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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
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- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
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- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
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- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
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Category Archives: Humor
Do You See Steve’s Feet Sticking Out the Window – Yes – Most People Use the Door to Get in – So Why Would Steve Choose to Use the Window – Mia Culpa – My Fault –
Okay, here’s the scoop: Many of you know that we had a bad experience getting locked out of our coach. We thought we solved the problem. We both have keys to the door in our pockets everyday. How could we … Continue reading
There It Lay – On the Floor in Plain Sight – The Missing Piece – Sought for Patiently for Many Days – A Small Miracle – One that May Seem Insignificant – But It Keeps Me Knowing that the Lord Hears Us Even Concerning Our Little Matters –
We knew what it should look like, the shape, the colors, but we couldn’t find it anywhere. We looked for days. Certainly a gust of wind could blow a puzzle piece in a screen room, but how could it blow … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Black, Green, Hidden, hidden piece, Jigsaw puzzle, Little Matters, Lost, lost piece, Puzzle, Puzzle Piece, screen room, Small Miracle, The Lord cares, White, wind gust
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Walking Along the Canal Making Plans to Begin Our Journey – We Must Get Serious – I Should Be Booking Our Stops –
Walking Chelsea, our pet Bichon Frise, along the canal in the morning, we contemplated how we were going to begin our RV adventure. Which direction should we take, north to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and then to South Dakota, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Adventure, Bichon Frise, Canal, Florida, Motor Home, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, RV, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Travel, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Entertainment at Home – Screen Room – Our Outside Extended Area – Sheltering Us from Direct Sunlight and Wind – Sometimes Toppled by Strong Winds – Oh Well – Stuff Happens –
Steve and I spend leisure time working on our first jigsaw puzzle together. We thought we would have lots of spare time in our new RV life, but it hasn’t happened that way. Still, we find time for relaxing. We … Continue reading
Many Times I’ve Baked Egg Custard – But This Time Something Went Terribly Wrong –
The evening hours were dwindling away when I decided to make a batch of egg custard. This is a recipe that is simple and the entire process from start to finish should have taken only 45 or 50 minutes including … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Humor
Tagged Boiling Water, Custard Cups, Egg Custard, Hot Water Bath, Humor, Nutmeg, open oven, Second batch, Sliding, Slipped, Something went wrong, Water bath
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How to Fold Bottom Fitted Bed Sheets – Since the Secret of Folding Them Was Told to Me – I’ve Been Trying to Learn This Procedure for Three Years – Today I Accomplished It for the First Time – Gold Star for Me –
All my adult life I’ve struggled with folding bottom fitted bed sheets. After failing miserably for many years, I developed a habit of shaking out the wrinkles and then scrunching it all together in a ball and sticking it into … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Humor, Thought
Tagged bed sheets, Bottom Fitted Bed Sheets, Bottom Fitted Sheets, Folding Bed Sheets, Folding Bottom Bed Sheet, Folding Bottom Sheet, Folding Fitted sheet, Folding Fitted Sheets, Folding Sheets, Housework, Ironing Bed Sheets, Learning Bed Sheets, Learning to Fold Bed Sheets, Scrunched Bottom Bed Sheet, Wrinkled Bed Sheets
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RV Planning Continues – Changes Were Bound to Happen – Not Looking for Fifth Wheel – Now It’s a Motor Home We Think We Need – But – Perplexing Matters Persist – Like – How to Fit in a Pool Table – And Chelsea Wants a Doggy Door –
Our dream for the future, our plan, our destiny has changed from a fifth wheel to a motor home. The authors of a book about RV living advise people to buy their third RV first. It seems people often purchase an RV and trade it in a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Changes in life, Destiny, doggy door, Dream, Fifth Wheel, Future, Motor Home, Plan, Planning, Pool Table, Recreational Vehicle, RV, RV Living, RVers
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A Merry Heart Does Good Like a Medicine – But a Broken Spirit Dries the Bones – Proverbs 17:22 –
Last night we attended a party at the home of one of our friends. We enjoyed the good foods and beverages provided and finger foods we all brought to the party. As we feasted, we talked and laughed a lot. One lady … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Celebration, Christmas Season, Church I used to go to, Feasting, Finger foods, Good like Medicine, Laughter, Merry Heart, My church, My home, Proverbs 17:22, Remote Island, Story, Stranded, Tale
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My Ten Minutes of Attempted Backyard Jailbreak – My Temporary Insanity – My Journey Back to Life on the Outside –
Here is how it happened: We were taking down the remnants of a two-day garage sale. We had hauled several golf bags loaded with old clubs to the backyard gate. Steve opened the lock on the gate. Chelsea, our pet … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged backdoor, Chelsea, doggy door, Garage sale, Gate, Golf bag, Golf clubs, Husband, Locked in, Maniacal Woman, Married, Nutcase, Pet, Trapped, Wife
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Trench Digging with a Hoe – Woe Is Me – I Was Reassigned from Bush Trimming to Trench Digging – Yes – We Have a Good Reason to Remove the Stones from Around the Plants –
Life as a bush trimmer was easy. I thought it was hard, but now I know better. I was reassigned to trench-digging with a hoe before I could try my hand at tree trimming. Steve sprays for weeds around the plants. He believes he … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir, Photos
Tagged Arizona, Bush Trimming, Carol Ann Hoel, Gardening, Hoe, Killing Plants, Michigan, Moving Stones, Point of Hoe, Reassigned, Sonoran Desert, Trench, Trench-digging, Trimming Bushes, Weed Killer
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Mystery Remains Unsolved – The Case of the Missing Ground Beef Patty from Olive Garden – Chelsea – Our Bichon Frise Pet – Appears to be Innocent But Remains as a Person of Interest –
Circumstances: Steve ordered a takeout ground beef patty at Olive Garden restaurant for Chelsea, the household pet. Said ground beef patty was transported in a Styrofoam box from Olive Garden to the home of Steve and Carol Ann. Half of the … Continue reading
Garden Trimming Continues – Cutting Away Jungle-like Growth in Arizona Desert – Steve Has Given Me this Permanent Job – I am Honored – Killer Steve Continues to Wrestle with Monster Algae in our Pool –
I trimmed the garden plants around the tree and limbs that were lying on top of the plants. Steve has released me from weeding, perhaps because I hate it so much. I also scream bloody murder if an ant bites … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Algae, Ant Bites, flooring, Garden Trimming, Gardening, home renovation, painting, Pool Maintenance, Pool Recovery, Scream Bloody Murder, Tree Trimming, Trimming Bushes, wall-busting
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My Brother Jeffery Is My Favorite Cook – My Adviser on the Subject of Cooking – I Miss Him – I Moved to Arizona to Meet Steve – My Husband – Now We Must Travel to Visit my Brother –
My brother’s motto concerning cloves of garlic in cooking is this: If one is good, ten are better. My brother Jeffery is an excellent cook. He could have been a chef at a fancy restaurant in my estimation. One time I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Brother, Chef, Cloves of Garlic, Cooking, Culinary Career, Eating well, garlic, Garlic Cloves, One, Ten
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Steve Is Back to Work – Who Can Hold Him Down to a Gradual Return to His Labor – Praise to God that His Recovery from Hip Surgery Has Been Successful in Every Way – New Work Schedule Relentless – Says His Wife – What Do You Think –
All Steve’s projects went on hold for hip replacement surgery and time to heal. What projects? 1) Pool Recovery and Maintenance 2) Installation of flooring in hallways and kitchen 3) Yard work, which now includes removal of fallen cactus The doctor … Continue reading
My Weeding Project This Morning – It Took Me at Least 30 Minutes – Steve Is Back to Work Like He Never Had a Hip Replacement Operation – He Worries Me – Cactus Removal Project to Come – I Say Make Cactus Salad with an Ax – Put it in the Garbage Disposal – Steve Says It Won’t Work –
Imagine this cactus with creepy-crawly weeds embedded all around it. I scraped them into a brown and green substance using my garden tool shaped like Captain Hook’s claw. With my gloved hand I picked out the green pieces. The same repulsive weeds ran through the stones surrounding … Continue reading
Scorpion Visit – Not the First Occurrence – But the First to Frighten Me – I Know – I’m a Sissy – Steve Killed it for Me – He Is So Sweet –
This is my third confrontation with a scorpion. My first scorpion sighting was the one in the photo you see. I suggested that it may have been under the influence of pest control, because it didn’t move. Steve explained that it … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Death, Flush, Flushed Scorpion, Fly Swatter, Fright, Killed Scorpion, Pest Control, Scorpion, Scream, Toilet, What All Women Do
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Ravioli – Gluten-free – YES – After Seeing My Expensive Gluten-free Flour Land on the Floor – After Washing Flour from Between my Toes – We Finally Had Ravioli with Hamburger/ Parmesan Filler – Delicious – But No Confirmed Gluten-free Recipe Yet – Here Is What Happened –
I wanted ravioli. My gluten-free noodle recipe may also be used to make ravioli. But before starting, I needed to reduce the recipe to half. I wanted to make only enough ravioli for two. I began the process of creating … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Hee Haw Series, Humor, Memoir, Uncategorized
Tagged Between Toes, Carol Ann Hoel, Cooking, Disaster, Dough, Egg Noodles, Flour, Flour on Floor, Gluten-free Flour, Gluten-free recipe, Hee Haw, Humor, Ravioli, Ravioli Recipe, Toes
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My Beloved Husband on a Ladder in the Sand Doing Yard Work – OH NO – Worrisome Wife Comes to the Rescue –
Steve and I worked in the yard early this morning. Look at the bush I trimmed with a small clipper! What a difference it made! I am recognizing my yard work talent! I should be trimming bushes while Steve pulls weeds. … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Clippers, good judgment, Husband, Ladder, Losing Habit, Night Shirt, Nightgown, Power saw, Power Tool, Sand, Trimming, Trimming Bush, Winning, Yard Work, Yucca Plant
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Duck Finds False Pond – Chelsea Finds New Toy – Steve and I Find Fun Watching – Hee Haw Series – Based on True Life Event – Just Ask Chelsea –
Duck – Looky there! A beautiful pond for me! Dog – What’s that? Duck – Oh oh! A dog or something! Dog – Never saw anything like that before. It could be dangerous! Duck – Maybe I should leave. Dog … Continue reading
Posted in Hee Haw Series, Humor, Pets
Tagged Algae, Based on True Event, Bichon Frise, Dog, Duck, Funny, Hee Haw, Humor, New Toy, Pond, Pool, Silly Story, Story
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