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

Wednesday, March 16, 2005:

We're still here, in the Sunshine State. Weather forecast is for t-storms, wind and rain with LOW temps in the mid-60s. Just a hint of things to come, I'm sure! For now, it beats the weather up North. Even if the humidity IS 90% !Check in with me in, say, July and August and see how I feel about it.....

Creeping to the top of my 'to do' list is the scheduling of the RV for all that 'new rig' warrantee work. We've been making a list and checking it twice.... Worst part of it is that the RV has to go to Tampa for the work to get done--and we're living in it! Basically, they kick you out in the morning and let you back in at night, if the work takes more than one day. I have a feeling we're looking at more than one day! Got a slide-out to adjust, drawer fronts to be replaced, an AC unit to work on, a water pump that bangs against the wall when it runs..... little annoyances like that....

I've decided it's time to behave like an adult and quit smoking, for the last time! I've started on the Wellbutrin (which was very helpful the last, last time) and started phsyic-ing myself up. Just gotta pick a date.... It is just pure insanity for a grown person to piss away $25 a week on something that's most likely going to kill them!!!

Meanwhile, the beading is going well. I had to get the big loom--shoulda just bought it first! It didn't take long to get really sick of sewing 5" strips together to make bigger ones.... Got one on the loom now that's about 18" long, so far.... Now, I'm not sure what it will become besides a brightly colored strip of beads....

We're getting really sick of the hunt for a serviceable junk car to replace the old gunboat. (gunboat is scheduled to get a $50 junkyard transmission put in, sometime before Summer hits.) I'm still liking the 1984 Plymouth Horizon with 64K miles on it.... LOL! It's orangy-red and black, interior looks good, about the size of a ladybug--2 seats and a couple of wannabees, plus a handy hatchback... It's been a 'toad' in it's past life. ("toad": vehicle that is teathered behind a large motorhome and towed down the road from campground to campground and then used for a vehicle while the motorhome sits.) Yeah, so Hubby is whining. Resisting. It's NOT a manly car! It's a 3 cylinder roller skate! We've got motorcycles with more power! But hey, it's carborated. If only Hubby was a 'tinkerer', he could have a lot of fun messing that up! Of course, the little engine is packed in so tightly that it'd have to be taken out for any kind of work! We'll see... The mechanic who sold us the gunboat last year was heading for the auction yesterday. Maybe he'll have something to keep me from test-driving that Horizon.....


Dinah // Wednesday, March 16, 2005
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