Hold on to Your Hats and Puppy Dogs! Birthday Girl

Park Place RV Park

On Wednesday, Jan. 8^th I woke up from another night of dreams. Strange but all good. I can’t remember any of them but I was awake at 5:45 and realized that I had about 14” of bed that I was stretched out on, facing my window. Hmm. I rolled onto my stomach and soon understood the situation. There was a puppy dog stretched from the middle of the bed to my back. As long as I was asleep, it didn’t matter but once awake, I needed room. 😊

Good morning.
The winds played havoc with the day here.
Look at those distant mountains to the east,
covered in dust.

Bill was comfortably asleep on his back taking up his full side of the bed and there was the sound of deep sleep so I didn’t want to disturb Gibbs and wake him up too early. I waited until 6:10 and moved. That woke them both up and I was able to stretch freely. Gibbs likes to be close to us, either one of us, so I wasn’t surprised that he was up between us with his head on the pillows. ♥

Of course, the little bum went right back to sleep after his morning outing and so did I, until 7. Bill said it was a mild 50F/10C so I decided to walk, despite the winds. I knew they would only increase throughout the day but when I took Gibbs out for a piddle first, it felt cold and the 4.5 mph winds were more than I’ve had all month. I wimped out and came inside for my tea instead. 😊

It is advised not to be out in the desert winds for too long and to be mindful of our pets as well, so I didn’t beat myself up about missing a day of walking. I stripped the bed and while Bill got ready for his day, took the sheets over to the laundry room. He had a day planned at an Tourism Expo in Parker at the casino. Their Quartzsite Desert Flyers were setting up a table with information and a couple of planes for the day.

This is where Bill and a few of the members were today.

I hung the sheets on the line to dry, the winds were from the north and the clothesline, which is on the southside of the clubhouse, would get sunshine but not the full brunt of any winds. There isn’t a lot of dust back there either so I would get the benefit of a fresh air dry this morning. I took Gibbs for his walk, and the sun was beginning to come out, making for a warm enough walk.

The lady took a blurry picture, too bad.
Tommy, Bill, Dennis, Jim and Kobus in front
It was a worthwhile day as they managed to secure
a booth at the big tent rv show! Free!

At 9, I took my mug over to join the Coffee Hour and there were 6 of us today. Because Jess and Jesse were still ‘contagious’ (her words), she wasn’t in attendance today. I know how much she loves Sue’s cupcakes so I brought 2 back with me and dropped them on their doorstep. 😊 They enjoyed them as I thought they might. At 10:30, my sheets were dry so I brought them back as well.

The chili was good and the
dessert was a lot of work for a bit of a letdown.

For lunch, I just had toast with peanut butter and jam. Separately, I’m not a mix-it-up kind of gal. No pbj for me. Then since I was baking this morning, and we left the power on, I switched to solar after everything was done cooking. I’d found a recipe for Cheesecake Bars that I wanted to try. I had lots of cream cheese to use up so this was perfect. Bill will be my guinea pig – again. Bless his heart. ♥

The winds have hovered between 8 mph to 19 mph with gusts as high as 23 mph. Really, they’ve been worse and were forecasted for worse but the week isn’t over yet. The sun and clear blue sky is making a world of difference in the temperature. It is 1 pm and 66F/17C, no beef there! 😊 I played my Wordle games and because I had no shelter from the wind beside the Suite, I went out with my book and sat behind the Weber for about 45 minutes.

Here's our birthday girl and her mom.
Happy Birthday, Hadley Rose!

The sun was nice and it wasn’t cold but sitting beside the flopping gazebo was too much. Gibbs and I went for his walk around 2:30, I had my neck wrap which I pulled over my mouth and nose when the wind blew strong. It was a short walk, Gibbs didn’t much care for walking into the wind either. I came in and made my tea, deciding that I didn’t want to read the book I had started. Not my kind of story.

She enjoyed showing us all her
play makeup. Lots of lip gloss!

Bill was home from Parker, after a full day, around 4 pm and caught me up on his news. For supper, we had leftover chili with toast and tried the squares I made for dessert. Hmm, so-so. Not keen on the crust so we may eat the top layer only. 😊 The sky is still clear and we reached a high of 65F/18C, so quite nice.

And because she takes gymnastics,
she wanted to show us some moves.

After clean up, I downloaded some pictures Bill took of our little birthday girl during a Facetime chat. Hadley Rose is 4 today and just the cutest! She had to show us some of her gymnastics moves as well and she is quite flexible. ♥ This has been a quiet day but a good one. One more day of wind and a few cool days and cooler nights.

Sorry for the blur, she was on the
move and Bill did his best while
chatting with her. 💘
You can see the excitement in her face.
Good night!

Thank you for popping by!