Good Morning….Here it is Thur. morning. I have worked 2 days this week. I volunteered for today. WHAT?? They don’t need me???? Well guess I have one foot out the door and they other one is waiting to exit also. haha..Well that’s OK.  Part time check won’t be much. Or will their even be one. Lets see—-16 hours minus Insurance, Dental, 401k, Ill. tax, Fed tax, Medicare, Social Security, etc and etc….Mmmmmm….I bet I get an IOU….Not even enough for a tank of gas…..Well guess Rich better keep working. Hahaha…..My Social Security check better come fast….lol. Well now I have 5 days off before I go back. What to do …What to do…SO MUCH TO DO

I have added a few things to the right of the page.  I have added the blogs that I follow on a regular basis.   They are E-Mailed to me so I don’t miss them.  One of them is” WORKERS ON WHEELS“.  This is a site where you can go and see all the job postings in the US.  It is amazing.  This site posts jobs in their newsletter twice a week.    If you are interested or just curious to see what is out their, check it out.  This is one of the sites that we will be using to continue our Workamping after this winter.  Click on the site and click on the jobs.  Some are simply work for your site and some are money also.  An average posting is asking you for around 20 to 25 hours a week between the couple and you get your site, which includes water and sewer hookup.  Some give you an electric allowance.  We are getting $100 towards ours this winter.  Some also give you Wi Fi and Satellite.  I figure our job this winter will be worth around $500 a month.  All for just working  11 hours apiece a week.  I will most likely be cleaning the halls or laundry room and bathrooms.  Maybe even working in the office.  I have already asked if she could teach me the Campground Master program for checking in guests.   Rich will probably be doing maintenance.  This will also give you structure every week.  A purpose. Get out and meet all our other fellow campers.  Or should I say “SNOWBIRDS”.  Can you imagine Workamping in New Mexico up by Taos?  How about around the mountains of Gatlinburg  Tenn.  in the summer.  Then their is also the National Parks.  You can do this at the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone or Mount Rushmore.  Just dream on……Anything is possible.   Go south to Florida, Texas or Arizona for the winter and then head anywhere you want for the summer.

The other 3 bloggers are fun people.   Check them all out.   Two have been doing this for years.  One is a newspaper writer and puts out a quarterly newspaper, and also is an author.  He has written a number of books.  Nick just released another one.  Very inexpensive and all on Kindle.  He has been  RVing full time for over 15 years I believe.  Him and his wife Terry also offer seminars at Camping Rally’s.  The blog “Our RV Adventures”  is about Greg and Jan White.  They have also been doing this for over 10 years I think.  We met them last year down in the Texas oil fields.  They are getting ready now to do this again.  Gate Guarding the Oil Fields.   Great money for a short term.  By that I mean several months .   Not something to do permanently , but their are some people who do.  This is something that we also want to try.  You know , we have to try it all.   That’s what its all about….The Adventure of it….The 3rd blog is about Kelly and Micheal. They have only been out about 3 years now.  He is a retired servicemen.   Now contrary to what you may think, You don’t have to spend $250,000. to get a nice rig.   hahaah….We sure didn’t.   You will find with time , their are many people out their with Rvs made in the 70s and 80s.   It is what ever you can afford.  It doesn’t matter as long as your having fun.

 

I just had to add these pictures.   This is Miley on her first day in Kindergarten.  And their’s little Austin.  His first day in Preschool.  He did awesome.  So darn cute aren’t they.  Austin looks so tall, but Miley was down one step.  lol

I want to add, I am not completely happy with this format.  Their is something’s I want to do and can’t.  Well at least I can’t figure it out yet.   lol.  Their is so much to learn .   I am just clicking and messing around and seeing what happens.  Glad its not a bomb, I would have blown up.  For me its pretty technical….Ya know.  I’m an OLD FART now.   Or as a friend at work says…..Part time Peggy.   haha….So things may change with time.   I’m looking at different formats but haven’t found anything I like yet.  Till Next Time………………………

I am so amazed and pleased by the response and viewing of my Blog since yesterday….I had 87 people view it and 6 followers already.  Now I know some of you know how to follow a blog but for those of you who don’t, on the side of the page is a place for you to put in your E-mail…Then you will get a notification every time I post a new blog….Also go to your E-mail and accept the first notification to complete the connection….Simple as that….

Today was my first day Part time…..and also the first day back after my Birthday….As always Tina always send flower to me at work….I think I,m the only one who gets flower every birthday, anniversary and Mothers Day….lol… 

Her Card read….” Mom…Enjoy your last Birthday at Work….Love Tina, Ed Miley and Austin…..

Isn’t that so sweet of her….She never forgets…I don’t think that the office people will get to enjoy many flowers anymore after I’m gone….lol…..The flowers  always have to stay in the office….All you husbands and children need to send your wifes and moms flowers to work…..The office people need to enjoy other peoples flowers….They need Happy Office People not Crabby…….hahaha….And Thank you Tina Nodine, for carrying my flowers out to the car for me while I ate my popsicle…..She said I was TOO OLD to carry them….lol…She is such a nut….. Scott and Brandy had Rich and I out for supper last nite…That was nice and relaxing…

I do have another member of the family I haven’t mentioned yet….That would be my cat…..He came as a stray, to my front porch…..I had a dog at the time, Draven….He hated cats….Well, the cat didn’t leave the porch…Every day for 2 weeks I came home and he was still their, so finally we starting taking him in, and Draven and him became friends…..Well lets just say, they tolerated each other….

Kitty

Kitty has never really been out of the house since.  So now we are in Cat Training….He is learning to be a camper kitty….OMG….I bought him a lease and harness….Not liking it….We took him camping last month…..He howled on the way out the driveway….Poor Kitty…I sat on the floor with him ….He looked like the Exorcist Cat…I expected to see his head turn all the way around…Maybe even pop off….lol….He kept watching the trees fly by the window….lol…When we got to the campground , he spent the first day under the gas peddle….but by the 3rd day he was doing much better….I even sat with him outside for couple of hours….Of course on the lease….So I think their is Hope for him….He has no choice…..His life in the house that never moved is going to change…..Oct. we will be camping with our camping group and he is going to go again…..Look out Kitty…..Your going for a ride….lol…

Well tonight I must finish cleaning out the hall towel closet….So much stuff….How often do you clean out all those little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, creams, band aids, shavers, Qtips, cotton balls, lost earrings, bobby pins, travel size soaps, that you just knew you would use..?…..OMG…..I accumulated a whole sack of just different types of band aids, gauze and first aid creams…..a whole box of different types of shavers….and then theirs the makeup….Half used bottles of stuff…………Grrrrrrrrrrr……Time for the garbage….Need to complete that task tonight….Another small step in cleaning out the house….

Also, you will also notice that their is a place to reply on the bottom…would be interested in any comments….lol…good or bad…..lol    Just give me the truth…..I can take it…lol….also ……What are your thoughts on the theme I choose…..Do you like the black background with white letters? or would you rather read black letters on a white background…..Interested in what everyone likes……Until later….

Well this is my first Blog. I have decided to start this blog, for the purpose of letting the kids know what we are doing after we take off in the RV. The RV?…..For those of you who don’t know, we are going full time RVing. Were heading to Southern Texas for the winter. No more Illinois snow for us. What a terrible winter it was. A week ago, I went to Social Security Office and filed for SSI. I will now be working part time for awhile, so I can still have Insurance. Rich will retire around the end of Oct. AND THEN THE FUN BEGINS…………LOL….

Im sure you all wonder how and when this decision was made. Rich has been wanting to do this for along time. I was the hold up. But as time went by, I realized how much work is involved in taking care of a house and yard. Think about it, How much of your check goes to taking care and supporting the house. We have always loved our spontaneous vacations. I do plan in sharing all these stories with all of you. We have so many. and Pictures also. About 2 years ago, I finally decided that this is what I wanted to do. So we went RV shopping. Really didn’t look long. We found our ‘”Little Beaver”. lol. not to far from us at a dealer. It is an older one but well kept. We made the plunge and bought her in Oct 2012. Everything the last 2 years, we have done to prepare for this Grand Time in life….RETIREMENT…AND TRAVELING….So I hope everyone will enjoy this blog and enjoy our adventures. We still have so much to do……So much STUFF in the house to get ride of….lol…Over 30 years of STUFFFFF…….OMG…..

Today is my Birthday, so Happy Birthday to ME .    I decided this would be a good day to start this diary.  I plan on only posting once a week at first.  Unless I have something exciting happen.   Like another trip to Goodwill.   LOL.