We haven't been "on the Road" but we have been busy

I was reading all the blogs that I follow and decided I would do a little catch up.  It seems that is all I do on here.
Even though we haven't been traveling, we have been busy.  Our motor home is still in the shop.  It's been 7 months!  Harvey really did a job on her.  Everything is just about fixed except for one part.  Ron Hoover RV in Houston, took the rv to the Freightliner shop for some of the repairs that they couldn't do.  Freightliner is now telling us that one of the parts, the ICU cluster is discontinued and they can't get the part.  Our speedometer and gauge lights flash on and off.  Because of this we can't pass inspection to get our tags renewed.  Now what do we do?  We have searched the internet and so far have had no luck.  Our insurance (Good Sams by the way) is not being helpful at all.  They basically have said, sorry, tough luck.  Just about everything electrical was knocked out. TV's, radio, refrigerator, transmission gear buttons ? (those buttons on side that change gears) and some of the plug ins.  All of this has been fixed.  Now what do we do?  Any help is appreciated.

Now I will show you what I have been doing.

This is my first watercolor.  Since we moved south of Houston, we are not far from the gulf.  I wanted some beachy pictures for my new house.

            This is acrylic.  I used to paint with oils.  It's different and will take time to adjust

                  Here is my second watercolor.  I'm still trying to get the hang of it.

This mixed media is a painting my sister saw in Italy this year.  She wanted me to paint if for her. It's different from anything I have ever done but I think I love it!
Painting is very helpful for releaving stress.  I probably should paint some more.  LOL
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Trip to Buckhaven Ranch

                           We were lucky enough to get to spend a week at my cousins ranch.

                        The beautiful creature below is on the neighbors property.

 One day we went into Fredricksburg.  There are a lot of neat shops downtown.  There are a lot of handmade items and even an old five and dime.

                           I fell in love with these lazy susans.   Some were inlaid with turquoise.

                                                      Beautiful cactus about to bloom.

I looked out one morning and a couple of male turkeys were trying to impress the girls.  The girls were walking ahead of them out of the picture.

                                         Here are the girls.  Look on the left side of the picture.
It was a wonderful week.  Thank you Bill and Camie!
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Where do I start?

Let's play catch up.  I haven't posted since thanksgiving.  We spent Christmas in Louisiana because we weren't in our house yet. 

We moved into our new home on Dec. 31, 2017.  There is a lot of work to be done, when moving and it has been taking a long time to get settled in.

Our first project was to get a sidewalk put in connecting our house with Michaels.









Next we had sod inatalled.

                                                      We hope to add even more sod soon. 

                           Look real good.  This is $4500. worth of sod!!!!  This has really helped with dust and dirt problems in the houses.

On the inside, I got my shutters installed.

I am still decorating my house and hopefully will have it done soon. 
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