31 Bluebonnet Street

31 Bluebonnet Street
Winter Texans Home away from Home

WELCOME

Welcome to our blog, we hope to share with you the trials and tribulations of our conversion from a 'stick' home to a '5th wheel home' to Mobile living.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

My OH! My, where is the time flying too! Last week we had cool wet weather and this week has been sunny and warmer. I finally dismantled the old shed and now have to figure out how to push the newer shed back to where the older one was, use the diesel , man power or maybe both? I have a mexican crew lined up to take the scrap to the dump. Once everything is in its place we will design our deck and private dog park from there. Last Monday we went on a boat cruise down the Rio Grande River and saw all the damage that was done last Spring when a hurricane in Mexico cause serious flooding. The water rose 18' and stayed there for 33 days and then it receded to a lower shore line level and stayed there for another 30 days. The water level is still above normal. Jane is still with her stained glass and I'm enjoying my Fri. bike rides to some local restaurants for breakfast. Instead of 'Soup' night this week they had 'Baked Potato' night instead. For $4.00 you got a huge baked potato, chopped beef stew, creamed broccoli, grated cheddar cheese, sour cream, butter, orange sherbet and a cookie too! WOW! What a meal. We also look forward to 'Peter Piper Pizza night' on Wednesdays, last wed. I won one of the door prizes, a cute little stuffer Garfield.
We visited the local flea market and ordered a vinyl skirt that goes around the front of the 5th wheel making it into a small storage room, about 5' x 8', enough to hold the bicycles, lawn mower and small BBQ, etc. It keeps the place tidy looking when we set up back in Ontario.
This Monday we are going on another tour to see some local land marks and historical sites, so that should be interesting too!
Stay safe friends!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

View of the park from our roof

We are pretty well settled in. We received a partial shipment of new furniture on Tuesday, some more next Thursday and the balance on Feb. 3rd. I have started to demolish one of the two sheds (only allowed one) but we are not under pressure to do so, just get it done. Jane has already started on the 'job jar list' but I think the 'priorities' will keep me busy until next year. Yesterday was 'Peter Piper Pizza' night, which we enjoyed and tonight was 'Homemade soup night' which we missed. I love my soup too, but missed it tonight as I spent the afternoon in Pharr, Tx doing some shopping and had a late lunch. Jane is still experiencing migraines and today was no exception. In addition to walking the dogs twice a day we have been getting at least one bicycle run in a day. Tomorrow AM is our bicycle breakfast run and tomorrows trip is about 4 miles, one of the longer runs. Jane is coming but will be going by car, she is not very apt with the bike yet. We have signed up for a few local tours to some Historical land marks which I will share with you latter. The Weather is remaining hot (80's) and humid (85's) but hey, that's why we are here, to enjoy the Winter.