Stained the new boards

Yesterday while Nancy was getting ready I thought I would start on staining the new white pine boards that I put on the face of the slide out.

By the time it took Nancy to get ready I had stained all of the new boards.
Then Nancy came out and said  she had been thinking about going out to eat and decided she would rather order some pasta from Pizza Hut and just stay home to eat.  So I got on the phone ordered the pasta to be ready for pick up in an hour.
With the pizza, garlic bread sticks we had salad that Nancy put together and a soft drink.

Here is a before photo of what we wanted to replace on the slide out.

Here is the new after the new slide out face board. I still have to put several coats of clear varnish on before it is finished.

A before middle section.

And this is after the new stained middle part.
It looks somewhat better than the old upholstered material after 15 years of looking at the same thing. 

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Another Birthday?

No I do not have another birthday!  Today its Nancy's birthday so we will have our dinner out today.


The day time temperatures have been in the high 80's for a week and today was forecasted to be 97 it is definitely time to head north to cooler temperatures.

Yesterday It was my turn to go and get an eye exam and pick out the frame for glasses.
I have the start of cataract in the left eye but it is not enough for surgery so that is good news at this time. Now we will be waiting until I get my glasses before we can have the final plans on when we leave here.
When I got back home Nancy said they called from Sun Coast Eye Institute that her glasses were in and she could come in at any time to pick them up.
So I told her I would not have time to do anything else we may as well jump in the car and go get her glasses now.  She really likes her new pair of glasses and the frame she picked out this time is much lighter than the ones she had before.
Funny thing is while we were watching tv last night I looked over and noticed that she didn't have her glasses on after I asked why she wasn't wearing the new glasses she said that she could see good without them.
I may do a little sanding on the new slide face boards today I will just have to see how the day progresses.

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Making progress

Saturday morning started with a good breakfast of eggs with onions, pepper with a couple of quarter sliced tomatoes and a piece of country ham with that toast and coffee. 
With a good breakfast like that I was ready for my day and to start on my new project.  On the face of the slice there was the last remains of the old upholstery material that I took off.
I also put up most of the new white pine boards which Nancy and I decide the we wanted as a new look to dress up in that area of the motorhome.
We both agree that it looks much better and gives more light to that area.
I will have the before and after photos when I'm finished with it.  It might be a while as I want to stain and varnish the boards.

Yesterday I went to Lowes to get a few items that I needed for the new project.
From there it was to Walmart to get some small packs of screws and nails because Lowes had the large ones which was more than I wanted.

Then it was a stop in Aldi for a couple dozen large eggs at an unbelievable price of .56, two packages of 12 oz. salad mix for .89.

Then I stopped at Bob Evans for the dinner I ordered earlier.  We had a pot roast with gravy, dressing and rolls.  It was the Family Feast a meal for four at a price of $19.95 so it will be two meals for us, which is a bargain indeed.

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Windy Night

Yesterday morning Nancy had us scrambled eggs with ham, peppers and onions on toast for breakfast that tasted mighty good along with a cup of coffee.

After breakfast while Nancy was getting ready to face the day I had a couple of places to go to.
First was Walgreens to get some vitamins we take each day that were on sale.
Next stop was Home Depot for the lumber and finishing nails for my next project that I'm working on.
Next up a stop to buy gas at the price of $2.37 for the car. 
Then next was Winn Dixie for a few grocery items we needed.

When I got back home unloaded the groceries, put them away Nancy was ready to go to the park laundromat to do a couple of loads of laundry. 
Going out the door the sun was shining nice and bright with just a little wind blowing I was going to let down the patio awning but decided to leave it up for another day.

For supper Nancy had us smoked sausage with onions and peppers (yeah we like fried onions and peppers) that with fried potatoes along with sliced tomatoes and cucumbers made for a good meal.

Its a very good thing I left the patio awning up because last night the motor home was really rocking all night long and at times it was like when a dog plays with its toy that it takes it and shakes it around. Needless to say Nancy was on edge all night long while I was snoozing away.
Watching the news this morning they reported wind was at 53 mph last night and some trees down with some homes being damaged.  The wind is still blowing some what this morning so I guess the patio awning will stay up a little longer.

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Refrigerator Problems

I've been taking a short break from the things that I had scheduled to work on with taking more measuring on the wood to make sure I have everything right. I also have been thinking of the different ways of doing the project.

Thursday morning after writing the blog I noticed the check light was on, on the refrigerator and that's not a good sign. I reset it and soon the check light came back on so I got the volt meter and went outside to see what things looked like in the back of the refrigerator. I checked to see if there was DC power going to the places it should be. Next was checking the AC power which there was power at the plug connection. I then looked at the circuit board to see if there were any sign of places being burned and there wasn't.  I then took out the 5 amp fuse to look at it well it looked good so I checked the continuity with my meter, the fuse was bad. So I installed a new fuse that I had and that cured the problem.

Late in the evening the wind that has been blowing all the time that we have been here pick up in speed and the sky was getting darker so I went out side to raise the patio awning once again.
Its a good thing I did because by the time I was finished the wind was getting more fierce and it began to rain. I did get back inside before it came a down pour.

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Eye Glass Appointment

The first thing I did yesterday after breakfast was to wait until 9:00am to call  America's Best to get an appointment to have my eyes examined and get a new pair of glasses.  They were not able to have an appointment until Tuesday the 9th so that will be about another week then 10 days for the glasses to come in.

After getting the glasses appointment set up I was off to the park laundromat to do a load off laundry that always takes up almost two hours.

I ordered us a pizza from Pizza Hut online because they had a special with 50% off with online orders. I had a pick up time of 2:30pm so I had time for other things.
Nancy saw a Ollie's Bargain Outlet sign down in town the other day that she told me about because she knows I like to go in and look around their stores. 
After I was through with the laundry I still had an hour and a half so it was off to Ollie's Bargain Outlet I went.  This is a new store and so new it is not open for business yet so with this much time until it is time to pick up the pizza and I didn't want to go back home what will I do.

I know the roadside market is only a few miles from where I was so to the market I went where I bought tomatoes, banana's and five ears of corn on the cob.
From there I went to the Dollar Tree were I bought a couple of items.

Then it was to Pizza Hut to wait a short 4 minutes until the pizza was ready.  The pizza was very delicious with the pan crust extra pepperoni, cheese, green peppers and red onions.
After eating the pizza and letting it settle a little bit we had a small serving of Maple Nut ice cream.

The rest of the evening we were catching up on our computering for the day.  

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Eyes good to go

Monday Nancy was wanting to go to the Good Will Thrift Store to look around.  The last time we were in this store she bought her some new pants at a very good price. She did get her a couple of pairs of pants and I didn't find anything.
On the way back home we stopped at the Golden Corral to have our supper with me using the free Buffet Dinner coupon that they sent me in an email.  The meal was very good and the steak was the best that I've had in a Golden Corral.

Yesterday was the appointment day to get Nancy's eye's check again which she did.  First was the lady checking her vision with reading the charts that showed her vision was indeed much better.
Then she moved to another room for a short wait time the doctor came in to look at her eyes.
The good news was that everything looked fine and she could go ahead and get her new glasses.
Nancy knew her vision was much better because she could see better without glasses than she could with her old glasses on.
So she chose her glasses frame and got her measurement while there yesterday and the new glasses will be in about ten days.
Now I have to set up an appointment to have me a new pair of glasses made.

The only plans for leaving for the summer is somewhere in the latter part of this month, I still want to do a couple of things before we get on the road.

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Birthday Time

I've been running around to different places checking on things for my next project.
I went to Home Depot to check on a certain size lumber that I will need for the project.

Next up was Walmart to look at the jig saws they have to replace the old one that I have and like the Stapler it is worn out.  Walmart does have the jig saw but Amazon has a much better price on it so I ordered it from Amazon and the jig saw will be here tomorrow.

Today is a big day for me---its my Birthday number 79 WOW.

So today it will be a Birthday dinner (breakfast) on Denny's Restaurant because they sent me a Birthday coupon for a free Grand Slam Breakfast.
It doesn't end there because one day this week we will be going to Golden Corral using the free dinner coupon the sent me.  This coupon is one free dinner with a paid dinner.

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Two more finished.

I'm still catching up on a few things and Nancy is being so good to me.  The other day she had me and of course for her also a pork chop dinner with good fried potatoes and green beans.

I ordered seat covers for the driver and passenger seats and put them on.  I read the review before I ordered them that being a universal fit that they would not be an exact fit.  But like so many that got the covers said it sure beat what the old seats were.

Now maybe we will not have to have a towel to sit on.

 

I also cleaned the entry door masked it off then spray painted it. The old door like everything else on the motorhome was showing its age and needed a little TLC.

So you people that are thinking of going to be full timers it is not a long vacation.  You still have work to do around your house on wheels just like you do living in a stick and brick house.
At least when you don't like your yard you can move to another location with the house on wheels its a good feeling to be able to do that.

Well I guess its on to the next project.

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Dinette Cushions Finished

It was back to the dinette cushions yesterday. well actually it was the trim around the cushions and not the cushions themselves.  After taking the trim off I had to strip the material off of the wood remove more staples that was used to hold the material than was really needed.  It seems that at times it takes longer preparing to do the work than doing the work.
Stretching the new material and doing the stapling was going along good until the staple gun decided to not shoot out the staples.  My first thought was I was out of staples but taking a look that was not the problem.  My stapler thought after using it for at least 25 years it was time to retire. I thought well old friend if you want to quit you just go ahead you have served  me well.  So in the trash it went, but wait this was a Sear Craftsman Stapler I wonder do they still honor the lifetime warranty I will find out.
I went to Walmart and bought a new Arrow T-50 Stapler with that in hand I finished up the trim pieces. Nancy and I thought the project turned out pretty good.

This is the before photo with the cushion pattern and the olive green trim.  Fifteen years old and very worn.

This is the after photo with the light gray and white cushion and the dark gray trim.  It does look a better and much brighter.

So now to the next project as I have three of them flowing around in my head I just have to make up my mind which one to do first.

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What's happening

Thought I had better drop a line or two in the blog.

I have been on a project that has taken a little more time than I thought it would.  Plus I still have the normal things that needs to be done.
Like another load of laundry, going to get groceries, trash to the dumpster and more.

I would put photo's up of what I'm working on but I wanted to wait until I'm finished to have the before and after photo's.  Its just things to do while waiting on Nancy's eyes to heal to have her glasses made and then we can take off for the summer.

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