Hi Babe,
A good night sleep, and a busy day doing some heavy cleaning, though mostly just putting stuff away, some of which has been lying around since I got back from Yellowstone, would you believe! Packed up as much as I could, and burned about a half dozen boxes filled with old tax papers which I took out of the Buick the other day. Don't need those anymore! Finally relaxed in the evening, but am having real problems maintaining a signal for live streaming, so finally gave up on it. Even through away one of our old Parnassus storage boxes, the ones we used to tour with. It was cracked in several places on the bottom, but it was sad to see it go. Another lifetime! Won't be long out of bed, it will be a busy day tomorrow! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Had another good long night of sleep, feeling a bit more refreshed this morning after my day off yesterday, and got busy pretty quick. I had a book order I needed to fulfill, so I got that ready, then I did the voiceover for the Taste of Goethe PSA, then I looked through the boxes that I've been storing the Buick and discovered five or six were just very old taxes that I can get rid of, and that made enough room for several boxes that were in the passenger seats to go in the trunk, so now at least I can carry Lola and/or people. I drove it up to Helen's house, with Art meeting me there, and we were going to take Helen to lunch, but she had her wellness concierge coming to check on her, so we decided to wait until tomorrow. After Art dropped me back off at Tidewater, I grabbed my propane tanks and headed into Dunnellon, stopping first at the Post Office to drop off the book order, but there was a long line so that took about 20 minutes. Then I stopped to pick up my mail, then diesel and the Walmart station, then some shopping at Walmart, then to Tractor Supply for propane, but they STILL didn't have any. I had called at least four times, each time they said it would definitely be in, but still no joy by 4:00. I even called the gas company, and their response was the delivery was "tentatively" scheduled for today! So I was running out of time, so I went up to the Feed and Seed store and filled my tanks there. More expensive, but at least now they're full! Raced back home, put groceries and propane tanks away, fed the horses, and just managed to make it back to Willards to meet Art for dinner, then headed over to Chelle's for a Taste of Goethe meeting, finally getting home around 9:00. Whew! What a day! Seems like that's going to be the them for the next few days as well! Tea, shower and bed for me! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Finally had a day where I could let the adrenaline subside and crash! It started with getting over eight hours of sleep (now that the furnace is working and it was nice and toasty inside), and then spending the rest of the day doing just about nothing, which is exactly what I needed to do (or NOT do!) today. While I was tempted to do housework, I resisted the urge and simply read most of the day, settled into a couple of hours of TV in the evening, and little else all day. Needless to say I'm feeling more rested, and yet I can feel the need to get to bed soon and get another good night sleep. Hopefully tomorrow I will be ready to get busy again, as I have a lot to accomplish this weekend. Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Darlin',
Had an excellent night sleep, with my bedroom starting at 71 degrees, but by morning it was down to 45, so bit challenging to get out of my warm and toasty, flannel-sheeted bed! Fortunately, my RV repair guy was here by 10:00, and he worked on it for awhile, then had to go and come back again, twice, but finally got it working. I should have just bought all of the parts to replace everything when I was working on it before, and it would have save me some money, but I'm just happy it seems to be finally working correctly. Very chilly, sub-freezing temps this morning, and will be again tomorrow, but at least now I can set the thermostat and not be freezing in the morning. Art picked me up at 6:30 for a New Years Party at the Ripleys, and it was really fun. Everyone wore silly hats and crowns, and got a sticker on their back of some character or person that they had to ask questions (with yes or no answers) to try to figure out who it was. It was tougher than you might think, but it was fun. Then we counted down to midnight on the Sandwich Islands, occupied by penguins (9:00 our time), and celebrated. Before that, though, Melissa played a couple of things on the piano, and then I offered up my Man From Snowy River monolog for entertainment, which was greatly appreciated. It was a lovely party, and though I'm not usually all the sociable, it was a good time had by all. Got back to camp around 10:00, turne up the furnace to warm it up, and will soon be showering and once again snuggling into my flannel sheets! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
A better night sleep, and I woke up late to a chilly morning. I drove around camp taking down the last of the signs and making sure everything was cleaned up. There wasn't enough hay around to collect, which my horses would normally have enjoyed, but no can do today! Art arrived about 11:00 and we headed out into the woods to try to find a GPS transponder that someone lost out on the trail yesterday. We had been given the coordinates, but no joy, though Lola enjoyed her time out there! We also took the opportunity to lock up the gates I had opened up for the ride. Shortly afterward, I was sent out to pick up some of the remaining water tubs, which I dropped off by Kelsey's (the trailmaster) truck at Tidewater. By the afternoon, my energy was running on empty, but I had to get propane, and Tractor Supply was out, again, to I went to Dunnellon Feed and Seed for the second time in a week! My RV repair guy wasn't able to get out to me tonight, so I've been running the generator since about 4:00, trying to get the trailer warm enough to make it as far into the night as possible. I had hoped to relax during the day, but that was not the case! I did managed to watch a little TV, though it was a struggle, with lots of buffering, until I finally gave up. Won't be long out of bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
Another busy and exhausting day. Didn't sleep very well last night, probably due to the amount of pasta and carbohydrates I ate last night, was up bright and early and at my registration station by about 7:30. The whole day was about registration, prizes, tallying and otherwise keeping busy. Hard to describe all the different hats I wore today! That's kind of what makes this volunteer work so interesting, I never know what's going to be sorted out next! It culminated when the ride manager had just barely come off her ride by the time the after supper meetings were to begin, so I ended up doing the awards ceremony, handing out prizes (with Jo's help) while Cheryl had time to finish her dinner. She took over, I went back to computer work so the ride list would be ready for tomorrow (despite some VERY last minute changes!), but hopefully it's all sorted now. Got back to camp just before 8:00, took Lola for a walk, made myself some tea, and plan to be in bed right after a lovely hot shower. Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie!
Whew! What a busy day! Up before my alarm, and promptly got to work. Finished putting up as many signs as I could, and roping off the areas that needed to be cordoned before just about anyone got there, then spent the day getting things done, directing parking, doing registration, opening gates, helping set out and clean up after dinner, hardly a moment tor relax! I managed to break away just long enough to open another gate, clean out my horses' paddock and give them their dinner, and didn't get back to camp until after 8:00, after ordering breakfast for the morning. Can't get enough signal on my TV to watch anything, obviously the tower is overwhelmed with data requests, but that's fine, I need to get to bed early anyway. Another long and busy day tomorrow! Probably not quite so hectic, but I'm sure I'll be asked to do a bunch of other things. Jill of all trades, after all! Having my sleepytime tea and a chocolate/hazelnut ball of candy (which I definitely don't need but am going to eat anyway! I'll start my diet after New Years!), won't be long out of bed! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Slept fairly well, but my furnace, once again, quit working during the night. Or rather, the fan wouldn’t turn off so I ended up having to get up to turn it off. Did manage to get back to sleep for a bit, got up with the alarm, and after chores, starting doing the setup for the ride this weekend. Art showed up shortly after I started, and he helped me cordon off the areas we needed to reserve. Got that finished, so I decided to take the furnace apart again and clean it all up. Sorry to say, like last time, I made it worse. Now it only flicks but doesn’t ignite, so I guess I screwed up the igniter. I called a couple of mobile repair places, because I’m tired of messing with it, and nothing I do seems to be a permanent fix, but no one has gotten back to me yet. Art came back from shopping and took Lola for a walk while I finished putting the furnace back together. A few folks started coming in late in the afternoon, and the rest of the setup will be tomorrow, so I settled down for the evening. Going to be a busy couple of days! Good night, darlin’! Love you!

Hiya Babe,
Spent the day doing lots of odds and ends. I was just feeding the horses when Art came by for his daily walk, and asked to take Lola with him. I think that breaks the tedium for him, and Lola is a great companion, as we know! They came back after an hour, and by then I had done a couple of loads of laundry and was hanging them up to dry. He didn't stay long, so I got busy doing housework and a bunch of little jobs that needed doing throughout the day, with reading breaks occasionally. Made arrangements to pick up the Buick tomorrow (can't wait to have Panther back on the road!), as well as have lunch with Helen and Art. Finally settled down for my usual evening. Just another day in the life! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
My plan today was to do a bunch of errands in the morning and get back to do housework this afternoon, but that didn't exactly work out as planned. My first stop was at Jo's to pick up a package with some med's for Lola and the pink flags I need for setting up the ride next weekend, and we took a few minutes for Lola to have a playdate with her four dogs, since she gets so excited every time we pull up into Jo's neighborhood. A brief stop at the Dollar store where I picked up a couple of things. Next stop was at the Triple J ranch where I had previously bought some really nice green coastal. I decided that rather than use the hay I had already stored, I would just buy enough to last me my stay here and leave those eight bales for the next leg of my journey. Unfortunately, they didn't have anymore of that nice hay, it was just your usual coastal, but Chelle had told me that Farmers Direct still had the greener stuff, so I drove up there. Turns out they were out of coastal, but had a truck coming in around 2:30 this afternoon. They were pretty sure it was of the greener stuff, so I decided to wait for it. While I did, I took a drive down to the trailer place to check on my little trailer, and learned the axles hadn't come in yet, so it would be mid-January before it would be ready. They had put the new roof on, though, so that was a major improvement. After that, I stopped at a park near the hay place, because I read they might have a dog park, but it was just open fields, so I just sat and read for awhile before heading back to the hay place. Eventually the trailer with the coastal arrived, and I was happy to see it was the lovely green stuff, so I bought another fourteen bales. Then I stopped at Helen's to pick up some cans for recycling, then I dropped those off at Forest HQ before finally getting back to camp around 3:45, much later than I had anticipated. Poor horses, I only had a few flakes to give them this morning, figuring I'd be back by noon, but they were waiting patiently for me, and attacked the new hay as soon as I put it in the paddock. Stored the rest of the hay under the gooseneck and finally was able to start my evening. A busy runaround day, but at least now I'm set for hay until I leave to head south. Gorgeous weather today, and more on the way, so I definitely would like to get some more riding in this week! Housework is calling me, so I'll have to squeeze that in sometime, but you know how that always ends up at the bottom of my to-do list. Time for bed! Good night, my sweet! Love you!