Life Renewed

We are down to one month (a short one, at that) left here in Florida, and I find myself reflecting on all the things we’ve done, plan on doing, and haven’t quite been able to do. One of the things we had hoped to do on a monthly basis was take a trip to the beach for a few hours, just to breathe in the salt air, and maybe dig my tootsies in the sand.   We’ve only done it twice….sort of.   The first time, in mid January,   was a side trip to Indian Rocks Beach (near Clearwater), when we had headed west to visit the Tampa RV show.   After a nice morning of visiting various vendors (no, not RV!), and being able to find a very small wallet that I can put in my pants pocket for the days we visit the parks, we did pop over to the DRV area and chatted with a fellow JX450 owner.   From there, we drove a bit more to find a beach.   However, the weather did not cooperate, and it began to deteriorate rapidly.   We went from sunny to totally socked in, temps plummeted about 15 degrees, wi

Yes, it’s been over two months since my last entry, and I ask for a bit of understanding for that.   When I last posted, we were eagerly awaiting visitors (Cathi and Louie) so that we could welcome them into our home on wheels, as well as show them a little Disney fun.   Their visit was all we could have hoped for, minus the unseasonably warms temps in the mid-80s.   As with all visits, it was too brief, and left us missing our kids even more.   The time we spent with Cathi and Louie was the best Christmas gift we could ask for, though, so looking at the pictures from their visit is the gift that keeps on giving! The lead-up to Christmas, as well as the entire Christmas week, was not what we had hoped for.   Tim was scheduled to work five days for the week before, but managed to be infected with the flu by, no doubt, someone’s germy money at Universal.   He called in sick three days in a row.   And, a few days before Christmas, despite my best efforts at avoiding the ger