Just Another Day Enjoying Life

Park Place RV Park

On Saturday, Mar. 2^nd there was nothing (NOTHING) on my agenda. I was up by 7 and there were a couple of things I ‘could’ do but as it turned out, I just stayed home. Bill left for the flying field despite the weatherperson calling for gusty winds all day. Surprisingly, they were 1 mph at 8 when he left. Gibbs and I walked but I wimped out and didn’t head out by myself when we returned.

Good morning!

We knew winds would pick up, and they did late morning, so we didn’t bother lifting the gazebo roof. Bill was able to get a couple of flights in but a wind-driven rough landing did a bit of damage to his cub. ☹ Hopefully, he can fix the landing gear at Jim’s shop so he doesn’t have to un’pack’ one of his other planes to fly. Gusty March winds are not uncommon so he won’t be surprised if their flying is limited this month.

On our morning walk, these purple flowers
on the hillside just couldn't be ignored.

I sat outside with Gibbs for the morning and read my book. I managed to finish T for Trespass and then started a short story of James Patterson’s called The House Next Door. I recommend any that I’ve read so far of Sue Grafton’s but other than a quick read, JP’s was one of those frustrating “don’t do that!” kind of stories. Frustrating, but I finished it this afternoon. 

We all enjoyed the afternoon together
Even Goober ♥

It was a nice surprise to get a call from Bill's oldest daughter, Yvonne this morning. She had some news about one of our grandsons coming to Arizona - cool! More on that later. 

It was gorgeous even with the winds,
the gazebo danced a lot and is stiill dancing at 7:30,
clouds began moving in too.

We just had a sandwich for lunch and Bill had a piece of banana bread to top off the meal. 😊 I was inside when my hair was sufficiently blown and then back outside for another bout of sunshine, until it disappeared from our patio. Gibbs and I went for our walk after my tea. Bill and I decided I’d have Madame IP cook the steak that looked like a small roast instead of trying to bbq in the wind. We were now looking at gusts between 17 and 25 mph for the remainder of the evening.

Our afternoon walk, we were blown
around a fair bit, haha.

Facing east, the SW winds
were straightening these flags out.

I prepared potatoes, onions and carrots to cook in there as well and also cooked us each a vegetable on the side. It was a yummy Sunday-like meal on a Saturday but we’re calling the shots here, playing it as we go, with no rules to follow. LOL Our temperatures today reached a high of 73F/23C so the winds did nothing to spoil a lovely day. We managed to talk Gibbs out of taking Goober on his walks today (there was some coniving involved!) but he was always anxious to return to his new little toy. Such a character. ♥

A wonderful meal and some leftovers.
The steak would have been too thick for me
so cooking it as a roast was perfect. Yum!
It looks small but was just enough!

This has been a nice day. Tomorrow, I might start the big puzzle that I brought from home. I’ll have to measure the table to make sure it will fit easily. Yikes!

Credit for this beautiful picture of the sunset
goes to my friend, Sheila. I totally missed it.
thank you for sharing. ♥
Good night!

Thank you for the visit!

G-g-g-gorgeous Days!

Park Place RV Park

Here we are, Friday, Mar. 1^st, our last month, and the weather is finally what we came down for. Maybe that’s why our winter seemed so short, the cooler days. Bill and I were up by 6:30 and 7, respectively, and I hopped into the shower. Soon enough, we’ll be back to limiting the length of time, water amount and pressure used during the showers, so we enjoy it to the fullest right now. We still try and conserve water 

Good morning!

Bill left for the field, after a couple of return trips, and Gibbs and I went for our walk. Yesterday, I pulled out the first stuffed toy we bought Gibbs as a younger pup. I don’t know what we called him then, but when he found it in his toy basket, I called him Goober. I don’t know why, so no point in asking. 😊 

Gibbs and Goober LOL

Now that he isn’t eating the fibrefill, he can have it back to de-stuff, like Stuffy. He loves him and ‘insisted’ that Goober join us on our morning walk.

My own walk
Look at that sky!

Good grief! He’s so darn cute toting him around and after dropping him a few times to sniff better things, he carried him ¾ of the way home. ♥ I dropped him off at home and walked up to Family Dollar and then Coyote Fresh Foods for a couple of things at each store. I was happy that there was one loaf of French bread (our favourite) at the grocery store so didn’t hesitate at all to grab it since Bill was out.

I know someone who will appreciate this.
They are sure taller than ours back home. 😁

Back home, I was suitably warm. It was already, at 9, 68F /19C! Beautful! I walked over to the clubhouse to pay our hydro/electric bill for the month and at less than $26, as Patti said, our solar is paying off. 😊 Sure is, we are so grateful for these full sunny days. Bill was back from the field by 10:30, the winds pick up in March so it was no surprise to see him. We chatted with my auto body shop boss back home and just relaxed until lunchtime.

A grass covered desert floor.
Crazy!

Of course, we had French bread. After lunch, I had to borrow an egg to make a loaf of banana bread using up our 3 black bananas. Well, my bread machine made it for me. When Gibbs and I went for our afternoon walk, I dropped a couple of pieces off for John and Susan, since they provided the egg. With that walk over with, I made us each a Pina Colada for our happy hour. Yummy.

The other day, I told you we had Happy Hour
in our friend's 'new to them' Phaeton.
This is it. Pretty, huh?

This is the kind of day we had.
Relaxing as all get out.

I read with my book sitting outside after 4. Such a lovely afternoon, although quite windy, especially looking out towards the mountains. It would not be too pleasant in an open desert area and we are grateful for the sheltered area we are in. I overheard a couple of ladies in the dollar store discussing where they could move their rigs to get better protected for Saturday’s wind gusts of 45 mph.

Not bar quality, but still quite tasty!

Our supper was fish and chips and it was delicious, as usual. After clean up, we settled in for the evening. Just as a precaution, Bill popped the top down on the gazebo in case the strong winds moved in overnight although coming from the SSW they shouldn’t affect it too much. Better safe than sorry. 😊 This has been a quiet, relaxing day here in the neighbourhood. We enjoy the peacefulness and yet also the association of our friends when we want it.

I love these Swai fillets and the fries were perfect.
Good night!

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