Has it been that long???

Where in the H*(( has the time gone? Wow! Our days are really flying by and I"m not getting near the things done that we wanted to get done....guess that is the way things are ...huh??????

We did go to Great Bend Aug. 24th for our appt. on our slideout and steps issues. They finally got the slideout motor out after taking 2 more hours than the 4 alotted that our extended warranty allowed. The steps brace bar broke that Bill had welded on and they put new steps on but they were so high it just wasn't going to work so they put our old one back on and then welded a stronger iron bar as a brace. We had a great time with our friends, Larry/Earlene and Mike/Jeannie. I think our Joker status for us girls was good!

We got back to Topeka mid Thursday afternoon in time to go to Big O and get tires for the trailer. We spent from about 2:30 to almost 6:45 at Big O...Bill decided he wanted Nitrogen in the tires this time so it took alot longer to put them in. Finally get to Deer Creek about 7 we got settled in. Friday was spent just cleaning and rearranging our "home" again. Doing laundry and all that stuff I hadn't had sewer to do.

Saturday we went to Brayden's football game.... He is a quarterback this year so it will be fun to watch him.

A dental appt. and pedicure was on my "to do" list for Tuesday and my feet were glad for it! The next day a hair cut was in order for the day.

We have had some deep cleaning and rearranging we have been doing so it seems we have been very busy during the days.

Saturday, Sept. 4th we watched our granddaughter for the day while her parents and brothers went to K-State to the opening game...it was a great day and we had fun keeping her here with us. We took her home late afternoon so she could get her bath and bedtime at a decent time.. they came home later that evening. We brought the boys home with us to spend the night as they wanted to spend "2" nights with us so we brought them home to sleep and then we got up and went to church. Erin met us there this time. The boys came back home with us and we fixed breakfast and they got to play for a while and napped before we went over to their other grandparents to swim and have dinner. They like to have us watch them swim and their funny diving "stuff" they do.... So after dinner we brought them back home with us for another night at the camper. The next morning, Labor Day, we met Erin at the hair salon as she had a hair appt. and they were to get their hair cut. So we met them at the hair salon and got their hair cut and then took them home......

We came home and did some cleaning and finished laundry. Late afternoon our friends, Bob and Jackie came over for supper and we spent the evening playing Joker...the girls were victorous! Yea!!!!

Tuesday, we finished the work we had started on Monday and Bill has cleaned out underneath storage area. He also got a new truck "tool box" for the truck so he has been loading that.....

After many discussions we decided to take our lumps and trade trucks.... the huge truck we had was great for on the road but driving that big thing in Topeka was the pits! We went to the Chevy dealer to see if they knew when their 2011's were coming out as they and Ford have the new heavier pulling suspension's. Chevy told us they didn't even know when they were going to come out. So we stopped at the Ford dealership.... they found something we could live with and also found an RV dealer that would take our truck.... so we traded last Tuesday for a 2011 Ford F350....we have not had a Ford but this truck is so nice and quiet---it doesn't even sound like a diesel at all. It has lots of bells and whistles and we are still figuring out what everything is. We really like this truck and are very happy with it. The dealership really lucked out and sold the big truck to someone locally who was going to use it to tow car transport..... so it was meant to be.



Here is a picture of our new truck!


So that about catches us up with what we have been doing....like I said...I'm not sure where our time has gone to...the days are really zipping by...I did get my sewing machine out and have a couple of projects I really want to get done before we leave.... keep your fingers crossed I get them done! I know I will not be sewing once we leave here until we get to Arizona in January!

So until next time!
BJ