It May Actually Happen1

Notwithstanding any alien intervention, all signs point to the closing of our construction loan at the end of this month!

I may, after all, not have to live my remaining years in an RV!

Serendipity, Polygamy, and Atrocity

Serendipity: I finished reading "Escape," by Carolyn Jessop the first week of April. Jessop, was raised in a FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) family; at 18 was the 4th wife of 50-year old Merrill Jessop; had 8 children in 15 years; and escaped the organization when Warren Jeffs came to power. Imagine my surprise to hear that the compound that Warren Jeffs created in Eldorado, when the pressure got to him in Arizona, was seized by law enforcement.

Polygamy: The FLDS know that multiple marriages are against the law; therefore, they have come up with the idea of "celestial" marriages for those after the first marriage. Under Warren Jeffs, marriage is required for younger and younger girls -- once a girl has a menstrual period she is eligible for marriage -- children are the ultimate goal of the FLDS.

Atrocity: It it abhorrent to me that this type of female abuse is going on in the USA in the 21st Century -- and particularly that the abuse is being done in the name of religion.

Pampered Chef Goes Co-Ed

I have always loved Pampered Chef (PC)parties: I love the food, I love the gadgets, and I just love a party. However, Carl and I just attended the best Pampered Chef party ever: it was a couples party and, rather than the PC rep doing all the cooking, we all got to do it! The host made a base of ground meat, onion, and garlic and there were three stations set up with the ingredients and the recipes to use: one was to use the base and make a chili, one used the base to make hoagy sandwiches, and one used the base to make stroganoff. It was SO much fun because we actually got to use the tools; plus we got to eat three different dishes and we laughed a lot!

I LIKE co-ed parties!

Simple Pleasures

Can you imagine what your car would look like if you didn't wash it for 2 years? If so, then you can envision what our RV has looked like since we've been living in it. Using park water to wash RVs is not allowed here at Jellystone, so Carl had purchased some low-water solution along with the requisite bucket and rags. But, no surprise, he has had no time to wash it.

Then, a couple of days ago, Prince Charming (aka Joe, the portable RV washer) knocked on our door. He comes to the RV site and brings his own power washer, supplies and water tank. In about 2 1/2 hours, he had washed and waxed our RV and it looks like new.

Oh, the simple pleasures in life!

A Newsworthy Event

It has been 3 weeks since I have had something to say.

With the exception of two weekends (March 14 - 16 and March 21 - 23) my life has comprised working for Hudson Energy Services and spending jillions of hours on the AAUW TX Convention -- not interesting blogging material.

The two weekends I mentioned were amazing: we spent them at my sister's lake house on Lake Buchanan along with extended family that brings us great joy.

I have to say that this lull was changed last night when Carl and I went to eat at a local Greek restaurant. We were seated by a 20-something waitress wh0, when seating us, looked at me and said, " You are just darling!"

Now, to a 59-year-old, this is newsworthy. . .

Flu, Blew, Blue, Achoo!

This pretty much describes the past three days for me: I thought I could treat it myself but finally gave in today and call my doctor. He couldn't get me in but he did call in a prescription for a Z-Pack. Carl picked it up for me about 6:00 this after noon; I took the first two capsules; and expect to be back to my normal self by morning. . .

Too Much Like Camping for Me!

I got home from the gym this morning, jumped into the shower, and NO WATER! On my personal scale of things-that-are-too-much-like-real-camping-for-my-taste, this ranks alongside waking up to find that your water pipes have frozen or waking up on a cold morning to find there is no heat because we ran out of propane during the night.

Even though I live in an RV, I DO NOT consider myself a camper: we have a microwave, full shower, indoor toilet, 2 televisions, 2 DVD players, a CD/AM-FM stereo sound system, two air conditioning units, queen-size bed . . .well, I think you get my drift.