Saturday November 30th 2013

 

This is the last day of November already!!  We have been here over two weeks and I’m still unloading the camper.  Last night Linda asked about a couple of things and I know they have to be in the camper.  Some day all will be in here, well, maybe not.  I think the camper makes a good storage unit.  We don’t have a lot out there but for things we don’t that is a good place and out of the way and out of sight!

We are getting settled in and comfortable…

Chloe and Sparky get a lot closer now than they used to.  Sparky isn’t giving up his spot on my left side, well, not all of it anyway.

I spent most of the day yesterday working with my new iPad.  Now it is either easier to use than the computers or I’m getting smarter and I doubt it is the latter.

The dogs and I got to go out a lot yesterday (when not playing with the iPad) and soaked up some the the nice warm sunshine.  I even got to go out in short sleeves.  Just a gorgeous day.  Supposed to get warmer now.  Looks like the weather forecast is to be dry and warmer for the next few days.  I don’t miss the cold weather.

Guess that is about all for today….Night Y’all…

Thursday November 27th 2013

 

Today is going to be a beautiful day, but this morning was really cold!!  Well, it was in the 30s and there was quite a bit of frost on the pumpkin.

We are having a dinner at the club house at noon.  I like the get together’s  with the people at the park.  Have lots of good friends here.

Linda made a pistachio desert last night and this morning she made baked beans.  Pretty good choices, no one made either one, in fact, I think the only two things, string bean casserole and pumpkin pie were the only two things that were duplicated.  Quite a wide range of foods.   I think there were probably only about 20 people there but was a nice turn out for this early in the season.

Got some really bad news this afternoon.  Linda’s Aunt Virgie passed away this afternoon at 2:30.  I am going to see if I can find a picture of her.

This was the best picture of Aunt Virgie that I could find.  We went to Sara’s graduation in 2011 and I guess that was the last time we saw her, but it sure doesn’t seem like that long ago!!

We are trying to figure out if we should go, I feel bad that we didn’t stop when we were on the way down here.  We got a late start, by about a week, and I was in a hurry to get here. Guess it doesn’t pay to be in a hurry.

We are still thinking about going up there even though I hate to be on the road during the holiday.  Sure would like to be there though.

Time to say Night Y’all..

Monday November 25th 2013

 

Rainy, windy and cold!!!  Ran out of propane (1 tank) so had to go switch tanks so the furnace would run.  The propane guy comes three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  No special time and with the cold I imagine he is pretty busy.

We baked cookies this morning.  We made peanut butter – oatmeal that turned out OK.  I think we will probably eat them all:-)…

Not sure how many we made but it was around four dozen.

We just stayed in today, got it nice and warm and ate some cookies, not all of them though.

Gas man finally came this afternoon.  We should be set for the rest of the Winter.  Well, if the weather gets warm it will last.

Well, that is about it for today.  Not a real exciting day but we kept warm enough to survive for another cold day…BRRRRR….  Night Y’all

Friday November 22nd 2013

 

Not much planned for today.   It is very warm this morning and pretty humid but things are supposed to change. 

I decided to take the air conditioner out and clean it to see if it would work any better.  I was quite surprised that it wasn’t hard to get out or move outside.  I did it myself!  Not bad for an old man.  It was really dirty.  Lots of dust caked on the fan blades and the fins.  I wet it down with water and put on some scrubbing bubbles and some other cleaner and hosed it off.  It looks a lot better!  I will have to wait for it to dry out to see if it works OK.

I let it sit out for about an hour drying off then brought it back in.  That wasn’t real bad either.  I plugged it in and started the fan and it works, then turned on the air and it works.  It is almost 80 out now and the air it is blowing is 66 or 68 so I think it will work. I decided to close up the house and see how good it does work.  We ran it for about 45 minutes and it was comfortable in here and after about an hour, or a little more, the compressor shut off and it was actually comfortable in here so I guess it is going to work.

I texted Brandon and Tara yesterday to see if they would email me a picture.  They said they would so when I get it I will post it on the blog.

About 2PM the wind started blowing and Linda said I could turn off the air because the cold front has made it.  It is pretty cool out for sure.  We left the house open to keep it cool and by 5PM I had to close it because it was getting chilly. Linda had to put on a sweater and it was still 73 degrees in the house:-)….

I don’t think we will need the heat until morning.

Going to see if I can find another picture…

This was this summer at home but that is a hummingbird.  For me taking the picture I thought it turned out pretty good!!!

Time to say Night Y’all..

Thursday November 21st 2013

 

It is going to be another warm day.  There is a very nice breeze blowing and makes it feel great!  If the wind quits it will be pretty warm.  Guess we better enjoy it because Saturday is going to be like winter.  Not really looking forward to that.  High Saturday is supposed to be in the high 40s which is very cool for down here and not only that, it is supposed be be rainy, cloudy and very windy.  That might be a nice day to stay inside!

We went to Wal Mart to check on a few things.  I want to clean the air conditioner to see if it will work better.  Thanks giving is next week so we need a few things for that.  We are having a get together at the club house.  I like them, nice time to visit and eat.

Took it easy this afternoon.  We are going dancing tonight at Mission Bell. Joe and Mary, Dave and Judy and maybe Jack and Mary will be going.  Should be a good time.

The dance was fun but Jack and Mary didn’t make it.  Maybe next time.

Lets see if I can find a picture.

Chloe likes sitting on the front step just watching, nothing?  Not sure what she looks at but she spends a lot of time sitting there.  At least she doesn’t bark like Sparky.  I may have to get a shock collar for him and teach him not to bark.  Unfortunately, some barking is OK so how do I get him to be quiet except when it is OK???

Guess it is time to say Night Y’all…  I was just thinking that I didn’t get a picture of Brandon, Tara, Hanna and Mason, at least I don’t remember seeing one.  I will have to ask if they will send us a picture.

Wednesday November 20th 2013

 

We don’t have anything planned for today.  Going to take it easy and enjoy the nice warm weather.  Almost to warm with the humidity!  Love it!

I am thinking of things to do.  There are things I would like to do like fix the air conditioner.  Well, actually Don and Cheryl gave us a new one and I would like to stick it in the spot the other one is but it is a lot smaller.  The one in there now I believe is like a heat pump.  Maybe all it needs is to be cleaned up???

Another project I would like to try is building a table for the kitchen that will not take up as much room as the one we have now.  I think maybe it needs to be one that folds down.  I have some ideas but needs some wood etc to build it.  I also thought about building one that has legs that are a “C” shape that would be next to the wall and not in our way when we sit down.   May try that one sometime.

Got a group together this afternoon to go to Excalibur for lunch or supper, whatever you call it.  They have good tacos and a couple from our park plays music there.  They are pretty good.  Linda and I even got to dance a couple of dances.

We left early so I could go to church.  Pastor Adrian resigned and they had a special meeting tonight to announce the meeting Sunday.  Kind of interesting.

Guess it is time to say “Night Y’all”…..

Tuesday November 19th 2013

 

I wanted to go to the flea market this morning.  Linda didn’t want to so I went by myself.  It was very interesting.  Got there about 8AM and was easy to find a parking place.  A lot of the vendors hadn’t even set up yet.  I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, just looking.  I did see lots of things though…

This is the closest flea market and probably my favorite.

Had to get a picture of this little dog with his suit, hat and shades. He must have been used to wearing them, he didn’t seem to mind anyway.

This wasn’t at the flea market, it is actually where I have the camper parked, across the street from our place.  You have to look kind of close but you can see the bananas above the purple pod.  I think banana trees are great!!

Oh, the only thing I bought at the flea market was vegetables and some bananas.  Some of the biggest carrots I have seen.  Hope they are good.

We pretty much took it easy the rest of the day.  I still have to go over to the camper and get stuff.  I made bread today.  Linda chopped up the jalapeno peppers.  The bread didn’t turn out to good but still tastes pretty good.

Watched out TV shows tonight, NCIS etc.  At least it was a little cooler.  We have had the house open for a couple of days not but I think Saturday it is supposed to cool off and then Sunday it is supposed to be down right chilly.  Furnace time again!!

Night Y’all….

Sunday November 17th 2013

 

Today is Sunday and we got up and went to church at the First Baptist Church of Mission.  Had a good service but at the end, Gerald, the assistant pastor, read a letter from Adrian and Adrian gave his letter of resignation. Was a real surprise to everyone.  He says he has personal problems that the Lord will have to take care of.  He doesn’t want people to try to contact him or his family.  I can understand that he wants his privacy.  The Sunday School class had a little thing on loss.  Everyone loved Adrian and his preaching.  He will be missed but the Lord will take care of everything.

I know I have another picture here of something and I think I will try to put it on here…

This was our going away party.  They made us a really big card and signed it for us.  Thought that was really nice.  We had a great time visiting.  Will be awhile before we get back there.

Got  a picture of Joe and Lisa.  Lisa went to school with our kids in Morris Illinois.  What a small world.

Well, we are going to take it easy tonight.  Tomorrow will be another day that will be another busy day.  Got lots of things to take care of since we don’t live in Missouri anymore.

Time to say Night Y’all and see if this will post..

Saturday November 16th 2013

 

Beautiful morning with a nice little surprise!!

This was just a cloud with the sun shining on it.  Thought it was really neat.  In fact a very light second rainbow could be seen to the right. Doesn’t really show up in the picture though.

Got the laundry done this morning and this afternoon the guy from Dish is supposed to hook up the dish. 

It got quite warm today.  I think it got up to 84 degrees and I think Chloe likes it…

I think she is posing for her picture and she really didn’t want to move.

Not much going on today, had hot dogs for supper and they were really good! Had some sauerkraut to go along with it.

Just going to watch a little TV tonight and do my blog. Have to figure out how to get the address on my email though.  Anyway…Night Y’all….

Friday November 15th 2013

 

We made it here last night about 5:30PM.  Drove a lot farther that I wanted but it worked out very well.  It was still light when we got here. 

I took some time and unloaded some things from the camper, hooked up the water heater, turned on the fridge and light the furnace.  It was a little cool here and Linda was chilled a little.

Slept pretty good last night and this morning was beautiful.  A little chilly but God gave us another look at His handiwork!

Isn’t that just a gorgeous sunrise???

We spent a lot of the day unloading the camper and Linda has a boat load of stuff to put away.  When we leave we sure aren’t going to take all this stuff with us again, way to much stuff to be packing and unpacking.

The dogs have had a rough trip and they are pretty tired also….

You can tell that Chloe rules.  Sparky doesn’t seem to mind, he always gives in to her.

We were cold almost all the way down here and this afternoon we have the windows open and it has to be close to eighty degrees.  LOVE IT!!!!

We were just invited to go to “Excalibur” with a couple other couples for dinner.  Not sure we are going but we might.

Guess it is time to say Night Y’all…

November 13th 2013

 

Here goes again, we made it to Texas.  Stayed last night in Malvern, Arkansas.  Nice campground that we have stayed at many times before.  Very inexpensive but comfortable. Got really cold last night. Probably around 28.  supposed to have gotten colder and then in the morning walking the dogs I about froze!! Way to cold for me.

We had good traveling today.  Made it to Conroe TX.  Not where we really wanted to be but after we passed what I spell as Nachadoches,TX we couldn’t find a campground anywhere!  There just didn’t seem to be any.  We finally got off 59 South and headed to Conroe because we had stayed there before.  We did find a nice campground in Cut and Stay, funny name for a town and that probably isn’t right, it is probably “cut and paste”.  Campground is very nice.  All kinds of problems though.  We have some water leaks. Not bad but any leak is bad.  Will have all Winter to fix them.

We cancelled out Direct TV because of the cost.  We have only had it a couple of months but going to Texas they are going to charge us $$$ to move it and it is every time we move it.  Time to cancel and go back to Dish Networkl

I am going to post this and probably won’t be able to find it again…..Night Y”all.

Looking for my blog

 

Well, I am in a real predicament!!  I can’t figure out how to find my blog!!

Monday November 11th 2013

 

I am going to give it another try.  I think I am posting my blog but I’m not sure how to get to it.  At least I can look it up myself and see what I have been doing even if no one else can.

Went to church yesterday. Had a really nice service in the morning.  I sang a song for special music.  It was “Sheltered in the Arms of God”.  No practice but guess it was OK.  I am not a solo singer but I do enjoy singing.

Last night they had a “celebration” for us leaving….HUMMMM.  I got to sing a song with Loyd.  We have sung this song a lot but it is a very good song.  I am going to try to put a picture of us on here.

This is Loyd.  A couple of years ago I heard him sing a song and asked if we could sing together.  I really like singing with Loyd.  He is a real character.  We sing “The Blood that stained the Old Rugged Cross” and have sung it many times but it is always good.

I have another picture of Lisa and Joe.  Lisa went to school with Dee and Bren..

Lisa said that Dee and her were pretty good friends.  Joe and Lisa do the youth ministry and Joe has helped in the jail ministry.  Really nice couple.

Well, guess I will go now, not sure where to find my blog but it is out there somewhere!!  Night Y’all……..

Windows is really giving me a hard time!

 

Well, I posted a blog and it went to my blog but not the one that I have had before.  I think I have a new one…. 

Here is another picture….

This is Larry, Donna and grand daughter Dakota.  Had a good evening with them.  Lots of good things to talk about….   Really good neighbors.

Am I really getting a blog back??

 

I have tried to get this blog ready to go since July.  I couldn’t remember my log in password so I guess this will just have to suffice, not sure if I can remember how I did it but if it works I will have to try it again.

Well, right now we are getting ready to take off to Texas.  We signed papers this morning for our place and Brandon and Tara are really excited to get into the house and we are excited for them and also excited to get on the road to warmer weather. 

I really need to try to get a picture in here….

This was an old picture but Anything would be OK at this point and this sunrise was absolutely beautiful.

OK Things look good here, if it works I will start putting them on the blog again.  I just want to say that Windows 8 is a nightmare yesterday, today and probably forever!!!

Night Y’all…..