Hadn’t realized it had been 6 months since the last time I posted. This will hopefully be another change in the NEW YEAR!
Where did the time go?
More like, where did we go? Or what did we do?
Anywhere we possibly could, and anything we wanted, or didn’t, or needed to do or do!
I had wanted to write a post before we got too far into the fall and Christmas season, but that didn’t happen. We only went from busy to busier and didn’t slow down till the week of Christmas. (Yes, I typed that correctly, I had spare time the week of Christmas, and I’ll tell you all about it, later though!)
The last time I posted, it was of the wonderful trip our daughter gave us. I completely forgot to post the finished collage of pictures.
Remember I had this blank section…
I LOVE this updated version of a tradition that just kinda happened…
I’m sure you have seen these benches outside the parks. Love them! They are perfect for climbing on and photo ops. I hope they never take them away.
Little man got his picture taken as well, and a new tradition continues!
June
Our 6th Grader graduated and is onto Junior High!
Of course, we had to throw an End Of Elementary School Party to celebrate!
We combined it with a Birthday Party for his brother who turned 3!
Combining parties is a win-win!
What a wonderful day it was with everyone having a perfect time!
July
We got a new neighbor on The Funny Farm!
Her name is 4X, because she crawls over everything like a 4 wheel truck!
Grandpa loves giving forklift rides.
August
I decided to build a Gnome Garden at the entrance to the “Grand” Beach. Which included redoing the path around the tree, then moving the hopscotch and widening the beach, PHEW! Thank God I now have a young man who comes to help me with these type projects. Which is why hubby found him because I can’t keep up with it all anymore. Progression on the IBM Journey has forced us to regroup, adapt, and overcome another step of this journey. August showed us how quick one test can change everything. As if we didn’t already know it could or would! We were just content in the world we had created not worrying about the could’s or would’s, as if those are real words, but then we don’t think this world is real at times either! One appointment brought great new, while another, not so much. We’ll focus on the great part, give the not so much stuff to God, and continue working on that path God has planned for us…
By mid-month part of the path had been entirely transformed.
And the beach was widened…
And the hopscotch was raised and leveled.
Come spring it will be ready for another super sack of sand.
Then on our way home from an appointment, we found something we hadn’t really been looking for. I mean, we look at them all the time. My girl was 20 years old, in great shape with great memories, but was getting tired. So with the good news we received, we decided to check out Camping World in Avondale to see what they had. Just a lot of the same stuff we had seen, but there, off to the side was this sweet looking girl…
I loved her at first sight! Even without seeing the inside!
But she wasn’t listed for sale yet! Someone had just traded her in, and the keys weren’t available. The blinds didn’t allow us to see in the windows. The salesman would let us know what was going on with it by our return the following week.
With that in mind, we made an extra effort to be sure we had found a good deal. Searched online for information and we were liking what we saw. We also looked at a couple others, and by the time we returned the next week 2 other units were in the running. I couldn't decide on which one until I saw the inside of that one! I hadn’t heard from the salesman by the day we were back in town, but I still had one more unit I wanted to see, so before we headed out I shot him an email.
By the time we got out of our appointment, which had some PERFECT results, I had heard back from him. He had the KEY! Hmmm, God’s putting things in our path?
Have faith Don’t question!
The minute he opened her door, the second I stepped into her, took another step and sat on the sofa, I just went, “This is it!” I didn’t need to see anymore. Oh, and he thought he was going to have an easy sale from there! Oh, no! Just because I LOVED her didn’t mean I didn’t want a GREAT deal also.
After a bit of figuring back and forth, I got her for what I wanted to spend and a SOLD sign was put in the window. One thing I learned when buying an RV, you don’t just drive off with them. In our case, there were a few things that needed attention, and we had to bring them our trailer as a trade in.
In the meantime, we had a birthday to celebrate and on the way we found an RV park just minutes from our son.
After cake and presents, nothing was more fun than a family game of croquette! Ok, maybe there are somethings that could be more fun, but for today, at that moment, it was the funniest thing to be doing and enjoyed each and every laugh and giggle!
And then the following week we got our move-in date….
I wish I could write it was a dream from that moment on, but that was not the case! Even being understanding of the heat and the two monsoons that blew through, I was disappointed in how it was handled from the first. After getting a bit pushy, the owner stepped up and made everything right, just as it should have been. However, that required us having to take her back over where it took almost 2 weeks to get her back!
September
Yep, another Birthday!
She’s HERE!
It took ten days, a new AC unit installed, drawers fixed and some other electrical thingy replaced, but she’s back home!
They delivered her instead of us having to drive the 3 hours back. We also got so more new things to sweeten the deal along with cash for the gas we wasted. Though I will never take my unit to be serviced at this location, the salespeople and the store managers are fantastic. We saw them 2 months later at the NASCAR races and had some great laughs and vents. Now all I do is enjoy her. In fact, it took me a week to pack her up, and her maiden voyage was to Chula Vista, CA, with an ocean and sunset view!
And a NEW Journey Through LIFE has begun!
A lot of changes over the last 6 months and more to come.
Stay tuned for part two…
and WARM hugs!