Time at Paradise

Monday 31 December, 2018

We were getting ready to head to a New Year Eve lunch, but got a call from Shari, they want to come over for breakfast tomorrow and we aren't yet equipped to feed  10 of us.  So change of plans, off we go shopping, first a broom, just because we needed one, then off to find an electric fry pan.  Now you have to know Brad, we hit every hardware store and dollar general store before I finally tell him to suck it up and take me to Wal-Mart.  Well he did and it was as miserable as we both remembered.....we hate Wal-Mart.  We managed to get through that then off to the grocery store for breakfast supplies for 10.  Back home and it's 2:00, time for the luncheon and I have nothing to take, so we stayed home.  We had a light dinner and about 7:00 Kris and Kallen came down for a visit with a bottle of wine and dessert in hand.  We talked and had a nice visit until about 9:30 when they headed home.  We headed inside and even managed to stay up until 12:00, but were in bed shortly thereafter.

Tuesday 1 January 2019

 Happy New Year everybody.  It was a busy morning, up early and right away start cooking.  Potatoes are on, Brad is starting the scrapple and all I have to cook yet are the eggs.  The crew

showed up about 9:30 and were there until after 11:00,  we all ate and had a very nice visit.   After that they headed out, planning a trip to the beach, they invited us, but it's a 3 hour trip, one way and we weren't quite up to that.  So after feeling like we put in a whole days work, we get showered and headed over to the cemetery to visit Shawna.  A bit emotional, then a stop at the local VFW right outside the cemetery and little bit of a ride and then we headed home to rescue Rude.  We walked around the campground visited a few people and made a fairly early night of it.

Wednesday 2 January 2019

  Brad was outside dumping tanks when Dave walked up for a visit.  They chatted for a while then Dave headed back up to the laundromat to swap laundry around.  We were sitting out side when he came back to sit and talk until his dryer was done.  After that we headed out for a long walk around the CG.  first a short visit with TJ then off to the back part of the park to look for Mike and Cheri.  We chatted with them for about an hour, then headed out to check out the new sections before heading back.  We stopped to chat for just a minute with Glen and Vickie, then back home for dinner and a glass of wine.  

Thursday 3 January 2019

   The weather has been just great lows in the high 60's  highs in the low 80's.  the big hoop-la from Shari's crew is over.  I took Rudy for his walk this morning I guess he is still wore out from

Rudy resting of all 

the commotion

yesterdays job of barking and chasing the O'Donnell kids around.  We rested, cleaned, and even sorted some of our things (old clothes etc).  And Brad even parted with.... an old flannel actually I pulled it from his clenched hand!!  We drove up to check out the expansion of the villages and on the way back (it is only 4pm) we stopped for dinner at O'Shuck's .  We have only been in Florida 2 weeks and are already adjusted into the old fart routine.   Back home wine, a snack and off to bed.