Making Lemonade

Kathy and Kelly with their folks
Jack and Shirley O'Hara

Well, it's been a while since our last post, but sometimes it takes a bit to recover and regroup after life throws a wrench in your plans. Never fear, we are doing fine now. As was originally planned we are staying with family (Red's Dad) while we prepare for our launch into full-timing by motor home. What wasn't in the original plan, was
needing to stay there longer than a month or so. Because we have not yet sold our property, we have not yet purchased our motor home. A purchase of that magnitude should not be made until we are ready to make use of it....hopefully that will be coming up in the near future!

Meanwhile, we are enjoying spending more time with family, and have been able to help out with some projects around the home place. I truly believe everything does happen for a reason, and it has become clear that for now we we do need to be here. As our folks age, they may need a little more 'looking after', and so we feel we are making good use of our time, and it is a blessing to us as well.

Kathy and our charge, Niles, taking it easy!

Currently, as a little break from our routine, we are dog/house sitting for friends in St. Louis, and this feels like a real vacation for us; they live in a condo on the 15th floor of a complex near downtown. The view is amazing; we have wifi, a pool to enjoy, and lots of places to visit....so this does feel like retirement! 

Car loaded for St. Louis...more room
in there than you think!

House and dog sitting in St. Louis. Celebrating
day #1 and cooking out on their balcony.

In researching online, it appears that just as there are full time RVers, there are also full time House Sitters that travel all over the world by House   Sitting. They simply travel from one long-term assignment to another, only having to pay for their transportation and basic necessities. I think that would be fun to do for a period of time.....maybe a year or so. Maybe someday when we no longer have pets, we will give it shot.

Blackberry Pie - Yep, made it myself! It's
small because I'm the only one who likes it.

During the last couple months, we have enjoyed our free time doing things that running a business didn't give us much time to do. We have taken more walks, cooked more meals and enjoyed grilling outside, taken more pictures, and I have read several books.I also ordered a metal detector, and we have had fun exploring with it. 

So, It's actually been a time to slow down and re-work our plan for getting on the road. I feel like it could be within the next few months. Until then, I'll keep you posted on how we are spending our time.

Till Next Time -
   The Bee-Gals

My Great Aunt Ann on her 100th Birthday!
My cousin, George Ann (left) and me (right).