Spring thaw?

After weeks of really cold February, we've moved into the 'slop' stage...everything thawed and it rained and rained. Now you can break a leg trying to navigate the MUD. Have I mentioned that Winter in Indiana stinks? Those 2 winters in Florida seem to have ruined my 'Midwest Tolerance' level!

Keith's been working a full week and then not working, just long enough that he applies for unemployment, and then goes back to work before he gets the unemployment straight! But he's making more than unemployment would pay...if it's averaged out.

We heard a story that there are jobs 'out there' for RV couples to babysit oilwells and get paid for just opening and closing a gate and being a presence onsite. I'm looking for something like that. What we REALLY need is a construction job AND a job as gatekeeper on said job... ;) In a perfect world!

Little "Trouble" is now also known as "Mr. Nonuts", but it hasn't affected his overall attitude. He still thinks he should rule the roost! He's also decided that he should pee outdoors and then 'hold it' and poop behind the recliner after he comes indoors! He's consistent, anyhow.... Can't leave him outdoors until he can't hold it...while he's peeing, he's looking for something to bark at--and as soon as he's done he sets up a horrendous uproar in that little yappie Yorkie-like voice that would wake the dead. And since we are in a 'community', we can't leave him out! The neighbor is feeding 2 stray cats on a regular basis (I'm sure that has to count as having pets?) so they are always around, just out of reach--and all the dogs want them! We have pets because????

I've gotten all caught up in the Genealogy trap! Sucked into Colonial America--and I don't LIKE history! I have spent more time amongst the Scots/Irish and Melungeons and Cherokee and all that stuff than I ever imagined possible! Oh well, it does make the time pass.... Beats watching soaps and judge shows all day! LOL! TV is such a wasteland...

So, back to my Tree...


And yes, that IS the brushed and bathed version! When this was taken, he smelled like a GIRL!

Cabin Fever...

Well, no wonder everyone has been fussing at me about my bloglessness! Dec. 27th? Sheeeeesh!

NOT that there's been anything much of excitement in life-in-the-campground! Hubby worked 3 weeks straight, and then the bottom dropped out of the thermometer and we have been hiding in our cave, trying to stay warm! This deep freeze was a month late--and we can't get anyone to feel sorry for us when the temp drops to zero. Like, those people in South Dakota, or the ones up in Mankato. No sympathy at all! :(

Hubby got so bored sitting around with nothing on tv but soaps and judge shows...so he took his chain saw and a box of matches and started cleaning up on of the many brush piles left over from a tornado in the campground last summer. There's a LOT of downed trees back there that the landlord hasn't gotten to. In fact, we haven't seen the landlord do anything except work on the cabin he's been building ever since we got here... Today it got warmed up enough to start the Big Bird and pump up the flat tire--and then Keith went and loaded up his little pile of firewood and brought it back to the campsite--like we're going to need it??? Won't burn in MY fireplace, for sure!

Little "Trouble" is now often referred to as "Mr. Noballs", for the usual reason! LOL! Didn't slow him down a bit! He still zooms around here like a Tribble on Speed! And occasionally piddles on the floor, and can't stay outdoors long enough to poop (thank goodness for wee-wee pads! Which he will use!) The guy next door is feeding all the stray cats in the campground, plus a few neighborhood beagles that wander through to see what he's tossed out...which causes all three of our little stooges to sit on the back of the couch and make an unholy racket any time any of them walks past. "Trouble" can now make the typical little Yorkie racket--the kind of yapping that makes every nerve cringe! But he's still cuddly--when he has time...

So, we've heard from the Arizona Fulltimers...it was 75 in Yuma today. Down in Texas, Marie is about to get her Mexican dental work finished up. Out in Helper, Al finally decided to see a ENT doc about his likely case of obstructive sleep apnea. None of our Florida friends blew away last week--thank goodness! Out in SD, the temps dropped to -25 once... UGH.

I have a new obsession. JUST what I needed! On a whim, I started looking back through the last few generations to find my Native American roots... and got sucked into GENEALOGY! Never could understand 'those people' who would pour over pictures of old Census records and such...and now I AM ONE! Yikes!

The latest weather report here is calling for RAIN! and then SLEET! and then a few inches of SNOW! And then...... Back to minus nothin' temps, for cryin' out loud!

Well, the birthday boy is talking to his grandkids on the phone and then it's time to head for bed...for some reason, he's supposed to go into the Job tomorrow and wait for it to rain, I guess!

Keep warm....