A Few Clouds Made it into the Blog

Park Place RV Park

On Sunday, Nov. 30th we both woke up from a good night's sleep. Bill sooner than I but still it is good when you only wake up once through the night. I had my tea and oatmeal around 7:30 and although I could feel a bit of discomfort, Sir Sciatica did not make a full on appearance. Yay!

Good Sunday morning!

We went about our day, expecting it to be fairly busy when I saw Fred out reading electric/hydro meters. It wasn't bad at all. I looked at the puzzle and didn't get into my quilling as Sue needed help with printing and stapling the bills together. A good time passer.

The clouds moved in

For lunch, I decided on a change and just had a couple pieces of my seeded bread toasted with homemade strawberry jam. Not mine but better! Bill was keeping busy outside. We heard from my sister, Gayle, that they were possibly arriving in the Q this afternoon, or at the latest, tomorrow. 

They are the same colour as the
desert so you may not see the quail.
I enjoyed them though with their
disctinctive chatter.

It is nice to see family down here, wish more were able to make a trip and visit but that's a lot to expect. However, Sue has been getting the park model ready for guests. Guests meaning friends or family of the residents only for short term. I think it is a great idea and there is already a booking over Christmas.

The Arco station down the road from us
was crazy busy all day, causing traffic
jams. Their price is the cheapest in town
but not 'that' cheap!

I returned home at 4 and while Bill had a snooze, I took Gibbs for his walk. His choice, I just followed, basically. I was happy to hear, then see the Gamble Quail running across the desert across the road from the park. It's hard to capture them, they are fast and frightened of us.

I kept an eye on this before supper

I knew it would just get better and better

For supper, Bill grilled his cheeseburgers. They were awesome again. We prepared to watch The Road after we ate and cleaned up the few dishes. It has been another good day, quiet enough and not boring. 

Yummy

We reached a pleasant high of 73F/21C but some clouds moved in after lunch. Maybe a pretty sunset? Our temperatures will be dropping off a bit this coming week. I think we'll survive!

I wasn't the only one watching the sky.
Good night!

Thank you for your visit!

Happy Sunday

Park Place RV Park

On Sunday, Nov. 16th we are past the Ides of the month. We've been here 16, well 17, days and surprisingly I can say that the days are going by slowly. I'm sure that will change as we advance into December, always a busy month.

Good morning!
West view on the left.
East side on the right.

Today, after yesterday's rain, we woke up to cooler temperatures. That was expected and quite honestly, everyone was ready for the break. Bill and I will not be those who need to don long pants and hoodies too soon though. This feels quite refreshing after the 90F/30C.

The clouds caught me on my
way to the laundry room.

Bill carried the basket of dirty laundry over for me just after 6:30 and we started the 2 loads. When we came back, I had a cut up banana with cream for breakfast and gave Gibbs his teaspoon of the newer container of 3.25% fat yogourt. He seemed to agree that this 'was' better.

The west sky is lovely and
I'm not referring to the clouds.

I still don't like it and will definitely have to find some way to use it up. Low fat just makes me cringe, it's so thin/runny. Anyway, Bill left for the field and in due time, I walked over to switch loads. I also did a 3rd load of sheets and our dining chair covers.

Once I started snapping pictures,
it was hard to stop.

The grounding sheet cannot go in the dryer, dry cleaned or dried in the sun. Hmmm. I was fortunate that the morning started out cloudy with a breeze, so the clothes line behind the clubhouse was perfect. I set my alarm for 2 hours so I did't forget to go check on them. 😀

The puzzle looked like this
when I left this morning.

After the 2 loads were dry, I folded them and sat and worked on the puzzle for an hour before coming back home. I made great progress. I like the picture of this one but I think it will get harder as I go. So many of the same colours. I brought the grounding sheet home, almost dry, and hung it under our shelter to finish.

My chicken hearts, cukes
and green peppers made a nice little
lunch.

Time for a shower! When I came out, my hair was wet and begging me for a trim. I'd told Bill that I would be trimming it over the coming week but now was the perfect time. Soon, it will all be one length again. When Bill got home around 10:30, I was just getting out of the shower.

Gibbs hopped up there beside Daddy
and did his little 'gentleman' squat.

I had decided that I wanted to take Lila out for a spin. I was concerned about whether it would aggravate my sciatica but I needed to know. I didn't go far, on the paved road around the mid block, to Arizona Sun RV Park and back home down Quail Trail. Let me tell you, I was dying! My legs were so wonky, weak and shaky when I finished. 

My white shoes came out of the
wash looking brand new.

It discourages me that I may not be able to ride her after all but will not judge that until I try a couple more times. It just wasn't enjoyable, maybe because I'm wondering what the after effect may be, or maybe because I'd just rather walk. We'll see in a day or two.

I finished this little wall hanging.

I sat at my table and finished a wood plaque that I'd started a while ago. At least I know quilling is something that I can do and not hurt myself! 😂 We had lunch, more chicken hearts, peppers and cucumber with a slice of lovely fresh keto bread. 

My hair is almost one
length now, after the trim.

The winds are up today, so we're keeping an eye on the gazebo. Bill has it secured quite well but still better to be aware. I brought the dried sheet in from under the shelter and remade the bed before going over to work on the puzzle. 

The wind was a little gusty today,
but nothing like what we've had on the Ridge.

I made a tea in the clubhouse and at 4:30 after they closed up, I returned home. Bill and Gibbs weren't home and that surprised me. I usually take the little guy out around 4 so Bill thought he would do it instead. 

In that hour, I got a few
more pieces in.

He met up with a park guest and his dog, Tucker, in the dog park so they spent a few minutes together. 😉 Gibbs was more interested in sitting with Joe than he was in playing with Tucker, he is totally a people puppy!

Looking east again

Supper was air fried shrimp with rice and vegetables. My rice was the keto brand and it tasted great with the mixed veggies. 

Supper was good!
(like a Sunday night dinner 😂)

We had Jello for dessert and I even tried it with some of the 'low fat' yogourt. It wasn't terrible that way. 💁

Peeking out our window
at the night

We cleaned up, watched a movie and The Road when it came on. It was a cooler day, 70F/19C, quite a change. We didn't mind at all. I hope you enjoyed your Sunday!

Good night!

Thank you for stopping in.

Slow Sunday, Feeling the Heat

The Ridge

On Sunday, July 26^th we were up at our normal 6:30. Slept out, I was, since I was in bed last night at 9:30. With the clothes sorted, we drove into Durham. I loaded 2 washers and Bill noticed that the coin machine wouldn’t take his 20$ bill. Oh-oh, that isn’t a good thing to come in to. Unfortunately, that meant contacting Jamie or he would have a lot of unsatisfied customers. So, I texted him.

Don't you love watching men work?
They crawled around working on this machine and then the floor
got incredibly wet
Woops!

Bill opened the big dryers and removed the lint and I set about doing the same for the smaller ones, washing down machines and cleaning the toilet. Jamie arrived within 15 minutes and got the coin machine fixed up. It got busy and after Bill did the floors for me, they set to work fixing a machine that wasn’t draining water. This took longer than they both thought but I left them to it and drove down to Foodland for some groceries.

Bill had the floors all cleaned up but then an influx
of customers came and it was dirty from theirs and our shoes
I took a rag and went over it again 

It was a couple of hours at least before we left the Mat. I suggested that Jamie wait until the end of the month to pay me, since we were only a week out. He agreed and asked that I carry on through August. 😊 Back home, we were both good and ready for our morning drinks so sat together and had those while reading some blogs and comments. Bill went out to the cargo trailer for a bit and I hung the clothes.

Doesn't he look comfy?

I knew they would dry quickly with the hot day and lovely breeze. Thank goodness the sky was a mixture of sun and clouds today as it was a scorcher. We had an Akumal omelette (flatter than my normal ones) for brunch and that seemed to fill us up. After that, we didn’t do much. I did open the ‘basement’ at one point to get out the folding ottoman and noticed that we’d had a visitor or two under there. Hmm.

These little goldfinches and chickadees love the feeder that is theirs
and theirs alone

The poop was too big for the little mouse, which we do think we’ve taken care of.  So now we’re thinking Chippy. ☹ He’s been eating the green poison blocks that Bill put in there as one is gone except for crumbs and the other one has been nibbled on. The weirdest thing though. Bill had an open packet of Werther’s candies sitting on the hutch at our dining table since Sunday.

Bill emptied the compartment to the right as they'd been in there too
That's where he found the candies

There were 3 down in the basement on our slide-out tray. Now, that is the mystery. How would a chipmunk not only get in (that could be explainable) but get up onto the cupboard 3 times and carry the candies still in the wrapper ‘downstairs’? I know they can stuff their cheeks but seriously? A total mystery. We emptied the tray and Bill vacuumed up all the evidence. We did wonder where his candies went as he was having 1 a day and there were 10 in the pack. LOL

That is the second block and some turds

The heat was getting to us both and we had no desire to do ANYTHING! It wasn’t  comfortable sitting inside with no a/c so we sat on the patio in the shade and in the breeze but it wasn’t a steady breeze. Soon Bill moved the hammock into the shade and stretched out for a snooze. He was able to drop off quickly and dozed for close to half hour. I envied his ability to do that as he was obviously cool enough.

The finches eat right out of the holes
but the Black crested chickadees put the food in their feet and
eat it from there

When he got up around 2, he drove over to the Acreage to get water so he wouldn’t have to think about it all week. I brought the clothes in off the line while he was gone and then sat with my book, still in the shade under the awning. They weren’t open all the way because of the occasional gusts of winds coming from the west. After he came home, I blended us each a strawberry daquiri and we enjoyed that outside together. I'm sure he felt it as he'd had a beer with Gerry.

Two at a time, perfect!

Eventually, he walked down and put his planes away and closed things up. When he came back up, he found the hammock again. It looked cool in the shade of the tree so I closed my book (it is so good!) and joined him. He dozed again but I couldn’t get comfortable enough to drop off so I read until he woke. He would end up on the ground if I got off otherwise!

Done!

Trying to get cool, I went into the Bunky and finished my puzzle. There was a nice breeze coming in the windows and the fan helped relieve my body heat somewhat. Then we came inside. Bill worked on a Word Search from the local paper and I dozed and read and dozed and read. We both just felt like, well, I think I called us a couple of lug nuts. There should be some relief this week so that will be nice. Since we'll both be working, we will appreciate it. 

The pretty sky when we walked down to the end of the lane
My lilies are really tall again this year

I texted back and forth with Kim a bit about some upcoming plans for our Ridge campout. Glad they are still coming. What’s for supper? Not hungry. A half hour later. Are you hungry now? No, not really. So, at 7 I opened the package of Caesar salad I bought this morning and cut up the leftover chicken thigh adding some into each bowl. That was it and that was plenty. That’s just crazy! Anyway, after dishes, still needing to cool down, we walked to the end of the lane and back. Slowly.

Too bad these didn't mature into real grapes

I was surprised to find our very own choke cherry bushes along the front ‘boulevard’ (what do they call it in the country?) and it was laden with berries soon to be ripe. Yay! We walked up to the garden and I showed Bill the pumpkin with flowers. We may get 2 or 3 off the plant, it has come to life! 😊 Before coming inside, Bill picked up the shovel and did a bit more gravel moving since he’d probably be working every day and he wanted it done. I couldn’t watch, just told him to be careful.

Look at all those healthy cherries!

I thought it was a good time to sit in the hammock but the teensy tiny biting gnats were all over my sweaty neck and head. Grrr! I moved inside to finish a post. Then I sat with my book AGAIN. I’m sure drinking a lot of water but having a good supply beside me at all times makes it easy to keep hydrated. This was just one of those days. Got what we had to do done this morning and the afternoon was pretty much shot. I hope you had a good Sunday!

Good night!

Thanks for popping in!