Freezing rain, Sleet, Wind!

I woke up to the sound of something hitting the top of the roof and it wasn’t rain! Yep sleet!

It went from sleet to rain that froze and then back to sleet. See the roof and ground has sleet.

The wind is blowing and gusting at times. Since we are on a corner we get the wind a bit more. So even with 2 heaters the furnace is still running off and on which is good because it keeps the underneath from freezing.

It’s getting colder instead of warmer! One of the RVer’s water is frozen solid. He came to check on us. So far ours is okay, hubby is going out to unhook the hose so that it doesn’t freeze. I had the washer going so i think that is why our water is okay because I've used and kept the water moving.

For me it’s a day of staying inside in bed. I got up and my back was hurting. Yep ole man winter and my back do not get along. So i took a pain pill turned up the heating pads and back to bed it was. The rest of my day will be spent between the couch and bed.

We are suppose to have another cold day tomorrow and then temps are to be in the 70’s … I'm so ready!!

A day of things to do

I got up and got laundry going and waited for the satellite guy to arrive. We have satellite but our local channels are not working yet .. hmmm They said it could take 24 hours. They wouldn’t use our tripod setup .. this is the first time we have been refused that. Luckily for us there was a pole behind our camper that is permanent and was able to use it to install and get it going. I do have my favorite channels .. Lifetime and Hallmark!

Here we are nestled in our nice comfy spot. After the satellite guy left I needed to run into town to get our propane tank filled. One is empty and tomorrow they are predicting freezing wintery mix. I picked up a few things at Wal-mart … $60!! It’s shocking how fast and little you can get for that much money. Bread, milk, butter, cereal, tea, sweetener, pudding, snack cakes, frozen pizza, pot pies and etc were needed. We are all set if the weather gets bad tomorrow as they are predicting.

I took a picture of the carport, yesterday it didn’t have any sheeting or shingles on it and today the roof is finished.

After dinner i called Dish .. still no local channels and so after finally getting it resolved we have local channels.

Day of cleaning and visiting with a friend

Monday was spent cleaning up from the weekend and trying to get our home setup. I have tons of laundry so several loads were done and many more to go. I also spent several hours with a friend I hadn’t seen in several months and we had a wonderful time visiting. It was great to get caught up on each other’s lives.

A Beautiful Texas Day

We had a beautiful day here in Texas. We got up and finished getting setup. Several hrs were spent trying to get our satellite setup but it wouldn’t work. So a tech guy is coming Tuesday to do the installation. We set up my antenna for our cell phone and mifi for those just in case days. Last year sometimes our cell phone worked and sometimes it didn’t.

Hubby was able to find the local station that has the super bowl on it. Yes, i have a happy camper. I went to children’s church tonight and enjoyed seeing all the kids. We’ve had lots of hugs and welcomes.

I took Lexi on a walk as i am still trying to get back in shape. I forgot how bad the sand burs are here in Texas .. Ughhh the dog get’s them in their paws and then i get them in my feet!

We are parked on a nice concrete pad and the dogs have plenty of open space to explore and potty.

On the road

Got up and got the last minute things done inside. Emptied the tanks and was on the road by 8 am. We are on I-10 heading toward New Orleans.

We just went through Baton Rouge, LA and getting ready to approach the 20 mile long swamp bridge.

Here is the very steep bridge in LA

Going past the oil refinery in LA

Getting through Lake Charles, LA

Texas is getting closer!

I was a bit late when I realized the sign was just ahead .. oh well .. I can write it … Welcome to Texas! Drive friendly – the Texas way

Were in Texas? This area of Texas is full of curves and hills.

We didn’t know were going to get our own roller coaster ride. Full of hills and curves. Luckily this isn’t a busy road as i think our camper was on the other side of the road more then it was on ours ..

After our roller coaster ride we went to the cow path ride .. oh are we having fun!!

Yep, we met another silly person on this road. Luckily they got their camper on their side of the road and hubby kept ours on our side and we passed.

We finally got back onto a real road! I-45 about 100 miles till we get to our destination!

Sam Houston statue ..

We’ve arrived to our destination safe and sound. Somewhat setup and received a wonderful welcome .. Thanks everyone .. we love you all.

What a trip 535 miles in one day … Oh My!! It was a early to bed night for me.

Down in the back

Since I was up and down with my back. My pain medication kicked in and I slept in this morning. The rain settled in most of the day and finally around 4 pm it went to just a sprinkle.

I spent most of the day nursing my back pain. We did go out for lunch as i wasn’t up to cooking. After lunch we came home and hubby got the truck hooked up.

All we have to do in the morning is put away our last minute things .. like the computers, coffee pot and etc. unhook from electric, put the front jacks up, pull the slides in, load the dogs in the truck, empty the tanks and we are ready to roll.

Texas here we come! Hopefully we will have good weather all the way. We are not sure if it will be a one day trip or a 2. Depends on my back and how riding goes.

My back is feeling better, or at least the drugs have it feeling better. I’m taking my medications on a every 4 hrs basis to keep the severe pain down.

If we get going on the road and i find riding is too ruff we will find someplace to park until my back allows traveling.

Please keep us in your prayers tomorrow. I will let you know when we stop tomorrow night.

Suffering for Doing Good

The rain started around 9 pm last night and has continued steadily throughout the night. Luckily for us the temp has stayed at 36 degrees all night long. So the rain has not turned into ice or snow like it has in the north.

Although the cold and now the rain has finally took hold of me and my back pain is horrible. It hit before i went to bed and so i took my pain medication and headed to bed with my heating pads. It’s after 4 am and i woke up with severe spasms and pain and so i took my pain med’s and am waiting for them to kick to return to bed.

Since I couldn’t sleep i was reading and doing some study in God’s word and i this scripture reached out to me.

1 Peter 3:8-12 Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."