I awoke after a very good night’s rest and the bedside clock said it was 10:35 am. I had to do a double take as I could not believe my eyes that was really the time. Luckily, we had nothing planned and I crawled out no more rejuvenated for the late start than at my “normal” time. That damn bed can be so comfortable and inviting sometimes, especially if I have nothing planned for the day.
The first course of action after the usual morning ablutions was to harness up the dogs so they could watch as I brought out the bird feeders. The feeders were still pretty full from yesterday so I did not have to refill anything. It had rained overnight and there was a lot of standing water everywhere. We need the rain plus a lot more.
We wandered around the park not really going anywhere except the dumpster which is usually the first thing we hit every morning. We managed to cover a half mile and even Sandy was not into walking. We came back to The Caboose, and I fixed our breakfast.
Then it was time to work on the blog and I spent the next hour or so doing just that. It came on to rain which was most welcome and as we did not have anything planned, it did not interfere with us at all. It really was a dull and gloomy day, and I was glad that we did not have to be outside for any reason except the dog walks and I could pick and choose their timing.
I got a text message from Peggy reminding me of the dinner planned for this evening in the Commons. Good job she called as I had forgotten all about it. Tonight, we are having spaghetti and meatballs, one of my all-time favorite’s foods.
I took the dogs out one more time and we wandered around and managed to cover a mile for the day, which is our daily goal. I like the days I am in the big stores as I can really rack up the mileage just wandering around. I put the dogs back in the RV and wandered over to the Breakroom where the usual crowd was gathered. Much to my surprise, instead of a beer, I had a cup of coffee pushed into my hands. I had no problem with that as coffee mixes better with food than beer does.
The girls had cooked up spaghetti and meatballs and it was delicious. There was ice cream for dessert, another one of my favorites so all in all, I made out very well.
Malinda was babysitting her three grandkids, the oldest, a girl, being around nine going on eighteen and the youngest of two boys I believe is six. They interacted very well with the adults, a sign of a good all-around upbringing.
I finally left and wandered back to my RV and watched a Premier League game after feeding the dogs.
Written February 10, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com
Living in an RV
Henly RV Park
Sunday 02/11/2024
Today, I awoke at a reasonable hour and jumped out of bed ready to go. Well, in my mind maybe. I sort of laid around before finally getting up and taking a shower which felt so good that I overindulged and spent a lot of time (and water) standing under it.
I finally got out and dressed ready to face another day, sort of. It was a cold and blustery outside and I was reluctant to go out but had to knowing that the dogs had to go. Well Sandy had to go as Mikey had an accident overnight and pooped in the house. He sometimes will do that if his tummy is upset. One of the prices to pay for having pets.
It was cold out and very blustery and not a bit comfortable, but needs must as the saying goes. We wandered around with Miss Sandy taking us here, there, and everywhere as she usually does. We actually did pretty good and walked a mile, (in my own shoes).
On our return, I started the usual things like getting breakfast and that all important coffee. I have two coffee machines. One is the type that froths the milk for a Latte in one action and makes coffee in another. It still froths the milk but for some reason definitely unknown to me, will not brew coffee so I had gone out and bought a small coffee maker to do that part of it. Well, today that small coffee maker thing blew up in my face. Well maybe, blew up is too strong a word but it definitely stopped working after making several strange clunking noises and a couple of bangs. I could not get it to work and as coffee is an important part of my day, decided that there was nothing for it but to go into town and buy a new one. I jumped in the Jeep and made the short trip to HEB as that is where I had bought the original one. Sure enough, they had one exactly the same which I grabbed and then looked around for something for breakfast, finally settling on bacon to put in a sandwich.
Back in the RV, I washed the new coffee maker as per the instructions and then brewed coffee with no surprises. I had the bacon in the microwave doing its thing and eventually ended up with a bacon sandwich and coffee. I really had to work hard for that one with the trip into town and all.
I had started a load of laundry remembering to open the drain lines, and the washing machine was working hard all the time the bacon sandwich saga was going on. I also had some meat cooking in the countertop cooker, so we were busy on several fronts. Just as well as it was too cold and very dull and blustery to be doing anything outdoors. Not that I have anything that needs doing as I had refilled all the feeders this morning.
With the writing all caught up, I looked around for other things to get up to, not very successfully, I might add. With the wind blowing and the drop in temperature, I was very happy to be indoors in the warmth.
Later on, we went out for another walk and just wandered around. With the trip into town, I managed to cover 2.3 miles for the day. Love walking the Big Box Stores.
The rest of the evening was spent watching an English Premier League game.
Written February 11, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com