Disney

Best Milkshakes!

 

Waiting in line -- The Ride!

 

Chase, Charlotte, and Chloe

 

Silver River Float

 

Golfcart 1995 DS

November 2020

1st Day On Our Lot

Wilderness RV Resort
Preserves Estates Lot 52

Using the good stuff

Was thinking of the barns behind Wilma Stroup's house.
The long narrow barn that is stacked full of lumber and the large Red Metal Barn.

Makes me think of the things we want to do but don't; and hold on to them for some day in the future. That someday may never come. 

Should we continue to store these things? Should we let them go and say that day is not going to come?
Or if they are important enough to hang on to, why are we waiting to use them - un pack the stuff, get it out, use the good china as they say.

If you knew your time was close, what would you do?
What would be your priority?
What good is all the stuff you stored away for someday if that someday never comes.

If it is good enough or important enough to you, find a way to incorporate it into your life!
Get it out of storage and put it on display.
If that can't be done then is the stuff really that important?

Charlotte's 7th

Sunday 10/25/20 went to Chad & Christy's for Charlotte's 7th birthday party. 

Probably the last time this year we will see them unless we come home for Christmas. Of course with the virus situation I am not sure how much you can count on traveling until next spring. We gave Charlotte a fairy light kit for her to put together. Hopefully she enjoys it.

Driving down there, and while there, I kept thinking of birthdays and holidays that Mom & Dad were there with us. The kids would be sitting in the chair with Dad or running around playing.  Chase would always have an electroni tow sitting on granpa's lap. Mom would of brought a ton of food and a stack of gifts for the kids. Family get togethers still remind me so much of Mom & Dad. 

Boxes in Storage

Went to Rhonda & Keith's today to look through the remainign boxes we have in storage there - both our boxes and the last few boxes of mom & dad's.

Brought all of our Smokey Mountain paintings home so that we can take them to Floriday. Hopefully we can decorate the shed with them. That leaves a tub of year books and 2 tubs of photographs and albums. We should be able to get those next time and do something with them.

As far as mom & dad's stuff, it is mostly pictures, probably 9-10 boxes of pictures. A lot of memories. Also have the flag and medal display box, fire deptartment axe. I think all of this together will be too much for the shed.

Had lunch and spent the afternoon with them.

Ohio Office

Back in the office for today, needed to move about 10 GB of SMC data over to the network. Took about 3 minutes; would have been like 3 days from home.

Don't know when I will be back in this office, less than 3 weeks we are heading to Ocala, Florida.
If we don't get a campground spot at Frontier Campground for next summer we will probably be staying in Florida next summer.

We would be able to hit the beaches and so some other things that it is normally too cold for us to do. On the other hand, the summer will be hot!

Packing Up...

Rented the 2nd shed today, will have it until we head to Florida.

We can use it to store stuff in so we can better organize the main shed.
I think if we can pack it better we can get a lot more into the 1 building.
In the past the weather has not cooperated either; always seems to be cold and rainy while we are trying to organize and pack things up.

Somewhat dissapointed in having to wait till March 2021 to see if we can get a reservation.

When one door closes, another door opens...

A nice warm day

A nice warm day, low 70's but unfortunately light rain again and the sky is sill grey.

Going to the Library tpnight while Jeni is at the Y. Looking to see if I can find any Peanuts movies to get to watch.

I think Stripe is happier that she can spend more time outside, even staying in the gazebo more due to the rain. Like me, I guess she hates the cold more than the rain.

I am feeling better today than yesterday. I think the greyness weighs on your mood.

1973, Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon, Time.... I would of been 8 years old.

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page…