NEWSPAPER

Well, I am back at it, scouring up information to put in the Paradise Park Press.  

 

It's not much, but I have received the calendar of events, and checked out the bulletin board in the club, now all I have to do is type it up and put it in some semblance of order.  

We have been very busy with other things, since we arrived, but I am hoping to get a newsletter printed before Thanksgiving.  That gives me 11 more days to get it done. 

NOT MANY PEOPLE AROUND, SO NOT MUCH NEWS

MY NEW TRIKE

Here is my latest piece of exercise equipment. 

I have been talking about getting one of these ever since I gave up my 1950s CCM, that I loved and used to carry on the boat with us, when we went up north.  I had a close call with a tumble on that bike and developed a real fear of falling and never rode it again.  Ever since then, I have been thinking about one of these (much more stable) and now I have one. 

It's in excellent shape and was a real bargain, so I couldn't pass it up.  But just like any other piece of exercise equipment it really doesn't work unless you use it regularly. 

SO BRING ON THE SUNSHINE SO I CAN START RIDING

REMEMBERANCE DAY

REMEMBRANCE DAY

HONOUR THIS DAY AND THOSE MEN

FINALLY, MY FOUNTAIN IS ALL SET UP

Since I bought my fountain, I have been bothered by the fact that the water that is spilling from section to section, splashes a little onto the concrete on either side of the fountain, depending on the direction of the wind.  

Last year I tried putting a mat under it, but that didn't help.  

So this year I have put a couple of planters on either side, that can benefit from that over spray.  I think it looks nice and I'm hoping it will solve the problem of the occasional splashing.  



WE'LL SEE  

 

COOL AND RAINY

Well, we are getting settled back in, here in Texas.  A few Winter Texans are trickling into the park, here and there.  The weather this week is cool and rainy so we are not spending much time out on the patio.  Today's high is only going to be around 63 degrees, which is 16/17.  

Just keeping busy with some maintenance chores.   We have tidied up Dwight's trailer, after our trip down and we have removed all our personal belongings.  It's all ready for him when he arrives.  

I have got my patio pretty well all set up the way I like it.  The only thing I haven't set up is my fountain.  I want some plants on either side of it this year and haven't decided what to use to put some plantings in.  I'm still looking for the right containers.  

I'M SURE I'LL FIND SOMETHING NEXT WEEK

MY HOW TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN

It's hard for us to believe, that the first time we crossed the boarder and headed south with our brand new trailer in tow was December of 2008. 

That first year we went straight down to Texas, (the fastest way to get to the warmth from Manitoba), then we headed east, through New Orleans and on to Florida and the Keys, then meandered our way up the East coast, through Ohio then home. 

2009 it was straight down to Texas again, then we followed the Rio Grand out west and on to San Diego, we did the California coast, the Grand Canyon, then home. 

2010 was supposed to be down to Texas then further travels down east, but we sure were becoming rather partial to Texas.  So many Manitobans, everywhere you looked.  It kinda made you feel at home.  And Texas was so much cheaper than anywhere else we had travelled.  We ended up buying a permanent lot for our trailer, with the idea that we would still travel every winter, but Texas would be our home base. 

Well!!!  We have been "Doing" Texas ever since.  Even buying a bigger trailer in 2013 and permanently settling that, onto our lot. 

Now Dan's brother has bought our smaller trailer to settle it next to ours so that all of us and our kids and extended families can have a place where we can all meet up for a winter get away.  

Sort of a "Thacker Compound"  if you will.  

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHERE YOUR  ADVENTURES ARE GOING TO LEAD YOU 

WHY DOES OUR TECHNOLOGY ALWAYS NEED UPGRADING?

I hate the learning curve.  Every time I get really comfortable with my computer system, and don't even have to think about it, to accomplish a job, my computer system gets updated.  GRRRR....

As we left Winnipeg I started to have a slight problem with my computer.  The first night in Grand Forks, I couldn't get onto facebook.  But, I wasn't worried about that.  I didn't really NEED facebook, I would deal with that when we arrived in Texas.  Well, things deteriorated from there.  The next thing to go was my email and by the time we got here, my computer would not do anything I tried.   

So into the shop it went.  Now I have a cleaned out computer with new software that I have never seen before.  As I muddle through, it is taking forever to do anything that would have taken me a couple of minutes last week.  I can understand them changing and upgrading the software, as I guess things have to improve and evolve, but why do they also have to change the terminology.  

I finally figure out how to do something that is kind of familiar, but they are calling it  something completely different now.  

So, I hope anyone that normally reads this blog, will be patient as I muddle along through this learning curve.  I don't even know how to retrieve my pictures with this software.  I'm sure it is similar, I just have to figure out what they now call it and where they have hidden it.  




WISH ME LUCK