Things are settling down a bit...we hope!

We finally got the word that our tree damaged Miata can be repaired and we'll have her back next week. In the interim the computer on our Prius lost its programing after I'd left the dealer for a routine oil change, the car stopping dead in front of the Coast Guard Academy in New London. The dealer sent a wrecker, we towed it back and they put me in a rental car yada yada yada. We got the Prius back yesterday...seems a fuse blew on the ECM (?) which knocked out the programming and they've re-set everything back up. Major inconvenience but no harm, no foul. Today is going to be busy as we're moving Alice's mom from a nursing home in Mystic to one much closer to us in Jewett City. This will enable us to visit more often as it's right in the middle of our normal shopping-work grid.

The "Plan" was to beat the weather and get home from our camping trip where it was safe......

So much for good intentions ! :(. We lost power at about 3am....sometime after that Joanna heard a loud crash. When we got up, this is what we found....Between the multiple dents, broken windshield and side glass, the destruction of the convertible top etc we're not too optimistic about the future of my toy Miata. NOT a good start for the week. We finally got power back on at 4pm.

We just returned from our first campout of the season....

We just returned from our first camp out of the season at Deer Haven CG in Lisbon. There were several challenges to include weather, and we're looking forward to the better weather that's coming....for sure! Click on the title for a small photo album from this event.

In photo: The pot luck selection Saturday April 14th, 2007

Camping season has arrived.....kind of!

We're gearing up to leave tomorrow for our first camp out of the season with our Seaport Sam's Camping Club. Of course the weather for tomorrow is supposed to be either a hard rain or snow....isn't that always the way? We've got the motor home pretty much set to go....putting the essentials back in, have sanitized the water system etc and she's on the "launch pad" while we load her. Of course the noodles are going nuts because they LOVE to go camping and don't want to be left behind. On our Florida-Georgia jaunt a few months back they had to stay home and it took days to get their noses back in joint, for sure!

Busy is not the word for it!!

Recently I've been like the proverbial one armed juggler.....Busy, Busy, Busy. We've set up websites for the Preston Ethics Commission, and the Preston Building & Facilities Committee. Yesterday we were at an all day District Conference for District 1 of United States Power Squadron....click the hyper linked title to see photo's from that event.