Friday December 10th 2010

Very cold this morning.  Glad I unhooked the water hose.  It wasn’t supposed to be this cold I don’t think but you just never know.

We don’t have anything planned for today again, we will hang out here and enjoy the weather, well, it’s supposed to get nice out, sure hope it does.

Sparky likes it outside and he met a new friend, well, it was a few days ago. His name is B.J…..

B.J. is a Rat Terrier also. He is about seven months old and really feisty. It takes Sparky awhile to get used to another dog or person so…they spent some time getting used to each other, well, Sparky was getting used to him.  B.J. is a little more aggressive and was getting a little rough but Sparky liked it.  I separated them after awhile.

I decided to fix some supper, decisions, decisions, what should we have for supper.  Well I decided on smoked sausage and some Rice A Roni. It turned out pretty good.

We went over to Rick and Connie’s tonight for some Zilch.  Had a good time. We are planning on going to the Coast tomorrow to see Matt and Destiny.  Guess we will take Sparky, it could be a long day even though I’m sure he would be alright here by himself but still a long day and I am sure that Emma Kate and Ethan would like to see him.  Guess he will go!

We got home about 10PM and I had to get Sparky worn down, which I didn’t do a very good job.  He ate a lot when we got home so I was sure he would want to get up during the night and I was right, about 2AM but he does pretty good, does his job and right back in but he really didn’t want to go back to bed right away, sorry…..Night Y’all..

Thursday December 9th 2010

Another cold night!!  I disconnected the water again just in case.  Good thing I did it got cold.  I would insulate the hose but we probably won’t be here to long and it is going to warm up…sometime!

Today is the day for the Senior get together at West Union Baptist Church.  We are going to pick up Virgie on the way over.  Rick is still recuperating  from his knee surgery.  I imagine that will take awhile. We told Virgie we would pick her up about 10:45AM but we were a little late, not bad but a few minutes.  She was ready all she needed was her jacket. We made it to the church before it started and had plenty of time to get in and sat down or is it set down. What ever,,, we parked it!

They put on a great dinner and a very nice short program.  It was really nice.

Here is our entertainment…

She really wasn’t the entertainment even though she was very entertaining. There was also a little boy there about the same age. We thought they were twins but they weren’t even related.

Back to the dinner, they had chicken, and all kinds of salads and the deserts were out of this world!!  Excellent!!  Good job ladies!!

We took Virgie back to the home and stayed there for awhile and visited. Linda and I were both tired and we figured we better get back home, let Sparky out and take a nap.  Sparky needed to run for awhile first so I walked him all the way around the park then he wanted to play.  He played for at least an hour, running around like a crazy dog.  He is so cute when he runs, his ears are laid back and his legs go a mile a minute. He finally got tired out and we went in and took a little nap.

The evening was pretty much relaxing.  Watched a couple specials on TV, actually cartoons, Shrek and another one, they were cute. We also watched a couple of our regulars then I unhooked the water again before going to bed.  Supposed to be another hard freeze tonight. So, Night Y’all…

Wednesday December 8th 2010

It’s another cool day but not as cool as yesterday.  Temperature went up during the night I think.  Wasn’t any frost this morning either. I had to hook up the water again.

We don’t have anything planned for today.  Linda isn’t feeling to good. Kind of a stomach bug I guess.

I only took one picture today and that was kind of an after thought…

I made some vegetable soup.  That’s what I call it anyway.  Just a couple pieces of bacon, celery, potatoes, corn, tomatoes and some seasoning.  I thought it was good, guess Linda did too, she ate two bowls of it, they were small bowls though.

I went over to see Virgie this afternoon.  She had lots of visitors.  Steve was there when I got there and after he left Connie and Emma Kate came in. Emma Kate is eight going on eighteen!  She tells me in two years she will be a pre-teen!  I asked her who told her all about that and she said it was her friend in 6th grade and I imagine she is a ten year old pre-teen!

I left a few minutes later and on the way out I saw Destiny and Ethan.  They were coming to see Grandma.  I talked to them for awhile and I guess both the kids asked their mom if they were going to get to see Sparky. If I would have known they were going to be here I would have brought Sparky along with me but I left him home.

Not much going on tonight, we will watch some TV and then go to bed. Well, that sounds exciting!!  I have to unhook the water again tonight, it is supposed to be colder tonight than it was the other night!  Better be prepared.  Night Y’all….

Tuesday December 7th 2010

If my calculations are right this is the sixty ninth anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. A tragic war, but then aren’t they all?? I guess to me it is a few people wanting a lot of  “power”.  I “salute” all the people that have served and have given their lives for our “freedom”.  There will be war though until Jesus comes back so people will lose their lives fighting for what they believe is right or maybe just following the orders of the people who think they need the “power”.

Very cold this morning.  Glad I disconnected the water.  The bib almost froze and it took a little bit for it to thaw out.  At least it wasn’t solid.  It took a little bit to get the water in the hose to thaw out also but no big deal. I will probably unhook the water again tonight.

At the flea market Linda bought some honey, and I just took a picture of it. They say that local honey is the best, better than that from China…

We haven’t tried it yet.  It was from Bay St Louis MS. Should be good stuff. Linda got it before I did.  I was going to but wanted to wait so I didn’t have to carry it all over the flea market.  Linda doesn’t wait.  I think I made at least four trips out to the car with bags of “stuff”.

We went to Wal Mart again today.  I wanted to pick up the Velcro for our seat cushions.  Linda picked up a bunch of stuff for Sparky. One thing was a new harness.  With a lot of figuring we figured out how to get it on.  Guess what?  We couldn’t get the old one off!!  We couldn’t get it over his head (fat head).  We had to cut it off and we haven’t even had him for a month so he must be growing a lot!  His head anyway!  He doesn’t like it but after about an hour he forgot about it.

I didn’t get the Velcro on.  Will probably do it tomorrow.  I’m not sure how I’m going to do it.  Should I sew it on the cushion?  Should I just try the sticky side and see what happens?  I’ll let you know tomorrow if I don’t forget!

On the way home we stopped at Kelly’s Sandwich shop and got a sandwich.  It is called a Muffeletta. Now I’m not sure that is how you spell it but it is close I think.  Here is a picture of part of it…

This is a picture of one fourth of it!  It is a very big sandwich with a pretty steep price.  Cost $13 but was very good.  Won’t get them very often.  It has stacks of cold meat, provolone cheese and an olive spread which makes the sandwich.  I think we bought some of the olive spread I can’t remember but we may try our own just to see if we can do it!!  May save a little money.

We washed a couple of loads of clothes this afternoon, had to wash a dozen T-shirts that Linda bought at the flea market.

Not much else going on today.  We watched TV tonight, not much on so we watched “House Hunters”.  That is a pretty good show.  Get to see people try to pick out a house they want to buy.  Sometimes we guess the right house but other times we wonder why they picked the “wrong” house. Oh well, guess it is their money (or the banks) so they can buy whatever they want.

Time to go to bed now and hopefully it won’t get to cold.  I disconnected the water so it won’t freeze….Night Y’all…

Monday December 6th 2010

We don’t have anything planned for today except for the parade tonight. It is cold outside and the wind is blowing a little.  It didn’t freeze but it frosted! Tonight it is supposed to freeze.  They predict a hard freeze.  Being cool out I decided to make some jalapeno bread.  Linda bought four jalapenos and I have time. 

I messed around with the computer after putting Sparky in bed with Linda. What a hoot!!!  He won’t leave her alone.  He thinks it is play time.  Linda plays for awhile and then Sparky gets a little to frisky.  He likes to bite and I’m sure that is all because Linda trained him, I sure wouldn’t do anything like that.

The bread turned out pretty nice.  We had a couple slices, the jalapenos aren’t spicy but they do taste like jalapenos, amazing!!

I wanted to go to Wal Mart to get some velcro and fix our seat cushions.  They do not stay where they are supposed to.  They keep slipping out and it is very uncomfortable.  I need to get new foam, heavy duty, to put in the seats.  The foam in them now is cheap and gets flat and then gets uncomfortable sitting.  I’ve looked on the computer and it will probably cost about $100 or more just for the two seats.  Might be worth it though if we want to sit for any time at all.

For supper I fixed tuna and noodles with peas.  I like that!    It turned out good for a change.  Well, I like most of the stuff I fix, well, I like most anything.

Time to go to the parade and it is getting cold outside.  Linda doesn’t want to go, she is cold already and we haven’t even gone outside yet.  Linda really wants to stay inside and keep warm.  I thought I was the one that couldn’t handle the cold??? HUMMMM!  She would still say I can’t and she can though!

We stayed in tonight and watched some TV and just took it easy. Not much else to say except…night Y’all…

Sunday December 5th 2010

When I got up this morning and took Sparky outside it was pretty cold!  It was chilly inside the camper but I left the bedroom vent open so all the heat escaped.  Not good!  After I closed it  it warmed up some what but not warm like I like it.

I went to church this morning with out Linda and I was cold all through Sunday School and Church.  I had my coat on but I never did get warmed up.   Guess Winter is here. 

We didn’t do much today, I played with Sparky and watched a couple movies on Life Time.  Christmas specials.

I bought some “red” hot dogs, think they were called Lynks or something like that.  They weren’t bad but they didn’t taste much like hot dogs.

Went to church tonight by myself again, Pastor is going through Revelations and it is really interesting. He preached on the Angel that was in the Heavens and proclaiming the Gospel to all nations and tongues.  This was God’s mercy in the middle of the Tribulation.  I guess I never thought of it like that.  All most all the people in the Tribulation have rejected Jesus, God in his mercy gave them all another chance.  It is sad to see people reject Jesus, knowing what is going to happen to them…

We took it easy tonight, have a friend that is having trouble with their heater in their camper. I can’t work on it because they are in Branson. I do have another idea, hopefully we can talk and I can see if my idea would work.  Time to say good night Y’all…

Saturday December 4th 2010

Today is going to be a nice day, it is foggy but will clear off nicely because it looks like there aren’t any clouds.  Linda is going to get up early so I took Sparky in and put him on the bed!!  WHEE!!!  He took a flying leap and was up to Linda’s head in an instant and licking and chewing on here hair!!  She woke up!!  So, we are going to the flea market down in Pass Christian called Menge Flea Market. We stopped at McDonalds first though and had breakfast.  Got on the road about 9AM I guess and Steve was going to show us the back way down to the flea market.  We took roads I had no idea where they would take us!  We met a Sheriff on a real narrow road and he wanted us to pull over so I stopped and rolled down the window and he said there were horses ahead of us.  OK!! Maybe they got out of the pasture or something…

Guess this is the “or something”  It was actually a parade!  It was in the middle of nowhere!

The parade wasn’t real big but very nice if you like horses and mules.  They also tossed candy and beads (necklaces).  Linda was ecstatic!  Got lots of beads etc….

The flea market was nice.  We all had a good time.  Linda found lots of “stuff” that she bought.  I got a clevis for the riding mower and a sledge hammer, now all I need is some wedges and I will be ready to split wood when I get home.  I spent $7 on all my goodies, I didn’t ask Linda how much she spent…Pam found some chickens she had been looking for..

HUMMMM…Looks like a good chicken!!

We got home about 3PM and I let Sparky out, he was ready!!  We went over to see Aunt Virgie and spent about an hour there and most of the people like Sparky but he is a little hyper.

I made some biscuits for the left over red beans and rice.  Made the biscuits with coconut oil and they really turned out good.  I think this was the best I have ever made biscuits.  Very light!!!

I have really been having a problem with Live Writer tonight, not sure what is going on but it sure is giving me fits tonight.  Wanted to post this tonight then tomorrow I won’t have to worry about it.  We won’t do a lot tonight but watch TV and mess with the computer…Have a great night Y’all…