January 25, 2013(Friday)
49 degrees (a.m.) 75 degrees (high)

Hello, sorry that I have not posted anything for the last few days, just not a lot going on.  We are enjoying our stay at TT Three Flags Campground.  I have been filling my days with laundry and hanging it outside (I love the smell of clothes that have been hung out to dry) and  walking and we have been riding our bikes a lot.   Oh, and reading, I am almost finished with the 4th book in the Redemption series by Karen Kingsbury and Gary Smalley.  I have read Redemption; Remember; Return & Rejoice......the last book in this series will be Reunion, can't wait to get that one.  We have met and talked to lots of nice people here in the campground and saw a few others that we have seen at other campgrounds. 

Today we drove to The Villages to visit some of the shops (not that I like to shop, because if you know me, you know I don't) it was just a beautiful day and we had a good time walking around (Dave in his Jazzy of course) and we had lunch at Subway and then went to the Peachwave for frozen yogurt and it was wonderful.  We shared  both things - we are both doing good on losing weight - I am using the "My Fitness Pal" app on my phone for Dave and the "Lose It" app for me, to track our calories.  Here are a few pictures from the last few days around the campground and the villages:

The Villages

Shops in The Villages

Some of the "walkers" in the campground

More of the "walkers"

Our Frozen Yogurt

 

Our visit to the Russell Stover Store

Dave walking home after he beat me at mini golf

Our "Home" (for now anyway)

January 20, 2013 (Monday)
57 degrees (a.m.) 72 degrees (high)


Today we stayed at home and rode our bikes around the campground.  While riding around we saw Vernal, who we had met up in North Carolina and then saw again at Peace River.  We drove to the Chevrolet Dealership here in Wildwood (actually the one that we bought the HHR at years ago, it is just owned by someone else now) to get a new fuse for the HHR.  Hopefully it will not go out again, having it go out twice in less than a week is not good.  It was a beautiful day and we sat outside to read awhile and met some of the neighbors.

January 19, 2013 (Saturday)
53 degrees (a.m.) 73 degrees (high)


This morning we all meet and had breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and then we had a business meeting and talked about future plans for the group.  So many of our members have had to sell their motor homes due to health issues.  We keep trying to bring in new members.  About noon we adjourned the meeting and then we had free time, to do whatever we wanted, Dave & I needed to go to Winn Dixie in town, so off we went.  While we were out we saw a place that sells building supplies and mobile home parts, so we stopped in to see what they have, we are looking for a small cabinet (to put in the spot where our TV used to be) and we also looked at some cabinets that Tony and Cathy might be able to use in their bathroom, they are remodeling. 

We had a potluck in the pavilion this evening with all of the NUMC campers, and then we played some games and won some prizes and had a lot of fun.  It has been good to see everyone again and spend some time with them.  Tomorrow we go to church and then we all go our separate ways.......................................until next month.

January 18, 2013 (Friday)
47 degrees (a.m.) 63 degrees (high)

Well, what a difference a day can make in the temperature..................it was rather "chilly"
this morning, but of course I was loving it and of course Dave was freezing.  We are finally getting to go on a camp out weekend with our group "National United Methodist Campers".
We left the TT Orlando Park around 11 a.m. and drove to Clermont to David and Jill's house to drop off some picture crates and pick up some photo boxes (will I ever get through all of these pictures???????)
We arrived at the LEC (Life Enrichment Center ) at the Methodist camp around 1 p.m.

 

We found our site (C-2) and set up a little, then went to the pavilion to visit with some of the other campers, we had not seen some of them for over 2 years.  We came back to the RV and finished setting up things and then the ones that wanted to go out to dinner met at 5 p.m. in front of the pavilion and we carpooled to the restaurant in Leesburg, Naples Italian Restaurant, it was very delicious.  After dinner we drove back to the LEC and met in the pavilion and had a devotion time and then we all told a little about ourselves and then we were divided up into 4 groups and given a small puzzle to put together (to see how well we all worked together), we had a great time.

January 17, 2013 (Thursday)
61 degrees (a.m.) 72 degrees (high)

I had to head to Davenport this morning, oh and I let Dave go with me, aren't I nice????  We drove to the Tag Agency to re-new our RV & HHR tags for 2 years (ouch) since we will be gone for 2 years.  I then had to go to have lab work done and then we drove to Cathy's so I could start a load of laundry before heading to Winter Haven for my haircut, always makes me feel like a big load has been lifted.  Oh, remember we had the problem with the Power Steering in the HHR, well we went to Advance Auto to pick up a spare (just in case it happens again).  After getting back to Cathy's I finished the laundry and had a great visit with Cathy.  At 4:00 p.m. we left and drove back to Winter Haven to meet with Jack and Pam for dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse (I love Longhorn - have I ever told you that??? ) We had a great dinner and a great time talking to Jack and Pam - we tried to talk them into coming along on our trip West (they have an RV too), however, one problem, Pastor Pam is still working. Boy, did the weather turn cooler (according to Dave) me of course, I was loving it, supposed to get down to 40 tonight.  Hopefully I will have more to write about tomorrow.

January 16, 2013 (Wednesday)
60 degrees (a.m.) 83 degrees (high)


Well, today was a busy day……………………this morning we left about 9 a.m. and drove to Kissimmee to go to Sam’s Club…………………then on to Staples to have a copy of Dave’s DD214 made………………….then to the Police Department in Davenport so Dave could be fingerprinted, so he can get a gun license……..then to the Post Office……………………then the Library……………………then to lunch…..wow, I am tired.  After lunch we went to the bank to get some quarters (for laundry) and then on to the movies, finally.  We went to see “The Hobbit”.  We left the movie at 6 p.m. and stopped by the cemetery to check Grandma’s grave site………then continued on towards home………………………..and then the Power Steering went out on the HHR (it has an electric power steering and the fuse had blown), we made it to Haines City to the Auto Zone and got a new fuse and then we continued on toward home…………….ready to rest and do some reading.

 

January 15, 2013(Tuesday):  
61 degrees (a.m.) 82 degrees (high)

Today was a stay at home day…………………Dave went for a bike ride this morning and Linda did one small load of laundry and hung it outside.  Linda worked on the computer and Joe called later and helped her set up a couple of items we wanted on the computer.  In the afternoon we rode our bikes over to the next street to go and talk to Clair and Betty Jones, from New York, who are also National United Methodist Campers from Binghamton, NY.  We haven’t met any other members from others states, so we were excited to talk to them.  We talked until almost dark and we were hungry so we came home.  Not too exciting today, maybe tomorrow will bring something good.  :-)  Have a good night.......going to go read.

January 12, 2013(Saturday)
60 degrees (a.m.) 82 degrees (high)

Today was a work day, Dave at David & Jill's and Linda at home - we had a lot to get done before we leave Florida.


January 13, 2013(Sunday)
66 degrees (a.m.) 80 degrees (high)

This morning we drove to Haines City, FL and went to church at New Horizon Church, our last Sunday for a while (Linda didn’t know that, so she was shocked to hear Dave say that).  So, we said our good-byes, since we won’t be back this way for over 2 years, Lord willing.  We stopped at Tony and Cathy’s and dropped off some things and put some things in the attic.  We stopped at Long John Silver’s for lunch on our way home and shared a meal (we are still trying to lose some weight and we are off to a good start.  Linda is using 2 different “apps” on her new iPhone to track our calories.  We came home and watched some movies:  “The Help”; “Green Lantern” & “War Horse” (a free weekend for Showtime) a quite day.



January 14, 2013, (Monday)
60 degrees (a.m.) 81 degrees (high)

Today we stayed at home and Linda did some laundry and hung it outside again, a beautiful day, and Dave went fishing for a while.  Linda continued to go through some old pictures and trying to condense the items they are storing at David and Jill's.  One day Linda is going to have a "BIG" job doing something with these pictures.  :-)

January 11, 2014 (Friday)
60 degrees (a.m.) 82 degrees (high)

Another exciting day..........................we went to Universal Studios:

We drove to David & Jill's this morning and then we all went to Universal Studios for the day (David, Jill, Emily, Dave and myself).....................Linda was excited that she was going to finally get to see the "Harry Potter" area.   We started out in Island's of Adventure and we all rode the "Cat In The Hat" ride; then the "One Fish, Two Fish" ride and the "E.T. ride and the "Spiderman" ride, just to name a few.  We finally made it to Harry Potter and David got us a "Butter Beer" to try and David and Linda rode the Harry Potter ride and then we went to eat lunch.

Hogsmeade

It was fun watching Emily have a fun day and enjoy the Park and Jill cooled her off a little by pushing her through some water, it was so cute...........................

I think she liked it! :-)

 

We then left Island's of Adventure and went to the Studio's part of the Park and went to a couple of shows..................... Despicable Me

and stuffed animals.........................

and a Parade....................................

 

 

 

We were all very tired at the end of the day and we finished our day with supper at Bubba Gump's and it was yummy............

 

.......and then it was time to leave.................

 

Had a WONDERFUL DAY!

 

 

January 10, 2013 (Thursday)
66 degrees (a.m.) 83 degrees (high)

An exciting day.......................first thing after breakfast we went for a bike ride for about 30 minutes.  Then we came home and I did some laundry and hung it outside because it was a beautiful day.  Kind of a lazy day after that, I sat and read some more of my book.  Later we went to meet Keya (a friend of ours) for lunch and we had a great time visiting with her and she brought some pictures to show us of her family, such a beautiful family.  Keya used to work at the Blood Net where I donate blood here in Florida and she took some time off to be with  her son, Simeon (who had cancer) while he was going through his treatments.  Simeon is such a special child, I know that God was taking care of him and his family during that time.  The  smile that Simeon always had on his face was so inspiring to me.  I loved seeing it.  On our way home we stopped at Wal-Mart and then came home and relaxed and rested to get ready for our day tomorrow.........................................more about that tomorrow.

Oh, I forgot to tell you that we have a list of all of the states in the United States and the Canadian Provinces and we are seeing how fast we can find them all............................wow, we just have to ride around the campground and we have a lot of them marked off already.  :-)

January 9, 2013 (Wednesday)
69 degrees (a.m.) 82 degrees (high)

Well, today was not such a fun day like yesterday.  Today we had to go take care of some business at the V.A. Center in Orlando.  We did accomplish what we wanted to.  Traffic in and around Orlando is always a mess..................:-(   Have I ever told you how much Dave does not like traffic?

We stopped at KFC for lunch and then came home and Dave worked on things around home and Linda did a small load of laundry in her new portable washer and then hung the clothes outside to dry.  Dave made her a clothesline for the back of the RV and it is great.  Dave and I both have been trying a new program (an app on my phone) to help us lose weight and so far we are doing pretty good......................the weight just doesn't come off as fast as we would like it to...................did you know that happens?????  :-)  Everyone have a good night, time to go read (I downloaded a library book to my phone). 

This is the Yulee Sugarmill

In Homosassa Springs

The Gulf Coast

 

 

January 8, 2013 (Tuesday)

61 degrees (a.m.) 82 degrees (high)

 

Wow, 8 days into the New Year already, time goes by so fast.  This morning, guess what...................we slept in until 7:15 a.m.   lol 

We ate our breakfast and then we drove to Crystal River, FL in search of some Live Blue Crabs, however, we didn't find any.  We finally found a restaurant that had steamed Blue Crabs, we ate there and Dave had some crabs and he really enjoyed them.  The restaurant we ate at was on a small lagoon and very nice, it must have been "shrimp special day", because there were a lot of people there eating shrimp, as we were leaving a couple was going in and asked us "did you eat all of the shrimp"?  

It was a beautiful day for a drive to the Gulf Coast and we didn't get back home until around 5 p.m.   We fixed supper and then I went for a walk around the "block" I thought.......................well I just kept turning left and then I thought "oh no I am lost"................but I found my way back home just as it was getting dark.  lol

January 7, 2013 (Monday)
57 degrees (a.m.) 70 degrees (high)

This morning we drove back to Haines City to the church so Dave could
finish the job he started the other day.  Then we drove to Tony & Cathy's
house to see Victoria before they left for the airport. :-(
I then started doing some laundry and in between loads of laundry I worked
on the computer, I am trying to find a portable clothes spinner and not have
to pay a big shipping fee.  I also walked around the corner and took a recipe
to Dorothy, she was our neighbor before we sold our house.  On  Christmas
Day I was telling her about the 3-2-1 cake and she wanted a copy. 
Dave & I drove home about 6 p.m. and just relaxed......................well Dave did..........................I had to catch up on the 'Blog" ...................................
still getting used to doing it. 

January 6, 2013 n(Sunday)
62 degrees (a.m.) 80 degrees (high)

Today we drove to Haines City to go to the New Horizon Church and then we had
Fellowship time between the services, so we had some time to talk to some of the
people that we had not seen yet.
Then we drove to Kissimmee, FL to Camping World to pick up a few things that
needed for the RV.  Then we drove back to Tony & Cathy's for lunch and to spend
some time with Victoria before she flies back Greenville, SC and BJU.  We came home
and played a game of mini golf and you know what............................I lost. :-(  again.
Later we went to the Ballroom to hear some gospel music.  The group's name was
Love Song and it was a husband and wife team (Jerry & Iris Cox) and they have sang together for many years and Iris writes a lot of the songs and music for their songs.
I won one of their CD's by answering a question........earlier in the evening Jerry had
told us that he was 68 years young and his wife was "plenty 9", and I remembered
what he had told us.  It was a fun evening and then I came home to watch the start
of Season 3 of Downton Abbey, I love that show.

January 5, 2013 (Saturday)
56 degrees (a.m.) 72 (high)

Our site at TT Orlando

Today Dave went back to David & Jill's and helped with some more
projects and I again stayed at home to go through some photo
boxes that Dave brought back to me on Friday from David & Jill's. 
I want to go through the "old" photos and see what all is in them. 
It was a lot of fun going through the photos, brings back a lot of memories.  :-).
Also, I still had a lot of other things to go through from the other stuff I found in the
"basement" yesterday. 

When Dave came home we drove to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things
that we needed.  I was going to work on the "Blog"......................well,
it just seems that others things take over and then before I know it
the evening is over.

The lake behind our site












January 4, 2013
53 degrees (a.m.) 60 degrees (high)

Today Dave went to David and Jill's house to help do some work on the horse barn and Linda stayed at home to clean out her  3  "basement cubbies".  It rained most of the night
and it was misty and grey all day, but Linda was dry under
the awning.  It is just amazing how much "stuff" you can
collect along the way...........so she cleaned out and will put
some items in the NUMC yard sale next month.  Later when
Dave came home we both got cleaned up and then met David,
Jill and Emily at Red Lobster for dinner.

January 3, 2013(Thursday)
63 degrees (a.m.) 72 degrees (high)

Well, here we are 3 days into our new year and so far we are having a good year.  This morning when we woke up it was very foggy outside.  Dave & I ate our breakfast and then we drove to Haines City to visit with Pastor Pam, Louise and Joyce at church.  Joyce and Louise had a few little jobs for Dave to do for them.  While Dave was doing his "jobs", Linda had some time to visit with Pastor Pam and catch up on the news.

Later we stopped by Cathy's to get our lights that we had left there yesterday when we packed up (you would think by now that we could manage to get all of our items when we move :-), since we both check all around) and moved to the campground.

When we came back to the campground we attended a seminar that Fantasy RV was doing, they were showing some pictures and telling about the tours they take RV'ers on to the Canadian Maritime Provinces.  They had some beautiful pictures and it would be very nice to take one of the tours, however, they are very expensive........................so not gonna happen for us.

On our way back to the RV we stopped by and talked to Dot and Coral (campers we have met at several other campgrounds this year).

Hope everyone is having a good "New Year" .........................until tomorrow.....time to go read now.

January 2, 2013 (Wednesday)
54 (a.m.) 79 (high)

Oops, I forgot to tell you yesterday that I went to see the movie "Les Miserables" with Tony, Cathy, Victoria, Olivia, Jamie and David.  A wonderful movie, sad story but great movie.

This morning Dave and I moved from Davenport to Clermont to TT Orlando.  We will be staying here at the campground for 16 days.  When we arrived at the campground we started talking to a fellow camper and he was having trouble making reservations and so he came over to our RV and Dave showed him how to make his reservations online, hopefully he won't have anymore problems.  We finished setting up our campsite and then Dave took a nap and Linda finished reading a book (on my Kindle)..................on to the next book, I love reading.

Later we took a bike ride around the campground (this place is huge) and then we came home and ate supper and then relaxed outside, it was a beautiful evening.

 

January 1, 2013 (Tuesday)  50 degrees (a.m.) 73 (high)

"Happy New Year" to everyone, wishing you many of God's Blessings in the coming year.  Today finds Dave & I at Tony, Cathy, Victoria and Olivia's house in Davenport, FL.  We have had a wonderful time with them over the Christmas and New Year holidays.  However, tomorrow we will be heading to Thousand Trails (TT) Orlando for a couple of weeks.  Dave and I were able to meet our nephew and  niece for brunch, as they traveled through Davenport on their way back to Virginia and it was good to see them and catch up on family news.