LONG OVERDUE POST AND A LOT OF HAPPENINGS

Well..we are finally out of the crazy Motel and even though I do NOT like it here at least life is a little better...especially for my Fur Babies.

This is how the house looked the day we came to look at it..not very pretty but when we had to leave and go back to Motel as soon as we pulled in at Motel I decided it could be made liveable. I have been taking tons of pictures and will show the before and after in my next post and I promise it wont take as long

Nellie and her friend Carrie came to visit for Fathers Day and my Birthday and we took a trip to Galena. I think it is just a big tourist trap but visitors always want to go there so we went

 Saw Grants House but wasn't open to go in and kind of pricey

 You could ride around town in a trolly car and see a lot of sights (but mostly stores and restaurants)

 And the whole town is hills and we parked on a street that we had to walk back up to get to the car

 They liked this shop because they had some cool Cowgirl hats

 Had a nice Lunch at restaurant and got to sit outside and have Lunch

 There are a lot of old buildings and a lot of them have apartments and I just thought it was kind of cool where this one had a horse looking out the window (of course he was not alive)

Then they had some really beat up old buildings and had these pretty little pots of flowers by the door. Just kind of cute I thought

A lot has happened since we left Mode and I will write about it and will show tons of pictures of the area here in my next post.

Billy has been working EVERY DAY cleaning the yard and when it was raining he was cleaning and scrubbing inside.

I have been unpacking every day and don't think I will ever get done this time because I am doing a lot of sorting and will be downsizing. Kind of foolish to have so many bins of STUFF that will never be used or displayed so plans are to have a HUGE yard sale

Will be busy the next few weeks with Doctor appointments and Billy will finally go to dentist and get his teeth fixed.

Has been in the upper 90's and we have no AC...just fans so will be glad when temps drop back down and will actually be glad to pull out a long sleeve shirt. Then of course I am sure it will be cold in this house up on a hill but we do have a big wood burner in Living room so hopefully that will help. You can always bundle up to stay warm but can only peel clothes off so far and still not cool off when hot.

Just a few more pictures before I sign off

 Calli has a friend and looks a lot like her..Neighbor dog came to play with her for about an hour

 I just thought this was so pretty with Hollyhocks planted by the side of a barn. Hollyhocks remind me of my Grandmother

 Lucky gave me that look that said "No way am I getting off this Toilet...you can just go use the one upstairs"

 Cant believe I found this Church and only 3 miles from home

 This is a neighbor just a mile from here and he raises Lamas and Sheep and has every kind of Farm Machinery you can imagine

This is the road home from a little town we found called "Savanna" and it actually has stores...Wonder how this road is going to be when it is snowing and blowing.

Thats all for now