As you can see from the smile on Miss Terry’s face, she’s a very happy lady. Why is she so happy? Well, she’s married to me. How could she not be happy? Actually, the truth is it’s because she got to do two of her favorite things yesterday – using tools to fix something and […]
We have a large gravel parking area at our house, but ever since we moved in it’s been hard to access the best part of it because our cargo trailer has been parked in front of the garage, still waiting to be completely emptied out. I had most of it done except for our four […]
Terry and I are still plugging away at unloading boxes and getting our new home organized. I think for the most part she’s got her kitchen pretty well under control, thanks to the generous amount of cabinets we have, including some that are floor to ceiling. I spent most of yesterday working in the garage […]
We woke up in Tucumcari, New Mexico Monday morning full of optimism, knowing we only had about six hours left on our trip back to our hometown of Show Low, Arizona. We were expecting it to be easy-peasy, but we had no idea how wrong we were. Son-in-law Kenny is a top-rated automotive technician who […]
As the poet Robert Burns said, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. We are definitely experiencing that right now. We thought we had everything figured out for the move, we thought we had planned for anything, and we were wrong. Oh, how we were wrong! The crew got here yesterday to […]
We’re getting down to the wire with our move. The crew will be here early tomorrow morning (Thursday) to pack everything in boxes, and tomorrow afternoon we pick up a U-Haul truck, a cargo trailer, and a trailer to haul the Kawasaki Mule. Friday morning the crew will be back to load the trailer and […]
Anybody who has known me for long, especially anybody who ever went to our Gypsy Journal RV rallies, knows that bad weather seems to follow me around like a hungry dog if I had a pocket full of pork chops. No matter where I am or what I’m doing, Mother Nature often has other ideas. […]
We had yet another tornado watch yesterday evening and last night. Fortunately, it all went north of us, but we were still prepared and on the alert in case things took a turn. They say that the spring tornado season ends in June here in Alabama, and it can’t come soon enough for me. I […]
Yesterday was a very busy day for both of us. Our son Travis helped me load the rest of the trash from taking down the barn partitions into the back of the cargo trailer, and then we went to the landfill in Carrollton to dump it all. I was very glad that they would also […]
If you heard somebody screaming like a little girl late yesterday afternoon, that was me. We got a bit of a late start to the day, but thanks to some advice from readers about the issues I was having with getting the line to feed on the new Husqvarna 525 RX weed eater, I was […]
My dad used to always say that sooner or later in life you’re going to have to pay the piper. I don’t think I’ve ever met a piper, but I know the taxman definitely wants paid on a regular basis. The registration renewals for our three cars and two trailers expire this month, so yesterday […]
We had a lot of rain this week, which left the raw dirt in our backyard and pasture from digging up and replacing the septic drain lines saturated, turning it into a giant mud bog. According to the weatherman we are going to have even more rain today. We really need a few dry days […]
Terry was feeling much better yesterday, so after a quick breakfast of toasted bagels we hooked our cargo trailer to the truck and drove into Northport to go to Lowe’s. We’ve been trying to decide what to use to enclose the bottom of the office area now that we have it insulated, and decided to […]
Terry had a follow up visit at Pickens County Primary Care yesterday morning to go over all of the tests they ran on her when she was so sick and to check on her status now. While she is feeling much better, she still tires easily, and she has a loose cough that she says […]
We started the day yesterday by driving into Northport with the cargo trailer to pick up woven wire cattle panels that Travis and Terry both needed for gardening projects from Tractor Supply. The panels were 16 feet long by 40 inches wide, and the trailer is only 14 feet long, but I had looked at […]
Yesterday started with a visit from a nice gentleman named Lamar, who operates an exterminating service called Pest Man. I had been referred to him by longtime reader Donald Hann, who lives in nearby Reform, when I mentioned the carpenter bees that were boring holes in a rocking chair on our front porch as well […]
Yesterday was a busy day for us and we got a lot accomplished. I know because my credit card started crying by the end of the day. And I also realized I must be old. We started the day at Gordo Tire Center, where I had them repair the tire from our cargo trailer that […]
It was not quite as cold yesterday, though that’s not to say we were under a heatwave. After an overnight low of 25 degrees it climbed up to 57 by the afternoon, with winds in the 10 miles per hour range. And wonder of wonders, the sky was blue and there was no rain! We […]
Most of the western side of Alabama was under severe storm watches yesterday, including here in Pickens County. There was a tornado watch in effect from noon until 8 p.m., but thankfully, all we got was some rain. Like we needed more rain, right? Travis and Geli came over to be near our tornado shelter, […]
Even though we are finished with the move from our old home in Florida to our new place in Alabama, we still have quite a way to go before life gets back to normal. Today our son Travis and his wife Geli are going to come by and help us unload the cargo trailer, which […]