Back From The Dead!

 

We have been out of commission for a while.  Both of us have been sick, but now have finally come out of it.  It has been a long long week!

Anyway, up in the photo above, I circled the little window where I saw that a bird was trying to get in.  I went outside and here is what I saw:

😂 it looks like a little robin fledging.  How can I tell it is a young'un?  Look at the little tuffs of feathers on his head.  How cute is that?  He rested for a while then took off.

OK Aunt Jackie!  Sorry I am so late in these photos.  Here is the kitchen. I'm not sure if the island was in when you were here.  They do have the appliances, they just need to be installed.

The living room.  Lots of barn doors.  And the flooring throughout the house is awesome.  Nothing that the animals can destroy.

Here is the supervisor in I guess what is the family room.  I'm not too sure what this room is, but as you can see, Abby is hard at work.

The main bathroom.  Plumbing and electric are all done.

The office.

And the guest room.

The utility room, with the dog wash area, and one of the back doors.

The master bath.  We live in a 42 foot fifth wheel and I think there is more room in their master bath than in our fifth wheel!

The back patio and back of the house.

And the front of the house.

And Aunt Jackie, what we both feel the most important thing, a place to bird watch!  Lots of little birds flying around, making homes out of these birdhouses.

This was taken last week before any of us became sick!  Oh, the good ol' days!  😂

And of course, my little Tully.  She is such a good pup.  Abby has really quieted down since she is a bit older and doesn't bother Tully at all.

Here is Lucy in the middle of ... I don't know what.  I do know that she is the same color as our pillow and chair, and if she didn't have white fur on her, she would be lost to us forever.

We had DISH come out today and after 3 hours, we finally have TV!  We had to remove the fireplace to look at all those wires!  Lazydays did such a lousy job with the installation of our DISH.  They did NOTHING right with what we ordered.  So, do not give your business to Lazy Days in Woodland, WA.  They do not return calls, and we are having to go through our manufacture for resolving our issues.

There's A Man Named Rick....And What A Man He Is !!!!

 

Well, here we are.  We are camping at the La Conner RV Park and Marina.  It is so quiet here, and not a whole lot of campers.  We're here for 12 days, then on to Anacortes.

Ethel and Lucy have gotten used to their new home.  It took a couple of days, but they are really enjoying the extra space.

Ethel is finally relaxed enough to sit down and watch the going ons.

And here is Lucy watching the going ons.  Nothing like a creepy kitty photo.  Aren't her eyes pretty though?

OK, these next photos are mostly for Aunt Jackie.  She hasn't seen the farm since before Cindy and Dave had the trees removed.  If you aren't Aunt Jackie, I guess it is ok if you look too.

Aunt Jackie, this photo is looking at the barn.  Remember all the trees that were in front of it?  And beside it?  Oh, and Abby wanted to be in the photo too.

Aunt Jackie, this is looking towards the end of the driveway where their mail box is.  They left a couple of trees down there at the corner.  Remember their chicken coop?  That is it - the little red building.

And here I am towards the beginning of the driveway.  The new add on, the right of the photo, is the master bedroom.  This was new to us.  And you can also see where the garage is, which really hasn't changed.  So all in all, the farm is really coming along, and the house is beautiful.  If you want photos of the house, let me know.  (You too Dwayne and Terri!)

Here is my washer and dryer.  One of the best days of my life happened today!!  Cindy and Dave introduced us to Rick.  He is a plumber that has been working for them up at the farm.  He came highly rated, and guess what he did?  HE FIXED MY LEAK FROM THE WASHING MACHINE.  Now, go back and read that line again!  Do you not understand how excited I am?  I did a whole load of clothes, and by golly, no leak!!  Road Hog even fixed the dryer - he pulled the machines out about an inch and that pretty much fixed the vent problem.  My clothes were washed and dried. Rick does not work on trailers, but he did it this time for us.  And I am forever grateful to Rick.  If you need a plumber, R and R Plumbing.  You won't regret it.  Thanks Rick!!!  And thanks to Cindy and Dave for helping us with this HUGE problem!  I am now a very happy camper!  (Literally! 😂😂)

One Down, 3 To Go!

Saturday had NO rain!!!  We invited the kids and grandkids over for lunch.  We catered from Carolina Smoke Barbecue and it was great food.  It was nice getting all the cousins together.  (We missed the Eders!). Jaime and her family were in Bend for the weekend and couldn't make it.

The boys had a lot of fun at the playground, and we got to visit with Ang, Ly, Michael, Sid, Andy and Kate.

Look at this sweet baby!  This is Andy and Kate's latest master piece, Elliott.  She is such a happy baby!

Look at Murphy's face!  Is this not the same as Angela's face?  He is making that face to Wes.  The cousins play on the same tag football team.

It was so nice having everyone over to our new home.  It was great seeing everyone again.

On Sunday we had some friends over that we haven't seen since last year.  Rod is one of them.  He helped us build our deck when we lived in Mukilteo.

And Kerri was with him.  She is my bff from Boeing back from 1988/89.  She has been my best friend forever.  She is an awesome lady, not at all old, and just the best.

When Road Hog and I went shopping this morning, we stopped by Kerri's house to see her little Heartly Weiner dog.  Isn't she the cutest?

She is so photogenic.  And if Kerri hadn't been around, I would have slipped Heartly in my pocket.

We had RV Repair come out last week and out of everything they said they could fix, only one was taken care of.  We had bought a new winegard for the internet, and rv repair replaced the broken one that we had on the roof.  That is all they did.  Big, huge disappointment!  If you are a RV Repair, why don't you have parts in your van?  And why didn't you tell me that plumbing isn't your 'thing'?

We are moving tomorrow - going up to La Conner.  We will try to get things fixed when we are there.  We finally have our internet working, now on to the satellite, dryer and washer!

Guess What?! It’s Raining Yet Again!!

 

You know, I think Lucy knew that Ethel almost died the other day. She was kind of freaked out, Ethel being stuck and all. She was going back and forth, in and out of the bedroom, supporting her sister while Road Hog was cutting her out. Lucy just seems more tolerant of Ethel, and of Tully too. It takes almost her sister losing one of her nine lives….

One of the things that I have really missed in the PNW are the Mountain View’s.  But, as anyone knows, those views come at a price!

The traffic is one price and the rain is another!  How much rain can the month of June handle?  I am so sick of both!!  Take me back to the windy state of Texas! 😂

We celebrated a couple of birthdays today! Tully turned 8 years old!  That is 44 in human years!  She had an extra bone today. And it was Road Hogs birthday today. I won’t say his human years, but if he was Tully, he would be 14!  We celebrated by going to a Korean restaurant for dinner.  This dinner was so good! The restaurant is called Korea House. I didn’t know that the chicken that I ordered would be spicy, and it was, but it was so good that I overlooked the spicy!  Road Hog had the flounder, and then we shared a whole bunch of sides. 

We have RV repair coming out tomorrow to work on our new home.  We were contacted by Vanleigh, and they are aware of what needs to be done, and we will keep them in the loop of the costs.  We are so happy with the layout, the heat and air, the double pane windows (noise level is very low!) the bamboo king size mattress, the REFRIGERATOR!! The list goes on and on. The storage is amazing! Once we get completely unpacked, I will post photos!

What A Week So Far!!

 

Well, here we are finally packing up the old and moving in the new.  What a mess that was!  It was as bad as moving out of the farmhouse!  (Kind of!). It took most of Thursday to do the move, hook up and travel back to Chehalis.  I don't think I ever want to move again!  😅. We were able to park the old trailer next to the new one and just go back and forth.

Here is Tully getting used to the new home.

Road Hog backs it up pretty good!  The Chehalis Golf and RV park is not all that big.  What happens when we get parked and set up?

Ethel Louise squeezes her body next to the bed and wall.  Now, in the other trailer she had no problem hiding in this spot.  But this trailer is different.  (Do you see her white little foot in the dark area above?)  She has the width room, and the length room, but not the height room.  She squeezed herself so far up there, that she absolutely could not back up and get out.  We spent about 5 hours getting that poor little kitty out of there.  She was so thankful!  And yes, I have those area's blocked.  Poor Ethel Louise.  And yes, she is still carrying a little holiday weight.  Aren't we all?

We were already late in our schedule on moving north.  As much as we enjoy the park in Chehalis, the hosts of the park make it very worth while!  Thanks to Trish and Tommy for everything!  Keep in touch and hopefully we will see you again this fall!  (My sister from another mister, and mother!  😂).

We left Saturday and the above photo shows you why we try not to travel on weekends.  Here we are in Tacoma.  We are on our way to Lake Pleasant in Bothell.  A place that we are familiar with since we stayed here some time last year.

After our back in park job, here is our view.  We have the lake right behind us, the geese, the ducks and all the poop you want.

We have been spending most of our time unpacking.  Why do we have so much stuff?  Besides unpacking, we are finding that not everything is working like it should.  The washing machine leaks, the wifi isn't working, and the satellite does not work.  We have calls in to Vanleigh. The dealership told us to get someone out here that makes house calls for RV repairs, but a lot of them are so busy!  We can only keep on trying!

We were also able to go see one of our grandsons play flag football!  What a great game!  Go Wes!

Other than the problems that we are having, the new RV is awesome.  We have lots of room, a huge bed, a huge bathroom, and the list goes on and on.  More photos and updates coming soon.

We saw this little guy on one of our walks.  I love rabbits.  Their little noses are always twitching.