Gainesville, FL
We woke up to a nippy morning . The clothing required today was not the preferred T-shirt and short pants. Instead it was a sweat shirt and jeans. We had several things on the to do list again today. First was getting our laundry done so we loaded up and headed to get that dreaded task done. While our laundry was going we walked across the street to fresh produce place and got some more oranges, grapefruits, bananas, green peppers, lettuce and cabbage. It’s been great having this store near us and I'm so enjoying it and plan to visit it one more time before we head out next week.
By the the time we finished with laundry the sun was out and about warming temps to the low 60’s and i wasn’t complaining. Our next stop was over to the Napa parts store to get some needed parts. A cap on the fuel filter was broken by a tech when we got our oil changed and a new one had to purchased. $125 purchased a new cap and fuel filters. The cap was $57 bucks for a piece of plastic! Hubby has decided he is going to start changing the oil and fuel filters himself after this fiscal!
We got home and after much attempt he finally got the cap off. (NO, i didn’t take any pictures i hide inside as it wasn’t a good thing and took him awhile to get it off) Come to find out the place in Missouri that had changed our fuel filters last had crossed threaded the cap on and they didn’t put a new gasket on it therefore they used a racket to tighten it and caused the problem. No way could we blame the the yesterday. The second filter needs a special Allan wrench hubby doesn’t have and we forgot the air filter. Yep, back to Napa we went and spent another $100! It's been an expensive week for our truck. The oil change yesterday was $125 and with today's purchases total was $350 bucks! Ughh but up keep is a must in our lifestyle. We got home and hubby didn’t have time to finish his work as we have a party to get ready for.
We arrived at the Party before the guest of honor. This first picture of Pastor Oscar is blurred i got bumped in the crowd taking pictures .. hehe Pastor Oscar is moving to Gainesville in June 2012 to join the staff here at Ignite Life Center with IHOP. The church is excited to have them join their team. Pastor Oscar has a 40th birthday coming up soon.
They did a good job of surprising him. He thought he was coming to a birthday party for Pastor Mark (head pastor) as his birthday was on Monday. Oscar birthday is the 29th.
Pastor Oscar is a huge baseball fan, it’s his second passion they say. So it was all baseball stadium theme .. it was really cute. We had helped make these boxes on Thursday night (actually hubby constructed and did all the work) The were used for drinks, popcorn, cracker jacks, peanuts and sunflower seeds. Just like in a real stadium.
Here the girls running the popcorn stand
Cotton Candy! No, i was good and didn’t have any as i had splurged on Friday and had to be strict today with myself today.
Drink stand
Nachos
they had a picture display and a brief case full of baseballs that all the guest signed upon arrival.
the red carpet where every one gathered right before the guest of honor arrived
the tables were setup and numbered with peanuts, baseball bubble gum
the cake was cupcakes and look at this display .. i loved it!!
the cotton candy was huge hit with the kids .. well yes even the big kids .. hehe
They had an announcer and the ball game had started and first off was the national anthem
Then the guest of honor threw the first pitch.
Pastor Oscar wife had shirts made up for their family with their last name and the number 40 .. Fitting huh for a big 40 party.
They ended the party with a dvd tribute to Oscar and then they had toast or roast where people got up and said something nice or told on the guest of honor. It was cute and were thankful we had been invited and enjoyed a great afternoon/evening.
Hubby was a hit with his choice of attire .. everyone loved his shirt. It was another exhausting day and we arrived home around 8 pm in time to watch the Saints get beat and i started watching the broncos and it was not looking good so i headed off to bed.
Happy Summer!!
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