Snow Geese!

The other day while we were at the house it was getting late when a flock of geese came flying overhead. I think they turned and went around in a circle because they came over the house again. They were so low (or our house is so high in the back) that we could actually hear the flapping of their wings! It was so weird! There was hundreds of them...it kind of reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (remember that movie?) They weren't in a very organized formation, but then again...there were a LOT of them! I don't think I've ever seen that many birds flying at one time before!

This morning we left Shirley, AR (where we are parked while building the house) and headed towards Knoxville, TN. We are heading for Buddy Gregg's (a motorhome dealer and service) where we will have our annual service work done on our Aqua Hot (water heater/heating system in the motorhome) and a few other things. Tonight we stopped in Yuma, TN which is beween Memphis and Nashville. We should get into Knoxville tomorrow and will spend the weekend checking out the area while we wait for service on Monday. Originally our plans were to continue on to Urbanna, VA but our plans have changed. We were joining our friends, Rick & Joanne Stone at a Monaco America rally. Unfortunately, they have had to return home and we decided we would wait to go with them another time. They were the only ones we would have known at this rally. Not that that's a bad thing, but our contractor was a little disconcerted that we would be gone for three weeks or more (and I think my mom was a little bit too)! So it really was for the best that we will just take this "short" trip and head back to watch the progress of the house. Troy, our contractor thinks we will be "roughing" in the plumbing and electrical in the next two to three weeks, but I don't know! I hope so, but I'm not holding my breath!

Before we left, we did pick out our plumbing (faucets, tubs, shower, sinks, etc.). I almost forgot one of the best things! Last Saturday we went to a store in Marshall, AR called Roten's ("www.rotensfurniture.com"). Roten's has the absolute MOST moose things in one place than I've ever seen before! It was awesome! I saw so many things that I didn't have and of course, tons of things I MUST have! :-) They had some awesome furniture and tons, and tons of moose things to decorate with! I KNOW we will be going back before we move into the house! We've been to quite a few furniture stores in the past few months. We haven't purchased anything yet, since we have no place to put it, but we have definitely found our dining room and master bedroom furniture! I think we've also picked out our pool table as well! It's almost overwhelming to have to make all the choices for the house and also furniture as well!