Hi Darlin',
Been sleeping well, though I was a bit more achy this morning, not surprisingly. Once again started in on cleaning once my usual morning chores were done. It took me most of the morning to finish in the bathroom, then I worked on the TV area, particularly on the bottom behind the heater grate, lots of bugs and dirt down there, and then the shoe cupboard, which was also pretty bad. Despite the bug bombing, I keep finding stinkbugs, which I always seem to get when I'm in TN in the fall, and they're so hard to get rid of. I had several in my bedroom last night, yuck! It was a fairly strenuous day, lots of fighting gravity getting up and down, and butt walking whenever I could, so I probably got a good workout, but it was a tiring day. Finally settled down, finished off my Aussie series the Heart Guy, and started a new American series called Perception, another eccentric professor called upon by the FBI to use his special talents to help solve cases. We'll see how that goes. Glad I'm getting all this work done, even though it's taking longer than I figured (what else is new?), but it's moving along, and very necessary at this point. Rain in the forecast the next couple of days, so a good time to get it done! Hopefully, I'll get another ride in by this weekend, but cleaning is my priority right now, and I'm hoping to get some riding in at Broxton next week. We'll see! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hiya Babe,
Another good night sleep, temps are perfect sleeping weather! Got myself psyched up for housework today, after chores and breakfast I spent the entire day cleaning and reorganizing. Naturally, I didn't get as far as I had hoped, there's always something the comes up to slow me down, but I managed to get the entire laundry/utility area cleaned, including completely rearranging the wardrobe, which I have never been completely happy with, pulling out all the drawers to do so, and even stapled the floor behind the drawers which has been curling away from the edge. I also did the big cupboard over the toilet in the bathroom, which took a lot longer than I expected, but it was a big job! I was hoping to get both sections done, but didn't make it before I ran out of time. It's the most cupboard heavy area of the camper, and it's been a very long time since I've done such a deep clean, and in fact, I think some of those drawers I put away without doing a deep clean when I moved them over from the old camper! So, yeah, years. What can I say, when it comes to housework, I'd rather be riding! It would have been a beautiful day for a ride today, but I've committed myself to getting this camper clean from top to bottom, at least the living quarters, while I'm here. The horse area will have to wait for the next time I have the time to do it, hopefully in a couple of weeks. Finally settled down for the evening, hopefully early to bed, since I plan on doing as much more cleaning as I can tomorrow! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hi Sweetie,
Had a good night sleep, trying to get my circadian rhythm in sync with these suddenly much shorter-feeling days. After chores and breakfast, I put together some mail, opened up all my cupboards and drawers, and set off a couple of bug bombs. I've been seeing more bugs in the house, and since I have a week free, I thought I would kill the bugs, the work on doing a deep clean this week, call it my fall cleaning. It's been awhile, and with Lola gone, things are staying cleaner longer in the more visible areas, but the more hidden spots needs a good clean. Then I headed into town to kill four hours, which included stops at the post office, Tractor Supply, Food Lion and the Rent-A-Center, which is where I've been having my Amazon packages sent. Timing worked out perfectly, I arrived back at camp just as the four hours were up, I opened up the place to let it air out, and as soon as my CO2 detector stopped beeping, I came in and started sweeping up all the many bugs that had fortunately perished. I'm sure I'll find more when I start the deep clean, but it's nice to have a fresh start. Settled down for my usual evening routine, and plan to head to bed early if possible! Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Darlin',
Remembered at the last minute that the clocks were changing overnight, so I got an "extra" hour of sleep. I hate when the time changes, it's just ridiculous that with the days getting shorter, within a couple of weeks time we got from light at 7:00 pm to dark by 5:30 pm. Grrr! I just wish we would drop daylight savings time altogether! Anyway, I woke up feeling like I needed to take a walk today, all this sitting around this week was making my hips feel atrophied, so I did managed to get a walk in after breakfast, down to the river and back. Probably only about a mile, but better than nothing. I got an email that the flight I've been following for my March trip had a price drop, which I had been waiting for, so I pursued that and found it was, in fact, lower than it had been for awhile, so I went ahead and spent most of the afternoon booking all of my flights and hotels. It's going to be a complicated connection system, but I've tried to make sure if one connection is late I still have options, but it will be tight. The perils of travel these days! But I think I've managed to work it all out. My friend Patsy in SC had agreed to look after the horses for me, and she's only about an hour away from the Charlotte airport, which will be my starting point. I'm just hoping there will, in fact, be northern lights while I'm in Sweden, since that's the whole point of this trip! Well, mostly. I'm looking forward to riding some Icelandic horses, though it's going to be cold, but as I was told in Fairbanks, Alaska many years ago, there's no such thing as inclement weather, only inappropriate clothing! So I'm going to be making sure I have plenty of that! That actually took up most of my day, and with it getting dark so early now, I spent most of it reading and watching TV. I'm feeling like winter is suddenly upon me, even though it was in the 60's today. Can't believe it's November already! Where did the year go? Guess time does fly when you're having fun! Anyway, time for shower and bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Babe,
A very restful day, lazy girl! Got a late start to the day, but before I even had breakfast, I did put up a temporary paddock for the boys, giving them a lot of room to roam around, and just as I was getting it finished, a young couple camping near me came by to visit with the horses, and to ask for a jump, as the battery on their little Toyota had died. I gave them peppermints to feed the horses, then took my little jump starter up and got them going. Did a little bit of housekeeping, but spent most of the day reading. I look out once and found that despite all of the new space for my horses to wander, Flash was back in the paddock with the open door, just standing there! Silly boy! Horses can be so funny! Did a little mending job, but other than reading, it was a pretty uneventful day. I'm finding it hard to find a reason to take a walk now that I don't have a dog, but I expect at some point I'll get back to it. Finally settled down to TV for the evening, won't be long out of bed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hi Darlin',
I had planned to ride my riding buddy Pam, whom I had re-met at Biltmore, but she became ill overnight and had to cancel this morning, so I spent the day doing a lot of little odd jobs that have been piling up. A load of laundry, fixing Flash's boots with a layer of rubber mat that I bought the other day, a little housekeeping, and just some odds and ends, so it was a productive day, albeit fairly relaxing. In between jobs I read, then finally settled down in the evening as usual. So nothing terribly exciting today, but I did get some things done! Nothing else to report! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
Had the place all to myself last night, so I slept beautifully and let myself lie in for a bit in the morning, since I'm so deep in the forest the sun doesn't really hit me until after 9:00. Finally got up, did my chores, had a quick breakfast, did a load of laundry and hung it out, finished my ballot and put together a book order, then finally headed out to nearby Chester, with stops at the post office, then Tractor Supply to get some horse feed and to refill three propane tanks, having finished emptying one while I was doing laundry. The next stop was Walmart for some essential shopping, then finally went to pick up 15 bales of hay at Ricky's the same place I got hay last year when I was here. He was advertising $7 a bale, which was the cheapest I've seen later, but when I arrived, he remembered I had bought from him before, and he gave me last year's price out of loyalty, he said, so only $5 a bale! I bought 15 bales, which I'm hoping will get me through the next two weeks and still leave a few bales leftover for Broxton. Nice bales, not quite as green as Steve's hay, but nice enough that I don't think the horses will have any trouble eating it. Heavy bales, too, so I may have more leftover than I think, but we'll see. By the time I unloaded groceries, propane and hay, it was 4:30 and I was exhausted! Still had to feed the horses and clean the corrals, so it was even later when I finally settled down for the evening, reading a bit and then bingeing on my latest Aussie series. Off to be soon, for another good night sleep, hopefully! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Darlin'!
Enjoyed sleeping in a bit this morning, no hurry leaving Biltmore since I only had a few hours drive today, and I've done enough battling with the cold for awhile! Got up around 9:00 when the sun finally appeared over the trees, then made short work of packing and cleaning up the horse pen, though it was nearly 11:20 when I finally got on the road. Made a stop at Mountain Energy Truck Stop, which I discovered last time I was here, it's the best fuel prices around. With my Shell discount, I paid "only" $5.26/gallon for diesel, which, while outrageous, was considerably less than any other state I passed, with some over $6 a gallon! Anyway, the rest of the trip was uneventful, though I made a couple of questionable decisions on the route, but still managed to make it well before 2:30. I splurged on the group site this time, because I wanted the space, and because I wasn't sure I'd be able to get a clear view to the north for my Starlink at my usual spot, and because last time I was here, the group spot was full of noisy people that ran their generator all night and had a barking dog that never shut up all day and half the night, so I figure for my peace of mind, it was worth buying it out for the two weeks I'm here. Had no trouble getting set up, and was happy I had my new 100' ZeroG hose, because I needed it to reach the nearest spigot, but was glad it reached easily, which will make my stay here all that much better. I put the horses in the corrals, there really wasn't enough grass to warrant putting up their fence, but I may put up a highline just so they have a bit more room, maybe. We'll see how it goes. The forecast for this week is stupendous, warming up a little so it's only in the 50's at night, so hopefully I won't need to use my furnace quite so much. Finally settled down for the evening, watched some of my new binge series, and will be happy to be in bed soon! Good night, babe! Love you!