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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!

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!

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!!

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.

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!

Hello! The weatherman has broke the news that we are getting heavy rain and thunder for two days straight. Today was day one….with a very warm temperature, it down poured most of the day and caused the RV park street in front of our camper to become a river. With the weather warning including high winds approaching, we took down the canvas that went from the awning to the ground and we wound up the awning. In the meantime Mom and I went to the recreational hall here at the RV park and used our laptop there with better internet signal available there. After taking care of internet business we came back to the RV and I gave Jake a b-a-t-h. You know how he can be when that word is mentioned…..but he survived, only bolting from me twice this time. Today was a simple day. Tomorrow is suppose to be yucky weather and we don’t have much planned. I think we are going to catch a movie. Other than that, everything is good. Have a good night and thanks for checking on me!

Hello! Now don’t get me wrong….I love my puppy Jake and we’ve been together for 8 years and I’ll never get bored of him or trade him in or upgrade him. He’s perfect just the way he is. But when it comes to technology and today’s electronical gadgets, well, I can’t help crave the next Ebook Reader or a new phone, or a new netbook. These are all neat tech stuff that I want and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next new gadget. And when it comes to me hanging on to a computer device for over a year, well, I must call it a “miracle milestone”. Today is my one year anniversary with my Nextel Blackberry Curve. We’ve had our moments and it’s true, this thing (that I’m typing this blog post on now) almost went sailing a few times in the past and, remember, the time back in December when I was giving it CPR on the RV floor because I needed it to work like a bad addictive drug. Yeah, when they call it “Crackberry”, they really mean CRACKberry. This is my very first Blackberry and I can’t imagine going back to a normal plain simple looking cellular phone. Ugh Today my Blackberry is working wonderful, but I’m telling ya, if they come out with a duel, or quad core in a blackberry, this thing is history. My blackberry has giving me all sorts of loving, including providing email on the go, website browsing anytime and anywhere, and application programs that make my life go as smooth as cruise control. The next device I’m looking at right now is the Verizon Mi-Fi 2200. Now this I need. This little credit card size Wi-Fi tower provides internet to up to five devices and can be use anywhere Verizon cell signal is available. It allows up to four hours of internet signal in battery life and service plans offer up to 5GB of internet browsing monthly. For those of you that want internet now, well, “now” is here.
So, enough babbling, let me tell you what I did today. I had a great day today and we did some cool stuff too. We took off and went to the Strawberry Festival in Plant City! It’s a neat strawberry themed county fair with live stock, games, rides, and big name concert headlines!! I paid $3.50 and got to make my own strawberry short cake! It was so good and everyone at the fair was super friendly! We stayed for about an hour or so….why not longer…it was 84 degrees out today! So we left there and had to cool off somewhere so we drove another 15 miles and cooled off chilling at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa!! Yeah, it has been a while since we’ve been to a casino. I had a great time there, but wow, where did all these people come from. The place was packed!! Lines everywhere, people trying to get around each other, I was wondering if it was a holiday, but then I read in a local newspaper today that south west Florida was sitting at 13.4 percent unemployment rate and I found them all. Well, that was my day!! (And if you are doing the math for me – I lost $60 dollars today). Tonight for dinner we had a cookout here at the RV and now it’s sitcom hour and American Idol time! Have a great night and I just heard the weatherman on TV say that it’s going to down pour for the next two days straight. I’ll be back tomorrow!

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…..

Hello and Welcome to the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral! The gateway to space exploration for the past 50 years! This place rocks! Okay, okay, let me start at the beginning. We, meaning my Aunt, Uncle, Mom, Dad, and Moi went to the Kennedy Space Center today! Jake stayed home, but I have to let you know that if you are passing thru and you have your pooch with you, there is a Kennel building right next to the ticket booth compliments of the Space Center. The kennel and parking is free and I hope you have more than a few free hours because the tour we took was great!
We got there at 9am when they open and the first tour starts at 10:20am. We had plenty of time to walk around areas of the gift shop and other areas that showed mini clips of planets and space shuttles, videos of what the space center has done in the past and what they are working on now! At the gift shop I bought a t-shirt and we worked our way to the bus terminal to start our tour. The tour took us as close to the 39A launch pad as possible that all of the past shuttles have been launched from. The shuttle fleet consists of Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. Discovery is set up on the launch pad now and sitting pretty waiting for it’s lift off date of April 5th. It was amazing to see! From 1981 to today, more than 123 shuttle flights have taken place.
We drove past security and communication buildings and watched a video on the bus.
We stopped at a building that played a video of a couple of the first flights and we got to see the giant structures that make up the world’s largest launch facility that put people on the moon and to the International Space Station. And, yes, we visited the building and saw the technicians and engineers that are building new sections to add to the International Space Station. From 1988 to present, more than 26 Space Shuttle Missions have been complete. Fifteen nations are now participating in the International Space Station program: the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The International Space Station is on orbit 220 miles above earth and circles the globe every 90 minutes!
I’ll give you one more cool fact: At lift off, the large orange-colored external tank holds over 500,000 gallons of cryogenic fuel – liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. The Shuttle’s three main engines consume this fuel in about eight and a half minutes. Isn’t that so cool!!
On the NASA premises you will come across a “Moon Rock Cafe” that offer plenty of choices for lunch! You can really take your time and enjoy Kennedy Space Center at your own pace. You hop on and off the bus on your own time at your own pace!
This facility has an IMAX 3-D theater), an Astronaut Hall of Fame, the Shuttle Launch Experience with the 1/6 gravity chair to get you into the moment, and if you call in advance you can have lunch with an Astronaut! Many, many programs that you can take advantage of including the ATX training which includes operating a full-scale shuttle mock-up!
I know I’m jumping all around with the information, but we spend the whole day here and saw alot! And the wild life on NASA grounds are protected, I saw 5 alligators, 2 eagles, and 1 armadillo! So, bottom line; put the Kennedy Space Center on your list of tours to visit as you explore Florida!
Tonight we are watching TV and tomorrow we are picking up the new plastic fender for the RV because it came in today. So a trip to Camping World is in store tomorrow and we will be bringing Jake along with us!! Have a great night!! I had such a good time today!!

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!