Had unexpected visitor and a Round of golf

Jim was up really early and slept in his chair for a bit. I made French Toast for us when I got up. It did get below freezing last night. But with the bright shining sun it quickly warmed up to 63 today.

We had our coffee and watched the news and weather. I started doing laundry and Jim made the bed and washed some dishes.

I wanted to do my walk fit with Leslie Sansone on YouTube on the outside TV. Jim came out and got it all set up for me. I just started and he said we have an unexpected visitor inside. I said WHAT,

A little gecko I guess you call it. Have NO idea how he could have gotten in here. He said how am I going to get him out. So I paused my walk fit. And this little guy was just sunning himself in our warm window by the table. I wanted to just grab him, but I didn't want to hurt it. Jim said do they bite, I said OH if you get bit, you will have a huge wound with alot of blood and pain, HaHA he said, so I got a clear plastic container and put it over him, and slid the TTO brochure we still had, over it,, Jim opened the door and I took him over to the tree, he didn't want to get out of the warm dish. 

Ok crisis averted I went back out to my 3 mile walk.

When finished went in, was really warm then. Put another load in wash put one in dryer. Then got lunch ready. We had soup I just made.

Then we took a golf cart ride, saw a few people walking around we talked to. Then we got our golf clubs and balls, went to play mini golf. Yea I won. 

When we got back wanted to sit out in  the sun for a bit. Barbara and Tony came over on there scooters we talked for quite a while. 

When they left, finished up the laundry and brought in shirts I had outside on the clothes line. I heated up dinner the leftover whips we had with pork from freezer. We watched 1883 and some videos before bed, Jim went up first. 

COLD Florida Winter Weekend, Branson Show

Jim was up before me, again. He had cereal and fresh fruit for breakfast. They did have a pancake breakfast this am, decided not to go this Saturday, and we wanted to talk to the membership specialist, see if there are any upgrades we are interested in, it  was at 2, we didn't do that either, WAS to cold, we feel we are true Floridians,  now we hate to be cold. There's always next Saturday.

 I had  a pot roast I took out of the  freezer and I put in the instant pot for Jim's lunch today. I bought it last year here at J and K Produce and Meat,  took it all around and brought it right back here where we bought it, and made it late in the afternoon. I think I bought to much last year,, still have one left, I think.  I don't eat it.. We ate lunch way after 1 p.m. 

 Jim had the pot roast a leftover piece of garlic toast from Giovanni's restaurant, corn custard and mashed potatoes. I put the rest outside on the picnic table to cool, got the grease off of it took out a serving and made a big pot of beef and noodle soup. Froze two bowls of it for later. I ate Minastrone soup I made, Jim won't eat any more.

Made plans for seeing Steve and Katrina on Monday. Also texting Sue and Tony made plans to go visit them in Sarasota on Wednesday. So excited about seeing them all.

 Later we had leftovers for dinner, and I went for a quick cold 20 minute walk. They were also doing a pork barbecue dinner up at the meeting house, decided not to do that either,  but we went up to see the show from Branson Missouri,  the married couple that sings there regularly they call themselves the  sweethearts of Branson. Barbara and Tony highly recommended them. They were very good, also selling jewelry, which seemed weird,  but I bought some, not so weird selling their CDs. 

Was fun, we had a cold golf cart ride home. 

Sad Day Remembering

So 12 years ago today my Mother passed away. Sad day remembering that.

Last night I stayed up to late. Was about 11:30, Jim went to bed early about 9. So needless to say, he was up early and I was up almost 8:30.

I made us breakfast eggs, bacon, toast fried potatoes fresh orange. Had coffee Jim even made a second pot.

I put sheets in the washer then left to go for a long walk after 10 am.  I walked past this guy having coffee outside with his dog.  We talked about 40 minutes.  His wife came out for a minute we chatted too. She saw my Switch It Up  hat, and got excited, we talked about Todd and Shelia a bit. We said goodbye. I started my real walk. Walked through the jungle, near the River.

I got home about 12:15. I took a shower when Steve called, Jim was talking to him, trying to make plans to get together. We had lunch, leftovers from restaurant yesterday.

Then we took trash out, and went for a long golf cart ride. We stopped at the produce guy here,

We got some really nice kale. I Wanted it  for my soup I want to make. I also made kale chips in the air fryer, never made before pretty good, don't think Jim was a fan of it. He is very anti veggie lately.

Raw kale on left, crispy kale chips on the right.

So later I made the  Minastrone  soup, Jim also not a fan of that,, so he grilled chicken then zucchini and yellow squash and did some green beans. Tony walked over they chatted while he finished.

We had dinner then the soup and chicken with grilled vegetables. 

I got ready and went up to play meat Bingo. 

I got to see MO from the year we met Bonnie Denton.

Didn't win any meat but was fun.

Jim had a fire and listened to music outside.  I watched some TV went to bed.

Beautiful Day, Met another YouTuber, Giovanni's

We both woke at 8 am today. Jim is doing better with his back, still had pain at times, now his bakers cyst on the back of his knee hurts.

We had coffee and I made breakfast. Put a pot of yogurt on.

I left for my walk around the park at 10:45. Was nice, got pretty warm and sunny by the end of the walk. 

Took a few nice pictures. 

When I got home we got ready and left for Giovanni's

They have a pizza oven inside. 

Jim got ham and cheese calzone, I had seafood ravioli, soup and salad. We both took leftovers home.

Then we went to produce place. It is across from the post office, don't even know the name of it. Have to find out.. Really good. 

I got strawberries, 2 sweet onions, blueberries, green beans, new potatoes, 2 oranges, 2 tomatoes, bunch of zucchini and 2 yellow squash. 

They also had Strawberry shortcake. We got one for dessert I took 2 bites, Jim ate the rest. He also got a pile of wood, 22 pieces for 20 dollars. Looks really good.

Then we went to Winn-Dixie,  Jim made a beer run then  waited in the truck. It was a very nice peaceful shopping trip. After the restaurant I wanted to make minestrone soup, they had a sad example of it there. 

When we returned back to the RV,  Barbara and Tony were going by. We chatted for a bit had to get the groceries inside. As we chatted,  Paul walked by from Liz amazing. I guess this is the year of the YouTubers. they're everywhere. LOL, I took a picture, of Paul he was in the middle, with Barbara and Tony on their scooters. 

We chatted for a bit, he was on his way to the bathhouse. They've been here for a week,  today's the first day I saw him. I never did get to meet Liz. We said  goodbye to Barbara and Tony and I went in to put all the groceries away.

After that we went for a golf cart ride. The park is really full. I checked out the activity board. They did a cake walk at 4, as we left saw people leaving with cakes, fun BUT we do not need a cake in here. Nothing going on we want to do tonight.

When we got home Jim sat outside a little. I got dinner ready. We had the hot dogs and grilled chicken patty and his burger, he grilled yesterday. I made zucchini fries again I had some turkey stuffed green pepper soup. Then we watched TV, I took a shower before bed.

Moving to FHU site, Jam session with Jim

Jim was able to stay in bed last night but was up early. I didn't get up till closer to 8. We only had two of the three slides out,  it would have been hard for him to come down and sleep in his recliner, we are hoping to move into a FHU,  full hookup site later this afternoon, as we play the lottery game here. 

I made Jim breakfast, eggs,  sausage, and a pancake, he was starving, also a piece of pumpkin baked oatmeal. I had my usual, we shared our coffee. He went outside to put the golf cart together. I went out later and wiped the truck down, and some spots on th RV to clean it back up, After the little bit of rain we had..

 We talked to our neighbor, he wanted to see our golf cart. It's cute small size people are fascinated with. We talked about solar, there a  boondocking family, and they decided to  not even to move . They don't even go into CG very often. 

We had a light lunch, I made noodle soup with a little bit of deer meat that was left last night for lunch today, was really good. Then we took a drive to see what sites are open. Later we went up to play the lottery game. To give everyone that wants to play a paper with the available sites on it. You have one hour to drive around and pick your top favorites and be back by 2 p.m.. we took the golf cart around and checked them all out in 12 minutes. A lot of people had to walk, so sad for them, LOL. Then we  return to the porch and they called out names in the order they came into the park yesterday. They called the name Rice oh, Jim said do you mean Price, but NO  not yet, I had my favorite site,  and Jim had his. 

He ended up getting the one he wanted. I didn't care I just wanted to get settled. It was under some trees. Mine was grass. No  overhanging trees and a palm tree. It works for us so we went back to put the slides in and I follow Jim in the golf cart we got all situated. 

   By then getting close to dinner time.

I worked on the inside, really doesn't take long. BUT Jim sets the outside up so nice. He arranged such a nice outdoor space. Jim started to grill some chicken patties, I worked on the rest meal inside. 

Then we ate dinner, Jim took a shower. We went up to watch the Jam session  then.

They talked Jim into playing a set. Great way to end the day.. I got to talk to our friends Tony and Barbara. 

We got home in the golf cart I took shower before bed.

Moving Day in the Rain

This am Jim was downstairs already. We had coffee and started to pack up. After we had breakfast and we both showered, I walked the trash up to the dumpsters. It was raining alittle so they weren't doing walked fit.

I wanted to stop with the produce guy for more strawberries, but he was not there either.

So when I got back, we were almost ready to pull out. And Jim noticed that the outside dually tire on the passenger side really looked low. So Jim pulled the air compressor out and put some air in the tire, all the while it was raining a little.

So we finally pulled out at 10:45 am. We left TTO heading to Peace River TT in Wauchula. It was about an hour and a half drive. 

As we drove we finally drove towards a clearing sky. It didn't last long.

When we arrived we checked in, and had to drive around twice looking for 30 amp electric and water only. Tomorrow we will get into the lottery to get a sewer site. OH the simple pleasures of full-time life.. 

After we got parked we had to unhook, site wasn't deep enough. We walked up to the check in area. Talked with a few people,  one couple was looking for a place to park there MH while they went on a cruise. 

We checked out the upcoming activities. Sat on one of the porch swings a bit. Then we started to walk back, I took a little walk while Jim went back to the RV. I walked about 40 minutes in the rain.

When I got back I put a deer steak in the instant pot and made FF in the air fryer, mixed vegetables in MW.

We ate a little later then usual was after 6:30 by then.

Watched a little TV before bed.

Peace River TT in Wauchula 

Our temporary site hopefully, this was the next day am Jim setting up the golf cart.

Cold Florida Winter Day

Cold Florida Winter Day,  high 51 degrees low 34

Last night was Jim's first full night he spent in bed. But when we woke up, it was cold, and very windy. The sun did not come out until after 3. We had the heat on all day. Did not go anywhere. 

We froze in the golf cart taking the garbage up to the dumpsters. This is one of those very boring to read blog posts, so I'm keeping it short, not even a picture taken today.  I did my walk fit inside the RV for 4 miles. 

Later in the Day I was able to talk to Travis. 

HAPPY Monday January 24, 2022

Another cold morning, but not as bad as yesterday. We had beautiful  sunshine ALL day. I didn't think they would have walk fit today because of the cold, and wind, and we actually had frost. But no official cancelation yet.

So I called TT to try and switch up my reservation, had to wait for a return call, but didn't work, anyway.

Then I called to book RV Care Pros to fix our problem slide, they are a mobile repair company. Someone I just met in this park,, she used them for there slide,  with good results. Can't wait for that to be done.

Jim also booked a fishing trip for the chain of Harris Lakes on February 15, 8 am till noon. 

While I waited for a call back from TT, I got ready to go walk, since I didn't here anything. I didn't leave to late only 9:15 am. There was a few walking, so I joined in. When finished we went to the back of the building, was less wind.  We line danced for 2 hours. Was so fun, here is a picture of us, couldn't get everyone in the shot. 

When I walked back saw Mike and Mandy on the way in, said WELCOME to TTO.

When I got home we had lunch, made turkey bacon clubs again, with soup. I took a shower, then we went to fill up with diesel, $3.75 a gal. Then we went and got booze. Wanted more Chi Chi's pre mixed drinks, margarita, Mexican mudslide, pina colada etc.

We got home took a golf cart ride, Couldn't find Mike and Mandy or Sallie and Stewart.

Jim was putting stuff away and started on the golf cart, then Dennis stopped, we got to say goodbye to him. Then a new neighbor walked over, he remembered Jim from some CG from somewhere, he said his son was thinking about going full-time and was wondering how much it cost, that can vary so much, depending on your lifestyle, we started talking about it, THEN Sallie and Stewart road there bikes here and we talked with them till 6:30. Jim still put a few things away. Stewart helped Jim a little with the golf cart. When they left, I went in to get warm and heat up dinner. Jim finished up as it got dark. We ate I put some things away.  Jim Watched hockey before bed.