Rainy Day in Florida

Woke up around 7 am. Had rained overnigh, and into the morning. Did our am routine, until I went to make us breakfast, put my oatmeal in the microwave for 30 seconds, it came on, and then off again and the screen went black. Now apparently we need to fix the microwave convection oven.

 Later in the afternoon after lunch I called and talked to my brother David for a good hour, later in the afternoon I called and talked to Travis while he was watching the Eagles, Jim had it on too. 

The rain stopped in the afternoon, it really got sunny. But still alot of wind. We watched the neighbors son behind us hit golf balls most the afternoon, someone must have said something. He stopped with his Mom, that I walk/line dance with, to tell us both they are foam balls.

Right before dark I found my YouTube video of the lady who does walk fit, and I did that on the TV, I guess she had a southing voice because  Jim fell asleep in his chair while I did that. 

After we had dinner I made quesadilla for myself,  and I had a little hamburger left,  I made Jim two little meatloaf  patties in the air fryer with rice and also corn on  the cob in the instant pot. I had to make a knew plan for dinner when there's no microwave convection oven. 

After dinner just after dark we took about an hour walk around the campground, the wind had subsided a lot by then. Found out earlier the big tent we had the yard sale under blew over,  they had to take it down. 

When we got home I took a shower and then we watched the 5th episode of 1883 we went to bed after 10 Jim never even came upstairs , he still is having a hard time laying flat in bed.

Beautiful day for Yard Sale

Today we woke up just after 7:30, we really slept in today. Jim was already downstairs and turned the coffee pot on. After our morning routine, I wanted to be ready to be up at the activity center for the yard sale they do up there on Saturdays. Last year we did it at our sites, but I was hoping there would be more activity up there.

 After I packed up what I needed he drove me over there. I wasn't hoping we were going to be having it inside, oh, again I forgot the C word. Couldn't believe I was the first on there too. 

 It was only one lady that came behind us, she sold Tupperware her name was Sue, till the day was over we got to know each other quite well. We are going to lot of the same campgrounds. Once I realized I had to stay outside,  Jim took the golf cart back to the RV, got me my scarf sneakers another coat, Etc.

 I talked him into going into the hot tub for his back, which I'm surprised he actually did it. Then he took the golf cart back and showered. 

By then he had heard from Larry, his brother, he was trying to plan a day he would go pick him up and they would go for lunch. He brought the golf cart back for me and walked back to the RV and took off to see him. 

Sue and I did have a lot of people to talk to, we both sold some things we were quite happy.

 I brought soup in a tupperware container, she was selling one, I thought that was kind of funny.  I heated it up in the rec center and ate it outside. 

We both packed up, went from 10 to 2, we both left at 2.   

Jim and Larry, he took him to Cody's for lunch, texted me a picture of the menu, see if I wanted to order something. I told him to bring me some salmon for dinner tonight. When I got back to the RV I ate a little bit more for lunch..

Relaxed, watched YouTube. Found the YouTube video of the walk fit we do. Her name is Leslie Sansone, So I did a 3 mile walk in here,  finished right before Jim got home. 

We talked to neighbors she bought a couple bags from me. We talked to her hubby Dennis, from PA.  while he put my stuff away.

Then we took the golf cart up to where the food truck was, had hot dogs and sausage, he had sausage. We took a short ride as was getting dark, we had to put lights on. 

He brought me a lovely piece of salmon and a salad from Cody's was great. We took showers and he watched Hockey.

Beautiful day, with a Breeze

Today started like yesterday, up just after 7 am and got ready put load of wash cloths in the washer. Jim took me up to exercise in the golf cart, I took so much water and my boots, would have been hard to walk with it.  Jim took the trash to the dumpster. I did walk fit with Leslie Sansone tape. It was so windy it really bothers my throat.

Then we went inside, yea. to line dance, we had 2 hours. It was nice to be out of the wind. 

Jim came up to pick me up and get the mail, they close at noon for awhile So we went back to RV for lunch. 

I didn't feel that well after being in all that cool breeze even though it was very sunny and beautiful.

Jim was able to fix our one light over sofa that was loose.

Jim got a notice that we had mail in PA. He ordered from Amazon a TPMS sensor and a switch relay for the truck window that wouldn't shut. He wanted it to come to TTO, no  went to Lebanon address, so I had to call to have it sent  here, what a pain.

I was chilling with my throat hurting, Cindy Turner texted was going to stop for a visit before they head west. They just picked there truck up after some service work. After I thought about it  and Jim and I said maybe they shouldn't come right now.

Jim was able to get the back window in the truck shut. Because he booked Hotties Detailing to come next Thursday to wash and wax the RV and truck.

We had leftovers for lunch and just rested a bit. Then we took a really long golf cart ride. Stopped by the lake. 

Saw Kellie and Jim coming home in there Smart Car. 

I made dinner for us, washed dishes, took shower. Folded the wash cloths. Watched This Is Us. 

Just real life stuff. Went to bed.

Today We Line Dance

This morning woke up at 715, Jim was already downstairs in his chair. He had turned on the coffee that I prepped last night. We did our morning routine. I put some sheets in the washer,  and we had breakfast and then Jim drove me up to exercise. The produce guy said he was starting today at 930. Class starts at 9, the produce guy was already there, we will get it later today.

Jim left and I did walk fit for am hour. We had a 15 minute break. Then we line danced for 2 hours, SOooo fun, I did every dance from last year, your feet just remember.

Jim arrived just before noon. I sent him back for more water, and Tylenol. Had weird headache. 

Tomorrow we do walk fit, and we are line  dancing inside, so excited, can actually wear my boots.

I said our goodbyes, everyone wanted to know how Jim's back was when they saw him, since I told everyone. SO sweet. 

Then we went to shop for produce. We got a cantaloupe, corn on cob. 2 qt strawberries, orange. So excited I forgot to get a picture. 

We got back to the RV the long way home, RV'S starting to roll in.

We took everything in. He plugged golf cart in. This place is huge. I made jambalaya with chicken and shrimp. While Jim went outside and grilled two more chicken breast for later. 

 After we ate we went outside. Our neighbor Dennis a ranger from Hershey that works here in the winter, came over and chatted with us for nearly two hours. He was a wealth of information a lot of fun to chat with and hear about his recent travels. I nearly forgot about the sheets, I finished them and hung rest outside.  

 Then we went inside I felt like I was in the Sun so much  took a rest. Put all the food away. Still had my weird headache  so I laid down for half an hour. Jim was still outside listening to music.  Before I was texting with Christine she is heading to Benson Arizona, then talk to Cindy and she talked about her going to Benson. I told them both about a great restaurant in a golf course called, Benson City Grill.

 After my quick half-hour nap we got ready and took the golf cart up where the food trucks were going to be. He really thought there was going to be a cheese steak one there, but he never showed,  there is only a pizza truck there. So we went back to the fifth wheel first he was going to order from Philly Steak and get doordash. He had a few beers,  I said why don't I just drive and we'll just run over there and get them ourselves. So that is what we ended up doing. Ran to Publix next door for a couple things while they made the cheesesteak. 

We picked it up took it home before we left I put the Instant pot on with turkey burger  cabbage, cauliflower rice little bit of the rice from jambalaya and quinoa I added tomato soup I just bought and that's what I ate. 

We watched a Switch It Up video then Jim watched hockey.

I made the bed. I chilled upstairs and did this stupid blog while I had my hot tea, then took a shower before bed.

Beautiful day To Exercise Outside

I woke up just after 7 am, and Jim was down in his recliner. I turned coffee pot on and we drank coffee while watching news and weather. My favorite thing, am coffee.

I cleaned the pantry out with a few items that I wanted to donate to a food pantry they collect for.

I made us breakfast. I ate, loaded dishes and walked up for exercise, called walk fit. It was alot of fun. And we did 3 miles. I sat with a few ladies and we chatted for a bit. I walked back to the FW, Jim was outside making the cement patio so comfortable. He put chairs out and our little bistro table. They don't have a picnic table here on this site. 

We took a golf car ride, and dropped off the food bag. It was so heavy, really lightened up my pantry. 

We we got home, I made BLT's with a few of the last slices of turkey, for lunch. We shared a leftover bowl of the chicken casserole I made the other night. After we ate, I made a big instant pot full of veggie soup. 

We chilled for awhile, then put on our swimming suits and took the golf cart up to the pools. Jim went in hot tub, hopefully it will feel good on his back. I did the water exercise class. Talked with Joan and Judy, I went into hot tub for a minute. 

We went back to RV he showered I made dinner and showered later. I ran the dishwasher. Jim was playing with the new Garmin RV and YouTube video to learn this thing.

I went to bed early. 

Moving Day to Orlando Thousand Trails AKA TTO

Today leaving Starke, KOA TO Orlando TTO.

I woke up at 7am, Jim was still in his recliner. He still can't stay the whole night in bed, so at 1 a.m. he moved to the recliner. He now has a big bruise, but not where the pain is. 

I got ready after I drank some coffee and went for my walk, and took the trash out. Was very chilly this morning 39 degrees. I got home and made him an English muffin and some eggs. I showered and ate my oatmeal. We packed up and pulled out at 10 a.m.. with less than a two and a half hour drive. 

Almost as soon as we left some guy ran a red light and then stopped in the middle of the road in front of us. He had to lay on the horn. We arrived at TTO, we were number 30 in line. We got a really good site in H Loop I told Jim not to overdo but he did all the things. 

He got the golf cart out while I put the inside back to normal. It's so good to finally be here.  We took a golf cart ride around 4,  we wanted to before it got dark.

Someone's really into Yellowstone, unless it's Kevin.

 When we got back I went for a little walk about 40 minutes. Stopped up at the family center to check out the activity wall and what was going on. Sunset reflected off the pool alittle.

They do a walk fit exercise tape outside the building every morning, water aerobics Monday Wednesday Friday at 3. And unfortunately only Mondays and Thursdays they line dance 10 to noon. 

I got home around 5 made dinner. Made some corn muffins with turkey and gravy and veggies on top. Jim was listening to music and we watched the news. Then I cleaned up the kitchen and took a shower again.

Heading to Gainesville

This am Jim was up right before me.  He started  the night in bed, then just before 3 am he came down to his recliner. I came downstairs with him right around 7 am. We did our morning routine.

We are back to our favorite thing having the air conditioning on during the day and the Heat at night. For the last two nights we've had the air on day and night, that is actually more awesome.

It had rained through the night and the back and non door side was still wet, I went out and squeegee down the RV. I also did the truck. Makes it look alot cleaner.

 I got ready went for my walk. When I got back, I ate my oatmeal. I got ready to go, texted Cecilia we were about to leave  to head over her way, to Gainesville. I asked if she wanted some of my turkey corn noodle soup I just made last night, she said that would be lovely, so I packed up a Bowl to Take Along. We left around 10:30 a.m.

It takes about 35 minutes to get to her condo. So nice on inside, really big. When we arrived we sat out back on the screened in Lanai and chatted for a while. Then we came inside she wanted Jim to sit in her massaging recliner lift chair she recently purchased. I think he really enjoyed that. 

So we went out to the kitchen  she had prepared a lovely salad bar for us. With mixed greens, spinach, cherry tomatoes diced orange peppers, onions, diced ham and turkey, hard-boiled eggs, kidney and chickpeas. Celery, and fresh bacon bits. lovely fresh fruit salad, and some healthy banana oatmeal cookies she made. It was the best lunch, for some reason I just love going into someone else's home for a meal. I don't want my own house right now,  but it is so enjoyable for some reason to be in someone else's.

We told her yesterday of a few things we wanted to try to do. So we jumped in her car and we went to Batteries Plus Bulbs and got a new battery for the hotspot. Seems like when you charge it, gets really hot. 

Then we went to Dick's Sporting Goods, we were looking for dry sack, for our phone and essentials to take in the tubing on the River in Texas coming up. For the switch it up Huddle. Then we went into REI Co-op, Jim stayed in the car it was a store we never heard of. We were in and out super quick but I was looking for a long sleeve shirt that I wouldn't get sunburned through on the water. Hope to get a lot of uses out of both items for future Adventures.

Then we got back to her condo went inside she gave me some fruit salad and cherry tomatoes to take home. She gave me some Advil for some reason I had a strange headache. We chatted for quite a while about, alot of different stuff, and Jim's mother and how she grew up, she was talking about a friend she knew that wrote a book called  The Tears of War, by Ingeborg E Ryals.

We said our goodbyes and walked out through the garage. We left and headed to Walmart. While I ran in quick for a few essentials I wanted for dinner tonight. Jim went over and filled the truck up with diesel. He Picked me up with the door and we stopped at the produce stand again, he waited in the truck and I went in for strawberries, I also bought a big handful of okra. Cecilia told me that if you put it in soup it makes it naturally thicker. Never was a fan of slimy okra but I'm going to give it a whirl.

Then we got home to our RV and I put dinner together that I prepped yesterday, the turkey casserole with water Chestnuts. We had some turkey corn noodle soup first, and small chocolate chip zucchini cake for dessert. 

We watched TV this this blog, Jim booked more travel reservations I ran dishwasher. Was really tired by 9 pm.

Wonderful day spent with my new sister, who new, she really is a fabulous new addition to our life. What a great blessing to find her.