FLORIDA THE SUNSHINE STATE

Here I am in sunny  Florida.  The last four days here have been rainy and cloudy.  This morning is a beautiful sunny day.  Last night however, the temperature came down to a low of about 45 degrees.  I just closed my  windows and added the blankets.  Nice sleeping weather.  My friend from New York will be coming down next week.  I'm sure not soon enough for her since there is snow there; not just snow when it stops falling it may be up to ten inches or more.  You won't believe what just happened here!  I heard this noise and looked at my window of the  "Florida" room and there was a squirrel climbing down my window.  Just wanted to say Hi to a couple of my friends in Arizona, Kay and Donna miss you. 

Cardinals Won Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to say "How about those Cardinals?  One more time:  How about those Cardinals?

Go Cardinals!

Just how about those Cardinals?  Today, I went to a park in town and walked.  There is a lot of shade and cement walks to walk on.  There is a little pond in the middle of the park and it has wildlife.  Today I saw an Ibis in the pond.  They are a white crane like bird with a long neck and shorter legs than a crane.  There are also a lot of squirrels there playing up and down the trees.The park also has a golf driving range and a baseball diamond and a few picnic tables and places for stretching. I don't pay any attention to how far I walk though I do intend to increase my distance a little at a time.  I do try to walk a half hour each time.

Cardinals Have Won Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, and this is my day off, so I am watching the ballgame between the Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers again but I think this is on the Brewers Diamomd.   This is game seven for the Cardinals. This is not the best time to blog because the game is on now.   I finished watching the Cardinals/Brewers baseball game and Cardinals won again.  All I've got to say about that is  "How about those Cardinals?"

Just a little of everything here.

How about those Cardinals?  I just watched a game of baseball all the way from beginning to end.  I am even amazed at myself.  That is probably a first for me but they are having a great season.  Yesterday a friend of mine took me to a Chinese Buffet.  It was in Spring Hill, FL  and supposed to be one of the best around the area.  It was delicious.  I did not eat the sushi even though it really looked fresh.  I have yet to eat raw fish unless I am starving and desparately hungry.  I've heard it is very good but I still will not try it.  I suppose I will be able to put some pictures up on my blog.  I think they are done messing with it to make it "better".  I do not like the new and improved emails.  Too bad they can't leave a good thing as it is.  If I knew who "they" are, I could tell them that I feel the new email is not an improvement. Be nice if one could choose to keep the old style of email.  Just had to voice my opinions.  Thank You for listening.  Don't get me wrong, I like change and can adapt, but some things should just not be changed in my opinion.  I am looking forward to meeting another great grandaughter soon.  I'm excited even though I will not be there for the birth.  The mother looks healthy and happy. 

Trip South

This winter, I decided to go South for the winter.  I came early so I could beat the snow birds in finding housing.  That is something that becomes very scarce when all the snow birds arrive in the south.  I am already enjoying the sunshine.  Tomorrow, I may check out the beach since I have a place to stay.  I stayed last week with some very dear friends of mine who invite me to come down to stay with them every year.  Very nice people.  My trip here was very smooth and  for the most part uneventful, unless you count the near accident while driving through Nashville, TN.  Almost got me an attachment of a little blue car about the same size of my red one.  Trust me that is not a good color combination to go for if you have a choice which I didn't.  But with my excellent driving skills and quick thinking, I avoided that red, white and blue color combination.  The little blue car had its tires smoking and pulled out into my lane.  My brakes were really doing their job as I turned to miss the blue car and went between it and a white one on the other side of me.  I will never understand the reasoning behind the fact that when traffic gets closer and into a big city the speed increases to somewhere in the area of 80mph even though the speed limit is usually 50 or 60mph or less.  I only saw about 6 wrecks in about a five mile stretch of that highway corrider. I'm good.