9 NOVEMBER, 2024 - MONTH 9 RECAP

WEEK EIGHT,  Two month move-in  -  11 November, 2024


 Wellllllll, we are calling it... done.

 the USMC Anniversary and Veterans day !

Got the last poetry website combined, and up on the web  on Friday (songbirdsonline.com), tweaked an'yas tankaanya.com site a little, have communicated with the local bear, mama deer and her two kids, and the Paradise turkey (Mary) wandering around loose, finished all of my exterior winter prep, got through the election, (did I mention we got through the election?). 

So, let the hibernation begin...  we are still working on a few finishing interior touches, and grooming, storage being the most dynamic loss when moving off the boat... our last coach "the buffalo" (H8H), was "raised floor" and had as much underneath storage as the boat, "old memories" is a low floor, and has no (as in zero) underneath storage ! the buffalo was a two level passenger compartment just like old memories, both being 40 foot diesel 350 HP turbo pushers ends the similarity though, the buffalo was all aluminum and steel, old memories is aluminum and stainless steel... no ferritic steel.

                                                                                                                                         

Pressure is on to produce the  long promised "tour" (video or slide tour) of how "old memories" ended up, after the renovation...  rough to work on my tablet, 7 days of rain coming, good time for computer fixing... and then, back to rebuilding the main computer  (ugly !) so I can begin to do battle with the humongous  Whazammo.com website restructurings, both of which which will be a long winters work.  

peaking of... I also have a wifi reception, broadband width enhancement issue to fix, which is another earlier battle chapter adventure in Whazammo.com ... "Whazammo vs. the WiFi Gods",  whew !   


We did another attempt at trying to figure out how Scandinavians fit all of those sardines into a tiny can brunch-birthday for the three Scorpios in my midsts (10th-12th-16th).... out of fear we fed them green cake.   .  but, at the price of candles, it may be our last...I think RV people are used to 5 people standing in a phone booth (remember those?) as long as they're skinny.  Outsiders marvel at those of us who live in these under 300 square foot spaces, it's Tardis living ! 

So, week 8 ends the new-kid-in-town feeling, we are letting the air out of the tires, and living in paradise.


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