RV Blog--Life in a Box. This just ain't 'camping' any more....

Wednesday, May 28, 2003:

I decided to lounge around and rest myself, instead! All that packing can just wait! :)

Dinah // Wednesday, May 28, 2003
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Tuesday, May 27, 2003:

YARD SALE is DONE! Yippee! Stuff went away, and there's money.... Life is better! I couldn't have done it without my daughters, tho.
Sure am glad it's done.

Now it's on to the next thing. Bustling around frantically getting ready to leave here on Sunday. NOT that I think we really will, but Keith says we're going, so I'm gonna get ready again, anyhow.... I've already put things away and gotten them out a couple of times--maybe this is the real thing????

Had a great time visiting with Hope yesterday, while we pretended to be re-webbing lawn chairs while we waited for customers! She's disgustingly thinner--looks great!

Dinah // Tuesday, May 27, 2003
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Friday, May 23, 2003:

Truck's done! :) Sure is purty.

Big YARD SALE here this weekend! I figured that if I'm going to be stuck here indefinately, I might as well USE it! I set up tents all day yesterday! The front yard looks like there's a pack of cub scouts living there! LOL! 6 tents, so far.... and a canopy. Tomorrow we'll set up tables and drag stuff out, I guess.

Rotisserie chicken! With a lemon/pepper rub. MMMMMMM! :)

Dinah // Friday, May 23, 2003
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Sunday, May 18, 2003:

Yeah, so, the big-ass truck was supposed to have been done LAST Monday, but it wasn't. Then it was Wednesday, but it wasn't. Then Thursday evening. NOT. THEN Friday noon--at which time, the fellows doing to wheel alignment suddenly discovered they didn't have the equipment to align a dual rear end! No one in the county has such a thing, it seems! So, it has to be driven 50 miles to TH to get that little job done. I sure hope the insurance company is picking up All this extra stuff! We're still running around in the 'loaner' truck--it's getting grimey, but I refuse to wash it! Enterprise has "people" for that!
Went to Smokin' Charlies and had wonderful ribs last nite. :) Yummmmy! Knightsville, IN. Go there if you get close!
Put the 'girls' in the kennel on Friday so we could go spend the evening hanging with our biker friends from the days before the RV. Got up on Saturday and decided that since they were already settled in, they could just spend the weekend. Feels like having the kids away at summer camp! Hubby is whining--says I'm a mean, evil 'mommy'. I prefer to view it as an education experience for them--him too! LOL!
Got the ultimate, absolute LAST RV appliance--my "Showtime Rotisserie--Compact model" Been watching Ron Popeil hawk this thing for ages--and now it's MINE! I can grill anything with this baby! But not today. Still got leftover ribs from Charlie's..... :) '

Dinah // Sunday, May 18, 2003
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003:

Yesterday was fun! Once we got started! First, hubby had to finish sweeping out his very last binfull of corn, then put away stuff, and then stop along the road to chat on his way back home. THEN we left for Lana's house, after dropping the 'girls' off at the 'babysitter's'. (I never dreamed I'd find myself doing THAT after menopause!) LOL! The joy of pet-ownership....
Anyhow, we were taking a huge fish fillet to be grilled for lunch, and hubby was taking his tools and going to move her mailbox. So, 10 miles up the road, I remembered the fish, but figured that was okay cause she had mentioned that she had fish to cook....
Stopped off at Kroger's to get goodies for strawberry/banana dessert and, hubby-who can't go to a grocery store without 'fondling' meat-bought 2 big steaks for "later". Turned out that Lana's fish had been eaten already, so we dined on steak and strawberries--for lunch! :)
Then on to the 'mailbox' moving. Hubby had the posthole digger. That was ALL. Not even GLOVES, since we were driving the rental truck, still. But it was a fun afternoon. Nothing to do with life in an RV--more like life away from the RV!
As for the T.O.D.??? I quit. No more planning. Hubby announced yesterday that we weren't likely to leave here on MOnday, either.....*sigh* Oh, well. Maybe I'll go shopping--for something small, of course!

Dinah // Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Sunday, May 11, 2003:

Mother's Day 2003...
Thank goodness the storms are done! I can't even imagine what it's been like in Oklahoma and Missouri and such. Every little gust of wind rocks our little world, so I'm really glad there's a little HILL on the north side of our lot! For some reason, sitting through a Tstorm in the Rv isn't as spooky as riding one out in a moble home. Maybe because the Rv is designed for 60 mph winds? I don't know. Just glad that round of storms has ended.
BOTH of our little dogs appear to be sick. They coughed and sneezed all nite long. Mind you, we had them at the vet's office on Thursday and the man said that they look healthy to him.... And of course, they didn't sneeze and cough for HIM! Oh, no. They are much to well-behaved for that! *sigh"
OFFICIAL NEW T.O.D. is Monday, May 19th. If we don't get on the road soon, we'll be too broke to buy the fuel!!!
Sara has been doing great with the baby cats, except for the runt. The last I heard, she wasn't likely to make it through the nite. :(

Dinah // Sunday, May 11, 2003
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Wednesday, May 07, 2003:

Finally got the "dually" into the body shop--and got our 'loaner' truck (paid for by the insurance company). They found us a brand new Ford 4X4, extended cab, 4 door truck to tool around in for the next week. :) And then we discovered that our 4 tiny black kittens have apparently become orphans. We searched every nook and cranny on the place, including a late night run to where we'd parked that trailer full of flea market stuff, just in case the momma had crawled in there. It's looking like the coyotes got her.... Poor little things aren't big enough to be orphans. Lucky for them, we have a wonderful daughter-in-law with a very nurturing nature.... Last I heard, she was off to Rural King to buy kitten formula and nursing bottles. What a woman! ;)

Dinah // Wednesday, May 07, 2003
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Saturday, May 03, 2003:

So, as yu can probably tell, I'm messing with the html, and it's not turning out too well. *sigh* In over my head.....

Dinah // Saturday, May 03, 2003
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Sometimes, living in a box is a steady string of packing and unpacking and shuffling "stuff". Also known as "crap", depending on whose it is and how tired I am! Today I maneuvered our little cargo trailer around to where I could get to it handily, unloaded all the stuff that had collected in it, sorted it, boxed most of it back up, added some more boxes of stuff, a few lamps, a vacuum cleaner, etc. and then drove away with it! I only went as far as our OTHER storage unit--tomorrow I'll drag stuff out of there. And when I'm all done, I'll have a trailer load of goodies to take to the Flea Market/ Swap meet next weekend. And, anything that's left can be hauled back out there by our wonderful daughter-in-law off and on this summer. I'm really proud of this accomplishment, as I've tried for months to get it done! We don't EVEN want to discuss the backache.....

Dinah // Saturday, May 03, 2003
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Thursday, May 01, 2003:

I did good! Carted out a whole stack of fabric to be stored for a later date. Hopefully I won't miss them....

We're still waiting for truck parts. :( I guess the "Box" isn't going anywhere until after Mother's Day. I hope there's a job when we get there!

It's still Spring in the Dakotas--here we are having Tstorms, it's muggy and HOT! Today I can turn on the AC, tho--it's the first of May! No way was I turning it on in APRIL, for crying out loud!

#1 dog is on my list. (I can't remember why I thought having a dog was a good idea...) We left the little darlings in the trailer while we went to town for lunch. Nothing unusual, we do it all the time. Came home to discover that she had leapt from the end table to the kitchen counter, slid halfway across when she landed, knocking off all sorts of things, turning over the BURNING candle (yes, I forgot to blow out the candle...) which laid there and burned, inside it's glass container, until the glass exploded. Meanwhile, the dog walked around on the counter like a cat, and then hopped down and went to play in the trash!!! Now, you're asking how I knew which little dog to blame? Because the other is a beagle mix, and just can't jump! Who knew that rat terriers were half CAT???? If I'd wanted a cat, I'd have gotten a cat.... *sigh* End of rant.


Dinah // Thursday, May 01, 2003
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