Where does the time go? Not much is changing here...the Backend of Nowhere Garage is (was) progressing quickly till we needed a materials order. But that's okay, it's allowed us to catch up on a whole host of things like:
- Winterizing the RV (we winterized for possible guests in early October)
- Getting the RV ready for our move southerly come mid-December
- Running errands
- Sorting through clothes for our upcoming Disney cruise (see more below)
- Sorted through the clutter on our desks (okay, so they are already cluttered again, but it's all new stuff)
- I'm doing the 20 days of mental wellness challenge on my author blog
- I'm writing (NaNoWriMo), or trying to, or researching for book four, Paradise Dream
- Still sorting through clothes & other stuff, cleaning out things unused or not fitting us
- Still losing weight, a bit more slowly but losing
- Buying new clothes (see more below)
- Movies! We saw Hunter Killer and absolutely loved it. I'd go see it again!
- Oil changes! Freightliner, Zero-turn, lawn tractor, push lawn mower. Oh, and fuel stabilizer in them all.
- I'm sure there is more....lol
Murphy has been helping me with my writing...he's so sweet. (lol)
We will be in Maryland later this month for Stu's brother Scott's wedding. It will be a quick trip because when we get back, we immediately start getting ready for our Disney Cruise with our four year old grand-girl, Waverly. There is a pirate night and we all have matching shirts with Daddoo, Nonna and Waverly on them. Stu and I have appropriate pants & red sashes and Stu has a bandana. We bought Waverly a cute little red tutu at Walmart and ordered these adorable leggings to go with them.
Of course, I had to get the co-ordinated top to go home with her. LOL!
These are the custom shirts we ordered...ours say Daddoo, Nonna & Waverly. Both Wavy & I have the Minnie Mouse with the red bow.
We also got Waverly her own backpack string bag as a memory of the cruise and personalized water bottles for us all.
Clothes - Stu has lost significant weight as mentioned in another post. His pants have gone from a 38 waist to a 34 and he's gone from relaxed fit to slim fit jeans. His XL shirts and jackets are HUGE. We are watching sales and have gotten him a new navy blue blazer, two new dress shirts and a new tie, new jeans and new polo shirts. I've gone from men's XL and L t-shirts to a few L as well as M. So he has inherited a bunch of my old Harley t-shirts, too.
One other thing we are collecting for both our Disney and Carnival cruises are little rubber ducks. If you are on Facebook, check out
Cruising Ducks. We've ordered a bunch from Oriental Trading when they had free shipping as well as a few from eBay and even some things from the Dollar Tree. I still have to make their tags, but it will be fun to hide them and think about the smiles when someone finds them.
Another first, we were hoping to snag one of the Aldi's Wine Advent Calendars that were released yesterday. No luck, the lady told us they were sold out by 9:15 yesterday morning. She said this is the first year they've sold them in the US and she hopes they will rise to the demand for next year. It was our first stop in an Aldi's and while stock is limited, we were impressed with the prices, especially for meats. We will go back again for sure.
While we were in town, we stopped at Tractor Supply to check out the flannel shirts they had on sale for $9.99 (yes, Stu got one). While wandering around, I looked up and saw this! Creepy angry birds!
We had warm weather late into fall, then the temps dropped drastically and we finally got see a little color. A week later and it's fading fast. Here are a few shots I took from the car while running errands.
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods! Oh, and here is a photo of the Backend of Nowhere Garage as it sits now.
Ciao for now!
If you think we've been busy lately, we're about to get busier! While Stu is currently busy continuing to work on the French drain for the pasture behind the 
