Ten wonderful years of Marriage...

This coming Friday, the 4th of September, Carol and I will be celebrating our tenth year of marriage. As we sit and think about it, initially, it seems like time has just flown by. However, when we start to take inventory of all we have done over the last 10 years, we really have enjoyed a lot of different things.

This time last year, Carol and I were on a two week vacation trip to the Pacific north west. This year, we aren't able to take a two week trip as we would have liked, but we will be enjoying a long 4 day weekend to the Capitola area.

Carol and I met 11 years ago, and have enjoyed really 11 years together, not just the 10 that we have been married. I have been so lucky to have been married to Carol. I was single for so long, I was really starting to doubt that I would ever find the woman of my dreams. But, I just needed to be a little patient. Carol has shown me so much love and caring over the 11 years we have been together. I was also lucky that Carol brought along with her to the relationship, her wonderful daughter Katie. I'm a very lucky guy to have such a wonderful family.

For us the computer dating thing worked, and for those who might feel 'Hopeless', all I can say is 'give it some time'. It is meant to be, you'll find that person, that special someone, just as I did.

Thank you Honey, I love you so much. Thank you for being mine. Please be mine forever. And yes, I do love you more than you love me. Love - Eric -

Their on the road again...

Hi there everyone,

Well my wonderful sister Karen and her great husband Mike are on the road again. They are on a four month trip circumnavigating the 48 contiguous United States in their Safari motor home. If you get a chance, please check out their blog at http://www.ouramericansafari.blogspot.com.

We are so jealous and wish that we could be joining them right now. They do have a lot of real-estate they are planning to cover in those four months. They have been on the road just over a week and already reached Glacier Park in Canada. We look forward to checking out their blog on a regular basis and traveling vicariously through the entries.

We are doing great. Katie and Russ are getting settled in the home that they are now renting. As we have been downsizing out of the storage unit, we have been giving them more and more furniture. They sure are getting set up nicely.

My work is going fine. The implementation of Telesphere 6.0 wrapped up early this year. Now, i am working on modules that will be part of the new Telesphere that we just installed to help us manage our Cable TV business.

All of the doggies are doing fine. Believe it or not, Roxy is still with us. We just enjoy every day that we have with her. Tyson and Lilly are doing great. Tyson hurt his neck a few months ago, and though he will never the same, he gets around pretty well, all things considered. We put these little booties on his hind legs to keep him from rubbing the tops of his hind feet raw because of dragging them.

Well, I guess that is all for now. Happy Camping! - Eric and Carol Anderson -

A cherrished snow globe and Katie and Russ's new pad

There is a snow globe that was made in the 1930's that belonged to Carols grandmother. The snow globe went from her grandmother to her mom and then ended up with us. It is a cherished family heirloom. Through all of the environmental changes that this snow globe has been through, the water had gotten really murky. A repair had been attempted some time ago, and though successful, it left the base damaged and after a while, the water got murky again. Carol read a story about a gentleman, Dick Heibel, who repaired snow globes such as these. He is 72 and lives in Michigan. I gave Dick a call and explained our dilemma. He told me that based on our description it had a bear in the snow globe. We weren't sure what the object was, but through the murky water, a bear was a possibility. He also explained he had seen many of these and that they were made in the 1930's. He told me that there was 60% chance he could fix the globe. Well, it wasn't really enjoyable the way it was, so we decided to send it off in hopes he could repair it. In a couple weeks, we had the globe returned to us and it was beautiful. As you can see in a couple pictures, you can get an idea of what the globe started out and ended up after the repair.

Karen and Mike started their latest adventure. They are traveling the US for more than 90 days in their 1994 Safari motorhome. We are so jealous. Please check out their blog at http://www.ouramericansafari.blogspot.com/

We are in the process of continuing to empty out the storage unit this weekend. We took our old King size select comfort mattress up to Sandy and Bills this morning and they are taking it for a test drive. Hopefully, they enjoy it as much as we have over the years. We also took another load of stuff down to Katie and Russ at their new place in Sacramento. They are now renting a place from Katie's, dad's partner, Kevin. It's a cute little place. The kids are so excited 'cause now they have a lawn and garden. We've really helped to set them up with all sorts of stuff for their place. Their first place was a one bedroom apartment, now they are in a three bedroom house. We set them up with lots of additional furniture and appliances.

We are so happy for them being in their new digs. Though a lot of setup still needs to be done in the house, you might get an idea about the house and the decorative gardening around it.

Well, I gotta head off to bed. I gotta go to work tomorrow morning while we do a server move during the one day of the week that the office is closed.

Happy camping! - Eric -

Success at the fair and missing my honey!!! :-(

Once in a while in our relationship, I get the distinct joy of buying my Honey some flowers. Though my heart is always willing, the checking account isn't always so cooperative. This week however there were a few extra bucks in the checking account and I knew my honey deserved a treat so, I brought some beautiful ones home for her.

She has been working so hard lately on her typing skills. In a week, she has to let the state know if she has managed to get her typing speed up to 40 words a minute. At that point, she can take the test again and hopefully get a job as a medical transcriptionist for the department of corrections. I'm so proud of her!

Carol is leaving tomorrow for a Girlies weekend with Cheryl. Carol hasn't left yet, but I miss her already. Not having her by my side is going to be tough on Friday and Saturday nights, but, I'll tough it through somehow! This is the first time we will have slept apart in a couple years.

Tonight, Carol and I went to the County fair to check things out. There was a CCR tribute band there. They weren't bad, but they were not as good as the Chicago Tribut band that was at the fair a couple years ago. None the less, Carol and I took in a couple of their songs and found it enjoyable. We also went and checked out all of the pictures and art work that was done for the fair. Both the pictures we entered, received an prize. :-) 'Late Supper', a picture of some cows near a tree at sunset got 2nd place and 'Reflection of play', a picture of the three dogs romping around received an 'Honorable Mention'. Pretty cool for our first ever entry in the fair. Both of them were taken with our little Kodak Digital camera and printed with our HP multi-function printer.

The RV park is filling up, almost to capacity for the County fair. The fair grounds are litterally right next door to the RV park so the place usually fills up around fair time. Even with all of the spots filled, the park is really very quiet.

Though Carol will be gone this weekend, I will keep busy. I plan on taking some boxes from work down to Katie and Russ so they can start packing. They have a new place that they will be moving into in August. The place is owned by Kevin Sillamans dad. His renters, of some 28 years are moving out, so the kids are preparing to move in. It is a much bigger place for about the same amount of rent. I also plan on Washing and waxing the trailer this weekend and doing a few odd repairs around the place, such as fixing the 'Screen door' again.

Well, that's all for now folks. Happy camping! - Eric -

Full-timing in the trailer and the fair

Well, the county fair is starting this week. I took a couple pictures over to the County fair. One picture is of the cows out behind the RV this last winter. The other is of the dogs playing on the beach at Ft Stevens state park in Astoria Oregon. The Fair is all a hussle and bussle with preparations for the weeks events.

We are going up to Sandy and Bills this afternoon for dinner to see the new yard. We will also will be celebrating Calvin Jr's birthday. We will be taking up a blender and toe nail clippers for Haddies trim of her toe nails. So funny. We live in a 30 foot fifth wheel trailer and Sandy and Bill live in a house over 1000 square feet and there are two things we have in this 30 by 10 box that they do not. I guess we are doing a pretty good job of setting up our limited household with the things we need.

We are going to hook up with Tommy and his daughter Cortney and see the Barrell house that Carol and Bryan use to live in. Tune in soon for pictures and an update.

Happy Camping! - Eric -

It's hot but we're ok!

Hi there everyone,

Last weekend was a busy one. Asside from our normal weekend activities, I inspected the brakes and repacked the axles on the trailer. All in all, the process went pretty well after I had all of the parts. I had to get three sets of grease seals before I finally got the right ones. But, like I said, the process went really well.

The temperature these days is exceeding 100 every day. It's really warming up the old Cougar during the day. Thankfully, though, the air conditioner is doing a great job of keeping us cool, even in the heat of the day. All of the work we have done to try to keep the trailer temperatures more under control seem to have paid off. The AC seems to be able to keep the inside of the trailer under 80 unless we decide to do some cooking inside.

Carol has started her temp job with Blue Ribbon. she is working as a secretary at the River Pines water agency. She's only working there 4 hours a day 3 days a week, but she is getting some practice typing and taking dictation, so any experience is good experience.

We are leaving tomorrow to go to a near by rv park with a local Good sam RV club. It will be our first venture with a club. We are looking forward to it for a couple reasons. We'll get to make some additional friends and we will get to see Mike and Theresa Nigro.

Karen and Mike are headed to the bay area to see a couple of drum corps shows this weekend. As much as I would love to go to see a corps show, as Carol says, I can't see and do everything.

Katie and Russ are doing great. They have been living in Elk Grove now for over 6 months and seem to be making life on their own work out just fine.

Well, I guess that is about it for now.

Happy camping all! Eric and Carol Anderson

In memory of Sean Whittaker

We would like to offer our condolences to the family of Sean Whittaker. Sean's life ended far too early when succumbed to his injuries which occurred as a result of a high speed motor cycle accident. Our hearts and thoughts go out to his mom Nancy, dad Lynn and brothers Mike and Jay.

Sean's funeral will be held on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009.

Best wishes! Eric and Carol Anderson