Visiting Amish Country

Pam, Dave, me and Bud visited our friends from the Villages, Pam and Rod in their winter home in Mansfield Ohio. They have an apartment in their sons home in the basemant of his 3900 square foot brick house. The apartment in so nice, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, laundry room. The house upstairs was fantastic. It was probably the nicest house I have ever been in. The bathroom (one of six) was bigger than our living room. Oh well, it is nice to see how the other half lives
Pam and Rod took all over Amish country. We went to an Amish store like Lowe's only there is no comparision. This one has oak woodwork, etc. It was so nice. Then we went to an Amish hardware that went on forever. You can find things there you can't find anywhere else. We also went to Wooster, Ohio to the Rubbermaid outlet and bought a few things. I never knew Rubbermaid made so many different things.
We ate, and we ate and played Mexican Train until it was quite late. We made lots of noise with all of our kidding and laughing. We always have such a great time when we all get together.
We were really quite a group this weekend. Bud has a sore leg, Dave has a sore hip, Pam is recovering from walking pnenmonia, Rod was taking a sulfur drug that gave him an allergic reaction and compromised his liver so he had been very sick. Maybe we had so much fun because everyone was on pain medicine.
Pam's son Jason rolled his pickup truck and totaled in on I-475. It is a wonder he didn't get killed or kill someone else. The angels must have been watching out for him.
All in all it was a wonderful weekend.

Bud Has a Sore Leg

This week has not been too exciting.Bus has a sore leg, his muscle in his right leg from his butt to his ankle hurts so our family doctor gave him some anti inflamatory drug. Not doing the trick at all so I got him a prescrption for some stronger pain pills. Not doing the trick so I spent all day trying to get him an orthopedic appointment. If you go to the emergency room, they look at you and tell you, you need to see an orthopedic doctor.We have an appointment for 7:45 in the morning. It took six phone calls and all day to finally get someone to call me back. I am glad I didn't have to have my blood pressure taken today, it would be off the chart. So I hope they can do something tomorrow as we are leaving for the weekend to go to Amish Country and spend a few days at our friends from the Villages in southern Ohio. It has been raining for two days here also so that hasn't helped my diposition.
Rob and Jenny got a new dog, named Cody. He is so cute. It makes me want a dog and I know Bud wants one but we are not home long enough. I guess we'll just have to go visit Cody and get it out of our system.

Julia & Julie-The Movie

Both Bud and Dave had sore legs yesterday so we decided to go to the movies. Me and Pam went to see Julia and Julie and Bud and Dave went to see the Brad Pitt movie, I can't remember the name (it is weird).
Well, we made a good choice. It was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It was happy and sad and sometimes funny, esp. if you can remember the Julia Child cooking show on TV. Myerl Streep did an outstanding job, sometimes you really thought Julia was on the screen. I bet she gets an Academy Award..
It has been cool for a few days but I hear it is suppose to be warmer towards the end of the week.
Today I went for my last doctor's appointment, I hope. I have been checked from stem to stern. I had a bone density, mammogram and pap test. I have been to the regular doctor for all my tests, had my eyes tested and my teeth fixed and that took about six appointments. So I am done for the year.
Well as Julia would say "Bon Apetit". I don't know how to spell it but you get my drift...

The New Roof Is Done

They finished the roof today. It looks real good and they cleaned up all their mess and were done in two days. There was no way Bud could have done that with his knee, his leg muscles is still pulling. I think he should go back to the doctor but what do I know...
Our Red Hats went to the movies yesterday. We saw "The Time Traveler's Wife". It was stupid, boring and dull. That is the last time I am letting Pam pick the movie. I told her she owed me $4.50. If I had been home watching it I would have been sleeping for sure. We then all went to Steak and Shake and Pam had a Butterfinger Shake, Oh,my!!!I just had a taste and it was wonderful. If I would have had a whole one they would have had to call the paramedics for me. I just can't eat ice cream anymore.

Camping in Michigan's Thumb Area

We camped in Sebewaing at Bay Shore Family Campground. It was a very, very nice place with lots of shade and nice beautiful buildings to eat and play cards in. The nearby town Caseville had a Cheeseburger Festival and the people were wall-to-wall and so was the traffic.
There were 46 motorhomes attending and 36 of us played Beanbag Baseball. It was a hoot. We were yelling and doing the wave and cheering on our teams. I am sure we will be playing that again.
The weather was warm but it was a wonderful weekend with our camping family. On Sunday our whole family got together at Rob's for a little dinner. We ordered pizza and the kids played. It is so hard to get everyone together, you'd think we lived a hundred miles away from each other. We sat in Rob's Man Cave,(his garage) and watched Tiger Woods lose the golf tournament. I really wanted him to win. We just sat and talked and laughed, especially at Dakota. His batteried were fully charged.
Today the guy came and brought all the tools to put the new roof on, he is suppose to start tomorrow. Of course, it is suppose to rain so we shall see.
It was very warm and muggy here today so we didn't do too much....

Getting Ready to go Camping

Spent the last few days doing laundry and trying to get ready to go camping for the weekend. There always seems like there is so much to do. I put the insurance on the motorhome, got license plates, bought groceries, made a salad to take and packed our clothes. I really have it down to a science by now as we have been doing this for fifteen years with our club but it is still a lot of work.
We are going up pass Bay City to a little town call Seabring. We are meeting Ralph and Arlene at Sam's at 10:30 in the morning.
Today we went to Levis Commons with Pam and Dave and had a late lunch at Bob Evans, Pam picked. We also went to look at new golf carts. That is number one on my agenda when we get to Florida. Our golf cart is nice but it is a real dog, no speed at all. I want one that moves.....

It is a Hot One Today

Well, today is one of the hottest days of the year here. Bob and Ruth had to leave early as their neighbor called and said the electric was off at their house and their basement was flooding. They had five inches of rain. So after they left I went to Pam's to go swimming and we played on the computer for awhile also. It is nice and cool at their house, unlike ours.
When I got home the roofer had been here and he will start next week on the roof. I forgot to put in this blog that I went to Soaring Eagle when we went to Houghton Lake, I guess I was trying to forget. We hit the coldest machines I have ever come across. We were there about one hour, spent all the money we brought to spend and didn't hit one time. I won't be going back there for a long time.
Today I just stayed home and did laundry and cleaned up and threw stuff away again. We are like Sanford and Sons,it really drags me down. The more I throw away the more there is to throw away. I need to put this house on TV.....

Three Days At Houghton Lake

Pam, Bud and I spent three days at Houghton Lake. We went out to dinner at Shaker's and had wonderful Broasted Chicken. The next day it was too cold and windy to take the pontoon out so Bud just did repairs for Sandy and we just went shopping. It has been a very cool summer up north and even the farmers are saying their crops are just not growing. We went to the neighbors bonfire and watched a movie called "Obsession". It was good but not as good as "Fatal Attraction". We took a very long boat ride on Thursday and the weather was gorgeous. But then we had to leave as both of us had doctor's appointments on Friday morning. When me and Pam walked into the garage when we got home, she said, "Do you hear that buzzing?" I said maybe something was left on so we looked around and bees had made a nest on the garage wall, right through the wall from the outside. There were thousands of bees in there.
Bob and Ruth were in our backyard by then and he came and helped Bud spray them. There were bees everywhere. We sprayed again before we went to bed and today Bud removed the wall and got rid of the hive and all the eggs. Now that wasn't there when we left so in three days they did all that. Sometimes I am afraid to go away, every time we get home it is something new.
On Friday night I made dinner for Bob and Ruth and we played Mexican Train. Today we got up to rain and it rained all day.
Tonight we just stayed home and I made a Rachel Ray recipe I saw her make on television. It was pretty good. I would change a few things if I ever make it again. Tomorrow it is suppose to be ninety six degrees. We have went from having to wear our winter clothes to our bathing suits in five days. Welcome to Michigan......

Golfing at Giant Oak

Me, Bud, Pam and Dave went golfing today at Giant Oak. Dave didn't golf, just rode in the golf cart. Bud did exceptionally well today. I did okay on a few shots, I need lots more practice. But it was a beautiful day and we had a good time.
In the evening Pam and me went to our Red Hat Birthday Bash at Steak and Shake. We made lots of noise and made plans for the upcoming months. This Red Hat group is so active. They go somewhere about every week.
Well, got to run and pack for a short vacation to Houghton Lake. Sure hope we can go to Mt. Pleasant, haven't been there all year.

The Taylor's 50th Anniversary Party

ON Friday we headed for Clio Michigan to spend the weekend with Don and Twyla. We had to wait for the roof guy to come and give us an estimate. It was high, as usual. We left around eleven and had an early dinner.After dinner we went to the show to see "Funny People". Thank goodness we had free passes. It was terrible. Lots of vulgar situations and language. Now I am not a prude but with that story they could have made a good movie. It had a few laughs but I wouldn't even pay to rent it for $1at Walmart. On Saturday we ate breakfast and then spent the morning cooking lunch for Sandy and Bob and Ruth. When you go to Twyla's you never go away hungry. She is not satisfied to have just a few things, she has twenty. I ate my way through this entire weekend. The Taylor's party was at a church in Chessaning and they exchanged their vows. Everyone but one of the original wedding party was there. She even had her wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses on display. We had a nice dinner and visited with lots of Knights and some of her family that we know. They are two of the nicest people in our motorhome family. They had a video with old pictures from events we have attended and it sure brought back lots of memories. There was a great picture of Ed that brought tears to our eyes. Bud spent Saturday morning helping Don with some things he is not able to do anymore. It just makes you want to cry...He really doesn't have the abilty to do anything.
Of course, Twyla sent us home with enough food to fix for our dinner. Then we just vegged out the rest of the day...