Happy St. Patrick's Day

[Birdie]

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

My neighbor's alarm clock went off about 2:45 a.m. so I got up. He didn't! He lives in a FEMA trailer and the insulation is naught, but the price is great for those TT. So I thought perhaps I should make the morning coffee. You are on your own for the food items.

Checking the weather to see if I will be leaving Sunday or Monday. I don't like to drive on the weekends when the working warriors are heading home. Saturday is St. Patty's day. I really don't like driving when it is amateur green beer day/evening/night. I usually travel during the work week. Predicting weather to come in so I may move out earlier than planned. Hope we have some sun today as I'd like some more wildflower pics from around the park.

If you are on the road, be safe in your travels, if you are parked have some fun this O'Patrick's Day.

[rvgrammy1953]

Top of the Morning, to ya" and may the "Blarney" not be so deep for you today.....(hey, it's the best I can come up with so far....just poured my coffee )
HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY!!!

[Colliemom]

Good Morning Birdie, Lori, Ernie and all who follow here,

Thanks for starting Coffee this morning Birdie. I understand completely about the food items. Since you were up at such a wee hour of the morning, are you sure it's coffee you made. I mean sometimes we do things without thinking and at 3 a.m. well...... Looks like Lori and The Sultan were up early too.

I'm sitting here having a breakfast of sausage and cottage cheese and will be topped off by strawberries in a bit here. Now I know that breakfast may not appeal to some, but it's protein The two furkids just came in from outside and Sassy went back to bed. The longer days and us being outside more, has their routine all screwed up. So when they are in, they are zonked And they really enjoy the warmer sun either. Like it better when it's cooler.

Our beautiful a way above normal temp weather continues on. Plenty of sunshine and temps in or near 70's, with gentle breezes. Just right. The nights are cooler, in the 30' sand 40's, but this combination of weather keeps the Thunderstorms and Severe weather south of Northern Michigan. We do need rain desperately though.

Got my windows all washed outside yesterday and screens put back in. Sure is nice being able to open them up and let all the nice fresh air in again. Smells so sweet. I have pulled all the burlap coverings off my shrubs as well. Hope to get my lawn tractor up and running this coming week. It won't be cutting grass, but it has other work to do. Took some corn muffins over to my neighbors yesterday and while we were talking, I mentioned I was planning on renting a power washer to do my house siding. He has one at his place, an electric one, so he let me borrow it to do the house. So now sometime this week, I will go over my siding and clean off all the little junk that accumulates on it during the winter. And then do the windows all over again Nothing like working backwards But I hadn't planned on doing the house this quick.

I was looking over all the work I have to do this spring around here as my deck needed to be repainted etc. when the weather warms up as well as cleaning up the yard where it needs it etc. And I'm thinking to myself, "I don't wanna, I want to be out traveling". Just want to get on the road and go. So I guess one day here, the dogs and I will take off and spend a day monkeying around a bit farther north here, just for a change of scenery.

Not sure where today is going to go. Plan to run the vac over the house and then want to wash the insides of my breezeway windows, so I can put the screens back in. It's foggy outside right now, but promises to be a nice day. Have been considering going down to Roscommon to visit a friend of mine for a bit, might do that. Will see what the mood is in awhile here. I have business in town every day next week, so my mornings are going to be shot and I start back to work on April 9th, so want to get the stuff that needs doing, done before then. Got time.

So want to wish all of you a great "'St. Paddy's Day". Those of you who are on the road, travel safe and "May the Wind Always Be At Your Back". My Irish two cents worth for today

[Redetotry]

Happy St. Patrick's Day all, it is another sunny day here, supposed to be 80 for several more days Too soon for summer, it is beautiful though with so many flowers and the fruit trees suddenly in bloom.

I couldn't sleep last night either, I woke up around 1:30 and I don't know whether I ever really got back to sleep or not. I don't know what is causing my sleepless nights, the medicine I'm taking for UtI is supposed to make me drowsy, maybe it's having the opposite effect on me. All of us night owls should check in on FB and chat with who ever else is up!

I just found the St. Patrick's Day card I bought for my friend in Ireland on the counter, opps! I'll take a picture and email it. Her daughter recently moved here to the states and this will be her first time to miss the festivities back home . She has played the bag pipes for several years and marched in the parade which starts very early and winds through the town waking everyone up to join in. It's the start of an all day celebration. I've always thought it would be a really fun time but one drawback is the weather is still pretty awful this time of year where they live on the west coast of CO Mayo.

Enjoy the day. I'm headed back to yoga class at last!!!

[dayspring39]

Good Morning all you brave ladies... we have sun in Ocala also... St Paddys day for sure... green beer and all... well I will take coffee with cream thank you... will be the designated driver... hmmm have often wondered if the snakes ever came back... oh well guess I will die wondering...
Moving day here, will travel a whole 2 miles to my new site... I did not get all of the motor home washed as I twisted my back and it was very hot... I can find an excuse for anything... another day will finish the job...
It was so nice seeing Nan on Friday... love the RV women...
my trike is stowed on the back of my MH... all I have to do is disconnect the water, electric and cable then will get LP and leave this beautiful place...
Drive careful those that must be on the road...
Kathleen

[Echo]

GOOD MORNING SISTAHS~~~

Happy St. Paddy's Day to ya'll. Even if you don't have green running in your veins today you can be Irish!! Need to call my bestest friend in the whole world today and wish she and her Italian husband a Happy one. Wow! Did she and I ever do some Green celebrating when we were younger! It truly is amazing that we never got tossed in jail....

Kelly has been checking in on Face Book via her phone and I know at least 2 or 3 have posted back to her posts. But we are in Knoxville TN. Spent the night in a Motel 6. I really did not want to go to the campground at 11pm and try to get in a site. Not to even mention that I was really tired so it would not have been fun at all trying to do anything. Had planned on stopping sooner, like half way between Nashville and Knoxville but..... By time I hit that point it was still daylight and I was feeling good so kept going. We did stop for supper just west of Knox but then the thought of totally being east of Knox had me rolling again. Only traveled 30mls to get here but at least I don't have to put up with the morning traffic. To tell you the truth traffic wasn't as bad in the cities as I thought it was gonna be, but will maybe get into that sometime later. Only have about ??? maybe another 45min to drive to get to Pigeon Forge and to the campground. Am really looking forward to getting there and getting settled in to our 'new home'. Then after we get all set up we are jumping back into the truck and heading up the road to David's. He has Conner this weekend so we are super excited. I just want to grab Conner and start hugging and kissing! Poor little guy, I'd scare the poop right out of him. Need to stop and buy cookies to use as a bribe!!!

Have thought of ya'll everyday since we left AZ wondering what all you've been up to and how everyone was. Haven't looked at any posts so I will have to do a lot of catching up. Hope ya'll have been staying out of trouble while I haven't been around to check on ya. If your traveling today careful and be safe. If your sitting parked and taking it easy? I hope you enjoy a day of sunshine, breezes and have fun!!!

Love to all

[Nasoosie]

GOOD MORNING ALL!

It's sunny where Kath is, and nice and sunny down here in Orlando again today, too. Tomorrow is the day my daughter's high school friend and her family will be arriving from the north country for a week of fun in the sun. I hope this week is as pretty weatherwise as was the last week.

Unfortunately, I tripped over a little table leg Thursday night while carrying my foam mattress for my porch bed, hit the entire right side of my body against the table, and have been pretty much totally unable to move since. I am sure I have broken more ribs, this time minus the fun of the campfire dancing. I have no comfy way to sit or lie down, have no pain pills other than over the counter Ibuprofen, and am getting really tired. Getting up and down from the toilet is a treat that brings tears to my eyes and blood-curling screams from my mouth, causing Molly and Dinah to quake! I doubt I can get into my truck to take me to get an X-ray, so maybe I will call Weldon and Melissa today and beg for some help.

If I am absent from the internet for a while, that will be why. I really would like to get to St. Cloud either tomorrow or Monday to stay until Thursday morning, but......

Later.......

[BirdbyBird]

Sue.....You keep that property up so well. It is labor of love but is labor intensive. With all your concern and eye to budget and dreams, I know that the housing market is questionable but why don't you just go ahead and put the place on the market. If it doesn't sell, nothing is lost. If it does sell. your freedom is gained! And you can put the money in with the rest of you retirement savings and probably figure out a way to make it with work camping and freedom from stick house responsibilities.....if that is really something that you want ..... You could replace the value of your unemployment checks plus your state park employment check (minus the overhead of the stick/brick house) with the budget of a work camping/ road gypsy!


Just read your post, Soos.......Yes, it is past time. Quit, scaring the dogs.....Call Weldon and Melissa or 911, or someone....get help! Let us know. how many ribs? Then we will know for sure that you have actually gone.

[dpf]

Top of the Morning to all you lovely Colleens! I have coffee with Irish Cremer...getting too wise (old) for the Bailey's in the morning! It's going to be a beautiful day and probably too warm for me to wear my sweatshirt that sports the Collins family shield. It was 82* yesterday with promises for the same today. We sat outside in the beer garden for our Friday night happy hour last yesterday...almost unheard of weather for SD in March. This year we experienced the winter that wasn't.

Not much on my agenda for today. Have to make coleslaw to take to the neighbors for supper. The neighbors are getting together to celebrate St Paddy's day with Ruben's and green beer! Since I am probably the only Irishman in a town of Germans, Czechs and Dutch....I'm the honored guest! I should get to pinch a lot of people for not wearing green!

Soos...get to the doctor. If you have broken ribs there probably isn't a lot they can do except to tape you up good and give you some high power pain killers. But you need to find out for sure what's going on.

Echo and Kelly...enjoy your reunion with the family. I know you're chomping at the bit to get your hands on Conner.

For all of you I give my dad's favorite Irish blessing..."May you be in Heaven an hour before the devil knows you're dead!"

[bluepinecones]

Happy St Patty Day!

Soos - I hope you have called for help by now. Not a good idea to wait any longer.

It is so good to be able to enjoy my morning coffee again and to be rid of that pic line (for IV fluids). I'm feeling so much better but have zero energy and still having trouble with sleep/wake cycle. Going to try moving around a bit more today in hopes that will help.

I do need to go to campground and check on Magic. Several rounds of severe thunderstorms past few days and 3 inches of rain already this month. Poor baby has been sitting down there all by herself. Am also running out of time to get her registered in AL (dealer kept title to wait for check to clear). With any luck the title will arrive in todays mail and I can get tag Monday.

Echo - Good to see you and Kelly made it back to TN safely.

[Acadianmom]

Soos, you better let your son know what happened so they can help you and be checking on you. At this stage of our lives we have to be very careful of falls. This is coming from one that has broken her shoulder tripping over a cat. When we were evacuating for the last hurricane I was walking with my arms full of things, tripped over another cat and fell across the side of the bath tub. I didn't break anything but was black and blue from head to toe.

Birdie, you should have woke your neighbor up and told him you were afraid he would be late for work. Which way are you headed?

Glad to see Echo and Kelly are almost to their destination. Boy, that was one quick trip. Forgot she was a long haul trucker. I don't know what it was about Knoxville traffic but I didn't like it either. The second time I kept going to get through it and made me late getting to a campground.

Better find something green to wear and head off to the RV show. It looks like it could rain but hopefully it will hold off.

Martha

[AlmostThere]

Soos, get to the Dr ASAP. Don't take the chance of puncturing a lung.

Hooray, for Echo and Kelly. I imagine their excitement to be home again is way over the top!

Had some excitement here last night. My DD switched cars with me yesterday as my SUV can hold 8 people and they needed extra room to transport the girls attending my GDs birthday bash. They also still needed to use their second car. So the two loaded vehicles started the evening with a trek to downtown Portland to the famous ( in the area) VooDoo Donut shop. My GD wanted donuts instead of a cake. Well, on their way back, as they were approaching an intersection, a guy in the turn lane decides he wants over and doesn't check before he throws his car in reverse and guns it, hitting my SILs car head on! My DD was driving my vehicle close behind and she and the girls helplessly witnessed it all. Luckily no one was hurt but the whole front of their car was smashed in. So while my SIL calls 911 and takes care of that, my DD transported her load of girls to the G6 Air Park (indoor trampoline place) where the actual party was to take place. So I had to go be with the first bunch of girls while my DD went back into Portland to retrieve my SIL and the remainder 3 girls.

This AM I was to take my DDs vehicle back and attend my youngest GD a basketball game with them, but now I am carless. I will call here soon to see how everyone is this morning.

[Carolinagal]

Good morning Ladies, I am not wearing green, can I still join you? I dressed way to early and not thinking of day, let alone date. (that happens when I am alone ) Also woke during the night to a gentle rain, its still going. This is a good rain, has a chance to soak in.

Soos, get yourself taken care of, whatever it takes to get x-rays, get it done. Hopefully its only a few ribs, you have broken. Pain is terrible, but if you fell hard you need to know that is all it is!!!! We'll all be waiting to hear. You know what all of these women are like when one of us doesn't take care of ourselves properly, Right ??? Hoping you're able to get some word to us how you are before day is done, I'll be looking !!!!!!

Echo, so glad to hear from you and that you all are so close to your destination. Whew !!! Now to settle in and get re-aquainted with that precious grandson. Have a great day you two !! Thanks for posting this morning.

Busy place here this morning, and for a Saturday, so unusual. Maybe its the holiday we're celebrating.

Sarah, soooo glad to see you are finally on the mend. Probably will take a few days for your energy level to get back up there. I got on the WII yesterday, after 140 days, boy, did I get fussed at. Gotta load her up and take her with me from now on, hate to be fussed at. No weight gain, lost almost a lb. since last time, but I was way lower and gained it all back, in that 140 MIA days, so the little biddy doesn't know that or she would have really fussed. The balance stuff, lets just say I am not going to get into any competitions soon.

Hope you all have a really great day and those of you who have sun, enjoy it for the rest of us ok? Thanks !!! We need rain here, so I will try to appreciate how nasty it is outside each time I go in and out, ugh !!!

Have a Happy St. Paddy's day all,
CArol

[pattyk]

Happy St Patrick's Day to all.

Glad to see Echo & Kelly home in TN. It will be great to see the grandson.

I get to take Sammie for her first walk in 4 days. We have had a lot of rain. One day we had 3.44 inches of rain. It has been needed desperately.

No sinus problems here but I feel for all those who have them.

Sue, I get tired just reading what all you do around your place. I used to do all of that except for snow removal but sold that place and moved into a mobilehome.

Soos, get yourself checked out.

[avalen]

just gonna say good morning and Happy St Patricks day, now I'm off to bed as my medicine is making me so drowsy. Gotta kick this sinus thing
in the butt'. Everybody be safe and so glad to see Echo has landed.