Just wanted to let you all know that I won’t be posting for a few weeks. We have decided to do a little switching around while we have everything all torn up. Will tell you all about it when we get it finished. I won’t have time to read blogs either, but I will get caught up when all work is completed. Have a great summer and I will talk to you in a few weeks. :)
My Doctor’s office called on Friday evening and moved my appointment up from the 12th to the 25th. We were going to wait till after the 12th to get started on the flooring, but now have decided to go ahead with it. We know it is going to be a long, drawn out process, but I think we are up for it.
My grand daughter, Chelsi came over on Friday evening & gave me a crash course in Wii. I now know how to turn it on, turn it off, and how to load the games. We also got it online, and we loaded some pictures to the photo part of the Wii. We also bowled a few games, and I played golf with it yesterday. Please don’t ask for a score, because it is very embarrassing, to say the least. At least I do know how to play a couple of games and it doesn’t seem so intimidating now.
Chelsi crashed on the couch Friday night and I got a couple of pictures of her gracefully sleeping till noon. How can they sleep so many hours? Not long after she got up and had breakfast, she got a call from her Uncle Quinton to go fishing, so off she went. She has loved to fish since she was old enough to hold a pole, and she catches a lot when she goes. Thanks again, Chelsi for all your help.
My son, Jon also took our truck and detailed it for us. He was really upset with us because there were so many bugs on the front of it. He says they destroy paint and chrome. Something about the acid in them. He did a great job, and yes we will try to do better about knocking the bug guts off of it after each trip. According to him, our windshield was a mess too. It looks really good now, but I am not holding out much hope that it will stay that way. It is not one of our top priorities. We do keep the maintenance up on the engine and transmission and so on, but keeping it spotless is almost impossible.
Here is Longdog2’s site. She did get back to me with an address, and corrected her dashboard so it could be found. I would also like to welcome new follower Phyllis. Her and her husband, Leonard are full-timers. She is from New Jersey, and he is from Louisiana. Check them out. She writes a very interesting blog. Also welcome to Michael. He is trying to figure out the full-timing life style. He is a very talented writer and you won’t be sorry you checked him out.
My best Buddy(Willie), and Herbie(my little brother and her husband), brought me a very large zucchini and a head of cabbage. I love cooked cabbage so fixed it the next evening for part of our supper. Thursday I tackled the zucchini, and made six small loaves of bread, and a chocolate cake that she gave me the recipe for. It is all good, and we will be eating on the bread for a couple of weeks. It freezes very well, so can be kept that way. Thanks again guys!!
Rusty has been jumping this same poor, little rabbit ever since we moved to this spot. All I can say is he must enjoy it, or he would find a different spot in the mornings.
I know that isn’t a very good picture, but the little sh-t won’t sit still long enough for a good picture. I think he has figured out that Rusty can’t get him, and is just teasing Rusty.
We got lots of rain again on Wednesday or Thursday. This is hard to understand. The west is begging for rain, and we are getting it by the buckets full.
Later… :)
We left early Thursday morning for Colorado Springs, Colorado. We made it as far as Junction City, Kansas on the first day. That was around 600 miles, and almost too far for us. We had to make several stops for Rusty, and for ourselves. We stayed at the Motel6 there and were very satisfied with the room and our treatment. They even gave us a senior discount. Every little bit helps.
We made it to Colorado Springs late in the afternoon on the first, and Jay, my stepson, had also just pulled in from Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
It was so good to see all of the kids. Was I ever surprised when I got out of the truck and hugged my grand son, Jacob. He is now taller than Grandma. 12 years old and already taller than me.
Sorry, I didn’t get one single picture this trip. We just played games, ate a lot, and in general, just had a lot of family fun.
Colorado, and most of the western states, are under a burn ban, so, we didn’t even get to have very many fireworks. Jacob loves them and we did have a few small ones that could be set off in the street, and were very safe. We did see lots of them being shot up in the air, which was really dangerous. Colorado Springs is such a beautiful city, I would hate to see part of it destroyed by fire.
We started back on the 4th and made it home yesterday about 6pm.
I did do a bit of shopping while out there. Seems like Jennifer, my stepdaughter, and I can always do that together, and she always knows where the good buys are. Now some of you are going to think this is very childish, but I bought a Wii. I got a very good deal on it, and have wanted one for a long time. I got the Wii, 3 games, and the four paddles you need to play the games, all for around $200.00. The kids all talked like this was a steal. There is so much I don’t know about it yet, but Chelsi and Mariah are coming over today to help me figure it out. I was told that once you get it set up you can leave it hooked up and just switch from Wii to TV, so this is what I will do. I also understand that I can rent movies, and go on line with it. It also has a photo storage capability. Jacob set it all up on their TV, and made sure all was working well before we left.
Jennifer, bless her heart, burned about 50 movies for us over the last year. She knows that sometimes we are in spots where we can’t get TV. or just plain get sick of what is on, and need something to watch. This settled it for me, we are going to spend at least 1 month on the coast of Texas, way out of reach of any cable or Wi-Fi. It looks like an interesting park, and I have wanted to go there for a while now. We will probably check it out in January or February, in the new year.
Not much else going on. We do intend to get started on the floors the first of next week, and I want to check out a new double recliner for the RV, and maybe get the chairs recovered. This time I will have a heavy plastic put on the seats for protection. Our stools have it, and it doesn’t look bad at all.
Want to welcome my two new followers, Karel Van der Merwe, and Longdog 2. I couldn’t find a site for either of you, so, if you have one please contact me with the info, and I will be glad to post it here. Hope you enjoy the ride along with us.
Later… :)
