Sad, sad news March 13, 2017

A phone call today put a very dark cloud over our bright outlook.  Bob got word that his grand daughter, Miranda, who had just turned 32 on February 20th, had died.  Tests showed that it was from an overdose of propofol, the same drug attributed to Michael Jackson's death.  According to the internet, it makes your brain "forget to breathe".  Miranda had struggled with addiction for years, although we thought she was clean and doing well for about a year.  Unfortunately, that was not the case.  We will remember her always in all ways, but most of all as the  sweet, innocent, bright-eyed, gap toothed child she was in first grade...a child with an amazingly beautiful singing voice, and all the possibilities of a wonderful future.

    

Boxes, boxes and more boxes....

I had ordered several smaller items on line which began to arrive almost one after the other.

Bob is assembling the tv stand that has a built in electric fireplace.  He can't say he doesn't have enough projects now!

In addition to this cube, he put together a "hope chest" and two night stands for our bedroom; and a smaller cube and nightstand for the guest bedroom.

And at the same time, boxes continue to be moved from the trailer to the house...

and into the garage.

  

First week at new house...

Expecting several deliveries over the next couple of weeks.  Meantime, Bob is painting and I am cleaning, and we both are making trips daily to remove our things from the camp trailer.  Hard to believe how much stuff we do have in there!

 

The first of the furniture arrives Wednesday March 1...

                                 ...our new "patchwork wood" dining room table..

...matching side board...

and Bob's recliner.  The rest of the living room furniture is coming from a different manufacturer and will arrive in about 2 more weeks.

Both he and Roscoe agree it's a big improvement.

Our new water bed...ahhhh. It arrived Thursday March 2. The headboard isn't up yet.

On Friday, Lowe's delivered the new washer and dryer...

    and refrigerator.  We will replace the other appliances as they wear out.

We thought it best to call in a locksmith to change all the locks.

Bob gets to try out his new toy.  I won't be surprised if he turns it into a hot rod!

 

He also treated our neighbor's horse, Oklahoma, to a carrot (with neighbor Wayne's approval of course).

Looks as though Bob made a friend.  Guess I better be sure to add carrots to my grocery list! 

 

 

 

 







Saying so-long to Townville...hello Seneca

Back in December, Bob and I decided we would like to buy a house.  We still loved our tin can trailer life, but thought it would be wiser to own property rather than rent.  Also, Bob was running out of projects.  We spent many hours driving around Anderson, Walhalla, Seneca, and other small towns in the area, and then found our new home outside the Seneca city limits.  We closed on the property on 2/27 and have spent the past month transitioning from the campground to the new house.  Having sold or given away our furnishings when we left Bonita, we had to start from scratch.  

A front view of the house.  It has two bedrooms, two full baths, laundry and mud rooms, and a one car garage on 3/4 of an acre about 6 miles from Seneca and 13 miles north of our Townville site.  

The front yard is divided by our driveway which leads to the side and main roads.  We talked about putting up a produce or hot dog stand on that parcel. LOL.

 

Bob will have his shed moved here from the campground, and we plan on having an above ground pool installed soon.

Audrey, this shot is for you...you said you'd like to see Roscoe's first reaction to the new house.  He's wondering where the squirrels are.