I'm in HOT water!

Yeppers, I'm in hot water! Glorious hot water, something I haven't had since I moved into the campground. When I first moved in and hooked up the water to the camper there was water pouring out from the water heater and under the camper. No, not pouring, GUSHING! At the time I didn't know a soul here and walked down to where some campers were congregating and asked if anyone knew anything about hot water heaters. Several of the men came over and looked at it. It was leaking on the neck where the overflow valve goes, just right next to the tank where the pipe is welded onto the tank. They suggested I either buy a new one or find someone to weld it. Apparently the man who sold me the camper hadn't drained the tank and of course it froze and broke right at the original weld. Well, this weekend myself and 2 of the neighbors pulled it out of the camper and one of them took it to a friend to have it welded. This evening he and several other guys put it back in and got it working. It's wonderful to be able to turn on the hot water & wash dishes. It's also wonderful to be able to cook on my stovetop now too. I hadn't turned on the gas because of the hot water heater not working. It's going to be great to be able to take a hot shower in my own bathroom instead of going down to the bath house. Oh and Reese (my dog) doesn't know it yet but she's getting a bath real soon. That tub is just the right size for her and there's a handheld shower which will make it easy to give her a bath.

Living without hot water for 6 weeks made me realize that we take little things like hot water for granted. I've got to do something nice for my helpful new friends. They wouldn't take money, maybe I should bake them something? Any suggestions?

Pink, Purple, and Teal Treasury

I am honored that my "Raspberry Swirl Heart Necklace" is included in Memories For Life's first treasury:


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Ms. Fixit

Since moving into my camper I've had to become a "Ms. Fixit".  It's just me and my dog so I'm learning to do things myself.  It helps that I've always been a tomboy and have some basic tools.  I've had to make an adjustable vent for my air conditioner, it was missing on the kitchen table side of it and the airflow wasn't hitting me while sitting at the table.  A piece of metal folded over a wooden skewer that I cut to size solved that problem.  It works great and I'm keeping cool.
Heavy rains had me caulking the side seams and around the windows a few weeks ago.  Somehow, when it rains really hard, the rain was still getting into the top of one window and running inside, even after all the caulking I did.  Today I made an awning out of galvanized steel and screwed it under the siding above the window, making sure to caulk real good under and on top of the area where it's inserted.  We're to get rain tomorrow so it'll get a test.  Hopefully my handmade awning will do the trick and keep the rain out.  I have to do something similar to the long front window.  It already has an awning but where the awning bracket ends is where the water gushes down the window and gets inside.  I'll be adding onto that awning soon as I can.
I've had some problems with my portable broadband modem, it's real hard to keep a signal down here.  My cell phone provider, whom I also have the broadband with, has a tower just 3/4 mile away but it's way uphill from me and there's lots of trees in the way.  I called and talked to tech support and they suggested getting an external antenna.  I priced them and honestly didn't want to spend the money on something even the tech guy wasn't sure would work.  So I got to thinking, I just need to get the modem up higher.  I only had a 8 in. USB cable on it, the one that came with the modem.  So I rigged up a wire coat hanger to get it up a little higher than table height.  That helped a little bit but I wasn't satisfied.  Today I found a 3 ft. USB cable and made a hook out of a piece of wire, inserted it into the top of the window screen and hung the modem from the hook.  I am amazed at the difference!  I've stayed on the faster connection, EV, all evening and haven't got bumped down to slow RX1 or disconnected like I had been.  Web pages are loading fast and I'm happy to be surfing again instead of crawling.  So I'll be able to blog more often now.
Until next time!
~Peace~

Baked Pineapple-Good hot or cold

A family favorite of  of ours is baked pineapple.  My mom used to make this for family gatherings at holidays and also to take as a covered dish.  I've never met a person that liked pineapple that didn't love this dish!  I'm making it to take to a covered dish dinner for the 4th of July. 
You can serve this hot or cold & it's good on vanilla icecream too.  I usually double the recipe so there's more to go around.

Baked Pineapple

20 oz. can of crushed pineapple
2 eggs-well beaten
1 cup sugar
2 Tbs. corn starch
1/4 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
butter or margarine
dash of cinnamon (if desired)

Put pineapple in a casserole dish.  Beat eggs & add to pineapple, then add sugar, water, vanilla & cornstarch, then cinnamon if desired.  (It's better with cinnamon & you can add just a dash or more.  Mix ingredients well.  Dot with butter or margarine, little dabs here and there, about 2 to 3 Tbs. altogether.  Bake for 1 hour at 325° F, stirring one or two times while baking.  Remove & serve hot or cold.

Enjoy!!! 

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