We do a little work --- sometimes!

It sounds like all we do is play, but we have pictorial proof that occasionally we do a little work. Mark started on his Mother-in-law's "honey-do" list as soon as we got the motor home parked this winter. That list included trimming up the fruit trees that had freeze damage from last year's unusually cold Valentine's Day. Mark had to use some creative use of the ladder to get to the top branches.

We're not sure how the trees will look next year, or if they will produce any fruit, but the dead branches are now gone. We've also bagged a lot of leaves as the trees down south let loose of their leaves just before they immediately grow new ones.

Another one of our chores is picking fruit. While it is less abundant this year, it still is a job to climb a ladder and clip these tangerines off those top branches.

Because of the hard freeze last year, many of the trees are damaged and most of the blooms were frozen. Citrus trees usually bloom in February or March, and those blooms produce the fruit that is picked the next February or March. This year's tangerines are smaller and not as pretty as usual.

This two-month stretch in one location also gives us time to do some work on the motor home. We did the annual roof cleaning and waxing. We've seen RVs with white streaks on the sides caused from the deterioration of their white fiberglass tops. This annual process of washing and waxing helps to preserve our fiberglass roof and keeps that from happening. This is a picture of the just-cleaned roof right before we applied two coats of wax.

Once the top is clean and waxed, it's time to start on the sides. After seven years, we have acquired some pretty good cleaning tools. We have the foldable ladder, the telescoping brush, and a couple good chamois. 

We've also developed a plan for washing the motor home. The front is the worst with its bug splatters, so that is done in one session. Then the back can be done in another session. Then the sides of the slide outs are cleaned. Finally, we put in the slides and do each side of the motor home in separate sessions. That's five different sessions spread over two or three days instead of one marathon day. We've found that each session of washing requires that we chamois it dry to avoid hard water spots. Even though this description uses the word "we," Mark did most of those sessions while Denisa was busy playing. The final project was 35-feet of gleaming fiberglass.

Even though it might not qualify as "work," we did some shopping while we had some time on our hands. The custom bedspread that came with the motorhome matches the valances in the bedroom. But it looks tired and needed to be replaced.

We shopped at a dozen different locations, before bringing home a plain quilted bed spread that lightens up the room and doesn't clash with the busy fabric on the valences.

As we look around the motor home, we see that after seven years we have replaced the uncomfortable RV L-shaped couch, got rid of the living room chair and had a new wooden chest added, took out the malfunctioning fireplace and replaced it with a wooden cabinet, and we got new carpeting. 

We also reupholstered the dining chairs, and had the driver and passenger seats redone. 

Looking around the motor home, we've done a little work on the interior to make it more comfortable and more durable. We've also done a little work on the exterior to keep it shiny. So while we play most of the time, we do a little work--sometimes.