Green Valley Park For Retirees, Weatherford, TX
We are still here. In our third month now. We started with a $225 per month and electric has been about $105. Looking at our pics of our space, we are parked with room to spare. This month the rent is up $25 to $250. Still the best deal in town or the metroplex probably. Being under the tall oak will be a benefit when it gets to 100 and over. We are mostly shaded. Our solar panels get most of the sun if we need to use battery power.
We had a thunderstorm come through last week and our power went out. We were not the only ones so we waited for it to come back on. When the neighbors lights came back, ours remained black. Humm. We waited several hours, plenty of time. In fact our shore power light would flicker on but not stay on. I went out and checked the breaker several times and it was ok. Still nothing. Finally I went out and look at the wires and looooo, we had a burnt 30/50 amp pigtail to our power cord melted. That explained the flicker and no power. I flipped the breaker and we were on battery.
Being it was dark, I put off going to get new parts till the next day. Went to W-M and nope, no pigtail. I then went to the rv park on the west side of town at Tin Top road and I20. He has about anything. Got the pigtail and the one with the wires for stripping to patch our shore line. Once that fix was down, flipped the breaker and power. We are connected to the TXU grid as there is no park grid. We are on a 50 plug which means we are getting the full 50 amps. With this new parts, the house a/c works great. The pigtail has been bad since we parked at the casino in AZ this spring. We had a/c problems there and probably other places where we used the 50 amp plug. The rv park on the west side of town does rv repairs on anything. The guy, Richard, works on any part of the rv. We had our a/c units re-juiced with freon there and he did put on a recharge valve for later use. that was in 05 and we are freezing ourselves out if we want. It can get cold in here on those hot days.
There is nothing to report on the job search. I expect we will hear from the state parks around the middle of the month for starting on Sept. 1. The good side of this is the job search can continue while we/she is doing the audit of the parks, vendors selling licenses. The bad side is still the driving to them. But, we have a plan if its workable. We will know more if/when the call to come to the training session comes and after that training. Could be a nice job yet.
In the interim, Shirley is taking care of her mom and dad. Its a good thing she is not working now. I will only say that her dad is having his heart looked at. Things are not as they should be. Her mom does not drive and with her dad unable to right now, Shirley spends lots of her time with errands and trips to the Dr that have to be done.
The update work on their house is still going on. The new tile makes a world of difference. The inside is being painted, new carpet ordered and the new doors installed. The half bath by the garage got all new fixtures and floor. The carpet is to arrive after the painting is finished.
We went house looking. Saw one floor plane we liked but this house had a single room on the second floor. Take that out and the floor plan was nice. large open kitchen with breakfast nook, dining area, large living/den jack and jill bedrooms and hall 1/2 bath and super size master with shower, garden tub etc and large walk in closet. I got the left over of the closet, IE, 2nd choice. But, with no jobs, we do not qualify now. Still, we can look and want. Oh well. If we go and take another look at this house, get some rough measurements, I can draw it up on the computer. I would have to install my AutoCad. Gosh, do I even remember how that works, its been about 4 years now. With the floor plan, we can have the house built any where we choose. And choose our own elevations, appliances, wall plugs, tv outlets, pc network, outside lighting, hum the list goes on. Even include rv hookups.
