Someone has an interesting idea, I only found it because I have been looking for RV's.  This park has several RV's - for sale.  So, they make you put X amount of money down, looks like 2 grand is their standard and then they charge you varying rates per month apparently according to the overall price of the unit. The last one I looked at was $475 per month for payment on the unit plus $375 per month lot rent.  That's pretty pricey for overall monthly payments. And they have a stipulation that they cannot leave the park with the unit until the entire thing is paid off.  

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Delicious food and good company at the graduation party.  Went to the Park afterwards to collect money. The man was as delighted as many before him with the peace and quiet my park offers away from Interstate noise.  That over with, people are showing up for a card night.  I actually think it's going to be a pool night since we got the pool going and it's very clean and nice looking. No one has been in it yet since we got it going, but this is the first weekend since we cleaned it out and dumped chemicals into it.  

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Ok, lol. Pool and card night over.  Pool water is freezing cold, I didn't even think about getting in, it was very cool out tonight and very nice.  I only get into water like that when it's warm or hot.  The kids were freezing, the adults that got in were freezing, I was fine sitting in a comfy, rocking patio chair. Done with that, inside to play cards. Hilarious, even if half the people were worn out from the graduation stuff all day long.  

The grumpy dude.   He's in the shed doing laundry and says something I couldn't understand. Listened to it 5 times and then played it for everyone. He's going OW! OW! every time he leans down to grab the clothes out of the dryer.  No idea, I assume he must have back problems. But that wasn't the thing: as he's walking out the door, he says something like: Makes you want to take a soaper scrubber and throw it over the fence, bye!

Bad knees on her, bad back on him and bad marriage? Maybe I'm misinterpreting this situation.  Well, no, not really. It became obvious they had a bad marriage early on. Or if they think it's good, more power to them but that kind of heated yelling and arguing at each other?  Just the idea that they are taking it out on everyone else. They are, actually, to some extent.  Maybe they need to get out of the RV life, get a house and do something different. 

On another note, the State of Texas DOT sent me a notification: Your medical card is going to expire July 12. It's nice they send a notice, you know what you need to do and ample time to get it done.  Yes, I am definitely renewing it. Not renewing? Your CDL is revoked and you are put back to a regular driver license.  And from what I've heard, to get your CDL back, you are mandated to go through training again.

I intend on keeping my CDL whether I am using it or not as long as my health will pass the tests to get the medical card.  It's every 2 years.  My CDL doesn't need renewed until I'm 62 years old.  The only hard part about renewing my CDL is the hazmat test. There is no other test to take. They just renew it otherwise.  

I'm tired of the whining. I laid it down on the line again today to the 8 year old: make up your mind. Go to church or go play D&D.  You can't have both.  He wants both. The timeline doesn't necessarily accommodate for it. They come with me to church.  I go, we leave, I go the property. It's a mile and a half away from the church.  I then go out to eat -not always but sometimes. And on some Sundays, there are other things that keep me out until late afternoon. I don't go home, I go do the things I need/want to do. Need to do first.  

I don't feel the need to listen to an 8 year old pouting and whining and complaining. D&D came after we started going to church. In fact, he just started going last Sunday. We've been going to church for quite a while now.  In my view, it's God or some demonic game that isn't anything in the Christian realm. I don't put it to him like that exactly, tho I did say you can choose between God or a game.  It's truly his choice, but the pouting!  But I still want to go to church! Yes, church comes second.  You can go with mom to D&D tomorrow, I'm fine with that.

You can't force people to God, learned that long ago. Doesn't matter what age. They will accept or reject and there's nothing you can do about that.  His next demand? Let's go to church at the 9:30 service. No.  I go to the late service for a reason.  I want him to have to make a choice between the 2 and whatever his decision is, I won't deride him for it, that's between him and God.  I just want him to make his own decision. But I truly do not want to go to church at 9:30 am.  I spend Sunday mornings perusing and thinking about things and taking my time to get up, get awake and get real for church.  

He never had a problem with it - until D&D.  Games always come first.  Whatever.  Shrugs shoulders, moves on. If he does go to D&D tomorrow, I'll take the younger one to the movie theater after church tomorrow. Seems only fitting, right? 

It's late. Time to go to bed. 

 Quite the day and only 1:00 pm.  Started with the idea that the house - both inside and out - are being cleaned.  Well cleaned.  I did all the dishes and scrubbed down the counters, took out the trash, cleaned out the trash can and then started on the fish tank. It's in the kitchen area being the dining room and the kitchen on a bar type counter.  I took half the water out, caught the two now-large Koi and relocated them to the 300 gallon pond outside.  I have no idea of their status, for I needed to go back inside and get the tank finished.

Cleaning out the tank and refilling it with water and putting in some medicine that helps take out chlorine and make tap water safe, I then scrubbed the filter.  New filter media and that is done.  Over to the fridge, cleaned out food that we aren't going to eat. I tend to keep leftovers for quite a while, but over a week, that's long enough.  I got many meals out of the ensuing leftovers from dinner meals.  I like to get my money's worth out  of it, especially meat dishes, it's not like meat is cheap right now. 

Into my room, cleaning up and doing laundry and then - finally making some lunch and sitting down to relax for a while. We have a graduation party at a church to go to this evening and then a card game at the house.  

I don't necessarily need to go over to the park today. The 4 day stay came in yesterday and I charged them the amount they still owed and sent them a detailed email that is automatically generated if I choose to send them one. Which I always do, whether anyone asks for it or not.  There is another overnight coming in today, they originally had reserved 8 days but called and cut it back to just one night.  Their plans had changed, quite unfortunately, that would have been a decent chunk of money.  

In other words, there is too much to do today and unless someone needs something over there, the park is functioning quite nicely even if I currently have 3 spots empty.  Tonight it will be down to 2, but these are just temporaries. Beyond lowering my monthly rates to the "introductory rate" again, I really don't know what else I can do to get people in there besides getting an RV or cabin or tiny house to accommodate them.  I am fairly certain I could rent one out quickly.  There is a huge lack of housing in my area.

I'm still seriously considering a motor coach that is selling for 2 grand. It's been on the market for a while. It needs a serious cleaning but unless the ample amount of pictures aren't showing something I need to see, it's very doable. And probably could get the price lowered, Idon't think it actually runs, but I don't need it to.  Have it towed to a spot behind the shed, get it hooked up, hire someone to deep clean it and rent it out.  I have someone in mind that I could have to come over and clean it and she would do an excellent job.  Give her the cleaners and materials necessary and give her a couple hundred bucks to get it done.  

Anyway, if I could get the thing, get it over there and get it done for $2,500 or less, I would be happy.  It's just filthy. Dirt can be cleaned. It's water damage coming through the roof or a non-functioning roof ac that would concern me.  Of course, if it did have those problems and they came down enough on the price, I would do it.  As long as it isn't a huge project - I have had enough of projects and I still have more to go in the shed.  I expect Monday to finish hooking up both the drain and the cold water supply.  That will get that going.  I think I will run a line to the vanity so I can install a light right there. It will just be a setup where when I turn on the main bathroom light switch, both lights will go on.  

Oh, and I think I could get around $650 per month for renting out a trailer or coach or whatever.  An actual cabin or such would go for much more.  More like $850 or even higher.  I can't get a cabin atm, even the shells are very expensive and I don't need a project shell, I need something completed and ready to go, turn key so to speak. 

I'm going to wait until I get the next power bill to determine if I can lower the lot rent to opening day specials. I am thinking not possible, but we'll see. It's been very warm and even hot, AC's are running constantly, it will give me a good idea of how much I can lower the rent, if any, to get more people in.  The lower rent is what got a lot of the people in there in the first place. I may have no choice but to lower rates and get whatever I can in there.  Lower rates, lower profits but still, there will be profit to be had.  Next power bill should be available after the 23rd. 

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A call in plus another registered arrival today plus the people that came in for 4 days 2 days ago, means I have 13 out of 14 spaces rented at least for tonight.  Yup, I'd take that other space rented and after that? I'd offer up the grassy area rental.  The registered arrival? I got a notification and saw they are in a motor coach pulling a car.  They registered for lot 12, a back in site.  You really can't back in a car on the rear of a coach like that. They were lucky that I had lot 3 available after that long term took off the other day.  

"Oh, we didn't know it was assigned a space".  Uhh, if you had read the software you were using to reserve a spot, you would have seen it says specifically lot 12 and more specifically that it is a back in lot.  But whatever, I don't get on people's case like that, I just wonder why they don't read what they are paying for. Not to mention the confirmation email I send them automatically fills in information saying the date, how much they paid, the lot they are going to be in and the designation of that lot - back in in this case.  

This isn't rocket science and I have gone through the registration a few times. "Designated Access" BI - and a legend that says BI stands for back in. I'm going to have to change the standard site to back in site so that that is what they see right off the bat.  

Anyway, we are headed to a church for a graduation party and then back home for a game of cards. I will have to run over there when lot 4 arrives. They didn't register online - there are people out there that just don't seem to be able to do it regardless of how easy it is.  I tolerate them to get the money.  A run over there isn't that far or take more than maybe 25 minutes total, round trip, if that. I can make it shorter - if people don't come looking for me wanting to chat about whatever.

Enough, time to get ready to go.