Friday January 14th 2011

Well, it is finally warming up outside!! I got up real early this morning, I think about 4:30 or 5:00AM.  Today is the day I (we) get to host the coffee at the club house.  I took Sparky out and let him do his “thing” and then brought him back in.  He didn’t want to stay up, so I put him in with Linda.  He was a happy camper.  I didn’t see him again until 10:30AM  He got under the covers and went back to sleep.  I started the cinnamon rolls and when they were raising I decided to go to Wal Mart to pick up the rolls I ordered yesterday.  Glad I ordered them, there weren’t any on the shelf.  They had three dozen mixed donuts ready for me!!  I thought they were just going to be donuts but there were all kinds of things in there.  Three dozen for just over ten dollars.  Very good.  Got a picture of the cinnamon rolls…

I made two of these and glad I did.  I saved one out for Linda (she isn’t feeling to good) and took the rest over to the club house. I had a can of cream cheese frosting that I put on most of them but not all.  YUMMY!  Love cream cheese frosting!  The coffee went quite well!!  Someone had the coffee made so it was done when I got there.  I just had to clean up a little afterwards.  I did these a little different (so what’s new?).  I let them raise once then rolled them out, put on the goodies and stuck them in the oven.  They turned out very nice.   I could only bake one pan at a time so I took the rest over to the club house while the others baked.  They were still warm and that is when they are best.

After the coffee we had a bible study, or discussion which I thought was really good.  There were nine or ten of us there and we discussed the first chapter of James.  Lots of discussion, I like that.

When all that was over I got Sparky and we went for a walk.  I think I may have tired him out.  He is hyper most of the time and in the afternoon when I was talking to the neighbors he just plopped down between my feet.  When he gets tired, it seems to happen really fast.  Janice (they are from Canada) had to get a picture of that.

I figured that I would try to fix some chicken tonight.  I just baked the chicken with some potatoes, carrots, onions, salt and pepper.  Man that black pepper is HOT!!  I may have used a little to much though.  It turned out pretty good.

Not much going on tonight.  I have been trying to post my blog for a couple of days now and haven’t had much luck.  Tomorrow is another day.  Not much on TV tonight.  I tried a couple times to post the blog but just not fast enough to do it.  I may end up going to McDonalds or somewhere to post it.  Time for bed now though…Night Y’all…

Thursday January 13th 2011

Another cold day!!  Raining and pretty cool outside.  I got up early and took Sparky out, he didn’t stay out very long.  I was going to leave Sparky on the seat while I made some cinnamon rolls.  He didn’t want to stay there and I finally, well, I am a day ahead of myself, let me think of what I did.  Linda said we went to the UPS store to pick up our package.  The didn’t deliver it here because I had 3900 as the address instead of 3000.  Oh well, we took off and went down there, well, not right down there, I forgot to ask what city they were in.  It wasn’t Mission!  We found the street but it wasn’t the right one so I stopped and asked.  I was given directions, well, I made a mistake, there is a Jackson Ave and a Jackson Rd at the same off ramp.  I took the wrong one of course so I had to stop and ask directions again.  Got to go back and take Jackson Rd.  We finally found the UPS place and they had the package so I took it out to the car and opened it so the foam could go back to the original shape.  Linda wanted to stop at Sam’s Club.  We spent an hour or 2 walking around and didn’t buy anything.  I bet this store does a million dollars worth of business each day!!  I didn’t want to stand in line and Linda had 2 books so I told her to look at the lines.  Really long!

We finally went on home and, well, we stopped at Wal Mart first and looked around for about an hour so I placed an order for three dozen assorted donuts for tomorrow. I will pick them up around 7AM.  When we got home I got started on the cushions…

We are changing the foam here, The orange is the old and the white is the new.  It wasn’t really to bad changing them.  The are nice!!!  The seats aren’t like sitting on boards.  Linda fixed chili and we had a great supper.

Well, not much going on tonight, I think I will be going to bed shortly…Love to get it out of the camper.  Time to go to bed Y’all…

Wednesday January 12th 2011

What is it they say, a picture is worth a thousand words???

It is COLD!!!!

The wind is blowing out of the North West and it is damp and about 42 degrees.  This is the kind of weather I don’t like.  I guess it could be worse. Could be back in Sikeston where the weather is about like this only about 30 degrees cooler, not fun!  Oh, the cushion (back) that is not straight is the one that I hope to fix today along with the one I’m sitting on and the ones on the other side.  To make a long story short, they didn’t come today.  What a bummer!  I figured this would happen, the address changed here and the UPS person couldn’t find it.  I would imagine that they didn’t look.  The address changed from 3900, the one I used, to 3000.  We used an old camping book and the manager said the address has changed three times.  The UPS person did call tonight and I told them I would come and pick it up at the center, or store or whatever it is, they told me how to get there.  I plugged in the GPS and the first address was over 50 miles and I thought I had made a mistake, they I put in another city and street and it is about eight miles, I can handle that.

Don and LaVon asked us over for chili, and I thought that was an excellent idea.  We were going to fix it but we didn’t have the fixins!  I thought that I would whip up a couple loaves of bread and take one over.  I didn’t take any pictures of the bread but it turned out pretty good.  Linda really liked it. I tried something different (as usual).  We have the olive spread that we bought in MS and I used that plus some jalapeno spread plus some parmesan cheese and onions etc.  We are really anxious to try it toasted!  Back to the chili, well, it was excellent, had chili dogs first then a bowl of chili. Then to top it off a piece of cheese cake (or two).  Actually the cheese cake came later, not on top of the chili dog… We played three games of Zilch before heading out into the cold weather back home.  We left Sparky in the car.  He wasn’t a happy camper on the way home, I think he may have wanted to use the fire hydrant, not sure but I think that may have been part of the reason he wasn’t happy.

When we got back is when I found out the foam hadn’t been delivered.  I got online and looked at the tracking and it said it was undeliverable.  What a bummer.  I was trying to get ahold of the sender when UPS called and I was really glad that they had our phone number.

Had an excellent day, was glad I had the camper filled with propane, the furnace has been working quit a bit lately.

We watched some TV tonight, mostly HGTV.  I really like seeing people try to figure out which house they like.  I like seeing the houses too.  Wonder where they get all the money.  Last night a surfer girl, single, bought a house in Nicaragua for about seven hundred thousand dollars. I’m not sure I have made that much money in all my life!!!

Well, time to call it a night, Linda is playing computer games.  She finally made it to bed at 4AM.  She will probably sleep until noon, unless I take Sparky in to wake her up now that is a good idea, maybe about seven in the morning, am I mean or what???  Night Y’all…

Tuesday January 11th 2011

The cold front made it here!  For some reason our top vent, big top vent, over the cab came open last night in the wind!  The darkening shade was really mangled so I got it back far enough to close the vent, which by the way wasn’t latched or something, and the wind caught it.  We heard the banging noise during the night but I thought it was the flap for the exhaust vent over the stove.  Anyway, I got it straightened out and it looks good now without any wrinkles in it.  It was pretty cool in the camper….

We aren’t going to do much today, I think that we will probably stay in out of the cold.  The propane man is coming this morning and I want the tank filled for the next three cold days, I would sure hate to run out.  I got it filled and it took 4.7 gallons which is quite a bit, wish I would have looked at the counter before he started.  Cost $15 which really isn’t to bad.  I think the last time I had it filled was either in Branson or Sikeston.  It does pretty good on gas, better than the engine does!!

The temperature isn’t supposed to get above 45 degrees today.  That is just too cold!!  The furnace works good though so we are staying in where it is warm….

Linda bought some new computer games and she kept busy…Sparky kept busy too…..

He definitely isn’t a cold weather dog. He was snug as a bug in a rug…

We really didn’t do anything more than we had to.  Watched some new shows on TV tonight, Tuesday is one of our favorite nights for TV.

Well, time to sign off until tomorrow…..Night Y’all…

Monday January 10th 2011

It is kind of foggy this morning but not cold.  I wore my sweater out with my hood up.  I think later on it will clear up and the sun will shine.

We looked at a camper here in the park.  I didn’t take a picture of it but it was older and for sale.  Thought about getting one that we could just come to every year.  I think we will probably wait and look around.  Can’t really afford one now.  Judy, one of the planners here, stopped me and asked if Sparky could have a treat.  Why certainly!!  He likes treats.  She also gave me a lemon.  What a lemon…

This has to be the biggest lemon I have ever seen!  It is humongous!  I looked at the tree and the lemons are really big and it is blossoming again so it will have more.

We went to Peter Piper Pizza for lunch.  Can’t remember how many came from the park but I guess I could count them in the picture…

Looks like fourteen to me.  The first lady on the left is Judy and they have the big tree, actually the tree is small, the lemons are big.  Guess it isn’t really theirs but the parks, but it is where they are camped.  We had a pretty good time there at the pizza place and we stayed for about an hour.  They do this every Monday at noon.  There are other parks that do the same thing.

We went back to the camper and later in the afternoon I needed to give Sparky his last puppy shot.  Not fun.  I couldn’t get the “giant” needle to penetrate his skin.  I really felt sorry for him, I sure wouldn’t want to get a shot with a needle that big.  There is a retired nurse here and I asked her if she know anyone that had a really small syringe to give him the shot, she didn’t, but she gave him the shot with no problem at all.  She doesn’t like doing that because she is retired.

Not sure when I will be able to post this but I will try it but may have to wait until tomorrow or later tonight….Night Y’all….

Sunday January 9th 2011

Sunday morning and it is cool outside but not real bad.  Supposed to warm up again today.

I decided to go down to Blue Bonnet for their Sunday Services.  He had a pretty good message, one that I had thought about many times… 2 Chronicles 7:14.  “if My people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” I’m sure there are a lot of people who would disagree with this for our country.  He made a statement that I agree with even though I’m sure there are a lot that would disagree.  Glenn Beck, on public TV, says we need to get back to God.  Doesn’t matter to me if he is a Mormon, he has a message we need to listen to. How many on public TV say something like that?  Billy Graham used to and Franklin Graham I guess doesn’t, not that he doesn’t believe it, I guess he is kind of shunned because of his past.  Anyway, I took a picture or two at Blue Bonnet…

Inside the meeting hall….

The man sitting on the stage on our left is Cletus.  He is the only person I remember from eleven years ago.  Back then I was amazed at how much he could remember.  I sang a song that I figured no one ever heard before, well, it wasn’t well know, but I couldn’t remember how the second verse went and he started singing it.  I was amazed.  He made an impression on me.  My brother Ed may remember him also.  We went to his place for a little singing.  Had a good time.

I was going to go to the Gospel Jam tonight at Blue Bonnet but I was a little late and I couldn’t find a parking place and the hall was packed, not even standing room, so I went back home.  I guess the Gospel Jams there are really good.  I remember eleven years ago they were good.

Not much going on tonight will probably take it easy and go to bed and wait for the cold weather to come.  I sat outside for awhile this afternoon and enjoyed the warm weather.  I think it got up to about 75 degrees.  Was nice sitting in the shade in a T shirt!!   Bye Y’all…

Saturday January 8th 2011

I think today is going to be another warm day.  Love it!!!

We don’t really have anything planned for today, may go to Wal Mart and get a needle and thread.  Our lawn chair is coming apart and I would rather try to sew it back together than to buy a new one.  This one still looks good but is coming apart at one of the seams.

We checked out the new Wal Mart down the road from us about 6 miles down the road, or is it up?  I don’t care a lot for this Wal Mart, it is really big and new but something about it is different.  We found the needle we needed and the thread (fishing line) and a couple other things then headed to Camping World. They have some great stuff there but the prices are pretty steep.  I may end up buying some things that I would like to have but not now, maybe later…

We fixed the Muffaletta  sandwiches again and they were really good.  It is funny because I don’t particularly care for olives but this makes a great sandwich.

I finally got online last night and got my blog posted for yesterday.  I had a switch turned off for the Wi-Fi.  Finally figured it out and got online.  Very SLOW!!  This one should download pretty fast since I don’t have any pictures.  We checked out Blue Bonnet RV Park and it looks about the same only bigger.  The rates there are quite a bit higher than here but we are happy here.  I think I may try their Sunday service there and also their Gospel Jam tomorrow night.

Time to wind down and see if I can get this posted…Night Y’all…