Crew news!
The boys are on the bed when I come in with collars in hand.
“Look, Reg! Look at this! It has your name on it!” I chatter while he checks it out. I wrap the collar around his neck. “Well, the tag is a bit large, but it will do the job.”
Roger eyes Reggie’s neck.
I place Roger’s collar with tag on the bed and nonchalantly go over to the window. Drawing the curtains back, I remark casually about “another beautiful day in Arizona,” giving Roger time to examine Reggie and the black thing that lies on the bed.
I turn and commence petting Reggie, murmuring, “You are so handsome in your collar, Reg. What a sweet boy you are.”
Our address and phone number are on the back side. (Photo taken later on the porch)
Roger continues to watch.
Then I briefly pet Roger, pick up his collar, quickly wrap it around his neck and snap the clasps together. No problem!
“Ooh, Roger is handsome, too! Good boy, Roger!”
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Stuff happens.
I open the hood of the PTV in order to check the fluids and the dipstick for the transmission fluid is missing. Gone! I peer into the engine. No sign of it.
I wonder — Has it been gone ever since the tune-up?
I take the PTV to the garage and show the mechanic.
“Is there any chance you found a dipstick lying around here?” I ask pleasantly, not accusingly.
“No,” he replies. “We wouldn’t have removed it anyway because the tune-up is done from the inside.”
The mechanic peers into the transmission “pipe” where the dipstick normally is inserted.
“It’s in there!” he exclaims, fingering out the very long metal stick. “Look at that. It’s missing the top!”
Searching further into the engine area, he finds the top part.
“That’s weird,” I remark. “Who ever heard of a dipstick breaking like that?”
The mechanic gives a stuff-happens shrug. I order a dipstick (around 20 bucks) and it arrives at the garage the next day.
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The porch ceiling.
It turns out great! I love it! We all thought it would be a fairly easy install — just slap those bead board panels up there, hit ’em with the pneumatic staple gun, and done!
Well, it turns out to be more difficult than that due to the awkwardness of positioning the panels on the sixteen-on-center rafters, the rough surface of the stucco walls, the vertical expansion/contraction seams jutting out from the house wall, and the fact that the porch ceiling is not a rectangle; it’s a gall-durn trapezoid!
Here are the men in action.
After the bead board is up, trim is added to cover the uneven edges and give a finished look.
Not wanting the panel seams to show, I take a small piece of bead board to the paint center and bring home a quart of perfectly matched white paint.
Did you know there must be hundreds of various shades of white?
Painting the seams does the trick and the ceiling is flawless!
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A new direction?
I didn’t intend to take a month off from blogging. So much for posting every Monday, eh? I never have had much self-discipline, at least when it comes to keeping a self-imposed schedule.
Anyway . . . .
Like the weather in southeastern Arizona this past month, I drift into summer doldrums. As temperatures rise into the 90s and even above 100 degrees F, my interest in writing plummets to zero.
Where are the afternoon rains? Where is RVSue, the blogger?
Before I go any further, I want to thank those of you who infused some life into the comments section during my absence.
I also appreciate the kind and thoughtful messages directed to me and the enjoyable updates.
To be honest, if it weren’t for the small cadre of faithful readers who comment regularly and use the links I post to shop Amazon, I would’ve closed down this blog a year ago.
You know who you are; YOU are the reason I didn’t quit.
Well, the break was good.
I’m not sure what I’ll do from this point forward. RVSue and her canine crew blog has enjoyed tremendous success, more than I ever imagined it would, and, from what readers tell me, has inspired people to get out of their comfort zone to live a fuller life.
Now that the crew and I are permanently homebodies, the diary format, which worked so well while traveling and camping around the West, doesn’t fit our new lifestyle.
This past month, while exploring whether I would be happy living without the blog, I also brainstormed ideas for a new format, something completely different, new and fresh.
I just can’t be writing about and photographing our home and putting it all out there on the internet. You gotta’ admit it’s kind of strange for a private person to do that or for any person, for that matter.
During this transition time I appreciate your loyalty, patience, and support. I don’t know when the crew and I will appear here again so I won’t make any promises. Be assured that summer doldrums don’t last forever. The rain will come again!
God bless you and love to all!
rvsue
NOTE: If you would like to order tags for your pet(s), Amazon has several from which to choose:
I bought the crew’s tags from Amazon a long time ago and don’t recall which brand they are. Follow the link above and scroll the page to find the type, color, and size you prefer.
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