Back on Track--maybe

It feels like it's been so long since I took the time to sign on to my laptop.  It just sits here every night all alone on the shelf.  I look at it and I think, I need to get back to blogging.  Then I think, I'm tired and I don't feel like it.  For the month of January, we have been too busy.  It's been a good busy but when we come in at night, we're tired.  We sit and read.  I've read a lot of books in January. 

The weather here has been pretty bad too.  Of course, it's not nearly the weather our friends and family at home are having right now.  Wow!  We really feel bad for you guys and pray for your safety when you have to get out.  But if you don't have to--don't! 

The day after we swapped campers, it came a monsoon.  We had half of our stuff still in a storage trailer outside our camper.  Mike donned his crocs (because we didn't have galoshes) and handed stuff inside while I put things away.  This camper is 34 feet long.  The one we traded was 37 feet.  We brought way too much stuff.  But in our defense, we weren't planning on trading campers while we were down here.  It's just that we found the layout we wanted, the size we wanted, at the price we wanted and there you go.  Fortunately, for us, they also had the tow vehicle in the right color to match our camper, and at the right price.  So we were able to hook everything up, drive over to the dealership, drop it off and drive home something different.  It worked out great!

Then came transferring everything over.  That was a chore and a half.  Since then I have reorganized everything on the inside again--better. 

For the rest of the month, we have:

 

Seen our good friends Albert and Thelma from Canada leave for Okeechobee for the rest of the winter.  We will go visit them and ride our Harleys.

Had a block party with some Harley rider friends here in the park.

Had visitors to our new home.  Malorie and Ethan came to see us one Sunday.

 

Learned a new language.

 

Walked around downtown Punta Gorda enjoying the art.

 

 

 

 

Spent about two weeks buying this home and another week getting it set up.

 

Then we spent a week buying a piece of property in an rv park in Okeechobee. 

 

Now we are done with business and ready to get down to being retired again. 

 

Whew !

 

Now we can chill--literally.  (It's cold here.  Down in the low 30's last night.)