Day 72...Rummage sales & Jam

Some of the cactus is starting to bloom.



Pepe...One of my favorite Jam players. He is an awesome singer, accordion and piano player.

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Hi there, Only 86 degrees today. Nice though. Home was in the 70's. that was pretty nice too.

I am feeling lots better. Still coughing and still congested but better.
My Pharmacist gave me the ok to take some Musinex...how ever it is spelled. I hope it helps. Audrey gave me a few to start until I get to town.

We went to rummage sales this morning. Found a few good things. A table gas grill that we will take home, a couple of swimming noodles, a pairing knife, a bedspread...I can't remember any more. It was fun anyway. Did you notice that I didn't get any jewelry???

This afternoon I had short visits with a couple of neighbors. We fried steaks on the grill and then went to another awesome Gospel Jam at Brenda Park. We met the Wilsons, the Prigges, and Ginny there.

Still thanking you Dixie J for getting the Brad tickets. (Brad is a fantastic Elvis) I can't wait.

I think grocery shopping tomorrow.

Good night and God Bless. (I should be able to send a hug in a couple of days)

Day 71.. quiet day

Friends got together for lunch this afternoon. A.G. & Audrey Wilson, Joe and Jeanie Conlin, friends of Conlins, and Mel.



A yard we drove by the other day. There was soooooo much in it. I wish I could have looked closer.

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Hi there,
I am still coughing but feel a little better. Only did laundry today. Then got a call that Conlins were going home to Washington so we met them at the Kofa cafe. Guess what I had???? I wish I would have thought to take a picture of the huge banana split I had. I gave Mel some of it.

There was a bon fire and hot dog roast at our park but I didn't feel like going. Mel did.

It was quit warm today. We even turned the AC on for a while.

I guess we will be leaving here on April 1st. We will be home for Easter after a stop in Tuscon and Terri's in Des Moines.
I hear I have tickets to a Brad concert too. Alright!!!!

Good night and God Bless

Day 70... Oh well...

No picture today. Sorry

We finally connected with Audrey and Ag Wilson. Our friends from Wyoming. They spent the afternoon with us and together went to supper at the Kofa Cafe. Then on to our favorite Jam in Desert Gold park. Ran a little long tonight but was very VERY good.

Now to bed as I still don't feel the best. I think tomorrow will just be a do nothing day.

Thanks for the phone call Terri. See you in a couple of weeks.

I would send hugs but I don't want to give you all my cold. But sending Gods Blessings.

Day 69... beautiful day

Our neighbor Bev with another friend, Nelson. He is from Missouri. He Used to drive truck.



Northern Minnesota friends, Alice & Kermit. Alice is from the Park Rapids area. They now live in Grand Rapids.

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Hello
I am still not feeling the best. I was in bed most of the morning. This afternoon we took a trip to Quartzsite thinking we would see our friends the Wilsons.
They were getting some work done on their motor home. But when we got there they were gone already. They are in a park on the Colorado river. Almost to California.
We will see them tomorrow.

When we got home I went back to bed and Mel made supper. (Hamburgers on the grill).

So I am ready for bed again. I hope my coughing don't keep me awake tonight.

Good night and God Bless

Day 68.. Still coughing

We are still coughing. Now I hope we can sleep tonight. I don't know who was awake more last night. I played some solitaire about 3 am.

We skipped breakfast at the clubhouse but we did make it to church. Then we went out for dinner at the Kofa restaurant. Verona, Cliff and Ginny joined us.

Didn't do much this afternoon. We did go to the jam for a while but both was coughing so came home at break time and watched the race.

I wanted to make noodle soup but forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer so thawed it in water while we were at the jam. It wasn't done yet by supper time so we went out to eat again. Then we had the chicken noodle soup for lunch. It turned out so good.

It is such a beautiful evening. Doors wide open. No bugs here. Maybe a little moth once in a while is all.

Looked at the clear sky and the planets... Jupiter looks so bright & huge tonight with Venus next to it. Mars was on the other side but couldn't really see it.
I hope you got to see it.

The Night Sky March 2012 | Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk
This page, updated monthly, will let you know some of the things that you can look out for in the night sky. It lists the phases of the Moon, where you will see the naked-eye planets and describes some of the prominent constellations in the night sky during the month..

We are starting to set a date to go home. It will be maybe the 28th or so.
We will be stopping at friends in Tuscon and of course at Terri and Bobs. We hope to be home by Easter.

Sorry no pictures today.

Good night and God Bless

Day 67...cough and cough

Mel won a free Soup supper for a Wed night.

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Our park residents put on a carnival today. It was pretty fun. There was a ring toss, fish pond, cake walk, dart game, horse race, jail, corn dogs, popcorn, Frisbee toss, and a few other games with a big selection of prizes.

Weather wise it was a beautiful day. Still nice out tonight.

Molly is looking for lizards again. Just on the deck looking off the edge. She must see one as she gets pretty anxious. Just so it isn't a coyote.

Daylight savings time tonight however AZ doesn't so now Minnesota and here will be 2 hours apart.

We watched the Nationwide race this afternoon. M Martin came in second.

I am not feeling the best tonight. I plan to go to bed as soon as the TV show is over. (NCIS)

Good night and God Bless

Day 66...New carpet

Pedro putting in the pad...


Pedro vacuuming up the new carpet.


Do you like it? I wish the color would show up better in the picture. Just a nice brown called Moccasin. So soft..



Hello, Are you enjoying the great weather? It is beautiful here too. Finally no wind. It is suppose to be in the 80's again.

We got up early this morning and had breakfast and then emptied the living room.
The carpet guy was suppose to be here by 9:30. Not here by 10 so got worried that we had another "no show" but he came about 10:15. He worked non stop and 3 hrs later it was all done. We are very happy with our choice of carpet. I hope it lasts for as long as we come here.

The guy also came this afternoon to reseal our roof.

Now everything should be done for this year. Except for the TV that we haven't bought yet. And maybe a new bedspread. I can always think of something!!!

Tonight 8 of us went to Dos Amigo's for their fish supper. Always such good eating.

And the down side...... I got Mel's cold. Cough cough cough........blow and blow!!!
I think I will look for the bottle of Vicks and go to bed.

Good night hugs and Gods Blessings

Day 65...Better day

I bet this was the little stinker that ate my flowers!



Tom's new boat. I can't wait for a ride.

We had a pretty quiet day. Mel took several naps. He has had such a cold. I cleaned several layers of dust from the deck. But we had some wind again today so the table is dusty again.

We visited Verona and Cliff's new bedroom and deck. Sure looks nice. They had the carpets laid today. And the bed put up.

Tonight was the Gospel Jam in Brenda Park.

We have to empty the living room again in the morning. This carpet guy better show up !!!

Good night and God Bless

Day 64... Gosh...more wind!!

A baby Saguaro cactus



I heard this is mistletoe but I can't say I believe it. But, maybe! It is in trees all over.



They even sit on the mountain at the races.



My next car...Dodge Challenger. eh Tom?

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Another windy day. Not as bad as yesterday but bad enough. Plus it was cold. In the 50's.

We went to Blythe this afternoon and ordered a new carpet for our living room. The one we have is kind of a dark pink or what ever its called. Very stained and dirty.
Just couldn't take it any longer. Remember that we tried to get it cleaned? It will be installed on Friday. Brown in color. I hope we will like it.

We then got a few groceries. Mel had to have his veggies. He cuts up all kinds and eats like popcorn. :-(

Tonight we went to the soup supper at the clubhouse. The soup was called Double Trouble Meat Ball soup. It was good. I wonder where they find these unusual recipes.

It is suppose to warm up again. I hope so. We have a deck to clean and a living room to empty.

Good night and God Bless

Day 63...Dust storms

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Boy, the dust flew today. Our deck is covered again. Another cleaning day I guess.
I hope the wind quiets down tomorrow so we can clean. We drove around the park but didn't see any damage. We thought something would have blown away with 55mph gusts.
Our neighbor, Ben, said the dust storms are called Habeebs. I wonder what language that is. I should have asked.

Tonight we braved the wind and went to the Gospel Jam at Desert Gold park... Just 4 miles down the road. I sure will miss Tuesday night jams. Such wonderful music.

Over 60 degrees at home. That is so nice. I hope it stays warm now and no March blizzerds.

Good night and God Bless

Day 62...Busy weekend

Mark Martin's car



The start of the race..



Aren't we cute?








I am back... hello everyone.

We had a busy fun weekend. We took a ride on a desert road and did some target practice. So pretty out there. Never see any wild life though. Maybe that's a good thing. A friend of ours road his ATV on a big mountain and seen several big horn sheep. We never even see a lizard.

On Saturday we went to Blythe (first town going into California). Did a bit of shopping and looked at some carpet for the livingroom. We had supper at the Sizzler.
We always forget that it is an hour earlier there so we had plenty of time before we went to the races at the fair ground. It is a quarter mile blacktop track.

The Bandolaro's are the small ones. Almost like a go-cart with a cab on it but they really go. It is just kids age 8 and up driving. The Legends are small too and go faster. Driven by older ones.

Sunday was the best with our trip to Phoenix and going to the Nascar Sprint Cup race.
We met Shannon (Mel's nephew) at a place close to the track. We had to walk quit a ways to get to the tram and that took us to the entrance. Then we walked some more. Our seats were way to the left of the start finish line. Then climbed a lot of stairs to get to our seats. The trailers with the stuff to buy wasn't in front of the track like other tracks so I didn't get to shop. We ate a foot long hot dog and then went to our seats. My favorite, Mark Martin was on the pole. I was so excited. He didn't win but did a good job. He was in the top 10 most of the race. second for a time. But finished 9th. It would have to be the hottest day as the temp rose to 86 degrees and we got a pretty good sunburn. We had that long walk again to get back to our car. Mel managed to get out of the parking lot pretty fast but they had traffic going only in one direction...of course the opposite direction we wanted to go. With the help of Shannon's GPS on his phone we found our way to the Golden Coral for supper. Home again by 9:45.

Our neighbor, Bev, took care of Molly and she claimed it went well. I hope it really did.

Today we had company twice. This afternoon we were happily surprised with a short visit from my sister in law Nancy from Park Rapids and my nephew Dennis and his wife Betty from Zumbrota. They flew in and will spend time in Yuma with Betty's family.

So that's our weekend... I am still stiff from all the walking and stair climbing but it was worth it.

So good night hugs, and Gods Blessings

Day 61.. Race time

Hi there,
I won't be writing much tonight and maybe not at all tomorrow night...

Did you see who got pole for the Sprint Cup Nascar race tomorrow? Thats right... My man, Mark Martin. Yippie!!!!!

Tonight we went to the races in Blythe. A quarter mile blacktop track. The Bandoleros and Legends cars raced and we like them. They are both little cars but the Bandolero drivers are just kids... 8 years old and up. They go like crazy.

Tomorrow we will be going to Phoenix to the Nascar race. I can't wait.

So will say good night and will tell you all about it on Monday.

By the way, for those who asked, the snake is a harmless lawn ornament. ;-)

God Bless

Day 60...Windy!

I didn't get out to take any pictures today so thought I would show you these.



I found this cactus in bloom when I brought them in for the winter. It had even lived threw a couple of light frosts.



Our beautiful back yard last year. I didn't get to see any snow beauty this year. Did you??

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Hi, I hope you all had a good day. It was so windy here. 35 & 40 mph winds.
I only went out to let Molly out. Mel went out to change LP tanks and pick up things as the wind blew them off the deck. I think it was only about 60 cold degrees.

Not much else to day.

Good night hugs and Gods Blessings

Day 59...home a lot

Mel's new toy. Cooks burgers really good!



Peppe plays a mean accordion and sings like a pro!
He sings at the Gospel jams

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Hello everyone,

It was a pretty quiet day. I puppy sat our neighbors tea cup poodle this morning.
He is old and so delicate.

I reheated the soup and added some dumplings for lunch. Washed a couple loads of cloths and mostly sat around.

We had hamburgers on the grill for supper. It worked really good. I hope we learn how to cook more on it now. The burgers were easy.

Tonight we went to the Brenda park Gospel Jam. Sure was good tonight.
Peppe sang "Lets Go Down To The River".

I missed American Idol. But I seen Awake... I think I will have to watch it again to know if I like it or not.

Now for my new pet.... It won't hurt you so don't be afraid. ha!!

Day 58... Soup & Speghetti

I have no signal tonight. NONE... The pictures won't transfer so I guess I will have to do that tomorrow. Sorry !

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Good evening,

I guess I will have to learn to cook on the grill. Well, maybe not. I think that should be Mel's job. After all, it is his grill. ;-)

We bought some chicken quarters a while ago packaged for frying chicken. Did one package and the chicken was so tough. I guess we got what we paid for. We thought it was a good deal at the time. The second (yes we bought more than one) has been in the freezer just taking up space. Today I decided to make soup with it. I called it stone soup because I didn't have noodles or anything. It ended up pretty good. I used macaroni and lots of other things I had in the cupboard.

For supper we had speghetti at the club house. It was so good.

Our neighbor kept Molly for a half hour just to see how it worked out. She is going to watch her Sunday when we go to Phoenix Nascar races. She got along just fine. Tomorrow I am going to puppysit her tiny little poodle.

nite nite hugs and Gods Blessings.

Day 57.. A ride, dinner, & a Jam

Gospel music jam in Desert Gold RV park.

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Hello everyone,

We spent the afternoon with friends Kermit and Alice. They are from Northern Minnesota. Alice used to live in Park Rapids. I think she still has family there.
We rode around Blythe CA. Shopped in K Mart, Ace hardware, and a thrift shop. We rode up to Hidden Beaches camp ground where we spent one season. It is right on the Colorado river. Then went to a produce place. We got some oranges and onions.
We had supper at Sizzlers buffet and ate to much. Oh, but it was so good.

Got back in time to go to the Gospel Jam at Desert Gold. We sat on the wrong side though and the sound wasn't as good. Probably should have moved. But the jam was good as usual. There were 20 singers. I didn't count the musicians.

Home again... Molly was so happy to see us.

Just wait until I show you what I got today. Pictures tomorrow.

Good night and God Bless

Day 56... What a race!!

The race car hit the dryer truck that was filled with jet fuel...
They cleaned it all up...
Two hours later the race was on...Only 40 laps left..
Matt Kenseth was the winner.

It was quit the race. It got rained out yesterday. First time in the track history. It was suppose to start at noon today but it was still raining. Finally got going tonight. There was lots of wrecks and then the big fire. that took 2 hrs to clean up. Awesome race.

The rest of the day was pretty quiet. Visited a couple of neighbors. Mel made some more jerky. I made cornbeef and cabbage for supper.

Oh, Mel got the shelves hung. Love it.



Good night and God Bless

Day 55... Race rained out !

The daisys are blooming all over except in our yard. :-(

This day was long. We waited most of the day for the race to start. It was suppose to start at 10 (AZ time). But rain rain rain...Still no race by 1:00 so went to the jam. By break time we heard the dryers were on the track so we went home. Still no race. They almost had it dry enough and it started raining again with no let up in sight. For the First time in the history of the track the Daytona 500 was postponed. Tomorrow is the day. It better not rain!!!

We went out for supper at the Kofa restaurant. then to the second half of the Jam at Black Rock. It was so good. Both the jam and the supper.

I think it will be an early bed time tonight.

Good night hugs and God's Blessings

Day 54...Racing and dancing

Hello,

Sorry no pictures today. Was home most of the day. Watched the Nationwide race and then went to the store for a few things. Mostly needed a snack to take to the sock hop. It is like a potluck snack table.

I made spaghetti for supper.

My computer is really sluggish today. Takes forever to go from one thing to another and the printer doesn't want to connect on some sites but works on others.
I hope tomorrow is better.

Tonight we had another sock hop at the club house. Some of the folks can really dance. Nobody in our group dances so we just listened to the music.

Tomorrow is the Daytona 500 race. yaaaaaaa.... No other plans.

So good night and God Bless

Day 53...A day in Yuma

My favorite flower...Bougainvillea



Wild donkeys.. Aren't they cute?


Hello everyone.

Looks like it is kind of cold there. Sorry! It was 81 here. :-)

We left for Yuma at 7:30 this morning. Cliff, Verona, & Ginny too. It was a long day but I sure enjoyed it.

We stopped at Sweet Darlene's restaurant in Quartzsite for breakfest. We spent most of our time in Yuma at the Market place. A huge flea market. I got some artificial flowers for my flower pots. I dare the rabbits to eat those!! The guys got board long before us girls did. ha!! Just fun looking.

We had supper at the Golden Coral. Long time friends, Pat and Leroy met us there. They winter in Yuma but home is in Minnesota. We met them the first year we came to AZ and camped in AZ City.

On the way home we had to stop and visit the donkeys. They started to walk away until I called them and then they all turned and looked at me. I wonder what they were thinking. The others also seen a coyote but I missed that one.

Another race to watch tomorrow. The Nationwide... Danica got pole!!!!

Good night hugs & Gods Blessings