Movin' On

Well, got into the blog tonight.  If only I could access my gmail account.  Things they are a changing.  I have decided that I have moved on......big time!!!  All good!!!  


I'm planning to start a new blog entitled (if no one else has it).....The Other Side of the Mountain.....so keep tuned!!!

A DAY TO BE REMEMBERED.........

Today weather was absolutely beautiful!!!  Had a phone call from good friends who are visiting in Florida 2 hours south of us and before we knew it they were at our Florida hideaway.  We had a great visit!!!  It was so good to see and visit with them.  

We gave them the "grand tour", sat at a table, chatted with friends and then back to MH....and doggies where we continued to catch up on news.

Found a listing on the internet where the campground we are not invited back to, is FOR SALE for a cool 2.4 million.....can't stop laughing.  Seems the owner's father died and we knew when he did, this is what would happen.   The campground needs a LOT of updating....so there is no way they will get anything near that, not in their wildest imagination.

Going to spend the evening, finding dead relatives....that's just what I do.....ancestry.....love it!!!

IS SPRING ON ITS WAY????

One step at a time.  I really need to get back to blogging....but am trying to find the one with the graphics I like......today was get through the "password" hoop....and I did.....YEAH!!!!!

Today is a very rainy day in the south...but it sure beats the snow at home....where we will be heading soon.  The doggies are asleep.  Unfortunately hubby did finish his night's snooze as Katy was telling Cottie to get out of her way, using every vocal sound she is capable of making.  Did Cottie move......lol....nope!!!! 

Things are winding down and I think I've got the magazines and mail ready to be "turned around"....now to start working on the MH as to what goes back in the house and what stays for the summer in "CAT ONE"  otherwise known as "ALBIE". 

We are finally financially ahead at the bi-weekly money games....so may quit while we are ahead.  Noticed last week that a college boyfriend who stays near us with his wife....has a terrible double chin.........oh my....and is getting very bald.  WHN still has hair and no double chin .....however, his problems are not visible to the world....lol.

Pray for Jane, a good friend of ours....and her husband.  Several weeks ago, she found him on the floor of their park model....ambulanced him to local hospital....and now he is in a rehab facility, but is beyond rehab.  They are trying to figure how to get him back to Ohio.  Her son just had necessary surgery.  They all need prayer.

On the other side, the daughter of a friend was just engaged at Disney.....so exciting.  She is following in the same career path I traveled on.  Her happy life is just beginning and we are hitting "50".....how exciting.  I've thought about things I would like to do......Shady Maple.....Circus Soliei...and of course a limo ride with Coke not Champagne.  Probably none of that will happen....just a quiet evening at home or in the mountains with the dogs.  We always have gone to the Cedar Run Inn, which we love, for our anniversary, but since we were kicked out of the campground there, that's not even a possibility.  Why not the campground?  Because they are too cheap to install adequate electric power for RV's......they never rv'ed so how would they know???  Such is life. 

WHAT A DAY...........................

What a beautiful day!!!!  One big thing I notice while down south is the horizon to horizon view of the sky.....there is so much sky to see.  I love seeing the phases of the moon as I ride at night in the Cricket.  The cloud formations during the day are interesting.

The resort where we are located has 4 streets...1st street, 2nd street, etc.  and on each street, sites have odd and even numbers.  The odd numbers get the sun in the afternoon....the even numbers get the sun in the morning.....and get to see beautiful sunsets while they eat dinner.  We have usually had an even site, but this year, due to changes at the resort, we are on an "odd" numbered site.....and so it goes.....  I'll explain more about that later, but first "today's adventure"

Bushnell is a country type small town....one drug store, CVS, a couple restaurants (none you would know), a few gas stations, medical center (very small)...altho within walking distance we have Walmart, Arby's, Subway, KFC, Taco Bell, Dollar Store, and McDonald's....plus other little shops.  To go to our bank....Wells Fargo...we have to drive north on I-75 two exits....so today was the day to deposit some checks....so Kate and I took off.  First a stop at McD to get Kate some ice and I got a "treat"....and on to the bank.  When we arrived, it appeared that the bank was NOT open, but was in the process of being TORN DOWN.  The workers there gave me the address where the new one was....lol....so went to punch it in our old GPS...only to see that they wanted money to upgrade our maps. 

Next, how to solve this dilemna...I drove to Reliance in Wildwood, a motorhome repair shop....very large and we have been there many times.....and found a couple employees outside, whom I asked if they knew where the new Wells Fargo bank was located.  They knew and said just go across the main road at the light and turn right at the 2nd stop light.  ACROSS THE ROAD is THE VILLAGES...nightmare city......roundabouts, and golf carts ...and at the 2nd light turn right and there it was, with the paint still fresh.  Whew!

Back on track, go back to 301 and turn left and head "home" the back way.   In the little town just north of us on 301, is a wonderful fruit/veg stand.  So got fresh tomatoes, fresh strawberries and some red navel oranges.  Sooooooooooooo good!!  When arriving back in town, the "old man"...a guy who has a fruit stand near us...has his sign out saying ahead on the right and under it NOT LEFT....so I looked left and sure enough, the stand that was there last year, with good deals was back.  I wouldn't have noticed, if he hadn't advertised for them.  As for the "old man"...he stands there and rearranges his fruits (plays with) all day.  Since we have found this great place in Sumpterville, we drive there.  

Down here, county location is very much the conversation in all news casts.  We are in Sumpter County.  Each county also has its own laws pertaining to many things including RV's.  In Sumpter County you can live in a campground 12 mo out of a year.  In Sarasota County, you can only stay 9 months and can't step foot in the campground for 90 consecutive days.  Go figure....lol.

More later....still looking for some of my old blogs.....

It was difficult to take pictures while driving with our little pom as a passenger so will add pictures from my file at a different time.  

All the windows are open, fans on and all is quiet on the home front.  

AT LAST.............

AT LAST......................

Had password problems so just got that all squared away for now......  I get the prize for having the most passwords.  

We had a wonderful summer day!!!!  New seasonals arrived behind us today so now I can't drive my Cricket thru their lot to get to ours.......lol.  Soon I'll post a picture of the Cricket.  It got a new paint job over the summer as Florida sun bleaches red real fast.  It is now the color of the motorhome with red pin striping.

Tonight I made a quick trip to the puzzle room to tape a box together....and when I return, Kate always gets a ride around the block.  She loves to "go"....and barks at anything that moves.  It was a great ride...temp great and lots of Christmas lights are still up.  This week will be a crazy week due to New Year's Day.  I was thinking about going to Wildwood tomorrow, which is 2 exits north on I-75, but may reconsider.  The traffic south right now is beyond incredible.  It's a wonder Florida doesn't just sink into the ocean.  I would come back a back road so I could stop at a fruit stand for some red navel oranges, tomatoes and strawberries.....so good!!!  Yep, probably take Kate with me.  We should have called her "Go"....  She and Cottie are such good buddies and they both together snore louder than WHN and me.....lol.  Well, let's see if the link works.....night all.  Gotta watch the Steelers.....I taught #15 in elementary school.  :-)

FRIENDS

Well, life has many bumps in the road.  As many know, I am on Facebook.  I have "friends" from elementary school, high school, college, career, former students, relatives, campground friends, common interest friends.......I treasure especially the friends I "grew up" with.  

We recently had an experience we never expected...and we made a choice to leave a location where we had spent a lot of time.  We left quietly with only a couple people knowing we were leaving for the "season".   Evolving from that were nasty emails...and we're not sure what else.  We thought we had many friends at that location....but when untrue thoughts by others start circulating..there is no one standing in your corner....or who even wants to talk to you and if they do, fear someone finding out.  We have had mail returned to us.  "Friends" ignore any connection to chat. Are we adults?  or living in fear that if they have any connection to either of us, they, too, are doomed to the same fate portioned onto us.....and so it goes.  Life moves on........but it really makes me wonder.....is a friend "really" a friend??  Just what is a friend???

Well, the motorhome is ready to roll, Christmas gifts all ordered and "made" and ready for the "season".  We are doing all the necessary things to move on......and looking forward to a great winter.

I've made some incredible breakthroughs with our family's Ancestry and have lots of work yet to do.  Also the "book"' is ready to flow from mind to fingers.   Have lots of handcraft things packed to work on, books to read......and of course, walking and swimming to look forward to....and reconnecting with "friends".    Enjoy the fun of Halloween....I'm the witch with broom in hand......rofl.

DO PROBLEMS COME IN 3'S???

We don't need any more troubles......hope 3 is the limit.  First, we no longer can stay at a campground we have been "residing" for the past 35+ years.  Second, the IRS says we owe them a lot of money and we don't agree.  Third, we have serious brake problems with the MH.  WHN has spent a lot of time on the phone trying to find some local RV facility to take a look at the problem and fix it.

He just drove to an RV place in PA as they don't return our calls.  We called the only RV dealer in Dover, DE.  They can fit us in in December.......  We called the place we get the MH fixed in Florida and they said "Don't even consider driving it anywhere".....