Monday, January 15, 2018 - Doctor Visit; Truck Repair Quote; Shopping; Another Potluck
Dean was up early this morning - before me! I heard the coffeepot going, so I figured the coffee would be ready soon, and I finally drug myself out of bed. I found out later I forgot to make the coffee yesterday, which I always do right after I've cleaned the kitchen up each morning. Not sure what sidetracked me yesterday that I forgot, but I'm really glad I didn't get up first. Dean handles things like that much better than I do! LOL!! He wakes up cheerful every morning, ready to talk. I like to wake up slow and for things to be quiet, which is why I prefer to get up first - unless I forget to make the coffee before I go to bed! 😃
This morning on Facebook my niece, Nikki, posted a picture of a coffee cup with this saying:
I love the smell of freshly brewed coffee in the morning....
and I love the sound of no one talking to me while I drink it.
That is me!!!! I think it runs in our family! HAHA
Dean is playing golf again this morning with Dave and Lin. They are picking him up at 7:45. My appointment with the chiropractor is at 8:30 and since Dean is golfing, I am driving our dually, Max, all by myself to get there. I left a little early to allow some extra time in case the traffic was busy. I arrived about 8:15. Last week Dean backed the truck in the parking along the street side of the lot, so that is what I did too. With the back up camera it is pretty easy since you can see the white lines. After I was checked in, the office manager told me, I was watching you back your truck in. You did a good job. Woo-hoo! I decided early on that if we were going to do full-time travel there would be times I would want to go somewhere by myself and that meant I needed to be able to drive this vehicle too. The first time I drove it by myself outside of Oswego, which was in Branson, I was a nervous wreck. I've made myself drive it several times since then and I'm feeling much more comfortable!
My appointment went well and I was back at the rig by 9:45. While I was working on the blog I received a text message from sister Crystal with a picture of the snow today in Oswego. Brrrrr! I called her and we were visiting when someone knocked on the door. It was Bernie, the guy who took our picture the night we arrived here in the park. He had the thumb drive with pictures of all of the people in the park, with their names and lot #'s, so I could load it on my computer. He asked if my computer was on and I said, yes it is. He asked if I wanted to load it now, so I took it inside, put the thumb drive in USB port and nothing happened. My computer had shutdown and it would not restart. I told him what had happened and gave him back the thumb drive, and he will now email it to me. I tried several times to restart the computer - nothing happened. I took out the battery and reinserted it and tried to restart it - nothing happened. I unplugged it, moved it to another plug in and tried to restart it - nothing happened. I continued to try several times over the next couple of hours to no avail.
Dean finally got back about 12:45. I told him about the computer, he came in here, took out the battery, messed with it and within minutes it was working again! Errrr! Well, at least it's working, right?
We had a few errands we needed to do this afternoon, but before we left I received a text from Nancy saying they were going to have another potluck tonight at 4 if we wanted to come. Of course we do, and I'll take the leftover cornbread and some brownies. I'm glad I made those brownies last night!
Since it was almost 1:30 we didn't have much time so we headed out. Our first stop was at an auto body repair shop to get an estimate on the truck bumper repair. Wow, it costs so much to repair vehicle damage. Almost $700. We'll give it to the neighbor so he can turn it in to his insurance.
We are still looking for a clothesline, and we found a hardware store on google maps nearby so we stopped in. They didn't have any in stock but would have some in a week or two. The manager gave us their card and we'll check with them next week to see if they are in or not.
By the way, while we were looking at Mike and Peg's new rig last night, a big motorhome pulled in next to our site. When we returned home, we noticed their slide was very close to where our clothesline would be. We were not sure if there would be enough room to use it. I was pretty disappointed. This morning Dean went out and measured it - there is just under 4'6" from the center of the pole that will hold the clothesline, to their rig so we think it still might work. The hardware store didn't have the dimensions but hopefully that information will be on the box. Dean wants to visit with the new neighbors as well and let them know what we plan to do before we make the purchase, as well as knowing the exact dimensions so we know it will work.
Our last stop was at Walmart to get a few groceries. Well, at least I thought it was a few. We ended up leaving with 4 bags full. By the time we got back to Bentley, I had to get things put up right away. It was time for us to gather our stuff and head to Dave and Nancy's. Nancy made pulled pork in her Instapot and it was delicious. In addition to the leftovers from last night, we also had potato salad and cole slaw. Another delicious meal.
Dean and I were talking after we returned home about what a good time we have with this group, always lots of laughing and great travel stories. We feel so blessed to count them as friends.
Shortly before we left for Dave and Nancy's a gentleman came to the door and wanted to know if we were interested in having our rig and truck washed and waxed. They are offering a special price and it was less than any pricing Dean had found. Dean looked at me and I said if you want to, that's fine, so tomorrow morning he will be back to take care of it. Bentley and Max will be clean boys again!! They definitely need a good bath!
We haven't heard back from Gabriel yet on the gate valve repair - our luck and he'll want to come tomorrow in the middle of the rig getting washed. Lol!
It is supposed to get cold tomorrow afternoon and stay cool through Friday, but then it is supposed to warm up with Saturday being back in the upper 70's. I have another appointment with the chiropractor on Wednesday morning and we have plans for Thursday.
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