Sunday, September 30, 2012

Saturday September 29th 2012

I texted Daniel and asked if he wanted to move things this morning and he said it sounded good.  He texted later and said he was taking the kids to the parade and I texted back and said I had to work this afternoon so I guess I have the rest of the day off, well, until I have to go into work this afternoon.

Not much going on this morning, in fact I got Linda up around 11:30AM so we could have lunch and I am then going to work.

Work didn’t go to bad, kind of busy but not to bad.  I took my tablet with me and played “Bubble Shoot” or something like that.  It sure makes the time go fast.

Thought I would get out of work on time but a camper came in about five minutes before closing.  They had vehicle problems and they aren’t sure what is going on with it so by the time I got them parked and got the books changed it was a little after seven then I had to stop at Wal Mart for some buns and some Cole Slaw for the BBQ.  Kind of like it with Cole Slaw.

We took it easy tonight, nothing going on so we watched a little TV and played on the tablets for awhile….Night Y’all…

Friday September 28th 2012

Well this morning is pretty cool and I decided to do a little more cleaning in the garage.  I am getting rid of some of things and getting other things ready to get rid of, well, sell some stuff.  I have lots of things that I don’t really need.

We went into town and Linda is going to McDonald’s to download a few games on her tablet.  I left her there and after I left I thought I should probably have helped her get online but she has done it before and I have my phone in case she has a problem.

I looked for a window for the garage but didn’t find anything I could use.  It would take some finagling to get anything to work.  I need to go to Menard’s and take a look there.  I did buy a dowel rod for a snow shovel.  Cost almost $4 but I think it will work.

Went back over to McDonald’s and Linda hadn’t gotten on line.  Well, she thought she was on line but wasn’t so I had to give her a hand doing that and then had to wait for almost two hours while she did her thing.  Got a couple of hamburgers while I waited for her.

Went to Wal Mart then and got a few things before heading home.

Daniel decided to wait until Saturday to move his stuff so we got the rest of the morning off.

Not a lot more going on today just take it easy I guess so I will say Night Y’all….

Friday, September 28, 2012

Thursday September 27th 2012

Well, it’s raining!  It is raining hard!  I will call Mark later and ask him about today.  I don’t think I will be working.  Had a hard time getting Sparky out this morning with the rain, lightning and thunder.

I texted Mark around 8:30AM and said it was raining and he texted back and said “yep”.   I didn’t go into work.  All I was going to do today was spray Roundup I think, so I will take it easy.

It quit raining around 9AM and I cleaned some more in the garage.  Didn’t know if it would rain anymore or not but I had a bunch of stuff to burn from the garage.  I worked until around noon in the garage and it is starting to look a little better!

Got a picture of the cover I put on the camper..

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Didn’t take to long to get it on but it was cloudy and looked like rain and I finished in time!  Rained like crazy!

OK, this afternoon I played a game on the tablet.  All afternoon until the battery went dead.  Had a good time!

Not much going on tonight.  I fixed us a piece of cake.  Spice cake and I put some cream cheese frosting on mine, really rich.

That is about all for tonight…..Night Y’all….

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Wednesday September 26th 2012

Wonder if it is going to rain today???  It is cloudy, well, kind of cloudy but I think I will still have to go to  work.  Called Mark to make sure and he said yes.

I mowed Russell Street today, even got a before picture…

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Now I don’t have an after picture and seeing as how almost all that I mowed was wild onions guess it wouldn’t look much different.

I got back to the shop around 1PM and got all the stuff unloaded and put away.  I had a sandwich then got the sprayer ready.  I spayed the first bottle and for the second one I needed the golf cart to go to the other end of the park.  The cart doesn’t run very good.. in fact it runs terrible….

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I sprayed another bottle and then I was going to spray the third one and Mark said maybe the cart needs to be run (hard)!  I ran around the park about ten times and the cart was smoking!  Going to spray another bottle and decided to do it again, around the park and around the mobile home park a few times and the cart was smoking like crazy, maybe some of the crud is being burnt out of the exhaust system!  Hope so, once it gets hot it runs great!

Mark said it was to windy to spray any more so I went on home.  The parts for the camper came in and it isn’t raining so I installed the vent and the vent cover.  Took awhile to do it but by the time I was done the lightning and thunder were getting closer and louder.  Glad I’m done and the lid is back in place.

Went to church tonight at Morehouse again.  I enjoy Pastor Randy, he is really down to earth and loves the Lord.

Wanted to get this done tonight and here it is!!!  Night Y’all…

Tuesday September 25th 2012

It is a little warmer this morning than it has been.  Supposed to get up into the middle 80s today.

I went into town and picked up some fittings for the camper. The low point drains wouldn’t work!  I also ordered the steel for the garage roof.  More than I wanted to spend but it should fix the leak and make it really dark in there. I wanted to get a window and I forgot to look for one, maybe next time.

When I got home I started working on the drain and found the problem, thought it was Styrofoam but it was lime or calcium in the line.  Also found out that the drains didn’t turn, even though they did, they pull up instead of turning and that was probably most of my problem!  I think I have it fixed now and I also kept the drains. May need them sometime.

I saw some Monarch butterflies in our tree…

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A couple of years ago these branches were loaded with butterflies.

At work today a guy came in with a camper he restored…

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This is Chuck….

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This is really a small camper but it is beautiful!  He did a great job.  Not sure if this was his first time camping or the first time in this camper, the way he was talking this is his first camping trip.  Nice guy.

Oh, this morning I looked at the checking account balance and it was pretty low so I checked into it and Camping World had charged my account three times for the things I ordered which came to around eleven hundred dollars!!!!  Not good!  I called them and they said their computers did things this way, not good at all.  I wonder if they would cover a non sufficient fund check because they have my money tied up????  I think they have a problem, now my problem.

Got out of work on time and home pretty early.  New shows on tonight on TV so that will keep us busy.  Time to say Night Y’all….

Monday, September 24, 2012

Monday September 24th 2012

Another cool morning but not quite like yesterday. 

After drinking coffee and enjoying the morning I decided to put the awning out on the camper and let it dry out.  It is pretty dirty so I figured I may as well wash it.  That took awhile but it needed it.

I tried checking the low point drains on the camper and they sure don’t seem to be draining.  I hooked up air and some water came out and I hooked up the water again and a little water came out so I figured there must be something wrong with the valves so I thought I would try to take them off and replace them.  What a job!!!  Hard pipe and clamps!  Took me about a half hour just to get them off.  Found the problem, pieces of Styrofoam in the lines.  I put the air back on it again and it seems to be clear.

I went into town and got some parts for the camper and also ordered some steel for the garage roof.  The roof on the garage leaks at the peak so I am going to replace the peak.  Spent more than I wanted to but that is OK if it works.

Had to stop at a couple other places and I think I got all that I wanted to before coming home.  I even got gas for the lawn mower.

Well, we watched TV tonight, Castle.  I like Castle.  It seems like a good show.  More coming on this week that should also be good!

Well, about time to say Night Y’all…

Sunday September 23 2012

I think I will try the church in Morehouse again.   I went there for a long time but have been trying different churches while we are here in Sikeston, while in Texas we go the the Mission First Baptist Church.

I got out to the church about 8:45AM and no one was around.  The sign says Sunday School starts at 10:00AM and I don’t think I will wait around for that.  I headed back into Sikeston and went to Fellowship.  Still was really early but the Sunday School and Church services were very good.

We took it easy this afternoon.  We fixed an egg and toast for lunch. Linda bought a new frying pan, one with green on the inside.  She says it really works great!  It isn’t real big but works very good.

I played more games this afternoon on the tablet.  Getting exasperated! I’m not sure I even finished one level, sure makes the time go fast though.

Went to Morehouse First General Baptist Church tonight.  I remembered most of the names, I was surprised! They have hired a Choir director, John, and he is doing a good job.  Actually I have sung in a quartet with him.  I think that he wants to start another quartet.  I’m interested!

Well, I made it home around 7:30PM and we pretty much took it easy the rest of the night. 

Time to say Night Y’all….

Saturday September 22nd 2012

Now I have to think about what we did on Saturday because this is actually Monday.  I have procrastinated for awhile and now I am trying to catch up.

I did a lot of stuff outside because it was so cool.  I can always find things to do out in the garage.  Well, there are a lot of things I can do here in the house but Linda has to OK what I do so that really limits what I do, or can do.

I got a picture of the field across the road.  I think the cotton fields really look pretty…

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The field gets whiter almost everyday.

I have to work this afternoon, not to bad, one until seven.  The time went pretty fast and I kept pretty busy with the campers coming in and with the chores I had to finish.

Got off right at 7PM and home by 7:15PM or close to that.

Linda made a pot of chili with a package of deer meat that Daniel gave us.  I wanted to try it to see if we like it.  The chili turned out really good.  Linda said all she put in it, for spicy hot, was a couple of cans of Ro-Tel tomatoes.  It was really spicy but good.

Took it easy tonight.  Not to much going on.  I played games on the tablet for a couple of hours.  I get kind of excited because I can’t get it to do what I want it to.  I play a game called Bubble Pop.  I think I am at level 42.  Takes a bunch of tries to get past, or through, a level.

Guess it is time to say Night Y’all….

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Friday September 21st 2012

It’s going to rain today, it’s sprinkling right now and Sparky doesn’t like it very well!

We spent most of the morning inside in the rocking chair, Sparky sleeping most of the time so it was relaxing.

When Linda got up we went to town.  I wanted to look at the RV car port things.  This took awhile and I found out they will run around twenty five hundred dollars for a decent one.  I could get a cheap one for around nineteen hundred.  I will have to think about that for awhile for sure!

Went to the $100 store and spent a lot.  I had to get a couple of pair of jeans for good. Most of mine are for work now.

I was tired and I took a nap this afternoon! Let me take a look I should have a picture to post…..

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Oh yes, here is a picture of Sparky hiding behind the Day Lilies.  They sure are funny flowers, just a stalk with a flower on it!

Not much else happened today.  I need to get some parts for the camper. The vent blew off on our trip and I want to get a cover for that and I looked online and I can get a cover for the camper for around $300-350 which is a lot cheaper than a metal building.  May go that route just to see what happens.  Won’t be out a lot if it doesn’t work out right.

Guess that is about all for today..Night Y’all…

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Thursday September 20th 2012

Another cool morning this morning.  It isn’t supposed to be as cool as yesterday but I think it is just as cool and maybe even cooler.  The wind is blowing pretty good so that may be part of the reason it feels so cool.

I stopped on the way to work at the Super 8 again for my half cup of coffee. I had to get a picture of Amy.  Amy is at the desk on Wednesday and Thursday when I come in for coffee….

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I had Amy pose with the Super 8 cup.  Thought this was a very good picture!

When I got to work I drove into the mobile home park to try to get a picture of a worm.  There were millions of them yesterday but today I could only find a few.  I figured it was because it was cool.  Found one and took a picture but it is so blurry I can’t put it on here.

Kay came out to find out what I was doing so I had to get a picture of her also…

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Kay is a character!  She cut most of her hair off and I’m still not sure why. I asked but not sure I got an answer.  She is a real talker and very friendly. I like talking to her though, quite entertaining!

I sprayed a bottle of Round Up on sand burrs before starting to mow.  Lots of sand burrs!  Lots of goat heads too!

I finished mowing around 4:45PM and I did some weed whacking after that. By the time I finished all that it was time to call it a day.

Our neighbor, Daniel, said the worms were Army Worms.  Guess they don’t really hurt anything except the grass and it will grow back.

Not going to do much tonight, thought I would do the blog so it will be one that I get out on the right day instead of a day late!  Well, time to say Night Y’all…

Wednesday September 19th 2012

Another very cool morning, I think it is probably in the upper 40s or lower 50s this morning.

I forgot to mention that yesterday after we got home I mowed the lawn.  Looked pretty bad and I mowed it just before we left so it grew a lot in just a week.  That means I will be mowing at work today.

I stopped at the Super 8 this morning for my half cup of coffee. Amy, the desk clerk, said she got a box of cups in and the first person she thought of was me!  I like my Super 8 cup and I like the Super 8 coffee. I don’t have a lot of time to drink but I do enjoy it.

I was right, I am mowing today but first I am spraying two bottles of Roundup.  The weeds don’t stay dead very long and now the sand burrs need to be sprayed, they are thriving!  When I was mowing the mobile home park, Kay, a resident, stopped me and was talking and I noticed she was killing something on the ground and they were either worms or caterpillars but they sure looked ugly.  There are millions of them and I think they are killing the grass!  After all the rain and cool weather we’ve had the grass should be green but it’s dead, at least some of it.  Not sure if they will have to be sprayed or not, probably will have to get rid of them, I think they are very hungry!

I finished mowing etc around 5:30PM and headed home.  I’m tired of course.  Not much going on tonight.  I have to check and see if I have some pictures…

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This was at the Double J Campground in Springfield Il and if you look close you can see four or five deer back by the woods.  I had made a close up of them but I don’t know where it is!

Well, that is the only picture I can find so to sum it all up we took it easy and went to bedSmile….Night Y’all…

Tuesday September 18th 2012

It is sunny and very cool this morning with a pretty strong breeze out of the North which is very good for traveling south!  I got the car hooked up but the ramps for the dolly I had to put in the trunk of the car because I couldn’t find the bolt, or nut, for one of them.  They won’t be rattling in the trunk.

We had an omelet for breakfast with home made toast.  Pretty good.  Should keep us going for awhile but it did sit kind of heavy on my stomach for a few hours.

We got on the road around 10AM and headed for home.

We filled up with gas in St Louis and it was probably twenty cents a gallon cheaper than Illinois.  We got to around Bloomsdale and the phone rang. It was Mark wondering if I was coming to work.  I hadn’t planned on working today but I could be there in about two hours but he said he would try to call Bitsy.  Linda called Kim at the office and she said that Bitsy was on her way in so we could go on home.  That was good.  Even though we will get in pretty early we have a lot of unpacking to do.  We also had to take Sparky into the vet to get his nails trimmed etc.

We were pretty tired tonight and I had a hard time staying awake. I had to go to bed early.  Night Y’all….

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Monday September 17th 2012

Going to head back to Sikeston today with a stop in Springfield to see Linda’s brother and sister-in-law. 

We saw a place on the way up that the gas was $3.89 and wanted to wait to see if we could make it there, Bradford, and fill up.  We made it!

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The gas here was ten cents a gallon cheaper than most everywhere else.  eighty four dollars and under eight miles to the gallon.  Not a cheap way to travel but it is comfortable and we are at least getting it out and used.

We made it  to the campground around 1:30PM, unhooked and went to find out where they (Ken and Ruth) live. We used the Tom Tom and it took us to the street but wanted us to turn the wrong way.  I remembered about which house they lived in so I told her to turn it off.  I was right!!!

Had a real good visit with Ken and Ruth, lots of laughs and a good game of cards. I think Ruth won the first game and she wanted to stop early on the second so she would win that but we had one more hand to go and Linda won this game..

Looking at pictures on the cell phone…

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and a pose picture…

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I wanted to get back to the camper and hook the car up before it got dark.  Didn’t make it.  It was already to dark when we got back but I did get it on the dolly with Linda’s help.

We watched a little TV and listened to the rain.  Hope it isn’t raining in the morning.  I don’t want to strap the car down in the rain!

We were both pretty tired so we went to bed around 10PM. We did watch a new show called “Revolution”.  It is a lot like Jericho that was on a couple of years ago.  Well, guess it is time…Night Y’all….

Monday, September 17, 2012

Sunday September 16th 2012

Got up this morning and walked around with Sparky for awhile.   I have another picture of the lake with some Canadian Geese on it…

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It is so neat to watch Canadian Geese when they are coming in for a landing.  There were three of them gliding down to the lake and about three feet over the lake they changed direction into the wind and flapped their wings a couple of times and they were down.  I think they are very graceful for a large bird.

I went to church this morning, Linda couldn’t get up, she was still burnt out from yesterday.  She was still asleep when I got home, but when she did get up she was upset with Sparky because he wouldn’t quit barking!  Sparky has actually been very good about being left alone in the camper for multiple times and for long lengths of time.  He’s a good boy.

We went over to Marilyn’s today and Linda took her some of the BBQ for her supper.  She didn’t want to go to Angelo’s with us because she has trouble with coughing.  Time and Connie got there around 4PM and we talked about an hour then went to Angelo Pizzeria for an Italian Hamburger.  They are great from Angelo’s in Rock Falls. 

When we left we went on to church and Linda got to see a lot of her old friends.  We were kind of late getting home but Sparky didn’t seem to mind much.  He lays in the chair most of the time I think.

Well, time to say Night Y’all…..

Saturday September 15th 2012

Linda has the BBQ made for today and we will leave around 10AM to get to Geneseo around 11AM.  We figure there won’t be to many from our side of the family there. Ed said that most are busy or not feeling well.  They will be there and we will be there so that is a few anyway.

We took the back roads to Geneseo and Linda put it in the Tom Tom so we would be able to find the Community Center.  We have been there before but I’ve slept since then.  Tom Tom took us right there!  We were almost the first ones there!  Carol and her daughter, Colleen, hosted the reunion this year.  Got a picture of Carol, Colleen and Jan….

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We actually had a very good time at the reunion.  Most of the people we knew but there were still a few that we didn’t know.  The Geneseo Community Center was an excellent place to have the reunion.

We left the reunion around 4PM and got home around 5PM and Linda was so tired she had to go to bed.  We thought about going over to Mike and Cindy’s but Linda was just to tired to go.

We pretty much just stuck around here and relaxed until bedtime.  Had a good day and a good visit.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Friday September 14th 2012

Looks like a beautiful day today, it quit raining but it is still pretty cool and the fog is still pretty bad, I think I have a picture from this morning…

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Beautiful sunrise.  Sparky and I got to walk around the lake a couple of times and he has had enough.  He will walk up and down the road but not around the lake anymore.

We went up to see Marian this afternoon.  We had stopped to see Marilyn this morning but had to go to Franklin Grove to see Marian.  Couldn’t come all the way up here and not see her.  Got a picture.  She isn’t doing real good but seemed better today than the last time we were here…

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She does look pretty good doesn’t she.  She sleeps a lot and she was asleep when we got there, didn’t want to wake her but we didn’t want to leave without at least saying hello.

We went to Dalmus and Jane’s for supper tonight.  Had a great time…

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Let me see from left to right, Frank, Maggie, Jane, Dalmus, Kara, Judy, Dave, Linda and me!  I sat my camera on a glass to take the picture.  Not to bad!

We left around 8:30PM and Linda wanted to fix the BBQ for tomorrow but there wasn’t much there so we went and go another pork roast, should be plenty now. 

Going to have to sign off for now…Night Y’all…..

Friday, September 14, 2012

Thursday September 13th 2012

OK, I let the blog go for a few days and I have been trying to get back into the groove and get caught up.

We finished loading the camper this morning and I had a few things to get done before taking off.  I put some Rid-X down the toilet for the septic tank.  We haven’t had any problem with it so hopefully it is doing some good.

I had to spray some vegetation killer on the driveway to kill the grass.  Hopefully it will work.  I didn’t want Sparky walking through the places I sprayed so I put him in the camper and now we wait for Linda.  We always forget something so she is checking to make sure she has everything we will need.  We finally got on the road about 8:30AM I guess.  I had to stop down the road to check the straps and they seemed to do quite well. 

We stopped in St Louis to fill up with gas.  Very expensive!  I know before we left I filled up and the mileage was only 4.9 MPG!!!  That definitely isn’t good.  This fill up was a little better, we averaged a little over 8MPG.  Still not good but better.

We finally made it to Rock Falls around 4:30PM and it was raining, not what I wanted but it isn’t raining hard, just enough to get wet.  I was trying to hook up everything and Linda said we have a problem.  There is a vent in the bathroom that was gone, second time this vent blew off.  Seems to be a problem there.  We are at Leisure Lake Campground and I borrowed a ladder and went to Wal Mart and got some Duct Tape which is what I used the last time.  It will last and keep the rain out until we get home and get another vent lid.  I am going to have to get a vent cover to keep it from blowing off I guess.

Got a picture of the camper…

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Doesn’t look bad here but it is still sprinkling and the grass is really wet and all the hook ups are on the wrong side of the camper!  We will make it work.

We took it easy tonight, I am tired, been a long day..Night Y’all…

Wednesday September 12th 2012

Beautiful day, starting out cool and sunny.  I think it may warm up some today but it isn’t supposed to get to warm.

I am sure I am going to be mowing today. The rain really made the grass grow and I want to be done kind of early so I can get home and load some more stuff in the camper and and get the car loaded on the dolly.

Work went quite well, got the RV Park all mowed except for the sites up against the fence.  They are the hardest to mow because there are campers in all most all of the sites and makes it really hard to move the picnic tables plus all the stuff they have in the sites.  I figure the grass will still be there next week.

I left work around 4:30PM and as long as I was already hot, sweaty and dirty it was a perfect time to get the car on the dolly.  I was surprised that the straps don’t fit very good.  It wasn’t easy hooking it up.  One side of the strap is about three inches to long and it is very hard to get the end strap room enough to get it tightened up.  We will see how it works tomorrow.

Linda cut my hair tonight. I was really in need of a haircut.  It was getting to the point I couldn’t hardly comb it anymore.

Time to day Night Y’all….

Tuesday September 11th 2012

I get to work in the office today.  I’m not really looking forward to it but it should be ok.

I started out the morning getting things put into the camper for when we take off.  I’m trying to get Linda to get her stuff ready so we can leave pretty early in the morning.  I’m still worried about the battery but it has been holding up pretty good so maybe it just has a small drain or maybe it was just about completely dead from sitting for a few months.  I know that when we go to Texas we will have to remove both batteries so they won’t freeze.  That definitely wouldn’t be good.

Haven’t heard from Jack and Mary so we aren’t sure if the made it back or are having a safe trip.  Guess they will let us know when they get there.

Had a very slow day at work but it still went by pretty quickly. 

When I got home I just took it easy, loaded a few things into the camper and took it easy the rest of the night.

Time to day Night Y’all…

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Monday September 10th 2012

We cleaned house a little this morning and got things ready for Jack and Mary to come in for a visit. I figure they will be in around 3PM, give or take.

I think they finally made it around 2PM and we had a good visit, catching up on all the happenings.  Mary is the person that takes care of the news letter at Seldom Rest Ranch.  They are actually from Kewanee IL which isn’t far from our home in Rock Falls and Dixon.  They spent the summer up there and Jack was ready to come back to Texas a long time ago but there were people to see and things to do.

About 4:30 we took off and went to Lambert’s.  They haven’t ever eaten there before so we figured we would take them.  This makes four times this year for me, about three times to many.  Food is great but for some reason I always eat to much.  Always have stuff to take home for another meal.

Got a couple pictures of Jack and Mary…

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We had a great meal and time to talk and watch the guy throw rolls. I think this is the least busy day I have every seen here.  They probably do have slow days but the other three times I was here we always had to wait for at least a half hour but that was good because we had time to sit and talk.

Jack and Mary have a killer dog….

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That is Harley!  He must weigh all of four pounds!  Sparky is scared of him, well, Bud, the big black dog also backs away from him!  He actually sounds quite ferocious!   He is almost twelve years old and doesn’t have many teeth left.  He sure gets around though.

We talked them into staying the night with us which is a lot cheaper than staying in a motel!  They were going to go on another hundred miles or so but after we got done eating is was almost dark and staying the night worked out pretty good.

Linda and Mary got to watch some bachelor program and I slept through some of it. We actually went to be around 9:30. I haven’t gone to bed that early since I was sick!

Well that is about all for today….Night Y’all….

Sunday September 9th 2012

Going to North Acres again today.  I read the Sunday School lesson so I probably should go there.

I had a question about abortion and I asked Pastor Charles and he really had no answer except “Thou Shalt Not Kill”.  That actually is a very good answer but people don’t think a “fetus” is a real person and abortion is OK. He did have a really neat thing he told me… If you are taking your wife or girlfriend to the abortion clinic for an abortion but you were hit by another car and the baby dies because of this, the person could be charged with manslaughter!  Now that is amazing!  I was just wondering what the Bible says on the subject.  Closest thing I found was in Exodus Chapter 21:22-23 and it was just about two men fighting and causing the woman to have her baby prematurely.

Sunday School and Church were very good.  In Sunday School there is always a lot of discussion and lots of different opinions which are very interesting.

After church I had a few things to do and didn’t make it home until 1:30PM.  Linda was getting worried that something had happened to me.  I needed a couple of things which couldn’t really wait until tomorrow because we have company coming and will probably be home most of the day.

Back to church again tonight at North Acres.  Pastor Charles is a very good preacher, very down to earth and easy to understand.

Not a lot going on tonight. Watched a little TV and then to bed.  I have to check and see if I have a picture to post….100_4135

It may be hard to see but there is a double rainbow in this picture.  We tried different cameras to take the picture, Linda’s camera’s batteries were all dead and mine doesn’t really take good pictures, like this one.

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Like I said my camera doesn’t take good pictures.  This is our song leader or choir director.  She has two different voices, when singing a special she has a very nice voice and when directing the choir she has a very nasal voice.  She is good though.  I don’t know her name eitherSmile….

OK, now it is time to say night y’all…

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Saturday September 8th 2012

Cool out this morning for sure.  I put my hoodie on before going out and am glad I did!  I think it is about 60 but the wind is blowing out of the North at a pretty good clip.

Sparky and I were in and out quite a bit.  Not doing anything but going in and out and enjoying the cool weather.  Opened up the house and Linda says it is going to be good enough to leave it open all day.  High today is supposed to be 74 and that is the lowest high we’ve had since Spring.

Going to work this afternoon and it should be a good day, not to hot and not wet!

Got all my chores done and decided it’s time to get the computer out and download more pictures on the external hard drive.  After learning how to do it it’s pretty easy.  I spent all afternoon, well not all, but quite a bit of the afternoon transferring pictures to the hard drive.  After seeing some of the pictures I had to email some of them just as reminders of good times past!

Got out of work at 7PM and was home by 7:20PM.  We fixed hot dogs for supper.  Was hungry for hot dogs.

Trying to get Linda online but having some problems for some reason.  I tried on mine and it works but not very well.  Must be something about tonight.

Well, not much else going on tonight so I will say “Night Y’all”…

Friday September 7th 2012

Well, I noticed that I put the wrong day yesterday!!  It wasn’t actually Tuesday, it was really Thursday, hope I didn’t mess with anybody’s mind!

I was going to mention that I can’t change the blog on this computer because I used the other one to write it up.

Today is my day off and I would like to go to Menard’s to use up my credit.  I want to look at a bunch of stuff like bathroom showers and the surround that goes with them.  Also want to look at stuff for a back splash for the kitchen in Texas.  Won’t buy anything here but just want to get an idea.  There are a lot of other things I need to look at, well, actually I just want to look.

We started looking around the store and Linda found a lot of dog treats and a few other things.  I got a can of coffee so so far we haven’t gotten anything that we have needed.  Sure is fun looking around though. 

 

I got a page asking me to come to the “exit” door.  I knew it had to be Linda but wasn’t sure what was going on.  I finally found her and her back is hurting and she had to sit down. Guess I can go even though I didn’t even make it through half of the store!   Lots more stuff to look at but I guess there will be another day.

We went to Steak and Shake for lunch.  Not my favorite place but the food is pretty good.    I had a cheddar cheese burger and Linda go a regular one with everything on it.  They were really good!  I wouldn’t even mind going back again sometime.  I also had a yogurt with fruit and I thought it was pretty good and Linda got a Sundae for desert.  We enjoyed it.

The drive back to Sikeston was hard.  I had a really hard time staying awake.  Linda keeps asking what I want to talk about, well, I would actually take a nap.  Not much of a talker when I’m tired.  We made it back though.

We brought our tablets with us and stopped at McDonald’s for a drink and download a couple of games.  We  were there about an hour I guess.

Got back home and let Sparky out.   There are weather warnings out but it doesn’t look bad here, yet.  It came about an hour later, The wind blew like crazy, lots of thunder and lightning and then we got the rain.  Don’t know how much we got but it was quite a bit in a short time.  This is helping with the draught but it still is not enough.

Well, I played some “Angry Bird” and Linda played one of her new games. I get kind of exasperated with the games because I can’t get them to do what I want them to do.  Just a game!

That is about all for now guess I will say “Night Y”all..”

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Tuesday September 6th 2012

Well, it is nice this morning but I know it is supposed to get warm,  not as bad as yesterday but pretty warm.  I know I am going to mow all day which is a lot better than trying to find something else to do.

I mowed Russell Street first and it really needed it.  I think it has probably been at least six weeks since it has been mowed.  It was bad.  Always trash laying around and the weeds and sand burrs are really bad.  I think it will have to be mowed again in a couple of weeks.

I got back around 1:15PM, took a break and started mowing the RV park. I didn’t get the whole RV Park mowed.  To make it short I quit around 5:30 and headed home.  There is a storm coming and on the way home it really started blowing.  Kept looking around for a tornado but didn’t see anything but dust blowing.

When I got home I pulled in the garage and it started sprinkling and the wind picked up even more and the rain started.  The temperature is starting to drop and it is feeling good.  I opened up a window, which is downwind and tried opening the door but it doesn’t work.  The small kitchen window works good. Nice breeze coming in.

I am putting some more pictures on the hard drive and hopefully I will be able to put all of my blogs on there also.

More DNC, not looking forward to listening to it.  They sound good but I know they are liberal and their morals are not very high.  Sure don’t want them back again but like I said, God is in control…  Night Y’all…

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Wednesday September 5th 2012

Well, it is cloudy this morning but I can still see blue sky every now and then.  I would imagine at work I will probably do some mowing at work. I figure I will probably mow Russell Street, it hasn’t been mowed for about six weeks and we don’t know what it looks like but I imagine it needs to be mowed.  Well, I was wrong, he wants me to stay here and find something to do.  Well, with all the rain I figure that mowing will be needed. 

I mowed all day except for a break at noon for lunch and to get gas.  In the afternoon I did take time to dump the trash.  It needed to be dumped and it probably won’t be dumped again until Saturday when I work the office.

It has been a pretty good day to mow. It has been really warm but I can handle that.  I worked until 5:30PM and headed home.  Bits gave me a couple of water melons to take home.  I gave Linda one and the other I left at the neighbors house.  Linda likes water melon, I don’t care for it.

Linda fixed fish tacos tonight.  Boy are they good.  She used a little to much cayenne pepper though.  Kind of makes your eyes water!

I figure tonight would be a good time to check and see if the external hard drive has the pictures I put on it last night and whether I can get them open if they are actually there.  Surprise!!  It works like a champ, the picture folders are all listed which I was kind of surprised but they are all listed as I put them in there.  I like the hard drive!!

Well, the DNC is on and we are watching it and it is sad that they all believe in same sex marriage and almost everything that God said wasn’t the way He planned it.  Again, I think he will get reelected and I wonder what our country will be like after four more years of this.  My opinion is our country is on a slippery downhill slide and doesn’t look like anything is going to stop it.  I definitely could be wrong and I sure hope I am.  We will see what happens in the next few years..

Time to get off the soap box…Night Y’all….

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Tuesday September 4th 2012

I forgot yesterday to say we did a little cleaning.  I cleaned out two closets and threw a bunch of stuff away and gave a lot to Goodwill.  We have to much “stuff”.  I have a lot in the garage I think I will sell.  I’m sure I’m not going to be using it so I think selling it would be good.  We also found the keys that we forgot when we went to Texas.  Now we can unlock the locks we couldn’t when we were there.  We changed the deadbolt so that key we have with us.

It is warm this morning, well, it is very humid and muggy.  Sure couldn’t open the house.  The breeze isn’t bad but still way to humid and it is supposed to get real warm today.

Work went good today, had quite a few campers come in and I kept busy for most of the day.

This morning I got my external hard drive out and decided to play with it again and see if I could figure it out.  I found that it had some pictures on it and I thought I would try to put more on from the old computer.  I worked for about and hour and I think, maybe, I put on a bunch more pictures on it. I hopefully will be able to put all my blogs that I have written on it.  I don’t want to loose them and it is kind of hard to find them on the internet.  I will try that later.  The hard drive has 500 gigs and that should be enough to put everything on that I have ever done or ever will doSmile

Taking it easy tonight and watching some of the DNC.  Hate to say it but I think Obama will be reelected. God is in control.  Night Y’all..

Monday September 3rd 2012

Well, Linda still isn’t feeling well, kind of lethargic I guess is what you would call it.  She is sleeping a lot and just doesn’t feel good.

We did go into town this afternoon, she wanted to get some vitamins and stuff like that.  Cost a lot so we must have gotten a lot!

We had chicken patties for our “late” lunch.  They are pretty good fried up and on a bun.  Good lunch.

Linda ordered some “stuff” on line and had a hard time getting it.  Then tonight she got a call and I think it must have been from India or somewhere, the person wasn’t nice and wouldn’t take no for an answer so I got on the phone and she hung up, can you imagine that?  I didn’t even have time to say anything other than my name.  Hopefully she isn’t going to get charged for something she doesn’t want.

I have been trying to figure out my backup thing, not sure I like it but hopefully it will work OK.  I haven’t been able to figure it out.  Got a bunch of Chinese writing and a word in English that said error.  Not sure what that means but hopefully I can get it working.  Wondering if I can back up one computer and put it on another, it doesn’t say anything about it.  I would really like to back up all the pictures and my blog from the very start until now.  I am going to give it a try and if it doesn’t work, I’m sure I will take it back and then get some more of the little storage cards, they hold a lot of stuff for something that is so small, I’m amazed!

Well, not much going on tonight, oh, we did talk to Daniel today and he is moving in, or has moved in, next door.  Glad to have him back as a neighbor.

Anyway, time to say night y’all….

Monday, September 3, 2012

Sunday September 2nd 2012

Thinking I will probably go to North Acres this morning.  I like the church, all churches have their little quirks but I have enjoyed almost all of them!

I won’t go into Sunday School except to say that it was good and lots of discussion.  The teacher said this was way to big for one day and she was right we probably didn’t get half way thru the lesson but it was good.  We talked a lot about sin.  Wondering, if you tell a singer they did a real good job and it was terrible, is that a lie?  Sure isn’t the truth is it?  Kind of what our discussion was about.

Church was very good also, had a little bit of something going on before church so he didn’t get his whole sermon done.

Got a picture of Bud, he sang the special this morning and it really was a good song, “The Last Mile of the Way”.  What a message.

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I don’t know how old he is but I would say in his late 80s or early 90s.  Not many young people in this church.

We had gone to the Outlet Mall a few days ago and I got a pastry roller. I’ve been looking for one of these for a long time.  The kids each have one and they work really good in small spaces…

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It isn’t very big but does a good job and takes up a lot less room than a rolling pin (we have a rolling pin).  Should work great for making cinnamon rolls.

Taking it easy this afternoon., even took a nap.

Got ready and went to church tonight, going to go back to North Acres but when I got there I remembered church was cancelled and I decided to stop at Aldi’s for a few things before going home.  I know other churches cancelled tonight because tomorrow is a holiday.  Oh well, next week.

Watched a little TV tonight and then to bed….Night Y’all…

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Saturday September 1st 2012

This is the first day of the month and I will work this afternoon.  It is cloudy and it did rain a little last night, not much but the grass is wet.

I think it is going to get pretty warm today, it is mostly cloudy though and maybe we will get a little more rain.  We sure need it.

Today is going to be a slow day at work I can tell.  No reservations and it is kind of stormy, not raining but the wind is blowing hard.  Not a real good day for traveling with a camper.  I got all the chores done and decided to try my tablet again, games, which is kind of fun.  I have a game called bubble buster and I played it most of the afternoon, when I didn’t have people coming in the office.  It is the first of the month so we have people coming in and paying their rent.  The game kind of gets to you and it is still kind of fun.

About 5PM the wind came up the tornado sirens started going off as did the weather radio which has an obnoxious warning tone.  The wind really came up and finally it started raining, hard!  It was mostly waves but when it rained it really rained hard.  I bet our grass greens up now!

I got out of the office just a little after 7PM and headed home, in the rain, which was really coming down.  At home it was still raining but since I park in the garage I was dry getting out of the car but not when I  got to the house.

We got our battery powered lantern out and had it ready. The lights dimmed and kind of went out a couple of times.  We must have gotten at least an inch of rain and it is still sprinkling.  Maybe we will get a soaker!

We finally went to bed around 11PM.  The storm seems to have passed but when I took Sparky out the last time it was still drizzling so we are getting a pretty good rain.  Well, time to say Night Y’all….

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Friday August 31st 2012

This summer is going by pretty fast.  Last day of August already.  It is very warm this morning and humid.  It is sprinkling and we are supposed to get quite a bit of rain from Isaac but so far just sprinkles and some wind.

I decided to back up my pictures from the new computer. I had an 8 gig card that I had backed up a lot of stuff on and I don’t know if I can get it off or not, sure doesn’t want to do anything so I cleaned the card and then put all the pictures I have on this computer onto the card. I then downloaded the pictures on Linda’s computer and I have found out that the pictures from my camera are really grainy and not very good but the pictures from her camera are a lot better so I changed the setting on my camera from 3.1 to 6 mega pixel and we will see how that works.  Took a couple pictures with it….

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Above are clouds from Isaac.

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Sparky is posing.  When I transfer these to the SD Card I will have to transfer them to Linda’s computer to see if they are any better.  I would like a new camera but if I can get this one to work good I may save the  money.

We thought about going to Menard’s today but decided not to.  I figured we would get some storms so I really didn’t want to be out and about.  Well, we didn’t get much rain today, so much for the storms.

We really didn’t do much today, we fixed egg burritos for lunch and took it easy the rest of the day.  Sparky and I got to spend some time outside but it is pretty warm and humid.  We even got some sunshine.  Guess the farmers don’t really need the rain now but I would sure like to see the grass green up again.

Guess that’s about all for today…..Night Y’all…