Still learning the ropes

After 41 years of marriage I am still learning how to do things the proper way. 
For instance loading the dishwasher is one of the things I have yet to master. Things can not cover the dishes as to let the water clean them. I have found that getting down on my knees and looking up into the basket I can see if there are any dishes obstructing the water flow on the dish above. 
I have learned to check the garbage bag every 30 minuets to be sure someone has not come along and deposited trash to cause it to have an overflow appearance.
I now know to watch the dirty clothes bag to be sure that the clothes that fall out onto the floor are not mine and that they are not contaminating any clean clothes in the vicinity.
I have learned not to question the amount of money we have in the banking account and how to show interest in paying bills.
I am working on how to answer the question of...What would you like me to fix for dinner tonight? Will I ask for too much or insult her by not wanting her to fix anything? You know something along the lines of "Does this dress make me look fat"? 
OK I am just shy of learning all there is to know about living correctly. All the years I worked at a job was my excuse for not knowing all these things...but now that I am at home all the time I have no excuse for being in the dark. 
God be with me through this learning curve here...

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Just sitting around this morning

Sherri and I are just sitting here in the dining room dreaming about being in a warmer climate.
Anyone out there have any suggestions on where that might be?
Not sure when the house might sale so we are not making any plans until we know what time of the year we can head out. 
If it should be early spring then we should be looking for a warmer area. If it should be the first of the summer then we will be looking for cooler temps. Either way we will be more comfortable in weather that we can relax outdoors. 
I really will be glad to do some painting out doors rather than just looking at photos and dreaming of being there. 
We will just have to be patient and keep planning our trips here...

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Did I say it could not get colder?

What am I doing here? 

Why am I not in Southern Arizona?

The RV is ready to pull out...

Maybe I can hold out until summer?

Maybe not.

Here we are...

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Time in the kitchen

The weather today is frightful! We have cold temps and rain. Cold is not a good enough word to describe this weather. Add wet to that and windy and your getting close to how it is out there.
Sherri and I huddled up in the kitchen and cooked us up some black eyed peas meatloaf cabb

age and cornbread. We fixed enough for a small army but we were hungry at the time and felt like we could eat it all.
It sure was good...we will pay for the cabbage and peas much later this evening but it will be well worth it. 
We had a great new years eve. We spent it sitting in our recliners. We watched all the re-runs we could take and then watched Criminal Minds on ION tv until the clock rang out 12:00 midnight. We all shouted Happy New Year...and then went to bed...

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Yes I am still here

I spoke with my BIL the other day and he said he had not heard from me in some time. On my journal that is. Well all I can say is that I have been real busy getting things ready to sale the house. Sherri and I had a garage sale last week where we unloaded a lot of things that we have not used for some time. These are some of the things that you have to get rid of before you do any move as many of you out there know.
OK so now it is Monday and we are planning on doing nothing again today. The weather here has been less than desirable so inside is the best place to be. As I have said many times before setting in this house is not what we have accustomed ourselves to over the years. Having been full timers since 2006 we are not use to setting indoors all the time. Being mobile allows you to have a new back yard occasionally and setting outdoors is a new experience.
Don't get me wrong we have a beautiful home with a great view out the back patio but it is the same view we have had for one full year. OK that is enough of that view now let us move on to a new one. You get the point.
We have been working out at the lake lot at the RV barn getting things ready out there for us to stay at when we come back to visit the kids. Actually the lake camp will allow us to have a place to stay with no rent. So you can see how staying there for a couple of months could put some money back into your purse for another adventure down the road.
Well I have mumbled on long enough this morning. It is time for me to fix another pot of coffee and read up on all of you guys out there still traveling around...

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More time to paint

With the weather changing from hot to cold over night I have found more time to stay in doors and paint. We did not have Fall this year Mother Nature decided to go from Summer to Winter in one day! We had snow on the ground last week and when it melted the grass was still green and all the leaves were still on the trees...green as ever!
Well after all this is Texas what else would you expect? They had sever thunderstorm warning yesterday for our county with the chance of tornadoes?? Now I know how the dinosaurs felt the last global warming we went through!
Sherri and I spend the morning in the living room looking out the back door at all this going on and wish that we were somewhere else. We would love to be where the weather is warmer in the Winter and Cooler in the Summer. We know where those places are but we have tied ourselves down with this house and we can not move.
I do, however, travel in my own way every chance that I get. My paintings carry me to places that I wish to be. What a wonderful way to see the sights and feel that you are there. I just surround myself with these paintings and I am there!
OK I guess I have talked myself into starting another painting now. Soon I will be thousand miles from here...

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Have you ever heard of Wonder Lust?

Sherri and I were sitting on the back patio looking across the field behind our house. We kept noticing all the RV's passing by. Wonder where they are going, we would ask each time a new RV passed. Soon the subject turned to...Sure wish that was us going some place. We both looked at each other and said we need to get back on the road!
Now keep in mind this is just a thought right now. We are giving it some serious thought, however, and we just might load up the old RV and tour some more!
Kris would have to go back to home school. He did so much better when he was home schooled than he is going in public school. I had noticed last year when we enrolled him in 2nd grade that they were far behind what we were studying in our classes.
Well we are looking into the idea and maybe if all goes well we will be back on the road discovering new adventures with Kris...

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Where has all the time gone?

My gosh!! It was September the last time I posted anything on this journal. I should be ashamed of myself.
Sherri and I have been enjoying doing a little of nothing for the past month or so. We have not been anywhere to speak of so I have no news to report.
I am still painting and really enjoying it. It was 1974 when I painted my last landscape. I just got the urge to paint again last month and have been steady at since then. 
Many of the family have requested paintings and I have delivered those painting. Now I am just painting pictures of Colorado. We took so many pictures last summer when we were there. I pulled them up on line and started painting them. 
I think I will start going through all my friends journals to get some more ideas for paintings. 
OK...I have said all that I know to say so I will shut up for now. 
Maybe I will see you...

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Things are cooling off

We have a cold front coming down sometime this week and I am ready for it. This has been a hot summer but not like the one they had here last year. 
We were in Colorado and missed most of the heat but with the new house we had to tough it out this year.
Sherri's brother Richard is having some stints put in today. We are on our way to Shreveport to be with Carol, his wife while they do the procedure. 
Hoping everything goes well today so they can return home tomorrow.
That is about all the news for now...here...

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Passing the time away

Sherri and I have  been spending most of our time inside due to the hot weather. It has been up and down on the temps here all summer and I will have to say that for the most part it has been cooler than last summer.
We were in Colorado all last summer and the temps here soared into the 100's for most of the season. Creede on the other hand stayed in the 70's and maybe a few days in the 80's. This will be our last summer here. We plan on shutting down the house and spending the three hottest months in the mountains. 
This year we were just getting settled in our new home and had to spend most of our time fixing up some of the things around here. Now that that is behind us we will have time to head out as soon as Kris is out of school.
We have found out that by staying here we spend more money than if we were on the road!! I know that is hard to believe but it is the truth. 
Well that is about it for now. I will pop in from time to time to let all know that we are still hanging around...

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Kris starts painting

After school Kris came in while I was painting one of my pictures and asked if he could paint a picture. Being excited that he would even show some interest in painting I fixed him right up.
I pulled out the water colors that I had stashed back in my cabinet...found some water color paper and let him go to town. 
Well I think for his first he did quite well. 
I will cherish the fact that he wanted to paint with his Pop and hope that he builds and interest...

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