As Promised and I've Found the Solution to Sleeping Later!

I finally remembered to take pictures of how our rig is leveled.  We're parked almost in the same area as the last time we were here.  We're in front of the Quonset Hut that Anne and Scotty have built here.  Since they're not living in it we're not blocking their view.  Once they get the doors installed on this side they'll have the view we have.

Front stabilizer

It's all downhill from the door side.  I think the Scott's will eventually have a porch where we're parked.  I heard so many details of their plans it's hard to recall them all.  Notice the steps.

I think if you click on the pictures you can make them larger.

I'm glad I didn't see the procedure to get the tires on this stack!  Again you can see the downhill slope

Front jacks

Home Sweet Home, see the pallets at the bottom of the steps?  How's that for a red neck patio?  As long as we don't have an earthquake we'll do just fine.  Maybe we should invest in some hurricane straps!

Anne has said we can move to any site once they get some fill put in on the south side of the building.  But I like our site.  We have beautiful sunrises and the view!  There's going to be several more rigs here Later this summer.  Big birthday bash for Scotty in August

Feeding station all set up, we have American gold finches, purple finches, Rose Breasted Grosbeak and Ruby-throated hummingbirds.  We haven't seen the Indigo Bunting the past couple of days....he may have moved on.  Sure is a pretty bird.  We also have some chipmunks that are adorable to watch.  They just stuff their cheeks with sunflower seeds.  Anne even feeds one from her hand

Jim has been helping Scotty with some chores.  Found he has some unused muscles that are protesting!  He also declared he was going to walk every day....after the first long walk he ended up with shin splints so he's laying low for a few days.  We both want to walk every day but sometimes life gets in the way and we don't.  Of course traversing this property is good exercise because it's far from level.

Anne and I went shopping yesterday.  We stopped at the dry cleaners, Dunkin' Donuts, Walmart, Sally's, Aldi's, Hobby Lobby, Panera for lunch, then on to JoAnns and Hannafords for groceries.  Whew!  Got home in time to fix dinner and then we sat around outside just chatting and enjoying the weather.  

Back home I had dishes to do and the bed to make....Jim helped by making the bed. It was about 2000 when I slipped into the shower and got cleaned up...felt so good 

Since we both had busy days we were tired when we went to bed.  I slept until almost 0730!  Missed the sunrise altogether!  Not sure I can afford to go shopping and schlepping everyday in order to sleep late.  Jim woke when his alarm went off at 0730

I love that tiny face!

All is right in our world

Fun Day

Did you happen to see the moon the last couple of nights?  We had some clear skies and it was a beauty!

Today Miss Anne and I went to Rutland for some shopping.  We stopped at TJ Maxx, Dollar Tree and then Walmart.  From there we hit Panera Bread for some lunch then on to Hobby Lobby and a stop for groceries at Hannafords

Made one more stop at Green Mountain College to see Charlotte and pick up some goodies for Scotty.  We made it home in time to have some coffee with the guys and decide to skip dinner!

Took this picture at the Rutland Farmers Market a couple weeks ago

The Rutland State Fair was last week and I just loved this flower's name...Sneezeweed and it's called Mardi Gras!

The past couple days have been wonderful!  The weather has been perfect, now if we could get it to stay this way until our stay is over we'd be really happy!

Thursday Jim wanted to go to Hobby Lobby and check out Historic St Andrews.  So once I remade the bed with clean sheets and did the dishes we were off.  We made our purchases at Hobby Lobby then drove the short distance to St Andrews.  It's on the Bay and it was fun walking around the marina and small town.

Then we stopped for lunch at Gracie Rae Bar and Grill, part of the Shrimp Boat and sat overlooking the bay watching the gulls, cormorants and pelicans.  It was a beautiful day to be sitting outside drinking cold beer and eating seafood.

When we finally tore ourselves away from this tranquil setting Jim decided we needed another stop to 'check' on something....The Verizon store is a dangerous place.  We checked on getting me a new phone, which we did...I now have a Droid Maxx like Jim's and apparently Chris, our son in law.  We did lose our unlimited data plan (which is why I was keeping my old Droid) and our monthly bill goes up about eight bucks.

After about an hour we left with my new phone, a car docking station, screen protectors and a hands free blue tooth thingy in red.  I lost all my pictures because Verizon doesn't think it's important to be able to transfer them to a new phone!  There's a slight learning curve and I'm getting the hang of using this phone.  It's a wee bit bigger and sensitive to touch.

Friday was another glorious day!  We didn't go anywhere.  Just did some cleaning and normal chores.  Cooking (me) and grilling (Jim).  We even ate outside because it was so nice.

We went for a walk when we finished out afternoon coffee.  As I think I mentioned we are on a wetlands but we sloshed our way through the puddles and walked down to the bay.  Boo was having a good time with all the new smells.

On the way back we picked up a toy football and tossed it for Boo to chase.  It was almost to large for his mouth but he finally managed to pick it up and it was funny watching him march with it!

Watched an HBO (free weekend on Direct TV) movie last night and went to bed by 2230.