Well here we are and another week of prefestival set up for Musikfest. This week seems to be a bit cooler than last week when we had two of the volunteers that were working with us go down from the heat. So today it was very nice and we had a good crew and have completed far more than we had hoped to do by today. We are now where we have been in the past on Wednesday, so if the weather holds we will have and easy time of whats left to complete. On the house project we painted out the master bedroom and now it is just waiting for it to sell and just waiting for the last sale of the tools and other household stuff  and off we go, can't wait.                                       G

Well here we go with our 15th year of volunteering at Musikfest and of course it is getting hot again. We have been very lucky again with having some really good people to help us and everything is going really smooth. If it all keeps going this way it will be the first time we will have Saturday off, which would be the first time that has happened for us . Things with the sale of the house is still moving along with the final sale of my tools and as we cleaned up it seems we still have a crap load of little things to get rid of. The last sale is October 6th and of course we will not be here by choice to see it all go I hope. The process has been very enlightening as to how much you can collect when you stay in one house for 26 years and couldn't get rid of stuff. I should have know that when you create storage space you must feel a need to fill it and we did it very well. We have still not gotten the for sale sign up yet but we hope to have it up in the next couple of weeks .  This blog may seem a bit disjointed but  its' just me.                        G

Well it's another great day in Warren NJ. Tara and Bari are very gracious hosts and we all had a good a lovely day of just talking and hanging out in the pool, the pool was 89 degrees and the air was 99 so it was comfortable. I really like the travel life and can't wait for this to be our everyday . Will be going back to the house later today as everyone here has to go back to the real world tomorrow.  I will have to get back in motion and finish the work on the house.                           G

Hi Everyone,
Been real busy with work on the house. Finished the first floor rooms and the front porch. Need to do some light painting on the outside sills and the new trim on the garages. YEA, the end is getting closer and can't wait to put up the for sale sign. Did another auction of most of the 18 century stuff and again did pretty well with that. We are currently mooch camping at Laurens Sisters house and I need the break from home repairs. Tara's is a great place  hang out as she has a beautiful piece of property and it is easy to set up the RV and see some of the family. It will probably be our last trip until the Outer Banks in September.                                            G

Been working on painting the inside of the house and have finally finished the fireplace room and hung the new curtains and roman shades we bought in 2005, another one of life's little detours.That was the year Lauren had her knees replaced. It is the largest of the down stairs rooms and we have patched the quest room and have started to paint it. Laurens office is almost done with the patching. Have patched over 250 nail holes. Had way to much stuff hanging. So much art and family pictures.Hope to get the front perch done next week and some outside trim replaced. Will miss my goal of the 1st to list the house but will be done before Musikfest.                              G

Hi All, sorry we haven't posted lately because we have been busy getting the house ready to sell. Had the Purple Heart Vets do a another major pickup. 64 55gallon bags of clothes and shoes and stuff. When you have been in the same house since 1986 things have accumulated a bit. We have also had some time to see some old friends . Eileen and Bruno were passing through and we spent a pleasant afternoon together and have had some family come over and take some of the family pictures and other goods to help ease the transition. We have also started another friend on her way to the RV lifestyle.I know once she gets the itch she will love it.I can not wait to get the for sale sign up. A little more paint and we are ready to go. Had our friends Less and Ginny over on Sunday to pickup more stuff to go to auction. They are the best and hope if anybody else wishes to send things to auction that they contact me and I will refer them to Less and Ginny. They have made this transition very easy for us. Hope all of you are doing well. Will try to post more often.                         G

Hi All , once again it is raining so there is some time for a quick post. Been emptying clothes closets and when you have had 26 years to load them up it seems a bit daunting. So far 41 bags of clothes and shoes and we are still not completely through, this is after the first 35 went in February. Still have linen closets and storage shelves in basement to tackle. Probably another 50 to 60 bag sand these are the really big ones. Some are almost to heavy to lift. Glad the Veterans will pick them up from the front porch. Postings will be sporadic while we are living in our yard in the RV. Have a nice view of pool and back yard.I must say it is a good one.                                     G