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  • I got to drive it!

    It’s amazing! I’m shocked, dear hubby allowed me to drive the motorhome today. I never asked, knowing that when he was mentally ready for me to drive his dream down the road it would happen. YAY!

    It wasn’t a long trip, but it was fun. Driving generally is something I don’t enjoy anymore, I’m a much better passenger. Once in a while though it feels good. Maybe when we start heading out to parts of the country we haven’t seen before. Then perhaps my adventurous spirit from being 16-years-old will return.  😉

    Hurricane

  • Where have i been?

    Whoa! Life got a little crazy and this got away from me. When I began to set up this blog I would do it in the evening after hubby went to bed. With the house nice and quiet, not to mention my tendency to be a night owl, I stayed up too late for too many days and burnt out. Man, getting old is rough!

    So. What’s been happening? We’ve taken the motorhome camping. We bought season passes to an amusement park. We’ve continued our moving and packing process. The bathroom will be painted this morning. We have our grandson, Domenik, visiting since Saturday. He is such a good boy. I can’t believe he will be eight in just a few months.

    This afternoon when my honey gets home we are going to pile into the truck and go to the water park…again. We have definitely gotten our money’s worth out of these tickets.

    So, although I am on summer shutdown with work and hoping to make some money here, I would really enjoy making crafts. Trouble is, I don’t know where to focus all my crafting desires. I love working with paper, wood, fabric, painting…yeah, those are the big ones. I’m open to anything… but those draw me in. So, what do I do? Make signs? It seems I need a catch. Perhaps I just need to actually do it. Because of all the moving plans, my craft room is overcome. That settles it. I must clear out my niche and get the butt in gear. Alright, see you tomorrow and let’s see how close I am to taking another step closer to my crafting dreams.

  • Happy 4th of July!

    This morning my honey went to his friend’s house to get them to take our pellet stove.  Ahhh, something else gone from the house to make our move easier!  Our friend brought his friend who may be interested in our motorcycle. He is! Just has to clear it with his wife.

    By the time my honey got back it was getting a little late, Delia was supposed to have a play date at 1:00. But we had to get to Lake Compounce to get our Season Pass ID cards and clear up our reservation for the RV and cabin sites. They didn’t give us our discount. Of course, we didn’t think about everyone else who would be there to enjoy the park.  UGH. So we had a nice long walk to the park, bag search, wait in line, get pictures taken and another reason for the visit was to get Delia some water shoes for her visit on Wednesday. All other stores we attempted to buy them from were sold out. Of course, once we made it through the gate – try to keep 2 teenagers off the rides… We had some fried dough, the kids went on a few rides, we bought water shoes and finally, headed home.  Only two hours late for her playdate. Bummer, I haven’t met the family yet so I’m sure that didn’t sit well.

    Get back home and try to finish getting this blog set up.  I think it may be published, but not sure. I need to alter the home page, but it won’t allow me to edit the link. Think it needs to be junked then start it over. Maybe I should have the teenagers set it up for me.

    Delia starts her Playground Camp in the morning and Alexandra goes to her high school program, not summer school. Once again it’s late, past my bedtime, but at least it’s not tomorrow yet!

  • A family day

    Today we woke up and went to the flea market again. We had to, we asked one of the vendors to hold some items for us. We got those and a few other items. Got them home, cleaned them off, and put them on display. Loving the new look we are achieving!

    My father-in-law stopped by to visit for a couple hours.  That’s always nice, he hasn’t been by in a while.

    The little one is going to Lake Compounce on Wednesday. Since there is a water park we wanted her to have water shoes so she doesn’t have to worry about putting shoes in a locker. Trouble is…we couldn’t find any!!!  Not even the “W” store had them. We will try one more place tomorrow.

    Back home and we moved a few more boxes into the Pod, then a few more items into the motorhome. Sat in there for a few minutes discussing future plans. We do that a lot.

    Today was a really nice day. I’m glad we still have another day together. We will get even more accomplished and have fun too.

  • Technically it’s Sunday now…

    What a Saturday! After staying up until 3:00 last night (this morning), I had an activity filled day. Walking the flea market with my honey was fun. Found a few treasures for our rustic décor. Thankfully the vendors know us and held them for us since we left the house without cash!  UGH!

    I also found a lovely purple glass ring holder. Since my favorite color is purple, I though it was just sweet. However, I actually bought it for (get this…) my husbands, former co-workers, sister-in-law. We had been considering starting our homestead in Tennessee and since his in-laws live there we figured that would be a perfect place to start looking. We met them and spent about and hour and a half with them.  I just *adore* them. We visited in April and I had been meaning to send her a little gift for her perfect home. FOUND IT! I hope she loves it as much as I think she will.

    Normally I am much too timid to negotiate prices, but I had a break through today. There were just a few singles in my wallet for the flea market. This one vendor had his treasures in beat-up cardboard boxes. Peering into each one to search for just the right prize, and keeping and ear open to determine if his prices might be too steep for my nearly empty wallet. That’s when I saw it, purple cuteness. It’s tiny, dirty and hardly worth a second glance. I waited for him to notice me and I started, “Would you take a dollar for this?” and he said, “No, I don’t take a dollar for *any* colored glass.” Hmmm, maybe I was wrong, I don’t have enough on me, rats, no wait… “OK, what’s your price?” “Three dollars.” He says. That’s about when I would either say ok and pay or just walk away. I would have paid $5 and been happy, but dang, something in me said, “Would you take $2?” And he accepted. He commented that I was a good negotiator…BAHAHAHA!  ME?!? Ah, good times. I told him I was learning some tricks from my husband.

    I know I’m being ridiculous over my $2 purchase, but it was that feeling of victory. It’s a start! 😉

    The rest of the day was nice too.  We bought our season passes to Lake Compounce. We booked our first stay with the motor home. Both of these are to accommodate us and the birthday parties the girls hose to have there.  All three of them will be having their birthday party on the same day! Loving that idea!

    Then we had a few chicken wings for dinner.  Sarah came over to watch the fireworks. They were great, as usual! After that we dropped her home. I was driving and was looking forward to heading home, but Carlos had another idea.  Our McDonalds had just been rebuilt and opened on Friday. We had to check it out! We ordered our burgers (no drinks or fries) and Carlie had to try out the new playscape.  Two steps up and she wiped out. Hard. On her front teeth.  OH CRAP! No blood, but her teeth hurt.  🙁 Not cool. Her new adult front teeth are beautiful. I hoped she didn’t damage them. A couple “pink pills” and she’s resting comfortably.

    Another great day!

  • I’m finally ready to start a blog.

    I have been tossing around the idea of starting a blog for at least a year.

    What should I write about? Who would actually read it? Would anybody read it?

    ARE YOU CRAZY? When do you have time to write a *blog*???

    Yeah, there is *no* time to write a blog. However, this little life of mine is whizzing right past me and my memory has proven over and over again to not be able to keep up.

    I want to document all these happenings. Someone might find something useful about my life (hahahaha, yeah right…more like a warning).

    Anyway, somewhere in between all the craziness that never seems to stop I am determined to create this journal of stuff. So bear with me while I learn to navigate creating a blog while also attempting to keep the kids entertained and stay on top of their chores, my chores, a new motorhome, preparing the house to sell, moving, birthdays, summer camp, and starting new schools in 2 months.

    Thanks for coming along for the ride!

     

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