A New Car Port

We have a car port for our car and it took a little maneuvering to get it set up.  You might remember seeing this same carport as a garage for a while with older pictures of the farm.  George and Lisa used it for storage for a few years and once the pad was poured for their new garage the old one was moved to the orchard to store wood.  Well the wood it stored is going to be used and George was ready to get rid of the garage and offered it to Tim.  Now we have a carport for our car which will be nice to protect the car from the elements.  Moving it from the orchard to our driveway was done with a trailer until it got to the top of the driveway.  At that point George and Tim rolled it off the trailer and down the driveway where the three of us, George, Tim and I, picked it up and moved it to it's new location.  In adding the carport Tim has lost a view out his side window and I have a bit of an obstructed view but we have a car port!  Good job guys!

Re-stringing A Window Shade

In the RV there are special window shades on all the windows that allow three different lighting effects.  The first is to have it completely open, the second it so have the day shade down that lets light in but still gives you privacy and the third is a night shade can be drawn that blocks out almost all the light and allows for complete privacy, day or night.  We had two window shades that broke and we just lived with them by rigging them to simply open and close.  Tim found a video on how to restring the shades to work again.  After buying the materials needed, cord and a large needle, I practiced by fixing the smaller shade from the bedroom and it was easy; thanks to the video.  Thank you RV with Tito (rvwithtito.com) for your video and instructions.  Last night, Tim and I restrung the large shade over our dining room table, I needed Tim to hold the shade together while I restrung it.  It only took about 30 minutes and now we have a working shade again.  It was a successful project that saved us a lot of money since we now do not need to replace both shades.  Good job Team Loomis!

The 2018 Winter Olympics

The 2018 Winter Olympics have been completed and it was good.   I have heard that the ratings for the Olympics was down but not at this house.  We had the Olympics on the entire time.  I watched almost every event and enjoyed it.  PyeongChang did a great job and South Korea were wonderful hosts.  The USA did pretty good and were so close to the podium in several events, 24 times in fourth.  It was still a good Olympics for the USA and all the participants made us proud!  Way to go USA!  Now on to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan!

A New Cul De Sac

With the progress that has been made in the area where a hill once was now sits a new turn around driveway and a cul de sac.  The cul de sac now has a major improvement with an addition of a fence around the cul de sac.  Along with the fence lights were placed on top of the posts so it is well lit at night.  It really looks nice.  Way to go George and Tim.

WooHoo! More First Time Gold Ever!

The USA Men's Curling Team have won the Gold Medal and it is the first time a Gold medal has been won in Curling by the USA.  It was a good match and since it was played at 1:00am in the morning my time I received and watched it at 5:00 am before I could see any results.  I have loved Curling since I first watched in a couple of Olympics ago and even though I still do not fully understand it I think I would love to try it.  Once again, way to go USA!

St. Patty's Fence

With St. Patrick's Day less than a Month away Lisa and I decided to do some quick decorating of the fence since it has not been decorated since Christmas.  So we stopped by Dollar Tree, that is where we get most of our decorations, and picked up a few decorations.  We did not go all out on the fence since it will only be up for a few weeks.  We have already starting planning the next decorations for the fence.  Will it be Easter?  Will it be Spring?  Will we jump right into Summer?  You will just have to wait and see!

The Black Panther

We went and saw the movie, "The Black Panther" last night and it was good.  It was the latest of the Marvel movies and it was good but different.  It was not what I was expecting but was a good story and a very different way of telling it.  If you are a Marvel fan then definitely see it and if you are not this may be one you may want to see.