It's very warm here, kids...especially for November 15th.   We are not used to it.  Two nights ago, it was actually cold...in the low 40's during the evening and overnight.  We had to wear sweatshirts when we got up in the  morning.  Of course, it didn't take long for the sun to warm it up.   Yesterday it was in the 80's and today is about the same.  But we are not complaining...oh no, we are not.

RH (retired husband) got the car washed, washed the dirty...very dirty...windows on the RV and now is trying to install some new shades we purchased for the main room.  We got them from JCPenney's.  They were originally $60 each and we paid $15 each plus shipping.  They were just delivered by UPS this morning.  Unfortunately RH is having a hard time getting them installed....probably another trip to get some screws or something else he already has at home in Indiana!  But the shades will look great when he has completed the job.  Photos will follow.

Speaking of photos, here are some of the outside of our place.

This is how it looked when we first saw it...and purchased it last April.

This is how it looked after RH cleaned up the yard and the weeds last April.

This is how it looks with the flagpole and plants we just put in.

Since our "to do" list has gotten checked out and we are still working on some sort of schedule...I had time to read a couple of books that I brought with me.

Somewhere along the way, I have received several paperbacks by Carla Neggers. This is the first one that I have read.  It was an interesting read. It has a predictable theme. You know it will all work out in the end. You know there is a mystery to be figured out. You know there will be a romance. But....it held my attention and I enjoyed it.

Here's an overview of the story.

"Three years after the sudden death of her husband, Lucy Blacker Swift has finally got things under control. Leaving behind the cutthroat world of Washington, Lucy and her two children move to a Vermont farmhouse and start to rebuild their lives.  But a string of unexplained events--late-night hang-ups, a bullet through a window--threatens her new life.  Unwilling to turn to her powerful father-in-law, Senator Jack Swift, Lucy tracks down Sebastian Redwing, an international security expert her late husband asked her to contact if she ever needed help.   Sebastian, though, wants nothing to do with her problems...or with a woman he's been half in love with since her wedding day.  But Sebastian knows he has no choice, and reluctantly he becomes drawn with Lucy into a dangerous tangle of blackmail, vengeance and betrayal, with Lucy's powerful family--and Sebastian's troubled past--smack in the middle." 

This book is one that you will want to read straight through. A young couple who are expecting their first child in a few weeks are thrown into a mysterious disappearance of a woman they used to know from high school. She showed up at their garage sale, went into their house and was not seen again.  Everything seems to point to their involvement with her disappearance. Their lives are being turned upside-down.  It isn't the best mystery I've read but it is worthy of spending an afternoon indulging  yourself.

Here's a description..." Ivy and David Rose, happily married high school sweethearts, are trying to clear out the junk the previous owner left in their glorious Victorian in Brush Hills, Mass., before the birth of their first child. Among the bargain hunters is Melinda White, a high school classmate who's also pregnant. Considered an oddball in school, Melinda worries about more bad luck after nearly knocking over a large mirror. When Melinda disappears and no one can remember seeing her leave the sale, the evidence suggests the couple murdered her. Ephron doesn't miss a searing beat as she plunges the Roses into an abyss of suspicion. A surprise toward the end provides the perfect twist to this deliciously creepy tale of obsession."

So, RH is having a tough time with the windowshade installation.  Time for me to leave the unit and let him cuss and swear to relieve his tension.