When one moves…..

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Our first motor home (LOL) the VW Bus with a pop-UP!

Pre read note: Oh yes, many folks were at the GITMO dump (junk yard) looking daily.  As a matter f fact it was referred to as 'Going out to Sears'  And YES MA, we too bought parts in the USA at Junk yards.  

Now for today:

WE have moved a lot in our nearly 69 years of marriage. Married in York, SC. #1 son was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. #2 son was born in Kirksville, MO. I can remember when we moved to Washington DC we put all our belongings in the back seat and trunk of our car. Moving was easy then. LOL

Now I have collected so much STUFF it takes a while to make a move, PLUS you learn things.  You learn you can actually give things away and believe it or not, I have actually thrown some of my useless collectings away.

So maybe moving is a good thing. LOL It is even hard for me to realize that I have ALMOST emptied the basement playhouse. WE are getting a head start. WE decided that we will move into the RV in our back yard next Friday.  That way we can take our time packing up here in the house without dodging boxes every evening.

The continuing story, the life of old people.

Nite Shipslog

 

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I am a junkyard kind of guy!

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Flight deck of the USS Independence, my home without Sherry for a couple years...

So for today:

Most ships on the East Coast of the USA spend time at GITMO Bay.   When GITMO is mentioned, folks think only of the well-known prison.  HOWEVER that is a minor part of Guantanamo.

The main mission of the USN BASE is the testing and training of new ships and ships coming out of shipyards for repairs or upgrades. Therefore, most sailors on this coast have spent time in GITMO. The ships that visit are put thru strenuous tests, testing the ship and it’s crew.  The reason for the location is the weather. It is perfect 99.9% of the time and the testing is completed at sea so there is no down time due to bad weather.

My job there was to keep all IBM machines repaired and operating. My secondary job was to print all the checks for military and civilians that worked there.

My sweetheart took a civil service job in ‘Household Goods’.  She worked in the area of furniture shipped in and out for the residents.

As you can imagine there was lots of trash and junk from the thousands of folks there.  My favorite thing was trips to the ‘DUMP’. While there I never bought parts for the cars  (including tires), appliances, etc. IF you needed a tire or part, you needed only carry a jack and wrench to the dump, find a wrecked, junk car with what you needed and take it.  It was sorta like an Easter Egg hunt. LOL

We still consider that as our best military assignment, it was a small town atmosphere and as I said, the weather was great.

The boys loved it because they raced Moto Cross

Nite Shipslog

 

PS Thanks for stopping by the shipslog, I am doing better on this keyboard, I think!  That is sorta joking, I have never been able to type without looking at the keys. There are times I look up to check and am not  even typing or am on the wrong document. LOL

I am confusing, I have been told several times.!

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This is the  first home in which we lived in  GITMO BAY, Cuba.  This was some of the first homes built there. We later moved into a concrete block home.  Yep the white barrel was our trash barrel, we did have trash pickup LOL

So for today:

I built this duplex we live in in Belmont, NC many years ago, our attorney said it must be condos if your sister is buying one side.  So the  duplex is legally condos. Both have full size basements. Our basement housed my office while I was in business. I converted the office to an apartment which our son Jack Jr. moved into.  Now that we are swapping our side (condo) with our Granddaughter, I created an apartment in the other condo basement for Jack Jr  The top floor is rented to a lady named Beth.  She rented only the top level. Leaving the basement for me to use. 

I chose to create another apartment in her basement (all with her agreement)  Jack Jr. has now moved into it, leaving this side free and clear to swap to our granddaughter.  She will get this side upper and lower.  Sweet Stella, Sherece’s daughter, is looking forward to the basement being hers once she gets to college.

We, in the meantime, are getting ready to make the move (which will be in October). I am emptying out the basement of my junk (my part of the basement  was never a part of the basement apartment; My playhouse had much more room than the apartment and included the Garage.

So, I have so much junk, stuff and tools it is taking a while to clear it up.  We agreed to clear the basement first. I am in the process of moving our junk (treasures) to storage located on the new location.

I trust this entry has further confused the moving issue.

Be that as it may, we are looking forward to completing the move. We will again have a big RV Port for the RV. Since we do have the RV, a move will be less a problem for us because we can just take our time with the home and live in the RV.

Nite Shipslog

PS: 

AGAIN THANKS for reading the  Shipslog. It is nice to know some folks will read this stuff.  Smile HE is good!

 

A Team

 Photo of the day:

 The hiking team,,

Sherry on Blood Mountain

Me in the Smokies

(I meant for only one pic, I started to delete 2 Ms. Computer said: deletion deletes the pic thru out the computer, so they stay. LOL)

So for today:

Our crop of tomatoes is dwindling; a friend brought some okra to Sherry at church.  Soooo I promised to make a fresh tomato soup. So yesterday I stopped work in the afternoon and started the soup.  Sherry cleaned and cut the Okra.

I wasn’t sure how long to cook the tomatoes, so I started looking thru our ‘MANY COOK BOOKS’.  We have some from many friends, several from churches ladies groups and even Sherry’s orig cook book she bought when we married. I LEARNED SOMETHING!!!  NOT ONE COOK BOOK HAD TOMATO SOUP IN IT!!!! Why is that?  Is it because tomato is a fruit not a veggie.  OR are we supposed to only buy Campbell’s Tomato soup??

Now for a fact on this internet you can get thousands of recipes for Tomato soup, but not in ours’ by gravy!

I did find in Sherry’s cook book from the church in Biloxi, Miss, a list of times to cook different foods, and it listed 10-15 minutes on med lo heat for tomatoes..  So I guessed at 20 minutes.

The tomato okra soup was very good I added some honey, chopped garlic and a dash of Worchester sauce. Sherry added onion.  It turned out great, we are a pretty good team!!!

Nite Shipslog

 

PS

Thanks for stopping by the shipslog, I am doing better on this keyboard, I think!

Once more

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Yep, I know this has been around a long time.  This is the peak of MT Katahdin in Maine. It is The northern end of the Appalachian Trail (the AT). No, we did not hike the entire trail, but we did hike right at 2000 miles of the 2190. All my sweetheart's idea. She likes me out in the woods!!!

So for today:

I am getting a little better on this new computer.  Life is continuing, at least all my data is saved as far as I know.

It takes some time to get back to feeling comfortable. I have completed the dog lot for Sherece’s puppies, I have invite them over to give it a try and to see if they can find a way to escape.  I do not want them to escape until they are familiar with the new area.

Jack Jr has completed his move into the new apartment; I think he likes it.  I am now transferring my basement junk to a storage area at the new to us home.

The folks around here know we once had that house, but they do not know that we never moved into it.  We just lived in the back yard in the RV.

WE are at home in the motor home just as easy as a house. In the next week or so we will continue packing up here but live out in the Motor home. We have been out of the RV now for months, so we can get reacclimated and ready for our trip to the Dutch Country of Lancaster, PA.

We are comfortable in the woods and a tent.  

It looks like this entry will go as normal.

Nite Shipslog

 

PS

Hoping your day is good, thanks for stopping by the shipslog, and yes, I do appreciate and enjoy comments..

I am back ror a minute.

I just lost a paragraph. Ithought I had just published a blog entry.  It just appe aared here  as a draft so I hit a publish button, nada.

still having problems with this new computer.  Pretty confused too LOL

OUCH, the blue death

 

  

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So for today:

Ever heard of the Blue Death on a computer? Well Just after thelast entry here, I experienced the Blue death.  NOTHING on this system except a blue screen.

Now hundreds of dollars later, I am back on with a new computer and have all my data off the old hard drive!! LOL.  One of hit the wrong buttuns o this thing and I startf all over again.  That is where we stand.

On the meat loaf, we enjoyed it,  but think we prefer more tomato tastes.  BUT  I learned you can do a meat loaf in about 6 hours on lo to med, not sure yet on that. But I sure like the slo cooker type of meal  I hope to be back after learning more about this computer.

Nite Shipslog

PS

The BEST to who read, and I appreciate you taking the time to stop by.

Meat loaf

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This is Elsie, another great grand, Ben and Carol's daughter. She is an 18 year old lady now!  She is in North Carolina now. Most of her life was in Utah.

So for today:

I normally just eat routinely.  Mostly the same 7 or 8 meals.  Might be more.  I seldom read recipes. But friend Myra listed a great sounding meat loaf. French Onion Meatloaf with Swiss Cheese.  I copied it and planned to try it.  Well today I did.  Since I have a little more time on my hands I tried it.  First of all since I gave up the pressure cooker and love the slow cooker, this one was right down my alley.  A Meat loaf in a pressure cooker!

True to  the recipe it was very fast to put together.  I was sure I had every thing required . I bought the 2 lbs of HB meat and swiss cheese on my $100 quick grocery run the other day. LOL But when I tried to find our Worchester sauce, NADA. So I used A1.  AND THEN when I started to caramelize the onions I ran across the Worchester, so I added some to my Onions.

Sherry asked what was going to be my sides?  I said I am fixing meatloaf, that should do it.  She asked if I cared if she added green beans and mashed potatoes.  Of course I said do it.

Everything was a hit, and yes, Myra, the meatloaf got a thumbs up from Sherry and Jack Jr. Sherry’s addition plus fresh tomato was great also.

We have some great left overs.

Nite Shipslog

PS

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