Cooler Weather

Two nights ago it got down to 28 degrees.  We were aware that the temperature was going to drop down below freezing, so John winterized the shower on the swim platform and the deck wash, out on the bow.  I guess we didn't go far enough south.  It's only November and it gets cold at night.  The days when the sun shines are still pleasant though.   

The oven quit working.  It wouldn't heat up and the water heater isn't getting the water very warm any more.  So, John ordered a new heating element for the water heater and a heating element for the oven.  Today he installed the one for the oven.  Now I can cook anything I want again.  It was strange having to think about how something needed to be cooked before buying food at the grocery store.  The water heater is on the list of  "Things To Do".  John hasn't been feeling so well for the past two or three days.  It's just a cold, but he doesn't feel like doing much.  We are both hoping that he is back to normal (whatever that is) by the time we come home for Thanksgiving.  We are so looking forward to seeing everyone over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.  I am doing very well with my Christmas shopping.  I figured that since we are going to be home for a few weeks and there are only six weeks until Christmas, I better get a move on.  There is still one more thing I want to make for a Christmas gift.   I feel pretty good about my progress so far.  Well, that's pretty much what's been happening recently here. 

November Already

This past weekend was my annual sisters' trip.  My sisters and sisters-in-law have gone away for a weekend in the fall every year for many years.  Over the years this trip has evolved to include Mom and the nieces and nieces-in-law that are older than 18.  I never missed a single one of these trips until we left on The Great Loop Trip.  I missed two years during that time.  We were gone for three years, but one year they came to where we were docked for our sisters' trip.  This year it was only my sisters and Mom.  The four of us went to Clarksville, Indiana.  We started our Christmas shopping, went to a very nice craft show in Louisville, and attended the play "Mousetrap" at the Derby Dinner Theater.  We ate a lot, laughed a lot, and played cards.  While we missed the rest of the girls, we had a great time anyway.

Before I left for this weekend, John told me that he bought me a present that was going to be delivered on Friday.  He said it was something I wouldn't buy for myself.  It's not even my birthday or our Anniversary or anything.  When I got back, he gave it to me.  It is a box of wonderful teas from Mighty Leaf Tea Company.  He was right.  I would not have ordered it for myself, but they are wonderful.  I might have to reorder them because I haven't tried a single one that I didn't like.  Thanks, John. 

There aren't very many people around the harbor since the first of the month.  Pickwick State Park has been working on replacing their docks and, apparently, one (or more) of them has been finished and open for boats.  Several boats left our dock to go there.  Several boats have left for Florida.  Loopers have been passing through here and we enjoy talking with them, but they don't stay more than a night or two.  It's a good thing we have each other to talk to.

That's it for a week or so.  Hang in there.....