August 10, 2013

Today Carl and I celebrate 43 years together!  Doesn't seem like it has been 43 years, what happened to those years?

He is my rock and I love him dearly!

AUGUST 9, 2013

The count down is on for our Yellowstone National Park Adventure!  We will be heading out
September 3, 2013.

We are in the planning stages right now.

Can't wait to take off and a new adventure awaits Carl and I.

We had to say Good bye to our Dear Sadie!

June 21, 2011 at 8:45 pm our little Sadie girl passed away!

Many good memories but so sad! She died so unexpectedly within 4 hrs of me seeing her sick!
With many tests and x-rays no one knows what happened. I think she had a heart attack or a stroke of some sort! Blood levels were real low both red and white.

I know she is no more pain and is running with Mugsy, Kittle, and Brandy in green pastures!

Sadie we love you so much and miss you! Life without you will not be the same! We had you for 11 years and 3 months and enjoyed your smile, walks and talks! Love you so much! You went with us on first Motor Home trip to Alaska and was such a good traveler! Sadie we were a Team! My heart aches for you!

Until we meet again I will miss you everyday!

January 21, 2010

Yesterday we worked on the new bathroom remodel at the Paradis'. Sure is looking very nice!

We had a thunder storm and hard rain this morning at 3:00 and lasted a couple hours! In the motor home it sounds like a lot harder rain coming down!

I am waiting for some mail to arrive. But.......I think the mailman didn't believe that a Sally Heitmeyer lived at the address and sent it back to the return address! What!!! I am waiting for this mail so I can finish up year end work for my companies back home!

I got a UPS package here, UPS didn't have a problem leaving it at the Office!

Keep warm all my friends and family back in Northern Michigan!

Didn't buy the Endeavor!

We decided not to buy the 2000 Endeavor. There is Motor Home out there for us.
We will just keep looking!

In the meantime we have moved to Lakeland at Kings and Queens Park. It is a 55 and older park. There are 5 RV spots the rest are permanent homes. 2 Blocks from Joker Marchant Stadium, if you aren't familiar with Joker Marchant Stadium....it is the Spring Training Stadium for the Detroit Tiger's......and where the Flying Tiger's play in the summer! We are just waiting for the Tiger's to start showing up for practice!!! Won't be long now!

Carl is remodeling Mike and Sheila's bathroom. Carl never stops working! He is such an artist. I am making tile cuts and I am amazed how he can put together such a "puzzle"! Amazing!

Mike and Sheila are in Mexico enjoying nice warm weather! They will be back next Wednesday.
We will be at Lazy Days for the Fleetwood Rally. Can't wait to go back to Lazy Days, I love Lazy Days.......free breakfast, lunch and good times! It is a vacation for me, I don't have to think about breakfast or lunches!

The weather today was a typical Florida day, 74 degrees and Sunny!

Until another time.........

Pictures of the new Motor Home

2000 Holiday Rambler Endeavor - 12-10-2010

Well we did it! We bought a 2000 Holiday Rambler Endeavor! We want to go out west and go to Alaska again so there it was.......Sally and Carl written all over it! It is always a gamble when you buy something....hope this proves a good gamble!

She is a beauty inside and out. Lots of room in the coach and nice kitchen! Can't wait for my kids to come and stay with us in Lakeland. We will have so much fun. There is so much room!

We will be married 40 years February 27 ...... what a great Anniversary gift to each other!

As we all know that life is pretty darn short! So, we are going to go and have fun!

Watch for more pictures of the new "Baby" in our lives.

We all went to Parksdale in Plant City, Florida. They have the best Strawberry Shortcakes around. Fresh strawberries, yummmy!

We went with Mike and Sheila Paradis, Donna Paradis and Chas.

We found this place last year and it is such a cool place to go. Can't wait to take Rick and Lori when they arrive. Sorry Amy you won't be here with us......next year for sure.

This is Donna and Chas

The Queen who took our picture! Isn't she cute?

All of us!

CARL'S MASTER PIECE ON THE STEPS
















#2 Looking towards the second deck


























A big improvement and a big deck!

Mother's Day Weekend

Hi,

We are in the motorhome visiting with Rick and Lori. Carl is helping to put on a new deck at their house. We worked yesterday preparing to get ready to build the deck.

Carl and I with the help of our Tracker pulled out shrubs along the old deck so we could start the new deck! That little Tracker has some pulling power. It was fun!

You know the old saying, if it starts to rain before 7:00 am it will quit by 11:00. Guess what that is what happened! Pretty cool. At this time which is 12:40, there are still some rain clouds! Let's hope and pray that it doesn't rain. We have a lot of work to do yet!

Today, after it quit raining, Rob and Marty, Lori's brothers came by and helped put the deck boards on the deck. That was a big help. We thank them for all their work!

Yesterday was funny....I tied Sadie to Higgie's collar and he took Sadie for a walk.....I laughed so darn hard. It was too cute! Of course it didn't last long.

So, hopefully, we will have a good day tomorrow with sunshine! We have to finish the deck and do landscaping done before Amber's Open House which is in two weeks.

Hooray!

Sharon and Larry Smades

12 years ago Larry and Sharon moved to Madisonville, Tn. They feel they made the right move!
They love Tennessee! These people are friends from way back when!

GAR'S ROADSTER

Gar has a roadster and we got to take ride! Fun, Fun in the Sun!

Gar and Shirley Wilson

My cousins live in Woodruff, South Carolina. A great place to call home!
We arrive on April 9, 2009 and parked in their back yard for a week!
We played dominoes, ate good food and laughed and laughed! A very
memorable week to say the least! We traveled to Greenville, Spartansburg and
up to the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. They showed us around and enjoyed their
company.

We left there on Thursday April 16 and drove back to Larry and Sharon Smades in Madisonville,
South Carolina. We drove to Strawberry Plains, Tn to see our niece Sheila Rhode (Roger's daughter). We had a delightful visit with Sheila and her wonderful daughter's Nicole and Brea.
We had to say good bye in a few hours and headed back to Madisonville, Tn. (about 1 1/2 hrs away) We spent the night at Sharon and Larry's and left early heading towards Michigan.

12 1/2 hrs later we were at Rick and Lori's. Had a short visit with them. We left Sunday afternoon after breakfast and headed for home. We haven't seen our home for 4 1/2 months!

Wonder what the furry kids will think when they can romp in a big house?

Paula Deen's Restaurant

We left this morning early to go to Savannah to get our place in line at the"Lady and Son's Restaurant". Story goes you have to get there early to get a time for lunch or dinner. We abided by the story and we did get a 12:00 lunch date.

We toured downtown Savannah. Went to Riverfront, very cool place. Savannah is a beautiful place!

Went back to Paul Deen's Store wanted to pick up her new book. We shopped around, went upstairs to look at more stuff...and I ran right into Bobby Deen, Paula Deen's youngest son! Boy, I was so excited I could hardly talk!

For those of you who do not know who Paula Deen is....she is on the foodnet work with her own show. She has two son's who also cook and they appear on her cooking show. I love her southern cooking! I think Carl does too!

The Restauant is awesome! It is in an old run down building at 102 Congress in Savannah! It is 3 stories with a restauant on each floor.

The food is total awesome! I ate so much! Yes, when I get home it will be

time to get the "South Beach" out!

We had a totally fabulous day with our friends John and Carol and the Deen's!

Thank you Hilton Head for some decent sunshine and warm weather!

Tiger's Won 6/3

Sorry Tampa Bay Rays!

Granderson and Inge both posted a home run!

Great game!

Large crowd at Joker Marchant Field!

Cute Art on back of RV

Here is some cute art on the back of motorhome. I think Carl and I should do this on our new motorhome someday.....when that day comes!

Knowing when to STOP and PLAY....PRICELESS!

Lakeland, Florida Today

We are heading out to the Baseball Game. Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Ray's.
It is a 6:05 game. Weather should be about 89 degrees at the ball park.

Will post pictures later.

Weather today is sunny a little breezy and mild to hot heat!

Lovin it!

Recession at Lazy Days

Folks it is true that Lazy Day's in Seffner, Florida is feeling a little pinch with this recession. Not only are they not selling 300 coaches in a month they have cut back on their breakfast's! Not all that bad when you can get a bowl of cereal to fill you up! We love it anyway!

2 little sausage pieces and 2 french sticks! But all the coffee you can drink.

Not bad for 39.14 a day includes a beautiful hot tub and pool! Did I mention you get lunch too!

Our plans are to leave here on Sunday morning and head
to Hilton Head Island! Hope it isn't raining!

Miss everyone back home.

Bat Boy on St. Pat's Day!