Something is wrong

I noticed yesterday that I can no longer get off the ground in one move? I am having to brace myself on something and use all the strength I can muster to pull my dead butt up. Every thing from the waste up is strong and does not seem to have changed any but from the waste down I think it is dying. 
Well maybe that is from the neck to the waste. Arms seem to be in good shape and I have a strong heart...according to the doctor...but from the waste down and the neck up I am losing something. 
Having worked on the cabin for the past 4 months has had a toll on my poor body. 
I am really hoping that I get finished here before my middle goes...

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Went back to chat

For years I use to chat with all my friends on line. All the...at that time wanta be full timers would all talk over chat about wanting to full time in RV's. We were all members of RV Dreams. We all met on line through the RV Dreams Chat room. We conversed for years and then one day the RV Dreams members got together for a rally in Missouri. We all had such a good time and formed a bond that has not been broken since.
Well the other night one of the members, Dee Walters, put together their own chat room and invited me to come in and visit. It was really nice to chat with all the folks there. I will have to say I don't have a lot of time in the evening to chat but I do look forward to getting back on there and see what everyone else is up to. 
I hope to see them all again real soon...

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Last project

The last project is about to begin and I use that term loosely..."the last." We have some good days coming up and we need good weather to take the side off of the cabin to install our new door. Can't do this if it is raining so nice sunny weather is a prerequisite to starting this.
Cutting the siding off the outside is just half the fun...you have to take out the inside too. I am trying to prepare Sherri for what a mess it is going to be so she does not freak out when I start.
Have you ever started something and your wife says, "I didn't know you had to take out the wall!" Oh yea I have been there so I try to go over all the things prior to starting so there is no melt down when the work begins.
I know you have heard this: "All we have to do." The key words here is "We" and "All." I have to carry a mouse in my pocket to cover the "We" part...you know what I am saying. 
I think the project will start Saturday so I will be keeping you up to date on what is going on...

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Weather is working for me

Sherri and I were elated yesterday by the weather being so nice. It is so grand when you are able to work outside in comfortable climates. You can get so much done...and we did. We got the deck off the side of the shop built and just about completed. Just lack one rail and it will be a project completed.
Sherri worked with me until she worn down. I sent her inside to rest. She has so much to do taking care of me and Kris. 
We will be starting our final project for this year next week. We are moving the entry door to the west side of the cabin. This will give us access from the RV port without having to be in the weather as much. All these things we are getting done will be nice when we come in off the road and want to recoup our finances. This will give us a comfortable place to stay for an extended time.
Many of our family members have urged us to get through with all these projects and enjoy ourselves. Well this will gives a place to do just that once it is finished...

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Today is our anniversary

Well it has been 43 years and 13 RV's 6 houses 15 cars and trucks and thousands of miles of fun. What more can a guy ask for? I thank the good Lord for all the many blessings I have had in my life...to include all my children...grandchildren and great grandchildren. 
I know I am in the fall of my life and I have no regrets for any of my decisions that I have made in the past... especially the choice of woman to spend my life with. She has been a gold nugget in my life bank that has made me the richest man on earth.
Without my best friend my life would not have been as wonderful as it has been. She has kept me grounded and busy with some of the best projects. She has supported me in all my endeavors...some good and some bad...but she was always by my side no matter what the outcome.
I love you Sherrilyn Grace Pitman forever and always...

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I must be getting old

Goodness...I can hardly move this morning. I worked all day yesterday in my new shop building a workbench and closet. It was all I could do this morning to get out of bed! Every bone in my body hurts and the muscles that hold them in place are on fire! Do you think I am getting old?
I got a lot done, however and feel like I could get back out there and finish up...but we are going to Tyler today to deliver a table and chairs to our granddaughter. Sherri refinished the table for her and we are delivering it to her for her new apartment. Her husband is in the Army serving overseas. They have been separated for some time and she is making a home for him. 
The weather here has been really nice. It is suppose to continue being nice for the next week. Maybe I can get finished with all my projects before my body gives completely out...

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Good morning

Sherri and I were up at 5:00 this morning. Coffee brewing and computers up and running by 5:15. We did go to bed early last night after a hard day of building. Yes I am still working on the property out here and will probably be for some time to come.
I hope to have it all done before we head out to our summer home in Colorado.
This year we plan on traveling with some friends of ours. They are getting an RV for the first time. We have told them about where we go in Colorado and they have decided to go with us this year. 
There is so much that we want to show them in that area and it will be new to us just getting to go with others. 
Still no sign of my RV! It has been almost a month in the shop. We did not have that much wrong with it but they are slower than the second coming. I have built this cabin out here at the lake and just about completed a shop in the time they have had my house! I don't know what to make of it...other than let everyone know not to take there sick RV to Funtown Service Center in Cleburn Texas. If they keep it another month I am going to have them make the payment on it.
Well the sun is peaking over the tree line here and I am still in my jammies. Time to get out from behind this computer and get to work...

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Soothing music in the morning with coffee

I guess it is my American Indian heritage that gives me my love for Native American music. My Great Great Grandmother was a Cherokee Indian and I have always had a interest in the Indian Culture. Listening to their music and reading the history of these wonderful people makes one appreciate this country that much more.
So this morning here I sit writing my journal while this soothing music plays. It makes me want to pack up my house and head Southwest. Not this year, however I have to get everything done here. 
While in Colorado traveling through the mountains I love to play my music on the truck sound system. I enjoy nature much more with my music playing in the background. I seem to travel back in time when things were much simpler...maybe in my mind but I am sure it was not as simple as I might think. 
I guess we RVing folks live a life much like that of the Native Americans of that time. We seem to move with the weather and find more comfortable surroundings to suit our needs. Packing up and moving when the weather turns bad is something we do just as they did back in the day. Following the water fowl as they make their way south to warmer weather is still the way of life for some of us.
It all makes since if you think about it. Having to make a living in the white mans world stopped people from roaming this country from north to south. Having to stay in one place no matter what the weather...to keep your way of life...keep your property...no way you would ever leave it. Here we are the RVer taking all our worldly possessions with us...can pull up stakes and head anywhere we want  to anytime we want to. You can not have it any better than that.
Most people think we are crazy for living the way we do. They only dream about doing that but would never attempt such a thing! They don't know what they are missing being crazy.
When I lay my head down for the last time in this life...I want to look up at the ceiling and smile thinking that I did it all. I did not hold back out of fear or out of not wanting someone to think of me as crazy...I did what I wanted to do and had a ball doing it...

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Loveing this weather

Last night we had to open the windows here. It was so warm outside that inside was not comfortable. The loft where the kids sleep was really warm and we had to turn some fans on to cool it down. I am not at all unhappy with the weather here. 
This weather is suppose to be just like this all week long. I know it will cool down sooner or later but for now this is my kind of weather. I don't mind being here this time of year when the weather warms up. I don't look forward to Spring time when Mother Nature unleashes her furry with the tornadoes. That is when I am getting ready to move out of town and head north.
Sherri and I have finished the cabin and now I have moved on to the shop out back. This is the place that I dumped everything that we did not want in the cabin so you can imagine what it looks like! It will take me some time to get it clean up enough to start building my work area and art studio. I am excited about getting that all done. I really have some neat projects that I need to get started on and I long to go back to painting...

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I guess I am old school

Just don't know what is coming from day to day. I had planned on having a warm weekend...according to the weather man but instead we had a wet cloudy cool day?? I was really disappointed in the outcome of the day but then I have become to expect it here in North Texas. 
I would love to post some pictures of the new digs but my camera is in the RV and it is still at the dealership being repaired. I have Sherri's I-phone but I have not mastered the use of it. I am still in the flip phone stage. Computers I understand but these phones that do everything I cannot wrap my arms around them. I have trouble answering it when someone calls. I know I must sound ignorant but there is all this side stuff you have to do before you can say hello. Punch in codes so you can access the phone and then you have to find the correct icon that lets you do other things. And texting...how dumb is that? You have a device you can actually speak to someone and you choose to type a message to them? Please tell me how that is smart. Why not go back to the teletype from years past? I guess I am old school but I have not figured out all there is to know about texting. Can you imagine texting someone when you are about to die and you need assistance. Your drowning in your flooded automobile and you are texting for help? Please can someone tell me that they would actually resort to a text in this case? 
OK I am going to move on before someone gets upset with me being so archaic. Being the "Deplorable"  I am and being a Trump supporter I have found out that I know very little about our new world. I will try to pull myself out of the darkness and into the light...

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Getting more done

Sherri and I are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. We have been working now for 3 months now and it is all coming together. The only thing that is not coming together is getting my RV back.
We took it in with an appointment back on the 6th of this month thinking that they would have it back to us in a week. We had to wait a month for the appointment so they could get the OK from the home office and get all the materials in to fix what was on the list. You would think that they have all the things there and it is all OK'd what would take them 2 weeks to get it done? 
There is no such thing as good service anymore. 
After having 13 RV's in my lifetime I will have to say that Forest River and Funtown RV are two of the most unorganized businesses that we have ever done business with. 
They said they needed an OK from Forest River to glue the loose veneer on my desk? Why they may not get paid for gluing that down if Forest River would not OK it. Give me a break!
I just want my RV back!...

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