faster aand faster

another week and where has it gone? This week we started to do some work, including delayed cleanup and other things. lots of little details that have been neglected. We went to the Volusia County Fair which does not have much for non thrill seeking older people. The one thing they do have is entainment that seniors can relate to. This year it was Bill Haley and the Comets. Even though Bill died 30 years ago, this group of remaining, replacement musicians did an excellent job of playing the music of our younger years, with many standing ovations.

We went to this big 7 mile yard sale in St Augustine which was quite dissapointing, and followed that up with a flea market in Romona(Jacksonville). This one is interesting because it has a heavy hispanic influence. Then we went to the JacksonvilleFair and as we suspected, it is more of a carnival, featuring many large rides but little of any thing else.

Last Monday, we went with Lester and Sue to Disney World. It was Sues's birthday and she got to go free and chose Magic Kingdom. We hadn't been there for many years and had forgotten what is there for adults. There is plenty. We have become blase' about it, but the animation specialists at Disney are fantastic. Where else can you watch bears playing country music, and all the presidents talking to you. We were able to do most of the attractions with minimal waiting time, because it was a small crowd. We had good time, and I was able to walk the whole thing without assistance, though my knees were happy to get back to the car at the end.

About two weeks ago my knees became much better, and I have started to walk more normally, and i am happy about that. There are still periods of soreness, and they are usually quite stiff when I f irst get out of bed, but they limber up quickly. For the first time since last January, I have hope that this continuing saga is soon going to be over. I can now get down on my knees and get back up, without assistance, and overall am doing much better.

Wednesday nights, we are still playing at Lou Cartrights place in Pomona Park, down the road.

I think I mentioned he is dying from cancer of the stomach, and is living at home, rather than in hospice, although it may eventually happen. Anyway, he wants those of us that are willing, to play at his place as often as we can, as this is his last pleasure in life. So we do the best that we can.

Last Thursday, we went back to Dr Ashouri, and instead of blood in the urine, he was concerned about sugar in the urine, so now we have a blood test scheduled, and on Dec 8th, he is going to look at something, bladder, kidney, we are not sure.

We continue to enjoy the boat, going many afternoons. The weather has been generally great and it has been beautiful out on the river.

Yesterday we went to a turkey dinner at a local church and tomorrow (Monday) we are going to the senior center Thanksgiving Party. Is somewhat amazing how many people we have met that are now our friends here in Florida.

Steve, Lester and Sues son arrived here last night and went to the bills game today. The Jaquars played badly enough for the Bills to appear to be in the game, but won at the end, We were going to Port Orange on Tuesday, but now Steve wants to go to Seaworld on Tuesday, so guess where we are going Tuesday. We have only been there once so far this season, but we have 2 year passes, including free parking($12), so what the heck. When Lester went to Disney for his(free)Birthday, he go hung up in I-4 traffic, so he did some research and tried a different route that includes some toll roads. What a difference, virtually no traffic in the Orlando area, so will try this modified route for Seaworld. Hang in there, we are almost done here.

Yesterday, we were in Ormond Beach for the first Annual Riverfest, which was(is) being held at a newly developed Park on Granada at the East End of the Bridge. A lot of our musician friends were performing, and it was a very nice affair. They should do it again next year.

Today we went to the Superflea in Ocala, and Market in Marion in Bellevue. It really rained there. We still flea marlets in Waldo and Daytona we have not been to, but these are coming up

Sue has more company coming from Mayville, and so is staying here for Thanksgiving, when normally they would be home. As a result, we are going to be having Thanksgiving with them, and will be cooking a garbage can turkey. Norma and Jane hve been invited, along with Bob and Sherry and Annie Kanouff(Lakeside campground owners). Several others have been invited, so we will how big this gets.

Lester and Sue leave next Tuesday to go back to Mayville for Chrismas, and we hope to build a new larger shed, add to our deck and get some things done to the motorhome as we are going to a bluegrass festival in Jekyl Island, Ga over New Years. We also plan to spend my Birthday at Epcot, and maybe Busch Gardens again.

Enough for now.

Spin, World, Spin

almost two weeks since last we spoke. We just concluded a whirlwind episode that started Wednesday afternoon, with the arrival of Jerry and Shirley Burkley, fellow fiddle club members who live in orchard Park. They are interested in purchasing a property across the road from us. Since they come down in Feb/March with their camper, they brought the camper down early, looked at the property and attended the Jamboree at Barberville. We started out by playing at Lou's, which is something that will end soon as Lou is now terminally ill with cancer. The next day we went to Jacksonville to look at a GMC Suburban, which Lester bought. Then it was garage saleing in St Augustine, where I bought about 20 windows from a florida room that was having double pane windows installed . These are mostly sliders with dark film on them and are like brand new. We got them home to Satsuma and now most of them are going to Ripley. They cost a whopping $50. The weekend just passed we were at Barberville, and Jerry and Shirley left for home just a few minutes ago. Of course, every nite it was games of sme kind. Now that they are gone we can try to get some work done.

The previous weekend, as Norma mentioned, we went to visit her for the first time since arriving in Florida. We tried to do some things for her. We visited Jane and joined Janice and Don and Norma at Alfies for supper.

We went back to Dr Ashouri who said thepsa test was good, having gone down a little. But they found blood in the urine and we "have to look into that". They always find blood, and we did a battery of tests several years ago. So we shall see what we have to do.

We went to the Deland flea market and continued on to Pats Mobile Home Supplies in Leesburg, and bought 3 new windows for the mobile home. While there we met Dick and Bobby Rackl for lunch at Ruby Tuesdays. (of course, we had coupons!) Installed one of the windows, which replaces the one, the invaders used to get inside. Have started to replace 2 in the bedroom, which are jalousie type that do not seal very well. they let lots of unwanted cold or hot air in, depending upon the season.

We have lots of detail work and stuff to do before the next wave of visitors comes next door to Sue and Lesters. Jerry and Shirley really liked the place across the street, and now it is a matter of agreeing on a price(if they can). We shall see.

For those who are interested in this kind of stuff, Laura had a birthday in October, and there was some kind of anniversary, with the number 48 in it.

See you all, sooner this time.