Things Get Done

My last post I was talking about getting some of those those things done at the lake. On the weekend Sherri and I try to get some things done and get some rest while we are at the home base. Getting rest does not always happen but we do get to spend time on the porch drinking our coffee and talking about things.
This last week end Sherri mentioned the door to the barn was still hanging up and not closing properly. You know what that means. When the wife mentions something like that it means it is time to get to work on it.
I did get to work on it and soon it was shutting without hanging up and now she is happy. I fixed our porch screen doors that had begun to fall off the hinge side. They are plastic of all things and the rails on the doors are too thin to give the door the support it needs to stay square to the opening.
I went down to the Depot and bought some of those screen door turnbuckle rods that go diagonally from the bottom rail to the hinge side stile and tightened them up...viola...screen door back in square and all is well.
It was sooooo hot that I decided to fill Kris's swimming pool up and let him go swimming so I too put on my swim suit and in I went. Sherri soon was in the pool with us and we were all getting cooled off.
Sherri got the smart idea to get the water pistols out that we had bought last year and soon we were engaged in a water gun fight to beat them all!
We had a wonderful day and got a lot accomplished. All good things have to come to an end...

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Working Here And There

Sherrri  and I have been on the road working here and there. We do get to go to the lake every weekend and take care of some things that we have to see to all the time...like mowing the grass. I don't know how it keeps growing here with no rain and unbearable temps. I guess the humidity keeps it watered with the dew in the mornings??
What ever...we have to mow that grass once a week no matter what. I don't know what I will do in the summer when I head north and I am not there to mow. I  guess it will grow over my head and then I will have to get a brush hog to knock it down.
I am sitting in the hotel room on the computer writing this entry. It is 5:27 and I am showered shaved and dressed ready to go down and eat some breakfast. Sherri is still getting ready so it will be 6:00 before we head out the door. We will eat and then jump in the Jeep and roll off to the store so we can get there about 7:00 when the fun begins.
If you have ever been in a store shopping when they are doing a full re-set...you know what a chaotic mess it is. Customers literally  cussing you out because you are in their way. They can't find what they are looking for and they say they will never come back to this store again. It would be like me telling the road crew that I will never drive on this road you are working on because you are costing me delays.
Well they do come back and they like the new set and they shop it and buy it and life goes on...

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A Day at the VA

Got back from our world wind tour last night. I thought I might sleep in but then I remembered I had to go to the VA for my check up. Oh well so much for getting rested up.
I got up around 7:00 am...I don't usually sleep in that long but I could not drink coffee or eat so I just decided to stay in bed a while longer.
I did get on up and got dressed. I had to clean the Jeep out. We had been traveling all week and it was a mess. All our work cases and materials we have carried with us had to go on the shelves out of our way. The plan was Sherri was going to take me to Veterans Hospital and drop me off. She was  then going to head to North Dallas to take our daughters new cell phone by the Apple store to get it fixed. She just got the phone and already it is not working.
We made it to the VA Hospital about 1:00 pm so I had 30 minutes before my appointment. I had to get blood drawn and then I had a doctors appointment at 3:00 pm. I had not eaten so as soon as I got my lab work done I was off to the cafeteria for some grub.
By this time all the food had been setting out for some time and looked a little dry. I had no choice but to order a hamburger. This was not going to be my first choice but it was better than eating old dried out food. I ate my hamburger and drank a drink. I had brought my book with me so I just sat and read it and finished my drink until time to see the doctor.
They had double booked his schedule and one of the doctors was out. This put me in the last slot to be seen. It was about 4:30 before I got in to see the doctor. I think it was about 5:00 when I was released.
Sherri called about that time and said she was on her way. It all worked out real good and soon we were back at home.
I have to go back in about 6 months and find out how long I might have till the end...

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Headed West

I felt a rocking motion this morning and thought for a minute I was on a boat in the ocean. No it was different...more like a rocking chair...You know like when you are in your RV and someone is moving around. Well...do you see where I am going with this? OK Sherri was already up and she was in the kitchen making coffee and my jacks are not down good...This is just about how fast I was thinking when I first woke up. I don't think really fast anytime during the day and morning is my worst time.
I decided to roll on out and see if I could help with the coffee. You know drink it. Sure nuff there was some made and I poured me a cup and sat down at the computer.
Today is a travel day. We are headed west to Albany Texas. This is north of Abilene about 30 miles. We have a one day job out there and then we head back east. I know that is crazy but that is the way this company works. They pay us for our drive time and the fuel so we go where we are told.
I have to get packed this morning so I wont have just a whole lot of time to read but I will get started and finish up...

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I Got Some Response

This morning when I opened up my journal page I saw that I had two comments from some far away visitors.
Margie Anne and Rick Doyle came back to let me know where they were located. Gosh New Zealand and Vancouver Island...I would say that is quite a span across the globe.
Thanks for the come back on that post. I will have to look you both up and see what is going on.
When I got through checking my comments I got up and poured me a cup of coffee. I joined Sherri who was already on the porch. She had contacted Becky and told her to come on over to visit.
We all sat around until about 10:00 at which time Becky left us to go and mow their lawn. Sherri and I got busy on rearranging our patio side bays. We put all our inside supplies and our patio supplies on the passenger side so when we are sitting out we can get to our S T U F F easily.
We stopped about 12:00 due to the heat. We continued on about 5:00 when it had cooled off. We got all of Sherri's things stowed where she wanted them and I put what she didn't want in my bays in the back.
You know what this means...I have to rearrange mine now to work in this new S T U F F. I don't mine though...this gives me something to do here...

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Gosh Who Would Have Thunk it

This morning Sherri and I are headed East to deliver some display items to a store. We rolled out about 5:00 am. I had made the coffee the night before and went into the kitchen to flip the switch. Sherri was right behind me and we both sat waiting on the morning wake up fuel to fill the pot.
After our coffee was sipped dry I got ready to go and came back to set down at the computer. I brought up my journal and was scanning down to see who all had posted. While going down the page I noticed my new map I had installed some time back. It shows me where all my readers are located all over the world. Was I surprised to see where some of them are!
I had no idea that I had readers as far as Australia...Africa...Japan. I had to stop and think that with the Internet anyone can access my journal and find out what I am doing at a moments notice! How cool is that.
This brought me to thinking that I should stop and say HI to all those folks all over the world and tell them I appreciate them looking in on me from time to time. I would really like for them to comment on my journal and let me know something about them.
For those of you that have journals of your own and live in another country I would love to hear from you and would also enjoy reading your journals too!
We do live in a small world now! When we can communicate with neighbors thousands and thousands of miles away in just a few seconds! How cool is that!
Well it is time for me to head out now. Maybe when I get back I will have some new friends in some far away land that I can read about...

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Enjoying a Cool Morning

The Sun has passed me up this morning. I guess it will passed me up every morning from now until this Fall. It gets up before I do.
Sherri and I both usually get up around 5:00 when we are on the road but when at home we get up at 6:00. At 6:00 the sun is already up to light my way to the patio.
This morning was no different. Sherri was up much earlier than me. We made the coffee together and then called Becky...our SIL. We poured our coffee and then headed out to the screened porch.
The weather here has been hot during the day but I will have to say that some mornings the temps have been cool. We seem to always have a nice breeze through the barn and it keeps the heat from building up under the roof. Our screened in porch is under the barn roof so we are out of the rain and sun and as long as that breeze is coming through we can sit out there comfortably.
We sat on the porch and visited with our family neighbors. Becky and Rodney have lived out here for almost 20 years. They have the lots next door to us and we share a lot of time together on the weekends when they are up here. Becky still works so she only get up here on the weekends. Rodney has been retired for many years and has a house in Dallas that he stays at during the week.
The four of us have planned on traveling together for about 20 years. They have a MH and we enjoy going on short trips now and then. We really are starting to plan our maiden voyage now that the time is getting closer for Sherri and Becky to retire.
I think we have traveled about 300,000 miles in our minds on planned trips that have never come about. Today we are planning yet another trip that we will take...

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Going Going Going But Not Gone

I have not been very faithful in posting. I have been on the road from one side of Texas to the other and sometimes we have Internet and sometimes we don't. Seems like when we do I spend more time reading than I do posting. What you are doing is much more exciting than what I have been doing so I will keep on reading as long as that is the case.
We did go to the State Park next door to the lake lot here and spend three nights. It was so nice to be out away from the barn. You know being under the barn roof has its advantages but it also has its drawbacks. You don't get to see out when inside and that makes you feel like it is always night time. When we are at the park we have all the windows open and the sun comes in and we see all the trees...I could go on but you get the picture.
We are back now and life goes on. Sherri is off working and I am here holding down the fort. I would love to go out and work in my shop but it is already 95 outside and in the shop has to be 10 degrees hotter. Geee we had no Spring at all. One day it was 40 and the next it was 95. I guess we do have global warming after all.
OK that is about the sum of my life as it is now. I sit here in the MH wishing it was cooler and wanting to be in Colorado on the side of a mountain. For those of you that are you could post some pictures and maybe tell me how cool it is in the morning drinking your coffee on the patio. I will read it and pretend I am there...

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