Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Good evening. It’s been a lazy, but busy day around here. This morning I started by paying a few bills online then talk to our good Sam insurance agent about our upcoming six month auto bill. It was $2652 for six months. I asked what caused it to go up by $600 in six months. Receptionist transferred me to an agent who said that my account was so old, as I had been with them for a number of years, that I was no longer getting the new discounts. What the heck? Anyway, the agent went through everything and I ended up getting 12 months insurance for the same amount of money. No it might seem a lot, but we have three vehicles on the road plus the RV. Anyway, that was an hour well spent to save $1300.

We need a few items at Publix so we headed on over to Waynesville to grocery shop, buy stamps and mail a sympathy card to LaDonna and Wayne. Unfortunately, Wayne‘s older brother passed away while they were here in Maggie Valley. It was unexpected. He had three African gray parrots and had in his wallet a card where he wanted them to go. It is a rescue in Weirsdale Florida. In his honor, we made a donation. It seemed much better than sending flowers. 

After shopping, we came home and Mark went fishing for a few hours and I painted. This is such a pretty area, and the weather has been fantastic. Every morning it looks as if it’s going to rain, but it’s just low clouds hanging on the mountains. By noon it’s all cleared up and sunny and beautiful. This afternoon Mark caught two rainbow trout and a fish he calls a Chubb. 🤷‍♀️ He let them all go, not big enough to keep.

Tonight we are staying in and Mark is cooking spaghetti sauce. We’ve been eating large, wining and dining for about 10 days already.

Sue and Wayne took this beautiful picture from their deck at the cottage, Lake of the Woods, Ontario.

The dinner Mark made tonight was great, since he cooked I cleaned up. Now he is taking the dogs for a walk to visit the chickens. Believe it or not, they don’t bark at them they’re just curious. This is such a fun place to camp.