Less to Store/Pack & a Bug Feast!

Gosh, it seems like it has been forever since I had the time to just sit here and write my thoughts and catch everyone up on what is happening here on the land!

One thing that is happening is that I am a feast for the bugs! I must have somewhere between 8 and 10 bug bites right now. Most of them, we think, came from outside yesterday as we went through all the boxes that were under the tarps outside our door.

Dave estimates that about 98% of what was under there is destroyed. Between water and mildew, it was bad! I did wipe off some things with Lysol and managed to save some curriculum and a special bible. But we lost hundreds of dollars of books and things, probably even over a thousand.

The slides I had of when my older boys were growing up appear to be ruined. I have set them aside for the moment and not looked at them. I am so glad that I was able to rescue our wedding pics, for the most part, before last winter.

The good news is...there is very little left to pack, sell or give away!! *smile* Gotta look at the upside of things! There is still much to do, but we did make a dent in things. I think most of the bites came from working with all that stuff in the boxes and moving wood, etc.

We have also had a lot of bugs inside, so we set a fogger off inside the RV while we were at church today. Although we remembered to turn off the propane and electricity, we forgot to turn off the propane ignition switch to the water heater. Since we also have 12 volt, it was trying to ignite while we were gone. We always refer to the foggers as bug "bombs". Well, thankfully, the igniter did not ignite the fog and blow the RV up...really making it into a "bomb"!

By the way...Vicks Vaporub works pretty well on bug bite itches...if you apply it well periodically. So does the Aloe Vera gel with the analgesic in it. Someone today told us of something called "After Bite". I am hoping to try it. She says she puts it on two or three times after a bite and it goes away. Hmmm...sounds good to me!

I hope to get pictures up tomorrow of the nest a little bird made inside of our tarp storage shed.

Well...this is a bit rushed, I know. I hope I made some sense here!

From our little RV on the Hillside, I hope that your days go well and that your nights are restful!