We met Jeanne, our realtor, this morning at 10:00 to inspect the house that we are buying before we go to the closing. We didn't really expect that there would be any problems with the house since we last saw it in January, but we wanted to be sure before signing the papers and everything was fine.
Jeanne followed us over to the Professional Title office where we were to meet the seller at 11:00 and sign the closing papers. We found out that the seller would be coming in at 1:00 today to sign his portion of the closing papers. The closing had originally been scheduled for 1:00 and the time had been changed a few days ago to 10:00, but the seller wasn't able to make the earlier time.
While Mike & I were signing our portion of the closing documents, the seller's realtor dropped off the house keys for us. By the time we finished
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Kissimee to Vero Beach
We got up at our usual time this morning and after breakfast began to break camp. I noticed this squirrel sitting on our patio with a mouthful of nesting materials and I stopped working long enough to take a photo of him before he could run away.
The local weather forecast was predicting thunderstorms for this morning and we could see the rain clouds getting closer as we were breaking camp. We pulled out of Sherwood Forest RV Resort at 10:30 just as it started to sprinkle and then the rain really started as we were driving east on US-192 towards St. Cloud. Mike drove the RV and I followed in the Vue. We didn't hitch up the car to the RV because we're stopping at Tractor Supply to get propane and we would have to disconnect the car there.
We arrived at the Tractor Supply in St. Cloud a little before 11:00 and Mike backed the RV up to their propane filling station and we got propane ($2.29 a gal) in our onboard tank and one of our portable tanks.
By the time we finished getting the propane, it was lunch time and we decided to have lunch at the Wendy's near Tractor Supply. Since it was still raining, we drove the short distance over to Wendy's and ate our lunch there instead of taking it back to the RV. After lunch we went back to the RV and hitched up the car and headed out of St. Cloud at 12:15.
We drove east on US-192 to I-95 and then south to Exit 156 at CR-512 and then east about a block to Sunshine Travel RV and arrived at 1:40. We checked in at the office and received our campground map and security gate card. By the time we got to the campground, the rain was over and we could set up the RV without getting soaked.
We are in site #188 which is a back-in campsite and we have full hook-ups. We had requested to be in site #65 that we had the last time we were here because it had a nice concrete patio. Site 188 doesn't have a patio and we are under some pine trees and have already gotten pine tar on our shoes.
We will be here for 2 weeks and we are taking advantage of their special camping price of $99 a week and after paying the $3 a day resort fee, our total for a week is $120 - not bad for a campground in Florida during the winter season.
Tomorrow morning we're meeting our realtor at the house we're buying to do a walk-through before we go to the closing. We're excited about the house and are looking forward to living in Sebastian.
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| From Sherwood Forest RV Resort |
The local weather forecast was predicting thunderstorms for this morning and we could see the rain clouds getting closer as we were breaking camp. We pulled out of Sherwood Forest RV Resort at 10:30 just as it started to sprinkle and then the rain really started as we were driving east on US-192 towards St. Cloud. Mike drove the RV and I followed in the Vue. We didn't hitch up the car to the RV because we're stopping at Tractor Supply to get propane and we would have to disconnect the car there.
We arrived at the Tractor Supply in St. Cloud a little before 11:00 and Mike backed the RV up to their propane filling station and we got propane ($2.29 a gal) in our onboard tank and one of our portable tanks.
By the time we finished getting the propane, it was lunch time and we decided to have lunch at the Wendy's near Tractor Supply. Since it was still raining, we drove the short distance over to Wendy's and ate our lunch there instead of taking it back to the RV. After lunch we went back to the RV and hitched up the car and headed out of St. Cloud at 12:15.
We drove east on US-192 to I-95 and then south to Exit 156 at CR-512 and then east about a block to Sunshine Travel RV and arrived at 1:40. We checked in at the office and received our campground map and security gate card. By the time we got to the campground, the rain was over and we could set up the RV without getting soaked.
We are in site #188 which is a back-in campsite and we have full hook-ups. We had requested to be in site #65 that we had the last time we were here because it had a nice concrete patio. Site 188 doesn't have a patio and we are under some pine trees and have already gotten pine tar on our shoes.
We will be here for 2 weeks and we are taking advantage of their special camping price of $99 a week and after paying the $3 a day resort fee, our total for a week is $120 - not bad for a campground in Florida during the winter season.
Tomorrow morning we're meeting our realtor at the house we're buying to do a walk-through before we go to the closing. We're excited about the house and are looking forward to living in Sebastian.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Shopping at Ikea & Campground Photos
Sunday morning Mike took a couple of photos of the campground.
We met Cyril and Elaine and our friends Mary and Bill for lunch at Perkins Restaurant on Sunday. This is the last Sunday we'll be together for a while since we are leaving Tuesday to move over to Sebastian.
This morning I took this photo of our neighbor's rig here at Sherwood Forest. The truck is definitely large enough for the 5th wheel, but neither of
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| From Sherwood Forest RV Resort |
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| From Sherwood Forest RV Resort |
We met Cyril and Elaine and our friends Mary and Bill for lunch at Perkins Restaurant on Sunday. This is the last Sunday we'll be together for a while since we are leaving Tuesday to move over to Sebastian.
This morning I took this photo of our neighbor's rig here at Sherwood Forest. The truck is definitely large enough for the 5th wheel, but neither of
Friday, February 22, 2013
Moved to Sherwood Forest RV Resort
There is a restaurant near the Aloha RV Park called Woodsby's Countryside Cafe and every time we've driven by it, the parking lot is always full of cars and trucks. We went there for breakfast Monday morning and had a great meal. Their slogan is "Good Food and Plenty of It" is definitely true.
Mike ordered the Hungry Man with 3 eggs, bacon, sausage links, Home Fries and a half order of biscuits and gravy. I ordered the Fabulous Five with 2 eggs scrambled with cheese, peppers & onions, bacon, grits and a biscuit & gravy. Woodsby's definitely lived up to their slogan - the food was good and there was a lot of it.
We drove over to Sherwood Forest RV Resort yesterday to check it out. We stopped at the office and confirmed our reservation for Friday. We found out what camp site we were going to be on (#65) and then we drove
Mike ordered the Hungry Man with 3 eggs, bacon, sausage links, Home Fries and a half order of biscuits and gravy. I ordered the Fabulous Five with 2 eggs scrambled with cheese, peppers & onions, bacon, grits and a biscuit & gravy. Woodsby's definitely lived up to their slogan - the food was good and there was a lot of it.
We drove over to Sherwood Forest RV Resort yesterday to check it out. We stopped at the office and confirmed our reservation for Friday. We found out what camp site we were going to be on (#65) and then we drove
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Castle Family Reunion 2013
This morning we drove over to my brother's house because my sister-in-law Elaine's family was meeting there for their annual family reunion. Elaine's 2 brothers drove up from West Palm Beach and her sister came from Lake Wales. Before going over to Golden Corral for lunch, we took photos of the group.
My niece Sarah and her fiancee Mike came today and Mike took a nice photo of them.
After our photo session we all drove over to Golden Corral for lunch. We had tables in one of the back rooms and had a great time visiting for a couple of hours. We always have a good time when we get together with Elaine's family - they are a lot of fun. The out-of-towners left to go back home from Golden Corral and Mike and I went over to Cyril's house for a while.
We weren't sure until Wednesday if there was going to be a Castle family reunion today.
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| From Kissimmee 2013 |
My niece Sarah and her fiancee Mike came today and Mike took a nice photo of them.
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| From Kissimmee 2013 |
After our photo session we all drove over to Golden Corral for lunch. We had tables in one of the back rooms and had a great time visiting for a couple of hours. We always have a good time when we get together with Elaine's family - they are a lot of fun. The out-of-towners left to go back home from Golden Corral and Mike and I went over to Cyril's house for a while.
We weren't sure until Wednesday if there was going to be a Castle family reunion today.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Furniture Shopping & House Decorating Notebook
Saturday I took Tinker to Muttlee Crew Pet Care to get his 3-year rabies shot at the mobile vet that was there and it cost $30 for the shot. Tinker isn't due for the rest of his shots until April and by then we will have gotten a vet in Sebastian.
I signed up for Angie's List this week for the Sebastian-Vero Beach area and got a discount for the annual cost by using PayPal ($16 instead of $20).
Sunday we went to Perkins and met my brother and family and our friends Mary and Bill for lunch - which is what we usually do on Sundays. Afterwards we stopped by my brother's house and visited with him, Elaine and my nephew David.
Mike has been checking prices on rental moving trucks for when we go back up to Dothan to get our stuff out of our storage unit. He found out
I signed up for Angie's List this week for the Sebastian-Vero Beach area and got a discount for the annual cost by using PayPal ($16 instead of $20).
Sunday we went to Perkins and met my brother and family and our friends Mary and Bill for lunch - which is what we usually do on Sundays. Afterwards we stopped by my brother's house and visited with him, Elaine and my nephew David.
Mike has been checking prices on rental moving trucks for when we go back up to Dothan to get our stuff out of our storage unit. He found out
Friday, February 8, 2013
Day Trip to Vero Beach & Shopping for the house
Last Saturday when we were at HHGregg, we saw Muttlee Crew Pet Care in the same shopping center and decided to have Tinker groomed there. We called and made him an appointment for yesterday. They did a great job grooming him and charged us $45 which is about the average we pay. They are having a mobile vet clinic on Saturday and I'm going to take Tinker in to get his rabies shot which is due this month.
We left Kissimmee this morning a little before 9:00. Since we were going to be gone all day, we took Tinker with us. We stopped in St. Cloud at a 7-Eleven to get gas in the car and paid $3.459 a gallon. Gas prices in the area have been rising and this was the cheapest gas around today.
We met our friends Christine and Carol at JP Matty's in Sebastian for lunch and had a good visit. They both use the same electrician and are going to e-mail us his contact information.
After lunch we drove over to the title company in Sebastian that will be handling our closing and got the information we needed so we can have the funds for the closing costs wired to their bank.
We drove by the house and saw that the owners had a rental truck there and were loading items into it. We didn't stop and continued on down to the south end of Vero Beach.
We had seen a dining room set at the Kaleidoscope Consignment shop when we here last month and were hoping that it was still there.
We left Kissimmee this morning a little before 9:00. Since we were going to be gone all day, we took Tinker with us. We stopped in St. Cloud at a 7-Eleven to get gas in the car and paid $3.459 a gallon. Gas prices in the area have been rising and this was the cheapest gas around today.
We met our friends Christine and Carol at JP Matty's in Sebastian for lunch and had a good visit. They both use the same electrician and are going to e-mail us his contact information.
After lunch we drove over to the title company in Sebastian that will be handling our closing and got the information we needed so we can have the funds for the closing costs wired to their bank.
We drove by the house and saw that the owners had a rental truck there and were loading items into it. We didn't stop and continued on down to the south end of Vero Beach.
We had seen a dining room set at the Kaleidoscope Consignment shop when we here last month and were hoping that it was still there.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Shopping & Eating Out in Kissimmee
Last Saturday we went to Sam's Club, BJ's and HHGregg looking at TV's. When we were at HHGregg we were looking at 2 Samsung TV's that were next to each other and trying to decide which had the better picture. The salesman went into the menu on each TV and changed 1 of them so they both had the same settings. That was a great help in comparing the TVs and this was the first ever salesperson who ever offered to do that.
We stopped at Olive Garden for lunch on Saturday and had their unlimited Soup and Salad. Mike ordered the Pasta Fagioli soup and I had the Chicken Gnocchi. We normally change to a different soup for our second helping, but didn't this time.
Monday Mike took this photo of Tinker with his favorite pillow.
Yesterday we had a craving for Mexican food, so we went for dinner at Abuelo's. We weren't hungry enough for the
We stopped at Olive Garden for lunch on Saturday and had their unlimited Soup and Salad. Mike ordered the Pasta Fagioli soup and I had the Chicken Gnocchi. We normally change to a different soup for our second helping, but didn't this time.
Monday Mike took this photo of Tinker with his favorite pillow.
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Yesterday we had a craving for Mexican food, so we went for dinner at Abuelo's. We weren't hungry enough for the
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