Three Strikes and A Couple of Homers.

Our Location today is North Ranch, Congress, Arizona, U.S.A.

Sleeping until nearly 8:00 this morning I was a bit surprised that the sky was still cloud covered after having seen The Weather Network’s forecast indicating it would be a beautiful sunny day. The more Window Shades that were opened the less certain I was that we’d even see the Sun. 

Cloudy Morning Skies.
Those Three RVs were gone by 11:00

It seems that Kathy has done something to her shoulder so it required taking a Tylenol for her to sleep last night. Even though it was closer to 8:30 when she got up she was able to sleep but her shoulder is still tender. 

The sky out our back window.

We had just gotten ourselves comfortable with our Coffee/Tea at the Computers when we both saw a UPS Delivery Truck drive by. That didn’t look good as far as getting our package today. No matter what we did this morning we were both having trouble getting On-Line. The fact that we have no Power to feed our Weboost really added to the problem so I was hoping to be able to resolve that issue today, so I cut my morning reading short.

As soon as my inside chores were finished I called Amazon to find out where my Package was. When the order was placed it was One but they broke it up into Three separate orders. The first Costumer Service Representative said she couldn’t help me because my Billing Address and Shipping Address were different. After trying to explain to her the problem I finally just asked for her Supervisor. In less then Two Minutes the Supervisor had my account up and we were cutting to the chase. I was on Hold while a call to UPS was put through. UPS claimed they lost the package and are now investigating what happen to it. The soonest an Overnight Delivery for a replacement would reach me is Monday. That’s Three Nights, so this order was cancelled and will be reordered when we have another address that it can be sent to. That was a great way to spend nearly an Hour of my morning.

Since 2011 we have had a TracFone that we have used while traveling in the US with no problem. Last year our first winter in the southwest we used it a number of times with no problem but Kathy thought that it would be a good idea if we got a second TracFone in case we got separated in a store or I’d be on an errand and she might need something else. When we saw that I could use a LG Smartphone we even replaced Kathy’s Flip Phone with an identical LG Smartphone. Last week it was working fine but suddenly this week as soon as we tried to make any call it would immediately disconnect itself. The tech that I was talking to had us turning the phone on and off, then when that wouldn’t work had me pull the Battery and SIM Card out to read the numbers on it. That required the use of Tweezers and a Magnifying Glass. The final verdict is that my new TracFone purchase in Arizona connects using the Verizon Cell Towers. Kathy’s TracFone whose number that we originally got in Michigan is connecting through the AT&T Cell Towers and they don’t have the connectivity that the Verizon Towers have. That sounds like a lot of “BS” to me but when we get that new mailing address we’ll be getting a new SIM Card for the phone sent to us. Another Hour wasted on the phone with no positive ending. 

Kathy made some Salmon Sandwiches with Pickled Asparagus for a side and a Mixed Berry Melody on a Sponge Cupcake base for dessert.

As our RV Dealer Representative mentioned the other day, the RV Manufacturers allow whoever is wiring their units the freedom to wire everything as they see fit. After emptying part of the Basement this afternoon, I was able to access the Relay Panel they installed behind the rear wall. I checked every circuit that was mounted back there with no luck. I have seen circuits made up of four different colours of wire of different lengths and thicknesses sliced together. I’ve also seen a 15 Amp Primary Fuse which fed a 25 Amp Secondary Fuse that had a bunch of Lower Amp Fuses tapped into the same line. Not being able to find the source of our problem I’ll do like I did to our Security Lamp last winter and rewire it myself when I have more time in a couple of days. 

This sign says it all.
Thanks Jen,

Since we’ll be on the road in the morning I had no choice but to put everything back together for the time being. With Three things that didn’t turn out in our favour today I was starting to feel more then a bit down but Kathy fixed that. As a Merry Thanksmas Gift our daughter-in-law Jen had given us an interesting sign that we felt just had to go up on our wall. After only Ten Minutes of work it was safely Velcroed to the wall where everyone can see it as they come inside our Home. It felt good to accomplish something positive.  

The afternoon had turned into a beautiful sunny day but if you sat in the shade outside it was on the cool side. We had a nice Spinach Salad with Cranberries, Olives and Nuts along with grilled Hamburgers for supper as well as Apple Pie for dessert. 

We have the Truck ready for towing and everything but the Utilities outside has been stored away for traveling. Since we’ll only be driving around a Hundred Miles tomorrow we won’t be in too big a rush to leave in the morning. Thanks for following along, feel free to leave a comment and click on the pictures to enlarge them. Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

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