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Not all food preparation requires cooking. Here’s what I made today:

That’s homemade mayonnaise on the right and ranch dressing on the left made from some of the mayonnaise.

I make these in my food processor from recipes in the cookbook Well Fed. I find them both delicious.

When I designed my Sportsmobile I specified that the outlets by the desk should be under the window. I did not think to say that about the galley.

See that dark spot above the swivel light? That’s the outlet I had to plug my food processor into. I forgot to take a picture of it there but let me assure you I had to move the clock to get the processor close enough to the outlet to plug it in. Irritating but doable.

It will be less irritating once I get the clock to stay hung on the wall. We tried to hang it when it was too hot so the adhesive did not hold. I’ll get around to trying again one of these days. Right now most of my energy is going into keeping me clean and fed.

And the house clean, too. Right now my galley sink looks like this.

So, that’s next on my to do list.

Then I’ll make tuna salad using some of that tasty mayonnaise and serve it with baby carrots dipped in the ranch dressing. Yum.

TTYL,

Linda

 

I showed you the couch already. Here it is made up into my bed:

Please, ignore the shadows from the window. I had not yet put away the groceries when I took these pictures.

This is what happens when I put up all but one of my room darkening shades:

With that last shade up and the light switches turned off the only light I have inside is the glow from all the electronics. I am sleeping every bit as well as I do in the apartment. That makes me very happy indeed.

My passenger seat swivels to face the couch. It is a bit too tall for me, though, so I was happy when I found my folded footstool is just the right height for me to rest my feet on.

And when I unfold it and lean my seat back I get a recliner!

If you look closely at the cab passenger window in the picture above, you will see one of my insulating and light blocking window coverings. It made a huge difference in my comfort level in this picture as the sun was beating fiercely on that window.

Now I have all the comforts of home.

I’m still in Austin and am staying home today.

I have moved to an RV park with full hookups. It is hot and I need my air conditioning.

I keep finding more things I want Sportsmobile to do for me so decided I better stay here.

Dave and I finished setting up my rig at almost midnight last night then we said goodbye. He headed back to the motel for one more night then off to Minneapolis this morning.

I put away only my refrigerated foods from the grocery shopping then went to bed. Which made this morning challenging as all my counter top was covered. So I had cheese, grapes, and nuts for breakfast. Very tasty.

Now the groceries are in the pantry so I can begin to function normally in here.

It will be interesting to discover what my new normal will be.

TTYL,

Linda

We’ve spent two days dealing with the dealer and conversion people and moving into my new winter home. We are exhausted. But, knowing you are all waiting, here’s the quick and dirty photos. Better ones to come, I hope.

      

TTYL,

Linda

I thought I’d spare you the details of the trip south this time but I decided to share this one. As many of you probably know, I hate to make reservations. I like to be free to travel as long or short days as we feel like. So we planned our stops for this trip but did not reserve the motels along the way. Mistake.

Oklahoma U played Notre Dame last night. Our choice of hotel sold it’s last room just minutes before we arrived there. We had to make do with what was available–usually everyone’s last choice.

But the bed was so comfortable we both had a good night’s sleep. And the room came with a frig so we got our meats kept for another day. And the free breakfast was vouchers to the Denny’s next door. So I can now recommend the Quality Inn in Ardmore, Texas.

TTYL,

Linda