Time flies when you're having fun!

When evening comes I'm usually brain dead and don't feel like doing the blog. So I don't. :)

Rest assured, we are enjoying our days! Each day we have chores, as any home owner has. Dishes, bed making, laundry for me and outside Jim takes care of cleaning the rig and maintaining it and the truck.

Yesterday while Jim was putting new tires on his trike this lovely butterfly came along and took a break. I guess he was warming his toes on the rim. Jim also had tires and tubes on the driveway and several butterflies were enjoying the warmth. It was neat to see

Last night we had dinner with Anne and Scotty, stuffed peppers! I made some cornbread to go with and we split a bottle of wine. After dinner we started discussing our plans for our western trip in the spring. I fear if we stop everywhere we want we'll be in Washington state next year at this time! Our plan is to head west to the coast and up but right now we've only two stops planned in Texas.

When I took Boo for a walk yesterday I came across this little beauty. It was interesting to watch and a lot of fun trying to snap a picture! I only had my phone with me and Boo wasn't ready to stand still. I took at least 6 pictures and this was the only one with the wings open.

Yesterday afternoon Jim, Anne, Scotty and I went for a ride in Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park. The weather was perfect for it! Mid 70's, sunny and a slight breeze. We have bike paths here and we continued around on those circling our resort. I took some pictures but I'll share them another time.

We have fog this morning and it's a wee bit chilly in the rig. Since Jim is sleeping under the comforter I don't want to turn on the furnace. I'll wake him in a bit and I'm sure he'll turn it on!

Take time to stop and smell the roses even if it's only in your mind!

How Lucky Am I?

Ask anyone who has known me and they will tell you I don't make friends easily. Matter of fact I don't like most women. But in the past two years I've come to know two wonderful ladies. Marilyn Dray and Anne Scott. These ladies are dear friends of mine and if we weren't full time RV'ers I would never have met them. How lucky am I? These ladies make me laugh, listen to what I have to say and actually like to spend time with me! I feel blessed.....

This morning I was up just after 7 and started my day the way I usually do with a cup of coffee and my computer. At 8 I woke Jim and made some blueberry muffins for our breakfast. I had a couple loads of laundry to do so I started that, made the bed and dressed for the day.

Jim and I went schlepping this morning. First the post office to mail a book. Then we stopped at Target so I could get some Steaz Tea, thanks Sonsearae for telling me they sell it there. I would never have even looked. Then Home Depot so Jim could pick up some supplies for a project he's working on. I managed to find some plants that wanted to come home with me. :) Then HEB for a few groceries.

Back home we put our purchases away and fixed some lunch. I was getting cranky from lack of food! I turned on my soaps and did some email reading. Jim needed a piano hinge for this project so he and Scotty went to Tractor Supply. Anne popped over and asked if I'd like to have coffee with her and I said sure! We sat on her patio talking and enjoying coffee until the buys returned. It was a lot of fun just chatting with a good friend.

Anne took these two pictures of a Great Purple Hairstreak Butterfly. I found him across the street but didn't have a camera with me. This lovely creature was new to both of us!

If you're interested, read about it here: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/purple_hairstreak.htm

When the guys came home Jim declared he wanted a Kulatta, a Kahlua and coffee cold drink. So Anne made some coffee and Jim retrieved our Kahlua and Vanilla cream. Amy and Dan brought some veggies to Anne because they're leaving tomorrow for Belize. They declined drinks but we all had a good time chatting and sharing stories.

For dinner we had a baked potato...

We're settled in watching TV. The weather has warmed up again and hopefully we'll get some rain tonight. We've turned on the AC because of the humidity.