Christmas 2014 has come and gone. We are back in Cleveland, Georgia spending time with Kathie's family and awaiting the final purchase of our country cabin. We stayed in Kingsport, Tennessee until December the 14th and then moved back to Georgia.
Once we got back to Georgia we set up camp at Leisure Acres RV Park. We have stayed there several times now on a few separate visits and like the park a lot. The owners are great folks and give a big discount to active duty and retired military. I like that as I like saving money everywhere I can.
Once we were set up and settled into our life at Leisure Acres it was retirement as usual. I have become a master at doing nothing. With so much free time I need to find something to do. My lazy lifestyle has added about 50 pounds to my frame over this last year. Just when I was trying to figure out how to shed a few extra pounds the RV Park owners invited us to a Christmas luncheon at the park's community center. Oh well, how about I start my new exercise program after the new year. I got an idea about a New Years Resolution :) Isn't that the way it's done? Until then I will continue to eat my Lucky Charms and have skinny thoughts about life in 2015.
Just a few days before Christmas Kathie and I hosted a pizza party for our Cleveland family. It's always good to get together and see the kids and catch up on all the news of the adults. It's also a great excuse for me to eat lots of my favorite food, PIZZA. Wow does that go great with beer, but no beer at the party. I'd have to wait until I got home before enjoying the brewesky.
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We celebrated Christmas Day with Kathie's mom Jane and then with daughter Heather, son Jeremy and their families the day after. The weather was a pleasant 60 degrees and plenty of sun. After lunch the kids were ready to go outside and play.
Mike, Heather's soon to be husband has been one busy elf and erected a tree house for their kids complete with a zip line. It is a 10'x10' platform that stands 22' off the ground. The kids had a blast riding the lift chair seat from the top of the tree house to the tree line below and then getting double the fun when Mike pulled them back to the tree house. Great job Mike, I can see you will have job security at your platform station for many years to come.
The kids all took turns and had a great time. I can see that will be a big event at their house for years to come. A child never out grows an adventure and the tree house will be their lookout into their teen years and beyond.
The following day, December the 27th we headed back to Tennessee. Our visit was only an overnighter and then back to Cleveland. We would share a delayed Christmas with our Tennessee family. The weather on the drive up was scattered rain, but nothing heavy. Our plan is to stay out of the ice and snow as much as possible. So far that horrible winter that has been predicted hasn't yet happened. We are only a few days into the winter season, still plenty of winter and time for that bad weather that everyone thinks is sure to come. I'm hoping it won't happen, not until we get clear of the mountain region and into the sun belt.
For as long as I can remember my Mom has always had a big Christmas dinner for her family, their families and all the neighbors who wanted to attend. If there were 50 people who showed up, that was a small crowd. Mom has always loved putting together the event and did most of the work herself. Now at the age of 86 and failing health she has had to sit the last couple of years out and allow someone else to do it. This year my youngest sister Linda took charge and did one heck of a job to continue the tradition, with Moms help of course :) Having a full time job didn't slow baby sister down, she did a fantastic job.
A big Thanks sis for stepping up and making this happen. Thanks also for all that you have done and continue to do to support Mom and be attentive to her care. I hope once you have had the time to catch your breath you find those glasses you misplaced.
From here we are looking forward to the new year and the start of 2015. What will this next coming year bring? Regardless of where we go or what we do it is sure to be another adventure. Hopefully we will start the new year moving into our log cabin, then on to a warmer climate until spring and the return of warmer tempts in the Smokey Mountains of Tenn-E-See.
We are waiting to get the call for our new property closing date. Most likely around the 1st of the new year. Until then we will remain here in Georgia where the weather is milder than the Tennessee area we are wishing to settle in.
Kathie and I have done about all we can do for now. 2014 has been a fantastic year. We have traveled thousands of miles living as full time RV'ers, met a lot of nice people and seen a lot of this beautiful country of ours. We await the start of 2015 and look forward to all the new adventures and challenges that are sure to come. Hopefully your New Year starts off with a big bang and all your resolutions come true. As for me it's the usual, I plan to loose weight, haha. Thanks to all of you for your love and support thru this past year.
Hugs, Dutch and Kathie. See you back here next year.
Here's to a skinnier us in 2015 :)
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