Saturday, May 30, 2020 - Housekeeping Day or Is It?; Paint Choices; Trip Planning - Us or Them;

Saturday, May 30, 2020 - Housekeeping Day or Is It?; Paint Choices; Trip Planning; Family Visit Online

It was much cooler this morning when I came downstairs.  59F outside, 64F inside.  I'm not sure if it was ever above 82, but that's what it is now, shortly after 5.  I've been on the go doing one thing or another today.

It all started with Dean mentioned his lack of old shirts he wears when working outside.  He had so many shirts, that over a year ago I had folded and placed old ones, and others he was not wearing, in the top shelf of the cabinet next to the closet.   After he went through them, a few work shirts, and some others will be washed and hung back up and the rest will become rags.  From there, I started going through the rest of the bedroom cabinets, my drawers, his drawers and then the closet.  I moved all of the winter clothes into a pile.  One day soon, I'll pull everything out from under the bed, and decide what needs to stay in the RV and what needs to be stored or if it just needs to be gone?  This wasn't part of my plan for today, but it's good to get it done.  I needed to wash a couple of loads of clothes, and in between those I was doing other things in the RV.  Wiping cabinets & counters down, cleaning the bathroom, etc. etc. etc.  I still need to vacuum and mop the lineoleum floors - but it will have to wait until Monday.   Sunday is already spoken for.

Dean wanted me to go with him to Labette Hardware to select a color for Dry-Lock to go on the outside concrete blocks.  We picked up a brochure with several colors we thought might work, then drove to the garage to choose a color.  I took the brochure back to the store and waited while they mixed it, then took it back to the garage.  Later in the day he power washed the concrete blocks and I think he plans to paint it Sunday.

A day or so ago I discovered I was almost out of M & M's.  You might wonder, I thought you were trying to loose a few pounds.  Yes, I am, but a girl needs her chocolate.  I'm not a chocoholic, but eating just a few of these with some mixed nuts helps satisfy my sweet craving.  I can go days without them, but it's nice to have a little sweet occasionally, without many calories.  Besides, a Nana has to have M & M's for her grandkids when they visit.  I've always had some on hand since Logan was a toddler.  When the little ones would come to the house, even before they could fully talk, they would stand and point at the cabinet where I kept them.

Since I stopped at Dollar General to get some vinegar, I picked up the largest bag of M&M's they had - which was puny at best!  Everything keeps getting smaller and the prices keep getting higher.  Have you noticed this too?   Speaking of that, the last time I bought toothpaste about 1/3 of the tube was air only.  There were two tubes in the package, so I hope it was just coincidence and the other one will be full.  

I was texting, or talking with our daughter-in-law Megan off and on this afternoon about their upcoming visit to Kansas.  They originally had planned to arrive later in June, but now it looks like it may be the first full week of July.  It's time like this, holidays, and family events when we wish we still had a home.  It means alot of moving around for them between his brothers homes to have a place to stay.  In the past they stayed with us and everyone traveled here to see them.  I miss the kids coming to stay with us when we are here too.  They still enjoy coming for the day, but not always for the night.  I miss that.

When Dean came home for lunch I brought him up to date on my conversation and texts with Megan, while we ate the last of the orange chicken leftover from dinner last night.  We are looking forward to seeing them all soon.

Later in the afternoon, I took some time to set down and read posts from my blogger friends.  I enjoy reading them.  The last few days I've been too busy to read them all.  

For dinner I made simple chicken and noodles, using store bought egg noodles and the last of one of the rotisserie chickens I froze a few weeks ago.

This evening at 7 we joined Dean's siblings in a Facebook Messenger visit online.  They do this every Saturday evening now.   We were busy last week, so it was nice to catch up with everyone tonight.

I have been trying to plan our summer/fall travels in between everything else that we've been doing.  It seems I get into it and I have to stop to do something else.  It's one of those things I need time to dedicate a full day to, with no distractions.   We originally planned to start our trip in Kansas.  As I thought about that a bit, and visiting with Dean, we decided July and August may not be the best time to travel (mostly western) Kansas, so we will move that part of the travel to late Sept and early Oct.  We have decided to start in Missouri, then make a clockwise circle to Arkansas, Oklahoma and then Kansas.  Actually this route will also work better for attending our Escapee and Heartland rallies.

After dinner I went upstairs for something.  Again, I noticed it was really warm in the bedroom.  Remember yesterday I mentioned this and thought it was due to the sun, since the sun it hitting it now rather than our back windows.  The large "escape" window was really warm, so I took the towel down and put reflectix in the window with the towel over it.  I also added a towel over the window by my bed, and then turned the A/C down.  Hopefully it will cool down so we can sleep tonight.  By the time we went to bed it felt cooler but still not as cool as usual.  We may have to investigate this further.  I hope it's not an issue with the A/C itself.  

It was another full day, but there were accomplishments - which is always good!