Day 50...Happy Valentines Day

Sue & Woody on the dance floor.

 

Hello,

It has been another busy day.   Up early to check out some rummage sales.  I found a couple of things. A cute flower pot and a pair of capris.   Back to our park for cinnamon rolls and a craft show.

Cheese burgers were made in the club house for lunch.

 

Got home in time to watch the High school High Kick  on the computer.  Tom's step daughter,  Gretchen's daughter, Skylar, is caption of her team in Austin.  The team didn't place but Skylar got on the All State team.   I haven't been able to see them dance before so it was fun to see.  It was at Target Center in the cities.

 

We had a supper of left overs then got ready for the Valentine dance at the club house.  Even live music.  We had lots of fun.   Home by 10:30.    Pretty late for us seniors. ha..

 

I made a pineapple and angle food cake for the snake to take.   As always so much food brought in.

 

We are going to Yuma tomorrow so I maybe won't write.  Depends on how late we get home.

 

Good night and God Bless

Hugs

Day 49...Fish supper

Mel's wheelbarrow with gold in it.

He is still working on it.  Can you see the gold in there?

The cord is to charge the golf cart.  I should have

moved it for the picture.

Turtles all over the place... 

 

 

Hi there,

 

We took Molly for a walk in the desert this morning. She loves being able to run without a leash.

Stopped for a visit with Sue and Woody on the way back home.

 

We had some lunch, meat loaf sandwiches, and then went to Quartzsite.  Sue went along.   We just looked around.  I found a few nice beads.   Sue got a necklace with a butterfly on it.   Mel got a snake for his gold mine.

 

Home for a short time and then went to the fish feed at Dos Amigo's.

 

I didn't go to darts tonight.   I have been sneezing and blowing my nose all day.  Alergy type feeling.   And lots of walking so I am really tired tonight.

 

Tomorrow is another big day.   Craft shows and rummage sales.   A quilt show too.

 

Stay warm...

Good night,  God Bless

Hugs.

Day 48...Nice day

                               Thursday,  Feb 12

Good evening,

Thinking of my niece today with her surgery.   Her bowels were attached to some mess from a previous surgery causing a bowel obstruction.  I guess the surgery went well.   Thanks for the prayers for her.

Gretchen  has an Ablasion scheduled .  Prayers for her too.   She has been in a lot of pain.

I baked a loaf of bread this morning. (frozen dough)   We shouldn't have never started that bread.  Habit forming.   Washed the bedspread at the park laundromat and hung out on the line. I was going to wash a big rug until I realized the backing was coming off.   I didn't want to get that all in a machine. 

Made a meatloaf for supper.   Have enough left over to have for lunch tomorrow.

Gospel Jam at Brenda park tonight was super good.   There were some new singers and they were good.

We got our mail from home today.  Thanks Jen.    Always fun to get mail.

I played on my new Tablet but just can't figure it out.  I guess I will have to read the directions, eh?

Bed time...
Good night and God Bless
Hugs

Day 47...windy day

                                      Wed. Feb 11...



Hi,

Not much happening today.   I did some laundry.   I got a new blanket for the bed so put clean sheets on and the new blankie.    I hope it is warm.

We went to Quartzsite for a few groceries.  Domino's tonight.   That's about it.

It was cooler and windy today.   Didn't go outside much.

We have a tree in front of out house that needed trimming.   It was a sight..   The guy finally came to trim it up and really made a mess of it.   Only took him 3 days to cut branches and clean up the mess.
Now we only have half a tree.   Glad he won't ever trim trees at home.

Good night and God Bless
Hugs.

PS... Had a surprise phone call tonight.   Never figured out if I called her or if she called me.   I guess it was an oops.   It was fun though.

Day 46...Shopping & presents

 

Tuesday, Feb. 10

 

 

                                          Trees are in bloom in CA.    I turned the picture but they
                                           still went sideways on here.

It was a great day.   Shopping (ALONE) in Blythe.   Just in K Mart.   I bought some shorts and a new blanket for our bed.   Just was nice to look around without having to hurry.   Mel was just a phone call away. 

We stopped in Quartzsite and looked a bit.  Mel found some Bolo tie stones.  Hurried home from there to meet the Wilson's and their friends and the Prigges at Dos Amigo's for Taco's.   We ate outside on their patio.   Nice visit.

Then to the Gospel Jam at Desert Gold.   Full house and full band.   There was many new songs that I didn't know.  Sooo pretty.   One sang "Go Rest High on That Mountain".   I love that song.

Mel got me a Valentine gift.  I got a Tablet. Nice, eh?    I hope I can figure out how to use it.  Verizon gives lessons so I hope to go for that.

I hear the weather at home isn't the best.   Sleet and cold.   Everyone stay safe.

Good night & God Bless
Hugs

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Day 45...Hot day

Hello,

Wew...it was warm today.   83 is all but it seemed hotter then usual.   No,  I am not complaining.

We only left the house to go to the post office until this evening.   We sat on the deck most of the time.   I got bills paid and read computer news.  

Tonight was darts..   I hit an 81 and a couple of 50's but the rest was lower.   My team won 3 out of 4.
Mel didn't play.   He just watched.

9:00 and it is still 73 degrees.  I hope it is nice there too.

Good night & God Bless
Hugs..

Days 43 & 44...Fun races

 

Sunday Feb 8

 

Darts... I am sitting.  (in pink, next to the red)

Mel waiting his turn..  Our neighbor shooting

 

Hello,

 

We play darts on Mondays and Fridays.   Mel isn't to crazy about it but he goes sometimes.

 

It was a good weekend.   Witters and us got to Bouce about 10.   We looked for rummage sales that I thought was happening there but didn't see any.   Prigge's met us and we all went to a spot to watch the desert race.  Parker 425.   the cars sure can raise the dust.

 

 

 

                                           Parker 425...You can find details on line.  Each lap is over

                                           100 miles.  We hope next year to find a different spot to watch.

                                           Someplace where we can see longer stretches.

 

We had lunch in Bouce after the race and home again about 3.  But not for long.

 

We got company for a while.   Alice and Kermit (from northern MN) stopped over for a while.  They just got back from a short cruse so they told us all about it.  I hope we can do that someday.

 

4:30 we left again.   Picked up Witters and headed for Blythe, CA.  First stop was the Verizon store to get my new wifi fixed.   It wasn't broke.  It just hadn't been added to my account.  Geepers.   I didn't know that wasn't done when I got it.   Not it works great.   They offered me a great deal on a tablet but not sure if I want one.

 

We had supper at Popeyes and then on to the race track at the fair grounds.  The first half was pretty boring but got good at the second half.     Got home about 11.  The moon was so big and bright.  Did you see it?  

 

This morning was French toast breakfast at the club house.   After church we had a sandwich at the Buckaroo sandwich shop.  Music jam this afternoon was pretty light.   Not many band members or singers today.

 

We had chicken on the grill for supper.   I baked a loaf of bread for tomorrow. And then we went for a golf cart ride around the park stopping at Witters for a while. 

 

It was so nice out again today.   82 degrees and not a hint of a wind.    

 

Tomorrow should be a little quieter.   I hope anyway.

 

Good night and God Bless

Hugs

 

 



Day 42...Old WiFi

Hello...

I worked most of the afternoon trying to get my new Hot Spot (wifi) to work.  I gave up when it was time for supper.

We joined Verona & Cliff for the Friday night fish supper at Dos Amigos.  Love that cod.  Back home in time to go to darts.   Didn't hit to big tonight.   My team only won 1 of 4.   Mels team got 3 of 4.   My high was only 60.  Lots of them lower. ( I still think we won 2 but score keeper wrote 1 )

After darts I worked on the Wifi again.   It would connect but limited.   I couldn't open anything.   So I took the battery out and looked for the sim card.   There isn't any.   No wonder it won't work.  Tried putting the old one in but couldn't make that work either.   It is suppose to come preloaded.  I guess it means back to the Verizon store.   I put my old one together again and now using that one.  Still can't see if it is on or off but I can figure it out.

I might not write tomorrow as we are going to races all day.   Desert race starts in the morning and small track race in Blythe at night.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Hugs and God's Blessings.

Day 41...New Wifi

 

Thursday Feb 5, 2015

 

 

                                                    My new pet.


Hello
Another beautiful day and evening.   80 I think but didn't really look at the thermometer.

Pretty quiet morning.   After sleeping late and breakfast I was on the computer. 

After lunch we went for a golf cart ride around the park.   Visited Verona and Cliff for a while.

Sue finally went to the Dr and found sinus infection.   She hasn't felt good since they got here.
I hope the meds help her.   She did have us for supper.   Pulled pork sandwiches.   sure was good.
I couldn't stay though as I had to be home when UPS came.

UPS finally came so now I have my new Wifi.   I will hook it up tomorrow.  At least I hope I can make it work.  

I decided to go to Bingo tonight instead of the Jam.    I was close on several games but not close enough.   I can't be so lucky twice.   Sat with Verona and our old neighbor, Bev.  It was fun.  I did miss the Jam but now I got Bingo out of my mind.  Mel stayed home with Molly.

That's about it.

Stay warm.   Good night & God Bless
Hugs

Day 40...soup, soup and more soup

Howdy,

What a beautiful day.   close to 80.  It is suppose to be this nice for the next few days.

We made ham and bean soup today.   Turned out pretty good.   Thanks to the Wilsons for the ham bone and the Speirs for the ham.   I made a loaf of bread to go with it.

The clubhouse soup night tonight was noodle soup so we had our fill of soup today.

Mel got the new rope lights up around the deck.   Looks pretty again.

Not much else today.    Tomorrow I need to make a decision about going to bingo or the gospel jam in Brenda park.   What would you do?

Good night and God Bless

Hugs

Day 39...shopping, visit, taco's. Jam

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015

                                          Beautiful sunset............Neat area for Molly to run.

Hello everyone,

I have so many friends and family who need healing prayers...  G, T, T, D, D, S, & A.

We had a full busy day.    On the way to Blythe, CA  we stopped at a neat area to let Molly run around.  I found some pretty rocks to add to my garden and also a dried cactus piece.  Then on to Blythe.

We exchanged the lights for the deck to some that worked together.   Went to Verizon to see what's wrong with my Wifi.   It isn't working so I have to call someone to order a new one.  I wonder how much red tape that will need.  We had a delicious lunch at the Sizzler.  Oh so good.  The grocery store was next to get a few things then headed home.

We stopped in Ehrenburg to visit the Wilsons.  It was so nice to finally sit and talk with them.

Home for a few min.  Put the groceries away and left for Taco night at Dos Amigos.  Wilson's and Priggie's  joined us.   (love them taco's)   We went straight to the Gospel Jam at Desert Gold.

This Jam just keep getting better and better.  Lots of harmony tonight.  There were 28 in the band.  Most band members sang solo's along with several who sang but don't play and instrument.    

Happy Anniversary to Verona and Cliff.   Sorry I forgot.

Good night and God Bless
Hugs

Day 38...Laundry

Hello

Another nice day.   about 70.

Mostly did laundry all afternoon.   

Mel took the old lights down from the deck with plans to put the new ones up.  The old ones were half not working.   But the new ones weren't connectable.   shucks.    Going back to the store tomorrow.  We used to have lights all around the deck but now only one side has a light string.

I made shrimp spaghetti for supper.  It was good with enough left over for lunch tomorrow.

Tonight was darts.   Mel decided to stay home.    I got a high score of 105.  But we only won 1 game.

.Boy am I tired tonight
Good night God Bles
Hugs

Day 37...Wifi problems

What a beautiful weather day.   I feel bad saying that with all the snow at home.    I hope everyone is safe.  We had blue skies and about 70 degrees.

After church we just came home.    I wasn't able to get on line for some reason so didn't get to read my computer messages.    We both ended up taking a nap.

Music jam at our park was so good today.   Had a couple of new comers.  One on a fiddle and one a guitar.   Both were really good.   The base player was so good too.   Others were regulars.
Sat with Verona & Cliff and Betty & Roger.   Sue and Woody weren't feeling well.  Sue is having sinus problems.

The park was pretty quiet after the ball game started.   We even watched it.   We aren't football fans so had no favorites.   It was quit an ending though.   I didn't think half time was all that great and sure didn't last very long.

We had steaks for supper.   They were just cheap steaks but sure was good.  So tender.

I tried to get on line for hours and it just wouldn't work.    I finally got on but said it was limited so I still couldn't do anything.   I did all kinds of things and FINALLY got it to work.  But it was 10:00 already.

Watched a Star Trek movie I hadn't seen before.   Enjoyed it and now I better close.

Take care & God Bless
Hugs 

Day 36...Movie and dance

....Saturday....

 

 

Pretty cool, eh? 

We live in open range area and these cattle were on the road

as we were going home.

***********************************

 

Hello everyone,

 

 

Believe it or not we went to a movie in Parker.   American Sniper.   Mel never wants to go to a movie so when he suggested going I said sure.   Verona & Cliff went with us.   We went early enough to get tickets ahead of time but the theater wasn't open.    We went to lunch and then back to the theater.

It sure was a good show.  

 

We got some groceries and went home.

 

As you see in the pictures we got stopped by the cattle in the road.    I am always hopping to see some kind of critters so was excited.

 

Home long enough to have a sandwich and get ready for the sock hop.   Many came in costume so was so cute.  It was Hippie night.   A couple sang to Islands in the Stream...Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton.     My famous cell phone camera doesn't take good pictures in the dark but this is what I got.

 

Home again..   Molly was so glad to see us.    Poor baby was home alone all day.

 

I hope everyone enjoys the Super Bowl.   Not sure if we will watch or not.    Probably the commercials and half time.  I don't even know who to cheer for.    Any ideas?

 

Good night.    See you in church !

Hugs

 

Day 35...More rain

We had another rainy night and morning.   Big black clouds all afternoon.  I think more coming tomorrow.     Temps were in the 60"s I think.

We spent some time in Quartzsite.  I bought some things to make earrings.  That's all.   But had a good walk.

Sure can tell the wet weather.   My hip was hurting a bit today.   Feels better tonight.   Maybe I will be a weather person.

Came home for a while then went to the fish supper.   Just the 2 of us went this time.   Then Mel forgot his hearing aids so it was a pretty quiet meal.   :-)

Tonight was Darts.   I didn't do so well this time other than the cause of 2 wins getting the final points.   My team won 2 out of 4 and Mel's team got 3 of the 4.    My high was 57.  (I got 106 last Monday)

Going to Parker tomorrow.   Stay tuned.

Good night and God Bless
Hugs...

Day 34...Company

 

We had company today.   Dennis A from Cannon Falls.    All our friends had lunch together at

the sandwich shop - The Buckaroo.  Sue, Audrey, AG, Dave, Denny, Mel, & Woody

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

A nice day about 68 degrees.    It sprinkled a bit tonight.   Suppose to get more rain tomorrow.  We sure have lots of rain this year.    Waiting for 80 and sunshine.   I guess I shouldn't complain as it has been pretty nice most days.

 

Sue went with me to Quartzsite so I could get my hair cut.   I do like the cut.   pretty short.

 

 

Pretty bad picture as I only have my old little cell phone & the bathroom mirror to use.  This phone isn't made for selfes....

 

We were going to do some shopping but then heard the guys were going out to lunch so we hurried home to meet them.   Wanted to see Denny anyway.     Home again and had a nice visit on the deck.

 

Mel and I had chicken on the grill before we headed to the Brenda Gospel Jam.   There wasn't many there tonight as there was a big dinner theater happening at Desert Gold.   The Jam was still good.

 

That's about it... 

 

Good night & God Bless

Hugs

 

 



Day 33...Getting a cold

Wed, Jan 28

 

Hi,   Another beautiful day in Brenda.    I think the temp was a high 60.  I will have to remember to check the temp more often.

 

I went to a beading class about making watch bands.   Kind of fun.



 

 

  The afternoon was spent sneezing and blowing my nose.     I did get some laundry done.   Nice clean sheets to sleep in tonight.   Mel cleaned the deck and vacuumed up the mess left from cleaning the rain gutter yesterday.

 

It was soup night at the club house.   They served ham and bean soup.   It was pretty good.  We brought salads along to go with it.  

 



Tonight Sue, Verona, & I played Train domino's at the clubhouse.   I wanted to learn the game but they play what they call Senior Citizens rules.   So maybe I still won't be able to play with others who have different rules.    The dominos had numbers instead of dots so it was easy to match where they should go.  We played until after nine.   It was fun though.

I am getting a hair cut tomorrow.   yaaaaa

Good night and God Bless,
Hugs

PS....  My itchy spots are getting better.

Day 32...Golf cart races

We started our day with watching the golf cart races.    Lots of fun.   First was a 2 man in a timed cart race.   Then 2 gals and a man and lady.  It was a marked track with white paint lined with water filled gal. jugs.   First stop was to rescue a baby from a tiger.  (a doll laying with a stuffed tiger)   Hurry to the half way line.   Driver gets out and gives Tarzan yell and gets in passenger side.  Other person drives.  Then give the lion food.  Had to toss a stuffed monkey on the table with the lion.   Monkey had to stay on the table.  Then hurry to the finish line.
The funniest was the last race.   The driver is blind folded.   Had to get around track with the direction of the passenger without running over any jugs.   Some could stay on course but most drove all over the place.   The funniest was hearing the one giving direction.  Sure helped to know left from right.   haha...

Home for lunch.   Mel barrowed a hose and cleaned out the rain gutters.    Had a couple of leaks yesterday from the rain.   We have a pine tree beside the house and the gutter was full of needles.

Taco Tuesday.   Dos Amigo's for supper.  The Wilsons and Prigges were with us.  

Stopped back home to get my jacket.  Evenings are still pretty cool.  On to Desert Gold to the awesome Gospel Jam. 

Cloudy and cool this morning with water puddles around.  It was so nice this afternoon.  Didn't even look at the temp but guessing 65 or so.

Beading in the morning...

Good night & God Bless
Hugs.

Day 31...Rain Rain Rain.....

Hi everyone...

I have been wanting to stay home a day and today I got my wish.   Only because it has been raining all day.   Maybe a half hour brake a few times.   It rained like this a couple of years ago and the desert flooded.   Looked like lakes on both sides of the road.    The ground is so hard with sand and rock and there is no place for the rain to sink in.   Kind of cool but still hope it stops real soon.

I got some cleaning done this morning.   Mel and Woody was shopping for something to put up a TV antenna.   We  had a simple soup lunch and that's about it.

I tried a new recipe for supper and it was pretty good.   Cabbage and hamburger on top of crescent roll dough.  with mozzarella cheese.

I played darts tonight.   My team won 2 of 4.    I hit a 106 in one shot.   I wish I could aim.   I mostly just toss the dart and hope for the best....

Tomorrow will be a fun day.   It is going to be the golf cart races.   No,  we didn't enter.  

My bites are still itching....Big red bumps as big as a silver dollar.  4 of them.

The East coast storm sounds pretty bad.   I hope my friends and family out there all stay safe.

I better get to bed...  

Good night,  God Bless
Hugs

Day 30...beautiful day

Sunday...

Hello,

Geepers,  30 days here already.  Time is sure going by fast.   I guess it pays to keep busy.
It was in the 70's today.   Really nice out.

Church was fun.   Pastor Rick is so funny and gives a good message. 

We had lunch at the Buckaroo's sandwich shop.  Love their French Dips...

Home for a while and then went to the music jam at our park.   Sat with the Wilsons and Priggies.
It wasn't much of a jam.   Only 8 musicians and not to many more in the audience.   But it was good anyway.  Lunch was really good.   I only had one small piece of cherry cake & coffee.

Wilsons came to the house and we had a great visit.  Then we made the mistake of going to Black Rock for supper.   Every time we go there we say never again but we seem to go back.   I just had a fish sandwich but the other 3 had chicken.   The chicken was so bad.   Very small pieces.   the leg was as big as Mels thumb.  And it was fried to a crisp.   The wish bone wasn't even 2 in. long.

So many sick all around us.  I hope it doesn't come to our house.

I got 3 strange spots like huge mosquito bites.   I have no idea what caused it.   Maybe a spider bite.
I have never seen any spiders here so wondering what caused them.   They itch like crazy.

That's about it.   We have no plans for tomorrow.    I hope you all had a good weekend.

Good night and God Bless
Hugs

Day 29...Nice day

Hello

We had a quiet morning.   Just breakfast and on the computer.   It was kind of cool again.

Had some noodle soup for lunch then went to a music jam that we hadn't been to before.
It was at Desert Gold park.  They sang all kinds of music.  It was good but I still like the Gospel Jams the best.

Stopped over to Sue and Elwoods for a few min then home again.  

We left Molly home this afternoon as it would be to hot in the car.   She was looking out the window when we got home.  Her cute little face looking between the curtains...

I finally got my flowers planted.   I even put some on the golf cart.  :-)   Our neighbor stopped by and visited a while so it was dark by the time I got them watered.  I hope to take a picture tomorrow.

Almost bed time.
Good night, God Bless
Hugs

Day 28...Feels so good to walk.

Hi there,

Still a bit cool but better than yesterday.    It got down to 32 last night.   No wonder the blankets felt so good.

We went for a little ride this afternoon.  Found a couple of "junk" places to walk threw.   I even found some beads.  :-)     On the way back we stopped at the auction tent and got some cough drops.   It is kind of a weird auction and they mostly have unneeded things.   But still kind of fun .

Fish and chips for supper at Dos Amigo's.   Always so good.   They start us with the chips and salsa then serve 3 pieces of cod and fries.   Golly,   Last year I could eat 5 or 6 pieces but really get full now on the 3 pieces.  good eh?

Tonight was darts...   My team won 3 out of 4.   Mel and I got new darts but the ends where the feather thing goes was broke.  But I made it work for tonight and when we get back to Blythe they are going back to the store.   

I am so happy to be able to walk again without pain.   Walking around for shopping and tonight I walked to the clubhouse and back.  That is maybe a block and a half or a couple of blocks.
Prayers were answered. 

So good night,   God Bless

Hugs...

Day 27...Stayed home

Hello my friends,

Yes,   we stayed home all day.   Mel did go to the produce tent and then to coffee but that's all.

I did some laundry then made chicken noodle soup.    Busy day, eh?

I bought a little table yesterday when we were in Blythe.   I can now set up my beads so I can see what I have.   Hopefully I can get some jewelry  made.   I hope to get to the gem store too.   I might find something special.

It was cool and windy today.   It was a good day for the soup.

Good night, God Bless,  Hugs
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The snow we had a few weeks ago...  I just had to step in it.  ha...

 

 

 

Day 26...Shopping

 

  1.  One of the beautiful sunsets we see here...

 2. Breakfast with Elvis at a Burger King.  (on our trip here)

 

 

Good evening,

 

Another nice day here.    We went to Blythe, CA to do some shopping.    

 

We stopped at the camp ground in Ehrenburg to visit and have breakfast with AG & Audrey.

They cook breakfast at the camp ground clubhouse.   I had a fresh out of the oven biscuit and gravy.

 

We checked out K Mart and got a few things...No cloths though.     Then the most fun was at the flower shop.  I got some beauties.   I will get a picture after I get them planted.   And finally the grocery store  That was ok too until we got the bill.  

 

We got a nice phone call from Terri but the signal  wasn't good enough to be able to talk.   Tom also called today.   So good to hear from them.   Usually we just text each other.

 

We wanted to stop back at Wilsons but got to late.   Our park supper was at 5 so had to hurry home.

We had a baked potato buffet.   It was pretty good.   Lots of toppings for a big potato.  It wasn't to good for the calorie count.

After supper we got all the groceries put away.  Cupboards are really full again.  Frig and freezers too.  Plan to grill tomorrow.

Good night,  God Bless,  Hugs

Day 25...Go go goooo

Hi ...  It was another busy day in Brenda...  Weather was perfect.  About 74 by noon.  Didn't see what the afternoon temps were.

The ladies of our park met at a near by restaurant called Iron Horse.  50 gals in all so the talk and laughter was loud.  It was good food but the service was really slow.  We were there by 1 and didn't get served until after 2 or 2:30.  They forgot one order completely.  Verona, Sue, & Alice rode with me.

Home for a couple of hours.   It was so nice out.   just sat around with the doors open.

At 5:30 we picked up Verona & Cliff and went to Taco night at Dos Amigo's.   Love them things.
They are small but so good with their home made shells & salsa.

From there we went right to Desert Gold RV park for the best Gospel Jam yet.   There were 26 in the band and about 25 sang.   The singers were soooo good.   Lot of them in duet.  I wish I could have recorded or maybe shared via telephone. 

Home by 9:30.    Us "old folks" must get home early, you know.

Tomorrow will be another busy day.  We are going to Blythe for some shopping.   We are going to get flowers too.   

The rest of the story tomorrow.......   Good night, God Bless, Hugs

Day 24... Just stayed home.

Home most of the day anyway.   Went for a little ride in the golf cart.   Visited with Sue and Verona.
Made a crock pot supper.   Pork chops, potatoes, & carrots.   But I set the temp wrong so the potatoes and carrots didn't get done.

We found a place for the old wheel barrow.  Our tiny yard space doesn't allow to much.  I cleaned out the flower pots so now ready for the flowers we will get on Wed.

Tonight we went to a music jam in Hope.  About 20 min away.   Lots of musicians and lots of people there to listen.  It was good.

That's about it for the day.

Love and hugs,
God Bless

Day 23...Cancer telethon

Hello.

The day started with breakfast at the clubhouse.   We had a breakfast burrito.  It was pretty good.
Especially after we added the good salsa sauce we got from Dos Amigo's.

Turned on the Rochester Cancer Telethon that streamed on the computer.   So fun to watch something from home.   Then it was time for the big one.  :-)   Brad Boice (Elvis ETA) came on.   It was so fun to see him.  We even missed church as he was on later than we thought.  Sorry !!
Sue and Woody came to watch too.   Well, Sue did.   The guys were "trucking" in the living room.

After lunch we went to the music jam at the club house.   Sue and Woody don't have a TV so we invited them to come to our house to watch the football game.   Mel and I went to the jam but home again in time to see the famous last 10 min of the game.   Sue and Woody wanted Packers to win so it was fun just sitting back and watching their disappointment..   hehe.....

The 4 of us went to have a Mexican supper.   Wanted Verona & Cliff to go with us too but she still wasn't feeling the best.   Just home the rest of the night. 

Had a beautiful sunset again.   Must have been 73 or 4 today.   I didn't even check.   Just knew it was nice out.

I forgot about our purchase.   We bought an old rusty wheelbarrow.   I planned to plant flowers in it but Mel has other ideas...  Hmmmm.   I am anxious to see what he does with it.  I will send pictures when it gets done.   I cleaned up my garden yesterday so now to get some plants to color it up.   Just cactus in there now.

Believe it or not we have no plans for tomorrow.   Maybe I can stay home for a change.

I hope everyone is feeling good. 

Love and hugs........God Bless.

Day 22...Root beer floats

Hi everyone.

I bet it was good to have a bit of warmer weather.   It was great here too.  72 I think.

I did a couple loads of laundry.   I still feel so Blessed to have my own washer and dryer.  I think I might be the only one in the park other than the big RV's here.

We went to Brenda RV park to check out a craft show.   Didn't buy anything but got some ideas on how to display.  Seen a nice case to show earrings.   We also had a cheeseburger and root beer float at the park. 

Drive to the grocery store for milk and realized I forgot my purse at the craft sale.  Back we go and it was still hanging on the chair.

A quick stop at home and on to the tent auction down the road from us.   They offer lots of stuff but it
 has very little of value.  I did buy a metal red flower with a rock humming bird on it.  Pretty cute.

After supper Alice and I went to a movie at Desert Gold RV park.  "God is Not Dead" was a good show.  They even had popcorn.

That was our day.   I am watching the Cancer Telethon on the computer.   But I think I will shutting down soon.

See you in church...
Hugs

Day 21...Fun day

Friday Jan 16

Howdy everyone,

This morning was pretty quiet.     I mostly was on the computer.   I baked a loaf of bread. 
(We really got hooked on the fresh bread made out of frozen bread dough.)
We had the left over beef noodle soup I made a couple days ago..along with the fresh bread.

After lunch Woody, Mel, & I went to the gun range in Bouse to do a little target practice.  We do enjoy that.   I got so close to the bulls eye many times but never quit got in there.

We got back home in time to clean up a bit and then meet AG & Audrey at Dos Amigo's for Friday fish.  MMM    just so good.  Both the food and the company.

Home again but not for long.   Off to the club house for some darts.   My team won 3 out of 4.   I think Mel's team got 2 out of 4.   More fun for us.  Witters played too.  It was Sue's team that beat us the last game.
 
Weather is wonderful.   I think it was over 70 today.

My back and hip is doing so well.   I can walk with no pain at all.  I don't know why it got better all of a sudden after suffering for 10 months. But I am so thankful.    I kind of feel a twinge after I walk to much but nothing bad.  Mel thinks my weight loss did it.   But it has to be more than that.

Good night and God Bless
Hugs

Day 20...Jan 14

Hello everyone,
I can't believe we have been here 20 days already.  The weather if finally warming up to AZ standards.    It is suppose to be in the 70's next week.

I will try to remember what we did since we left so this might get long. 

We left home on Dec 24th.  It really felt different to be on the road during Christmas.   But we had our family Christmas at Tom and Gretchen's on the 21st.  Almost all the family had to work on Christmas so we decided to just hit the road.

We stopped in Des Moines and had dinner with Bob, Terri, & Amanda.   Aidan was skate boarding.  We had such a nice visit.

My memory fails so can't remember much of the happenings on the trip.  Just happy that all went well.   We did get into a bit of a snow storm in NM but my personal professional driver got us threw it.  ;-)

We arrived at Wagon West RV Park about 4 and found our house in good order.   I bit dusty is all.
Mel tackled the deck.   We had it covered with a tarp so Mel just rolled it up and shuck it out in the road.  Vacuumed and went about getting chairs and tables set out.   Now we can walk in the house.

Friday fish at Dos Amigo's and was it good.   I did miss that.   No other close friends here yet so we went alone.

Pretty much spent the weekend just unpacking and getting stuff put away.

Priggies got back from taking family to the airport on Sunday.   It was good to see them.   They got here early in Dec.    Alice and Kermit arrived that Tuesday.   Witters came a week later.

It was pretty cool the first couple of weeks here.   It froze 3 nights in a row and we even had snow.
What a shock to wake up to a white ground.   I has been mostly in the 40's during the day until this week.   It was 69 today.   Sooooo nice.   We could even leave the doors open.

We have mostly went to music jams.   Lunchs with Wilsons or Witters,   A couple of trips shopping at Quartzsite.   And this week the girls and I have been to 2 Elvis shows.  ETA Michael Cullipher is from OK and works at Graceland in Memphis.   He is really good but just can't beat Brad.

Tonight we met Wilsons at the Gospel jam in Brenda.   It was really a fun session.

I might not be writing every day like I did last year but will as often as I can.   I forgot my camera at home so only have my little cell phone for pictures.  

See you tomorrow.   God Bless

Hugs

Day 87...Home Sweet Home, Final Blog

Thanks to everyone that followed us to and from AZ.    We had a great winter.  The temps were perfect.  The flowers came out a couple weeks early so we got to enjoy blooming plants and trees that we hadn't seen before.    We were gone most evenings so we didn't have much time on the deck after supper.   The whole trip home was a Blessing..  no problems at all.  Even the motels were acceptable.

We got to Terri's yesterday about noon.   She had lunch ready for us.     Mel snuggled in the recliner,  Bob had to get ready for his evening service.   Terri  took me for a ride around town.   I seen where she worked,  where Amanda was working,   where Amanda goes to cheering practiced.    We delivered Aidan to his friends for a skate board afternoon.

When we got back  Mel was sick and wanted to go home.   So we repacked our suitcases in the car and sadly said our good byes.   We made a couple bathroom stops and he started to feel better.   I think He was mostly over tired.

We got home by 8:30.   We didn't see any snow on our whole trip but we got into Dexter and there was all the snow.   piles and piles....Our back yard is very deep with 4 foot drifts.   All this even after some melting.

It was pretty nice out today.   close to 50.     Trey helped Mel unpack the car.  I got only about half put away.

My back is still hurting a lot  Hard to get my work done.   I will go to chiropractor as soon as I know Mel's agenda for the week.  

Hopefully the truck will start tomorrow and drive out of the ice.   If it does Mel will take it to get the inspections and then be ready for work by Monday.  

Tom came over.   We had a good visit.    Couldn't get to Russ.   I will try again tomorrow.   I hear we have another new driver.   Mallory got her permit.  :-)

Cupboards are pretty bare so we ate supper at the Pit stop.   Better go to town tomorrow and get some groceries.

Plans for the days ahead:
Me to chiropractor,  Me get hair permed, Molly get hair cut,  Supper out with  Uncle Arnold and Aunt Penny,  Get computer fixed,   See what needs to be done with our Brad Boice concert at church on the 27th, finish putting stuff away,  maybe the dr for my cough.   and on and on and on.........  

I hope it will only be nice days ahead.

I am "baby"sitting Trey and Pams doggie,  Teddy.   He is a good little guy.

I hope to see you all at some point this summer.

I will be back on the blog next year as we head for AZ again .

Good night and God Bless
Sending a big hug too.

Day 86...Kansas City MO

Fuel mileage yesterday.  going 70 mph with AC on.

cross wind part of the day and tail wind part of the time.

Not bad for a fully loaded Chev.

 

                                                  Water tower On TX - OK line

Mel and an old chain drive race car

                                                Big cross near Shamrock TX

                                           Sunset in Kansas City MO.
                                        We just ate at Denny's and was getting in the car when
                                           I noticed this.

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Hello,    I finally got a few pictures on tonight.    It was kind of cloudy today so didn't take any other than the sunset.

 

We went threw a few sprinkles but nothing big.   Just made the car spotty.

 

It is really amazing the way the exit ramps are built in some places.   Mel said Paige could do the planning as well as the engineers.  

 

We are in Kansas City MO for the night.    We will be in Des Moines tomorrow and will spend some time with Terri and Bob.    I might not blog tomorrow night.

 

WE WILL BE HOME SUNDAY ...........YAAAAAAAAAAAA  !!!!

I hear Russ has the driveway plowed out so we can get in.   Thanks Russ !!

 

Good night and God Bless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Day 85...Homeward bound

Here we are in Elk City OK.   I got a lot of pictures today but it won't let me put any on.
We got a late start this morning.   slept a bit later than planned,  Had breakfast at Denny's and then went to the Unser museum.

We aren't only NASCAR race fans but also Indy car fans.  The Unser family had many Indy drivers Bobby, Al, Al Jr.  and others in their family.  They also raced up Pikes Peak.   They won many, many races.   Interesting place.   

We didn't go very far when it was dinner time.  We had some good sandwiches at Arby's.   Got gas and hit the road.   Golly,   we got 86.9 MPG.   Isn't that great?

Another time change.   2 hrs difference.   Hard to get used to.

We had Chinese for supper.   Not bad but not as good as Austin's Chinese.  This one didn't even have ice cream !!!

Not really happy with this hotel.   I refused the first room and this "no smoking" room sure smells of smoke so almost said no again.   I opened the window and turned on the AC so it isn't to bad now.   Hard water so the shower gave me itchy skin.

My coughing is driving me crazy !!!  My back isn't any better either.  
I just need to be home,   don't you think?

Good night and God Bless

Day 84...On the way home

Can you see the buildings way at the bottom of the valley?

 Going down..  we were at 6000 feet.

 

                                We seen so many of the white flowers  on the side of the road
                 but had no idea what they were.  I was so surprised to find out it
                 was just a thistle.   Never seen one bloom like this.

                                                   Close up of the thistle flower.

  Keep in mind that I took these with only my little cell phone camera and threw the
     windshield...  a dirty one too.
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Wow..  what a day..   After such a full day yesterday I still didn't sleep well.  But I never do before a trip.   Up early again  this morning - 6:00.   Mel unhooked the gas, water, & electricity.  
My back was so sore I could hardly walk.  I did get the final few things done and we were on our way by 7:30.  Just a half hour later than planned.
We had breakfast at Koffa and then we were on our way.

The scenery was so pretty with the blossoms in the desert and soon into the hills.
By the time we got to  the wind picked up and soon was blowing really hard.
It was a cross wind so it was hard driving.   But after checking our fuel mileage we were pleased..   We were getting between 33 and 34 mpg.  Going 70 with the AC on, in the wind.

I could hardly breath in the wind when we would stop at rest areas.   
Glad I didn't spend much time with my hair this morning.

It cooled down pretty good at the higher elevation.   Had to put my sweat shirt on.

We has supper at the Golden Coral and to our room by 8.

I better get to bed.  My head is still on Brenda time and  it is Mountain savings time.  And hour later.  We will lose another hour tomorrow.

Molly has been a good girl.   She does like to travel.

Good night and God Bless

Day 83...Going home

             This cactus is as high as the roof of the laundromat in our park.
              must have a kazillion buds on it.   not many open yet.
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Hi everyone..  

We are all packed up!  I thought we had room left over but Mel had to really stuff the last few things.  He scared me too as he tripped and fell down the steps.   He doesn't seem to be hurt.   He would never admit to it anyway.

We were up at 7 (felt like the middle of the night) and went out for breakfast.  Then Mel worked on the deck stuff while I finished up stuff inside.  Washed the last of the cloths, dishes, vacuumed, swept, packed.

Our friends Bev and Frank (our old neighbors) invited us to lunch in Quartzsite.
Cliff came over and helped Mel cover the deck and put a big chair inside.   Then we went to eat.

Home again for a couple of hours.   Mel even took a half hour nap.  Then off to Blythe to meet the Wilsons and a big meal at the Sizzler Buffet.

The day isn't done yet.    We came back to Desert Gold for the Gospel jam.   An oh what a jam it was.   Lots of band members still here.  Wonderful, beautiful music.

Home again and Mel put our suit cases in the car.......  so I just have to pack my computer and go to bed.

I dare not even think of anything forgotten as there wouldn't be room for it anyway.

See ya down the road...

good night and God Bless

Day 82...almost packed

Hello,
Wew...  was it a hot one again today.   90 degrees.    I filled the car up with it to take
home with me.

Mel helped a neighbor move a shed to their place this morning.   So he has been on the go since before 8.

We only have the deck furniture left to put away then cover the deck floor so the sun don't damage it. 

Mel has packed the car so well he still has room for more.....hmmmm what should I get.   No,  won't do that.   I have all I need.

We had Mel's chili for lunch and nice stakes for supper.   Just a few things left from frig now.   deal with that tomorrow.    Some things can be taken home.  We will be eating out tomorrow so no more dishes to wash...for a few days anyway.

Shower and bed next.

Good night and God Bless

Day 81...2 more days left

Hello everyone.

It won't let me put pictures on again.   I didn't have anything special anyway.

We said our goodbyes at church this morning.  Home for lunch and the start of the race.   The final music jam at our club house for the season.   So many have gone home already so there was only 27 people there and that included the musicians.    Only lasted an hour.   We had cookies and coffee then home to see the end of the race.

I think I will have to change my attitude for the Busch brothers as they always win.  Sure was a crazy end to the race.

We were invited to a block party behind us so we took our cart and headed over.  Guess we are not much of party animals anymore as we found it quit boring.
We stayed long enough to have some lunch and home again.

We went to Alice & Kermit's for a short.   She finished a quilt so I wanted to see it.
They are leaving for home in a few days also.    (Northern Minnesota)

I better get to bed.   Lots to do tomorrow.

Good night & God Bless