Not much going on

Got up a little late this morning. For some reason I just could not wake up. When I did roll over to look at the clock it was 6:30. WOW I need to get up and get with it. Sherri was already up and drinking her coffee. The sun was not far from rising and here I was still rolled up in the covers like a burrito. 
My whole day will be off because I slept in. I will have to catch up now to get back in sync with the time.
We went out Sunday to look at some land around Lake Palestine. They have lots for sale that are not restricted to homes and you can put an RV on them. We picked out several lots that looked real nice but not sure that is where we would like to have a home base.
The lot we have out at the lake now is not a RV community. We would like to have other RVs in the same vicinity.
We have time to decide what we wont to do so we are just going to take our time in making a plan...

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Kris has a Birthday

Today is Kris's Birthday! He is 9 years old. WOW...nine years has gone by so fast! This will be his last year of single digit numbers in his age. 
We are having his party Saturday. He is having his cousins and some of his school friends over for a party.
Sherri and I have planned some games with prizes and we have a cake with Power Ranger theme. 
Sure wish we were celebrating this Birthday in Arizona this year but maybe next year...

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Close to finishing

The project at the lake is coming to a end. We don't lack much but sometimes finishing up takes more time.
Sherri will do some staining today and I will complete some wiring for the lights in the laundry room. One more plug needs to be installed in one of the walls and then the major part of the job will be done.
This will be the end of our long history of building together. 
Sherri has always been the designer and I the contractor. Let me see we have built 6 houses just in the subdivision we have our RV parked now. This mini build will be the last for this building duo. We are hanging up our T square and hammer so we can travel.
Sherri takes her visions from her minds eye to paper. Then the two of us build from foundation up to complete the job. Yes we have done foundations, framing, electric, plumbing, sheet rock, tape and bed...texture and paint. We would contract out our roofing but all the other work was done by the two of us. 
We did have friends come over to help raise walls and frame. Mark Hall being one of the volunteers to come by and help out. Mark is a retired Ft. Worth fireman. Now he is working with the Escapees RV group. Thanks Mark for all you have done.
OK so now we are about to have us a nice place at the lake to kick back when we come in off the road. We will be able to chill out here and not spend money on diesel and rent, thereby put that money away for the next trip...

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Day Light Savings Time

I don't like "Day light saving time". It has never saved me any time and I don't see where it ever will. 
They say that the Germans came up with this. Why I am not sure anyone knows. Now jet propulsion I think we all know was their greatest achievement so maybe thinking they were so smart we went along with this idea of saving time?
I do believe it will be abolished when we all get our guts full of it and vote it out.
For me I save time going to Lowe's and Walmart. The two stores I can find everything I need in life. Sherri and I spent some time there yesterday rounding up all the items we need to finish our project at the lake. Our little casita has a TV room a laundry room/sewing room and studio for my painting. This will be where we spend some of our time chilling and saving money for the road trips.
We pay no rent here and the electric and water are cheap. The money we don't spend on diesel and rent goes back into the bank for times when we are on the road. 
The accommodations will be much nicer and the RV is housed in a barn so I can do all kinds of maintenance come rain or shine. 
On the door side of the RV we have a patio and screened in porch so we can cook out and eat outdoors. It will be just like staying in a park with out the view. 
When we want to spend some time out of the RV we have the Casita to retreat to and relax in with the feel of a house. What more could you ask for.
I will send pictures out as soon as I get things fixed up. I spend so much time working on it I don't have time to take pictures. 
With all this time I am saving I should be able to finish this...

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Almost done

Hello darkness. 

I was looking at the clock on the bedside table. It was 4:30 and I was wide awake. The coffee pot was calling my name. I slid out of bed and made my way down the hall to the kitchen. Started the coffee and then returned to the bathroom to start my shower.
It sure feels good to take a hot shower in the morning. Waking up those sleepy brain cells took a little while but soon I was operating at full speed. At full speed I could see that it was foggy outside. I could tell that it was about to rain and we were off to a usual rainy cold day. 
Sherri and I have to return to the lake to do some more work on our little house out there. We are just about through with the front room and the laundry room. My studio in the back has some work to be done which I will tackle as soon as all the other rooms are done.
Nothing on the house so far. We still have our fingers crossed...hoping something will happen...

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Another morning shows up

The brain alarm went off at 4:30...then the bedside table alarm went off at 5:00. OK OK I am getting up. I make it sound like I'd rather lay in bed but that is not true. For the most part of my life I have been an early riser. Even on the weekends when I did not need to get up early I was up and ready to meet the day head on.
This morning was no different. I have to get the trash out and get everything loaded into the truck that we need to take with us to the lake. We have a days work out there which means we will be eating lunch so food has to be thrown into the equation. 
Today we put in the flooring. Sherri finished the painting yesterday and I am still putting STUFF away. I need to go through my STUFF and get rid of some...but I just keep putting it up with the plan of going through it later. Well you can see how that has worked out for me over the last 40 years!
No word on the house. We have had several folks come by to see it but no offers as of yet. I am really getting antsy about this. I want so much to go some place other than the lake! OH please someone come and fall in love with this house and take it away from me!!!
Patients has never been my long suit when it comes to traveling. Back when we would vacation I counted the days until we pulled out of the drive and went out on the highway. Now I find myself doing the same thing. All good things will come...

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The house keeps showing

We were up this morning way before the sun peeped over the tree line. This time change we have to go through twice a year always messes my brain up. Then it does not take a lot to mess up my brain. My internal clock stays the same no matter what the clock on the wall says. 
To let you know Sherri washed our phone and we have to get a new one. I left it in my pocket and she does not check pockets so the phone took the deep 6. There was no reviving it so we have to take some time out of this day to check out a new one.
Sherri wanted to go back to the Smart Phone. We had down graded to a Dumb Phone to try and save some money. Well when we got the Dumb Phone guess who got the phone. That's right I was assigned the Dumb Phone to carry around and be responsible for it. I never was responsible for the Smart Phone...DUH!
Now I understand why I was not responsible for the Smart Phone.
While getting ready to head to the AT&T store the House Phone rang...not sure if it is Dumb or Smart??? It was our Realtor letting me know that a couple wanted to come back and look at the house for the third time!!! Crossing my fingers and toes! 
We got the phone and now Sherri is in charge of it. I sure am glad that I don't have to carry that thing around with me. No one calls me anyway and texting...well that is something I don't do at all. If you can't call and talk to me then don't bother. We had teletype for years and when the phone came out and you could talk to the person on the other end of the line we were ecstatic! Now everyone wants to type everything in? Go figure!
While I was out I picked up a Hot Spot to take on our travels with us. This will keep my computer on line so I can continue to keep in touch with everyone. 
We are all ready to go...now if we could just sell this house and move on out...

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Planning all the time

We spent the night at the lake after working all day on the new project. Everything seems to be coming together and looks good. We still have a bit to do on the inside and out.
When we sit down to have a break the subject centers around where we are going to head out to. Will it be the warm time of the year or will it be the cool time? That all will determine which way we head and how far we will go. So we make several plans for all kinds of times we might leave. By the time this all comes about we will have a plan down pat...Then it will change as all plans do. Oh well that is part of the fun.
Kris is so ready to leave out. He is looking forward to the ultimate field trip. He has laid out a plan for some of the places he wants to go and see. Washington DC...New York City...Philadelphia...Mount Rushmore...to name just a few. We have history lessons planned out for each of these stops so he will be learning a lot about our nation.
Kris can read a map better than Sherri and I. We depend so much on the GPS we don't look at maps. He can tell us what road we need to take up the highway and which way to go...South or North! He just sits in the back seat with the map in his lap and plans our route out as we go.
We are learning all the States and their capitals. Next will be the state birds and flowers. Now that he has been to so many of them he can see for himself what each state has to offer in the way of recreation. Oh yes and he is learning his multiplication tables and is now moving into division. That is so he can be an astronaut...

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Working at the lake

Sherri and I left for the lake yesterday with plans of getting some work done. We have added a laundry room and a studio for me. We framed it all up before we left for Galveston. Now The tape and bed will be next. We have about one more week and we should be completed.
They showed the house today and we have another showing tomorrow. Have my fingers crossed maybe we can sell the house and get out of here.
OH well it will all come together...

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Weather was great

Sherri and I had our coffee early this morning. We enjoy that time of the day when we can turn on our computers and sip coffee and read about what is going on with our RVing friends. 
We got a phone call from our granddaughter saying she wanted to come by and visit. Come on... was the reply. She brought the kids with her. We had a real good time. Love those little ones. 
The man showed up to buy the shop tools from me. I helped him load the last of my shop tools in his PU and he was on his way. Kinda sad to see them go but then I have no use for them anymore. 
I have my hand tools to do what I need to do and then I always have my canvas and paints. There is plenty to keep me busy...

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First day back

Up this morning at 5:00 made coffee and sat down at the computer to see what was going on in the world. Everyone appears to be safe and sound out there. I am safe and sound too but not very happy. I don't want to be here. I really want to be out on the road seeing new sights and meeting new folks. 
I have my Radial Arm Saw and my Wood Turning Lathe on Craig's list. I've had calls all week while I was on the road and had to tell them to call back Wednesday. Now I have to wait here until they show up. I will  be glad to get rid of these last two large tools I have. I don't want to move them to the lake.
I will still have my hand tools so I can do some building. That will keep me busy when I am not painting pictures.
As soon as all my appointments show up I will have to pack up and get back to the lake to clean up. We left the RV last night and ran the slides out but did not clean up. I will have plenty to do the rest of this week.
We have some people coming to look at the house Friday. We will be at the lake so we have to get this place cleaned up before we take off.
I sue hope they love the house and buy it...

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