A Very Full Day and Evening, Family Arrives

Winterhaven, CA On Thursday, Dec. 23rd Gibbs and I were the first ones up, literally at 6:30, out for his piddle and back to bed for almost an hour. I don’t even know if Bill heard us go out the first time so when I got dressed for our walk, I closed the door behind me. Gibbs has so much energy in the morning but after the first 2 minutes of tearing around in a circle, grabbing at his leash, he settles and walks nicely. His way.

The camera didn't do a good job of capturing the sunset on Wednesday night but the colours were an 'awe' moment We just toured the park today, staying within the perimeter. Half hour later when we returned, Bill was still sleeping so I fed Gibbs and made my tea. At a few minutes past 8, time to get him up so I opened the bedroom door and let the animal loose. Ha ha, Who let the dog in? Of course, he had to wake Bill up by laying across him and licking his face. ♥ That is a puppy joy for sure.

This is Thursday morning's sky to the east At 8:45, Bill and I left Gibbs in charge of the Suite and drove to the Arizona Market. Our first time this year. It meant missing Bocce Ball but this was the best time for us to go, we had one more Christmas gift in mind. It was a disappointment for sure, even less vendors than in 2019/20 but we managed to find what we were looking for and a new name tag for Gibbs and were back on the road for home by 10:45.

Entrance to Yuma

Entrance to Arizona Market Today, my sister and her husband were scheduled to arrive in the park for a few days. This excites me as it is the only family we will see over the holiday period. We call a lot of our friends’ ‘family’ too but we don’t even have our regular group of socialites here this year, so without Gayle and John, it would be a pretty sad Christmas. 😊 We’re glad they’re here to share the park’s dinner with us.

Bill thinks this was there before, but my foggy brain didn't remember it

Some of the vendors have comical signs to read & buy They texted soon after we were home saying they were here and we walked over to their site to greet them. I suggested this site because it faced the desert and although I mixed up the #’s (my bad!) they were happy with the one they found and set up easily. We left them alone to get things in order and came back for lunch.

The bandstand minus the band

Mini golf for $3 - now that's new! I wanted to clean up a bit, so dusted and vacuumed around Bill while he worked on the reconciliation of our bank statements. I guess you could say he’s my fiduciary. 😊 (My new word of the day!) I wanted to touch up a few of the rocks I’d painted so with a new brush on clear gloss, covered them and then walked up to see what Gayle was doing.

I never tire of the view of the mountains even when they are sandy! She was just finishing cleaning the windows on their truck so I chatted until she was done and we walked up to the clubhouse to work on the puzzle. That was 2:30. At 4:45, we had to tear ourselves away, we were having such a good time.

A challenging puzzle but a great one Bill and I had invited them for supper tonight, something we find is always nice on a day when you move. They happily accepted so back home I had Madame IP cook the potatoes, Bill reheated the saucy ribs on the grill and I prepared the salad.

I think they have a nice site with a view to the desert We were all seated by 6:15, I think, and our glasses filled with a nice smooth red wine that they brought along. For dessert, I brought out my homemade goodies, of which 2 I was most proud of. I think I’ll make Christmas pudding out of the dry cake and we’ll enjoy it much more. They got comfy, as comfy as they could with Gibbs’s pestering, and I loaded the dishwasher.

Supper and dessert It was a great day and this made for the beginning of a nice evening. Tomorrow, we’ll share a real Christmas dinner with them and the rest of the rv’ers here in the park. 😊 Because of Blogger’s ridiculousness with the pictures, tonight, I don’t have the patience to post. Tomorrow morning, will be a fresh start.

Gibbs got a present early

Our company when Gibbs finally settled down a bit for Auntie Gayle. Good night!

Thank you for stopping in!

Keeping Things Busy or Things Keeping Us Busy

The Ridge

On Sunday, July 18^th we were all able to be lazy with nothing else on our minds. No cleaning, no laundry, no work on any schedule. So, it was another 7:45 am rising today. The sky looked mostly clear when I opened the blind and I thought I might go for a walk early. I didn’t. Bill asked if I wanted my tea and I found myself saying “yes”. 😊 I know better than to put off my walk until ‘later’ because ‘later’ seldom happens.

Starting off with last night's sun before it set
I just noticed now how it seems to be sitting in the branch

The pictures didn't do it justice

It didn’t matter, it felt good just to laze around for a wee bit. Bill did dump our black tank this morning, which was not a pleasant chore since our macerator gave up the ghost. It broke making it unusable. Unfortunately, it meant manual dumping from our tank to the outhouse using half pail fulls. I felt bad to see Bill having to do this so we decided right then and there to order a new one from Camping World. They had the best price.

Over Bill's Hangar
It was a lovely red

And across the sky to the southeast, the clouds
reflected the colour

After he finished and had things away, I let Gibbs off his leash and I went out to the Bunky. He tried to help again by checking out everything I was moving and sorting through. I made great progress, piling things on the futon that will be going to the auction. We haven’t decided which auction yet but have it narrowed down to two of the better ones. Bill took Black Beauty over to get a bladder of water to top up our tank and to use for that continuing project. 😊

Gibbs finds the little crabapples and plays with them
We watched him with them but never saw him eat one

It was a hot, humid day but with the breeze I was quite happy with the way it turned out. With the Bunky cleaned and Bill had taken the time to hang my full- length mirror, I brought all of my paint supplies out to the patio table under the awning. It was still early in the day, just noon hour and we’d had our lunch. He went to the Hangar and puttered away on his stuff and I carried on painting rocks. I was enjoying myself and we both kept an eye on Gibbs.

My daisies are looking awesome
now that they have room to spread

I had quite the gallery going on here
and fully enjoyed the afternoon

At 4:00 Donna and Gerry arrived at the Acreage and we’d offered to help them move their wooden steps/stoop away from their trailer. They have sold it and are getting their new one some time this week. Exciting! We stayed for a beer (the guys) and Gibbs ran free. We’re not sure if it was there or earlier in the day that the little guy got into something that upset his tummy but he fell asleep in my arms and later dragged around. He was a bit sick but nothing came up so we watched him all evening. ☹

It was a good burger and I even ate
the bun - tsk tsk 😃

He nibbles on so much crap out there, even when tired up, and it is so hard to be ‘on’ him all the time. He slept at our feet while we ate our cheeseburgers for supper and we kept checking on him. If he is no better in the morning, I’ll be taking him to the vet. I sure hope he is okay. Now, we’re feeling bad about letting him run loose. He has been on the go all day. After dishes, Bill packed his lunch and a backpack. Tomorrow will be a different day so check in and see what's going on. 😉

A few secrets on some rocks
I painted 12 rocks today
Good night!

This was a good day with the exception of how our little boy is feeling. I’ll keep you informed. Thank you for your visit!