Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Good morning. Well, the midterm elections are over and hallelujah, we do not have to watch any more ads. Ha ha. A few good things like referendums on ending greyhound racing, no drilling on Florida shores, and casino licensing in the hands of voters passed. All in all, I’m pleased that there will be a little balance in  Washington with the Democrats controlling the “House.” 

So I just had a good giggle. Karen sent a message asking if we wanted to come camping this weekend as she just had a cancellation. I asked Mark was out there moving things around adjusting for the new rig and all I heard was a sharp NO. Here’s my funny conversation with Karen. 

Er, I mean my sweet cuddly teddy bear 🐻❤️

I spent my day photographing eBay items and listing them on eBay. That’s time consuming! Robbie and BeeZee are running out of patience waiting for a ride on The Caddy! 

Lew and Lynn are getting a new roof and the Mexican music 🎶 is blasting on our street. When will we get our insurance claim paid? I phoned Morgan & Morgan ... again, but no reply yet. I’m starting to think they’ve lost my file! 

Speaking of Lew and Lynn, they are taking us to Red  Lobster tonight for a feast. Mark worked a few hours taking solar panels off their roof ahead of the roofers. 

Back home, we sat on the porch with the doggies and enjoyed the evening. 

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Good morning. I’ve been having a heckuva time sleeping! I cannot blame the time change at this point, because I’m getting up way earlier than usual. Mark is calling it “RV” brain. Ha! So, I was awake at 4 o’clock and went out to the RV and finished doing the shelf liner. When Marky gets home from running errands we are going to back the Brookstone into the RVport. Fingers crossed it’ll fit.

Here’s hoping! 

Things got a bit dicey as our height on the A/C units is 13’ 2” ... 

but we skimmed past the RVport roof lip. ✅

Mark inched along nicely while I walked side to side at the rear watching the slide covers and the big awning cover. 

Nicely done. 👌

We ran into a snafu on the length of the Brookstone. It’s listed as 40’ 10” ... but I’m guessing the rear ladder adds half a foot or more. 

We’re at the back here ... and can’t quite close the gate. 🙄 

That’ll do until we go away for Thanksgiving and will rethink how to back it in a little better. 

Tomorrow, the sunshades go up on the RVPORT. 👍🏻

As you can see, we’re ignoring the election results until tomorrow ... we’ve had enough of the ads!

Monday, November 5, 2018

Good day eh? Well, it’s crappy weather here, 72F and 95% humidity. The air feels like a damp blanket. T-storms are forecast. 

So I woke at 4 o’clock and worked on the RV shelving and loading things in. Mark called me for bacon and eggs at 7:30. Perfect. I was ready for Advil and had just run out of shelf liner. So far, I’ve used 40’ of the stuff and need at least 20’ more! It’s a good day for gettin’ it done. If it’s dry tomorrow, we’ll back it into the RVport. 

Mark is helping Lew to remove his solar panels ahead of a new roof going on his house Wednesday. Our insurance company has not responded to the attorney as far as I know. It was the same storm, Lew got paid, we didn’t. 🙄

Diane called. She had received your DNA heritage from 23 and me. It’s so fascinating the differences between sisters. When we get together at Thanksgiving I’ll bring my information and I’ll ask Sue to bring hers. 

Tonight I’m interviewing a neighbor for our “Spotlight” newsletter series.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Good morning. Apparently I was overserved at Lew and Lynn‘s house yesterday. 🤪 Fortunately, Mark remembered to turn the clocks back because that was the last thing on my mind this morning. Ha ha. Lynn cooked us dinner in her new air fryer, french fries and chicken. It was really good. But Mark says, no more kitchen appliances in our house! 👀 Really? Afterword, we played Jeff Foxworthy’s new game relative insanity. It was lots of laughs.

Today we are going shopping for a few items for our new RV. I have about an hour’s worth of unpacking to do and then start lining the shelves with the grippy stuff. (Hope Mark will help me!)

Tonight we met RanDawn for dinner at Stavros. It was extra-good tonight. I had Carbonara Mediterranean, Randy had Eggplant Parmigiana, Dawn had Sausage and Marinara and Mark had Ziti and Meatballs. Yummy. It was a fun night. Dawn suggested “just one more glass of wine” ... so we did. It was great! I think we closed the place. 

🤪

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Good afternoon y’all. Our weather is perfect for loading up our new 5th wheel! (The donations pile is growing!)

Lew and Lynn have been over to “ooo and ahhh”

until Lynn hauled him out of there! Haha. He was ready to move in! We’ll need a trip to Walmart for a few storage bins to keep odds ‘n sods corralled. 

Robbie and BeeZee came in and poked about. Robs has decided the top of the stairs is his vantage point. Bee trots about checking it all out. 

LANY and Marky Mark left about 5 o’clock for their long drive to Canada. They accomplished the front yard sprinkler system before they left. We think that’s amazing. Hopefully, they will be back in January, permanently. We sure enjoyed your company.

Lew popped over for happy hour about 430 and it extended to 630 when Lynn cooked dinner for us all. Ha ha. She has a new fryer that takes just one teaspoon of oil to make fantastic french fries! So, tonight, we had chicken breast, green beans and french fries. 

Lynn, drinking tea! WTH?

Tomorrow, we hope to finish organizing the rig or  and then meet Pete, Karen, Randy and Dawn at Stavro’s for dinner.

As you can tell from the blog, it’s been a rather hectic day. More tomorrow. 😍

Friday November 2, 2018

Good morning! Neither of us slept well last night; excited about picking up our new RV. We’ve decided to take Robbie and BeeZee with us ... so they know what’s going on! It would be awful for them to see us drive away with THEIR RV.  That was Robbie’s first home with us for 1 1/2 years in Oklahoma! 

GRW was very pleased with our rig ... ✅  After the inspection, we walked over to the Brookstone and spent an hour with technician Toby learning “the buttons.” Wow, does it have components or what?!!! There’s 7 remotes ... 2 TV, 1 fireplace, 1 comfort exhaust ceiling fan, 1 radio system , a regular ceiling fan.  Ha. 😱 We’re going to stock up on remote batteries! 

At the dealer ... deer 🦌 in the headlights look 👀.

Backing in our driveway was a challenge; a longer rear end ... different wheelbase, but we got it there. (It was “helpful” to have Lew, Lani and Marky-Mark there hooting and hollering. 😂 Since we are going to Pete and Karen’s for 530, we will wait and open the slides tomorrow to begin loading. I think it’s naptime. 😴 

The weather alarm sounded ... severe t-storms here; happy we didn’t open the slides! Winds were gusting! Lew phoned that he and Lynn wanted to see the rig! Nope, not today. 🙄

We left home after the rain passed for Pete and Karen’s house for happy hour. Their place is really nice, still decorating left to do yet but beautiful floors and quite large rooms. Afterward, we went to Fish Camp on Lake Eustis for dinner. Dinner was good and we had lots of fun. I’m hoping they will join us for Thanksgiving at Royal Oaks. They pick up their new Cedar Creek fifth wheel on Monday. 

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Good morning. Both Mark and I were up at 5 o’clock, after a couple of crazy nightmares. Yikes! So, Mark has gone hiking in the woods and I am having a morning catching up on odds and ends. It is a gorgeous start to our day at 68F but going to a high of 86F later on.

🎶 Happy Birthday dear Sue, Happy Birthday to you🎶

So today, Mark recommended a place where we used to get the Buick‘s oil changed. With our Dodge and our Kia we go to the respective dealerships for any maintenance. Marky Mark took it to the place that Mark recommended. Now you must remember that no good deed goes unpunished. Ha ha Ha ha ha. Marky Mark got a mile down the road with the freshly changed oil when his car began puffing black smoke! Mark had to go and pick him up at the side of the road. It turns out the person that changed the oil overfilled. So they are sitting at the oil change place getting it rectified. I haven’t heard the end of it yet I’m sure!

Tonight is Yaya‘s at Pats’s house. Dawn is joining me to ride over on The Caddy. We always have such fun getting together.

Pat cooked a chicken casserole and made a salad! 👍🏻 There was cake for the October birthdays and plenty of laughs with charades. 

Meantime, Mark, Randy, Lew, Jim, Ken and Marky-Mark went to Crazy Gators for their pub dinner. They were back at our house when Dawn and I came home at 8:30. 😁

Tomorrow’s a big Giant day. Ha! We’re picking up our new Brookstone at 10 o’clock. We’re excited ... but wondering where all our “stuff” will fit. 😱