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

Got new pics of our little granddaughter yesterday. She can stand up, with help! Cute little thing..... Takes after her 'Nonny', I'm sure!

I just discovered a birdfeeder outside my 'office' window! LOL! Wonder how long that has been here! First time I've been sitting here with the blind up.... There's a FL version of the redheaded woodpecker sitting there having breakfast. I guess the old guy who has lived here in the park for 35 years must be the one filling the feeder....

Big excitement at the A-OK yesterday. They started the demolition of the wrecked 5th wheel that's been sitting there since Ivan blew through! FINALLY! It's been a nasty eyesore all winter, right at the park entrance.... Funny to watch the old guys working... I think they only went thru one case of Miller Lite.....

Took the old station wagon for a new exhaust system yesterday. Next thing we have to do is buy tires. *sigh* When we bought that old gunboat, we had no plan to spend any more money on her...but that was before we decided to become temporary 'locals'.... and drove down here in a 2 ton hauler that gets 7 mpg! THAT rig hasn't left the park since we pulled in! LOL!

So, off get dressed and eventually go after the mail....

Enough with the RV Talk Time.... Meanwhile, the sun is shining and the humidity has shot back up into the 'tropical' regions. The low humidity was a nice break, altho my naturally curly hair was pretty flat.... It's curlin' now! LOL.

Wouldn't you think that Verizon would offer a service package that combined a landline and a cell phone under one plan? I've just spent a great deal of online time trying to find something like that, but if they have it--it's a secret. Now that we have a landline, I don't much need the cell and the landline costs half as much as the cell, until I start paying 5 cents a minute for long distance.... But, when we leave here next year, we'll have to sign a contract and get a new cell phone service, if I drop what I have had for years. 'Tiz a quandry....

Me thinks it's time to go for a walk....:) Have a wonderful Sunday, ya'll....

P.S. We can still be reached on our cell phone like before--only it's next door at the neighbors' house for the moment....

Ya know how they put those mirrored closet doors in the front of the 5th wheel, so the space looks bigger than it really is? Well, that looks nice on the rv lot. But, I've been sitting in this one for months looking towards those doors and seeing all the clutter in the bathroom, the unmade bed TWICE, stuff like that. All from the LIVING ROOM at the other end of the trailer! You can sit in the recliner and see all the way to the mirrors and then all the way back to the shower stall, past the sink (with it's permanent array of bottles and hairbrushes, and all manner of things, and then it's also reflecting the kitchen! NOT ANY MORE!

I spent 4 hours yesterday, covering those damned mirrors with a nice, quiet, palm-tree-covered contact paper. Hung some pictures on one of the doors and I'm much happier now. :) Actually makes for a cozier bedroom. And you can't see the bathroom unless you're IN it! LOL!

Meanwhile, it's chilly in Florida. :) And we ran outa propane again. Need to get a gauge for those tanks, I guess..... Maybe while we're out today, getting a muffler put on the old Ford wagon and getting the tanks refilled....

Later.....

Those of you who have my new phone # can call, now.... :) But not when I'm online......

Here we sit, in sunny you-know-where. Hubby has a good paying job, for a 'right-to-starve-state'. We have medical benefits for the first time in 37 years, and they guarantee him 3 days pay a week...even if it rains all week and they can't work. He's due a raise in May. Our lot rent goes down after we've been here for 6 months (also May)-a $50 drop! And the only reason to leave here is because I'm pining for those grandbabies.... We got to be underfoot while #1 grandchild was in his 'formative years'. We haven't seen the new baby since she was 6 weeks old..... I guess I was spoiled with the first one. So many grandparents only see the kids once or twice a year!

On the other hand, it'll take $1000 in fuel to drag our home to where they are, stay a couple of weeks, and then go West to work for 4 months. At a job which pays as well, with NO benefits, in a climate that we LIKE--before coming back down here and signing back on at the above mentioned good job. And losing the chance at the $50 drop in rent, and having to start over on the medical.....

Meanwhile, the bills keep rolling in--bypass surgery can be verrrrrry expensive! And no income during the recovery period does a real number on the savings and the credit cards!

Okay, now that I have it all in print in front of me, I guess I can see that we have no option but to stay put (I knew that all along, of course) and hope the hurricane season and the intense tropical summer doesn't don't do us in! *sigh* Life is good--but sometimes it's hard.....

February 11, 2005 is a birthday that hubby nearly missed. We have much to be thankful for.

Or not.

Meanwhile, life goes on. Had both dogs to the vet last week. Kizzee had an itchy, allergy rash on her butt that had been bothering her for ages. We chalked it up to the frequent invasion of fleas all summer, but the fleas are gone and the itch was still there. I'm thinking she was allergic to the new carpet! Vet gave her drugs to break the 'itch' cycle and she seems to be fine, now--as 'fine' as a rat terrier can get, anyhow. Meanwhile, MollyB has injured a disc! Poor thing tries to keep up with Kizzee and must have jumped onto one too many chairs! She just isn't built for jumping! So, she's on muscle relaxers and an anti-inflammatory! Sheesh! It's worse than having kids!!!!

Meanwhile, Hubby goes off every day to play with the boys in the sand and muck, and 'the Indian chick' says we have to run errands today..... :( I hate running errands in Florida! Too many old people out on the roads!!! And in the stores.... and lined up at the post office.... But, we're out of drinkable water, so we HAVE to visit the "well". (It's a pop-machine-like place where you put in quarters and water runs out.... Probably all comes from the same place, but it doesn't upset the digestion the way the local water does!) Too much information??? Tough. It's all I got! LOL!

Ya'll stay warm....