Musings

Last Friday I was in the pool doing my water aerobics and one lady looked up and a bald eagle was soaring above us. We all looked up and there he was flying with some other black birds. How amazing it was to see him glide above us in all of his splendor. We have several her in our community. Remember a couple of weeks ago I told you that mom saw him in her back yard. He also perches on a house across from the club house. It is very rare to have or to see a bald eagle and how wonderful that he has chosen our community to live in. It was such a joy to have him watch us swim.

Yesterday I went to Tampa and on the way back I stopped for gas. $2.84! You read that right, cheap gas. I don't know what is going on but I love this downward spiral. Maybe the oil companies finally get it. You raise the price and we just stop driving. We can not afford $4 gas.

Right now I have the ball game on and it is the top of the 8th with no outs and 2 on base. Will the Rays pull this out or are we going home. Those of us in the Tampa Bay area had to choose tonight on what we were going to watch. The Bucs or the Rays? Many of us are going back and forth or using the PIP feature of our TV's. I had to read the book again.

Yesterday I went to a charity crop in Tampa. It benefited Tampa Bay Kids Charities. What a wonderful event this was. I had signed up about 5 months ago and really looked forward to the crop. The event was sponsored by Home Shopping Network and all of our money went directly to the charity. You have to love that. This group really pampered us. We were give one half of a ten foot table. This is unheard of because you usually are crammed in and barely get three feet. They gave us a huge goody bag full of scrapbook supplies, a free haircut coupon. A massage coupon and many others. Plus we were each given a chair massage at the event.

There were volunteers at the door to carry in all of our supplies. We did not have to lift one item and they took it directly to our preassigned table. That was just the beginning. HSN sent over volunteers and they were there for anything we might need. HSN had given us a insulated cup and these volunteers may sure they were always filled. They ran and got your drinks for you. Lunch was donated by Carrabas Restaurant and was chicken Alfredo and salad. An hour later they served hot chocolate chip cookies right to the table. Later chocolates were delivered. Dinner was Olive Garden's bake ziti, salad and bread sticks. Panera bread came in with cookies and chocolate cake. They were over the top on food.

They had six make and takes and there was no waiting because they called you up by tables and there was plenty of time to make them. There were tons of door prizes and raffles but I did not win any of them. One lady got to go home to her husband and tell him she had a great time cropping and she won 2 Buccaneer game tickets. I bet her husband lets her go to a crop again. I can't wait for next year. They have already given us the date for next year.

One more inning. Rays are up and we are starting the 8th inning. Cross your fingers.

I'll share my layouts from this weekend during the week.