Time Traveling

 

No we did not go back in time but we did spend a lot of time traveling. Sherri and I were both up early this morning...mater-a-fact we were a little later than early. Our alarm did not go off so we slept in some. When Sherri did come to she hollered at me that I needed to get my shower and get ready so she could do the same. What a whirl wind of clothes flying and shoes getting tossed about but we did get ready and even had time to eat some breakfast before we took off to the store.

We arrived here yesterday much earlier than we normally do so we had time to settle in and get some rest. Sherri, however did not get to rest much for she packed up with some of her co-workers and headed out to Kohl's to do some shopping. I on the other hand spent my time taking a nap. Yes I curled up in the bed and got some good shut eye while the wife burned up all her energy and cash.

She returned early enough to go out to eat with those of us that put sleeping and eating ahead of shopping for bargains. Let me see... she came home with two candles...well that Kohl's cash was just eating a hole in her pocket book so the two candles relieved all that pressure off of her. She would sleep better knowing that no cash was left behind.

Morning would be here before you know it and we do have to drive to Rayville Louisiana in the morning to work. We got ready for bed as soon as we got back from eating.  Just as I was about to turn the TV off our next door neighbors moved in. Sounded like a herd of longhorns coming down the shoot. People banging into the walls...some baby crying at the top of his or her lungs and the parents of said noise makers hollering out orders that were not being followed. Sherri and I looked at each other thinking the same thing...how long will this go on?

Well I left the TV going to drown out the commotion next door in hopes that they would settle down. They did settle down and I turned the TV off. It did not take long for Sherri and I to float into dream town...

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Here we go again

Roy and Dale Evans ready for the trip to Maw's and Poppa's

The weekend was filled with grandkids having a sleepover here at the RV. We got home on Thursday afternoon and got everything tucked away knowing that Saturday would not be a good time to get anything done with them here. We had just one full day to get our reports done laundry cleaned and a grocery store run for juices and snacks for the young'uns.

So as usual Friday morning found us sipping our coffee while humped over the lap tops scanning receipts. Before we knew it the clock on the wall said it was noon and and no laundry had been started. The grocery store had been put off until Saturday before we pick up the kids...you know you can't take them to the store with you unless you have a lot of money to fill up the shopping cart.

Sherri found some food stuffs that we had put away for a day like this and we had our lunch. After lunch we were back on the computers to finish up our reports and then read a few journals to catch up with our friends.

Speaking of our friends I see where most of them are staying put in warm places and just chilling out for the remainder of the winter. Most all of them are finding a lot to do in one place which saves a lot of gas money and RV rent. Sherri and I on the other hand are moving most every day to a new town and hotel room. At least we have nice hotel rooms and good food to eat but it would be nice to stay in one place for a while and enjoy some of the sites.

This week we will be here in Eastern Louisiana for two whole days and then we head out west on the other side of Ft Worth. This means that we will have to share the driving. I have trouble driving long distances with my bad leg and Sherri will have to take of the slack so I can stretch out for a hour or two.

We don't plan on driving great distances when we go out on the road because of my condition. Sherri can not drive the truck and trailer so that puts it all on me. When we had the motorhome she was able to drive some and give me a chance to rest up. She did pretty good in the Motorhome except when it came time to pass and then I would have to cheer her along so she could get around what ever she had to pass. Stopping and pulling over was not an option...but she would tell me that she was going to have to pull over because she was afraid to pass. She over came that and then she did a good job of driving. I could even go to the restroom while she was going down the road.

Here I am with my Best Buddy Kriss

 

                                                                                       This is my Sweet Girl Franki

Well Saturday came and the kids did too. We really enjoyed them both and had a lot of fun playing and reading books and of course watching cartoons. We got our fix but I think the kids want more spoiling...but then who can blame them. I am sure they will return for more...

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Close to work

Sunday was a busy day...John and Bridget came by for breakfast and some of the kids dropped by to say HI. We tried to visit...finish our laundry and clean the house. With the kids there it was not easy to clean up anything. We managed to get it all done loaded the Jeep up and we were on our way around 3:30.

It was a 3 hour drive through Dallas...which we never care for. Being Sunday was the only good thing about it. The traffic was not as bad as a week days but there were a lot of cars out there weaving in and out at break neck speeds.

We managed to reach our destination about 6:30 and met Rick and Becky for dinner. If I have not mentioned this in the past Rick and Becky are married and work on the team with us. We like to hang out together...being the only married couples on the team we have a lot in common. Becky is our lead person so she tries to schedule us to go where they go to work.

We don't have to go to work in the morning until 8:00 am which is nice too. We will have time to eat in the breakfast bar in the lobby with out having to rush. The Store is located right across a vacant lot from the hotel so we can stretch our time out before we head to work. We can be there in 2 or 3 minutes.

I have babbled long enough...with this meaningless post so I will leave it to you until we meet again...

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Thanks John for all the help

 

Seems like every time we meet up John pulls me out of a dilemma.

It was Sunday morning when I woke and strained to look at the clock on the wall. We had an overnight guest...Grand girl and she and Sherri were sleeping on the pull out sofa bed. I was in the bedroom by my lonesome with the air blowing and had not noticed that Sherri had been up for some while...made coffee and tipped the first cup down before I had come to.

It was warm outside but no sun was shinning that I could tell. I showered off and headed down stairs to the living room to find my bride. She was already up and making breakfast muffins for our guest that we had invited over. John and Bridget were leaving today for Arkansas. We really did not want them to go but then we were leaving and heading West so I guess we must let them go.

We had so much fun visiting and playing cards with them and then yesterday we had all pilled in the Jeep and headed to Dallas to the RV show. We enjoyed walking around looking at all the new models that were out for this year and comparing what they had to what we had. John managed to latch on to a guy from Mobil Suites and got some names of folks to contact when he got to the factory later this year. They are having some warranty work done and John wanted to know who to talk to when he got there for the appointment.

Well as I said earlier John and Bridget were coming over this morning to eat breakfast with us and Sherri was in a dead heat to get everything done before their arrival. I slipped on my clothes and went out to get some laundry going. Sherri lines all the loads up and I wash and dry them. I am still in training for this position and hope to be hired full time later on this year.

What a great looking bed!

John and Bridget arrived on time and we had omelets...and Sherri did a great job fixing them. She is the queen omelet maker in these parts. The muffins...well they were good too. After breakfast we kicked back and did some serious visiting. While talking I asked John if he would help me pull my dryer out of the RV and set it in my shop. The dryer had been out for some time and I wanted to get it fixed. The only thing about getting it fixed is the repair guy wont work on them in your RV. John I have to thank you one more time for helping me. I hope I can return the favor down the road.

While that was going on Sherri's brother Rodney came by to say hello to John and Bridget. Rodney had met John and Bridget at the first RV Dreams Rally three years ago. Becky...Rodney's wife did not come down because she was not feeling well.

As Rodney was leaving my oldest daughter Janet pulled up. She brought her grandkids and some of our grandkids over to say hello. Janet lives in Dallas and was up for the weekend visiting her bunch and decided to come by to see us for a while. Before we knew it we had a house full of folks.

John and Bridget had to leave but we kept visiting right up until time for them to climb in their truck and pull off. We hated to say good bye to them but all good things must come to an end. One thing about it we know that we will meet again...

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Ten Penny has been good to me

 

This morning we were up with the chickens and before long we were at work doing what we do. Our intentions were to finish work as soon as possible so we could hook up with John and Bridget at their place. We had a date with Ten Penny and I was determined to regain my dignity...which by the way I had lost at the last encounter with the Hatch's.

Well I will have to say that I did regain some of that dignity by winning not one game of Ten Penny but two games! Yes you heard me correctly TWO games in a row! The proof is in the pictures below.

Two games in a row...Yes I was happy...

We had so much fun...well I did...I got the feeling that the others were a little irritated...but then I can understand...having been on the other end of the score board I was not always giddy when the game was over.

We not only played Ten Penny but discussed the fact that John's sink came loose from his counter top? John said this added to the list of repair items that he was working up for the factory visit later this year. Sherri and I know all about those kind of problems because we have had them with every RV we have ever owned. Just part of full timing with the big boys...things break and you have to have them fixed.

It was well after 10:00 pm when the game ended and we had to get the gate code from John so we could exit the park. We drove to the gate and unlocked it and then drove the mile to our lot. It was late and we both decided to take our showers and turn in. We had a wonderful day with wonderful friends...

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Parked the house...Did the laundry...pulled out for Tyler

 

That just about sums up our Sunday and Monday.

Sherri and I did not get up early...being our last day before we headed back to work. We made coffee and sat around the house reading journals and discussing what all we needed to do today to get ready to head out to our next job assignment. Before we knew it the time had shot forward to noon and we had to fix us a bite to eat.

I played phone tag with John Hatch most of the morning...trying to set up a time to meet him and Bridget. We don't have good cell service at the lake nor do we have good internet. Sometimes it is good and sometimes it really sucks. today was one of those days.

We finally made contact and the plan was laid out. Sherri and I did not get off as fast as we had planned but then we never do. If you ever make plans with us keep that in mind. If you need us to meet you at 12:00 you need to run the time back to...lets say 10:30. We will shoot for the 10:30 but will fall short of the target to somewhere close to 12:00. OK now you know the secrete.

We did meet up with John and Bridget but it was close to 3:30. We found their site with little problem...you can see John's truck a mile before you get to their site...LOL. Hugs were given all around and we stepped inside to visit for a while. Sherri and I had not checked in to our hotel yet but we wanted to visit before we did.

And a wonderful visit we did have indeed! We laughed and discussed some serious topics and then back to laughing again. It is hard for us to stay serious for too long.

We did get to discuss our eating plans and John and Bridget said they would just ride with us to the hotel and wait while we checked in and then we would go out to eat. We all loaded up in the Jeep and off we went to the hotel. On the way to the hotel we spotted a Casa Ole and decided to eat there on our way back from the hotel. We did get checked in but instead of going straight out to eat we took them by the new store that we will be working at tomorrow. It is quite a fancy place. From there we headed to the restaurant and had a wonderful meal with lots of laughs.

I enjoyed the visiting but I suggested that we get our check and leave. I was ready to get down to some serious 10 penny...and that we did. I am the only guy on record that went from last place to 2nd place and then back to last in 3 hands!! OK so John won...he keeps score you know...Not that I am suggesting anything...but he does keep score.

From last place to 2nd

Sherri and Sock Monkey console me after my loss.

That is OK we have a rematch coming up here next Friday night. I will have my wits fine tuned by then and they better watch out cause I will be ready for them and maybe I will come out the winner...

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Back at the Lake

 

This morning we slept in until 7:00 and that is late for us! We had the fan on all night and the cool air in the bedroom felt so good when we got up. It has been a long time since we had the fan on. It was so warm last night. The bedroom especially gets hot so the fan was turned on and it was no time and I was sleeping like a baby.

The next morning I raised my head up off the pillow to see the clock at the foot of the bed. I was surprised to see that it was as late as it was. We normally do not sleep this late but when we do it is because we slept so soundly. When you are real tired you just pass out and then sleep over takes you and it seems like you can sleep forever. This morning was one of those mornings. As I pulled myself up out of bed I heard Sherri mumble something. I did not mumble back but got up and went down to the kitchen and made a pot of coffee. I think that is what she was mumbling about..."Go make coffee".

I follow instructions quite well and did as I was told. I passed Sherri coming down the stairs as I was going up. I was on my way to the shower and she was on her way to the recliner. The coffee was ready by the time I got out of the shower and dressed so I poured my sweet love her first cup. We sat and talked about when we might be getting ready to leave the park here and head to the lake. We decided to wait until about 3:00 to make the journey. That was good with me...I could get some things done this morning and then be ready to leave by then.

Then came right on time and I pulled up stakes and the jacks unplugged and capped off the water. We were ready to roll at 3:00 sharp and we did just that.

We took Hwy 80 all the way to Wills Point. We turned north on Hwy 47 and drove toward the lake. Sherri stopped off at the Post Office to pick up a months worth of mail in our box. I kept trucking to the lot and got the rig positioned to back in. About that time Sherri pulled in and got out to help me maneuver in just right. It did not take long to get set up and back into living mod. Rodney and Becky...our neighbors came over to welcome us home and we decided to go and eat in town. We had a great meal and ended up back over at their trailer for a visit. Sherri and Becky did all the visiting...Rodney and I watched "A Fist Full Of Dollars" And then the " The Good the Bad and the Ugly". Wow those movies are still as great as they were back then.

We left Rodney and Becky's after the movies and came home to hot showers and a little computer time. While we were out eating I got a phone call from John Hatch. He was pretending to be a salesman for AT&T....I knew who it was right off. We discussed our plans for meeting next Monday. I  guess I should say Bridget and Sherri discussed the plans...I never know our schedule so I can't plan anything.

Well I can plan this....when we all meet up we will have a great time just being together...

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Heading back home

We slept in this morning. We don't work today so the week was real short for us. We usually work 4 days a week but we were so efficient this week we finished early and were sent back to the hotel. This gave us an opportunity to get caught up on some of our reports that we must do each week.

We waited around till 5:00 pm to eat and met up with some friends at Mercado's Mexican Restaurant. We had a real good meal and sat and visited for some time. We finally had to call it a night and say good-bye to our co-workers who we will not see for some time due to a split in our schedules.

Sherri and I will return to Tyler next Monday night. We then work Tuesday and leave for Shreveport Tuesday night. We will be there for two days and then leave for Palestine to work Friday. Then it will be time to return to the lake where we will be taking our trailer this coming Sunday. WOW....you are saying...and while all that is going on we plan on meeting up with John and Bridget to play some 10 penny. We hope to meet them in Tyler Monday night and they are going to follow us to Shreveport on Tuesday.

We do get to see a lot of places in our work weeks. Usually we are in one town all week and then move to a new town the following week. There are some special projects our company is working on from now until the end of March so we are busy moving around much more than usual.

Sherri left about 9:00 am this morning to go and shop for birthday gifts for two of our granddaughters. Both their birthdays were this month and we have not been home long enough to buy them anything. Being that Sherri is off today she decided to head out to some of the shops around here and find them something. We have to check out of this hotel at 12:00 noon so I hope she makes it back in time.

That is about the sum total of this days events. We will be driving home today and it will be nice to settle in to our place and relax for a while. Sunday we will take the house out to our place on the lake and leaving it while we work next week.

Until then I guess I will sign off here and rejoin you later....

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Working a brand new store

 

The alarm went off this morning at 6:00 am. We don't have to be at work until 8:00 which meant that we could eat breakfast. I got up first and got ready and then turned the bathroom over to Sherri so she could do her thing.

Usually when I get through getting dressed I lay back down on the bed and sleep while Sherri is getting ready. The faster I get through the more time I have to rest before we head out.

We headed down stairs and had a great free breakfast in the lounge. Sherri and I both had sausage and eggs with toast and orange juice. This will fuel us until the store serves us lunch at noon.

We arrived at the store just a little before 8:00 which gave us some time to look around. Now this is a new concept store by Brookshire called "Fresh". It has 2o specialty cooks on location to prepare meals to go or be eaten in the grocery store. They have salad bars and delis to serve you while you shop. They even serve wine to sip as you shop the store. Oh yes this is a high class way to shop for your groceries.

I set the box dinners today. This was the first time I set product on new shelves. I had to open all the boxes and pull out the items and placed them on the shelves according to the schematic provided by the store. Once I had set the shelves the store stockers came and set all the product. WOW was this an easy day! Then I went and helped Sherri for a while set baking needs. From there I just bounced around helping other so we could finish up and go home.

Go home we did and got cleaned up for dinner. We decided to go to Red Lobster with some of our co-workers. I had the steak and shrimp. Talk about delicious...the steak was just right and the shrimp were out of this world. I sure am getting spoiled at this job. It will be hard to say good-bye and leave all this good eating and free room behind. Until then I will just have to live with it...

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Made it

 

Up this morning just as the sun started to peek over the tree line. I made the coffee and then flopped down in my recliner and turned on the TV...I'll catch the weather early and surely I wont fall asleep this morning before it comes on.

I made it through the weather report and poured Sherri and I a cup of coffee. I delivered Sherri's to her and then got mine. We visited while the weather was on and then the TV went off and we went to reading journals and emails.

Sherri ended up playing Scrabble and I sent some more Valentine Cards to g-kids. What in the world would we do without our computers. I told Sherri that I could live without the TV but could not do without my computer. Everything revolves around the computer. I visit all my friends on line and read about every move they make from sunup to sundown. I almost feel like I am with them all the time...but never get tired of them??? LOL

The day slid by and  before we both knew it the time to go had arrived and we had to leave. We only had to drive about 30 minutes but we just kept putting it off. We arrived at the hotel to find out that it was overbooked  but we did have a room. Was I glad that we made our reservations early in the week.

We sat in the hotel room and did some more reading and Sherri did some more Scrabble. Soon it was time to eat so  we had to decide where to go. Some of the other folks we work with called and asked us to go with them. We all met at the Chinese Restaurant and had a great meal.

We returned to the hotel and I got back on my computer. I got a text from John Hatch and we typed back and forth for some time. Soon I had to leave so I could get some sleep. Having to get up in the morning to work was weighing heavy on my mine.

I showered and then watched a little TV and then fell asleep...

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A Beautiful day in East Texas

The sun is out and it is warm and dry!

 Once again I woke up in my recliner. I always turn the TV on to watch the weather and I am asleep in no time. To this day I don't know what the weather is going to be. I guess I find out the next day by opening the door and looking out.

I fixed the coffee this morning while Sherri was in the bathroom getting ready for the day. Plan was to start a crock pot of chili and then go to the show in town to see the Little Fockers. Sherri started out breakfast first which consisted of omelets...bacon...chips and hot sauce. While creating that wonderful meal she started on the chili and had it in the crock pot by the time the omelets were done. What skill she has. The omelets were to die for and the chili smells so good.

The later it got the prettier the weather got and before 12:00 the sun was so warm and the breeze so nice...the two together put spring fever in the air. We decided not to go to the show but just stay at home and enjoy this beautiful day.

We still had some computer work to be done for our business so we did that real quick and then we turned our attention to the outdoors. You could not ask for better weather than this...if only it stayed like this year round! But I know it is only temporary and soon the temps will  drop once more and the clouds will roll in and the wind will pick up and we will be back into winter.

 

Sherri gets to work on her report

The park is real nice and Sherri and I both like it here. Found out yesterday that they come by and pick up your propane bottles and return them to your site when filled. We are working on our third tank now! I know that is a lot of propane but then it has been between 18 and 22 degrees here for some time. When we are away we have to leave the furnace on 56 degrees so that the plumbing does not freeze. I don't think it runs that much but we still use about 1/2 a bottle between Sunday and Friday every week so far. They charge $25.00 for a 40lb bottle which is cheap compared to some of the other places we have bought gas at.

 

I think a walk around the park is in order for this afternoon. We have been cooped up for so long now that getting out will be good. This will sweep out all the cobwebs that have gathered in our heads while we were...

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