It’s been chilly here

Thursday started out to be a chilly morning and by afternoon the sun was shining and it was very nice.  A afternoon walk was taken. 

Friday was a chilly lazy day all day long.  I just couldn’t get motivated and spent my entire day inside of Ms. Southwind. I spent the day and evening curled up reading a good romance book.  I finished the book around 11.30 pm shut off my light and it was lights out.  Yes, i read an entire romance book in one day … hey i don’t want to hear it … I'm living a life of vagabond and freedom to do what i want when i want … yes i know all you working people are so jealous … hehe

Saturday ended up being a busy day,  it’s been a bit nippy here and very windy.  Several errands were ran and in doing so i noticed lots of people out and police cars and police men on the streets with fences.  I had thought the parade was at 7 pm, but i had the wrong day!  It was in fact at 2 pm!  Lucky for me i had errands in this neck of the woods and so i found a parking spot and got me a spot to watch the parade.  It ended up being lots of fun and joining in the fight for the beads with the locals was so much fun.  At one time i thought i was going to have to whip a guy because he kept jumping for the beds and bumping me.  I finally told him, hey you knock me down and I'm going to kick your butt … of course he laughed and replied … I’m sure you could.  Another lady and his wife were trying to see who could get the most beads and the other lady told the other one, well your husband is helping you, I'm getting mine on my own and i told the gal maybe we should put our big butts to work and knock her husband out .. we laughed and used our big rumps to push him back … everyone got a laugh out of it.  Actually the man was quite polite and offered to share his catch with me.  I declined as i was getting my own and offering them to the children behind me who were not getting any.  The kids loved having me bring them beads.  I did manage to get me another cup that i kept.  I also kept a couple of the larger pretty beads.  It ended up being a great afternoon and I'm still not sure if i had the most fun watching the adults or the children … they were both tons of fun.

Sorry no pictures of this parade as my camera was left inside of Ms. Southwind.  After the parade was over i headed over to Save a-lot to get my weekly grocery’s.  Then it was time to head home as it’s been a long and exhausting day.

I spent the evening curled up on the couch watching the tube and doing some reading.  Yes, I've started another book …

Sunday i got up and got the laundry sorted, it’s laundry day … ughhhhh  The laundry mat was packed and waiting for washer/dryers was a pain!  Finally the laundry was done and now put away for another week!  The sun is out but it’s still chilly, later this afternoon it warmed up to 58 and a walk was taken.  Lexi was begging to be walked, she’s been locked up way too long!  After my walked i fixed chicken tenders in mushroom soup gravy with mashed taters.  It was good.  Later a run to Wal-mart was in order.  Of course they didn’t have the bulbs i needed.  Apparently now Wal-mart is not carrying camper replacement bulbs in their RV section and you have to get them in the auto section and they are always out!  Very frustrating.  After my frustrating trip to Wal-mart it was back home and the rest of the afternoon/ evening has been spent catching up on blogs i follow and now watching the race!   Go Kurt Go!  Yes, I'm a #18 fan, he won both races yesterday!

Hope your all having a great weekend and until next time ….

Testing out this new program

Hello everyone, i have just downloaded a program called writer from Microsoft. I read about this program on another blog that i follow http://geeksontour.blogspot.com/

In a month or so i will be moving to a new location and internet will be here and there and so i was looking for a way to continue to write my blog and post it at a later date and ran across this. I decided to test it out and see how it works.

Wow, this new writer is pretty neat, i can even put in my photo’s and save as a draft and then all i have to do is just click on the title and post it when i’m connected. Wow, i think this new tool will come in handy. This photo i posted is of my precious grand children. I got this when i went back home for my visit. I just love how it’s been done.

Today has been a warm & very breezy day, the wind is blowing and every now and then MS. Southwind gets a gently rock. The weather man is saying we could have high winds, rain and chance of hail. I’m praying that they are wrong.

Hope your all having a great day … until later

Cloudy Day

Sunday was a day spent doing the grocery shopping and laundry. 2 chores i don't like to do. Bacon was purchased during the shopping so bacon sandwiches & pea salad were made for lunch. Later on that evening i stewed pork chops with mac & cheese. Although I also baked a choc cake. I hadn't baked one in a while. I spent the rest of the afternoon lazying around and reading.

Monday morning was spent sleeping in ... ughhh i slept until 8.45 am, yes i know ... hey that is one benefit i get for being disabled. Although my body was just trying to catch up on the lack of sleep i got friday night from the rain. I did finally get myself motivated and ran the vacum cleaner and straightened up the camper. Since the sun finally came out and it turned out to be a wonderful afternoon, i took Lexi for a walk. Later on Gizzards were the choice of meat for dinner with left overs of mac & cheese, pea salad and green beans. The evening was spent lazying on the couch watching tv. I'm a House fan.

Tuesday .. ummm i slept in again this morning. I got up around 8.30 am! Am i getting lazy? No, i actually woke up several times during the night with my back and then around 4.30 am with a achy back I couldn't get comfortable enough to go to sleep so i got up and laid on the couch and watched some tube. Finally around 6 am i was getting sleepy so i headed back to bed.

The only thing i have done this entire is day is wash my dishes from dinner last night. It's cloudy and looks like it could rain anytime. My back is still aching and so this will be a lazy day spent inside of Ms. Southwind. The choice for dinner tonight is gonna be chili. I have some hamburger that i cooked up and stored in the freezer for another time and today will be that other time.

Hope your all having a great day and until next time......

Mardi Gra Parade

The rain finally stopped and it cleared off to be a nice day Valentine Day. I went out to lunch and then this evening drove about an 1 to go see my very first Mardi gra parade. I was surprised how easily it was to find parking. Parked across the street at the local Burger King. Got the lawn chair out and crossed the busy highway.



There were several venders pushing their carts full of Mardi gra merchandise. As you can see in the photos.




The parade started off with a police on motorcycles coming down the street with lights and sirins blaring. It's weird to see police officers on motorcycles as back in Illinois where i come from we don't have police officers riding these. In fact the parade is lead off by local fire trucks.








They did have a fire truck in the parade, it was an old time one that was pretty cool looking.












They also had the parade King and Queen.




There was severa floats, although the floats here are nothing like what i'm used to, although i thought they were all pretty neat and almost all of them had generators running. Music was blaring and all those on the floats seemed to be having a great time. Of course it helped that most of them were already celebrating Mardi gra. Alcohol seems to be the going thing in the south. I'm amazed how you can walk down the street with a open bottle/can of beer and speak to a police officer and it seems to be a normal thing.

These ladies were all decked out and i thought they looked adorable. I was amazed how crazy these kids and adults go so crazy over beads! I asked one man next to us what they would do with all these beads and he replied the kids will enjoy them for a month or so and then they will probaly be thrown away. Hmmmm

This kid was really into getting the beads and i asked him what he would do with them and he replied hang them in my car.

There were several trucks in the parade pulling floats, but i just loved this semi. What a way to decorate your big rig

Some people were even wearing mask, although i honestlly thought more people would be wearing them. I thought Mardi gra was about the mask, but i think it's actually more about the partying?

The rebel flag is really big in the south. In fact it's Mississippi state flag.

There were even some old war equipment in the parade, this guy was happy for me to take a up close photo of him. Pretty neat ride.

Police officers even ride horses and ATV's here. This is so amazing. Of course the horses are always my favorite part of the parade.

It was a pretty neat parade and i enjoyed it and it was a end to a great Valentine Day!

Happy Valentines Day Ms. Southwind!

Wow, It's hard to believe that this is the 3rd year I've celebrated Valentines day inside of Ms. Southwind!


Isn't that the just great? Ms. Southwind is such a wonderful home. She gives me all the comforts and on a morning like today she keeps me nice and dry.

I am still fighting this sinus/congestion illness but I'm finally starting to feel much better. My energy is slowly coming back. I tried to take a walk earlier in the week and just didn't have the strength. Yesterday i was able to finally take a walk and not be exhausted and out of breath (thanks to vicks vapor rub). I'm still coughing and blowing tons of yucky stuff.

It started raining yesterday and rained off and on during the night and this morning. In fact the rain has me down in my back somewhat and i didn't get a very good night sleep, so i slept in until almost 9 am! My front yard is like a huge river.

Hopefully the rain will go away in time tonight for the Mardi gras parade. I'm looking forward to seeing my very first Mardi gras parade. Isn't that such a wonderful thing? That is one of the best things about living in a home on wheels. I get to see and explore new things.



I want to say to my precious grand children, Hailey and Toby, grandma loves you and Happy Valentines Day. These clip arts are just for you 2, I love you very much and look forward to seeing you in a couple more months!



Hope you all have a great V Day and until next time ......

I'm sick!

Well, Tuesday was spent cleaning up Ms.Southwind and getting all my dirty laundry done up from the trip.

Wednesday, i started not feeling too well and my nose is running big time but i needed to do some grocery shopping.

Thursday was a icky day of not really being sick sick, but not feeling well either, by Friday i was coughing, cold chills and aching all over. Friday night i had tickets to see Little Big Town and decided since laying in bed most of the day i still felt sick i might as well go. Well I'm glad i did because Zac Brown Band did the opening act for Little Big Town and they were awesome. Little Big Town themselves didn't impress me and since i was really starting to feel bad, i left early.

Saturday Gabe packed up some more clothes and left to go stay with hsi brother for a bit. He decided he was ready to go back to the cold .. not me! I'm sick from what little bit of time i was back there in the cold.

Today is Sunday and i have spent most of my day in bed, really sick, running a fever, cold chills, aching all over and it's really set into my back big time. My nose needs constant attention, my throat is soar, my ears hurt and my chest is full of yucky stuff. Sleep the past few nights have been basically none as I'm up most of the night coughing and blowing.

Well i just wanted to let you all know how my week has gone, hope your all doing much better then me. It's time for more med's and back to bed ....

Back Home

Sunday was spent enjoying time with my grand kids and family, then later that night i went to a Super Bowl party with my family.



Monday i got up before 7 am and got things packed and ready to go. Getting Gabe up was another story, we were finally on the road a little after 8 am. It was great seeing my family although i have to admit, I'm exhausted!! Staying up past midnight and the past few nights 1 am and back up before 7 am. Trying to get so many things squeezed into a day's time.

As you can see from the pictures, the ice was gone, but the destruction remained. These men were at a rest area in Southern Mo cleaning up.

We arrived back home around 11 pm and it was great to be home and sleep in my own bed.

I had a wonderful visit but I'm so glad to be back inside of Ms. Southwind, she is home now and i miss her so much when I'm gone from her.