We are soaked

We have had rain here for the past 2 weeks! We have to leave here next month and it is looking like we might not be able to pull out at all. That would be a fine situation being trapped in your own port!
We are having "Hitch Itch" something terrible! So glad we did not stay in our house. We never could afford to go anywhere due to the upkeep on our home. This home we pull with us and care for it as we travel. No yard to mow.
I can't wait to get back to Colorado! Our site up there is the best we have ever had. Next winter we will be anywhere but here that is for sure. No more will we be freezing cold or blazing hot. The title "Snow Bird" will really fit us...

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Did anyone mention rain

Yes, rain has been the center of conversation around here for some time. We saw on the forecast that we had some rain coming but had no idea the amount. It started raining yesterday and has not let up since. I looked out this morning and noticed the bar ditch across the street from our property was full and running fast! That bar ditch never has had that much water in it.
They are calling for this to continue for the next 3 days...I will report back to you if we have not washed away...

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To day is our anniversary

We had a good day...headed out to Soulman's BBQ for lunch and then over to Wally World to return some items we decided we did not need.
Not much excitement but we enjoyed each others company. Kris was the only one that got a gift...go figure. Oh well he is worth it. Without him we would be so lost...

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Waiting on my check

The truck is ready and all I need is the check to pay for it. The insurance co. said that it would take 24 to 48 hours to get to my account so we are on the count down.
I hope that all is well with the repairs. We will be needing it to pull our house real soon and I don't want any problems. 
They said that they had to put in two new batteries...I hope that does not mean that something is wrong with the alternator? I will be very picky with what they deliver to me. I had a good truck and that is what I want back...

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Thanks for all the Birthday Wishes.

Birthday is over and so is the cold weather. I am glad to see the cold move out and some warm move in. I do not like the cold weather and seems we got our fair share of it this month. I don't know when the Global Warming is suppose to kick in but I'm ready.
Today is do nothing day. We have no school and with the temps warm like they are I intend to take it easy for the day and play like I don't have a care in the world.
My sister came home from the hospital yesterday and I need to call her and welcome her home. I know that she is glad to be home. Jim will have his hands full keeping up with her now that she has had all this rehabilitation. Jim I guess we will have to get you in shape next...LOL.
I better grab me a bite to eat before I start this do nothing day. You know a guy has to keep up his strength when doing noting...

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My Birthday

It was my Birthday and I was told that as soon as school was out I could go to my studio and paint all day if I wanted to. Now that is the best gift I could have received. I did just that when Kris and I finished his school work I retired to my studio and spent the day working on a new picture.
I have been talking about my studio for some time and many of the family and friends have asked if I would take some pictures. So below I have done just that...

What a great day...

I went back inside about 5:00 to watch my shows on TV and never noticed all the decorations Sherri and the Kids had put up on the walls. Boy am I losing it or what.
Next thing I know Jennifer and Frank come in carrying a cake and a load of BBQ. They surprised me for sure! What a great day I had with my loving family.

Here is the old fart...

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Here is the New Year

With the new year we received some cold weather. Have not been outside much so not much going on. I have spent a lot of time in my studio painting warm pictures and feeling warmer doing it. I know that soon I will run out of warm ideas and will have to get into some fall pictures. Then you know what comes next...Winter!
AHH school yes I still have to teach school. Kris is doing real well with all passing grades. I am surprised that he retains so much. He corrects me on so many things that I wonder who is teaching who.
My sister, June has been in rehab for a couple of weeks. She has been weak for some time and is getting some needed PT. She is doing real well and look for her to be back at home soon.
Sherri and I have been doing well. We have hitch itch so bad. We will be planning a get a way...

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Happy New Year to all

Well we had a cold New Years Eve! I think with the wind chill it got down to 9 degrees. You just have to love Texas weather...when I decide to stay at the lake cabin for the winter it does this. Winter storm Franki blows down out of the north and we freeze here!
Kris and I bought some fireworks to light up last night but with the wind and the cold temps we decided to hold off for some warmer weather. 
Got word on my truck. It will not be totaled but it will cost a pretty penny getting it back on the street. The guy at the body shop said it would be 3 weeks before it would be done. So I guess I drive around in the this Hamster mobile for a while. Sure will be glad to get my truck back. I just hope that it will pull my home around safely! One thing you don't want is an unsafe vehicle pulling your home around...especially in the mountains!
We had planned on having a barn sale this fall but the fall got past us and we have yet to have one. I did put a couple of items on Craig's list and sold one of them yesterday. We have a lot of stuff that we plan on selling every year and time just gets by us and we end up selling bits and pieces. OK I need to head on out and get some things done. It has warmed up a bit and I need to take advantage of it before the temps dip back down in  the teens...

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A bad day at Black Rock

Well it was not at Black Rock but it was just north of Tyler Texas in Lindale. We were headed to a Christmas dinner with some of Sherri's co-workers from years past. We had just past a wreck on Interstate 20 and were saying we were glad that we had not been a little bit earlier or we may have been involved in it.
We tuned off of the Interstate and headed north on Hwy 69 toward our destination. I was in the far right lane minding my own business when up ahead I noticed a car traveling at a high rate of speed,,, passing several south bound cars. I also noticed that he was passing in the turn lane!
I guess he noticed that there was a car in the turn lane and hit his brakes. Well that is when he lost control of his car and it started to fishtail! I moved over as far as the road would let me but not far enough for him to miss me.
Well looks like we will be setting at home...

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Well the cold weather finally got here

We have been wondering when the cold weather would get here and now we know. I can't believe it is snowing down in the valley! It must have been a big gust of wind come down from the north to get snow down that far south.
Here the valley is getting snow and California is burning up! They probably would like some of that snow. It must be Trump's fault all this is happening.
We are just staying indoors and enjoying the temps. I love cold weather as long as I am not having to work out in it.
Christmas is not too far off and we are excited. It will also be Sherri's Birthday so we have so much to celebrate. Kris has his list of items all laid out and all we have to do is figure out how to pay for all of it! 
Like I said we are just kicked back and doing nothing at all. Not much to tell you at this time but I bet something will come up...

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Almost lost it

I love YouTube but there are things on there that trouble me some. These DYI videos that come up can make me feel too confident in my ability to do things.
Yesterday our day night shade in the bedroom broke. Being the kind of guy I am I turned to You Tube to see if there was anything about fixing these kinds of curtains. 
Why yes there is! I watched two or three of them and it looked simple enough to me so I headed out to the RV supply store to pick me up one of those handy dandy kits like the showed on the tube.
Wow! was my first reaction when I saw how much those little packages cost. Oh yea it will fix more than one shade but good gosh I had no idea they would cost that much. 
After getting over the shock I pulled out my wallet with my shaking hand and paid the gal at the desk. 
Upon arriving at the house I got all the tools together that were listed on the package of instructions. Even the instruction looked so easy I was at ease with getting started.
The curtain came down just like the video and the instructions stated. I took the broken unit out to my shop and laid it out on the work bench. Slid all the covers off as instructed and got right to work threading the new lines through the curtain.
That is when the first whoops happened...No where did it say that you should make sure that the curtain would not accordion out and pull all your strings out of the shade.
Reviewing the video I did notice that they had the shade laying on the garage floor. With 400 square foot to work I can see how they had no problem with that. And with the fact that this guy could squat down and do all the work. Not me my legs have not been able to do that for years!
OK so now I have to re-thread the entire shade. This is good practice which by the way I did more than once! I can thread a shade in under 5 minutes now.
Moving right along. I got the shade put back together and took into the RV to re-install it. Whoops number two... After getting the shade back up on the window I then found out that you have to secure it so as it does not fall down and once again pull all the strings out of the shade. If practice makes perfect I am about to become a window curtain threading specialist!
One more trip back to the shop. Once again all the work was done and I returned to the RV for the installation. This time all went well when whoops number 3 happened. The cords are too short and will not reach the stays on the wall! 
Well after a good 2 or 3 minutes of bad words and arms flailing...I am so glad this was not being videoed...I took the &(^$&^ curtain back to the work table and...yes...more practice.
This time I thread a quarter of a mile of line in the curtain so there is no way it could ever come out and I am assured it will be long enough to reach the stays...back to the RV.
This time having practiced so many time all went as planned and now the curtain is working again.
At the present I am trying to find out the address of this guy that made the video. I have  thoughts of stringing him up...and I have had practice in that regard...

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