July

It has definitely been an interesting month so far.  We have made some hard and interesting decisions lately.

This past week we have determined that we will not be participating in the Iowa State Fair.  This would have been our 15th year but with our several aches and pains we made the decision not to volunteer.  This was a very hard decision to make for us.  We love the fair.  We talked it over with Scott & Diane to be sure it was ok for us to stay the month of August.  It worked out well for them, also. 


We have been looking for a different position the last few weeks for the summer of 2015.  We submitted our resume to a few campgrounds and we were contacted by a couple.  It was kind of nice having people contact us to work for them.  We accepted a position in Charlottesville, VA at the KOA there.  We will start on May 1, 2015.  In case you're interested here's their web address:   http://koa.com/campgrounds/charlottesville/ .    They are a young couple that have had the campground for about 10 years.  I believe her parents had it earlier.  They are looking for a couple of people to work in the store and registration only and for 20 - 30 hours per week.  We've never been to this area before so we're excited.

That's our big news for the month. 

Yesterday, we were woken up around 7am.  One of the work camping people called us to tell us that there were several policeman with guns near our camper.  Then, we heard the bull horn calling to one of our campers to step outside, they wanted to talk.  Yes, I opened the blinds and took a picture.

 

 



 So I'm sitting here at the kitchen table sipping coffee and watching them.  The person wasn't home so they finally left.

Last week we made a quick run up to Madison, SD so I could renew my license.  Long drive but it definitely showed us that we're not up to much these days.  Sharon messed up her back and I messed up my knee a little more.  But with a little TLC, we'll back in a few weeks. 

My birthday is coming up on Thursday so Scott & Diane are taking us out to eat to a local steak house.  And, of course, their dog, Petey, will sing happy birthday to me.  I'll try and record it so that you all can enjoy at a later date. 

Until next time.

It's Still June

Wow.  Can't believe how HOT it has been the last few days.  And just a few months back we were wishing for sun and some warmer weather.

Remember those days when we used to shop til we dropped.  Well, we sort of missed those times so we decided that we haven't done much unnecessary shopping in awhile.  It was very hot out.  So, we spent the morning shopping online.  And we had fun.

Let's see first thing bought were different levelers for the camper.  Sharon saw them in an RV video so we went in search of them.   They're pretty cool.  Figure we will try them out for the first time when we go to DM in August.

Next we bought a book.  While buying the book, looked over the Kindle on Amazon.  Trying to decide between the Kindle and the iPad.   Not sure we actually need the iPad.  I know not sure we actually need either one but you know us.  :)

Did some grocery ordering for the store. 

Bought some battery operated grass shears with extension handle.  We like to keep the grass around our place down and prefer to do it ourselves.  Have had a few hoses cut by weed eaters used by the grounds crew.  And it's been hard on the back.  So found a German made pair with extension handle.  A little pricey but cuts the time to less than half and easy on the back.  Love it.

Oh, yeah, the mice.  Apparently they are gone.  Sharon caught (yes, I do mean Sharon - I'm not getting anywhere near those things) caught one adult and 4 young'uns.  Only one was inside our living area.  The others were in the storage area underneath.  As soon as it cools down a little, we'll empty out the storage area, clean it and repack everything.  Need to do this before heading north.

Last few days have been applying for jobs next summer.  So far we've heard back from Charlottesville, VA.  We received an email from Harrisonville, VA to see if we may be interested in going there.  Not sure we'd be a good fit - so still emailing.

Have been finalizing our volunteer work with the State Fair.  It's so nice to be able to do everything online.

Sandy needs to renew her drivers license this year.  So trying to get that figured out. 

Last weekend had a VW Rally here.  Haven't uploaded the pictures we took, so maybe the next post.

Until next time.

It's June

Wow, can't believe it's been since the end of August since I've written.   I could have written aobut the following:

1. The beautiful fall.
2. Christmas with the families
3. The coldest, snowiest winter ever in Springfield. 
4. Water pipes froze a few times.  Froze but did not break. 
5. Spring flowers

But here it is in June, so you'll just have to imagine all that I would have written.   I'll start fresh.
We are doing well.  A few more aches and pains.  Seems like the high pollen count with the humidity gets to us on some days but still overall - we are well.

The tulips, daffodils and irises have all passed.  But the lilies and the hanging pots are doing well.

Memorial Weekend has passed.  There was a National Street Rodders show in Springfield.  We had several staying with us that weekend.  A couple of my favorites

This coming weekend is the local VW chapter rally.  They're going to have it here at the campground for the first time.  They're estimating around 300 cars/vans/etc.  One stopped by to see us earlier.

We've started receiving our state fair volunteer information.  Getting excited about heading up to Iowa in August.  This will probably be our last year for a few to volunteer.  It will be our 15th year. 

If it would stop raining we may get to enjoy the outdoors again.  Hopefully it won't be another 9 months before I write again. 

In the next one, I will hopefully be able to tell you that we do NOT have any more mice in the camper.  Such a story there.

Until the next time.  :)