Water Leak, Beautiful Music & Dentists

Nothing much has happened since our big snow here in Montgomery a week ago Sunday. The following week the temperatures rebounded and we were in the 60's during the day and by the weekend in was in the 70's - nice.

Dean and I were going to go to American Village in Montevallo, AL on Thursday. We were getting in the Jeep when I noticed a big puddle of water under the motorhome and then saw a fast drip coming from one of the bays. Ohh, this didn't look good. Needless to say, our trip was cancelled. The leak was coming from a hot water connector that was located in the underneath portion of our kitchen side slide. Of course the bays were wet, uhh, more like soaked! Dean was able locate the problem and we called one of those "on site RV repair" people. He finally showed up around 3 pm and had it fixed in about 30 min. Thank goodness the leak was where it was and not inside the coach, could have been much worse. After two days of leaving the bay doors open and fans running, it dried up and we could put everything back. Another minor problem fixed.

Dean took advantage of the time we had during our "crisis" to make a door for the hole where the old TV had been in the bedroom. We had purchased a HD flat screen and I wanted it mounted on the outside of a door so that I would have a new storage closet. He did a good job except he bought a gold color piano hinge instead of silver. I didn't notice it until he was all done, so at some point he will have to take it down and replace it with a silver one - gotta keep things matching you know! He had also build a bookcase for me for under the slide window behind the driver so when he varnished the door he finally got it varnished or maybe it was shellacked (not sure about the spelling but you know what I mean).

This past Saturday evening we went with Suze to her church for a performance of the Children's Honor Choir.

The Alabama Baptist All-State Children's Honor Choir was formed in 2000 to offer music opportunities to fourth through sixth grade boys and girls who are involved in choirs from churches across the Alabama Baptist Convention. Each year 150-175 children are accepted through auditions to be a part of this unique group. They have performed in churches all across Alabama as well as other churches in the South. This year was a special 10-year reunion concert. They where joined by alumni members for the performance.

The performance was exceptional, spirit filled and uplifting. You could tell that the children really wanted to be there singing. This year's choir did several songs themselves in two part harmony and then where joined by the alumni members for several other songs. My favorite song that they performed was Praise You. It just sent chills through you as you listened and watched them perform using sign language. A very enjoyable evening indeed.




Picture of the choir - the ones in the light shirts are this years choir and the ones in the dark shirts are the alumni. You can't see all the alumni in the picture but there were about 100 of them.

Today was Dean's dentist day. We are now back home and he is feeling OK. His new teeth look great, but of course there are adjustments that will have to be made once his gums heal completely. I'm surprised by the fact that he hasn't gone to bed. He says he's just as comfortable sitting in his recliner napping. Of course he is on a liquid diet for a couple of days, so I'll run out and get something to eat so I don't have to eat in front of him. Today I'll do it after I go to Curves this afternoon. He said he doesn't have much discomfort yet and that the feeling in his face is starting to come back. We have pain pills for him to take if needed and he's on antibiotics for a week. From here on hopefully everyday will just get better.

Guess that about brings me up to date for now. We are still planning on leaving here on April 1st - no foolin! We will stop in Jackson, MS and get the oil changed in the coach and genny. Then we will be heading for Beaver Bend State Park, OK to meet up with Wes & Jan, Tom & Dianna, and Gary & Jo. Not sure who else. We are really looking forward to this gathering. It's been soooo long since we've been with friends.

Take care & safe driving till next time......