We have a break in the weather

I am just aghast...The weather man said that we will have a week without rain! Maybe I can get my lawn mowed and the truck cleaned out...Oh there is so much to get done.
Sherri and I are in the last phase of moving plans. We are getting down to the part where you start moving the must keeps over to the must sell in the garage. We are unloading so much stuff we have had for years and have not even seen much less used. 
How many of you have pictures that you just can't part with but you have not even looked at in the past 20 years? Well we have a bunch. I have decided to take the ones that we just can't part with and put them on a thumb drive and when we get the urge to look at them just put them in the picture viewer and let it run all day long. Then when we have seen enough we will just pull the thumb drive out and put it away.
Hey that will eliminate 10 to 15 picture albums that have set up in the closet for years collecting dust.
We have our work cut out for us here in the next couple of weeks. We will have one heck of a garage sale...

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Well it is almost time for the evening storms to blow in

Every day Sherri and I sit in the living room and sip our coffee while staring at the computers. That is all we have to do now days... is watch the weather reports. We have rain here EVERY day and have for weeks. 
My back yard is nothing but a bog. I can't mow it...the mower sinks down into the ground making it impossible to push. I have Brown Patch which is a fungus that is caused by too much watering. I tried to put a fungicide on it but with the rain coming down all the time I don't know if it even stayed on the ground?
My RV is at the dealership having the slide fixed. If they call and tell me it is ready I don't think I can pick it up and back it into the barn.
I just keep thinking that sooner of later there will be a break in the weather and we will see it dry up...

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Have to cut back on Facebook

This morning I was using my AT&T Hot Spot to get on the Internet. I got on Facebook and started going down to see who was doing what where. 
About every other post was a video. I watched the Gig usage on my screen and noticed that every time I hit a video the usage was sucked down!
Well this has me shying away from Facebook now. I may have to see who the video folks are and put them on a different folder until I get to a WIFI that is unlimited. Traveling has caused us to get this hot spot so we will have a way to tap into the Internet and all our friends while we are on the road.
If you post videos don't get me wrong I love them but they automatically run when you get to them and they take so much G's to run we just can't afford them.
I am so glad that we have the Internet to stay in touch with all of our family and friends...

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Noisy Slide

Yesterday while we were packing up at the State Park Sherri began to bring in the kitchen slide and it started making a thump thump sound. I checked all I knew how to check but could see nothing. I called the RV service guy and he said to bring it on in.
We took off from the park and headed straight to the service department in Rockwall. I told them I would just leave it with them. I really did not want to stay there and wait on it.
We were both starving to death so we decided to go to Panda Express and get some Chinese. Sherri ordered the Fire Roasted Chicken and I got the Chicken Mushroom Vegetable plate. 
We finished our meal and went back to the house. We had a wonderful time at the park and just getting away for a short time made all the difference in the world.
I hope all the folks out there that bought homes enjoy them. I for one am not a sticks and bricks kind of guy. I like to have a different yard every once in a while...with a nice lake out the side door.
Well it wont be long and I will have all that...

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Weather OK at the Lake

We just got out of the barn here at the lake. I mean "We Just Got Out" We have had over 10" of rain up here and the driveway at the lake is a mud puddle. I got hooked up and when I tried to pull forward the tires would turn but nothing moved. I had to keep the tires straight and then just keep my foot on the gas until the tires finally found solid ground. We just slowly pulled forward and soon I was on the hard surface road.
We made it to the park...that grueling 2 mile trip. Got the site we wanted and backed in with no problem. 
Site #73 has sewer and a large concrete pad all the way around your RV. You also have a view of the lake from there. The only draw back to this site was the water standing at the entrance. with all the rain we had a pond on the approach apron to the site. It was OK we could pull in far enough to exit the truck on dry concrete.
We stayed 4 days and had little rain the whole time. It was nice to sit outside and enjoy the view of the lake. We walk some every day...something we don't get to do at the house. 
We can't wait for July to get here so we can start our new adventure...

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Off to the lake

Well we have pretty much decided that our closing date will be July 6th. I sure was wishing that it would be closer to June but it was not to be.
We have a good while before we have to pack up and get out of here so I can relax a little. 
I will spend some time fishing instead of getting ready to move. Ever since the rains have filled the lake up I have this urge to hit the water and put out some bait. 
I have not had my boat out since last summer so it is time to see if it still floats. I have a new floor for it and all I need is a boat seat to sit on and I will be all fixed up.
OK so it is time for us to go so I must get loaded up and be on our way...

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Recall on the Diesel

Sherri and I are sitting down here in Terrell Texas waiting on the truck to get a recall done. While we are here we are having the air filter changed and the fuel filter along with the water seperator. An oil change is due so that will be done.
They came out and told me I have a screw in the tire...so that is one more thing to have fixed.
Maybe I can get out of here with a little money left in the wallet!
OK I think they just called my name. Truck is ready and so am I...The girl at the window said I owed them $342.00! WOW!!! What tha...I started to cry but held back the tears. I did not want to appear to be what I am...retired on a fixed income. I had to swallow several times. My credit card seem to weigh thousands of pounds when I tried to hand it over. My hand was shaking so bad I could hardly sign the ticket. I was trying to read the invoice but the tears kept filling my eyes making it hard to make out all the numbers. I will have to leave and go out to the truck and sit down to digest what has just happen to me.
One thing I do know I will be learning how to change out all these filters...

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Dodged another bullet

Time and time again we have these storms move from the west to the east with hail...high winds...tornadoes...and bucket loads of rain. 
They come  trough sometimes two and three times a week. Each time the storms seem to get closer to us but so far we have dodged the bullet and come out with no damage. 
We have not dodged the rain...however...we have had plenty of that. The lake is coming back up to its original level so that is a good thing but nothing is drying out before the next gully washer comes through!
It will be nice to be more mobile to where we can move when bad weather cranks up here. The end of March through the end of May is always filled with bad weather in these parts so why be here in those months? Why in the world would you stay where getting blown away by a tornado is very possible. Especially if you are living in a tin can that has wheels on it! 
OK nuff said about that. I look to be out of here by no later than July 6. Kris gets out of school on the 5th of June and we should be able to move everything we have in a month. Not sure what closing date they will come up with but we are planning on having everything ready by those dates or...

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Sold our desk and chair

Since we have had a contract on the house and we feel like everything is going to go through we have been looking at things to get rid of. One of those items was our office desk. We had turned one of the bedrooms into an office and we had a large desk in it. We had purchased a chair to go with it and now that we don't really have room for all this we put it on Craig's list to sell. 
It did not take long and I got a call about the desk and a gentleman offered me full price for both items and before I knew it I had sold it. 
They called me and asked if I would be home that they were on the way to pick it up and I said that we would be here. They drove from Longview Tx to pick it up and when they got here it started to rain! The man had a tarp and some rope so we got it all bundled up and soon they were off and we happy to see the desk go with them. 
Now we have several more items to shed here and we will feel lighter. So much of what we have this time are things left from our last house that we had stored away. Now that we have decided to sell this house we really have no need for these items so they will be going into the garage sail. I hope to make enough off of my garage sail that I can pay for a nice trip...

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Once again another storm

Sherri and I were up early this Mother's Day morning. She is going to have a good day with her Son Jason coming over to see her and Kris has many gifts he is going to give her.
The weather... on the other hand... is not being very nice to the Mothers that are getting ready to go to church or out to lunch with the family. We have had our share of rain...not that we don't need it is just that the flooding is starting to disrupt our lives.
Well in just a few minutes we will be having some more rain and my poor lawn is suffering with fungus. Brown Patch has turn my yard into an ugly mess. I have put medicine on it but with more rain coming...who knows what will become of it.
It is time for me to fetch another cup of coffee and get ready for the day. Maybe we will catch a break here and not have any more rain hail or high winds...

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Nextbook

We bought Kris a Nextbook about 6 mo. ago. It worked real good for a while and then it just stopped all of a sudden. 
Well I had to register the product and then I had to call them and get instructions on how to send it back and get it fixed. With all that done I hope to have new Nextbook back in about 2 weeks.
We still have not heard anything about a closing date on the house so we are just waiting and getting things staged to move. We have things set aside for a garage sale and things sold to family. I hope by the time we move we will have little here to deal with. All I can think about is being on a lake fishing...

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Back to the lake

Once again we were up early drinking coffee and planning out our day. We were going back to the lake to pick up some more garage sale things. We had separated out things that we have not used in the past several years and marked them as garage sale items. You would be surprised to find out how much stuff you have that you don't ever use!
Well we found enough for a large garage sale and it was going to take several trips to get it all packed up and brought to the house. 
You may be asking why would we want to bring it to the house to sell. Well the answer to that is things don't sell out in the country as well as they do in town. We will have hundreds of people in town where as only a handful out by the lake.
I hope after all this time we have had to get ready for this house to sell we will have an easy move when the time comes.
Time to get going again...stay tuned for the on going adventures of Sherri and Joe getting ready to move...

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Real Productive day

We left for the lake Saturday morning. We wanted to get an early start on some of the projects we had planned getting done this weekend. We had planned on leaving Friday night but Sherri got an invitation from our granddaughter to attend a talent show at the High School. 
Sherri was so excited about being asked to go so I told her that I would keep Kris and for her to go and have fun.
Saturday morning we got up early and head out to the lake. We got a few things done Saturday and then I fixed steaks and chops on the grill. A little TV after dinner and then off to bed.
Sunday we finished cleaning up around the RV and I hung the ceiling fan on the screened porch. Sherri did not like the first way I put it up so I changed it and she was pleased...I did like it the way she had me change it...I am glad I have her around.
Becky, my SIL came by for a visit and we got to take a break while she was there. We enjoyed the visit and the break...Thanks Becky.
Tomorrow we will return to the lake to do some more work. we want to have it all cleaned up and ready to move into when we close on the house...

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Here at the lake

It is early this morning and Sherri and I are here at the lake. We came out yesterday. It is rather cool this morning...kind of makes us think of Colorado...where we really would like to be.
That ain't going to happen this year. We are still waiting to hear about a closing date with no word so far.
Until that time we are readying the lake house for our move in. We have WIFI out hear now so that makes staying here nice! When there is nothing to do here the days go reeeeaaaallll slow!
You all know we had given some thought to buying a different RV. But after shopping around and looking at all the possibilities we just could not find anything that was worth the increase in payments.
After 40 years of traveling in RV's we learned that comfort is the main thing that we desire in an RV. Economy is another factor that we throw into the mix. Just these two things alone has kept us with what we have now. 
We are past the bigger is better stage in owning an RV. We have more room now in this model than we did in past RV's. We have two bedrooms and one of the nicest kitchens we have ever had. The cost of pulling this unit is by far the cheapest yet!
All this has steered us to just keep this model and end up with more money to travel with. Going...after all...is the most important thing. What you go in should be comfortable and affordable to the individual. All that being said...we are ready to go in what we have! just let us go!  
Well I'm going to pour me another cup of coffee finish that and then put the ceiling fan up on the screen porch. 
All will get better...

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Just waiting and waiting and waiting

Sherri and I got up this morning and poured our coffee and took our usual positions in the recliners. Just waiting and waiting for a closing date on our house.
I guess when all the paperwork has been digested by their loan company they will put everything together at the title company and they will come up with a closing date.
Until that time we will just hang around here and out at the lake.
We have started putting together some plans for trips in the future. Not having any idea when we will be able to leave makes it hard to set any dates.
All we can do is wait and see what comes of this...

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