to
Lowe’s to get some plumbing supplies and other things we needed. Cheri went to
Home Depot this afternoon for some trim materials for us. It was after 5:00 pm
when we got to a good stopping spot. After supper I was going back to Lowe’s to
buy new bathroom sinks as the old ones were in pretty bad shape and didn’t want
to reinstall them. I had called Donna and told her about the sinks and said
that it is good that I am going to change them. Before going to Lowe’s Larry
and Denise called and said they were coming over so Denise and Cheri could visit
while Larry and I went to Lowe’s and then back to the bathroom house to clean
everything out of the living room and bedroom as the house keeper is coming
tomorrow to do a good cleaning. I really wanted to wait until Thursday but tomorrow
is the only time she can come. It was after 8:30 pm when Larry and I got back
to our house. Thank you Larry for helping me with the rest of the bathroom
project. Thank you God for guiding us today.
Monday, November 5, 2018
Gay Nov-4-18
6:18 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Most people got an extra
hour of sleep but not the case for me as I woke up at my usual time which was now
4:00 am and couldn’t go back to sleep. It is going to take a while for my
internal clock to get me back to the right time to wake up. Grandma did go to
church with us this morning, Once again I helped with the offering and looks
like I will be doing it every Sunday. After we got home from Sunday school
Cheri and I went over to do some work on the bathroom project. Cheri painted
and I install some door trim and baseboard. Bob and Donna are returning to
Florida Friday and I need to have the project done. I still have a lot of work
that needs to be done and the cleaning lady is coming Tuesday so I have to have
all my materials out of the living room and bed room, don’t know where I will
put them so I have access. Larry and Denise got back to Florida Friday and
Larry is going to help me this week. This evening were invited over to Skip and
Joy’s at 5:00 pm along with Dick and Linda for pizza, salad, and dessert. It
was a good evening getting together and visiting and getting to know our church
friends better. It was around 9:00 pm when we got home. Thank you God for
spending time with you and Christian friends.
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Gay Nov-3-18
5:10 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
We were at Hole and One
Donut shop at 7:30 am. Twice as many people than other Saturdays, must be all
the snow birds coming. On the way back home we stopped at Lowe’s to pick up
some additional materials I needed for the bathroom project. I was still able
to be at work on the bathroom by 9:00 am. It was all about tiling in the shower
area today. I got the back wall 99 percent done and about ready for grout. I
have one and half walls left to tile and the tiling will be done. I quit at
4:30 pm and changed out a stove hood for a lady here in our park. It was after
6:00 pm when I got home. Cheri spent the day in her sewing room and said that
things didn’t go well for her. After supper I settled in to watch the Wisconsin
Badger football game I recorded. Cheri read for a while and then went to the
bedroom to watch a movie. Thank you God for a blessed day.
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| Tiling the back wall |
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Gay Nov-2-18
5:59 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Let’s see it is Friday
which means I go for my accountability group Bible study and breakfast in Dade
City at 6:30 am. Our Bible study today was Romans chapter 12, a lot of good
information. If you are a new believer this would be a good chapter to study
(even an old believer). It was back to work on the bathroom project. I had a very
good forenoon as everything went really well installing tile in the shower. But
this afternoon nothing went right. I cut several tiles wrong. I came home for
supper at 5:00 pm and then went back to work to try and catch up with what I
wanted to get done today. I mounted the doors back on the vanity and the hinges
that Donna bought didn’t have the spring loaded closer and now I have to get
some catches to hold the doors closed. Next I decided to put one of the drawer
for the cabinet together and the box had been opened before and found that
there wasn’t any hardware for the drawer. I mounted the door pulls on the
vanity and was going to mount the pulls on the drawers in the vanity and the
shorter screws were too short and the longer ones were too long. Which means I
will have to cut the long ones. At 8:30 pm I decide I had enough for the day.
When I got home I headed for the shower and then decided to just crawl into
bed. Cheri had a busy day, she made a casserole for supper, did laundry, and
house work that she didn’t get done yesterday because she was helping me. She
still had time to work in her sewing room. Thank you God for being with us
today.
Friday, November 2, 2018
Gay Nov-1-18
6:00 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Hard to believe it is
November already not sure where October went. I had another good day working on
the bathroom, probably because Cheri was helping me. She painted the barn door
we picked up last night plus another coat of paint on the toilet riser. She
also manage to get the laundry done before helping me. I got the shower floor
grouted, the Formica top glued on the vanity, tiling around the vanity,
installing the doors on the wall cabinet. When I got done putting the contact cement
on the vanity top I thought I could clean up the brush and got cement on my
hand and couldn’t get it off with soap and water. My fingers where sticking
together and had to keep them spread apart while Cheri drove me home so I could
use some mineral spirits to remove the contact cement, good thing Cheri was
there to help me. It was 6:00 pm when I finally got home for my shower. Because
Cheri helped me she said that I had to take her out for supper. So it was back
to Culver’s for another kid’s meal and the ice cream of the day was Rocky Road.
We both fell asleep trying to watch TV and decide to call it a night and go to
bed. Thank you God for a blessed day.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Gay Oct-31-18
6:18 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
It was warmer this morning with a temp of 59 degrees. I had a good day
at the bathroom project. I finished putting the cabinet together except for the
doors and shelves. Cheri came over and helped me get it installed in the
bathroom. Cheri also cleaned up the rust stain on the vanity top. I spent the
rest of the day tiling which I will be doing for several more days. While the
tile is drying I work on trim and other finishing touches. Cheri had a dental
appointment today to have a new crown installed. After getting her house work
done she headed to the sewing room to continue working on her Christmas tree
quilt. It was after 5:00 pm when I got home. I showered and got cleaned up and
then Cheri and I went out to Calver’s for supper. After we eat we headed to
Home Depot to pick up the door I ordered for the bathroom project. We were
almost home when we got a call from Mike and Pam. They were at Ollie’s and had
flat tire on their van. Mike didn’t have a wheel lug nut wrench so we headed
over to help. With the lug nut wrench from our truck we couldn’t get the lug
nuts off. When the tires were put on they were over tighten with an impact
wrench. After much looking Pam found the road side ascendance phone number and
called them for help. It was going to be 45 minutes before they would be there.
So I took Pam home and got the insurance information for the guy coming to change
the tire. It was around 8:30 pm when we arrived home. Thank you God for being
with us today.
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