We finally got Rain

I was awaken yesterday and again this morning to a aching back and the sound of rain.  We’ve had several thunder storms.  Yesterday storms were not as much thunder, but lots of needed rain.  Today was another story.  We had thunder for at least 2 hours or more.  From 1am to almost 10 am we had round of thunder storms.  Yesterday afternoon temps were back in the 90’s and today even higher reaching 97 degrees!  The rain was nice and we did get a bit of cool down but since the rains the humidity is even worse.  They are predicting 102 again tomorrow.

I got my laundry done yesterday, ughhh i had 5 loads!  Although it’s not put away but it’s in the baskets :))
Today after the rain left we decided to take the day and do something regardless of the heat.  We went to Bass Pro and looked at the new exhibits they were working on when we were here almost 2 years ago.  Sorry, i forgot my camera. 

After several hours of walking, i was exhausted, the heat is still getting the best of me.  We went and got diesel at Wal-mart.  Some Wal-marts have an added 10 cents off with their card.  We actually got diesel for $3.60 a gal and all other places were $3.73, that is 13 cents a gallon saving.  Since we were getting pretty low the saving almost paid for one of our lunch/dinner.  We stopped by Long John Silver and got something to eat. 

We got home to a rather warm home.  For some reason the breaker for our AC units had blown and the poor dogs were warming up.  We were glad we hadn’t made it an all day long outing (we normally don’t unless we have someone to check on the dogs when it’s this hot).  They were happy to see us.  The bedroom was still kinda cool and the dogs were all upstairs when we got home.  The down stairs was 88 degrees! 

I took a nap after we got cooled back down.  We had a great day spending time together. 

battery episode

Since I really don’t have anything else to post these days as we are just trying to survive the heat.  I did promise to post about this and so here it is.

One morning I was awaken by a horrible smell, it smelt like rotten eggs.  Of course our first thought was the black tank needed dumped and we had been having some hot temps.  So hubby got up and emptied the tanks and the smell seem to disappear. 

Later that night before we went to bed we smelt a little bit of the smell again.  We knew the tanks had been emptied.  It seem to go away and we went to bed.  Around 2 am i was awakened by a beeping noise our carbon dioxide detector going off in the kitchen. The smell of rotten eggs.

I got hubby awake and we instantly opened up the doors, vents and turned on all the exhaust fans, the smell was overwhelming.  Our grand daughter Hailey was on the couch and so I woke her up to make sure she was okay. 
We spent over 2 hours checking everything we could that would cause a smell, finally we shut off the refrigerator, freezer and any electrical appliance we had.  The smell continued to get worse and finally hubby went outside to check the battery.  Boom there it was bubbling out fumes like crazy. 

Hubby had to get out his leather gloves, unhook and remove the battery away from the camper.  Once he did that the smell began to leave.  Finally around 4 am we were able to go back to bed.  We had to replace our battery the next day.
 
I have to say that I am so glad that we had good batteries in our detectors so that they worked.  I would hate think what could of happened had they not.

Wow Hot isn’t the word

I guess this is what i get for complaining about high 90’s.  Yesterday my weather bug said 108 and heat index was 118!  Today it’s not much better.  I am so ready for a cool down but as you can see it’s not coming in the next few days. Missouri is way too hot. 

Sure am wishing we’d of went ahead and went out west.  July usually isn’t the hottest month of year.  August is and with July being so hot and the beginning of August, I wonder if August is going to be a month of record breaking temps?



I did change the bed sheets today as tomorrow is laundry day.  I have been taking my laundry out because of the heat and i don't want to heat the camper up anymore then i have to.  Other then this I don’t have anything more then i last posted.  Staying inside in the AC.  Trying to survive the heat.  My body doesn’t do good in the cold or the heat.  Our poor AC sure is getting a work out, just so thankful to have it.

Where have I been?

I guess your all wondering where I have been?  Cooped up inside!  We have had extreme heat for weeks on end now.  I have been staying inside and trying to stay cool.  To be honest i have been sleeping lots.  The heat drains my energy and makes it hard to move.

I don’t really have anything to blog about so i haven’t. 
I am going to officially say … It’s the end of July and I'm tired of this extreme heat and ready for a cool down!!  I’m ready to be able to get back outside and enjoy the great outdoors.  We really haven’t done anything we have planned here as i just don’t have the energy. 

My days have been spent, sleeping, reading, watching TV and more sleeping.  I hope your all cooler then we are .. until next time stay cool!

Snorkeling?

I still can not post comments as my ID .. that is why i have not really been responding to comments but I've decided to go ahead and just use the Anonymous.

Can you say it’s hot where you are?  I can say It’s very hot here! I had resigned to not complaining and I’m still not going to about the heat but I will say I’m ready for a cool down so we can get out and do some site seeing.

I’ve slept in the past few mornings.  My MS is not enjoying the heat.  Heat cause me to be drained of my energy and it’s like my muscle’s do not want to work.  Even though my morning walk was about an hour later again today from sleeping in. I have to admit, man did i suffer today because of that.  At 8 am it was already hot and by the time i got around and moving this morning, I finished my walk at 9 am I was soaked in sweat, I wasn’t sure my muscle were going to hang in there for me to make it back the camper.  i could feel exhaustion kicking me down and I was very hot. I was so thankful that Lexi was with me and she was able to drag me back to the camper.  Lexi is a good dog, she seems to know when i need her to help me along on our walking.  Although i felt bad for her cause when we got home her belly was wet from panting.   

The 2 young men in these photo’s are Bo and Sedrick.  Bo is on the right and from Florida and Sedrick on the left is from Houston Texas.  They are college kids and working here for the summer.  The bottom picture is of them trying to stay cool in this extreme heat.

Snorkeling .. i always placed that with swimming in the Ocean but I guess it stands for other things as well…. 

WoW that snorkeling takes you way in the air .. Ummm not for me

This is a very tall building and I’m so glad that I'm not into this kind of snorkeling. I do not even know how far in the air this is but my guess is way over 50 feet or higher.  Can you see how much higher the building is over the tree and that is no small tree. 

I do like snorkeling in the ocean and right now with this heat it would feel so good.  Since the heat is here and I do not have a pool or creek to keep cool in, my days are being spent inside holding down the couch while enjoying the AC.

Battlefield Assembly

I actually slept in this morning and it felt so good.  Then it was time to get up and get ready for church.  We went to Battlefield Assembly with our friends Ron and Dorothy. 

It was wonderful to be back among the fellowship of other believers.  We haven’t been to church in a few months.  When we were at the ranch they have a church there but there are some leaders in the church that i do believe in being a Christian on Sunday and the rest of the week doing whatever you want.  Therefore this year we decided that we would do our worship in our home.

It was a wonderful sermon on Act 16:16-31.  I had to agree with the sermon and that we as Christians should become door mats and let others step on us.  We need to stand up for our beliefs.  After church we went out to eat lunch at the KFC/Long John’s Silver.  I haven’t had LJ’s in awhile and so that is what hubby and i chose.  Then after some fellowship we headed back home for an afternoon nap.  I took a short nap while i was laying on the couch listening the Gaithers.

Around 8.30 pm i decided to take a walk and see if i could walk off some of those calories from the fish.  Then the rest of my evening was spent online catching up on blogs i follow.

Happy Birthday Gabe

I want to wish our youngest son Gabe a Happy Birthday!  He is 24 today!  Wow how time has flown by.  Hope you have a great day .. Mom and Dad love you.

I slept great last night.  Our new place is so peaceful at night.  We are in the city yet we located far enough back from the streets we do not hear the sirens and all that goes along with it.
  
I’m looking forward to being near all the shopping malls and such.  I got up this morning and started my morning with a walk around the track.  Yes, I have a paved track to walk around.  I have been wanting to get back to my walking as i can really tell my legs have lost a lot muscle that i had built up a few years ago.  Lately we haven’t been parked in good walking conditions for me.  I need a sidewalk or good firm asphalt.  I have problems walking in rocks,uneven surfaces and up and down hills.  Lexi is so happy as well she loves to walk with me and she found a squirrel and several birds to chase.

Then i got busy with getting all my stuff out that makes our home feel like home.  Then it was time to meet hubby for lunch.  After lunch i needed to make a Aldies and Dollar Tree run.  Yep, I just love having quick access to all the stores i need to visit.

Later in the afternoon i visited with my friend Dorothy and after dinner Lexi and I took a walk around.  We enjoyed the smell of all the wonderful flowers we got to see on our walk.