August 31, 2018 Mt. Hood Village Welches OR

The end of another month on the road. Am finally feeling pretty much back to my old self again.  4 more days here. Looking forward to a new back yard as we like to tell the girls.  I wonder how we are going to make out at Fiesta Grande for three months.  There is a lot more activities and other people to talk to.  I really worry how Steve is going to take care of me if I have a catastrophic illness. A caregiver he is not. Maybe I am still upset about our tiff. I certainly am not in the mood to celebrate our anniversary in 2 days.
Steve is still unhappy about something but at least he is speaking to me.  Oh well this too shall pass.
Anyway I slept in till 9 am. We got busy or I should say I got busy and did my morning chores and Steve took me out for breakfast at the dragonfly cafe at Mt Hood Village. We got back about 11 and I sat and finish my book. Undercover Amish which was a terrible book.  I have no desire to read the sequel.  I went out and colored while Steve carved.  Back in the house for more reading. Dinner was late as we BBQ'ed chicken.  Came in and watched movies till it was time for bed. 

August 30, 2018 Mt. Hood Village Welches OR

I am definitely on the mend. I should be back to normal by tomorrow.   Steve was up early to take the bike into the Harley Davidson dealership for servicing.  He left at 9 and didn't get back until 4. Long day for him as he had to sit around the dealership for several hours. Though he manages to spend $300. And the bike needs a new front tire . Fortunately we have one.
I did nothing but laze around the house all day. I did manage to take the pups out a couple of times.  That is all I did today.

August 29, 2018 Mt. Hood Village Welches OR

Definitely not much to report. Got a stomach bug. Severe diarrhea and I actually threw up which is unusual for me.
I finally got out of Steve what is bugging him.  One of the main things is that I have been buying cherub tomatoes which he can't put on his burgers.   Only thinking of myself. This all relates back to suggesting he wash the dishes.  So ridiculous.  He feels like I am constantly nagging him. He nags me far more. He hasn't been happy for awhile.  I suggested we go home and call it quits if he is that unhappy.  And guess what he worked himself up to a motorcycle ride. Wow.  No surprises there.

August 28, 2018 Mt. Hood Village Welches OR

Well I finally figured out what is stuck in Steve's craw.  A couple of nights ago I mentioned that I thought he should be doing the dishes. I was really joking but apparantly he took it to heart. He jumped up and did what few dishes there were after we BBQ'ed hamburgers.  However I am paying for it with his aloofness. He only speaks to m with one word answers. This has gone on for two days now. Course there were no dishes yesterday as we ate with the Peitz's.
Anyway we toured the gorge area today in search of drugs. We first took a left at the beginning of Sandy towards Bull run and followed our noses till we saw a sign to Hw 84.  Once we hit hwy 84 we headed to Hood River.  Hwy 30 to Multinomah Falls is closed due to slides.  Er lynched at Taco Bell and emptied our bladders then headed to Walmart. Then over to the Dalles to check out the army corps of engineers pals. Turned out to be dry camping right along the river.  The down hwy 14 to Camus and the Walgreens  to get allergy drugs.  Unfortunately we hit rush hour traffic in the Portland. Arrived home around 5 and started to prepare the hamburgers.  Steve threw the groceries and turned on the BBQ.  I asked him to wait until I fed the dogs and prepared the stuff.  He got huffy and decided we could wait an hour.  We ate dinner and he jumped up an washed the dishes.
Then back to normal activities.  Waiting for Bachelor in paradise

August 27, 2018 Mt. Hood Village Welches OR

We got up at our normal time. Out plan was to leave around 10am and stop at Walmart to get some meds. We were foiled because in OR you have to have a script for sudafed.
So we drove over to Heidi's of Gresham to meet Jim Ans Judy Peitz.  We met them at Congress for the Woodcarver's retreat.  Were met them at their chapter meeting of the Escapees Chapter 34. It reminded us a lot of the Good Sam's club meetings.  Their next rally will be in Florence September 9 to 13.  We will just miss them.
Then after lunch and a meeting which took 3 hours we followed them over to
Their house in Oregon City.  We sat out on their patio as the dogs were not allowed in the house.  They loved running on the grass. Jim BBQ'ed ribs for us. They were wonderful. We didn't have dif food with us so the dogs got fed late. They have us some helpful hints about traveling to Alaska and tried to explain how geo cashing works. Good people.
We did not get home until almost 9 pm.
We fed the dogs and hit the snacks and drinks  we were woefully unprepared for the long day away from the house.

August 26, 2018 Mt Hood Village Welches OR

We had a rainy day most of the day.  Got up about 8 AM and had breakfast as normal. The dogs got walked in their swanky raincoats. Showered early made the beds.
We couldn't BBQ so I decided to have baked chicken with honey garlic sauce.
Watched movies and colored most of the day. About 2:30 we decided to go for a walk. We walked down through the cabins or cabanas and around a small pond looking for blackberries.  We noticed one small house for sale.  They wanted 90K for it. Steve decided to forget about it as it is quite a hike in to where the berries are.
We came back for more movies and coloring, dinner,dishes and reading. I wrote to Robert Dugoni about a discrepancy in a character's age and he actually wrote me back!

August 25, 2018 Mt Hood Village Welches OR

We kind of had a kick back day. We got up at normal time and made waffles for breakfast. I had blackberries on my waffle.  We are going to turn into a blackberry . After waffles and lounging I did a boat load of laundry. They had the credit card pay station which worked out well as I was short on quarters.
Finished the laundry about 2:30. I finished another Dugini book. I am down to my last David Sloane book. I wrote Dugoni about how much I enjoyed his books and questioned him on the timeline for Tracey Crosswhite's age.
I made steak  chef salads for dinner. Then we had blackberries over ice cream. Steve picked a bunch of berries while I was doing laundry.
Colored some and watched some movies. Storm coming I think. I was overcast most of the afternoon. It was supposed to rain tomorrow and the next day.