1/10/16 Sunday Sanford Fla

Well I just knew this was my ticket to winning $900 million dollars!! I have never purchased a powerball or any lottery ticket before. I thought well,you can't win if you don't play!! Haha of course no one else won either!! 

We had another great day here in Sanford!! Rod fished, I walked 5.4 miles 13,378 steps today!! Lovin my new Fitbit !!!   As we were coming back down the dock this morning from Iraq walk,  looked over at the edge of the walkway and what is laying there!! A 4ft water moccasin!!! I could do nothing but scream SNAKE!!! I thought Paula was going to faint as she had just walked by the darn thing!!! I yelled for Rod and he went to get a gun but another man came and used a boat hook to push it back into the water. The man that oversees our dock said we should have killed it!! Now I am paranoid  for Lexie to walk down the dock!! 

We did enjoy lunch out with Paula, Jim, and their granddaughter Sammi. Watched a movie this afternoon, Paula delivered salads from McDonalds and then a game of UNO!! Fun relaxing day all around!! 

I'll keep you updated on our next adventure!!

Love and Blessings to all, Fran & Capn Rod

1/7/16 Thursday Sanford Fla

The morning started out foggy, misting rain and 65 degrees!! By 3pm it was 75 and I'm back in shorts and t shirt!!! Tomorrow its predicted heavy rain all day, so guess it will be another indoor work day!!  Well I did get in my steps today registered on my new Fitbit!!! Total 15028 steps total and 6.4 miles. Sure hope I can keep this going!!! I really am going to try!! Rod and I went for a couple mile bike ride through town today just enjoying the beautiful weather, and of course a stop at the gun shop Rod likes here. 

Rod and Jim were able to get in a few hours of fishing today, total caught 11 good size crappy!!! He was thrilled!! 

We went with Paula and Jim this evening to a restaurant here near the Marina, as Jims twin sons were playing in a band there tonight. We had never been here and attended one of their gigs! Rod and I were both impressed with their guitar talent. A fun few hours with their family and good friends! 

It's been a good day!! Love and Blessings to all, Fran & Capn Rod

One of the many prize catches today!!! Puts a smile on his face!!

12/28-29/15 Monday & Tuesday Sanford, Fla.

Just a few more days till 2016 !!! This year seems to have went by fast. Seems like as I get older they do go by faster!! Ha 

The past few days have been filled with "how many steps can we put on Paula's Fitbit"!!! We drove over to DeBary park and walked the 6 miles of trails, what a beautiful place. WE WERE EXHAUSTED!!

Rested all afternoon but we did almost 12,000 steps recorded on her Fitbit!! Ha 

This morning Rod wanted to ride our bikes down to the Zoo. About 3 miles! I felt like that would not be a problem as I had walked farther than that the last few days!! WRONG!!! First of all this is the first year we have brought with us the small folding bicycles with us instead of the big tandem bike we have!! Never again!!! The small bikes are great for short run arounds, but not for the long hauls !!! 

We had a great 3 hours at the zoo, but the 3 mile ride back was brutal!! fInally made it back to the boat, the air conditioning was a very welcomed place to be!! Showered and out again to go over to Jim and Paula's daughters for dinner!! We enjoyed the 3 grand babies and great food!! We enjoyed a pork and rice dinner and green beans!!! Fun evening but glad to be back home and resting!! Tomorrow I plan on doing nothing very strenuous!!! Ha   Steve and Glenda Little our friends from Timberlake Church are coming through the area headed for Orlando and will be stopping by to have lunch with us!!! Looking forward to their visit. 

If I shared all the pics I took at the zoo today it will fill my blog! So I'm posting a few favorites!!

Enjoying our vacation!! 

Love you all, Fran & Capn Rod

The entrance to Central Florida Zoo!! We had to stop and rest for a bit as we had just rode 3 miles!!

Enjoyed a Garriffi feeding!! She is feeding Emma, a 20 year old that has been at the zoo since she was 4 yrs old. 

These were called Powderpuff trees!!! Blooming all over the park!!

Loved the eagle exhibit!! These 2 are rescued as they were injured and unable to live in the wild.

The end of a hot day at the zoo!!! Snow Cones!! 

Rod went out early this morning and found his prize catch from yesterday had been stolen and eaten!! 

12/23-24/15 Wed & Thurs Sanford, Fla

WooWhoo!!! Tomorrow is Christmas Day!!! Still seems hard to celebrate when it 88 degrees!!! The heat index here today was 92 degrees!!!! We rode our bikes what seemed like 10 miles through town today just wishing everyone we past a Merry Christmas!! What a fun day!! I made potato and corn chowder with corn muffins and invited Paula and Jim over for dinner. Paula came with a big bowl of bacon crumbled up and in the pot of soup it went!!! Yummo!!!!! We still don't really know what we will do  tomorrow as everything is closed. We did decide we had enough ham lately sooo we decided we will make white turkey chili for tomorrow's Christmas supper with tortilla chips!! We had so much turkey left over from last week and I pulled all the meat off the bones and froze it. A difinitely non traditional  Christmas dinner!! 

Rod and I opened our gifts from each other tonight cause we could not wait till morning!! Ha

Pics are posted below!! We will FaceTime the kids and grand kids tomorrow morning to see what Santa left under the tree for them!!! Always exciting to see!!!

We really are enjoying our free time and spending lots of time with each other!! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!! We love you bunches!!

First Crappy caught today on Christmas Eve!!! I wonder how many fish Jesus ate? Haha

And his fishing assistant is right on his heels watching every move of the cork!!!

We saw this car parked at a tire store as we rode through town today!!! I wonder which elf drives this car!! Hehe

My new gold necklace and 2 charms!!! From my soulmate!!

My new Miche purse!!! I wonder how he obtained this when he did not go to the Christmas show!! hum!!  He must have had an elf there!!! Hehe aka Sherry!!!!

A new Columbia shirt !!! Allie told him plaid was in style!!! Hehe

Lovin him some new shirts!!

His favorite !!! New wallets and colored pens for his art work!! And a book, which is always a hit with Rod!

12/18-19/15 Saturday Sanford, Fla

Well here's a 2 day post as I had nothing to tell yesterday!!! The first day we were here it was 80 degrees!! Today 67 degrees with a wind chill of 62 degrees!!!  I thought sure we had left the cold behind us!! They are predicting back in the mid 70s tomorrow and much warmer next week. I'm ready for warm weather!!! But it is Christmas and it's suppose to be cold I guess. We have really done nothing productive. Rod has been able to fish about everyday and that keeps him occupied. We rode our bike up yesterday to one of our favorite restaurants, The Corner Cafe, Michael and the staff are always happy to greet us back in town. I had their scrumptious French onion soup in a bread bowl, Rod had cream of mushroom soup in his!! Always good to meet up with old friends here in Sanford. 

We were excited to hear that our friends, Steve and Glenda Little, from Timberlake church were coming this way to a football game and will be stopping by to have lunch with us on Wed next week!!! 

I hope we will have some time to show them around a bit. 

We had subs from a local sub shop here sitting up on the top deck of our boat this evening and enjoyed the boat parade in the harbor!! 26 boats participated!!! Sure wish I could have gotten some pics but we chose to stay in where it was warm and forgo the pics!!! Haha

I do hope the weather is warmer as predicted for tomorrow as we will be attending the family Christmas picnic of our friends, Paula and Jim!! About 24 people expected to be there. 

It is outside at the park near the marina. Praying for decent weather!!! 

We just hanging out waiting for Christmas!!!! Hope all of you are ready for St. Nick to arrive!!! 🎁🎄

Love to you all!! Fran and Capn Rod!!! Sorry no pics to share today!!😢

12/17/15 Thursday Sanford, Fla.

Our first full day in Sanford!! A beautiful sunny day and chores were started. After 6 days of travel there was clothes to wash, boat to wash, and groceries to replenish. Rod did start on some of the painting he will be completing this winter while here at the dock. They are still predicting a very warm winter!! I can really like that!!,lol  Rod and I did find some time to ride our bikes through town just enjoying this beautiful day. Enjoyed an ice cream cone at a McDonalds!! Nice afternoon treat!!  Paula and I made a Walmart run to get groceries and needed supplies. Other than that a very uneventful day!!

Hope all of you are really for Christmas!!! Christmas Eve is one week from today!!! It's predicted to have heavy rain here tomorrow so don't know what we will get done. Lovin being a snowbird!! Haha

Love to all our family and friends!!! Fran and Capn Rod

This little dingy was sitting across from our boat and this little Moorhen hung out on it all day!! At first I thought the snake was real !!

You can tell he has co habitated with this snake for quiet some time! Hehe