Sunday, January 27, 2013

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY… AND IT DID:))

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YAAAAAAY, BLUE SKIES AT LAST THIS AFTERNOON:))
I sometimes start the day’s post early in the morning when I first get up.  By the end of the day I have to sometimes come back & re-write what I have written & sometimes I can let it stand.  It is 4:10 a.m. Sunday morning as I begin this & I can still hear rain beating on the roof.  This kind of starts me off in a blue mood, but maybe that will change by the end of the day.  (and it did:))
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PHEEBS LOVES TO STOP ON OUR MORNING WALK & HAVE A LITTLE NOSE TO NOSE WITH HER PALS
There was a time when I could sit down at the keyboard after supper & simply put the whole post together, including photos, in a relatively short period of time.  Haven’t done that for a few years now because I am usually too tired.  When tired, I make too many mistakes & have a tendency to hurry things along & not re-check anything.  So, now I’m in the habit of starting my posts in early morn & simply adding a paragraph or two as I go along through the day.   I think this may explain why my posts sometimes swing like a moody pendulum. Some parts happy, some parts not so much. Topics can jump around during the day as first the pendulum swings left, then right, then maybe not at all.
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THESE FELLOWS JUST MIGHT END UP BEING OUR WEED CONTROL CREW THIS SUMMER
From my computer chair this morning I look to my left & see a furry little Rascal Buns all curled up on my pillow sound asleep.  And, for right now, at this moment, all is well with the world.  And, I like that:))
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Okay, let’s get on with the day & see what’s been happening. 
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LOVE WATCHING THESE F-16 FIGHTING FALCONS IN MOCK COMBAT OVER OUR HOUSE…THEY ARE BASED AT LUKE AFB NEAR SURPRISE
We are cautiously optimistic our RV deal is going to go through this week but nothing will be final in my mind until we are in possession of the vehicle & on the road heading home.  Then, & only then, will I open the door marked…'Excited’. There can always be last minute glitches in final negotiations.  However, despite some slight pessimism on my part we are going ahead full tilt in cleaning out & cleaning up our Motorhome.  After 6 years, there is a lot of cleaning out & cleaning up to do too.  We just could not believe all the stuff we had squirreled away in there as we carried item after item into the house. 
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The Quartzsite dealer is anxious for us to get the rig over there & the pressure is on.  I did manage to get a few bins cleared out in the pouring rain Saturday & Kelly did make a start on the inside.  By cleaning, we are actually making quite a mess of things with all this rain water mixed with red crushed stone dust on our shoes.  Like one cleaning step forward & 3 messy steps back:((  Monday a.m. we will be doing a lot of vacuuming.   
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LATER TODAY >>>
Noticed the rain had stopped for a bit this morning so headed out early & continued the clean up.  Managed to get all the basement bins on the passenger side emptied, vacuumed, & washed out before another series of drizzly rain showers rolled through the neighborhood.  Kelly made a lot of headway inside & we had the Pheebs encouraging us on…...and dragging more muddy paws inside.  By early afternoon I had finished the entire basement of the Motorhome & Kelly was coming down the home stretch inside the coach.  We were at last beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel.  Some might ask, ‘why clean it all up if your just going to trade it in anyway’?  My short answer to that is simply….because it is the right thing to do. 
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DODGING AROUND BETWEEN SHORT LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING I WAS ABLE TO FINISH CLEANING THE BASEMENT BINS
We should be able to finish the Motorhome up in the morning & that will be it.  And, here’s the best part of the whole darn day……THE SUN FINALLY CAME OUT ABOUT 2 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON)))))))))))))))))))))))))
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WOW, STARTING TO LOOK LIKE ARIZONA AGAIN
GROANER’S CORNER:(( At Sunday school, the teacher asked Johnny, "Johnny, could you tell me what are we supposed to do to deserve the salvation?"  "Yeah, of course" Little Johnny replied. "We're supposed to sin first so that we got something to be forgiven for!"
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And Johnny Carson once said…. If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead.
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- Tourists see the world, travelers experience it.
- Home is where your pet is:))
- "If having a soul means being able to feel
love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals
are better off than a lot of humans."
(James Herriot)
- The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails -William Arthur Ward
- The only thing better than right now will someday be the memories of right now...AL.
- It is not so much having nothing to do as it is not having the interest to do something....AL.

17 comments:

  1. Someone's going to get a nice rig!

    OK, three someones - you, Kelly, and whoever buys your motorhome. :)

    Very exciting and love the Pheebs' friends photos.

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  2. Dogs sure do love pillows. How do they know that's where their heads are supposed to go? Love that photo of Pheebs.

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  3. I think wanting the M/H to look its best and cleanest is also a matter of pride. Hope everything goes well with the trade.

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  4. You are keeping that new rig mighty close to the vest!

    I was feeling down (get it?) and took a nap this afternoon. Our dog-cat, Bob, spent the entire three hours rumbling on my pillow. It was like sleeping on an engine.

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  5. Do your neighbors have a barn for their lizards or is that a warning that there are lizards in the barn? lol

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  6. It is a fun process emptying the old home on wheels and getting ready for the new one!!

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  7. I only saw one ray of sun today shortly before it set.

    Always exciting to get a new home/rig.

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  8. Wish I had your energy, looking good.

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  9. Fingers crossed for a cool motorhome trade.... And a rig that you guys can use all around Canada this summer if Kelly is really going to retire... Spencerport will be a lot closer with that rig...

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  10. Just a gentle reminder. It is not necessary to post a blog every single day.

    JC

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  11. I like your statement, "because it's the right thing to do." Wish the lady who sold me the rig for my Mom had those standards!!

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  12. Love the pic of Pheebs sleeping on the pillow! I agree - cleaning up the RV to trade it in - right thing to do. Enjoy your day!

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  13. We have to disagree a little with JC.
    He's right that it's "not necessary to post a blog every single day", but we sure would miss it if you didn't.
    In the early years of our marriage moving to a new home meant leaving the old one the same condition we'd want it if we were moving in.

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  14. we traded in the Baby MoHo for the one we have now and spent a day cleaning her up, you get a better trade in value. We found out the hard way one time when we traded in a car for the Lexus and hadn't cleaned it up enough and Mo is pretty sure she lost 1000 bucks. Expensive dog hair that was!

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  15. Totally agree on the clean up..Our Cougar was spotless when we traded it..but we had only had it little over 2 years...Keeping my fingers, toes and eyes crossed that the deal is a "done deal!~~

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  16. That cloud picture is incredible.

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  17. Sure glad you're enjoying that sunshine, again. Glad you're making progress towards your new rig. That will be exciting when it finally happens. Like you, I would remain in neutral until the "deal is done". And, I agree with you that cleaning up your rig is "the right thing to do." Always feels good to go through everything and find all the things that you had forgotten were there! Enjoyed seeing all the doggie photos today, too. Never too many of those for me, Al. Plenty of time to clean up muddy footprints when things dry out a bit, eh?

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