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Our first listing! Lots of great folks on here...enjoy! :)

My Welsh Friend

I just wanted to take the time to shout out to our dear, dear friend, Sandra.  She has been faithfully following our blog, and when Pirate stopped in at his old job, Sandra told him so!  She probably told him a few other things, too, lol!  We love you, San, and will miss you and Ray so much.  When we come into town to see Tony, we will be sure to drop in for a Vodka and laughter! =)  Sandra, do you think our Mariners will EVER see a World Series??!

Another hard day of sorting, moving, and tagging.  It's so funny to discover how much "stuff" a person can pack into their home over the years.  Pirate had SIX gas cans!  All different sizes, too.  The most fun, however, is going thru mementos of the kids' childhoods.  That's what really gets us both.

Then there are the precious little knick-knacks...in particular, I have a hand-painted tea-pot with bright kitties all over it.  I received it from Pirate and Amy in 2002, right before I could no longer work at the bank.  It's so pretty, so ME, and the meaning behind it, well, that makes it even prettier in my eyes.  But there is no practical way to take it with us.  I'm hoping that either Amy or Tracie will want it.  I'm thinking Miss Tracie will, since I've drilled into her head passed on my love for felines.

The weather is nice, with a low pressure trying to sneak through and hit Spokane (200 miles north).  Just thankful I didn't have to run out to the Gypsy and close her vents.  She stays nice and cool out there with the new arrangement on the gravel apron.  The IDIOT that was parked crossways pulled RIGHT NEXT to us.  We can barely squeeze past, and couldn't open the second door in the garage if we wanted to.  When it comes time to load the Harley and arrange the garage, we're simply going to park beside the A building like our neighbor with the Class A does. (remember the video of Da Beast getting loaded onto the tow rig and how the tree out front is in the way?)

It will be such a blessing to have the ability to just pick up and MOVE whenever we want!

Also, I'm sure my fellow RV Bloggers 'get' this one:  we're starting to run into more and more "prejudice."  As in, folks not understanding why we would sell everything...isn't home ownership the American Dream?  I always answer that the Gypsy Rose is our home and OUR American Dream.  We've got too many things we want to do and places we want to see before it's the final lights out.  We want to be able to show our as-yet-unborn grandchildren their Huge Backyard.  We're even planning on stealing our Bella Boo when she's old enough!!  Since she will be the oldest, she gets to be the Queen or Princess, her choice!   Nothing like the innocence of a child to put life into proper perspective.

Miss Tracie, age 3:  Mom, I know how God made the grass!
Mom:  Really?  How did He do that?
Miss Tracie, with smug look on her face:  GRASSHOPPERS!!

This is also about the same time she asked me if we had a big tall ladder.  I asked her why?  She wanted to climb it so she could touch the clouds.  Oh, I miss that time!

Please feel free to check out the other blogs I follow, off to your right:

I have yet to  figure out how to add you all in the body of my blog with the handy-dandy links.  If it's easy, please feel free to school this old blonde chick in the comments section....I'd really appreciate that.  Hope everyone is having a fine, fine Tuesday.  See y'all soon!

sorting, sorta...

Willie fell asleep in his catnip this morning!

We're slowly and surely packing, sorting, making messes, disorder everywhere!  We spent the night out in the Gypsy Rose again last night.  It had been a week, and Willie was hesitant to get into his "Go-Rig."  We realize we need to get our ducks lined into a better row and spend more time out there...otherwise, Mister Dink Stinker Cat-Face will not be happy.  We also have to get on putting him into his tube and going for rides in the truck...wow, time is whizzing by!

Everyone's blogs continue to keep us in the Spirit as we wait to join you.  We find it immensely interesting that most of you are up in our neck of the woods at this time.  Makes sense to us, it's BEAUTIFUL here in the Pacific North West!  (PNC)  Having been raised here, we tend to take the area for granted...well, not any more!  Once we pull out with the ink barely dry on the sale of the condo, we plan to stay in our town for a bit...2 weeks max...and will play tourist in our own town!  

We often take Harley rides all over the PNC, but rarely to we see the 'touristy' thangs in our town.  Having Hanford Nuclear Reservation right here you'd think we'd have done a tour by now! Nope!  And there are so really cool shops, wineries, and wonderful parks here.  Sounds like a challenge to me, to find out what other 'tourists' see while they are here in our area.

It's another hot one out there today, and it's supposed to reach triple digits the day of our yard sale...that will mean a cranky set of Cozarts!  Willie just woke from his stupor and is attacking the keyboard, so I'd best go for now, lol!  See you all soon!

Ink Therapy

Hot off the press

This is really, really special to me...well, to all of us in the Cozart family.  Boone's ashes are incorporated into the black ink.  Boone LOVED getting his teeth brushed (Crest Vanilla Mint, please!) and his favorite toys were zebras.  The entire family and all of our friends were always on the lookout for Zeebies for him.  There was something, probably the black and white colors, that made zebs his best toy.

Just had to share...I'm a wee emotional right now.  Thank you, Friends, for dropping by today.

Yard Sale date set for July 16th

Miss Tracie will travel down from Seattle with her roommate and Bestie Lindsay.  It will be Heaven to see the Girls! =)  Wow, we're getting close!  And I must admit I saw denial on Pirate's face tonight when we were discussing the date.  He wanted to push it back a week...but I told him that this is the only tine Tracie has off. I do need to change the days on our pull out clock...they don't quite match up to the real days left in July.

I've found that if I make a list of what I want to accomplish, I usually get everything done.  My mornings are spent waiting for the first dose of painkillers to kick in, so I have time to write a list each day.  The sense of accomplishment is wonderful--nothing like crossing something off of a list to make you feel proud of yourself.

I have scored a rare cancellation spot at my Tattoo Artist for Thursday!  I'm very excited.  Jerrett Spaeth is a true artist, and we consider his whole family part of our family.  It's difficult to get an appointment with Jerrett, he's that good.  You'll wait months, if you're lucky.  I get 3 hours Thursday! Wahoo!  I will be getting a cartoon zebra brushing his teeth to honor my Boone.  I will also have his ashes incorporated into the ink.  Boone loved zebras, and he loved his teeth brushed.  There will be a banner underneath that says, "Forever with Mommy."  This will help put closure on the hurt.  I'm so happy that I will carry an actual part of him within me.  I am just so blessed to have had him for 7 1/2 years.  He truly was a Professor and Stud Muffin.  Big Pal, Mister B, Brother, Little Man...the list goes on.  He effected so many people in his short life.

Gliding with Arm Rests

 

My handsome Pirate attaching the arm rests from Arlen Ness…God Bless the Chrome!

Hanging Pictures and Good news from my Doc!

 This is the 3M product, found at Target, Wal-Mart and the like

 Oldest daughter Amy has given us a series of pieces made of hammered metal (the chili peppers) and youngest daughter Tracie drew the kitty.

 This little painting by Tracie is one of our favorites...right above Mom's sink!

 Tracie's artwork in our bedroom

 In the bathroom...by Tracie

The two favoritest favorites...Palm tree metal from Amy, painting of a palm-tree Christmas by Tracie


Now for the good news!!  My orthopedic surgeon has come across a topical pain reliever that actually is supposed to work on nerve pain...it's compounded at a pharmacy in Alabama, goes down into the skin an entire inch, and will be mailed to me sometime soon.  If this works for me as well as some of his other patients...I could be off morphine soon!!!!!!

Combined with the warmer climates we'll be in, and I'm sure I'll still have to take hydros for breakthrough pain...but I can live with that just fine!  Oh, to no longer be Mother Morphine's slave...I'd try not to get my hopes up, but they already are.  I felt like hugging my doc!  Our 'action plan' since the botox stopped working has been to keep me out of pain and wait for research to catch up.  Dystonia, you don't own me!!!  This is MY body and I want it back!

I'd like to thank everyone for their prayers sent this way.  I still haven't heard a tally on how much was raised this last week, but as soon as I know, I'll make it known.  Oh, where Oh, where are the media when young folks are doing good?!  I spoke with Tawney's Mom this week, and she, too, is amazed and blessed by all the young 'kids' that are there for her heart-broken daughter.  It's so comforting to know that over 200 of us parents raised our kids right!  And those are just the young folks that I know about...I'm sure there were several who couldn't make the different fundraisers and gatherings.  Some of the kids' friends are away in the military, as well.

May we all remember to be as kind and generous as these young folks as we fight the traffic and get all hot and sweaty and short-fused out there!