NEW YEARS !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

I spent New Years eve this year as I said went out to a nice dinner with my friend and then to a movie.  Went to Ruby Tuesday's Restaurant and I had blackened tilapia and my friend had a steak.  Both our meals was just out of this world delicious.  After the meal we went to the movies. So I can recommend the movie We bought a Zoo starring Matt Damon.  That movie is a must see movie for all ages.  It is rated "G" and was very well done.  Made me laugh a lot. I Highly recommend this movie                                     HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WEIGHT WATCHERS,,

Just wanted everyone to know I am going on the weight watchers program after today.  An excellent way to start my new year.  I have a friend who is going on the program with me so we will be supporting each other.  You will probably get current reports on that from time to time and hopefully it will work for me. If nothing else, I will learn to eat right and that is what I'm looking at.  After you go off the program you still know what is right and nutritious to eat.  Not that I don't already know that, just that I don't do that.So I want you all to keep checking on me during this new year of 2012 to see how I am coming along with that program.

NEIGHBORS HAVE ARRIVED!!!

My neighbors next door have arrived and have spent the afternoon setting up their satellite dish.  They told me their 91 year old mother decided not to come down this winter because her back was hurting her a little.  Therefore, they decided to come down and stay in her place.  The oldest person in this park is my friend Harry, actually he just had a birthday the week before Christmas so now he is 98.  He dances a lot and plays the violin/fiddle in a bluegrass band called Buddies Band; buddy used to play with Buck Owens and some of the other oldies.  Harry said he has bought and paid off about three homes during his lifetime plus living in Mobile homes which he does here.  Harry is dating my art teacher who just turned 65.

TURNED LOOSE FROM HOSPITAL CHRISTMAS EVE..

Almost had to spend Christmas in the hospital.  I have the lung disease kicking up its heels again. Everyone in this area has had it,  has it, or probably will be getting it. I had a flu shot guess that wasn't covered.  This time however, I did not have pneumonia, just the inflammation and infection in my lungs and no fluid around my heart either which is a very good thing.  They just kept me in the hospital overnight so they could get my oxygen level up to 95 so they could release me.  I was released late on Christmas Eve.  I am better now and am doing fine and will be doing a follow up with my doctor.  Word is he may be testing me later to get an oxygen tank at home and a little carry on shoulder oxygen tank.  They couldn't believe I had never had one as bad a my lungs are.  The doctor who took my x-rays said I definitely have severe COPD.

OH CHRISTMAS TREE, OH CHRISTMAS TREE..........

Christmas is over and my Christmas tree still stands fully decorated in my Florida room.  I really was not going to have a tree this year but my friend said I needed one since she bought a new one she gave me her old one.  It is seven and a half feet tall.  Too tall for my Florida room ceiling.  Now I will have to attempt to remove the decorations; maybe by laying it on its side and rolling it from side to side to get them off.  Then there is the problem of fitting all those limbs back into the box.  I really think the aluminum trees from the 60's were much easier to deal with.  They only had the color wheel.  This one has all those color coded limbs and has to be tied together to fit back into its box.  Hope to have it done by next year.

video

I made this movie from my camera It is from a few years ago when I spent the winter in Wickenburg, AZ.  Hope you enjoy it.

Christmas in Wickenburg, AZ

Company, yea.

My friends from Pennsylvania are here in Florida and have been attending their nieces wedding. Now they are ready to travel and are now in Tampa, Florida.  Monday they will be at my place of abode.  I am so looking forward to seeing them again.  It has been about six years since I've seen them.  But we have been communicating by phone.  This is the first year we and another friend from New York  were all coming to Florida again in the same year.  I am definitely getting a group picture.  I am so excited about their arrival.

Tis The Season...........

Where did this month go already?  Just a week or more away and we will be celebrating the birth of  Christ.  Sometimes I get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season and stop thinking about the reason for the season.  I am going to take a moment to reflect and remember why we give gifts and celebrate a special day out of the year.  Seems as though I have been going non-stop. I have been helping a friend prepare for a party.  She is physically challenged and I drive her to the stores and shop with her and I have been having dinners and parties of my own to attend also.  My friends party is tomorrow.  Then I will be taking her to doctor appointments.  So it all keeps me busy.  I haven't had time to bake any Christmas cookies for my friends yet.  And I don't even have a baby that cries all night so there is no excuse for me, just bad or no organization. 

Trip to the mall..

Can't believe I went to the mall.  I really detest going to such places.  I drove my friend there because she cannot drive.  I got to drive her newer car and it is a comfortable car and so easy to drive.  This is the largest mall in the area.  It must be the economy but the place was not very busy at all but I did get in my walking for the day.  I never buy anything unless it costs less than $5.00.  Everything is priced way too high for my income.  After we went to the mall we went to Olive Garden to eat dinner. It was great, I ordered the Chicken Marsala.  One of my favorites.  She bought my dinner for me driving her to the mall.  We had a good day and lots of fun. 

OH! OH! What to wear.

Wow! I wrote a  paragraph on this blog and part of  it  got erased and that is not all I re typed the whole thing and the whole thing got erased even though I had it saved.  That was really upsetting .   So I skipped it for a while and here I am back again.  Just can't tear myself  away from this writing thing.  Went to a Christmas party yesterday.  Wanted to get a new dress for the occasion but thought better than that and why should I have a new dress when people are starving out there?  So instead I bought a taffeta table runner and some green sparkly Christmas bows which were about the same color of green as the table runner.   I wore one of my old black skirts with a black blouse.  I pinned one of the bows to the bottom of my black skirt just above the ruffle.  It actually covered the blue flower that was already beaded on my skirt.  With the table runner I covered one shoulder and brought it down to my waist in front on the other side and tied it there then pinned the other bow there.  Looked good. Then put some mousse in my short hair and stood it up in all wild directions.  Have to say it looked good.   Then to add to the Christmas theme, I wore my old red earrings n necklace.

Hail! Hail! the gang's all here........

I am so late with my blog I will start from the more recent and proceed back from there.  Today I had to get some laundry done so I started the day early by paying my rent RV and the electric bill which was only $28.44. Amazing, probably the lowest electric bill I've had in my life.  Cable bill exceeds that by about 4 times.  I guess one pays extra for that 24/7 support, which I've used already because the park workers unplugged the cables when at my request they removed the carpet from my cement Florida Room and washed it then painted it brown.  Guess what, the sign on the entrance of my carport says "Getter Done".  My favorite Redneck quote ever.  ROFL.

During laundry I had a cup of free coffee which is daily in the office store area.  Finished with laundry, I showered and
arrived at the Enrichment CTR.  barely in time for lunch.  My friend from North Carolina was there today.  We sat and talked about an hour after lunch just talking and he was bringing me up to date on what was going on with his family and it seems there was a death in the family.  So sad I knew her. Tommorrow my friend from NewYork  will arrive.  She will be living just down the street from me.  The couple from Pennsylvania are in the Southern part of Florida and on the Atlantic side of the state. They are attending her nieces wedding then they come here to visit for a while.