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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Amazon here I come

I start my 3 month stint with Amazon tomorrow.  I'm staying herehttp://www.greenriverstables.com with wide open lots with grass and trees.  Its a country setting, and directly across the drive way is an entrance to the 28 miles of walking trails.  The green river is nearby though I've been too busy to go look at it yet.

I've got a new hitch on the van since adding the air stocks raised the rear of the van which should make pulling the trailer easier.

The new brakes on the trailer need adjusting as they are a little grabby.  Made the 100 mile drive through the NC/TN mountains just a tad more - uhhmm - exciting?

But I made it here just fine and am glad to be in one place for 3 months.  (Did I really say that?)




Sunday, September 15, 2013

New shoes for baby

I was heading to Bartlesville, a town 25 miles away to buy new tires.  My friend, Miya, and I have decided the rear tires have lots of thread left and so I only need to buy 2. 

Did you know Wal Mart will only sell you the size tires that are in their book.  Mine are bigger and they won't sell me the same size, but of course I could still buy 4 new ones of the smaller size.

Nope.  Went to Sears, sign on window said they open at Noon.  It was 10 am so I perused the aisles at K Mart and Goodwill.  Went back to Sears and see a different sign - The service center is not even open on Sunday! 

So, when they call to tell me to come pick up the Trailer, I'll stop by and buy the 2 tires.  IF they won't sell me the size I want then there are a few more tire places around.  I just wanted to stick with a national chain just in case I have problems.

So baby will just have to wait a few more days for her new shoes.


Has it really been that long?

In my last post I was on my way to Maryland to see the family and volunteer at the Common Ground on the Hill festival.  By volunteering I was able to take a couple classes.  The first was a drawing class entitiled everyone can draw - HAH!  Not me.  I also took a basket making class and made 2 beautiful baskets which I gave to my daughter. 

I stayed almost the whole month of July and I got to see my daughter, 3 granddaughters and son in law quite a bit while there.  Karen and the girls and I even went on a 2 day camping trip to a state park.  Had a wonderful time camping with them. 

After Maryland I went to North Carolina to teach at Campbell Folk School.  I love that place!

Then I drove to Missouri to help my friend, Mark and Annie while they ran the Floraculture portion of the Missouri State Fair.  They have a disabled son and my "job" was to be there after the day nurse left and cook him supper.  My good friend Bob is working there so I got to visit with him as well. 

On my way to Oklahoma to make a doctor's appointment, my van overheated and blew the tranny near Carthage MO.  I hobbled into Carthage and called Coach Net (AAA type club for RVers) for a tow to an RV park because at the same time I came down with an infection and for 3 days had a 102 degree fever.  The tow truck drive didn't hook up my trailer properly before towing it and I was worried it might have caused brake damage, but was too sick to care at the time.  I finally left Carthage 4 days later and headed to Claremore, OK to have the tranny fixed (replaced) by a trusted mechanic. 

So, with a new tranny I decided to have the brakes on the TT looked at by an RV repair shop.  Yep, sure enough, towing the trailer with the break-away switch pulled caused the brakes to wear out.  I needed new brakes, drums, the whole 9 yards.  

Yesterday, I taught 10 Cherokee's how to make Cherokee Pucker Toe Moccasins and will be leaving Oklahoma in a few days after the brakes are fixed and the TT is safe to pull.
Whew - that's a lot of stuff.  I'll write more often - no really I promise!!!