I can not believe this but I had this huge long post and I must have accidentally hit something and it got lost. I am so mad as I can not completely redo it, so the first draft was good, this one won't be.
We are in Lebanon TN as the Cedars of Lebanon State Park. We will be here thru Tues it seems at this point. Then we will either head to Paducha or Memphis on way to Paducha.
We hated MS weather and will cross that off our state of places to live. It was hot (which we can tolerate) but the humidity is too much like MN, a bit worse. We were dying some days. Nice people and nice state, very pretty but too many BUGS.
I met some nice people. I met a lady at a quilt store out in the country that sold a small selection of fabric, selling a selection of a friends material who died, but she does hand quilting. I got an impromptu class in hand quilting. Gave me just the info I needed. It was hands on learning. I loved it. I got in the camper and took out the project I was working on and Man oh man can you see the difference from pre and post classes. So much easier and so fun. Easy to do as we travel as its not so small, not so intricate, and I can look around while I am doing it. So happy I am.
I met a lady at a quilt store after I checked out and she gave me a HAPPY for stopping and shopping. Its a small metal tin sewing kit with a woven thread thing to use for thread,scissors, tape measure and many other things. Just the stuff I needed to use for my hand work up front. I love it.
We have traveled to Nashville (which is where we are only a little ways out of) on the Natchez Trace Pkwy. It is one of those national treasure things you should see. It is a beautiful place to drive, very calming, nice road, with a million historic stops. Very interesting. It is where the soldiers walked to the south or some to the north and home again after the civil war. You really get an idea of what it was like in the civil war days if you use your imagination and try to picture the spots in your mind.
We stopped at Kowcichen , or something like that,and had the nicest visit with the ladies there at the visitors bureau. They told us the history of the town and it was named after a polish famous engineer who did many of the big things between the east and south, like bridges and etc. His name was Kowcizhen but they changed the name of the town. Probably because it is easier to say.
We took a walk in a spot with wildflowers, and man there was probably a dozen varieties. All these spots of blue and purple and white and gold. In blanket waves. They are so delicate and small some of them but they make an impact when they spread over an area. So beautiful. Loved it.
We went thru a swamp area with all these Cypress and another one I can't remember the name of growing out of this water. Gators and snakes in there. It is so very impressive. I even found a huge snake in a hole that Iris decided to look at. It was sleeping and woke up but wasn't upset with us. We left him alone. We saw lizards and birds and water snakes, it was impressive. Iris has continued to fuel her thrill of lizards and goes down the trail watching for them with tail held high and wagging away.
Diesel saw another little dash ornament at one of the stops and they were able to bark at each other. It was kinda funny. It was a little Russell type of terrier.
I am enjoying these vignettes of people and things and the flavor of the country. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Its so amazing. I use that word alot, but I can't imagine what else to say. I guess I need to learn some more adjectives.
We are outside of Nashville but won't go in till Mon. We went last nite to case the joint but there is a NRA convention in town and it is packed and noisy and places are blocked off for them and etc. Lots of construction going on in town. So we decided to wait till Mon and then enjoy it.
Today the weather is beautiful, in the 70's, and so Leroy took the dogs for a walk while I went to the stables here in the park and went for a trail ride. It was so cool to be on a horse again. I came in and since I got there before Leroy to pick me up I spent my time grooming a mule in the barn. I hope to get down there again and do some grooming and enjoying the horses as just being with them is a thrill for me. Then we ran to walmart and got my meds, and to the pet store to get food, and home to sit outside. While there a ball rolled in from some kids and soon we were besieged with kids. Diesel almost had a heart attack, Sallee was just nervous but Iris put up with all the around the belly hugs.
Yest we stopped at a really nice park in Nashville and the dogs or at least Iris got to go to the dog park and the others walked with dad. Iris can not make friends. She barks to much so she just runs around and sniffs and hangs around me. She doesn't dislike other dogs she just doesn't know how to communicate with them.
We had a huge but very short rain storm here the first nite but last nite and these few days have been warm and dry and perfect. No humidity, I mean just driving away from MS made a difference. I would like to go down by the gulf there someday but not inland.
We meet many people on the road. Many are living this life and we do not seem strange to them. Many older people live in their RVs even just in the parks as they can't afford anything else on SS, and some young people do it to save money till they save up enough to buy land before they have children. We did meet one couple with 5 children who live in a smaller than our RV and home school the kids. Nice family tho.
We saw the baby that I made the quilt for. So cute, very perfect looking. I am glad to see that before we left.
We will head towards Paducha after leaving here, maybe via Memphis. Then we will head to MN as my niece Heidi is ill. Then cut it short and head to WA to be there in time for MD appts., cleaning out the storage, seeing a few friends and hopefully get out of there in 3-4 weeks time or less. I am having trouble with my stimulator and my left knee so we will see what that brings. If we are there the first part of July I will head to Argus for the UKC classic and down thru Sisters for the quilt show but all of that is to be decided yet. We plan as we go.
I guess that is all for now and should end before i lose this again. Its a bitch writing it twice.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Monday, April 6, 2015
4/6/15 Mon
I know where my days are going, I keep thinking it is 5th month. Good grief. I was just thinking today, when did I wake up and found I was old. It seems that I was me and then one day I awoke and I was old. I didn't feel it happening. But its like now I realize I am, tho inside I feel like I am in my 30's. How does the rest of the world deal with this. Wish my mom was around so I could talk with her about it. She would have some insightful thing to say I am sure. I don't know if the other girls had times like that with mom but she gave me some insightful thoughts and was there for some good conversations at times. She may have lacked a lot as a mother but she did the best she could with the skills and experience she had. Each one of kids had a different experience with her as we were farther apart in age and her life was different. Bonnie came along when she was young and she first married Dad. Kathy came along when things were bad but Glenn was around for her. I came along during that time but stayed as an adult with her cause I couldn't bear the fact of leaving her alone. Then I became the old maid who didn't date and we became friends and I was the typical kid who stays at home. I saw a different side of her than the other two did and they saw different things than I did. I couldn't bear leaving her, we were too close, but still I resented being the old maid stuck at home. Leroy entered my life and after God gave us a second chance, I left home with terrible pain of ripping myself away. So life was hard to adjust to but I have. I have now been a Fors longer than I was a Pembleton. I realize that this year is 50 years from high school graduation and 37 years since I left college. I have left time left than I have behind me. All my dreams and hopes are probably unachievable now. But......... I still have things I want to do. I still want to lose weight and get my body back in some shape. I don't want to be a fat old lady who waddles around and people ignore. I want to be active and full of life and looking like I still have some spunk. I still want to do things and experience things and make the most out of the time I have left. I am not willing to sit and wait for it to come.
But my new knees get stiff and I eat to much and sit to much and totally become my own worse enemy. I wonder what is ahead in my future. Oh if we only could see, but maybe that would take out the adventure and the suspense and maybe the chance at happiness if we knew. We don't like to think about the pain or heartache that we might have to face, we want life easy and perfect and no problems. But it ain't so, don't happen that way. Life has ups and downs and we need to go over them like when we were young and in a car and over the hill fast and the butterfly's in your tummy when you flew oer the hill. You may have been going down hill but what a ride. Going up hill is like my driving my old ford up the mountain. Too steep and on a narrow road and a straight stick. Too many peddles and not enough feet, thank Goodness I had a friend to help me. Or when my old buddy from high school was teaching me to drive and I would get to the top of the hill and would stop because i couldn't see the road and he had to teach me to trust the road was there. Life is kinda like all that. Ups and downs and never knowing whats ahead.
Well aren't I philosophical tonight aren't I?
Tonight We are in Delphi LA at the Poverty Point State Park. I don't know what it will cost but it may be free for senior citizens. If it is that or cheap we may stay another nite. It is so well kept, the grass mowed, the sites large, lots of trails, not busy. You get here and you just go whew, its so great.
We left Shreveport this am after I had to wash some dog bedding and Leroy washed a small dog. Iris puked on the comforter on the bed and diesel had an accident in his bed cause Leroy wouldn't take him out when he woke up. So after that we hit the road. But had to find a quilt store in Minden that ended up being a long way out of the way on country roads, narrow country roads, and a confusing different way back. Anyhow, Leroy didn't seem to mind and then we were on our way to Rusten where we went to another quilt store. That was fun. It was run by the sweetest little southern lady. I got the piece I went in for, then as I walked out I found two pieces that were the complement pieces to another I had bought.Then I admired another quilt as I am leaving and Leroy comes in. She ends up talking him into it so I have to buy the layer cake that makes it. Good grief. She also almost sold me a small machine to take to classes. So anyhow we really got a taste of the people in that town. I walked across and down the street with another lady who talked and talked, nice lady. So then we stopped next door at the Sundown Bar and had a sandwich. I had a patty melt and didn't like the cheese on it, but the homemade french fries were delicious. Leroy had a meatball sandwich with onion rings. I tasted one of the onion rings, wow. He said the meatball po-boy was delicious. After that we went out of town so I could stop at a coffee place they suggested, and get a coffee and some beignets. That sounds like ben yays but its the Louisiana state donut. They are so good and its the first I had a chance to have them here. They are like a big puffy square with air inside that tastes something like fry bread and its rolled in powdered sugar. These today were tougher than I have tasted in New Orleans, those just melted in your mouth. we had to hit the road so we missed the other two quilt shops i wanted to go to because it was to late in the day. Oh well, there are others.
So we sat outside tonight until the good old Midwestern mosquitoes drove us in. We will decide tomorrow what we should do next.
Oh this morning the funniest thing happened. I came back to the camper and Leroy wasn't inside. I came in and saw some sprigs of paper on the floor but thought I had just missed them when I cleaned up. I started down the hall and all of a sudden a fluttering behind me and a little bird landed on my shoulder. My little fellow got himself out of his cage and was having a nice time out. With the dogs I must mention. The one door had not been closed correctly and that little stinker is a real Houdini and he got himself out. WE have to be really careful. Its his third or fourth time of doing that, little shit. I had almost left the RV door open too, so the chances for it to have been worse could have been so much worse.
We didn't make it to church Sun to our distress. We couldn't find the church we were looking for in time. So since it rained all day, hard at times we went to the casino to eat and then spent the day at home just hanging out, and reading and etc. Sat we went to a quilt store and looked around a bit. We went on a long walk as Shreveport/Bossier have a long trails on both of the river. It was a really nice walk. We went about 3 miles, and poor diesel couldn't handle it all so I took my shirt and we made a sling and he rode the rest of the way home.
Well those of you that are reading this are most likely bored to death. Oh well, no one is forcing you.
But my new knees get stiff and I eat to much and sit to much and totally become my own worse enemy. I wonder what is ahead in my future. Oh if we only could see, but maybe that would take out the adventure and the suspense and maybe the chance at happiness if we knew. We don't like to think about the pain or heartache that we might have to face, we want life easy and perfect and no problems. But it ain't so, don't happen that way. Life has ups and downs and we need to go over them like when we were young and in a car and over the hill fast and the butterfly's in your tummy when you flew oer the hill. You may have been going down hill but what a ride. Going up hill is like my driving my old ford up the mountain. Too steep and on a narrow road and a straight stick. Too many peddles and not enough feet, thank Goodness I had a friend to help me. Or when my old buddy from high school was teaching me to drive and I would get to the top of the hill and would stop because i couldn't see the road and he had to teach me to trust the road was there. Life is kinda like all that. Ups and downs and never knowing whats ahead.
Well aren't I philosophical tonight aren't I?
Tonight We are in Delphi LA at the Poverty Point State Park. I don't know what it will cost but it may be free for senior citizens. If it is that or cheap we may stay another nite. It is so well kept, the grass mowed, the sites large, lots of trails, not busy. You get here and you just go whew, its so great.
We left Shreveport this am after I had to wash some dog bedding and Leroy washed a small dog. Iris puked on the comforter on the bed and diesel had an accident in his bed cause Leroy wouldn't take him out when he woke up. So after that we hit the road. But had to find a quilt store in Minden that ended up being a long way out of the way on country roads, narrow country roads, and a confusing different way back. Anyhow, Leroy didn't seem to mind and then we were on our way to Rusten where we went to another quilt store. That was fun. It was run by the sweetest little southern lady. I got the piece I went in for, then as I walked out I found two pieces that were the complement pieces to another I had bought.Then I admired another quilt as I am leaving and Leroy comes in. She ends up talking him into it so I have to buy the layer cake that makes it. Good grief. She also almost sold me a small machine to take to classes. So anyhow we really got a taste of the people in that town. I walked across and down the street with another lady who talked and talked, nice lady. So then we stopped next door at the Sundown Bar and had a sandwich. I had a patty melt and didn't like the cheese on it, but the homemade french fries were delicious. Leroy had a meatball sandwich with onion rings. I tasted one of the onion rings, wow. He said the meatball po-boy was delicious. After that we went out of town so I could stop at a coffee place they suggested, and get a coffee and some beignets. That sounds like ben yays but its the Louisiana state donut. They are so good and its the first I had a chance to have them here. They are like a big puffy square with air inside that tastes something like fry bread and its rolled in powdered sugar. These today were tougher than I have tasted in New Orleans, those just melted in your mouth. we had to hit the road so we missed the other two quilt shops i wanted to go to because it was to late in the day. Oh well, there are others.
So we sat outside tonight until the good old Midwestern mosquitoes drove us in. We will decide tomorrow what we should do next.
Oh this morning the funniest thing happened. I came back to the camper and Leroy wasn't inside. I came in and saw some sprigs of paper on the floor but thought I had just missed them when I cleaned up. I started down the hall and all of a sudden a fluttering behind me and a little bird landed on my shoulder. My little fellow got himself out of his cage and was having a nice time out. With the dogs I must mention. The one door had not been closed correctly and that little stinker is a real Houdini and he got himself out. WE have to be really careful. Its his third or fourth time of doing that, little shit. I had almost left the RV door open too, so the chances for it to have been worse could have been so much worse.
We didn't make it to church Sun to our distress. We couldn't find the church we were looking for in time. So since it rained all day, hard at times we went to the casino to eat and then spent the day at home just hanging out, and reading and etc. Sat we went to a quilt store and looked around a bit. We went on a long walk as Shreveport/Bossier have a long trails on both of the river. It was a really nice walk. We went about 3 miles, and poor diesel couldn't handle it all so I took my shirt and we made a sling and he rode the rest of the way home.
Well those of you that are reading this are most likely bored to death. Oh well, no one is forcing you.
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