Monday, March 14th, 2011

Afternoon, everyone,

Hope your weekend was great.. mine was, I reckon,, We went to Nana's Brother's Saturday, and picked up the RV.. need to take some pics of it.. it handles pretty good on the road,, fan belts need tightening or soaped or something,, occasionally they really got to screaming.. lol,, Stopped at walmart and got gas 3.35 a gal.  cheapest we seen there and back... put 75.00 in and it quit pumping, guess its an automatic thing.. not sure how much more it would have taken,, I think it has a 30 gallon tank.. unsure of the gas mileage yet too, since i didnt get filled up,, also,, the gas guage doesnt work.. hope warm weather gets here soon, want to get started working on it..

It has  a lot of rattles,, mostly on top,, think it may be the a/c cover that is broken, I know the antennae flops a bunch,, brought it home to show the kids..they seemed to like it,, Nana made the comment about giving it to them and tell them to find a parking place to live,, lmao.. j/k  The lady Nana and I help, Louise, is letting us park it in her driveway,, since she doesnt drive any more, it wont bother her it being there.. Im just concerned of the neighborhood that its in,, I stopped by and after two days, windows are unbroken and tires still on it,, LOL... just leery of it being there, but cheaper than paying someplace to park it..  Need to find a cover for the a/c,,,May call coleman, and see what I can get,, since thats the brand.. or call Campers world,, guess they have nearly everything there.. Something was running the battery down,, need to figure that out too,, Gary, Nana's brother, thought it was the Refrigerator, so I unplugged it to make sure that wasnt it.. it runs off electric or Propane.. which, I dont even know how much propane is in it, if any.. so much I have to learn, before even taking it out,, filling up the fresh water, getting the toilet figured out and how to dump it at the dump stations at the park.. how many usages, how often???  etc.. then the generator, and the a/c to run stuff,, I can rent electric site, and not have to use the generator, I believe.. which will make it good,, little more expensive, but not that bad.. and I can run a cord straight to the RV and plug it in,, just need to make sure everything else is working off it,, and the stove/oven,,, then to figure out the shower stuff.. ugh,, its really not a bad buy for 2500$ but its gonna take a little bit to get it road ready.. tires,, ugh,,, then there is the interior needs some work,, ungodly colors inside.. but it is comfortable sitting.. oh, it started spitting and sputtering after I filled up,, not sure what that is about,, maybe fuel filter, pump, or maybe water in gas tank from sitting so long? Probably should have put premium in it at first, but didnt think of it..
Signed up and paid for an annual membership to Good Sam Club, for Rv'ers and campers.. may be wasted money, but will figure it out somehow to make it to our advantage,, dont know if we will enjoy those places or not.. but worth  a shot at it looking at them.. there is one in Nashville, IN,,,Nana already commented about going there for the weekend, and then walking through the shops there... its a small community town, that is door to door stores and shops selling pert near everything..

Just got back from Cardiac Rehab,, wore my ass out today.. missed all last week,, Monday, because the flooring people came to install the new floor.. then wednesday, because of painting, I pulled something in my neck, so didnt go wed or thurs.  Stopped at Lowes on the way home, and picked up another replacement bi-fold door for the pantry.. it had fell over once, when we had it off, and of course, landed on the handle, which shoved it on through the door.. so there was a hole in it.. so I have it now,, and that is the last thing that needs painted,, we got everything else painted to match, so now just this door,, shouldnt take real long to do it,, will get on it in a little while.. after a nap,, lol..

Fixed BBQ'd ribs for supper Saturday night,, then ate left overs last night,, just slow cooked in the crock pot.. then took em out, dipped them in the sauce, then drained the rest of the liquid out of the pot,, put them all back in to simmer for a couple hours in the bbq sauce.. turned out real good and tender,, with corn on the cob and baked beans.. simple,, set out a porkloin  to thaw, will cut it up for chops later, I guess.. simplest thing to do with it...too late to throw into crock to have roast.. well,, if it is too late, its really too late now,, I just threw it all together and put in the crock anyways,, lol,, its on high, and we dont eat til late anyways anymore,, 7-8pm,, so it should be finished by then.. Never made gravy from juices like this before (really, just chicken broth and the juice from the pork mixed in)  but will try to make something palatable.. well,

guess Id better either get my nap in, or get busy painting,, LOL,, so will end this on a good note, key of G.. IVE SEEN MY BETTER DAYS, BUT I GOT OVER THEM!!

Happy Farming

Papaw