Last night was a disappointment as the moon was overcast so we couldn’t see the eclipse other than one or two quick glimpses but John couldn’t even get a picture. On the bright side the wind died down just about dinner time so John managed to do the ribs on the barbecue.
Today was a nice day, a bit of cloud off and on this morning but by this afternoon it had cleared off and turned into a gorgeous afternoon, good for golfing. We had a T-time with Janet & Dave for 4 at Ironwood and for a change I had a good game so I was a lot happier at the end of the game than I have been in a while. It is a regular course and is in pretty good shape but the greens are really slow, we are so used to fast greens that it is hard to putt at Ironwood, oh well we just have to remember that next time we go there.
We decided to go to Red Lobster for dinner and had a scrumptious meal, I had their new Asian glazed shrimp and they were really good and the sauce had a good bite to it. Red Lobster just opened a new restaurant here at the end of January so it is the first time we have been there and it has really nice décor.
We stopped at Best Buy on the way home but John couldn’t find what he was looking for so we left without opening our wallets.
Tonight will be a bit of TV or reading then off to bed, and so ends another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow.
Wednesday - February 20, 2008
Today was a return to cooler weather and wind, the sun was out most of the day but then clouded over mid afternoon and with the wind it felt quite cool. I was sitting outside reading and had to retreat inside as it was getting uncomfortable sitting out.
I talked to my mom this afternoon and she is sounding much better and not coughing like she was, so that is good although she says she still doesn’t have any energy. Hopefully that will improve soon.
This morning we got out some boxes from storage and sorted through them and put a few things into them – a little less clutter in the cupboards! I went for a nice walk this afternoon and stopped and bought a couple of tickets for the fashion show and luncheon next Wednesday, Janet is going to come over and go with me and we hope it is as nice as the one we went to last year.
It was a quiet day and we have just revised our plans for dinner as with the wind John figures it will be too hard keeping the barbecue lit so we will have pasta instead, and save the ribs for Friday. We are hoping to be able to see the eclipse of the moon tonight but right now it is pretty cloudy, hopefully it will clear off.
I just got this picture from Dave of Janet & Hey Yu before heading off to the dog show.
Today was another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow.
I talked to my mom this afternoon and she is sounding much better and not coughing like she was, so that is good although she says she still doesn’t have any energy. Hopefully that will improve soon.
This morning we got out some boxes from storage and sorted through them and put a few things into them – a little less clutter in the cupboards! I went for a nice walk this afternoon and stopped and bought a couple of tickets for the fashion show and luncheon next Wednesday, Janet is going to come over and go with me and we hope it is as nice as the one we went to last year.
It was a quiet day and we have just revised our plans for dinner as with the wind John figures it will be too hard keeping the barbecue lit so we will have pasta instead, and save the ribs for Friday. We are hoping to be able to see the eclipse of the moon tonight but right now it is pretty cloudy, hopefully it will clear off.
I just got this picture from Dave of Janet & Hey Yu before heading off to the dog show.
Today was another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow.
Monday -February 18, 2008
Today started out sunny but it slowly got overcast then late this afternoon the sky cleared off and it was sunny again, but with all that it was still a nice warm day so there are no complaints from us.
We didn’t do a lot today, some cleaning, walking, bike rides, truck washing, reading etc., not an exciting day but a nice one!
Last week the park started taking reservations for next year so today I went down to see what we got for next winter and we are happy with where we will be as it is in the no pet area on the other side of the park from where we are now and is towards the back of the park backing onto the storage area. Hopefully we won’t get as much traffic noise as we get in this spot, not that it is bad but it would be nice to have a bit less noise. We booked for three months for next winter, this 5 months is just too long, we are starting to get hitch itch big time!
Tonight is a settle down and read and watch TV evening, and so ends another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow.
We didn’t do a lot today, some cleaning, walking, bike rides, truck washing, reading etc., not an exciting day but a nice one!
Last week the park started taking reservations for next year so today I went down to see what we got for next winter and we are happy with where we will be as it is in the no pet area on the other side of the park from where we are now and is towards the back of the park backing onto the storage area. Hopefully we won’t get as much traffic noise as we get in this spot, not that it is bad but it would be nice to have a bit less noise. We booked for three months for next winter, this 5 months is just too long, we are starting to get hitch itch big time!
Tonight is a settle down and read and watch TV evening, and so ends another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow.
Sunday -February 17, 2008
Today was another beautiful, sunny day. Yesterday we took Dave over the movie Apocalyps Now as he has never seen it and this morning we got an e-mail from him that there were no discs in the box – oops another senior’s moment as John had put the discs in thinner plastic cases for storage and forgot when he took it over to Dave.
John wanted to go to Circuit City so we went down there and I took a tour through Bed Bath & Beyond while he was in CC then we went over to Janet & Dave’s with the movie. Dave wasn’t there so we chatted with Janet for a couple of minutes, Janet had entered Hey Yu in the Dog Show so I wanted to hear how she had done, apparently not well as she wouldn’t wear the little goggles Janet had bought for her – good for Hey Yu.
Coming home from Janet & Dave’s at night we can see lights off to the southwest so today we decided to take a drive and see what we have been looking at so we just started heading in that direction to see where we ended up. At one point we came to an intersection where you could only turn north and we found this tree with the pretty flowers and memorial stone sitting in the middle of nowhere. There was also a nice view of the mountains from there. We ended up in Somerton so that is where the lights are at night that we have been seeing, then from there we took a lot of back roads to come home – everywhere we went it was field, after field of veggies or freshly picked fields waiting to be replanted – this is where most of the winter veggies come from so you can just imagine how many thousands and thousands of acres there are planted with either veggies or orchards of orange, lemon & grapefruit trees.
Flowers & Memorial Stone In the Middle of Nowhere
Looking Across the Fields to the Mountains
When we got back I went for a walk and John went for a bike ride and this hot air balloon was just floating over the park – they are so pretty.
Our Airstream
Beautiful Balloon
Tonight we watched 3:10 From Yuma that John had downloaded from I-Tunes, it was good but lots of violence. It is $3.99 to download a movie and you have 30 days to watch it but once you start to play it you have 24 hours before it self destructs from your computer. We don’t watch a lot of movies so if we want to this is an easy way to rent one.
And so ends another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow
John wanted to go to Circuit City so we went down there and I took a tour through Bed Bath & Beyond while he was in CC then we went over to Janet & Dave’s with the movie. Dave wasn’t there so we chatted with Janet for a couple of minutes, Janet had entered Hey Yu in the Dog Show so I wanted to hear how she had done, apparently not well as she wouldn’t wear the little goggles Janet had bought for her – good for Hey Yu.
Coming home from Janet & Dave’s at night we can see lights off to the southwest so today we decided to take a drive and see what we have been looking at so we just started heading in that direction to see where we ended up. At one point we came to an intersection where you could only turn north and we found this tree with the pretty flowers and memorial stone sitting in the middle of nowhere. There was also a nice view of the mountains from there. We ended up in Somerton so that is where the lights are at night that we have been seeing, then from there we took a lot of back roads to come home – everywhere we went it was field, after field of veggies or freshly picked fields waiting to be replanted – this is where most of the winter veggies come from so you can just imagine how many thousands and thousands of acres there are planted with either veggies or orchards of orange, lemon & grapefruit trees.
Flowers & Memorial Stone In the Middle of Nowhere
Looking Across the Fields to the Mountains
When we got back I went for a walk and John went for a bike ride and this hot air balloon was just floating over the park – they are so pretty.
Our Airstream
Beautiful Balloon
Tonight we watched 3:10 From Yuma that John had downloaded from I-Tunes, it was good but lots of violence. It is $3.99 to download a movie and you have 30 days to watch it but once you start to play it you have 24 hours before it self destructs from your computer. We don’t watch a lot of movies so if we want to this is an easy way to rent one.
And so ends another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow
Saturday - February 16, 2008
Today was a gorgeous sunny warm day – perfect weather! This morning I did some cleaning seeing how Molly is not appearing to do it – oh well, our house on wheels is much smaller than our sticks and stones houses were so it doesn’t take nearly as long to clean.
This afternoon we went over to Janet & Dave’s and had a very good steak dinner with all the trimmings. After dinner Janet & and I took Hey Yu for a walk then we all went down to the rec centre for the Red & Bernie show. Red & Bernie are a husband and wife team and they sing and do comedy, they were very entertaining and we really enjoyed their show. They did a bit about parking their RV and everyone was in stitches, I think anyone who has ever driven a RV could relate to their story. The show was about 2 hours so it was a good deal for $8 each. One of the things Bernie said was that a couple of years ago he had an e-mail from a woman who said “yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift and that is why they call it the present”, how true. Bernie composed a song based on that and it was really good, as I say they were good entertainment and lots of laughs.
I am posting a picture of Jim and Linda which John took on Monday just as they were leaving, I e-mailed it to them and they were really pleased with the picture, want John to come and do their 40th anniversary pictures for them – LOL.
And so ends another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow.
Jim & Linda
This afternoon we went over to Janet & Dave’s and had a very good steak dinner with all the trimmings. After dinner Janet & and I took Hey Yu for a walk then we all went down to the rec centre for the Red & Bernie show. Red & Bernie are a husband and wife team and they sing and do comedy, they were very entertaining and we really enjoyed their show. They did a bit about parking their RV and everyone was in stitches, I think anyone who has ever driven a RV could relate to their story. The show was about 2 hours so it was a good deal for $8 each. One of the things Bernie said was that a couple of years ago he had an e-mail from a woman who said “yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift and that is why they call it the present”, how true. Bernie composed a song based on that and it was really good, as I say they were good entertainment and lots of laughs.
I am posting a picture of Jim and Linda which John took on Monday just as they were leaving, I e-mailed it to them and they were really pleased with the picture, want John to come and do their 40th anniversary pictures for them – LOL.
And so ends another great gift of a day and we look forward to the mystery of tomorrow.
Jim & Linda
Friday - February 15, 2008
Today was sunny and a bit warmer than yesterday but there was still a cool wind, oh well the weekend is supposed to be nice.
I talked to my mom this morning and was really happy to hear that she is out of quarantine and got her hair done this morning, she still sounded froggy but was chippier than she has been in the last week so that was good.
Today was another quiet day, seems to me like we have had a lot of those lately, but what can I say. This afternoon we went to the market and I got a few more books so have more reading to do and I picked up a couple of other things I wanted to get so I am pretty well done with the market for this year other than we want to get some insulation covering for the windows for the summer but that can wait until towards the end of our time here.
When we came back I went over and did laundry, another job done for a week or so. Today was windy so we decided to use up the left over spagetti sauce for dinner so that John didn’t have to contend with the barbecue in the wind, good choice and dinner was yummy, I always think of spagetti as my comfort food.
John saw today that you can download movies through I-Tunes so we bought another I-Tunes card and he downloaded 3:10 to Yuma so it will be interesting to see how it works out, we have 30 days in which to watch it but once you start to watch it you have 24 hours before it is deleted off your computer – interesting concept.
And so ends another day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
I talked to my mom this morning and was really happy to hear that she is out of quarantine and got her hair done this morning, she still sounded froggy but was chippier than she has been in the last week so that was good.
Today was another quiet day, seems to me like we have had a lot of those lately, but what can I say. This afternoon we went to the market and I got a few more books so have more reading to do and I picked up a couple of other things I wanted to get so I am pretty well done with the market for this year other than we want to get some insulation covering for the windows for the summer but that can wait until towards the end of our time here.
When we came back I went over and did laundry, another job done for a week or so. Today was windy so we decided to use up the left over spagetti sauce for dinner so that John didn’t have to contend with the barbecue in the wind, good choice and dinner was yummy, I always think of spagetti as my comfort food.
John saw today that you can download movies through I-Tunes so we bought another I-Tunes card and he downloaded 3:10 to Yuma so it will be interesting to see how it works out, we have 30 days in which to watch it but once you start to watch it you have 24 hours before it is deleted off your computer – interesting concept.
And so ends another day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
Thursday - February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone, hope you had a nice day, we did. The weather changed, and not for the better, overnight as predicted, I woke up about 4 a.m. to hear the wind howling so knew the forecast had been correct! I don’t think the high today got above 60F and it was overcast and windy all day, oh well we can’t have perfect weather all the time!
This morning John went and got propane and diesel fuel, usually Superfuels is really busy but he said it wasn’t too bad for fuel this morning and there was no wait for propane, what a nice surprise. The fellow doing the propane was quite impressed with the polishing job on the aluminum tank John purchased from him a few weeks ago, John told him aluminum cleaner and elbow grease produced the nice results.
Janet and I had planned another shopping day and had arranged to meet at Olive Garden for lunch first so John made sure he was home in time for me to head out. Somewhere along the line wires got crossed as Janet & Dave arrived just after me so I thought he was dropping Janet off but she said no the 4 of us were supposed to meet for lunch. Fortunately, being Valentine’s Day, it was really busy so I borrowed their phone, called John to get ready and headed back home to pick up my honey and we arrived back just as appetizers were being delivered to our table. After a really nice lunch the guys headed out to do their thing and Janet and I went to Beall’s shopping, not a great experience today as I only found a pair of capris and a couple of tops. By the time we were through there we were ready for a bit of a sit down so went across the parking lot to Starbucks for a Cappucino, and then on home. Janet & Dave didn’t stay too long as Hey Yu was home waiting for their return and a walk, can’t leave these little guys home alone for too long.
We are planning a quiet evening, a bit of TV if there is anything worth watching otherwise I have a good book I can get lost in. And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another nice (and hopefully warmer) day tomorrow.
This morning John went and got propane and diesel fuel, usually Superfuels is really busy but he said it wasn’t too bad for fuel this morning and there was no wait for propane, what a nice surprise. The fellow doing the propane was quite impressed with the polishing job on the aluminum tank John purchased from him a few weeks ago, John told him aluminum cleaner and elbow grease produced the nice results.
Janet and I had planned another shopping day and had arranged to meet at Olive Garden for lunch first so John made sure he was home in time for me to head out. Somewhere along the line wires got crossed as Janet & Dave arrived just after me so I thought he was dropping Janet off but she said no the 4 of us were supposed to meet for lunch. Fortunately, being Valentine’s Day, it was really busy so I borrowed their phone, called John to get ready and headed back home to pick up my honey and we arrived back just as appetizers were being delivered to our table. After a really nice lunch the guys headed out to do their thing and Janet and I went to Beall’s shopping, not a great experience today as I only found a pair of capris and a couple of tops. By the time we were through there we were ready for a bit of a sit down so went across the parking lot to Starbucks for a Cappucino, and then on home. Janet & Dave didn’t stay too long as Hey Yu was home waiting for their return and a walk, can’t leave these little guys home alone for too long.
We are planning a quiet evening, a bit of TV if there is anything worth watching otherwise I have a good book I can get lost in. And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another nice (and hopefully warmer) day tomorrow.
Wednesday - February 13, 2008
Today was another great day but there were clouds in the sky and it wasn’t total sun all day like we have been having – anyone feel sorry for us!!
This is the week where they take reservations for next year and you can put in three choices for sites so John and I went around the park trying to decide where we might want to be next year, it is hard to know and of course you don’t know when you look at a site if the people on it are coming back next year. The woman at the office said the “No Pet” area was actually easier to move into as most people have pets, so we finally put down where we are as well as two other spots. We like where we are except we get a fair bit of road noise so thought if we could move farther back in the park we might not get the road noise. Anyways we will see what is happening next Monday, that is when they open it up to people not already in the park, so if we don’t get one of the other sites we picked we can probably see what else is available and pick one. I imagine this whole issue must be a real pain for the park unless most people want to have their same site again.
I talked to my mom this morning and her temperature is normal so hopefully she is on the road to recovery.
Other than that we had a quiet day, I went down to the pool and swam for about 45 minutes, it was really nice as by the time I got down there was only one other person in the pool. Dinner was leftovers so was an easy fix!
And so ends another great, but quiet day in our life or retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
This is the week where they take reservations for next year and you can put in three choices for sites so John and I went around the park trying to decide where we might want to be next year, it is hard to know and of course you don’t know when you look at a site if the people on it are coming back next year. The woman at the office said the “No Pet” area was actually easier to move into as most people have pets, so we finally put down where we are as well as two other spots. We like where we are except we get a fair bit of road noise so thought if we could move farther back in the park we might not get the road noise. Anyways we will see what is happening next Monday, that is when they open it up to people not already in the park, so if we don’t get one of the other sites we picked we can probably see what else is available and pick one. I imagine this whole issue must be a real pain for the park unless most people want to have their same site again.
I talked to my mom this morning and her temperature is normal so hopefully she is on the road to recovery.
Other than that we had a quiet day, I went down to the pool and swam for about 45 minutes, it was really nice as by the time I got down there was only one other person in the pool. Dinner was leftovers so was an easy fix!
And so ends another great, but quiet day in our life or retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Tuesday -February 12, 2008
Another beautiful sunny day with highs in the mid 80’s, sure do love it and it sure beats Ontario weather!
Today was golfing and they had 42 people signed up, fortunately I drew a 7 and 8 so for once we weren’t waiting for each other to finish. Neither of us had scores on the winning end so we left shortly after we both finished.
I came home and had a snooze, guess this heat zonks me as I was wiped when we got back. After that I didn’t do a lot, got caught up on e-mail etc.. I put a pork roast in the slow cooker this morning to make barbecue and was it ever good – a real easy dinner – thanks for the recipe Kel.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Today was golfing and they had 42 people signed up, fortunately I drew a 7 and 8 so for once we weren’t waiting for each other to finish. Neither of us had scores on the winning end so we left shortly after we both finished.
I came home and had a snooze, guess this heat zonks me as I was wiped when we got back. After that I didn’t do a lot, got caught up on e-mail etc.. I put a pork roast in the slow cooker this morning to make barbecue and was it ever good – a real easy dinner – thanks for the recipe Kel.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Monday -February 11, 2008
Today was another gorgeous day, sunny and in the 80’s, I talked to my sister-in-law tonight and had an e-mail from our son and both said it was -25C in Kitchener – guess where I am glad not to be!!!
We had a really great visit with Jim and Linda, they arrived about 11:30 and left around 6 so lots of chin wagging going on. They are staying in Desert Hot Springs California and have booked for 4 months next winter so we said we would go visit them next year. We went for a walk around the park shortly before they left but other than that spent the time chatting. When they left John went for his bike ride so he could get one in before dark.
I called my mom tonight and she sounds terrible and her cataract surgery scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled so we hope she is feeling better soon, she was feeling so miserable she didn’t even feel like talking but my sister-in-law had just come in for a visit so I talked to her for a bit instead. She will let me know when they reschedule the surgery but there is no point in doing that until mom is feeling better.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to tomorrow.
We had a really great visit with Jim and Linda, they arrived about 11:30 and left around 6 so lots of chin wagging going on. They are staying in Desert Hot Springs California and have booked for 4 months next winter so we said we would go visit them next year. We went for a walk around the park shortly before they left but other than that spent the time chatting. When they left John went for his bike ride so he could get one in before dark.
I called my mom tonight and she sounds terrible and her cataract surgery scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled so we hope she is feeling better soon, she was feeling so miserable she didn’t even feel like talking but my sister-in-law had just come in for a visit so I talked to her for a bit instead. She will let me know when they reschedule the surgery but there is no point in doing that until mom is feeling better.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to tomorrow.
Sunday -February 10, 2008
Wow, the weather continues being great, today it was in the 80’s and sunny all day. This morning I did a major cleaning and John cleaned the windows so now we can see out again – LOL!
We are having company tomorrow so I thought I would do some deviled eggs and wouldn’t you know it that it was that time when the eggs didn’t want to peel nicely, hopefully by the time I get them filled tomorrow they won’t notice all the gouges out of them!! It’s funny how some times they peel easily and other times they are a royal pain to do.
I called my mom today, she is in quarantine because of her cold so I don’t know if she will be able to have her cataract surgery on Tuesday. She is not happy about being in quarantine (I don’t blame her) but on the other hand I can understand that they don’t want her cold spreading to the other residents. My sister was visiting when I called so I had a good chat with her also, she said she was told that she could visit but had to wear a gown, mask and gloves and couldn’t stay long – here’s hoping mom’s cold will clear up soon!
This afternoon we had a t-time for 4:10 and Jim & Sonia joined us for the game. We had a good time and my game was a bit better than it has been but still has a good ways to go before I will be happy with it. John didn’t have a great day today either but as long as we are having fun and getting some exercise I guess that is something! We decided to pick up a pizza on the way home for dinner, what a zoo the pizza place was so we were glad we had decided to bring it home and not eat there, we had a coupon for a large pizza and a litre of pepsi for $12.99 – a good deal. When we got home we warmed up the pizza and enjoyed it and there is still enough left for lunch some day this week.
We have a hummingbird feeder and every time I look it is covered in bees, if anyone has any suggestions on how to get rid of the bees I would really appreciate it – yesterday there was a hummingbird hovering at it but then it flew away so I don’t know if the bees turn them off or not.
Tonight is a quiet evening of TV and reading – and so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another wonderful day tomorrow.
We are having company tomorrow so I thought I would do some deviled eggs and wouldn’t you know it that it was that time when the eggs didn’t want to peel nicely, hopefully by the time I get them filled tomorrow they won’t notice all the gouges out of them!! It’s funny how some times they peel easily and other times they are a royal pain to do.
I called my mom today, she is in quarantine because of her cold so I don’t know if she will be able to have her cataract surgery on Tuesday. She is not happy about being in quarantine (I don’t blame her) but on the other hand I can understand that they don’t want her cold spreading to the other residents. My sister was visiting when I called so I had a good chat with her also, she said she was told that she could visit but had to wear a gown, mask and gloves and couldn’t stay long – here’s hoping mom’s cold will clear up soon!
This afternoon we had a t-time for 4:10 and Jim & Sonia joined us for the game. We had a good time and my game was a bit better than it has been but still has a good ways to go before I will be happy with it. John didn’t have a great day today either but as long as we are having fun and getting some exercise I guess that is something! We decided to pick up a pizza on the way home for dinner, what a zoo the pizza place was so we were glad we had decided to bring it home and not eat there, we had a coupon for a large pizza and a litre of pepsi for $12.99 – a good deal. When we got home we warmed up the pizza and enjoyed it and there is still enough left for lunch some day this week.
We have a hummingbird feeder and every time I look it is covered in bees, if anyone has any suggestions on how to get rid of the bees I would really appreciate it – yesterday there was a hummingbird hovering at it but then it flew away so I don’t know if the bees turn them off or not.
Tonight is a quiet evening of TV and reading – and so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another wonderful day tomorrow.
Saturday - February 9, 2008
Last night we were sitting here and all of a sudden the trailer started to rock, John went out and couldn’t see anything outside to cause it, then started checking the internet and realized there had been an earthquake in Mexico, south of Calexico, and we were getting the aftershock. About 15 minutes later we shook again but not as much, it turns out there were 2 quakes, one was 5.3 on the Richter Scale and the other was 3 something – what a weird sensation!
Today was another gorgeous sunny day, sure gotta love it! This afternoon we went out grocery shopping and it was 4 when we got back so I rushed around to get everything put away then went for a swim. I had the pool to myself which was nice so swam for about half an hour, then came back and it was still nice enough to sit outside – guess the weather is really changing for the better! It is also nice that it didn’t get dark until about 6:45, gotta love that too.
Our Site in Del Pueblo Shortly After We Arrived Here
And so ends another day in our life of retirement, not an exciting day but a nice one nevertheless and we are looking forward to another nice day tomorrow.
Today was another gorgeous sunny day, sure gotta love it! This afternoon we went out grocery shopping and it was 4 when we got back so I rushed around to get everything put away then went for a swim. I had the pool to myself which was nice so swam for about half an hour, then came back and it was still nice enough to sit outside – guess the weather is really changing for the better! It is also nice that it didn’t get dark until about 6:45, gotta love that too.
Our Site in Del Pueblo Shortly After We Arrived Here
And so ends another day in our life of retirement, not an exciting day but a nice one nevertheless and we are looking forward to another nice day tomorrow.
Friday - February 8, 2008
Maybe the weather is on the up swing, today was another warm, sunny day. This morning we didn’t do much, the usual coffee and checking the news, blogs etc. on the computer.
This afternoon John went for a tour of the Marine Corp. Air Station (MCAS) and he said what they saw was interesting but they only saw the fire and rescue part of the base. Apparently there is a complete tour of the base on March 18th so if we are still here then we will try to go. I decided that the weather is finally nice enough to enjoy the pool so went and had a couple of good swims with some reading in between, a nice way to spend a couple of hours! I was chatting with a fellow from Wainwright, Sask. in the pool and we were saying how glad we were to be here and how bad we felt for those stuck in the snow and cold at home. On the way home I checked the laundry and it was empty so came back, changed, gathered up the laundry and headed off to do it so that is another job done for a few days.
By the time I got done with the laundry it was time to think about dinner, we decided to do burgers so John did a couple on the barbecue – yummy.
Fire Truck
F15s
Helicopters
Rescue Helicopter
Tonight is a bit of reading and TV, we just watched Air Farce and the Rick Mercer Report – always a couple of good laughs with these programs.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life or retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow
This afternoon John went for a tour of the Marine Corp. Air Station (MCAS) and he said what they saw was interesting but they only saw the fire and rescue part of the base. Apparently there is a complete tour of the base on March 18th so if we are still here then we will try to go. I decided that the weather is finally nice enough to enjoy the pool so went and had a couple of good swims with some reading in between, a nice way to spend a couple of hours! I was chatting with a fellow from Wainwright, Sask. in the pool and we were saying how glad we were to be here and how bad we felt for those stuck in the snow and cold at home. On the way home I checked the laundry and it was empty so came back, changed, gathered up the laundry and headed off to do it so that is another job done for a few days.
By the time I got done with the laundry it was time to think about dinner, we decided to do burgers so John did a couple on the barbecue – yummy.
Fire Truck
F15s
Helicopters
Rescue Helicopter
Tonight is a bit of reading and TV, we just watched Air Farce and the Rick Mercer Report – always a couple of good laughs with these programs.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life or retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow
Thursday - February 7, 2008
Today was another beautiful day, sunny and warm – I sure feel sorry for all the people in Ontario suffering with all the snow, our daughter said it POURED snow all day yesterday. It is sad to see all the devastation in Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama etc. from the tornadoes, our hearts go out to all the people who lost their families, homes, etc., it is incomprehensible to see all the damage on the news.
This morning I worked on updating the pictures from my blog into my diary of our 2006 fall trip, that is another one done with three more trips to update, I will then have a complete copy of my blog on my computer.
This afternoon we golfed at a new, for us, golf course with Janet and Dave, it was a nice enough course and the price was right - $11 for 9 holes. The par 3 we play is $9 for 9 holes during the week and $7 on the weekends, yes, the weekends are cheaper than during the week. I am still struggling with my game, hopefully it will come together again some time soon. After golf we went to the Texas Roadhouse for ribs – yummy.
The weather seems to be finally changing, it was still in the 60’s when we got home around 7:30, usually it is in the low 50’s by then so here’s hoping this stays. It is also nice to see it getting dark later and later each day as I really do hate the short days of from mid November to mid January.
As usual another wonderful day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow. Oh yes, we are thinking of all you back home dealing with the snow and cold – tee, hee.
This morning I worked on updating the pictures from my blog into my diary of our 2006 fall trip, that is another one done with three more trips to update, I will then have a complete copy of my blog on my computer.
This afternoon we golfed at a new, for us, golf course with Janet and Dave, it was a nice enough course and the price was right - $11 for 9 holes. The par 3 we play is $9 for 9 holes during the week and $7 on the weekends, yes, the weekends are cheaper than during the week. I am still struggling with my game, hopefully it will come together again some time soon. After golf we went to the Texas Roadhouse for ribs – yummy.
The weather seems to be finally changing, it was still in the 60’s when we got home around 7:30, usually it is in the low 50’s by then so here’s hoping this stays. It is also nice to see it getting dark later and later each day as I really do hate the short days of from mid November to mid January.
As usual another wonderful day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow. Oh yes, we are thinking of all you back home dealing with the snow and cold – tee, hee.
Wednesday - February 6, 2008
Last night was very cold, the fans were running in the orchards overnight and it was 38F when we got up this morning, but it warmed up beautifully during the day and turned into an absolutely gorgeous day.
Looking at the news and papers it looked like a terrible day at home, I had an e-mail from sister this morning and she had a snow day today so I figured it would be a good chance to talk to her, so called and we had a good chat. I also had an e-mail from our daughter Kel who had a kind of snow day, the school wasn’t closed but the buses were cancelled so it was a pretty quiet day at school and she said she got lots done. Fortunately she doesn’t have far to go so the drive was okay. Sure don’t miss all that snow and freezing rain and we did our share of driving in it during our working days!
I went for a long walk around the park today, then this afternoon I went out shopping for a bit. I was just going to go out and get some cards but seeing how I was by myself I took the opportunity to check out a couple of clothing stores. I got a nice blouse at 60% off at one store and then went to Beall’s where I saw a few things I would have liked to try on but they were painting the change rooms so I gave up and left, maybe I will get back on Friday afternoon while John is touring the MCAS base.
When I came back John was busy polishing the aluminum propane tank again, it will be blinding in the sun soon!! This afternoon the GPS that he bought off E-Bay arrived so he spent some time getting it set up and seems to be pleased with it, this one is for bike riding etc. and also would be good for geocaching, which I would like to try sometime.
Our friend Margie had surgery on her shoulder yesterday so we just called to see how she was doing, she has been quite sick from the anaesthetic so is not feeling great but hopefully she will be feeling better tomorrow and improves each day. We wish you a speedy recovery Margie.
It is time to get dinner ready and then a quiet evening of reading and a bit of TV is planned. And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Looking at the news and papers it looked like a terrible day at home, I had an e-mail from sister this morning and she had a snow day today so I figured it would be a good chance to talk to her, so called and we had a good chat. I also had an e-mail from our daughter Kel who had a kind of snow day, the school wasn’t closed but the buses were cancelled so it was a pretty quiet day at school and she said she got lots done. Fortunately she doesn’t have far to go so the drive was okay. Sure don’t miss all that snow and freezing rain and we did our share of driving in it during our working days!
I went for a long walk around the park today, then this afternoon I went out shopping for a bit. I was just going to go out and get some cards but seeing how I was by myself I took the opportunity to check out a couple of clothing stores. I got a nice blouse at 60% off at one store and then went to Beall’s where I saw a few things I would have liked to try on but they were painting the change rooms so I gave up and left, maybe I will get back on Friday afternoon while John is touring the MCAS base.
When I came back John was busy polishing the aluminum propane tank again, it will be blinding in the sun soon!! This afternoon the GPS that he bought off E-Bay arrived so he spent some time getting it set up and seems to be pleased with it, this one is for bike riding etc. and also would be good for geocaching, which I would like to try sometime.
Our friend Margie had surgery on her shoulder yesterday so we just called to see how she was doing, she has been quite sick from the anaesthetic so is not feeling great but hopefully she will be feeling better tomorrow and improves each day. We wish you a speedy recovery Margie.
It is time to get dinner ready and then a quiet evening of reading and a bit of TV is planned. And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Tuesday -February 5, 2008
Today was supposed to be warmer but the forecasters were wrong, it was windy and quite cool with a high in the low 60’s which felt colder with the wind.
We went golfing and I had to put my jacket on after the first hole, that is a first for this year but the wind was just too cool to be only in a short sleeved top. My game was pretty bad, I did make a couple of really good putts and on the last hole I redeemed myself by having a birdie so I ended up happier than I had been. I don’t know what I am doing wrong but I just can’t seem to get a decent hit, hopefully this will change soon as I am getting quite frustrated!
We stopped at Wal Mart on the way home as John wanted to get a belt and then came back and hunkered down, it was too cool to sit outside even though the sun was on the patio.
We just saw on the news that a tornado has hit the Memphis area, how sad and such destruction, I am glad we aren’t in that area. So, even though the weather was on the cool side it was still a great day in our life of retirement and it sure beats the weather in most of Canada and other parts of the states.
We went golfing and I had to put my jacket on after the first hole, that is a first for this year but the wind was just too cool to be only in a short sleeved top. My game was pretty bad, I did make a couple of really good putts and on the last hole I redeemed myself by having a birdie so I ended up happier than I had been. I don’t know what I am doing wrong but I just can’t seem to get a decent hit, hopefully this will change soon as I am getting quite frustrated!
We stopped at Wal Mart on the way home as John wanted to get a belt and then came back and hunkered down, it was too cool to sit outside even though the sun was on the patio.
We just saw on the news that a tornado has hit the Memphis area, how sad and such destruction, I am glad we aren’t in that area. So, even though the weather was on the cool side it was still a great day in our life of retirement and it sure beats the weather in most of Canada and other parts of the states.
Monday -February 4, 2008
Well, the wind picked up again during the night but fortunately it had died down by this morning and we woke up to a beautiful sunny morning, which continued all day with a high in the mid 60’s.
I did the cleaning today plus cleaned out the kitchen drawers and reorganized them, always something to do, it’s amazing how much junk can be collected! Every time I clean I try to do something extra so today was the drawers as well as cleaning the curtain tracks – it is amazing how much dust and dirt they can collect in a short period of time!!
Other than a bike ride for John and a walk for me it was a quiet but nonetheless a nice day. John got my computer backed up on the hard drive then I set up some of my banking spots etc. so if we lose use of our computers everything is on the external hard drive – I find this all so amazing but am glad to have it.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
John gave me some of his pictures from the zoo today so I will post them with this.
And Here's One for Kelly & Margie
Ant Eater with Young "Un On Her Back
Red River Hog and His Friend
A Handsome Fella
Baby Panda
Mother & Baby
Kind of a Cute Statute
A Pretty Cat
I did the cleaning today plus cleaned out the kitchen drawers and reorganized them, always something to do, it’s amazing how much junk can be collected! Every time I clean I try to do something extra so today was the drawers as well as cleaning the curtain tracks – it is amazing how much dust and dirt they can collect in a short period of time!!
Other than a bike ride for John and a walk for me it was a quiet but nonetheless a nice day. John got my computer backed up on the hard drive then I set up some of my banking spots etc. so if we lose use of our computers everything is on the external hard drive – I find this all so amazing but am glad to have it.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
John gave me some of his pictures from the zoo today so I will post them with this.
And Here's One for Kelly & Margie
Ant Eater with Young "Un On Her Back
Red River Hog and His Friend
A Handsome Fella
Baby Panda
Mother & Baby
Kind of a Cute Statute
A Pretty Cat
Sunday -February 3, 2008
Today was another lazy, uneventful day. The wind it was a blowin and the sun it wasn’t shining so it seemed like a good indoor day. I called and cancelled our golf t-time as we figured with the direction the wind was coming from the golf course would be getting lots of dust from the desert and it doesn’t interest us to golf in the dust!
I spent the afternoon mapping a couple of routes home (we want to have a couple of alternatives) and a route for a summer trip we are planning, it takes time to do as I try to find RV parks and determine the driving distance from one place to the next and of course a lot of the parks will be in areas where we want to spend some time. Anyways, I have fun doing it but it is not cast in stone, just an idea for places to stay and things to see.
John found an external hard drive on the internet which was on sale at Best Buy so after ordering it, and being advised it was in stock here, he went and picked it up – the store price was $209 and the internet sale was $99, guess it always pays to check the internet first. He went and picked it up and then came back and got it set up while he watched the Super Bowl. Now we can back up both of our computers and if something should happen to them we can still use the hard drive as a computer as he has loaded Leopard onto it. My computer still has to be backed up so guess that will be this evening’s or tomorrow’s project.
The wind has finally died down a bit and it is clear out so hopefully tomorrow will be a nice day again, today I went out to the truck to get the Road Atlas and Trailer Life Directory for my project and that was my extent of being outside, totally unusual for here.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another nice day tomorrow.
I spent the afternoon mapping a couple of routes home (we want to have a couple of alternatives) and a route for a summer trip we are planning, it takes time to do as I try to find RV parks and determine the driving distance from one place to the next and of course a lot of the parks will be in areas where we want to spend some time. Anyways, I have fun doing it but it is not cast in stone, just an idea for places to stay and things to see.
John found an external hard drive on the internet which was on sale at Best Buy so after ordering it, and being advised it was in stock here, he went and picked it up – the store price was $209 and the internet sale was $99, guess it always pays to check the internet first. He went and picked it up and then came back and got it set up while he watched the Super Bowl. Now we can back up both of our computers and if something should happen to them we can still use the hard drive as a computer as he has loaded Leopard onto it. My computer still has to be backed up so guess that will be this evening’s or tomorrow’s project.
The wind has finally died down a bit and it is clear out so hopefully tomorrow will be a nice day again, today I went out to the truck to get the Road Atlas and Trailer Life Directory for my project and that was my extent of being outside, totally unusual for here.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another nice day tomorrow.
Saturday - February 2, 2008
Today was another gorgeous day in sunny Arizona, it was cold overnight with a low of 39F but it got up to the high 60’s this afternoon so it was very pleasant. John went for his bike ride and I went for a long walk this morning.
Today was another quiet day, this afternoon we went to Yuma Palms Mall so I could get some stamps and mail some stuff at Hallmark, then a stop at Best Buy (we kept our money in our pocket) and then on to Wal Mart. We decided that it was so nice we (John) would barbecue chicken wings for dinner so we made a stop at Wal Mart to get the wings. When we got home I did a couple of loads of wash and that was it for our day.
I talked to my mom and Nan today and am always happy after I talk to our family.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another nice day tomorrow.
Today was another quiet day, this afternoon we went to Yuma Palms Mall so I could get some stamps and mail some stuff at Hallmark, then a stop at Best Buy (we kept our money in our pocket) and then on to Wal Mart. We decided that it was so nice we (John) would barbecue chicken wings for dinner so we made a stop at Wal Mart to get the wings. When we got home I did a couple of loads of wash and that was it for our day.
I talked to my mom and Nan today and am always happy after I talk to our family.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another nice day tomorrow.
Friday - February 1, 2008
Wow, February already, where does the time go! Today was a beautiful sunny day and it got up to about 70F, perfect.
This morning I did some cleaning and just generally puttzed around then this afternoon I got real lazy and laid down for a while, I didn’t nap but did a couple of crossword puzzles. When I got up I got things ready for dinner as Janet and Dave were coming, we did a roast leg of lamb which was real yummy, with potatoes done around the roast, green beans and a salad. Janet doesn’t eat lamb so we did a chicken breast and baked potato for her. They brought a blueberry pie for desert so it was a good meal with good company. Once I got everything ready I took my book outside and read for an hour or so until they got here.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another nice day tomorrow.
This morning I did some cleaning and just generally puttzed around then this afternoon I got real lazy and laid down for a while, I didn’t nap but did a couple of crossword puzzles. When I got up I got things ready for dinner as Janet and Dave were coming, we did a roast leg of lamb which was real yummy, with potatoes done around the roast, green beans and a salad. Janet doesn’t eat lamb so we did a chicken breast and baked potato for her. They brought a blueberry pie for desert so it was a good meal with good company. Once I got everything ready I took my book outside and read for an hour or so until they got here.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another nice day tomorrow.
Thursday - January 31, 2008
Boy, we must have been tired after our long day yesterday as neither of us woke up until 9:30 – talk about lazy!
Today was a quiet, cool day, it was sunny all day but the temperature never got over 60, oh well with the severe storm warning they are calling for in Ontario I am not going to complain about a cooler day here.
Janet and Dave are coming for dinner tomorrow night so John and I went out to get a few groceries. While in Fry’s I checked the steaks and they had T-bones for $3.99/lb so guess what we had for dinner tonight. I have a leg of lamb in the freezer and Dave likes lamb but never gets it as Janet doesn’t like it so we are doing the lamb for dinner tomorrow night and a chicken breast for Janet. Now John is hoping it won’t be too windy tomorrow as we are going to do the lamb on the barbecue.
As you can see it was a quiet but great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
Today was a quiet, cool day, it was sunny all day but the temperature never got over 60, oh well with the severe storm warning they are calling for in Ontario I am not going to complain about a cooler day here.
Janet and Dave are coming for dinner tomorrow night so John and I went out to get a few groceries. While in Fry’s I checked the steaks and they had T-bones for $3.99/lb so guess what we had for dinner tonight. I have a leg of lamb in the freezer and Dave likes lamb but never gets it as Janet doesn’t like it so we are doing the lamb for dinner tomorrow night and a chicken breast for Janet. Now John is hoping it won’t be too windy tomorrow as we are going to do the lamb on the barbecue.
As you can see it was a quiet but great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
Wednesday - January 30, 2008
Today was a wonderful day, the weather was cool but mainly sunny so a good day for walking around the zoo. Jeans, a t-shirt and my nylon wind breaker were perfect and kept me comfortable for the day.
The bus left our pick up spot right at 6:30 a.m., made one more stop at their downtown office to pick up a few more people and we were on our way. We stopped at El Centro for breakfast about 7:45 and were quickly on our way again. From there to San Diego was new territory for John and I and it was an interesting drive. We went through quite a high mountain pass with very large rocks, very barren looking! About the top of the pass the sky got very black and it looked like we were going to be in for a storm but fortunately that didn’t happen and it was sunny by the time we arrived in San Diego around 10 a.m.
Some of the people on the bus were doing a whale watching tour, some were doing Old Town and then there were 6 of us doing the zoo, fortunately we were the last ones to be dropped off so got to see the harbour, old town and downtown San Diego – it looks like a very interesting city.
The zoo was absolutely fabulous, among others I have been to the Detroit, Toronto and Sydney Australia zoos and I have to say San Diego is the nicest one and we couldn’t believe how clean it was.
The first thing we did was take the aerial ride across the park, what a great view and it let us off near the polar bears – they were fun to watch and the one had an absolutely huge bone he was gnawing on.
We saw the two year old panda sitting enjoying his lunch of bamboo, then next was his mother and 4 month old brother and it was a riot to watch them playing. They were rolling around with each other then the little guy would try to climb a tree and mom would haul him back down but he was very persistent with his efforts to climb the tree. One of the panda keepers said they had been playing for over an hour so we were fortunate to see them at play. We also saw a mother anteater, she was the largest one I have ever seen, and her baby was on her back. She was trying to shake the young one off and make him walk but he was holding on for dear life and having no part of being parted from mom, fun to watch them. Of course I enjoyed the koalas, they are so cute but can be very vicious.
Because of the incident at the Los Angeles zoo the tigers weren’t out, they are adding to the height of the wire around their area and until it is done they won’t be out – disappointing. We walked around most of the zoo then took a 35 minute bus tour to see what we missed, we sat on the top of a double decker so had a good view – and it was just nice to sit for a while! When we walked around the elephant area there was only one out but when we went by on the tour there were 4 and one of them was pulling at an object hanging from a large piece of wood, the driver said there was food in it and the elephant sure was reefing on it trying to get at the food – quite funny to watch.
By the time the tour was over we had about 20 minutes before we had to meet our bus so Janet & I wandered through a couple of shops while John and Dave went through the reptile house.
On the way home we stopped at Alpine for dinner, there were a number of places to eat so we decided on a barbecue restaurant that turned out to be good and very reasonable. There was another quick stop at El Centro on the way back and we were dropped off at our truck about 9 p.m. – weary but having enjoyed a really great day.
I still have to go through my pictures, as well as John’s, so will wait until tomorrow to post this and some pictures.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
The bus left our pick up spot right at 6:30 a.m., made one more stop at their downtown office to pick up a few more people and we were on our way. We stopped at El Centro for breakfast about 7:45 and were quickly on our way again. From there to San Diego was new territory for John and I and it was an interesting drive. We went through quite a high mountain pass with very large rocks, very barren looking! About the top of the pass the sky got very black and it looked like we were going to be in for a storm but fortunately that didn’t happen and it was sunny by the time we arrived in San Diego around 10 a.m.
Some of the people on the bus were doing a whale watching tour, some were doing Old Town and then there were 6 of us doing the zoo, fortunately we were the last ones to be dropped off so got to see the harbour, old town and downtown San Diego – it looks like a very interesting city.
The zoo was absolutely fabulous, among others I have been to the Detroit, Toronto and Sydney Australia zoos and I have to say San Diego is the nicest one and we couldn’t believe how clean it was.
The first thing we did was take the aerial ride across the park, what a great view and it let us off near the polar bears – they were fun to watch and the one had an absolutely huge bone he was gnawing on.
We saw the two year old panda sitting enjoying his lunch of bamboo, then next was his mother and 4 month old brother and it was a riot to watch them playing. They were rolling around with each other then the little guy would try to climb a tree and mom would haul him back down but he was very persistent with his efforts to climb the tree. One of the panda keepers said they had been playing for over an hour so we were fortunate to see them at play. We also saw a mother anteater, she was the largest one I have ever seen, and her baby was on her back. She was trying to shake the young one off and make him walk but he was holding on for dear life and having no part of being parted from mom, fun to watch them. Of course I enjoyed the koalas, they are so cute but can be very vicious.
Because of the incident at the Los Angeles zoo the tigers weren’t out, they are adding to the height of the wire around their area and until it is done they won’t be out – disappointing. We walked around most of the zoo then took a 35 minute bus tour to see what we missed, we sat on the top of a double decker so had a good view – and it was just nice to sit for a while! When we walked around the elephant area there was only one out but when we went by on the tour there were 4 and one of them was pulling at an object hanging from a large piece of wood, the driver said there was food in it and the elephant sure was reefing on it trying to get at the food – quite funny to watch.
By the time the tour was over we had about 20 minutes before we had to meet our bus so Janet & I wandered through a couple of shops while John and Dave went through the reptile house.
On the way home we stopped at Alpine for dinner, there were a number of places to eat so we decided on a barbecue restaurant that turned out to be good and very reasonable. There was another quick stop at El Centro on the way back and we were dropped off at our truck about 9 p.m. – weary but having enjoyed a really great day.
I still have to go through my pictures, as well as John’s, so will wait until tomorrow to post this and some pictures.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
Tuesday -January 29, 2008
Today was another nice sunny day but a bit on the cool side, I had my vest on until about 1 p.m. when it warmed up enough to take it off.
There was a big crowd golfing today, our group as well as others, and we were about 40 minutes late teeing off, there were 44 golfers so a good turnout. When I got there a lady came up and said how glad she was to see me back etc. and I felt terrible as I didn’t remember her at all from last year. As it turns out they are from Langley B.C. and her husband remembered John right away, guess they have far better memories that we have. Anyways, it ended up that Karen and I were partners so had a good visit but my game was absolutely awful, my last two drives and putts saved me from total embarrassment. The only saving grace was that one of the fellows on our other half of the foursome was having as bad a day as I was so I didn’t feel totally like a fool. Thanks to Karen we ended up with a 30 so not totally shabby, John and his partner didn’t have a good day either so John and I headed out shortly after we got done as we knew there would be no prizes won in this family today!
I needed some buns so we did a quick stop at Wal Mart plus stopped for propane on the way home. When we got back I got things ready for tomorrow and John got the propane tank back on, did a bit of this and that then went for a bike ride. Johnny stopped for a little visit then after she left I did some vacuuming and called my mom.
We are looking forward to our visit to the San Diego zoo tomorrow although I AM NOT looking forward to being up at 5 a.m. - I am not a morning person! We don’t expect to be back much before 11 tomorrow night so I doubt I will be doing my blog tomorrow.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement and we look forward to our day at the San Diego zoo tomorrow.
There was a big crowd golfing today, our group as well as others, and we were about 40 minutes late teeing off, there were 44 golfers so a good turnout. When I got there a lady came up and said how glad she was to see me back etc. and I felt terrible as I didn’t remember her at all from last year. As it turns out they are from Langley B.C. and her husband remembered John right away, guess they have far better memories that we have. Anyways, it ended up that Karen and I were partners so had a good visit but my game was absolutely awful, my last two drives and putts saved me from total embarrassment. The only saving grace was that one of the fellows on our other half of the foursome was having as bad a day as I was so I didn’t feel totally like a fool. Thanks to Karen we ended up with a 30 so not totally shabby, John and his partner didn’t have a good day either so John and I headed out shortly after we got done as we knew there would be no prizes won in this family today!
I needed some buns so we did a quick stop at Wal Mart plus stopped for propane on the way home. When we got back I got things ready for tomorrow and John got the propane tank back on, did a bit of this and that then went for a bike ride. Johnny stopped for a little visit then after she left I did some vacuuming and called my mom.
We are looking forward to our visit to the San Diego zoo tomorrow although I AM NOT looking forward to being up at 5 a.m. - I am not a morning person! We don’t expect to be back much before 11 tomorrow night so I doubt I will be doing my blog tomorrow.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement and we look forward to our day at the San Diego zoo tomorrow.
Monday -January 28, 2008
Here we are with another nice day behind us, the sun was shining and the temperature was nice so we enjoyed the day.
I did a load of wash, the laundry was a busy place but I ended up chatting with a couple from Oakville who just arrived yesterday so that helped pass the time.
I was in desperate need of a haircut so told John that I was going to go this afternoon to get it cut, when we first got here a woman recommended Rosie at Daniel’s Barbershop and Rosie does a good job so I have stuck with her, better the devil you know! Getting your hair cut on the road is always a game of chance, sometimes you luck out and other times you don’t so when I find someone who isn’t too bad I try to stay with them. Anyways, John wanted to get his ears lowered also so we both went to Daniels.
After our cuts we did a quick stop at Wal Mart and Albertson’s, then on home. I went for a walk around the park and then came back and sat outside for a while reading, until it got too cool to be comfortable.
John barbecued chicken breasts for dinner and they were delicious. The dishes are now done, the coffee ready to put on in the morning so I am doing this and then will resume reading my book when I am done. John is making our cuppa evening tea so I will enjoy that and my book.
I just had an e-mail from Jim and Linda, the couple we met in the fall in the Gaspe, and they are coming for a visit on Feb. 11th so we are looking forward to seeing them again.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
I did a load of wash, the laundry was a busy place but I ended up chatting with a couple from Oakville who just arrived yesterday so that helped pass the time.
I was in desperate need of a haircut so told John that I was going to go this afternoon to get it cut, when we first got here a woman recommended Rosie at Daniel’s Barbershop and Rosie does a good job so I have stuck with her, better the devil you know! Getting your hair cut on the road is always a game of chance, sometimes you luck out and other times you don’t so when I find someone who isn’t too bad I try to stay with them. Anyways, John wanted to get his ears lowered also so we both went to Daniels.
After our cuts we did a quick stop at Wal Mart and Albertson’s, then on home. I went for a walk around the park and then came back and sat outside for a while reading, until it got too cool to be comfortable.
John barbecued chicken breasts for dinner and they were delicious. The dishes are now done, the coffee ready to put on in the morning so I am doing this and then will resume reading my book when I am done. John is making our cuppa evening tea so I will enjoy that and my book.
I just had an e-mail from Jim and Linda, the couple we met in the fall in the Gaspe, and they are coming for a visit on Feb. 11th so we are looking forward to seeing them again.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement and we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
Sunday - January 27, 2008
Wow, it isn’t supposed to rain in Arizona but the rain started early last evening and it rained all night and most of today – wonder if it will make the wildflowers grow in the desert!
Today was another lazy day but this afternoon we did got out for some groceries, we went to Fry’s and Wal Mart and both were a zoo, guess the grocery stores here are the same as at home – Sunday is the worst day to shop!
On the way home the sky was really pretty and just before sunset the sun actually came out and we saw some blue sky – hopefully this is a good omen for tomorrow.
I talked to my mom and my children today so am happy, I always enjoy hearing their voices.
Today was another lazy day but this afternoon we did got out for some groceries, we went to Fry’s and Wal Mart and both were a zoo, guess the grocery stores here are the same as at home – Sunday is the worst day to shop!
On the way home the sky was really pretty and just before sunset the sun actually came out and we saw some blue sky – hopefully this is a good omen for tomorrow.
I talked to my mom and my children today so am happy, I always enjoy hearing their voices.
Saturday - January 26, 2008
Today was a bit of a cloudy day, there was some sun this morning but by late afternoon it had clouded over and by about 7:30 p.m. it was raining – what, rain in sunny Arizona!!
We didn’t do anything exciting today, I got the laundry done so that is another job down although tomorrow I will have to change the bed and do the sheets. There is a rule at the laundromat here that between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. you are only supposed to do two loads at a time so that is why the sheets will have to wait for another day.
My blog started out life as a daily diary which I sent to the kids to let them know where we were and what we were doing, then I started the blog and including pictures. I still do the diary and then just copy it into my blog, this allows me to send my mom, who lives in a retirement home, a copy of my diary on a weekly basis although there are no pictures in the diary. The receptionist at the front desk prints it off and gives it to her so she can also keep up to date on what we have been doing.
Anyways, I have been thinking that if somehow the blog got lost I would only have the diary part so I have been putting the pictures into my diary so that I have the whole thing on my computer. Yesterday I finished doing our trip to Newfoundland but still have three more trips to update, a good lazy days project.
There are some blogs that I follow on a daily basis and one fellow had the following on his blog the other day, I though it was cute so am putting it on mine, hope you don’t mind me copying it from you Ed.
" My Next Life." I want to live my next life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way right off the bat. Then, you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day. When you are kicked out of the nursing home for being too healthy, you spend several years enjoying your retirement and collecting benefit checks. When you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day. You work 40 years or so, getting younger every day until pretty soon you're too young to work. So then, you go to high school, play sports, date, drink, and party. As you get even younger, you become a kid again. You go to elementary school, play, and have no responsibilities. In a few years, you become a baby and everyone runs themselves ragged keeping you happy. You spend your last nine months floating peacefully in luxury, spa-like conditions, central heating, room service on tap. (Are you ready for this?) Until finally, you finish off as an orgasm.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life or retirement.
We didn’t do anything exciting today, I got the laundry done so that is another job down although tomorrow I will have to change the bed and do the sheets. There is a rule at the laundromat here that between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. you are only supposed to do two loads at a time so that is why the sheets will have to wait for another day.
My blog started out life as a daily diary which I sent to the kids to let them know where we were and what we were doing, then I started the blog and including pictures. I still do the diary and then just copy it into my blog, this allows me to send my mom, who lives in a retirement home, a copy of my diary on a weekly basis although there are no pictures in the diary. The receptionist at the front desk prints it off and gives it to her so she can also keep up to date on what we have been doing.
Anyways, I have been thinking that if somehow the blog got lost I would only have the diary part so I have been putting the pictures into my diary so that I have the whole thing on my computer. Yesterday I finished doing our trip to Newfoundland but still have three more trips to update, a good lazy days project.
There are some blogs that I follow on a daily basis and one fellow had the following on his blog the other day, I though it was cute so am putting it on mine, hope you don’t mind me copying it from you Ed.
" My Next Life." I want to live my next life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way right off the bat. Then, you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day. When you are kicked out of the nursing home for being too healthy, you spend several years enjoying your retirement and collecting benefit checks. When you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day. You work 40 years or so, getting younger every day until pretty soon you're too young to work. So then, you go to high school, play sports, date, drink, and party. As you get even younger, you become a kid again. You go to elementary school, play, and have no responsibilities. In a few years, you become a baby and everyone runs themselves ragged keeping you happy. You spend your last nine months floating peacefully in luxury, spa-like conditions, central heating, room service on tap. (Are you ready for this?) Until finally, you finish off as an orgasm.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life or retirement.
Friday - January 25, 2008
Today was another nice sunny warm day, perfect weather as far as I’m concerned because as I have said before I do not like it really hot and I hate humidity so the weather here is perfect for me.
We didn’t do a lot this morning and then we met Dave and Janet at the golf course this afternoon, this was an 18 hole par 3 course and it costs $1/hole to play. It was okay, the fairways were very dry and mainly dirt with very little grass but the greens were okay, John and I both agreed that we prefer Foothills to this one as the fairways are all grass and the greens are really nice, but it is always nice to try a different course. There is a 9 hole course John and I want to try, we will just have to find time in our busy schedule to go – tee hee!
After golf we went to the Cracker Barrel for dinner, nothing fancy but it is always good food. It is now time to finish this then relax, I have a good book on the go and it is calling to me. Dave bought an external hard drive and asked John to format it for him so that will be John’s job for tonight.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
We didn’t do a lot this morning and then we met Dave and Janet at the golf course this afternoon, this was an 18 hole par 3 course and it costs $1/hole to play. It was okay, the fairways were very dry and mainly dirt with very little grass but the greens were okay, John and I both agreed that we prefer Foothills to this one as the fairways are all grass and the greens are really nice, but it is always nice to try a different course. There is a 9 hole course John and I want to try, we will just have to find time in our busy schedule to go – tee hee!
After golf we went to the Cracker Barrel for dinner, nothing fancy but it is always good food. It is now time to finish this then relax, I have a good book on the go and it is calling to me. Dave bought an external hard drive and asked John to format it for him so that will be John’s job for tonight.
And so ends another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Thursday - January 24, 2008
Today was a very quiet day and a day of leftovers!
When we got up this morning it was overcast and had even rained a few drops but it quickly cleared off and turned into another wonderful day.
This morning I did some cleaning and general puttzing around and then for lunch we had left over pizza. After lunch and dishes I went for a nice long walk, then came back and sat in the sun with my book. I was just dozing off when Tom came along and woke me up so we had a bit of a chat with him, then I went for another walk and John, who had spent most of the afternoon polishing the new aluminum propane tank, went for another bike ride. By the time we got back it was time to heat up the left over pot roast and veggies for dinner.
Another great but quiet day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
When we got up this morning it was overcast and had even rained a few drops but it quickly cleared off and turned into another wonderful day.
This morning I did some cleaning and general puttzing around and then for lunch we had left over pizza. After lunch and dishes I went for a nice long walk, then came back and sat in the sun with my book. I was just dozing off when Tom came along and woke me up so we had a bit of a chat with him, then I went for another walk and John, who had spent most of the afternoon polishing the new aluminum propane tank, went for another bike ride. By the time we got back it was time to heat up the left over pot roast and veggies for dinner.
Another great but quiet day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Wednesday - January 23, 2008
Today was another nice sunny day but a bit on the cool side, it was perfect weather for doing Quartzsite.
We picked Jim and Sonia up at 10:30 and headed north, about 1-1/2 miles south of Quartzsite the traffic slowed down to a crawl, Jim and Sonia have never been there during the show or busy time so were completely amazed by the traffic, tents of goods and people. We managed to find a parking spot in front of Beaudry RV so started wandering around and looking at their RV’s – boy are there ever some beautiful motor homes out there. Beaudry’s had their huge tent with free lunch so we went and got something to eat, today it was refried beans, rice and chilli, very good. After fortifying ourselves we toured a few more motor homes then headed over to the huge RV show tent. Wow, the number of vendors there is mind boggling but the prices are ridiculous. The cell phone holder I bought here at the market for about $5 was $13 at one place and $14 at another, the popcorn tops which are very popular down here are $8 at the market and were $12 for the same thing today and ladies tops that are $10 here at the market were $24 in Quartzsite, sure is a huge difference in prices so we wondered how much they actually sell. It pays to know the prices before heading up there as in the RV show tent there didn’t appear to be very many deals.
Sonia and I stopped and tasted a soup which one vendor was selling, you just add water and simmer for 15 minutes but we both felt $6.50 for a box of dried soup was too pricey, then a bit later we tasted some popcorn – they had different flavours so we tried a carmel and a cheese (one piece only if you please!) – price was $5 for a small bag. We figure they probably get a lot more people tasting than buying!!
On the way back to the truck Sonia and I stopped at a stall that Janet and I had been in a couple of weeks ago and I bought a lovely dressy zip up jacket with a short sleeved top to match, it was a really good price and too pretty to pass up. Sonia wanted to buy the same set but they didn’t have any matching jackets and tops in her size so she didn’t get one and was very disappointed as she really like them too.
It was about 7 when we got back so we went to Da Boyz Pizza and Pasta for dinner, Jim and Sonia treated us to pizza which was really yummy.
All in all it was another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
We picked Jim and Sonia up at 10:30 and headed north, about 1-1/2 miles south of Quartzsite the traffic slowed down to a crawl, Jim and Sonia have never been there during the show or busy time so were completely amazed by the traffic, tents of goods and people. We managed to find a parking spot in front of Beaudry RV so started wandering around and looking at their RV’s – boy are there ever some beautiful motor homes out there. Beaudry’s had their huge tent with free lunch so we went and got something to eat, today it was refried beans, rice and chilli, very good. After fortifying ourselves we toured a few more motor homes then headed over to the huge RV show tent. Wow, the number of vendors there is mind boggling but the prices are ridiculous. The cell phone holder I bought here at the market for about $5 was $13 at one place and $14 at another, the popcorn tops which are very popular down here are $8 at the market and were $12 for the same thing today and ladies tops that are $10 here at the market were $24 in Quartzsite, sure is a huge difference in prices so we wondered how much they actually sell. It pays to know the prices before heading up there as in the RV show tent there didn’t appear to be very many deals.
Sonia and I stopped and tasted a soup which one vendor was selling, you just add water and simmer for 15 minutes but we both felt $6.50 for a box of dried soup was too pricey, then a bit later we tasted some popcorn – they had different flavours so we tried a carmel and a cheese (one piece only if you please!) – price was $5 for a small bag. We figure they probably get a lot more people tasting than buying!!
On the way back to the truck Sonia and I stopped at a stall that Janet and I had been in a couple of weeks ago and I bought a lovely dressy zip up jacket with a short sleeved top to match, it was a really good price and too pretty to pass up. Sonia wanted to buy the same set but they didn’t have any matching jackets and tops in her size so she didn’t get one and was very disappointed as she really like them too.
It was about 7 when we got back so we went to Da Boyz Pizza and Pasta for dinner, Jim and Sonia treated us to pizza which was really yummy.
All in all it was another great day in our life of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Tuesday -January 22, 2008
Today was another sunny, beautiful warm day, I wore my skort golfing and was worried when we first got there that I might be too cool, but it turned out to be quite warm , just a perfect day.
The golf game was fun and as usual I had some good and some bad shots but on the whole my game was not bad – I played with 3 fellows today and held my own with them so I was happy. John won closest to the hole today – he got a whole dollar for it but was really pleased with himself and I was happy for him. It was the water hole that was the closest to the tee today so it was even more challenging than the other holes and he was only a couple of feet from the cup, close to a hole in one! There were 42 golfers today, the best turnout yet. Before we started today Jim announced that John Stewart, from Canada, had had heart problems and was being flown home, John is from Waterdown and I had been in his foursome one of the first times out and last Tuesday he and I sat and chatted for a long time while waiting for the others to come in, hopefully everyone keeps him in their prayers and he is okay.
I have been having a terrible time with my hips this winter so today I wore my running shoes to see if they made a difference and voila, my hips and legs were fine, guess I will have to resort to running shoes which I hate wearing, but on the other hand if the pain is gone it is worth it. On the way home we stopped and I bought a new pair of running shoes so hope they are as good as my old ones which are looking pretty well derelict.
When we got back I walked down to check the mail and noticed Johnny and Tom, who we met in Alabama last spring and who are from Barrie, have arrived so I stopped to say hello and had a chat with them. They left home January 8th and hit a tornado in Memphis, they said it was pretty scary but they were fine so that is the main thing. While I was off visiting John was home working on polishing the new (to us) aluminum propane tank, it is coming up beautiful and will be blinding in the sun!
I put a roast and veggies in the slow cooker this morning so dinner was very easy to get on the table tonight, the roast was quite large so I did enough veggies for a couple of meals, now we will have another easy dinner another night this week.
And so ends another wonderful day of retirement, we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
The golf game was fun and as usual I had some good and some bad shots but on the whole my game was not bad – I played with 3 fellows today and held my own with them so I was happy. John won closest to the hole today – he got a whole dollar for it but was really pleased with himself and I was happy for him. It was the water hole that was the closest to the tee today so it was even more challenging than the other holes and he was only a couple of feet from the cup, close to a hole in one! There were 42 golfers today, the best turnout yet. Before we started today Jim announced that John Stewart, from Canada, had had heart problems and was being flown home, John is from Waterdown and I had been in his foursome one of the first times out and last Tuesday he and I sat and chatted for a long time while waiting for the others to come in, hopefully everyone keeps him in their prayers and he is okay.
I have been having a terrible time with my hips this winter so today I wore my running shoes to see if they made a difference and voila, my hips and legs were fine, guess I will have to resort to running shoes which I hate wearing, but on the other hand if the pain is gone it is worth it. On the way home we stopped and I bought a new pair of running shoes so hope they are as good as my old ones which are looking pretty well derelict.
When we got back I walked down to check the mail and noticed Johnny and Tom, who we met in Alabama last spring and who are from Barrie, have arrived so I stopped to say hello and had a chat with them. They left home January 8th and hit a tornado in Memphis, they said it was pretty scary but they were fine so that is the main thing. While I was off visiting John was home working on polishing the new (to us) aluminum propane tank, it is coming up beautiful and will be blinding in the sun!
I put a roast and veggies in the slow cooker this morning so dinner was very easy to get on the table tonight, the roast was quite large so I did enough veggies for a couple of meals, now we will have another easy dinner another night this week.
And so ends another wonderful day of retirement, we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Monday -January 21, 2008
Today was another gorgeous day, sunny and warm although it was cool enough this morning that I didn’t go to pool aerobics.
John washed the truck and trailer today and then started polishing the aluminum propane tank he bought the other day and wow, is the part he’s done ever shiny – I needed my sun glasses to look at it!! I puttered around the trailer this morning then went for a nice walk this afternoon. I needed to pick up a few groceries so John said if I could wait until about 3 he would go with me, so that was fine by me. It was about 3:30 when we got away and we went to Fry’s and Wal Mart and got home about 5:30, my wallet was lighter but our larder was restocked!
When I was out for my walk I stopped and talked to Vivian and Gord for a few minutes, they are from Saskatchewan and were at the same park as us last year and are now here for 3 months. They were late heading out this year so have only been here a couple of weeks, this is the first time I have seen them although John talked to Gord last week. Tonight we talked to Margie and Mike, with the time difference we are having a hard time connecting so it was good to chat with them again.
John has my sleepy time tea ready so I will enjoy it with a piece of blueberry pie. And so ends another wonderful day of retirement, we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
John washed the truck and trailer today and then started polishing the aluminum propane tank he bought the other day and wow, is the part he’s done ever shiny – I needed my sun glasses to look at it!! I puttered around the trailer this morning then went for a nice walk this afternoon. I needed to pick up a few groceries so John said if I could wait until about 3 he would go with me, so that was fine by me. It was about 3:30 when we got away and we went to Fry’s and Wal Mart and got home about 5:30, my wallet was lighter but our larder was restocked!
When I was out for my walk I stopped and talked to Vivian and Gord for a few minutes, they are from Saskatchewan and were at the same park as us last year and are now here for 3 months. They were late heading out this year so have only been here a couple of weeks, this is the first time I have seen them although John talked to Gord last week. Tonight we talked to Margie and Mike, with the time difference we are having a hard time connecting so it was good to chat with them again.
John has my sleepy time tea ready so I will enjoy it with a piece of blueberry pie. And so ends another wonderful day of retirement, we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Sunday - January 20, 2008
Today was another gorgeous sunny day with the temperature hitting the high 60’s – perfect weather.
We went to the market for a bit this afternoon, made a quick stop at Wal Mart and then met Janet and Dave at the golf course just after 3. They were running slow today so it was about 3:45 before we teed off and it was about 5:30 when we finished. We had a good time but my game was so so, I had a few good holes and a few not so good holes, why oh why can’t I be consistent!! We all had the same kind of game so at least I wasn’t alone.
After golf we went to Olive Garden for dinner – thanks Nan and Carl, we used one of our Christmas gift certificates. John and I were going to go to the show after but we would have had to wait about 45 minutes to see Charlie Wilson’s War or over an hour to see the Bucket List so we decided to pass on the show and just come home, maybe some day this week we will make it to a movie. Janet and Dave had to get home for the dog so we didn’t even bother mentioning the show to them.
And so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
We went to the market for a bit this afternoon, made a quick stop at Wal Mart and then met Janet and Dave at the golf course just after 3. They were running slow today so it was about 3:45 before we teed off and it was about 5:30 when we finished. We had a good time but my game was so so, I had a few good holes and a few not so good holes, why oh why can’t I be consistent!! We all had the same kind of game so at least I wasn’t alone.
After golf we went to Olive Garden for dinner – thanks Nan and Carl, we used one of our Christmas gift certificates. John and I were going to go to the show after but we would have had to wait about 45 minutes to see Charlie Wilson’s War or over an hour to see the Bucket List so we decided to pass on the show and just come home, maybe some day this week we will make it to a movie. Janet and Dave had to get home for the dog so we didn’t even bother mentioning the show to them.
And so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Saturday - January 19, 2008
Today was another nice sunny day, but it was a real laid back day.
We didn’t go any place nor did we do anything exciting, John did his usual bike ride and I went for a long walk – how thrilling! Around 4:30 I headed over to the laundromat and hooray, it wasn’t busy so I managed to get the laundry done. I talked to my mom, sister and our two daughters today so that was the high point of the day, I look forward to my weekend chats with family so am happy.
Although it was a quiet day it was very enjoyable, and so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
We didn’t go any place nor did we do anything exciting, John did his usual bike ride and I went for a long walk – how thrilling! Around 4:30 I headed over to the laundromat and hooray, it wasn’t busy so I managed to get the laundry done. I talked to my mom, sister and our two daughters today so that was the high point of the day, I look forward to my weekend chats with family so am happy.
Although it was a quiet day it was very enjoyable, and so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Friday - January 18, 2008
Today was sunny but still cool, the high was only in the mid 60’s. This morning John headed out to get propane, he had our tank and the fellow next door’s tank but when he got to the propane place there was a huge lineup and he figured he wouldn’t get done and back in time for me to go for my pedicure so he just came home.
Janet & I had appointments at Wal Mart for pedicures so John dropped me off and then went to Superfuels to get propane there, the lineup wasn’t very long and the guy there can run the tanks through a lot faster than the fellow at the other place so it didn’t take long to get the tanks filled. The fellow filling the tanks had an aluminum tank for sale for $85, it was recertified in 2004 so is good for 6 more years before having to be recertified so John bought it, they normally run about $400+ so he figured he really scored.
Janet and I got our pedicures then I decided to get a manicure, the price for both is $30, that is a lot less than the price of a pedicure at home so a good deal. Janet and I were both pleased with the service and the pedicures/manicure so I will be sure to go back there before we leave Yuma.
We went down to the rec hall for the horse races at 4 p.m., it is a first for the park and the room was packed and everyone had a good time. John picked two winners and I got one so we ended up with a profit of $0.25 by the time it was over! They are having another race on February 8th so we will have to plan on attending as it is a good time. We came back and had a burger for dinner, now it is a bit of TV before hitting the sack. And so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Janet & I had appointments at Wal Mart for pedicures so John dropped me off and then went to Superfuels to get propane there, the lineup wasn’t very long and the guy there can run the tanks through a lot faster than the fellow at the other place so it didn’t take long to get the tanks filled. The fellow filling the tanks had an aluminum tank for sale for $85, it was recertified in 2004 so is good for 6 more years before having to be recertified so John bought it, they normally run about $400+ so he figured he really scored.
Janet and I got our pedicures then I decided to get a manicure, the price for both is $30, that is a lot less than the price of a pedicure at home so a good deal. Janet and I were both pleased with the service and the pedicures/manicure so I will be sure to go back there before we leave Yuma.
We went down to the rec hall for the horse races at 4 p.m., it is a first for the park and the room was packed and everyone had a good time. John picked two winners and I got one so we ended up with a profit of $0.25 by the time it was over! They are having another race on February 8th so we will have to plan on attending as it is a good time. We came back and had a burger for dinner, now it is a bit of TV before hitting the sack. And so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Thursday - January 17, 2008
Wow, what a windy night it was last night – I kept hearing things rattling and the wind blowing most of the night but by early this morning it had settled down. Even though the wind wasn’t bad today the temperature didn’t get above 60F, so it was a fairly chilly day.
We got to Janet & Dave’s about 12:30, as planned, to go to Costco at El Centro California. Janet & Dave had been there a couple of weeks ago and Janet had bought new glasses so had to go pick them up. John and I let our Costco membership expire a few years ago so today we enjoyed wandering around one for the first time in a long time. I picked up a couple of things – Aveeno Cream was a good deal, but with not a lot of storage in a RV Costco isn’t the place to shop!! After that we stopped at a mall with a Staples as Dave wanted to check there for something so Janet and I went into K-Mart and I found the cooler bag I have been looking for, so I was happy. Janet got a couple of things so it was another successful stop, then we stopped at a new mall as the guys wanted to check out Best Buy. That was the end of our shopping expedition, it was straight home from there and was almost 7 when we got back to their place and John and I headed for home.
The drive to El Centro is through an area of sand dunes, very boring scenery but the ATVers love it and there were quite a few RV’s dry camping out in the desert. Janet and I were saying that with yesterdays wind it must have been a horror show out in the desert, the RV’s would be full of sand and dirt – not my cup of tea. Closer to El Centro are the vegetable fields and it looks a little more civilized.
When we got back I made a quick supper of linguine, sauce and shrimp and it is now time for a bit of TV or reading before heading for bed. I am having trouble keeping my eyes open so I don’t think it will be long before I am all snuggled nice and warm in bed. And so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
We got to Janet & Dave’s about 12:30, as planned, to go to Costco at El Centro California. Janet & Dave had been there a couple of weeks ago and Janet had bought new glasses so had to go pick them up. John and I let our Costco membership expire a few years ago so today we enjoyed wandering around one for the first time in a long time. I picked up a couple of things – Aveeno Cream was a good deal, but with not a lot of storage in a RV Costco isn’t the place to shop!! After that we stopped at a mall with a Staples as Dave wanted to check there for something so Janet and I went into K-Mart and I found the cooler bag I have been looking for, so I was happy. Janet got a couple of things so it was another successful stop, then we stopped at a new mall as the guys wanted to check out Best Buy. That was the end of our shopping expedition, it was straight home from there and was almost 7 when we got back to their place and John and I headed for home.
The drive to El Centro is through an area of sand dunes, very boring scenery but the ATVers love it and there were quite a few RV’s dry camping out in the desert. Janet and I were saying that with yesterdays wind it must have been a horror show out in the desert, the RV’s would be full of sand and dirt – not my cup of tea. Closer to El Centro are the vegetable fields and it looks a little more civilized.
When we got back I made a quick supper of linguine, sauce and shrimp and it is now time for a bit of TV or reading before heading for bed. I am having trouble keeping my eyes open so I don’t think it will be long before I am all snuggled nice and warm in bed. And so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.
Wednesday - January 16, 2008
This morning I called my mom and as luck would have it my sister-in-law answered the phone, they had just come in from seeing the doctor re my mom’s cataracts so Carol was able to fill me in on the details. Mom is scheduled to go for a pre-op on February 1st with surgery on the 12th so here’s hoping all goes well. Mom is 90 and has never had surgery in her life so god willing all will go well for her and she will be able to see again as right now she is pretty well blind in one eye. Can you imagine being that age and never having had surgery – how wonderful!!
The weather forecast was for a cool, windy day today but this morning was sunny, pleasant temperature wise and the wind was very light. We picked up Sonia and Jim about 11 to go to Castle Dome Museum which is about half way to Quartzsite. We drove into Martinez Lake on the way to have lunch, there is a small restaurant at the marina and the hamburgs were very good. When we came out after lunch the wind had picked up and was out of the north, the sun had disappeared and it was downright chilly – so much for a wrong forecast! Thankfully we keep our nylon jackets in the truck but I did wish I had put on jeans rather than capris.
The museum is about 12 miles east off Highway 90 and the first two miles are paved road then it is a washboardy gravel road – nice ride. The museum is very interesting; a couple from Washington State have assembled a number of buildings from the surrounding abandoned mining areas and created a small town there. They have a lot of information about the life, times and people who lived and mined in the area and it is an interesting place to visit; the museum includes a saloon, bar, hotel, church, jail, theatre, a 50’s diner, general store, dressmaker’s shop, bordello, miner’s cabin, mine shafts and equipment etc. We spent a couple of hours there and thoroughly enjoyed it but Sonia and I agreed that it would have been a hard life out there in the desert but certainly thousands of people did it. At one time a local school had 17 children in attendance so I guess there were also a number of families living in these mining towns. It was also interesting to learn that a lot of names we heard mentioned on last week’s Yuma walk, including local merchants, ship captains etc. also owned mines in the area.
After we dropped off Jim and Sonia we stopped and picked up a roast chicken for dinner, that with some fresh hot crusty bread and a salad made a quick but delicious dinner.
Tonight I am doing this with one eye on the computer and the other on Law and Order, a bit more TV and it will be time for bed. And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement.
The weather forecast was for a cool, windy day today but this morning was sunny, pleasant temperature wise and the wind was very light. We picked up Sonia and Jim about 11 to go to Castle Dome Museum which is about half way to Quartzsite. We drove into Martinez Lake on the way to have lunch, there is a small restaurant at the marina and the hamburgs were very good. When we came out after lunch the wind had picked up and was out of the north, the sun had disappeared and it was downright chilly – so much for a wrong forecast! Thankfully we keep our nylon jackets in the truck but I did wish I had put on jeans rather than capris.
The museum is about 12 miles east off Highway 90 and the first two miles are paved road then it is a washboardy gravel road – nice ride. The museum is very interesting; a couple from Washington State have assembled a number of buildings from the surrounding abandoned mining areas and created a small town there. They have a lot of information about the life, times and people who lived and mined in the area and it is an interesting place to visit; the museum includes a saloon, bar, hotel, church, jail, theatre, a 50’s diner, general store, dressmaker’s shop, bordello, miner’s cabin, mine shafts and equipment etc. We spent a couple of hours there and thoroughly enjoyed it but Sonia and I agreed that it would have been a hard life out there in the desert but certainly thousands of people did it. At one time a local school had 17 children in attendance so I guess there were also a number of families living in these mining towns. It was also interesting to learn that a lot of names we heard mentioned on last week’s Yuma walk, including local merchants, ship captains etc. also owned mines in the area.
After we dropped off Jim and Sonia we stopped and picked up a roast chicken for dinner, that with some fresh hot crusty bread and a salad made a quick but delicious dinner.
Tonight I am doing this with one eye on the computer and the other on Law and Order, a bit more TV and it will be time for bed. And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement.
Tuesday -January 15, 2008
Today was a perfect day – warm, sunny and just a light breeze, great golfing weather.
There were 40 people out for golf today, the biggest turn out yet this season. John and I lucked out as I drew a 5 and he had an 8 so we weren’t too far from each other when playing, it is a real pain when one of us draws an ace and is the first team off and the other draws a 9 or 10 so is one of the last ones to tee off, a lot of waiting when that happens. We both had a good day, some good shots and some bad ones, but a good time was had by all and that is what counts. They have a hole in one pot, it costs $1 to join and that is all you pay until someone gets a hole in one then the pot would have to be replenished. We paid a buck each the first time we played last year, figured that if you aren’t in you won’t win! Today Jim, the fellow who organizes the scramble, mentioned the hole in one deal and said if anyone hadn’t paid and wanted to he would be glad to take their money and add them to the list. Be danged if a lady didn’t get a hole in one today and hadn’t paid her $1 so she missed out on a pot of about $60, guess I would be kicking my butt if it had been me!
We got home about 4:30, after a quick stop at Fry’s and Wal Mart, and I sat out for about ½ hour then the sun was past the patio and it got kind of cool so I headed in. We are having trouble with the internet tonight so if it isn’t working in the morning we will give Time Warner a call, meanwhile I hope I can get this posted using the park internet, it will be slow but if I can get it done I don’t care.
And so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we have a full day planned for tomorrow.
There were 40 people out for golf today, the biggest turn out yet this season. John and I lucked out as I drew a 5 and he had an 8 so we weren’t too far from each other when playing, it is a real pain when one of us draws an ace and is the first team off and the other draws a 9 or 10 so is one of the last ones to tee off, a lot of waiting when that happens. We both had a good day, some good shots and some bad ones, but a good time was had by all and that is what counts. They have a hole in one pot, it costs $1 to join and that is all you pay until someone gets a hole in one then the pot would have to be replenished. We paid a buck each the first time we played last year, figured that if you aren’t in you won’t win! Today Jim, the fellow who organizes the scramble, mentioned the hole in one deal and said if anyone hadn’t paid and wanted to he would be glad to take their money and add them to the list. Be danged if a lady didn’t get a hole in one today and hadn’t paid her $1 so she missed out on a pot of about $60, guess I would be kicking my butt if it had been me!
We got home about 4:30, after a quick stop at Fry’s and Wal Mart, and I sat out for about ½ hour then the sun was past the patio and it got kind of cool so I headed in. We are having trouble with the internet tonight so if it isn’t working in the morning we will give Time Warner a call, meanwhile I hope I can get this posted using the park internet, it will be slow but if I can get it done I don’t care.
And so ends another wonderful day of retirement and we have a full day planned for tomorrow.
Monday -January 14, 2008
Today was a quiet day, nothing exciting. It was nice and sunny but very windy so I didn’t get to sit outside as I would have been blown away.
This morning was cleaning and then about 4:30 I went to do laundry, it was quiet when I got there but by the time I was finished it was a zoo, there were a couple of people in a tiff over who got the next drier!! Guess it will be like this for the next couple of months, oh joy.
Tonight after dinner John and I got reminiscing about life, our children, our jobs, etc. so it was a fun evening. I think it started by me saying that on Saturday coming back from Quartzsite Janet had been reminiscing about our childhood and saying how she loved the house I grew up in and will always remember the Friday nights we spent there playing board and card games and bugging my brother and his friends! Janet and I have been friends for over 55 years so lots of memories there and we often talk about old friends and things we did. All friends are important but ones you have grown up with and known all your life are especially precious. Okay, so much for this, time to go to bed.
This morning was cleaning and then about 4:30 I went to do laundry, it was quiet when I got there but by the time I was finished it was a zoo, there were a couple of people in a tiff over who got the next drier!! Guess it will be like this for the next couple of months, oh joy.
Tonight after dinner John and I got reminiscing about life, our children, our jobs, etc. so it was a fun evening. I think it started by me saying that on Saturday coming back from Quartzsite Janet had been reminiscing about our childhood and saying how she loved the house I grew up in and will always remember the Friday nights we spent there playing board and card games and bugging my brother and his friends! Janet and I have been friends for over 55 years so lots of memories there and we often talk about old friends and things we did. All friends are important but ones you have grown up with and known all your life are especially precious. Okay, so much for this, time to go to bed.
Sunday - January 13, 2008
Today was another warm sunny day but it was quite windy, fortunately the wind was out of the north west so it wasn’t a cold one.
I had booked a T-time for Janet, Dave and us but Janet and Dave backed out because of the wind. John and I went and it wasn’t at all bad, we have certainly golfed in stronger winds than today and as long as the dust isn’t blowing on us it’s no big deal. The course was quite busy so it was a bit of a slow game but I think it will be like that now until early March when the snowbirds start heading north, so we either live with it or stop golfing.
We met Janet & Dave at Mr. Liu’s Chinese buffet for dinner, it was good but we are not really big on the buffets so once a season down here is enough for us. Mr. Liu’s is right beside a Wal Mart so we made a quick stop before heading home as John needed some socks.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement and so far there are no plans for tomorrow so it will probably be a quiet day.
I had booked a T-time for Janet, Dave and us but Janet and Dave backed out because of the wind. John and I went and it wasn’t at all bad, we have certainly golfed in stronger winds than today and as long as the dust isn’t blowing on us it’s no big deal. The course was quite busy so it was a bit of a slow game but I think it will be like that now until early March when the snowbirds start heading north, so we either live with it or stop golfing.
We met Janet & Dave at Mr. Liu’s Chinese buffet for dinner, it was good but we are not really big on the buffets so once a season down here is enough for us. Mr. Liu’s is right beside a Wal Mart so we made a quick stop before heading home as John needed some socks.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement and so far there are no plans for tomorrow so it will probably be a quiet day.
Saturday - January 12, 2008
Today was another gorgeous, sunny day with a bit of a breeze, perfect weather for an outing.
We picked Janet and Dave up about 10 and headed up to Quartzsite, it is about a 1-1/2 hour drive through the desert, with a beautiful mountain ridge in the east all the way up. One of the mountains has a large dome on the top and you can see the dome for miles, from the park here it is probably at least 40 miles away but can always be seen – very pretty. There were thousands of trailers in the desert and that number will double or triple next weekend with the show.
Quartzsite has all the usual booths open and the tent is up as the big RV show starts on Friday, then the place will be a zoo. It was busy but we weren’t tripping over people and it was the usual vendors – beads, jewelry, rocks, t-shirts, hardware and on and on. I bought a t-shirt at one of the stalls, the same shirts are sold here at the market for the same price but there was no tax today so a bit of a savings. One store had 4 books for $5 so I got 4 books and I got a pair of earrings. I have lost 2 earrings in the last few months, both of which were Zuni with the different stones, so bought another pair today to replace them. Janet and I have a friend who has a little shop on Vancouver Island and she had given Janet some money to buy her some rings to sell so Janet picked up a few today and has also gotten some for her in Mexico. I liked the Mexico ones better, but they were more expensive.
After about 3 hours of browsing Janet and I met up with the guys and we headed out. On the way out we found another area that had never had booths set up before and now there are tons of them and then there is another whole street of vendors that we didn’t get to. It would take days if you wanted to do it all, somehow I can’t imagine anyone wanting to do that!!
On the drive home the mountains were beautiful with the way the sun was hitting them so a pretty drive. We went back to Janet & Dave’s for dinner, she had put veggies and a turkey breast in the crock pot before she left so it was an easy dinner when we got back. There was a gorgeous sunset tonight so John and Dave went out and took pictures, lots of pictures.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement.
We picked Janet and Dave up about 10 and headed up to Quartzsite, it is about a 1-1/2 hour drive through the desert, with a beautiful mountain ridge in the east all the way up. One of the mountains has a large dome on the top and you can see the dome for miles, from the park here it is probably at least 40 miles away but can always be seen – very pretty. There were thousands of trailers in the desert and that number will double or triple next weekend with the show.
Quartzsite has all the usual booths open and the tent is up as the big RV show starts on Friday, then the place will be a zoo. It was busy but we weren’t tripping over people and it was the usual vendors – beads, jewelry, rocks, t-shirts, hardware and on and on. I bought a t-shirt at one of the stalls, the same shirts are sold here at the market for the same price but there was no tax today so a bit of a savings. One store had 4 books for $5 so I got 4 books and I got a pair of earrings. I have lost 2 earrings in the last few months, both of which were Zuni with the different stones, so bought another pair today to replace them. Janet and I have a friend who has a little shop on Vancouver Island and she had given Janet some money to buy her some rings to sell so Janet picked up a few today and has also gotten some for her in Mexico. I liked the Mexico ones better, but they were more expensive.
After about 3 hours of browsing Janet and I met up with the guys and we headed out. On the way out we found another area that had never had booths set up before and now there are tons of them and then there is another whole street of vendors that we didn’t get to. It would take days if you wanted to do it all, somehow I can’t imagine anyone wanting to do that!!
On the drive home the mountains were beautiful with the way the sun was hitting them so a pretty drive. We went back to Janet & Dave’s for dinner, she had put veggies and a turkey breast in the crock pot before she left so it was an easy dinner when we got back. There was a gorgeous sunset tonight so John and Dave went out and took pictures, lots of pictures.
And so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement.
Friday - January 11, 2008
Gotta love this weather, as far as I’m concerned it’s perfect, the temperature isn’t too hot but it is pleasantly warm.
This morning was water aerobics and vacuuming, real exciting. This afternoon we did a bit of shopping - the Bargain Barn, Wal Mart and Fry’s, again we didn’t buy too much but the larder is full. Not an exciting day but pleasant none the less.
Tonight we are watching a bit of TV but I think I will be ready for bed early, tomorrow promises to be a busy day.
Sorry this isn’t very exciting but some days are just quiet and uneventful, but still another wonderful day in our life of retirement.
This morning was water aerobics and vacuuming, real exciting. This afternoon we did a bit of shopping - the Bargain Barn, Wal Mart and Fry’s, again we didn’t buy too much but the larder is full. Not an exciting day but pleasant none the less.
Tonight we are watching a bit of TV but I think I will be ready for bed early, tomorrow promises to be a busy day.
Sorry this isn’t very exciting but some days are just quiet and uneventful, but still another wonderful day in our life of retirement.
Thursday - January 10, 2008
Wow, what a gorgeous day, the temperature was in the low 70’s so just perfect as far as I’m concerned.
This afternoon we went over to Jim & Sonia’s at Desert Paradise Park for a visit and had a good time. Ida, who we were beside the first year we were there, came over for a drink and a visit, she is 78 and a going concern! It was actually quite hot sitting in the sun but I won’t complain as we have been waiting for it to be like this.
On the way home we stopped at Lowe’s and picked up our new Bunn coffee maker so when we got back I got it unpacked and ready to use tomorrow morning, we want to make sure it works okay then will pack it away until we get home.
By the time I was finished with that it was time to change our clothes and head out for our Old Yuma walking tour. Tonight the weather was still really nice so jeans, a sweatshirt and vest were very comfortable for clothing. The tour was interesting and we learned a lot about Yuma, it was the first city west of the Mississippi to be designated a Heritage City and there are only about 8 cities in all of the US with that designation – quite surprising until she explained. Yuma was the link to the west during the gold rush with a rope ferry across the Colorado River and then was settled a few years later by those returning from the gold rush. For years anyone in Oregon, for instance, wanting to drive to Chicago had to come down through Yuma to get there as the east west highway went through Yuma and here was the only bridge crossing the Colorado. This was in the years when there were no roads across the rockies. The tour was interesting but we found the woman doing the tour rather disjointed in her presentation, she would start telling us about something then get sidetracked and sometimes go on just a bit too long. I think this is something new for her so hopefully she will get her presentation down a bit more pat as there is a lot of interesting history. There are apparently a number of haunted homes and old buildings in the old section but we didn’t see anything resembling a ghost on our tour.
On the way home we stopped at Applebee’s for a light snack, now it is time for a cuppa Sleepy Time Tea then off to bed, and so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement.
This afternoon we went over to Jim & Sonia’s at Desert Paradise Park for a visit and had a good time. Ida, who we were beside the first year we were there, came over for a drink and a visit, she is 78 and a going concern! It was actually quite hot sitting in the sun but I won’t complain as we have been waiting for it to be like this.
On the way home we stopped at Lowe’s and picked up our new Bunn coffee maker so when we got back I got it unpacked and ready to use tomorrow morning, we want to make sure it works okay then will pack it away until we get home.
By the time I was finished with that it was time to change our clothes and head out for our Old Yuma walking tour. Tonight the weather was still really nice so jeans, a sweatshirt and vest were very comfortable for clothing. The tour was interesting and we learned a lot about Yuma, it was the first city west of the Mississippi to be designated a Heritage City and there are only about 8 cities in all of the US with that designation – quite surprising until she explained. Yuma was the link to the west during the gold rush with a rope ferry across the Colorado River and then was settled a few years later by those returning from the gold rush. For years anyone in Oregon, for instance, wanting to drive to Chicago had to come down through Yuma to get there as the east west highway went through Yuma and here was the only bridge crossing the Colorado. This was in the years when there were no roads across the rockies. The tour was interesting but we found the woman doing the tour rather disjointed in her presentation, she would start telling us about something then get sidetracked and sometimes go on just a bit too long. I think this is something new for her so hopefully she will get her presentation down a bit more pat as there is a lot of interesting history. There are apparently a number of haunted homes and old buildings in the old section but we didn’t see anything resembling a ghost on our tour.
On the way home we stopped at Applebee’s for a light snack, now it is time for a cuppa Sleepy Time Tea then off to bed, and so ends another wonderful day in our life of retirement.
Wednesday - January 9, 2008
Today was an absolutely gorgeous day, we could handle this type of weather every day, and never complain. This morning I went down for the water aerobics and it is getting busier, there is not enough room for every body to do the exercises which require holding onto the side of the pool so some people were in the middle doing them, I have a balance problem so not having the side of the pool to hold onto could present some pretty interesting problems for me!
This afternoon I sat out and read for a while then went for another lymph drainage massage that left me feeling wonderful. I was really pleased with the results of the last massage so thought another one would only make my arm better, so here’s hoping!
This afternoon we got a neighbour, we have not had anone on our curbside since we got here so knew sooner or later we would get someone there and today was the day. I haven’t had a chance to do more than say hello as I didn’t want to bother them when they were setting up, maybe tomorrow we will get a chance to chat.
Wow, another day is gone and we haven’t done an awful lot – guess this is what retirement is all about. Can’t wait for another great day tomorrow.
This afternoon I sat out and read for a while then went for another lymph drainage massage that left me feeling wonderful. I was really pleased with the results of the last massage so thought another one would only make my arm better, so here’s hoping!
This afternoon we got a neighbour, we have not had anone on our curbside since we got here so knew sooner or later we would get someone there and today was the day. I haven’t had a chance to do more than say hello as I didn’t want to bother them when they were setting up, maybe tomorrow we will get a chance to chat.
Wow, another day is gone and we haven’t done an awful lot – guess this is what retirement is all about. Can’t wait for another great day tomorrow.
Tuesday -January 8, 2008
Today was another nice day but the wind was out of the north so it was a bit cool, but who’s complaining!! Not me!
We had our golf scramble today and as usual had a good time with some good shots, some bad shots and even a couple of really bad shots as well as a couple of really good shots!! I guess that is what it is all about.
On the way home we stopped for propane then when we got back John washed the truck – which was badly needed. By the time he got done I was ready to do laundry, so that is another dirty job done.
I was reading another blog this morning where she said about defrosting the fridge and I just said to John thankfully that is one job we don’t have to contend with. We have an apartment sized fridge in our RV which runs on electric only but with our solar system this is not a problem. On the 14 hour boat crossing from Newfoundland this past September we put the fridge on Vacation Mode and when we landed and got into the RV park in Nova Scotia everything was still frozen in the freezer and cold in the fridge, what more could we ask for! We have to give a big hand to Andy at Can-Am RV for trying out new things and proving they work. So far the only problem we have encountered is the bracket suspending the cheese compartment broke so we now have the compartment sitting on the shelf rather than suspended – big deal!!
Well, tis the end to another nice day here in the south. We are just watching the news and although it is warm in Canada now they are calling for more really cold weather so we are happy to be enjoying the weather here and not having to put up with the freeze, warm at home.
We had our golf scramble today and as usual had a good time with some good shots, some bad shots and even a couple of really bad shots as well as a couple of really good shots!! I guess that is what it is all about.
On the way home we stopped for propane then when we got back John washed the truck – which was badly needed. By the time he got done I was ready to do laundry, so that is another dirty job done.
I was reading another blog this morning where she said about defrosting the fridge and I just said to John thankfully that is one job we don’t have to contend with. We have an apartment sized fridge in our RV which runs on electric only but with our solar system this is not a problem. On the 14 hour boat crossing from Newfoundland this past September we put the fridge on Vacation Mode and when we landed and got into the RV park in Nova Scotia everything was still frozen in the freezer and cold in the fridge, what more could we ask for! We have to give a big hand to Andy at Can-Am RV for trying out new things and proving they work. So far the only problem we have encountered is the bracket suspending the cheese compartment broke so we now have the compartment sitting on the shelf rather than suspended – big deal!!
Well, tis the end to another nice day here in the south. We are just watching the news and although it is warm in Canada now they are calling for more really cold weather so we are happy to be enjoying the weather here and not having to put up with the freeze, warm at home.
Monday -January 7, 2008
Sometime during the night, probably around 4 a.m, the wind picked up and it actually rained for a couple of minutes. The curbside awning did a fair bit of moving around but not enough for me to wake up John to go out and put it up. He was up about 1:30 with an upset stomach and took a gravol so when it got windy etc. he was out like a light. Meanwhile I woke up at 1:30 when he got up and was still awake at 4, somehow that isn’t fair.
This morning was overcast and cool and I didn’t get up too early because of not sleeping well so didn’t go for exercises. I did some cleaning this morning then this afternoon we decided to go out for a bit. We haven’t been to Mervyn’s so decided to check it out, it is another store like Sears, J. C. Penney etc. has everything from soup to nuts. I didn’t get anything but John finally found a new pair of pants so he was happy. We also stopped at Albertson’s and Wal Mart as well as checking to see if our new coffee maker was in at Lowe’s – not until Thursday.
The sky was really pretty when we were out today, beautiful shades of blue but there was no place to stop and get a good picture – grrrr!’’
Today we got our first electric bill - $25.20 for 40 days at $0.18/kw hr. and there was no tax, gotta love it!
And so ends another day in the sunny south, tonight is relaxing with a book and TV.
This morning was overcast and cool and I didn’t get up too early because of not sleeping well so didn’t go for exercises. I did some cleaning this morning then this afternoon we decided to go out for a bit. We haven’t been to Mervyn’s so decided to check it out, it is another store like Sears, J. C. Penney etc. has everything from soup to nuts. I didn’t get anything but John finally found a new pair of pants so he was happy. We also stopped at Albertson’s and Wal Mart as well as checking to see if our new coffee maker was in at Lowe’s – not until Thursday.
The sky was really pretty when we were out today, beautiful shades of blue but there was no place to stop and get a good picture – grrrr!’’
Today we got our first electric bill - $25.20 for 40 days at $0.18/kw hr. and there was no tax, gotta love it!
And so ends another day in the sunny south, tonight is relaxing with a book and TV.
Sunday - January 6, 2008
Today was mostly sunny and the temperature was in the high 60’s so it was quite pleasant.
We went golfing this afternoon and again it was fairly busy but not as slow as last week. After golf we decided to go to Logan’s Roadhouse for dinner as someone had told Dave it was good, bad move on our part. John, Dave and I had ribs and they were okay but Texas Roadhouse is better and our rice was barely warm. Dave and I ordered cesear salad as one of our sides and they were out – at 6 p.m.!! Janet sent her chicken back as she said it tasted off and her veggies were cold. We heard people all around us complaining about cold food and slow service and yes our service was slow but we didn’t complain as we have no trouble talking while we wait and as I said, hey we’re retired – what’s the hurry! Anyways, it’s another restaurant we won’t bother going back to.
Now I have a question for all you RV’ers out there. In this little house on wheels we are having a difference of opinion on how to manage the hot water, I say turn it on in the morning and leave it on until bedtime, that way it only has to totally heat up once. John thinks it should go on in the morning and then as soon as showers and dishes are over he turns it off, then it goes on at dinnertime in time to do dishes then off again. On days like today when we are out for dinner so are not home to warm it up to do dinner dishes, washing up before going to bed can be a chilly experience!! I’m not sure that one method is more efficient than the other (and that is what this is all about) so wonder if anyone can tell me if one way is more efficient. Any replies I get I will post on my blog so others can see what the different opinions on this are, in case someone else is interested.
Enough for today, we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
We went golfing this afternoon and again it was fairly busy but not as slow as last week. After golf we decided to go to Logan’s Roadhouse for dinner as someone had told Dave it was good, bad move on our part. John, Dave and I had ribs and they were okay but Texas Roadhouse is better and our rice was barely warm. Dave and I ordered cesear salad as one of our sides and they were out – at 6 p.m.!! Janet sent her chicken back as she said it tasted off and her veggies were cold. We heard people all around us complaining about cold food and slow service and yes our service was slow but we didn’t complain as we have no trouble talking while we wait and as I said, hey we’re retired – what’s the hurry! Anyways, it’s another restaurant we won’t bother going back to.
Now I have a question for all you RV’ers out there. In this little house on wheels we are having a difference of opinion on how to manage the hot water, I say turn it on in the morning and leave it on until bedtime, that way it only has to totally heat up once. John thinks it should go on in the morning and then as soon as showers and dishes are over he turns it off, then it goes on at dinnertime in time to do dishes then off again. On days like today when we are out for dinner so are not home to warm it up to do dinner dishes, washing up before going to bed can be a chilly experience!! I’m not sure that one method is more efficient than the other (and that is what this is all about) so wonder if anyone can tell me if one way is more efficient. Any replies I get I will post on my blog so others can see what the different opinions on this are, in case someone else is interested.
Enough for today, we are looking forward to another great day tomorrow.
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