Friday, January 31, 2014
Gay Jan-30-14
7:21 AM | 
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Sharp's Travels
It
was cold, rainy, and windy all day with a high of near 50, not my kind of day.
Cheri was in high gear this morning cleaning and doing laundry, my job was to
stay out of her way. I did do the barn quilt lay out so now it is ready for
Cheri to paint again. Larry and Denise along with her son Rob and his wife Melissa
came to visit and pick up the keys for the motorcycle. They are going to use
our bike as we will be gone to our Alaskan Rally Friday and Saturday. Before
they left I had Larry and Rob help me load the old washing machine into the van
so I could take it to the salvage yard along with a couple other pieces of
scrap I had. I thought I might get a couple of dollars for it and was
pleasantly surprised when I picked up my money and got $18.45 for it. After
lunch Cheri and I headed to Lakeland, I dropped Cheri off at Joann’s Fabrics
and I went to Harbor freight. I am plan on building a large work bench to have
outside under the car port and want to have it on wheels so it can be moved
around. They have the best price for the caster wheels. I also bought dolly to
move the heavy stuff. I will need it when we get the new washer and dryer. I
picked up Cheri and we stopped at Sam’s. Cheri wanted to get some more of Olive
Garden’s salad dressing. Will it look like they don’t carry it any longer as
there weren’t any by the other salad dressings. We still managed to buy thing
that we didn’t know we needed (junk food). Then we stopped over at Walgreens to
buy some Blue Bell ice cream because they had it on sale. We think it is the
best ice cream and haven’t had any for almost a year. So it is going to be a
real treat to have some.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Gay Jan-29-14
7:49 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
When
I get up in the morning the first thing I do is make coffee. We have special
coffee cups that we use for coffee each morning. Well this morning I looked at
the cups and see one that has the inscription THE BOSS on it. So I took it out
used it this morning for my coffee. When Cheri came out I held it up so she
could see that I had it and she looked at me and laughed, I wonder if that
means in your dreams. Cheri worked on the painting the barn quilt this morning
and I took Grandma for her 10:15 doctor’s appointment and didn’t get to see the
doctor until 11:40 am. She said that another doctor didn’t come in today and she
had double duty. On the way home Grandma needed to stop at the bank. When I got
home Cheri was still painting on the barn quilt. After lunch she was taking off
the masking tape and called me to come and see what happened. Well when she
removed the masking tape the paint came off too. Cheri used a different primer
on the board and found that latex paint and acrylic paint don’t mix. So now she
has to re prim the board and then I will have to do the lay out again. Cheri
needed some more paint for the project so we headed out to Hobby Lobby for the
paint and then to Wal-Mart to get the groceries that Grandma needed. On the way
home we stopped at the office and paid for our lawn care, 120 dollars for six
months, nice that I don’t have to do any lawn work. When we got home I did a
little internet searching, looking to buy a table saw and don’t want to break
the bank. After supper it was time to get ready for our Life Group Gathering.
We met Mike and Pam at Walgreens where we left out car and rode with them. Ron
and Sandy are away on a cruise so Pam volunteered to be our group leader this
evening. It was an excellent lesson and was over before I knew it; I came away
with a new understanding about bother working with brother, never too old to
learn.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Gay Jan-28-14
6:44 AM |
Posted by
Sharp's Travels
Today
was perfect winter day with sunshine and a temp in the mid 70’s. Mike and Pam
came over at 9:00 am. Pam and Cheri headed for the flea market. Mike and I
headed out to Rick’s restaurant for a late breakfast. We had planned this for
late because we were going over to Ron and Sandy’s as they are gone on a cruise
and Ron is having his old garage torn down today. He had asked me to keep an
eye on the house and thought it would be a good time to go over so we could see
how they were doing on the old garage. They had a good start on it with all the
windows out and the door off and working on removing the siding. After we left
there Mike and I rode around the neighborhood looking at houses. We got a call
from Pam and they were done with the flea market and wanted to meet us for
lunch at Panera Bread. We had a good lunch and made plans to play cards this
evening at their place. From there Cheri and I went to Wal-Mart to get some
groceries plus Cheri had lamp shade to return. When we got home I went work on
my paver project. I got all the pavers in and put sand down over the pavers to
fill the cracks between the pavers. Cheri continued working in the house and took
a late afternoon power nap. After I was done with the pavers I took a
motorcycle ride back out to Ron and Sandy’s to check on the garage removal. It was
down and the roof was cut up into pieces and ready to be hauled away. A little after 6:00 pm we arrived at Mike and
Pam’s for an evening of cards. We played two games of Pinochle. Mike and Pam
play the game a little different then Denise and Larry do, so it took Cheri and
me a few hands to catch on how they play the game. Mike and I won the two games
of Pinochle and then Cheri and Pam won the game of Hand, Knee, and Foot. It was
a wonderful day in the neighborhood that God made for us and to spend time with
close friends.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Gay Jan-27-14
6:44 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
It
started raining early last night and rained most of the night. Mike and I
canceled our security for the night. When I checked the rain gage this morning
it showed an inch of rain. It was pretty dry and was nice to get the rain. I
worked on my paver project and got 40 pavers installed before lunch. Cheri
worked on doing some deep cleaning, not sure if you would call it late winter
or early spring cleaning. After lunch I made a trip to Lowes as I needed 64
more pavers. It also gave me a little break because my back was hurting from
all the bending. But when I got home I went back to work and each row I installed
I would say this is the last one for the day and then I would push myself to
install another row and kept it up until I ran out of dirt. I did go and get
more dirt and decided I had enough for the day. It was 4:00 pm and got a lot
done today. With a little luck tomorrow I should be able to finish the paver
project. Cheri worked this afternoon on her quilt hanging came out to show me
that she has it all sewed together and now has to do the quilting on it, looks
really nice.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Gay Jan-26-14
7:59 AM |
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Sharp's Travels
Mike
and Pam picked us up at 9:15 am and we headed to Lakeland for church at the
Family Worship Center. Rev. Ted Shuttlesworth was a guest speaker. It was a two
hour service, very one that it was a really good service. I on the other hand
wasn’t ready for an evangelist type service, being a new believer I was looking
for more of a teaching message. Pam was nice enough to explain the different between
an evangelist and a local pastor, I am sure in time I will be better prepared.
After church Al and Peggy (friends of Pam and Mike) along with us four went out
to eat at the airport restaurant. We had the prime rib buffet, it was pretty
good and had a nice visit while having diner. It was near 3:00 pm when we got
home. Cheri went to the sewing room and worked on her wall hanging. I did the
lay out for a new barn quilt Cheri is going to paint. After I got the layout
done we both relaxed the rest of the day watching TV.
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