Saturday, March 31, 2012
Gay Mar-30-12
6:16 AM | 
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Sharp's Travels
When we went to pick up Cheri’s sewing machine last week the guy told us she should use only Janome bobbins so Cheri bought two boxes of them. Well when she tried them they wouldn’t work, the center hole was two big. So today Cheri, Denise, Larry, and I took a motorcycle ride to Lakeland to return them, we also took the sewing machine with us. When we got to the store one guy gave us a hard time and said that there was something wrong with our machine because he had sold 1000’s of them with no problems. So I went out and got our machine and brought it into the store to show him. After I showed him that they wouldn’t work he still wouldn’t believe it. Another guy came over which was the one that sold them to us and admitted that he couldn’t get the Janome bobbins and had ordered them from a third party. Needless to say we won’t be going back to that store again and we did get our money back. Then we headed for Plant City by way of all the back roads I could fine and what a nice ride it was. After the delicious strawberry short cake Denise bought some oranges to take home. We rode 92 miles and got home around 3:00 pm, it was time to rest for a while. Larry and Denise came up to play cards this evening. It was another fun day to spend with friends.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Gay Mar-29-12
8:01 AM |
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Cheri started her laundry early before we even went for our workout and walk this morning. She is a real go getter. I worked on cleaning the motorcycle early and worked on the computer before it was time for Larry and me to head out on a motorcycle ride. We headed north and made a stop at the Truck Chrome Shop to get some more chrome nut covers for the motorcycle. Then we work our way to Leesburg where we stopped for lunch at McDonalds and a stop at the Harley dealer. We didn’t buy anything but did compare prices and what is different between the Ultra Classic and the Limited. Not enough difference for the price. Maybe someday I can have one. It was after 5:00 pm when we got home. Cheri and Denise left to go shopping at 10:30 am and headed over to the Shops in Wiregrass. They also made a stop at the quilt store in Zephyrhills and got home just a little before Larry and me. I talked to Larry about Skype and how much they use it, so when I got home I set it up Skype on our computer and a short time later we got a call from Bill and Barb Mullen from Fox Lake Wisconsin. Sure was nice to see and talk to them. We had used Messenger before but Skype is much better. This evening we went down to Larry and Denise’s to play cards. We played two games, the girls won one and we guys also won. It was another great day in the neighborhood that God made for us.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Gay Mar-28-12
7:25 AM |
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I forgot to tell you yesterday that the new mattress is great. I thought it was going to be too hard, not the case as it feels hard when you lay on it but you soon settle in and have great back support. Cheri also likes it a lot. Cheri was really tired from our ride yesterday and slept in until 7:30 am. So we didn’t get our morning walk or workout done today. Bud called me around 8:00 am and said that he got up with a sore and stiff neck this morning and wouldn’t be going on a motorcycle ride today. So I called Larry and told him, so we decided to take Denise and Cheri for another motorcycle ride to a quilt shop in Hudson. We didn’t leave until noon. It was another perfect day for a ride. On the way back we stopped in Saint Jo for a late lunch and early supper. It was around 4:30 pm when we got home. At 6:00 pm Larry, Denise, Cheri and I left with the motorcycles and headed to church. Cheri and I volunteered to help stuff 600 bags with plastic eggs filled with toys and candy for Easter and Denise and Larry wanted to see our church and came along and helped. On the way home they stopped at Wal-Mart and Cheri and I stopped by Bud and Joyce’s to see how Bud was. He was feeling much better and had his bike loaded in the trailer for the trip back to New York. I was disappointed that we wouldn’t get another ride in this spring. We visited for a while and got home around 8:30 pm. We rode around 115 miles today. I have uploaded pictures from my sky diving that I did last Saturday. There are two albums to look at, Tandem Sky Dive and Gay Skydiving. The first one (Tandem Sky Dive) was taken by the guy that did my video. The second (Gay skydiving) was taken by Denise. She took all the pictures from the ground and got pictures of me coming out of the plane at 13,500 feet up. I couldn’t believe she could get great pictures being that far away. It was the first time she has done this with her new camera. Great job Denise and thanks for doing it for me. Check them out by clicking on this link http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels and then clicking on the albums. I am still working on getting the video uploaded.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Gay Mar-27-12
7:25 AM |
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Today was a vacation day for us, I guess when you are retired you would think every day is a vacation day, not so. Some days you think about doing something constructive but not today. We got the motorcycle ready to go and along with Larry and Denise we rode south to Ellenton and then north up I-275 and made a stop at the rest area before we cross over the Sunshine Bridge, we took a few pictures there and then headed for the Gulf Coast. We rode up along the coast and stopped on the north side of Treasure Island for some shopping and a late lunch at The Hut for fish and chips. This is the third time we have had fish and chips with Larry and Denise, the other two times the fish and chips were not good and we had made a joke that we couldn’t have fish and chips with each other because it was bad. Well today the fish and chips were much better. We took a few pictures along the water and then decided to ride farther north to Pier 60 to check out all the vendors and watch the sunset. It was after 8:00 pm before we got back on the road and headed for home. We got home around 9:30 pm and had put on 185 miles. What a beautiful day it was for a ride. I have uploaded pictures of the day, click on the link http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on album: Gulf Coast Ride.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Gay Mar-26-12
7:34 AM |
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I am still not up to par and I skipped the walk and workout this morning. I had a 9:00 am appointment for my yearly physical, I explained my problem that I have been battling with the diarrhea and they think I may have parasite and so I had to take some stool samples into them. Otherwise I am good to go for another year. Cheri worked on some laundry and illustrating a children’s book that Nikki has written while waiting for our new mattress to be delivered at 10:00 am. Will it was after 11:00 am when I got home and no mattress. I had my phone turned off while I was in the doctor’s office and I forgot to turn it back on until I got home and when I did I had a voice mail from the mattress place wanting to know when they could deliver the mattress. I had it already set it up on Saturday that it would be delivered on Monday at 10:00 am. I guess their people don’t talk to each other. So I called them and got their voice mail and left message. Long story short they came at 11:30 am with the new mattress. It is a memory foamed mattress and I think it is going to be too hard, I guess we will find out tonight. After lunch I went over to Grandma’s and installed a new key board for her computer. I ordered one that had yellow keys with large letters and numbers on it so it would be easier for her to use. Later in the afternoon I went down to see Bud and made plans to for a motorcycle ride Wednesday. When I got home Larry was here talking to Cheri telling her about their week away. After supper we went down to their place to visit. Then back home to watch Dancing with the Stars. About half way through the show I fell asleep and decided to go to bed and let Cheri tell me the results in the morning.
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