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Saturday, January 5, 2019

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I was out the door at 6:05 am heading to Dade City for breakfast and Bible study with my accountability group. Our Bible study was Romans chapter 12. If we all could do what is in Chapter 12 all of our problem would be solved. Please take time to read it and meditate on what you read. I was back home a little after 8:00 am. We left at 9:00 am to take Nikki to the airport. Sure was nice having her here to spend Christmas and the New Year with us. On the way home we stopped at Sam’s Club in Wesley Chapel to get a few things we needed and some things we didn’t know wanted. Cheri had laundry started before we left for the airport and she continued working on that this afternoon. I went to check out kitchen faucet install to see what type of faucet she wanted and then to Lowe’s to buy one, a project I will be doing sometime next week. Cheri also went for her haircut and I went to Auto Zone to get new struts and shocks for the truck. Late this afternoon we had a hard rain which lasted into the evening, checked the gauge and we received just under an inch. Larry and Denise came over this evening to play Hand, knee, and Foot. Larry and I won the first game by a narrow margin and Cheri and Denise won the second game by a huge margin. Thank you God for a blessed and time spent with good friends.

Friday, January 4, 2019

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I had a 9:30 am appointment over in Tampa Bay country to install a new kitchen faucet. I run into a problem I haven’t seen before. The supply lines where part of the shutoff valves and the new faucet had the supply lines already attached. So that met I had to install new shutoff valves. I went to the truck to get the parts I needed and found that I forgot to put the container of all the plumbing parts in the truck. I told the people I would be back after lunch to finish the project. I had another appointment to check out about installing a three way switch in their bathroom. The bathroom has two doors into it one from the bedroom and the other from the hallway. When they come in from the hallway they have to walk all the way to the other side of the bathroom for the light switch. This is the reason that they want an additional switch by the hall entrance. I told them all the work that would have to be done to wire in a three way switch and then told them that it would be a good place to use a wireless switch. Long story short I have ordered a wireless switch for them. I stopped a Lowe’s to get the plumbing parts I needed and then home for lunch. Then back to the kitchen faucet project. I was done and back home by 4:00 pm. Cheri was busy with laundry and ironing today. Nikki left after lunch to spend the afternoon with Grandma. This evening we went out to eat at the Sunrise Eatery. We had to wait about twenty minutes to get in, a very popular place and good food. It was near 7:30 pm when we got home. We had a normal evening of TV, no treats because of the big supper. Thank you God for a blessed day.


Thursday, January 3, 2019

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A little after 9:00 am I headed over to Mike and Pam’s. They got their water bill for the lawn irrigation system and thought that they might have a leak. I did some checking and couldn’t find anything that showed a leak. They had just gone to pay the water bill and they said that a supervisor would come out to check it out. He had his computer and could show the amount of water used each day. The problem is that the system was running for too long of a time, more water than needed to be used. There wasn’t any directions on how to set up the system control. So I did some internet searching and found a manual on line. I printed off the part on how to program it. Later Larry and I went to check out another project of carpenter work in a house. The guy is going to let us know if he wants us to do the work. The rest of the day was spent putting on a second coat of primer paint on the shadow boxes. They are now done and ready for install. Cheri was doing some alterations on some clothes for Nikki and they also went shopping as they needed some things for the alterations. Cheri fixed us spaghetti with garlic toast for supper. It was another evening of TV. Thank you God for a productive day.   
 
Craft project Cheri and Nikki did.


Wednesday, January 2, 2019

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Happy New Year. I pray we all have a better year than last year and find ourselves closer to God. Seems strange to be writing 2019, just realized we have been retired for 15 years. Not sure where the time went. I spent my day painting the primer coat on the shadow boxes. Not happy with the way the primer coat went on and will have to do some additional sanding before putting on another coat. I even went and brought some spray cans of primer and that was worst, so it was back to the paint brush. I hate painting and even tried to talk Cheri into doing the painting for me but she turned me down. Cheri and Nikki were working on a craft project today. Later in the afternoon they went and got Grandma and brought her over to have supper with us. I was going to post some pictures of my work but since the update on my phone I haven’t been able to upload from my phone to the blog (something else to check on). It was a normal evening of TV. Thank you God for a productive day.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

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The last time I can write 2018. It has been an interesting year for Cheri and me. We have had some good time and bad times but God has gotten us through another year and we find ourselves getting closer to God, something we should have done many years ago. I had a 9:00 am appointment to check out a kitchen stove. She said that she has trouble with the oven not getting hot enough. After checking it out there wasn’t any lower heating element. I could see that there had been one but was broke off at the back of the oven. She has had the stove for nine years and said that it never work right. She bought the stove that was a floor sample and was on close out. I told her I could put in an element and it would work ok, but she decided that she would get a new stove. The rest of the day I worked on the shadow boxes. I now have them all sanded and ready for primer paint. I did make a trip to Lowe’s for additional sandpaper and primer paint. Cheri and Nikki spent the day out shopping and also got groceries for Grandma. We picked up Grandma at 5:30 pm and we went to Golden Corral for dinner to celebrate the New Year. Then back home to settle in for an evening of TV, no snacks as we were all still full from eating too much. I pray that everyone celebrates the New Year sensibly and has a good time. Thank you God for guiding us through another day, without you we are nothing.