Re: Florida weather and AR chitchat BE WARNED

[Guest guest]

We are farther south than Okeechobee.  Being closer to the ocean (we are 3 miles

as the bird flies)  though it would take 10-15 minutes to get there so long as

the bridge isn't up.  You said " God willin and the crik don't rise "   I changed

the crick to crik as that is how I've heard that.  So are you from the Tennessee

area or KY?  I've sure heard that a lot from my mother as I was growing up.  She

also said, " What do you think this is, your birthday? "   She said that to my

sister once when it was her birthday but she hadn't been thinking of that.  I

said, " Mom, iit is her birthday " and we all got a laugh out of that.  Only time

we were able to counter her on that one.  Whe she got mad our middle names all

turned to " Ann " except for my brother's.     Sometimes she would call us someone

else's name, a younger sister, and later in life, the name of her dog.  I sort

of resented that.  However, as I age I better understand it.   At least her

dog was cute.  After anesthesia once she said that I was busy teaching " Mandy " ,

her dog, to read.  That sure spooked my sister and gave me a lot more power than

I ever thought I had.  She always went a bit silly after anesthesia and it

really frightened her.  She never took that much medication and so it had a

powerful effect on her.  We are about 15-20 miles from Ft. Lauderdale, but

closer to Pompano Beach.

 

We planned to spend summers in AR, where my husband has kids, and we went there

first when we retired and I was working on painting the place and getting

organized as we got too much stuff delivered there.  Then we got a call saying

we needed to come back ASAP as Wilma had come through and took out 3 of our

windows and pulled some of our roof up.  So I packed off my husband and one of

his sons who was not getting much work and I paid him for 3 weeks worth of work

at about what he made. My husband paid more to get his truck here hich kept

breaking down.  They did get the windows back in and were without lights for a

number of weeks before I came down bringin our grandson.  They stayed here for

some time and decided not to go back, but they did when summer came.   We had

found that AR was more hot in summer, had more bugs in summer than we did here. 

We had work to do here.  We liked AR as it was beautiful with streams, lakes,

etc.  We were just a

few tenths of a mile from the marina.  I had planned to bring a pontoon I

bought down but then my husband was negative about us getting it into the

water.  He is bipolar and then I was sick after a few months here and couldn't

get around as well so we sold the boat up in Toledo where we were paying an arm

and a leg to " board " it.  Lot money of course plus the fees to store it.  Then a

slip came up at marina for $50  month, but no boat then.  We like to go down ad

rent a boat for a half day there as it is eally nice to take grandkid out and

pull them around in a tube that comes with the boat. C ost of living is low

there  Food is fattening but good if one eats out.  Nothing fancy there.  Other

than country music, not much entertainment.  But we usually go to see things

there more than we do here.  We don't get rid of it as it is small, doesn't cost

a lot to keep it and if this blows away, we will have a place to go until we

save enough money

to come back.    If the bugs were eliminated there, I wouldn't mind spending

that summer there and into the fall to see the beautiful trees.  Medical care is

a bit of a problem with both the psychiatric care and the dialysis care.  We

can't seem to find a place near there unless one of the small clinic type

hospitals have something.  Otherwise it is all the way to Little Rock or

Searcy.  (an hour or 1-1/2 hr away).  So we stay here and just go there when we

have some time and my husband is feeling good.  We usually make a swing to MI to

see his Mom (Holland, MI), oh and my son (Canton, MI) and then across to Branson

usually only stopping at the Birkenstock shop there an then on dwn to AR.  Kids

are about an hour away so we drive down and take them to a meal or invite them

up to go somewhere or to have them spend a day.   We do like to go to the senior

center for lunch as it is $2 and pretty good food but not as good as a year or

so ago

before the main cook went to the rest home.  It was fantastic before then.  

There are 2 country clubs there and the food there is good and not really

expensive.   BBQ place and fried catfish places are not too far and I have

acquired a tiny taste for catfish (like once or twice a year.  We like to feed

the carp off the dock at the marina which floats.  They have the big mosquitoes

that just come out at night so I can go to the pool earlier in the day.  I am a

magnet for the mosquitoes. 

 

Now why did you move.   Was it just the heat?  And what is the difference where

you live?  Were you inland or near the ocean?  That is a big difference.  I can

drive over and it gets cooler when I get to  the causeway -at least 1 degree and

then when I get over by the ocean itself it gets 1 degree cooler.  And past my

house going west it must get warmer as it is a lot warmer in Orlando.  I

wouldn't live in middle FL as it is hot there. 

 

 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:08 PM

Subject: Re: port charlotte & Mountains

 

carolyn.....you're right.....florida weather is just lovely for most of the

year.....we ( personally ) became tired of the heat in the summer but for the

majority of time that we lived in florida, we greatly enjoyed

them.....hurricanes are just part of nature.....you learn to " batten down the

hatches " when one is headed your way and god willin' and the crick don't rise it

will decide to head away from you.....it is just part of nature and one heck of

an experience to go through

are you on lake okeechobee or in the town ?.....we looked at property down there

on the lake.....it is very beautiful and i'm glad to hear that you enjoy your

home.....peace, mary

[Guest guest]

Jumping in on Florida weather....I'm originally from western NYS--home of

the big blizzards and short summers! We moved to central Florida in 1993

and have never regretted it. Yes, it's hot in the summer, but so far we've

had no snow storms <grin> and we utilize shade covers for growing our

produce year round, as well as shade trees for relaxing time. We did face

the hurricanes of 2004--we were closer to the ocean and lost our home

(rated for a cat 4 but...got hit by Frances & Jeanne, 3 wks apart) so used

the opportunity to move to Christmas, half way between Titusville and

Orlando.

We have no plans to move again, but if we needed to move to a colder

climate, I would have heated greenhouses so I could continue to enjoy fresh

produce year round!

--

*Diane K*

Heart of Christmas Farms

http://hocfarms.com

on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heart-Of-Christmas-Farms/62673422893

on localharvest:

http://www.localharvest.org/heart-of-christmas-farms-llc-M19402

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Carolyn Wilkerson <

carolyn.wilkerson@...> wrote:

> **

>

>

> We are farther south than Okeechobee. Being closer to the ocean (we are 3

> miles as the bird flies) though it would take 10-15 minutes to get there

> so long as the bridge isn't up. You said " God willin and the crik don't

> rise " I changed the crick to crik as that is how I've heard that. So are

> you from the Tennessee area or KY? I've sure heard that a lot from my

> mother as I was growing up. She also said, " What do you think this is,

> your birthday? " She said that to my sister once when it was her birthday

> but she hadn't been thinking of that. I said, " Mom, iit is her birthday "

> and we all got a laugh out of that. Only time we were able to counter her

> on that one. Whe she got mad our middle names all turned to " Ann " except

> for my brother's. Sometimes she would call us someone else's name, a

> younger sister, and later in life, the name of her dog. I sort of resented

> that. However, as I age I better understand it. At least her

> dog was cute. After anesthesia once she said that I was busy teaching

> " Mandy " , her dog, to read. That sure spooked my sister and gave me a lot

> more power than I ever thought I had. She always went a bit silly after

> anesthesia and it really frightened her. She never took that much

> medication and so it had a powerful effect on her. We are about 15-20

> miles from Ft. Lauderdale, but closer to Pompano Beach.

>

> We planned to spend summers in AR, where my husband has kids, and we went

> there first when we retired and I was working on painting the place and

> getting organized as we got too much stuff delivered there. Then we got a

> call saying we needed to come back ASAP as Wilma had come through and took

> out 3 of our windows and pulled some of our roof up. So I packed off my

> husband and one of his sons who was not getting much work and I paid him

> for 3 weeks worth of work at about what he made. My husband paid more to

> get his truck here hich kept breaking down. They did get the windows back

> in and were without lights for a number of weeks before I came down bringin

> our grandson. They stayed here for some time and decided not to go back,

> but they did when summer came. We had found that AR was more hot in

> summer, had more bugs in summer than we did here. We had work to do here.

> We liked AR as it was beautiful with streams, lakes, etc. We were just a

> few tenths of a mile from the marina. I had planned to bring a pontoon I

> bought down but then my husband was negative about us getting it into the

> water. He is bipolar and then I was sick after a few months here and

> couldn't get around as well so we sold the boat up in Toledo where we were

> paying an arm and a leg to " board " it. Lot money of course plus the fees

> to store it. Then a slip came up at marina for $50 month, but no boat

> then. We like to go down ad rent a boat for a half day there as it is

> eally nice to take grandkid out and pull them around in a tube that comes

> with the boat. C ost of living is low there Food is fattening but good if

> one eats out. Nothing fancy there. Other than country music, not much

> entertainment. But we usually go to see things there more than we do

> here. We don't get rid of it as it is small, doesn't cost a lot to keep it

> and if this blows away, we will have a place to go until we save enough

> money

> to come back. If the bugs were eliminated there, I wouldn't mind

> spending that summer there and into the fall to see the beautiful trees.

> Medical care is a bit of a problem with both the psychiatric care and the

> dialysis care. We can't seem to find a place near there unless one of the

> small clinic type hospitals have something. Otherwise it is all the way to

> Little Rock or Searcy. (an hour or 1-1/2 hr away). So we stay here and

> just go there when we have some time and my husband is feeling good. We

> usually make a swing to MI to see his Mom (Holland, MI), oh and my son

> (Canton, MI) and then across to Branson usually only stopping at the

> Birkenstock shop there an then on dwn to AR. Kids are about an hour away

> so we drive down and take them to a meal or invite them up to go somewhere

> or to have them spend a day. We do like to go to the senior center for

> lunch as it is $2 and pretty good food but not as good as a year or so ago

> before the main cook went to the rest home. It was fantastic before

> then. There are 2 country clubs there and the food there is good and not

> really expensive. BBQ place and fried catfish places are not too far and

> I have acquired a tiny taste for catfish (like once or twice a year. We

> like to feed the carp off the dock at the marina which floats. They have

> the big mosquitoes that just come out at night so I can go to the pool

> earlier in the day. I am a magnet for the mosquitoes.

>

> Now why did you move. Was it just the heat? And what is the difference

> where you live? Were you inland or near the ocean? That is a big

> difference. I can drive over and it gets cooler when I get to the

> causeway -at least 1 degree and then when I get over by the ocean itself it

> gets 1 degree cooler. And past my house going west it must get warmer as

> it is a lot warmer in Orlando. I wouldn't live in middle FL as it is hot

> there.

>

>

> Carolyn Wilkerson

>

>

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:08 PM

> Subject: Re: port charlotte & Mountains

>

>

> carolyn.....you're right.....florida weather is just lovely for most of

> the year.....we ( personally ) became tired of the heat in the summer but

> for the majority of time that we lived in florida, we greatly enjoyed

> them.....hurricanes are just part of nature.....you learn to " batten down

> the hatches " when one is headed your way and god willin' and the crick

> don't rise it will decide to head away from you.....it is just part of

> nature and one heck of an experience to go through

>

> are you on lake okeechobee or in the town ?.....we looked at property down

> there on the lake.....it is very beautiful and i'm glad to hear that you

> enjoy your home.....peace, mary

>

>