Warming up

Taking Kita out for her
evening walk! :-)

Friday we had planned to go to a flea market, but it was a miserable day, so we went shopping instead.  At least in the stores you don't get rained on or cold.  We still have animal duty and were hoping to see the Lucero's, but no luck, they are going away for the weekend.
 

Saturday is the day, much nicer, so off we go to the Renninger's extravaganza(flea market).  I have never in my life seen so much stuff for sale, I swear it went on for miles.  The funny thing was, that a lot of the people there selling stuff that we recognized were from PA.  We walked around there for a couple of hours, then headed back into Mt. Dora to hit a shop or two.  After that a trip to Lowe's to get what we need to put the weather station stuff together.  We finally got back home about 5:30, walk the dog and head over to the O'Donnell's for animal duty.

The Flea Market

Sunday I did a load of laundry (I'm liking my drying rack), grocery shopping, then headed up to play bingo.  I didn't win, but had a nice time, may Tuesday I'll hit one of the $250 jackpots (ha ha).  While I was gone, Brad but together all the weather station components and talked with the neighbor.  After that we just stayed home, enjoying the nice weather and having chicken on the grill for dinner.  I talked with Mel and Lynne and ended up calling it an early evening. 

Rudy watching Brad
cook on the grill.

Monday was an unplanned day.  A load of laundry, then off to the drug store.  Well while we were out we went to lunch, stopped for coffee, then off to the strawberry patch for fresh strawberries.  We got back home about 3:30, had some strawberries, then packed some up to take to the O'Donnell's when we did our last animal run.  We walked Rudy, then Brad headed over to the O'Donnell's, me, I worked on the blog.  After that we had pork chops for dinner and then a stroll around the park.  After that Brad turned on 'Heart Break Ridge', but he went to bed, so I turned on 'Castle' instead, yea, then off to bed. 

Brad and Diane
and Rudy

Crazy Weather here, there, everywhere

OK, not to complain too much, but we had a week of rain and didn't see any sunshine until Sunday.  We did our normal grocery shopping runs, off to the RV store just to look, again and get some light bulbs, no big deal.  I think it was Thursday 2-6 I was going stir crazy so I headed to the Villages to do some shopping stopping at  a minimum of 6 stores, the last being 'The Fresh Market' before I headed home.  We did go to the O'Donnell's for dinner on Friday, which is always a fun visit.  Sunday was bingo and then back to the O'Donnell's for dinner where Len joined us, since Gabe and Shawna were both sick.   

 

Finally we got out and about on Monday heading to the Webster Flea Market, but we ended up getting side tracked at the Beville's Corner Flea Market.  We spent a couple of hours there, buying a stylus for Brad to use with the I Pad, but other than that no other purchases, we were both amazed by the amount of guns for sale and enjoyed watching all the people.  We headed home, finally getting to cook on the grill again and spent a nice evening on the patio, enjoying the nicer weather.

 

Tuesday was a stay at home day, doing laundry, replace light bulbs, and then a little excitement as we got a call about doing some work camping out west, no decision made on our part yet. Brad made dinner on the grill again and I ran out leaving him with the dishes, to play bingo, I didn't win, but they are now up to 3 winning pots of $250.00 for Sunday's bingo on the 16th.   

 

Brooksville, passed on the ride home
from John's.

Wednesday was another run around day, we headed to Weeki Wachee, to visit with John and Ellen for the day.  We talked and talked, then headed out to lunch and talked some more.  They did have plans to take us to Homosassa Springs Park, but the weather wasn't cooperating.  So after lunch, back to the house for more talking.  What a great day, we were there until about 5:30-6:00 then had to head home to tend to Rudy.  As it was, lunch was late, so no dinner, just some cheese and pretzels for a little snack.  A little TV, Brad and Rudy off to bed and I followed a little later.

 



Kita the house pig

Today is another day.  There is already one RV that has lost his awning and we are sitting here listening to ours flap and clang, but are half afraid to take the tie down's off of it to try put it up.  We did't have any more rain today, but the wind is almost frightful.  Shari and Matt and crew left this AM to go to NC, hope they make it safe and sound, but now Brad has animal duty.  Lu is at the kennel, but Kita and the other animals still need tended to.  He went this AM, but it was so cold, Kita wouldn't go outside, so he is headed back to the O'Donnell's to let her out and feed the farm animals.   

Week old Farm Animals

Diane and Brad
 

Florida

Thursday and Friday 1-30/1-31 are what Brad refers to as 'shelter in place' days.  It's been cool, not cold, but cool, gray and rainy.  It just makes for some ugly damp weather.  We did manage to get out Thursday to the local hardware store where Brad bought the stuff to make a clothes rack to hang off the RV ladder.  Then we stopped at a local restaurant for an early dinner (pretty good food).  Friday we headed up to the Alliance RV to get the light bulbs we ordered, only to find out they were hung up in Atlanta by the winter storms.  After that we stopped at the Publix grocery store for something to go with the meat in the crock pot, but our selection ended up not being that great.  Back home, have dinner, watch Bones and a lazy evening at home.....it is still raining, but the temperature is climbing. 

 

Laundry Rack

Saturday started out gray and rainy, but as the day progressed it just remained gray.  The rain quit, so we headed outside to build a clothes line rack.  It took us a couple of hours, but mission accomplished, and it is pretty sturdy.  We were planning on dinner with the Lucero's, but Len and Chris P. Bacon had a film crew at the house and then the vet calls took over.  Dinner got postponed, hopefully lunch on Sunday.  We just had chicken on the grill and enjoyed the weather getting nicer.

 

Rudy watching another
dog walk by

Sunday morning I did a load of laundry and hung it on my new wash rack then we got ready for lunch.  Brad had talked with Len, in between his vet calls, and scheduled lunch for 1:00 at Sonny's BBQ Pit.  Well it ended up just being 4 of us, Shawna was home sick, but we had a nice lunch with Len and Gabe, it was good to see them.  We were on the way home to get Rudy for his "operation" when Dr. Len called.... he had an emergency call, Rudy gets to remain a boy for two more days. We hung out at the house had dinner on the grill and just relaxed enjoying the warmer weather.

 

Mt Dora

Monday another load of laundry hung out, grocery shopping done and cleaned up and ready to go.  We headed out for the afternoon to a little town called Mt. Dora, full of antique and craft shops, oh and I can't forget the candy shop.  We walked around there until about 5:30, as all the shops were closing, then found a little restaurant for dinner, it was a nice time.  After dinner we window shopped for a while then did a little drive around town before we headed out.  We have since decided that we have to head back another day, since there is a lot of shops I didn't get to walk through.   Back home, tend to Rudy and little TV and off to bed. 



 

Today was Rudy's day, off to see Dr. Len, and while there he implanted a chip, no losing Rudy now.  After dropping him off we went out of breakfast, then headed home to pay bills and take care of some things that needed done.  We needed some legal sized paper to print out some documents (and yes it had to be legal sized), first Shari didn't have any, none at the office here at the CG.  Off to Winn Dixie, none, CVS, none Wal-Mart none....now what.  Believe it or not, I actually found somebody at Wal-Mart that could help me and found a box of paper in back....yea. Back home, print out the documents, sign and get ready to send off.  This time Brad headed out to the post office then stopped at the vets office to see about getting Rudy a cone to keep him from licking his stitches.  Well they had one, but Rudy was having nothing to do with it, we were afraid he would hurt himself trying to get it off. so off with the cone.  I managed to get a little painting done, made spaghetti for dinner and then headed up to play bingo, leaving the mess in the kitchen for Brad.  I didn't win, but I sat with a fun group of people and had a good time.  Back to the RV, a glass of wine, a little TV, finishing the blog and now it's time for bed. 

Diane and Brad