It's a Cruel Cruel Joke

A fella struggles for three years to sell a house... and he finally succeeds... Thinkin' Hoo! Ya! ... I is finally Free of that Ol' anchor!

Not so fast Cowboy... there's a lil' more to this deal...

'Cause he made just one lil' miscalculation... He ain't gettin' loose from that place in just three days!

OOPS!

Uhhhh... Heidi and I just couldn't get motivated back before the closing to get stuff ready... did that before... and all for nuthin'... after two failed deals, I guess our 'confidence level was lacking. So... when we shoulda been sortin' and packin' and haulin'... we was procrastinatin'...

Not a good choice :o)

It seems that gettin' ready... before you need to leave is a pretty good plan! ... sure wish it had been mine! :o)

We were supposed to be cleared out Saturday night at 5pm... Here it is Sunday night... I'm 'bout as wore down as I can get... and still have two piles sittin' in the Ol' shop... One bound for the dump... one for some other place... as soon as I can find a "Some other Place" to put it!

The new owner ain't comin' up from Texas till the middle of March... so I don't think there'll be much difficulty... but I sure want to be done with this... and now, of course, it's snowin'... sheesh!

Two truck loads and we're done... have to put in some time at the hardware store Mon & Tues... Keepin' my fingers crossed for completion, Tuesday afternoon...

... 'cause I've got Tow Vehicles and Motorcycles to hunt up!

Take Good Care
Brian

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It ain't over... Till It's Over...

... and we got too much CRAP!

:o) ... Where 'n hell'd it come from? We whittled this junk down hard three years back... cut some more out since...and it's STILL too dang much!

Started out the day finding out that the Eagle just wasn't gonna fit through the hole we needed to pull it through to get to where we'd planned on setting up for a bit...

We actually might have gotten it in... with some considerable gymnastics... but... soon realized, it'd need a heavy lift helicopter or a Crane ta git it back out again! :o)

... so... we hauled back out and we're set up at another friends place... 'bout 6 miles east of the old place... till we figure out what we'll do longer term, while we get organized.

Was a day of Thumps and Bumps... took a header on the ice, while we were still lookin' at gettin' the rig set... jumping back and forth trying to watch both sides while James drove... zzzzzzzpppp! SPLAT! ... my butt tried breakin' the ice in the drive... and didn't succeed...

Then... later on, Terry came over to help Heidi and me try to get stuff and boxes moved... We were luggin' my heavy ... maybe 250 lb layout/cutting table out to the U-Haul to deliver as a B-day present... and... something slipped... not sure which end started fallin' first... but...

The dang thing whacked my knee... making my hide leak... but the most interesting part was that it kinda spun me like one of those OH-Lympic Arialist fellas... Hit my knee so hard it started me spinnin'... at least until my chin hit it! :o) ... my what purty stars!

Spent the rest of the day luggin' the boxes gimpin' an' whinin'...

Good thing Terry Volunteered... 'thout her helpin' we'd be a whole lot farther behind than we are...

But now... I'm bound for bed... plumb tuckered out...

Our First night back in the Eagle... already spent our lil' time settin' on the "Love Seat"...

Oh yeah... it's gonna be Fine!

Heidi and I agree... we're awful happy... but we'll be happier just as soon as we get done ... turnin' over the house to the new owner!...

Hopin' to have the swampin' out done tomorrow... though likely it'll overrun on into Sunday...

That's Life in the West!

Take Good Care
Brian

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The House Closing is DONE! Hoo! Ya!

FINALLY! The Ordeal is DONE! Hoo! Ya!

We're closed... the ink is dry... the check... such as it is... is Deposited!

NOW... we can start working on the REAL future...

And I have to get back to that... so just this quick post! :o)

Stay Tuned! :o)

Take Good Care
Brian

Thump Thump Thump Thump...

What the hell is that... Thumpin' ? and it's like... 29 degrees or somethin' outside... how come I'm all sweaty?... and my stomach is like I ate too much double chocolate cake along with a six pack of schlitz!... with all that ridin' on top of a pair of knees wobblin' an' knockin' like the front wheels on an Ol' model T!

Tomorrow morning is the "make it or break it" day... third time 'round... and we never got this close to bein' cut loose... NOW... I'm gettin' cranked up... and seein' boogey men behind ever' tree... :o) ... good thing we've only got a few trees here... and small ones!

Just to keep things "proper" for us... we got warned that it very likely Won't be completed tomorrow... likely run on into Friday... It's a logistics thing...

The Buyer is down in Texas... only, one party is in one part... and another is in another part of Texas... so, the logistics of gettin' paperwork couriered around for signatures... and back here for the closing is juuuuust a mite tight...

I figure, seein' as how it's us in this deal... they figured we needed just one more "Confusion" so we feel "at home"... before we road that rig off down FREEDOM ROAD! HOO! YA! :o)

The only "real" difficulty is... though we've dealt with all the furniture (luckily we had little)... there's still a bunch of the "junk and corruption" sittin' around we've got to get hauled out...

Set up a storage shed yesterday... a friend is comin' over this morning with his truck to haul out Heidi and Bucks' agility field equipment... Rentin' a U-haul this afternoon or in the morning to haul this and that... here and there...

and then... we will be... By God... Gone from here! and ready to start workin' on a future of Shining Times! :o)

Take Good Care
Brian

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Oh Lordy...

I'm Officially in it deep! :o)

Just a couple of days left... we've started receiving mail at the house, from the buyers insurance co. for the buyer! ... That's a "Good Omen"... right? :o)

... lots of the lil' 'tyin' up loose ends' kind of things goin' on... The Road is Opening up in front of us... It's scary, what with the "Money" side having been beat up as much as it has... but... So What?! :o) That's just "stuff" that has to be dealt with...

Heidi and I continue to build on the Opportunity "My Angels" opened up for us last summer... What a glorious Journey this Ol' Buster is on!

and then... This morning, I opened up my mail and had an email from Stephanie, up Washington way... I guess she and her Family have been usin' some of my words and story here, as support and inspiration to follow their own hearts...

Whew!... Don't know whether to be Proud... or scared to death!

My major goal has been, for a goodly while... to get people to choke down their fears and the baloney piled on 'em by other folks about "How you have to live"... and follow their Dreams and their Hearts... and LIVE... How THEY Have to LIVE!

To hear from a Reader, that they're doin' exactly that, is AWESOME... and Terrifyin'... all at the same time...

It's an easy thing to sit here... and spout off to folks I've never met... and most of whom I'll never ever see... about all my "Towering Wisdom." ... If a guy ain't careful... it can cross the line into arrogance...

... It's quite a different deal... when you find out some of those folks are actually listening!

OH LORDY!!!

I Try not to mislead or con... but it's a fearful thing at times when you stop and think about the "responsibility" involved when you take the step to tell folks what you "Think You've Learned."

I try... I try hard, to NOT tell people how they Have to Live. That is a decision that only, each individual can, or has the Right to decide...

What I'm hoping... uh... what I'm PRAYING, folks get from my words is simply; The inspiration to have Courage... To summon the Will... To Find Their OWN dreams... To Build Foundations under their Dreams... and To Decide for themselves... How They have to live...

If I succeed in doing that a few times... Lordy! The Boss will have given me an indescribable gift!... and something I could Truly be Proud to boast about! :o)

and on "other" matters... If you can't tell... I've been feeling especially "Windy" lately... so... for medicinal purposes... (to vent off some of the pressure of all those 'words') I just started a blog over on the Motorcycle site... that I'll focus on Biker "Stuff"... for those of you who lean toward Splittin' the Wind on two wheels... check it out when you're of a mind to! :o)

Now... I better get my Windy carcass to work!

Take Good Care
Brian

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The Sun is Shining On Goin' RV Boondocking!

I feel like I'm walkin' on eggs... 3 days an' a wake up... and that Ol' Monkey is off our backs! :o) and we do our "Closing"...

I just keep waitin' for the ambush! :o) ...

But... I got up this morning, and after the snow of the last few days...which don't help packin' an' gettin' the rig ready to move!... the Sun is Shining awful purty on the Front Range...

Heidi and I went over yesterday... to scout out the place we're gonna set up for a couple months and start our "Rebuild". It's the same place we went back in the summer of '07 when we 'thought' we were leavin'! Though... this time we'll be parkin' out back... out against a windbreak of trees...out behind a shed or two...

It'll basically be about 1/2 a "boondock" camp... power plug-in but no other hookups... so we'll be gettin' back into our boondockers routine dang quick, where it comes to water and such! and havin' a power hookup will be a good thing for ridin' out the remainder of a Colorado Winter...

But the price is right... the location is convenient, especially for Heidi and her store... there's room for me to work on things... and privacy... so a good deal all around.

People keep askin'; "Are you gettin' excited?" ... and we reply; "Tryin' hard not to... been here before!" :o) .... buuuuuut...

Come Friday morning... and it's an accomplished fact... I'll be... grinnin' and punchin' the air... Hoo! Ya!... Right after... I get off my knees from sayin'; "Thank you Boss... THANK YOU!"

Take Good Care
Brian

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Workin' on the RV Remodel Today

Though most of the 'small' parts of the RV Remodel have been forced into suspension by our House 'Deal'... and I ain't complainin'!... We were still needin' to get the major part complete... since in 7 Days an' a Wake up... we'll be needful of livin' back in the Eagle again! Hoo Ya! :0)

I've given up for the time being on tryin' to 'seam' that Vinyl Cove Base... There just ain't a dang thing that'll stick to it! I've tried, gorilla glue, polyurethane adhesive, high grade silicone, PVC cement... Not one dang thing would hold... so to heck with it...

I just screwed the Base in place using automotive trim screws...



The seams aren't perfect... but they'll do for the girls I dance with... and if I ever do come across a way to make a tight seam... I can always punch it in there... for now... It'll hold just fine.



Soon as I got that bit done I broke down my Ol' Oak Desk inside and carried the bits out to the Eagle... and put 'em back together...


Kind of hard to get an angle to show ever'thing... but it fits pretty nice... and right about then I found another lil' "Issue"...

Remember that low wall... with the spindles on it that separated my old desk and the old jacknife couch?... I knew it didn't support the roof at all... but now I've discovered what it did support! :0)

Uh... the floor!

When you pull the slide all the way in... the center of the floor flops some lil' bit... It used to be held up by that wall screwed to it... now that 12' span lets it wiggle a bit... Since that floor is just a very thick piece of plywood, there isn't the structure to span 12' all by itself... Imagine that... Doh!

No biggie... I'm just going to have to build a 'shoe' to slide under there for support when we're hauling... just to keep things honest... :0) When the slide is extended no problem... that floor locks into place and is solid...

Some of the 'filler' furniture is gone from the house now... a few things left to do... have to haul our few remaining boxes and such to a smaller storage space than last time...

Then we've got a friend lined up to move the Eagle to our 'temporary' camp... where we'll spend the following few weeks/months in our "Reconstruction" mode...

We'll be diving in to Setting up our "New" Tow Vehicle, rebuilding bruised finances, shining up this and that... sorting out plans for the future... of which I've got plenty! :0)

... Like that's a surprise right?... any Cowboy... young rooster... or old, busted up, bald headed geezer... that tells you he; "ain't schemin' on nuthin' a'tall!"... is lyin' through his teeth!

Truth is, what he's tellin' you is that he's darn sure cookin' up somethin' ... and YOU are part of the scheme... so he's keepin' it quiet, till you're trapped in solid! :0)

Yes sir... things are movin' along... and progress is comin'... I just hope that bright light... ain't a Freightliner... or the Boss comin' early! :0)

Take Good Care
Brian

clooooser.... cloooooser...... scarrrrrrier.... scarrrrrier!

Be vewy, vewy quiet! :-) 8 Days an' a wakeup till the house closing! but shhhhhh... don't tell no-one!

I'm jumpier than one of those frogs down to chucky cheese! I flinch ever' time I hear a noise! :-)

It's like bein' a lil' kid in a tent out in the woods... listening and shivering at every footstep, of ever' lil' cricket, wanderin' through the bushes...

I'm gonna be one tired ol' geezer when this is done!

Day full of runnin' errands today... the hardware store cut hours... again... down to near nothin' now. Makes things tight... but... expected...

Employers are in the same category as lawyers and politicians in "My World"... "Too leaky a Vessel to put much faith in"... -Gus McCrae

So anyhoo... I'm gonna be runnin' nine-oh with my hair on fire all day... yeah, ok, smart alecs... It''ll be a small fire... but you'll still smell burnin' hair! :-)

All in all things are happening... and I'm gettin' verification that my "Designs for the Future" are good and proper for us...

Though it's a tougher road than we'd planned... and we'll have to go a mite more austere... and maybe even slower :-) ... and it'll take us some months of work, after the closing, to get up to whatever "Full Speed" our speed will be... We finally seem to be getting to the Leaving Place.

Thank You Boss!

Now... I better get to leaving today... or I'll never get my chores done.

Take Good Care
Brian

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It's Like Lugging Sacks of Cement

I just can't get excited 'bout things just now... Keep holding my breath waiting for the 'Wolves' to come out of the trees. :-)... just 10 more days and I can breathe easy... but... right now... I'm breathin' purty shallow... and lookin' 'round for ambushes! :-)

Put a few ads on Craigs List for the used furniture we picked up when we moved back into the house... There might be a business there for somebody sharp on the values of such 'possibles'...

Those ads weren't 5 minutes old and I was gettin' responses from 'em... and the 'Free' couch and chair we just wanted to get gone, so we wouldn't have to haul it somewhere, was 'got gone' in about an hour!

Seems like if a 'Horsetrader' was sharp on some 'thing' that folks are seeking on there... they might just turn an honest nickle or two... Me? I believe in buying high... and selling low... and makin' it up in Volume! :-)

Heidi Started puttin' the Rig right yesterday... cleaning and layin' in the shelf and drawer liners...

I still need to finish up the trim out on that floor... keep letting myself get diverted... which isn't much of a challenge for that what's divertin' me.

We'll get most of that work done this Wed/Thursday...

Aw, this is gonna be one Shiny Year... I have a good feelin'... if I can just quit jumpin' and askin'; "What was that?"... ever' time the dang phone rings! :-)

I'll be one happy puncher once this deal is settled out and I can start breathin' normal again... and building on a Future of Shining Times!

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Brian

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Selling the House is getting Close to Closing

We're back... don't wanna be... but here I are! :-)

We decided to not stretch this years Arizona Trip, thinkin' we'd better give ourselves a few extra days to prepare our 'situation' for the coming House Closing.

There's not near as much to do as for most folks I guess... We did that, three summers ago! Lordy, has it been that long? Time flies... when you're looking Back on a time of waiting! :-)

It seemed so long looking forward and still, like it was yesterday... kinda weird...

We've got a few pieces of used furniture to re-divest. The stuff we put in so we could live in the house again, when we had to move back in... Those I should have on Craigs list this weekend...

Most of our 'keeper junk'... the stuff we/she just can't part with... has mostly been repacked into some cheap plastic totes Heidi picked up on sale just after Christmas... that has to go to a small storage space, yet to be rented...

One thing is... that pile is a lot smaller than it was three summers ago... we whittled it down even more!

There's still some work to do on the rig... the finishing of the transition and base moulding on the floor... a few other things... and then repacking our Living Stuff into it.(The balance of the RV Remodel is gonna have to be done a lil' at a time... as we live in it again)

Heidi asked me last night; "Was I getting even a little excited?" ... and I replied; "Not Really"...

I guess, I just don't trust it yet... been here before... Twice! :-)

That and, we can't just take off immediately and leave... There's gonna be a few months of re-construction and re-organization; We've got some 'Financial Repairs' to do that are a consequence of the last three years, and the disappearance of most of the equity value in the house ... I got bucked off again! :-) and I'm juuuuuust a lil' slower climbin' back on these days...

Buuuuuut... I'm too dumb to do anything else... So I keep on gettin' up, dustin' off my jeans... and steppin' aboard... one more time.

Some of what's happened was my fault, some was beyond my control... Most, a mixture of the two... Criminee! I thought by the time I'd gotten this old I'd know purty much ever'thing I'd need to know to be the Heroric Figure of a Man I am! :-) How come nobody ever told me that I'd need to keep on learnin'... ever day of my life? :-)

I'm workin' at reshaping the way I live... to remove as much of me, as much of US, as I can... from anything that someone else controls... The less leverage the 'system' has on US... the less control it can impose... Hmmm... sounds kinda like a definition... of sorts... of Freedom and Liberty... Don't it? :-)

Works for ME!

With the house gone... the reduction in our subsistence living expenses is so huge that it'll make those days of re-construction and re-organization Shining Times.

We'll go from a pretty hand to mouth situation, to a strongly positive place... Considering the ordeal that so many are fighting these days... Heidi and I are close to Shining Times! :-)

Our direction will finally be, Moving Forward... instead of Marking Time... It's a real Morale Booster when you can feel the wind in your face, 'cause you're making progress... instead of the wind that's holding you back... Suh-Weet!

One thing I know... we'll get there... and come the spring we'll start rollin' on some circles... if our luck holds... and my judgment don't fail me again :-) those circles will grow wider and longer.

Take Good Care
Brian

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Bead Shows, Motorcycles and ... Drooling

Heidi goes to the Bead Show at the Gem Mall... I go 'scouting'... mostly for Motorcycles...

I should do something that's more of a challenge. A person shouldn't do something 'easy' for too long... and finding Motorcycles that I like is, well... 'bout as easy a thing as I can do :-)

Found three yesterday... two Star Raiders... one Warrior and a V Star 1300... I only found the three... 'cause I kinda pretended all them others weren't sittin' there...

That Ridenow Powersports Dealership in Tucson is a pretty nice Bikers Toybox! :-)

They say no news is good news... haven't had a call from our realtor... Yesterday was the 'deadline' day for the buyer to have their financing lined out... that last of the 'biggie' deadlines... so it looks like things continue to move along... gettin' close enough we're kinda 'cringing', waiting for history to repeat... but just a few days! :-)

We're gonna be movin' up to Phoenix either this evening or in the morning to see family up there... then pull out rolling north on Thursday... to make a two day roll home... so we can get back to work finishing up our 'chores' there...

But I better get moving today...

Take Good Care
Brian

That Old House and This Old House...

Seems like I can't get away from workin' on houses!

First thing I've been doin' each day is haulin' Heidi to whichever Bead Show She'll be workin' that day... then I've been comin' back here... to this, my Mothers' house... and doin' maintenance chores on it.

Just serves to drive home the fact that my preference is for a house that has wheels on it! :-)

Got up today... and it's rainin'... aw well... as long as it ain't snow... I'm good. And this is one of those soft, steady... all day rains that makes a cowboy or farmer just smile... It's the sort of a rain that makes the air crisp and clean... scented with mesquite and creosote bush...

It' the kind of rain that grows the grass and has you sortin' fat calves come the fall...

For all you Northerners, parked in the Arizona Desert for the winter... all the rain that has been washin' your rigs this winter, is gonna make for one flowered up Desert Oasis come spring...

I'd start huntin' the locations of the best Desert flower displays down here for your spring photo trips... The Arizona Desert is gonna be bloomin' this year! ... it's one of the "Why's" of RV Boondocking!

So far... no ambushes on that 'Old' house... and... we pass the last 'Big Deadline'... Monday...

I'm feelin' like my stubborn ways are finally payin' off...

Though... there's a few things I should have been less stubborn about. :-) How-some-ever... seein' as that's spilt milk, and I can't put it back in the bottle... no use worryin' on it...

But... then again... We watched a movie last night... 'bout a fella (true story) that is afflicted with tourettes (sp?) syndrome... in the end... he says that who he is... he can almost thank the 'disability' for...that IT was his greatest teacher!!!

Some might not understand such a claim... I can say I do... 'cause if it weren't for all the things I've endured over the years... and all the dumb judgments I've made... I'd for sure and for certain... NOT... be the fella I am... and different as "he" is... I kind of like him! :-)

My point? Haven't you ever heard the Old sayin'; "Failures are just opportunities to learn"?

Well... according to that rule... this hyar buster has a PHD! ... 'course... some refer to that as P-iled H-igher... and D-eeper! :-)

Now... I'm not gonna climb up on my soap box... and claim that "My way is the right way... and the ONLY way"... any fool knows that ain't true...

BUT... always with the "buts" :-) .... I will say... my way is a dang good way... and will fit a whole lot of people... at least... if they tinker with it... shave off the bumps that don't quite fit them... and weld on any parts that seem to be missing... to make it, Your Way.

Just... keep on keepin' on... that is the most important... Don't EVER let the buzzards get your goat... Don't EVER allow anything, to bury your Dreams... Not Anything!

Take Good Care
Brian

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Back to the RV Remodel

Got my hands on the last box of Allure vinyl tile flooring yesterday afternoon... the Eagle is warming up now... and I'll put the last of the floor in today... or almost.

I also picked up the materials for that danged 'transition' from the slide to the fixed floor...

I had a 'brilliant' idea... 'course it was given to me by some random stranger in a lumber yard... but I'm claiming it! :-) rather than a wood, or aluminum piece hanging out there (that gave me 'reservations' for a couple reasons) I'm going to use Vinyl, Base Moulding.

When we ordered that last box of tile we found the perfect color of it, for the tile we've put down. The 'problem' comes in when you go to get the amount you need...

You can buy 4' strips, 20 foot rolls, or... 120' rolls. I need 'bout 14'... so... les' see... divide the 2... carry the 7, add in the 4, cut in half... and that 20' roll would seem to just about be the perfect choice... right?

Wrong!

The thing is... I'm gonna use the moulding... upside down! Base moulding has a lil' angle at the bottom, so it turns out just a lil' bit, where it normally meets the floor. That makes it perfect for what I need... Turned upside down, and laid on the slide, it will "turn down", to make up that lil' bit the slide is higher than the fixed floor.

So... what's the problem?

The 4' base strips are 'clean'... the 120' base is 'Clean'... BUT! for some reason all the 20' rolls anyone has are covered on the backside (what I want to be the 'front') with self-adhesive... arrrrghh!

and I'm too cheap to spend for the big roll... and then throw away something like 106'! :-)

So... I'm using the 4' strips... and will invent some sort of seam setup for the two seams I'll have to put on that 'long run' down the slide.

Yesterday I went about, hackin' and coughin' with this 'Cowboy Bug'... and tryin' to get the few 'corrections' made from our Buyers inspection list...

When I got to the biggie... the "Horned Cow Hassle" I mentioned... I broke down and hired a pro! :-) ... the ground on the north side of the foundation 'subsided' and pulled the conduit riser out of the bottom of the main service entrance for power...

Now, that line is buried, maybe 6' deep there... digging it up to raise it back up... is not an option... so the onliest thing left was to extend the end of that 2" conduit, back into the box... something like an inch...

Whoo ya! Ever try to pull a rigid piece of heavy copper wire... maybe a mite bigger than your thumb... through a keyhole... sideways? That's just about what had to be done... Havin' a pro electrical guy there to do it... made things a whole lot easier... all I had to do was stand 'round lookin' decorative!

But now, ever'thing we needed to do... for the selling of the house is purty much taken care of... and we can leave for Tucson next Wed. with a mite fewer 'stresses'... the only one left is waiting for all the things that... can go wrong... to NOT go wrong! :-)

... and after the past few 'situations'... can I say we're juuuuuust a mite gun shy? :-)

Well... the coffee's hot... the rig is warmin'... the coughin' is less... and that fine new RV Floor awaits me...

Ya'll have a shiny one... OK?... and...

Take Good Care
Brian

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I'm Going to Practice... Bein' in a Boondocking Camp...

... on a lazy day...

'cause... some dirt bag gave me Their lousy bug! :-) Lordy... I never used to get a sniffle... nowadays? Seems like ever' dang winter... right about now... I get some burnin', hackin', wheezin', head-spinnin'. lung bustin', whizbanger of a monster bug... that turned into pneumonia two out of the last five years...

'tween the coughin' and the rubber legs... I'm just not gonna accomplish much today anyhoo... and much there is to do.

The buyers inspector found a couple of lil' things that I already knew needed attention... one lil' thing that is gonna be a royal, horned-cow-hassle to fix... and I'm still waitin' on Home Depot to produce that last box of flooring I need, so I can button up the flooring install...

Comin' up Wednesday evening we leave for 10 days or so, to Tucson... for the big buying trip of the year... for the store... and then have only another 10 days or so, once we're back... to button up all the things we have to do to pull out of here...

... and here I set... coughin' up a lung! :-)

We were talkin' yesterday... and we both griped that we'd not been able to have our 'own day', like we had got to doin' late last summer and fall, for a few weeks now. Seems some sort of 'business' has been gettin' in the way...

Now, That, is something we just ain't gonna accept for long. Things have to get done, 'cause of what all's goin' on... how-some-ever... if those things don't hurry up and get'emselves done up and finished... in one helluva hurry... they may find 'emselves abandoned!

'cause there's a lot more to Living than Takin' care of business!

Business, is supposed to take care of us! and if it don't? ... I'll ride bareback on a Porcupine... before I'll surrender what's left of my life to business ever again! It ain't... my first priority... That is a mistake I'll not repeat.

Well... I guess it's past time for me to get busy at layin' about.

Take Good Care
Brian

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Ever Closer to the House Sale...

After the past couple of years... we're in that 'place' where... we want to start gettin' excited... but just keep workin' at NOT. :-)

THIS contract FEELS real... it FEELS like it's stronger... but bein' a natural born cynic :-) I'm at the point of holdin' my breath...

There is a problem with that though... Uh... we got a whole month left before we close... so I better find something to do ... right... that keeps my mind on other things, or I'll be in no shape to do anything when we are clear!

The RV Remodel is sort of in suspended animation, waitin' on Home Despot to haul in that last box of flooring I need... I expect to get a call today or tomorrow... I'm Hopin'!

and... as you can see... The Blog Remodel is movin' along as well... I'm slowly trying to get the 'RV Daily Blog' moved over to this page... I'm likely gonna keep on posting some notices on the other page getting folks to move over to here... and Bookmark this one... and then... I'll start 'converting' that'n to it's New Purpose...

I also have to go through the work of trying to fire up another page for the foundation of a Boondocking Campsite list... I think... 'cause I Think the way I'm seein' to do that would be a useful thing

So... I may not be movin' real fast... but I ain't sittin' on my hands neither! :-)
Later Folks

Till then;

Take Good Care
Brian

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