Showing posts with label coffee hour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coffee hour. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Wednesday Coffee, Roadrunner Happy Hour

Park Place RV Park

On Wednesday, Nov. 27th I was up just before 7 and out the door by 7:15. What a lovely morning! It was the warmest yet, I think, 58F/13C, under cloudy skies. All I needed was a windbreaker, no gloves, no toque. 😊 Perfect! When I returned, Bill was doing our banking and that means our government pensions went in at midnight.

Good morning!

On my walk. two bunnies and a
green Ocotillo

It isn’t nice that our Canadian dollar is a ridiculous price today. That really hurts but long ago, we decided we just have to tighten our belts where possible and go with it. $1.00 US is $1.4367 Cdn today. When he was done, he left for the field with Duncan and I made my tea and had my cereal. Lo and behold, I forgot coffee hour at 9. I really didn’t need to eat anything here at home, Sue always makes a treat.

A fried tortilla with cheese,
bacon, ham lettuce and mayo.
Yum! Quesadilla!

I took Gibbs for his walk and then walked over to the clubhouse. Patty followed about 5 minutes later. It was a decent turnout, 11 of us altogether. The conversation flowed until about 10 when it broke apart. I cleaned up the puzzle off the table and walked back to the Suite. The ladies were setting things up for the potluck tomorrow and it is looking very nice in there.

I hope it tastes as good as it looks

I had time before noon to make the pumpkin cheesecake so set about doing that. When I finished, I had a bit of time to just sit out in the gazebo and play my online Word games. At noon, they switch to another set for the afternoon. 😊 I made it on time and came in to start lunch. It was 12:15 and yet I know Bill doesn’t need me to wait for him if he is late. So, I made a quesadilla. It was very good.

Still waiting, I walked over to start a new puzzle. I didn’t get far when Bill texted that he was home making his lunch. 

This is the next puzzle.
Should be a good one.

All 4 of us headed to Roadrunner BLM at 2:30 for Happy Hour with our friends. Ken and Kim were expecting us and it was another fun visit. Patty and Duncan had no idea what boondocking really looked like until they saw how people park out there. I remember that first experience well.

Cheers, it's the happy hour gang!

The drive home from the blm

At 5, we returned home for Bill to grill our bacon cheeseburgers for supper. While Bill started, I took Gibbs for his afternoon walk. The burgers were, as usual, delicious and extra sloppy.  

The burger making process
and the
final result. Yum!

I’d made banana bread with cranberries yesterday so we each had a piece of that and it was pretty good. I’m not a big fan of banana bread but needed to use them up. We did the few dishes up and I worked on my blog with the tv on in the background.

One of today's favourite pictures

This was a pretty great day although a tad on the cool side, especially sitting out in the desert wind. The clouds make a huge difference too but once that sun comes out from hiding, the temperatures increase considerably.  We’ll be dropping below 50F/10C for the next week’s overnight but daytime highs will still be pleasant.

A peek into the lit up gazebo.

Gibbs likes to be outside when Daddy is 
barbecuing, like at home.
But he does like me to be outside too.
This is another of today's favourit pictures. 💖
Good night!

Thank you for your visit today.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

It’s Ba-a-a-c-k! (Darn!)

Park Place RV Park

On Wednesday, Nov. 6th the winds had returned. No surprise as we’d been checking the forecast and knew it was expected. Darn it all! The good news is that down here, the sun usually shines, regardless. Very rarely we have cloudy skies, Arizona – the Sunshine State, it is true. 😊

Good morning!

I got up by 7 and went for my ‘almost’ mile walk right away. It wasn’t windy yet so it was a pleasant walk. The thermometer was reading 51F/11C. With Bill not flying this morning, he had agreed to go to the park’s Coffee Hour (Meet the Staff) with me at 9. I hoped for the new managers that it would be a decent turnout – it was. I think 16 park residents showed up and we all had coffee and donuts.

On my walk, this palm tree
intrigued me.

Lots of seeds hanging low.
Is it a date palm? Hmmm.

Bill hit it off with a model plan enthusiast and we all had something to chat about. When Bill left around 10 (?), I stayed and worked on the puzzle until noon. It is coming along quite nicely. Back home, we had ham sandwiches and I recorded Bill’s expenditures from this morning. He got a propane bottle filled, picked up some milk at the new Dollar General and a hobby item.



It isn’t a barbecue day so I got out ground beef for supper. Spaghetti it is! My spaghetti squash is sitting on the counter, ready to be eaten. 😊 My boys went upstairs to watch tv and snooze and I stayed down here with my J.P. book. It just isn’t pleasant to be outdoors unless you are walking – which I will do later with Gibbs. We did get out a couple of times but in the wind, he chickened out the second time, only going a short distance.

The Palo Verde trees are always so neat.

Last night on Live TV, I watched a good special honouring Toby Keith. It was heart-warming and quite touching to watch. I enjoy his music a lot and it was nice to see his family in attendance. Supper was great and filling with the Pillsbury crescent rolls on the side. There were a lot of pots to wash but it was worth it.

This is how the puzzled ended up today.
It has me scratching my head a lot! 😂

Oh, it's been so long since we've had a spaghetti meal.
It was delicious!

We were done by 6 so I could watch Survivor. Yes, BEFORE I finished my blog! But I wanted to pay full attention, I do love the suspense and it was another surprise tonight. 😊 This has been a good day, although windy again. We reached a warm enough high of 68F/20C with clear sunny skies. Looking forward to a calmer day tomorrow.

I had to zoom in but this picture is special
because it is the FIRST time Gibbs curled up in
Clemson's bed which I pulled out of the memory 
cupboard earlier in the week. 💘💘💘
Good night.

Thank you for your visit.