July 28th, Saturday – Taking care of odds and ends in Graybeard

So today was another wonderful day.  At least it terms of the weather.  We awoke to beautiful sunshine, clear skies and reasonable temperatures.  With nowhere to go we weren’t in any rush to get out of bed.  That is except for Marti who when he has to go out he has to go out – no waiting around at all.

Breakfast was a treat again.  French toast, ham, juice and a couple of cups of coffee.  Yum.  Tummy filling and absolutely delicious.

Time now to attend to business around the house.  First things first, the shade on our entrance door.  It hasn’t been working for months and up until now we had been using a workaround.  Replacing it?  Well, any RV store we went to wanted at least $100 for a replacement shade.  What!  No way were we going to pay that much for a simple shade.  Home Depot to the rescue.  They had a replacement shade that was less than half what others wanted.  Ok, it wasn’t an actual RV shade but it fits, it works and it looks decent.  Can’t ask for more than that.

Next project, back splash or restring the broken shade in the living room.  I figured we needed a working shade especially at night time so the broken shade won.  Should have gone with the back splash.  First, getting it down was an interesting experience, to say the least.  Hidden screws and center brackets.  In time it was off.  Now, how hard could it be to restring it.  Three hours later and only with Barbara’s help it was done.  Oh darn, the strings are too short.  Guess what we’re going with wooden blinds!  We’ve been toying with this idea for some time and this episode with restringing the shade tipped the scales.  Stay tuned, we’ll let you know in time what color they will be.

Once again we’ve lost our view of the pond.  The two that were next us to left yesterday.  New neighbors moved in today.  Suffice to say it seems like Robin Williams has brought his RV into the spot next to ours!  They have more odds and ends on the front dash then we have in total in Graybeard.  Family is also moving in within a day.  Some are already here in other campsites.  One across from us.  Another around the corner.  And the kids are due to arrive tomorrow morning.  This is going to be a fun week!  It is what it is.

Well, that was our day.  Not much of anything going on.  It was really frustrating not being able to fix the living room shade.  On top of it, taking a whole day and getting not much accomplished was a bummer.  Ah well, someone once said there would be days like this on the road of retirement.  Just have to take what you get and make the best of it.

Thanks for joining us today.  We hope your day was a bit more productive than ours. Tomorrow, weather permitting, we’re going back on the road to do some more sight seeing.  For now I’ll say goodnight and leave you with this thought to ponder:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before