Too much to do, too little time

How come being retired is not the restful time I thought it would be? Seems like I've filled the days with activities and then just become a couch potato after seven at night. I have decided to say no to some things - those I really don't care whether I do or not and even some I really don't like. (Like my Red Hat group - filled with half people I don't like (shame on me) and half that I do like but I get to see other places. Time is too short to stay with them so January I'm no longer going to go to lunches with them. So there!!!! Boy, does that sound awful!

Somehow the pictures of the inside of the house with new tile have disappeared. Here are pictures of the dining room/kitchen and going out to the Florida room... Looks so much bigger.

House outside

Well, even the outside gets a new coat of paint. It sure looked awfully green but when we added the white brick it turned out pretty well.

Pirates again !!!

This time it was the annual Scrapbooking Treasure Hunt. Twelve stores from Hudson to Lakeland to Sarasota and in-between. You know Jana Maples and maybe Janey Ball. The other lady is Lynn Bartlett, a fellow scrapper. We sure have fun and what an assortment of paper and stuff to spend money on. I stocked up on Disney paper and stickers. Wonder why??!!

Can you find us....

Elton John

Billy Joel

One of 20,898 !!!

What a concert !!! Billy Joel and Elton John playing together and then each of them separately for an hour each. Then they came back again together.. over 3 1/2 hours of sheer energy. We were in the nosebleed section ( for 99 dollars each) but had a nice view of the stage and the big screens were right in front of us. Debbie, Cristi and I went. (This was last Thursday....)

Oh my gosh - not again!

Yep, we are doing the back Florida room... same tile, second verse. So once again the house is like a war zone. Furniture and knickknacks all over the place. Seems even worse this time because some of it is in the front room which hasn't had a thing out of place since that renovation. And, the office is once again piled high and wide so it is claustrophobic time when I am on the computer. But it will be worth it in the end.... she says !!!!

A friend of Uncle Loren (and Kirk and Irene) sent me this little thank-you note. It was written by Grandma Hastings to her son when he was in the fifth grade for a Christmas towel.. Isn't it strange and wonderful to have a touch of Grandma just show up. ( I know it isn't very clear but....)