Tuesday, December 22

Change Facebook Password

A friend asked me for directions on how to change her Facebook password. So I have the directions written down. They are written in plain English. Smileycons!

If you would like to have them, email me and I will send them to you.

Follow up note- I looked at my directions on Butch's computer and they were very different from the ones I sent to my friend. I think they are out to get me! So I guess I am saying they might work for you?

Leo and Santa 2015


Miss Elise Christmas Party


With her Mom, Amanda



Monday, December 21

Little Leo's Christmas program

 These pictures pretty much sum up this two-going-on- three boy
 Leo and his Mom-Amanda



Sunday, December 20

Her mama says...

"What a weekend full of busy performances!! I love watching her do what she loves!!"
Elise and her cousin Chloe.

Elise with other cast members. She was a munchkin!

Saturday, December 19

Tonight's supper

Tonight we had the last of our steak-sirloin-and roasted peppers, green peppers and carrots. Butch also had potato salad. He will eat veggies if they are raw however many people would not believe how colorful his supper was tonight.

And in case you cannot believe this is Butch, here is proof!



Mexican Quickie

Mexican Quickie (Pancho's)



Two cans each of following:
Rotel (hot or mild), chicken and rice soup, cream style sweet corn, ranch style beans (regular or jalapeƱo), can chicken breast shredded.


Mix heat pour over tortilla chips and top with shredded Mexican cheese enjoy.


Note:I tried this recipe and it is good BUT if I had made the full recipe I could have fed half of Texas. I cut it in half and Butch and I will get two meals out of it with leftovers. I would say half the recipe could be a meal for 6. There was so much liquid when I started cooking it, I was having doubts so I let it reduce quite a while. When I make it again and I will, I will drain off some of the liquids in the cans. Taste was great! Very good


Final prep was in NuWave oven-3"rack at 350 for 3 minutes. I like my cheese all bubbly and browned in spots.

Tuesday, December 15

Best Corn Casserole

I noticed I had this post in my drafts and that I had not posted it. Flukes happen. Enjoy it now.
Betty Byrum's photo.
"The only thing better than corn is more corn!"
-Virgil Buchmiller

Virgil was an Iowa farmer and Marion Brookers last husband. They married when they were in their 80's and were married for 5 happy years. I love Virgil's quote.

Corn Casserole

1 can whole kernel corn, drained
1 can creamed corn
2 eggs beaten
1 stick butter, melted
4 heaping T. all purpose flour
2 T. sugar
1/4 C. diced green pepper (you can use red, I only had green)
1 C. whole milk
1/2 C. shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 tsp each salt and pepper

Combine all ingredients and pour into a greased casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hr. 20 min.

Quiet on this end

We have not done much on this end of the country, but we are busy enjoying friends and activities as usual. Still walking twice daily, a mile each time, and some in between. I have been doing more cooking than perhaps ever in my life and still enjoying the NuWave oven and induction plate. I have not turned on the RV oven even once so far and the microwave only on rare occasions, like heating up the water for my Neti pot. The mold is horrendous here and, of course, we are both most allergic to it. I have noticed that since the rains have backed off the allergies too are getting better.

Butch is golfing on Tuesdays, pool every night from 6 to 8, cribbage on Thursday afternoons and walking with Peg and me when it isn't interfering with any of the other stuff.

Till next time I think of something...

Rare sight

 How often have you seen a squirrel in a palm tree? Me either!

Gary sent a collage again this year. It is fun to linger over it, remembering the pictures.

Saturday, December 12

Elise the actress

Elise is playing a munchkin in the Harrisonville MO High school play. She never disappoints!

Friday, December 11

New Roof on Motorhome

Len started on the roof on Tuesday and finished today (Friday) and the days he put in were long and arduous. This is the final result and is guaranteed to last the lifetime of the motorhome, transferring to subsequent owners. We are happy with our new top!

Printable papers

I ran across this neat website and thought it might be useful to some of you.

Free Printable Paper

1,597 papers you can download and print for free. We've got graph paper, lined paper, financial paper, music paper, and more.

Tuesday, December 8

New RV Roof


Today we started getting a new roof application. This was day 1 of 3 as I understand it. Len, the roof worker worked all day without a break finishing for the day at 5:30PM. http://rv-armor.com/.

After coffee hour this morning Len was busily working on the roof and I needed to use the bathroom. I looked up and I could see sky and thought this is not going to work. So I went over to Donn and Peg's and told them my predicament. I used their facilities, but Donn said perhaps I could solve my problem if I used an umbrella. By golly, that could work!!


 I was Kay's assistant for the Jam tickets today so I took my camera and this is my favorite shot of the day. This is today's kitchen crew for the Jam lunch. From left: Dorral, Peggy, Larry, and Geneva. They make a great team, enjoy working together and it shows.






Our Miss Elise the author

From her Nana Susan:
Our sweet girl got to read her book that she wrote and illustrated to the members of our local Kiwanis today at noon.  She also enjoyed lunch with dessert first - or so I was told!  LOL!  My boss was there, and he also has a video of her reading it!  Very cool!!


And then I thought...

I have had a few thoughts on the carbon monoxide issue of the last post. The lady affected has a tiny dog. Why didn't the dog die? Hmmm.... Maybe that whole issue needs to be looked at again.

Sometimes a second thought takes a while to happen. I think that is called being slow on the uptake.

I am doing my best to get other authors added to the other blog. And I have been having some success. This one will always have me as the author because I doubt I could ever get Butch to add to it.
The other one, www.magnolianews.blogspot.com has several people who could post to it but only a couple who do. If you have doubt that I wrote it look at the bottom of the post and it will say who posted it.

Life is just ambling along in a smooth and easy manner while being busy at the same time. The weeks fly by so quickly it is almost frightening if I stop long enough to think about it. The upside to it is that both Butch and I are doing what we want to do when we want to do it so how could things ever be better than that!

Monday, December 7

Beautiful

Our weather has been perfect with one beautiful day sliding right into the next. Time flies when you are having fun!
There was an association meeting this morning. I had not planned to go, but I was glad I did. It was one of the more interesting ones I have attended for some time.
In a nutshell, people with water meters have been overpaying for their water for years. One of the residents has taken it to the Texas Utilities Commission and verified the fact and it is going to be pursued.

Another interesting tidbit is that the association is looking into their bingo machine and plan to investigate getting one that works. Long overdue.

And a resident suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning after the gas was shut off and the residents were not notified, or at least that is strongly suspected to be the reason for the illness that put her in the hospital for several days.

Kay, Peggy and I were on the lunch committee for crafts today so that took care of the remainder of my day. Pretty much anyway.

Tomorrow will be just as busy as we are getting a new roof coating on the RV and I have promised Kay I would be her assistant for selling tickets at the Jam. After that things may slow a bit. The roof procedure is a 2 day affair so Wednesday will be busy too.
Every now and then I have a start and say, "Oh, oh, I haven't had a blog entry for too long."  And when that happens they may not be that interesting." But at least you know I am thinking about you.

Saturday, December 5

South Texas for the winter?

Don Harper, current vice president of our park association has found that he has two rentals available as his renters developed health issues and are not able to come this season. If this is something you would like to look into, email me at keep.movin.on@gmail.com with 'rental' in the subject line and I will do my best to get you info or put you in touch with Don. Don and his wife Marty are super landlords and I would recommend them highly. Our weather has been good so far with highs generally in the 70's and lows in the 50's. As I write this at 6:12 pm I have the window open and can hear crickets chirping. Come on down!

Friday, December 4

Lost weekend

Butch and I hang on to miscellaneous items that we really do not want any more but has too much value to toss in the trash. And then when we get to Magnolia and on the first weekend in December we sign up for a table in Allen Hall to display and sell our items.
Friday is a setup day and the time when park people can do their shopping first before it is open to the public on Saturday morning. And that is what we did this morning. These photos are from this mornings setup.
Larry on the left is chairman of the garage sale and Don left the pool hall long enough to bring up some items to sell. Don is Butch's instructor and main pool partner.

Tuffy is amazed that Butch is selling a pool cue. No worry Tuffy, Butch owns several.