Surge Guard and Sourdough

Stix n Brix, NC

I want to say “Hi!” to the recent additions to the list of followers, Mike & Gerri and Charley & Sherry.  It’s so nice to share in each others journeys.  Each of these couples are fulltimers so they know what trials await us during the next year as we get rid of “stuff” so we can start our new life.  Our subdivision is having a neighborhood yard sale in September so we’ll put a few things in the driveway.  I’ll soon get estimates for power washing and painting our house.  It’s a 1900 sq. ft. brick ranch with a pond in the back yard.  We’ve never really been packrats, but we know that it’s going to be a pile of “stuff” to throw out next spring.

This past week has been too hot to do much of anything.  I’ve been at work of course while Gin has been catching up with things in the house.  One evening it cooled off enough so that she could install a Surge Guard to our MH.  I’m so glad she knows what she is doing.  One of these days, I’ll do a post about all the customizations that she has done.  I can’t explain how she does them, but it sure is nice to have them.

 

One thing that I have enjoyed doing lately is making sourdough bread.  My SIL Carla gave me some starter a few weeks ago and I have made some every week.  I even made a batch in the MH while at Gin’s folks.  It sure smells good and yeasty when the dough is rising and the bread is baking.  I’ve just about got it figured out.

Gin had her IV yesterday.  Another patient fainted in the chair.  She is very nervous when it comes to needles.  That’s not a good thing if you have MS.  Gin told her that she will get used to it so it’ll be easier.

We are taking Smudge in for surgery on Friday to have a big (nickel sized) wart removed from her leg and a teeth cleaning.  She’s been licking and gnawing on it so it must be bothering her some.  It has doubled in size in the past few months also.  She’ll be out of it for a while after that.

Time to close for now.  Everybody stay safe and enjoy your journey.

Holey Moley

Stix n Brix
Clayton NC

It sure is raining hard right now.  I hope that new hole in the MH roof handles it ok.  On Wednesday, Gin and I put a new antenna with booster on the roof.  It should help improve the cell phone signal.  That's what we use to surf the internet when we are on the road.  She did the work inside the small cabinet over the co-pilot seat and has bruises all over her arms where she had to twist and push in some very cramp quarters.  She drilled a small hole in the roof and I had the honors of crawling up on top to drill the rest.  It feels very odd drilling a hole about the size of a dime into a perfectly good roof.  I put a good amount of sticky butyl tape around the base.  She tightened it up from inside and said it works fine.

This morning, I took the MH in to get the yearly safety inspection done.  It's a bit of an aggravation.  You're there about 45 minutes when it only takes 5 minutes for them to check the lights and tires.  I've heard that South Dakota doesn't have a yearly safety inspection.  That's one thing to consider when we decide what mail forwarding service to use.  And of course, the jack didn't come up on it's own.  I had to do it manually.  When I got back home, the jack only came down half way.  So we are planning to leave it with the dealer for a few days in early July to have the solenoid replaced.  Maybe we can test drive that Winnebago Tour while we are there.  No plans to trade anytime soon but it would be nice to see how smooth it rides.

Well, I'm working a couple more days but it won't take long to get Wanda ready for the next trip.  Join us in the mountains near Brevard NC.  It's a beautiful place.