Donna and Jake's RV Trip » Kissimmee

Shopping and Bingo

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:18:45 +0000

Hello! Well, today was simple. O didn’t do too much. We went to Walmart for some last minute shopping for food. Didn’t go out to eat at all. Had a homemade meal today! Yummy! Ham and potatoes. Today was a relaxing day and I made some phone calls to friends back home while I sat outside and enjoyed the weather. A little windy out, but that sun was sure shining. It was about 72 degrees out today.
Tonight we went to Bingo at the Recreational Hall here. It’s a lot of fun and I know tonight would be the last night I use my Bingo ink blotters for a long time…..well, until next winter. I don’t play Bingo in New Hampshire because it’s too nice outside to be indoors in New Hampshire in the summer. Anyways, I didn’t win anything at Bingo tonight. But that’s what I did today. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot, today we loaded the bicycles on the RV this morning. Tomorrow we will get the rest of the RV organized. I hope you had a great day and I’ll be back tomorrow. Time to watch some TV and play with Jake!

Shopping and Veterinarian Issue

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:37:52 +0000

Hello! Today’s weather was beautiful. I sat out outside soaking up the sun today. Today we went to “The Loop”, it’s an outdoor plaza type mall with many stores and restaurants in one neighborhood section. We walked around and visited Kohl’s and a couple of other stores. Typical shopping day. I didn’t buy anything, I’ll wait until I get back to tax-free New Hampshire, but Mom bought two cute Capri’s. We didn’t do much else over there and came back to the RV.
I had ordered Jake some more food and treats last week from Celebration Animal Hospital (2 miles from where we are staying) and today I called them and they told me that they had ordered and received the food in the wrong size can (I thought, okay, no biggie at all) and they didn’t order the dog treats and then they tried to sell me dog treats of another brand. I pre-ordered (didn’t pre-pay) both the food and treats last week for a Thursday delivery and the conversation today over the phone with them didn’t go over too well with me. I’m pretty low key, I’m getting to old to get upset, and over the years I’ve definitely moved to be a more understanding and patient person, but when they told me that they never intended on ordering the dog treats and blew it off as I can buy the “Royal Canine” brand name from them and not the “Prescription Science” that I had ordered, well, I told them what I thought about the way they did business. Now, hang on a second, it’s not that I didn’t get what I wanted…..those dog treats can be ordered thru any veterinarian with a couple days notice…..it’s the fact they had no intention of ordering them in the first place and never told me (reason and I was told: the veterinarian office had to order the “Prescription Science” treats in bulk and they didn’t think they could sell the other packages in the bulk order) and then tried to substitute it for other brand name that they had in stock. The dog food and dog treats brand were prescribed by the veterinarian I had brought Jake to in Yuma Arizona when he was sick, and of course I want to keep him on that specific diet because of his disease of Intestinal Lymphangiectasia. The veterinarian office in Celebration didn’t even know what Jake looked like (still doesn’t) and wanted to put him on a completely different brand of dog treats?? Sorry to vent, but come on, Celebration Animal Hospital, if you are not going to order what I ask for, at least tell me so I can order it thru another local veterinarian. I can’t do much now, because we are leaving in two days and Jake gets no dog treats until he gets home. Moving on….tonight we went to dinner at Perkins, I had the soup and salad and it was delicious and enough for me. Tonight I just watched some TV and relaxed. I think tomorrow we are going to slowly and leisurely straighten up the inside of the RV for departure on Sunday morning. When you sit somewhere for a long period of time, you start to accumulate a lot of stuff. Got to find places to stash all the souvenirs! Hope you all had a good day and I’ll be back tomorrow! Night Night!

Windy and Relaxing

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:51:36 +0000

Hello! Super windy today! Kicking up dust and sand all over the place. I had a to get my eye drops out today to get all the sand out of my eyes. I heard it was still raining up in the Northeast, wow, I hope that has moved on before we leave Florida on Sunday. So, what did I do today?? We went to Perkins Restaurant for lunch, I had the BLT wrap sandwich and a salad. We returned to the RV and I talked on the phone most of the day, talking with friends, hearing how they are doing. Then, Mom and I walked up to CVS and back, didn’t buy anything, just walked the circle. When we got back to the RV, we grabbed the laptop and headed over to the RV park clubhouse to get a decent internet signal. And with the help of the ethernet cord, we made a great internet connection to checked emails and surfed the internet. Tonight we went to Pizza Hut for one large pizza, 1/2 cheese, 1/2 meat lovers!! Now we are back at the RV relaxing for the night. Tomorrow we are going to visit my aunt and uncle in Groveland and visit the local area and a Russell Stover chocolate store! Nothing to exciting happened today. I love days like these sometimes, it doesn’t go by as fast. Well, I’m going to read a little and relax more, I’ll be back tomorrow. Thanks for checking on me!

Windy and Stayed Home

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:38:30 +0000

Hi! Wow, it was windy out today. Not as windy as the Northeast got, but a little on the windy side down here. Today I woke up a little early, not sure why, guess I slept great last night or maybe it had something to do with the time change. Anyways, Jake and I sat outside this morning and watched the squirrels bounce around on the grass. Usually Jake has a “squirrel fit” and wants to chase after them all, but this morning he just sat on his doggie hammock and watched them play on the grass. I did warn him “Don’t you move” and he didn’t. For the past two days I’ve been leaving out peanuts around the big tree here on our site and the squirrels would come down and grab one and run back up the tree. Hey, it’s the simple life here and that’s what I did this morning.
I called my aunt and uncle up in Groveland and there’s a chocolate factory right down the road from them so we made plans to visit the factory on Tuesday. What else did I do today?? Let’s see….I downloaded more application programs to my Blackberry and Mom and I took Jake for a walk to Dunkin Donuts across the street. There’s a sign outside of Dunkin Donuts that said 99 cents for a medium iced tea, so I had to get one. We had a cookout today with hot dogs and hamburgers. I always like a cookout and remember that apple pie we bought at Perkins last night, yep, it’s all gone now. We finished up that pie while watching “Undercover Boss” tonight on TV. Other than that, we didn’t go anywhere, we didn’t do that much. Tomorrow is suppose to be a little windy too. We don’t have anything planned for tomorrow, but I hope to spend a lot of time outside watching the squirrels with Jake! Have a good night and I’ll be back tomorrow! Night Night!!

Perkins and Gift Store Shopping

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:45:21 +0000

Hello! Wow, today delivered beautiful weather. I was outside in just a t-shirt today and I took Jake for a long walk around the park avoiding the left over mud puddles in the road. We have a neighbor to our left that has one of those rain amount measuring over sized test tubes that tells how much rain we got. There’s got to be a name for that plastic measuring thing, but anyways, we got 3 1/2 inches of rain here at the campground. Everyone was out walking around today, sure was great weather. This afternoon we went to Perkins to eat a lunch/dinner around 3:30 and then Dad dropped off Mom and I on US 192 (the main street here right outside our RV park) and we walked to a couple of local gift shops. Oh, I almost forgot, at Perkins we did buy an apple pie to take home, half of it’s gone already – so delicious. So, anyways, at the gift shop I bought this pouch type bag with Florida written on it, made to hold important documents and money. It’s got the state of Florida on it with a flamingo. It’s got a zipper on the top and I’ll use it for something, not sure yet, it was only $5 dollars.
So after walking around and returning to the RV, we watched TV into the evening. Tonight we went to Old Town, 2 miles from us, they were having Classic Cars Cruise Night to see all the antique cars brought in from all over the country. They have this every Saturday, but for some reason, tonight was packed! I heard an official at Old Town say to someone that they had over “300 and something” number of antiques cars here tonight. Those cars are neat too! Yes, Jake came along with us tonight, but with the number of people there, I carried him around all night. Everyone loved him and they all thought he was so cute.
After the Cruise Night, we came back to the RV and put a knife in the apple pie. It was so good too. Melted in my tummy and almost put me to sleep! It was a simple day today. Tomorrow is Sunday and we have nothing planned. Monday or Tuesday we have some neat plans…..noooo, I can’t tell you yet . Not sure what day yet. Anyways, I would say that tomorrow will be a simple day with nothing big going on, but you know us…..something always happening! Have a good night and I’ll be back tomorrow.

2nd day of rain

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:28:47 +0000

Hi! Rained all day today. I slept wicked late today – almost to 11am – I’m getting a little lazy here, but it’s okay because that’s allowed on rainy days! Today we ran errands. Walmart for more ink for my printer/copy machine. Post office to mail letters. And I called three veterinarian to see if they have Prescription Science dog treats….none had any….they told me it has to be special ordered. Noooooo, my dog isn’t high maintenance….of course not So I ordered a bag of dog treats thru the local vet and now we sit and wait for them to come in next week. Jake is on a z/d diet from Prescription Diet. He can’t digest protein so he’s on a ultra low protein diet and the dog treats are hypoallergenic too. He’s doing super good with that dog food! They have a big (not huge) Pet Supermarket here next to where we live so we stopped by there and brought Jake in to see if he found anything appealing, but he didn’t and surprisingly got bored quickly. So we went back to the RV and watched TV. We didn’t do that much today. Tonight we went to Bob Evans Restaurant for a light dinner and iced tea! Pretty uneventful day, but easy going. I must say that I love this area in Florida. I’m a city girl and Kissimmee is filled with neon signs and dozens of restaurants and people everywhere. I can walk to Dunkin Donuts, CVS, and a plaza with shops and restaurants. Walmart is 1 mile away, and all other places (bank, theather, grocery store) all within three miles) – I love it! Well, I’m signing off tonight to watch a little TV – I’ll be back – have a good night!

RV Fender and Bob Evans

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:29:00 +0000

Hello! Today was a fun and simple day…..We went to Camping World and picked up the new fender for the Montana. Remember the one that got torn in half and one half stayed on the RV and the other half decided to say “Bye Bye” on I-10 in Texas when we had the tire blow out. Well, we ordered the new fender and it came in yesterday, so we took Jake and headed over to pick it up. Perfect, exact piece too, straight from Indiana. Since we were out and about we wanted to find a place to enjoy lunch, but were bored with the typical Perkins and Dennys, so as we drove down US 192 we saw a restaurant we never been to before : Bob Evans Restaurant. Fast food? Buffet? Counter order or is there waitresses and waiters in there?? No ideas, so we stopped in and checked it out. Wow, neat place, we had a chirpy friendly waitress and we browsed over a menu that had quite a bit to choose from. I went with the Chicken Pot Pie -yummy! I don’t think we have that restaurant back home. Going to have to look in our connecting states! After lunch we came back to the RV and installed the new plastic fender – looks great!! Good to go! Tonight we went to Bingo here at the RV park which I love and now I’m relaxing watching TV with Jake. These days are going a little fast and I don’t like that too much. We are all doing great in Kissimmee, Florida! Have a great night and I’ll be back tomorrow…..

Relaxing, Nascar, and Perkins

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:27:55 +0000

Hello! Today I slept in a little late and relaxed outside most of the morning with Jake. Jake just loves his new hammock. He stretched out and enjoyed the hammock as I read my magazine in the sun. Speaking of the sun, I can see that the temperature is rise outside everyday and it will be up in the high 70′s later this week. I’ll be sitting outside more and more often this week.
This afternoon I watched some TV and watched the Nascar race. We were waiting for the Nascar race to end to go out to eat and I’m glad we held out for the race to end because there were some intense crashes in Nascar today. After the race, we went to Perkins (I know, I know, we are addicted to this place) and we broke down and bought another pie to bring home for the week. Yes, for the week because it will not last that long. Delicious french silk pie. Oh, yum! When I’m done with this blog posting I’ll be getting myself a slice of that pie. Tonight we are watching the 82nd Academy Awards! This show is taking up my usual Sunday night show of Undercover Boss. I love the show Undercover Boss – I’ll have to catch it next Sunday night.
Other than that, it’s been a nice relaxing day and I’m excited that we have another two weeks here. Tomorrow we are off to Cape Canaveral. I can’t wait to tell you all about it tomorrow. Off to get my jammies on and get a blanket and get comfy with Jake to watch the rest of the Academy Awards! Have a great night!

Yard Sale and Lobster Pizza

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:46:35 +0000

Hello! Well, the title gives it all away but let me get into detail about my day today! This morning we drove the 3 miles west and went to Celebration, Florida where the small town was having their town yard sale. We brought Jake and walking around from house to house looking at their sale items on the sale walk in front of the homes. I’m not really a yard sale person, don’t really have experience in finding a bargain in second hand goods, but we had a good time. After combing over all the yard sale items, we walking around the center of town where there is a big pond, movie theatre, post office, bank, etc. This little town has these little vehicles residence use called “NEV” which means “Neighborhood Electric Vehicles”. To me it looks like a cool golf cart on steroids….it has four seats all facing forward (we had a golf cart and the rear bench seat faced the back), anyways, it has a windshield, a roof, and it was neat looking. Wait a minute, I’ll find you a website to these things since I can’t upload photos. http://nevportal.com/members_gallery/NEVs1.php that website should help with what I’m talking about And they have meters on the side of the street where you parallel park these NEVs and you pay the meter and plug the “car” into the meter to charge them up. They are so neat!!
After exploring the town of Celebration, we came back to the RV and turned the TV on only to be faced with the food network talking about pizza. So, Jake curled up on the couch and we went out of pizza for a late lunch. We were trying to decide on a pizza place and pulled into Pizza Hut and right next door to Pizza Hut is Red Lobster so I suggested Lobster Pizza! Yummy! It was so good. I wouldn’t mind having that once a month.
As for the rest of the afternoon, I took Jake for a long walk around the park and watched TV for the rest of the night. Movie, sitcom, cop show, and now AMA pro motorcycle racing at the Daytona race track is on TV. So, this is how I end my night. Oh, I have to say that I did sit outside for a while today and Jake loves his new hammock that I bought him at Camping World this week. He was in that hammock for at least a half hour until he spotted a cat and I had to bring Jake back inside for a little while until the cat left. He still gets all excited about a cat and wants to take off after it. I swear he will never learn. But all in all, it was a very good day. Tomorrow we aren’t going far as Nascar is on TV, but I’m sure we will go out to eat. I’ll let ya know! Have a good night and enjoy your weekend!

Bingo and Old Town

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:04:36 +0000

Hi! Well, today (during the day) was uneventful. Enjoying the weather outside with Jake, we went for a long walk around the RV park and watched TV this afternoon. Don’t worry, I’ve got some adventures coming up this weekend into next week when the weather temperature climbs into the high 70′s.
5 o’clock rolled around today and we went to Bingo this evening. Again, there were 6 of us that went to Bingo. I didn’t win anything at all. After Bingo we separated from our Bingo friends and headed down to Old Town in Kissimmee. Old Town is only a mile west of where we are staying. Tonight was a little chilly so I put a sweatshirt on under my jacket. Tonight was Cruise Night at Old Town. No old cars, just suped up everyday rides from Mustangs to Corvettes to the new Camero and there were a lot of PT Cruisers. Everyday cars that had enough bling on it to turn heads. I thought I heard the announcer say that there were 170 cars there tonight.
So that’s what we did today. Nothing spectacular, but enough to take in what Kissimmee has to offer. Tomorrow we are off to a flea market (or is it an over sized yard sale), not sure, but we were told about it at Bingo tonight. It’s only 2 miles west of us, past Old Town. We’ll see what it’s all about and should I give you a hint about Monday?? We are heading to the east coast to see where astronauts take their first steps towards outer space! I’ve never been there before and I’ll tell you all about it! Hey, listen, have a great weekend and I’ll be back tomorrow!