I have truly meant to write sooner since we have not had to work "working" in our schedule for this month and apologize again for not writing!
It has been a somewhat busy month with the grandkids' schedules and babysitting when we are asked. The day after we got here our son-in-law,Ryan, and his parents left to go to the Masters' in Georgia for 3 days....so that meant getting up very early each day that week and being at their house by 7 so Erin could go to work and help get the boys up and around to school. Then off we went on our day of whatever we needed to get done. We cleaned and sorted cabinets and straightened cabinets back up again. Glad that is done... We took some things over to storage and Bill changed the oil in the truck. We then met the boys' after school and sometimes took them to ball practice. Whew! What a week ...hitting the ground running all the way!
I did have a dr. appt. with my podiatrist to have another cortisone shot in my foot.... the pain of the Morton's neuroma is gone for a few months at least! Yea!!!
Last week was the semi yearly dental appt....glad that is done also...... the dentist was away on maternity leave so didn't get to see her this time.
I have set my sewing machine up and have been working on making blocks for another quilt for our bed.... got most of the blocks done yesterday afternoon but need to check the number and see if I have made enough. The next step is sewing the blocks together. I am going to wait and have it quilted in Arizona next fall.
Last Thursday and Friday we babysat our granddaughter Lauren since she did not have daycare for those 2 days. It was fun and we had a wonderful time watching her...she is happy and very good most of the time..... she loves to sing and help in any way....just like a 2 yr. old!
Saturday afternoon, we went over to Ryan's parents house for an Easter egg hunt for the 5 little grandkids... 5 being Ryan's sister has 2 boys...
We went over to Erin and Ryan's for Easter dinner after going to church. We had a nice day and it was finally fairly nice outside. But the nice weather didn't decide to stay...it has been cold and rainy most of the week and the sun is really trying to peek out as I write this this morning.
Bill finished our patio table for the patio.... if you remember the last time I wrote he refinished a table that we got in Indiana. We couldn't get rid of the table base in Az. so we decided to make it into a patio table for us....he can take the top off when we travel. We bought a formica sink cutout top for $5 at a place in Phoenix. It works perfect!Now to be able to go outside and sit and enjoy the sun!
I will take a picture and post on the next post. We will be leaving next weekend for our summer job in Custer, SD.....
So that is about it for now..... we have some errands to run today and then we are meeting some friends and Megan and Jeff for fried chicken tonite for dinner! Yummy!!!
Until next time!
BJ
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Still alive and well in Kansas
I know I know..... I am way behind in our daily postings which have become few and far between! We have had a busy March and thoroughly enjoyed our time in El Mirage. The time and days just seemed to fly by which consisted of working and it seemed we usually had plans in the evening also......
We have been asked back for next year and..... my prayers have been answered!!!! We are going back in mid-October!!!! yahooo!!! No Amazon!!!!
Bill got our kitchen table revamped and we love it! The base is definitely more stable and heavier than we had before. We didn't know what to do with the other base...we even set it outside on the street to see if anyone wanted it...no one took it. So we decided to make a top for it and use it as a patio table.... we heard about a place that sold kitchen sink cutouts for $5... so we got one. Bill has to now cut out the bottom of the base where the cutout will sit and fix it like he wants it. We want it to be movable and removable so it can travel..... But he got our table done! He refinished the whole table and it looks great!
I finished a huge lap quilt while in Az. I quilted it also. It fits on the top of our bed so it is almost a queen size. I also made some placemats for Megan and a table runner for Erin. So my projects got finished also. I also made a planter for a philodendron that I bought in Az.
We really didn't travel very much while in AZ. this time.... we only went to Mexico and Quartzite..... the fuel prices were climbing and we decided not to travel much due to that. I didn't even make it to Tuscon to see my uncle and cousins which I really wanted to do.... next fall for sure!
Bill began working 4 days a week towards the end of February and he liked that. He will work 4 days a week next year also... 2 of those days will go toward our site and he will get paid for the other 2 days. I will continue what I was doing in the Activities office which I liked also.
During the 3 week in March, Luke Air Force Base holds their biennial Air Show....the weekend was great although sometimes cloudy but we were able to see the Thunderbirds flying right over our heads! It was amazing and so neat to see them... we could even see the pilots they were so close. Bill took some pictures on top of the rig .... he also got lots of pictures of the clouds too--trying to get them as close as he could!
The kids are doing well and it was great seeing them again. We will be trying to see them as often as we can while we are here for the month.
Brayden and Bryson baseball season begins next Monday and Tuesday. We will go to as many as we are here for.
The truck did great on our way home and we even got up to 13 miles per gallon!!! It was great! We left last Friday and got to Albuquerque for the night. We had dinner with Bill's cousin, Jeannie and Butch...it was great seeing them again and catching up about their family.
Saturday night we spent in Liberal Kansas at a fairly new RV park on the east edge of Liberal. Nice small park.... The wind was beginning to blow a little bit so we were glad to get off the road. Sunday am we left around 8:30 and got to Great Bend around noon. The wind was blowing a little harder and it really started to blow late afternoon. When we got home from our friends ...the big slideout was blowing so hard it moved it in some so we brought it in. We had stopped to see out the end cap gelcoat shine coming off. It will have to be repainted sometime. The wind blew all night long really hard. Monday the wind was really blowing and I think we both were nervous about heading out but we headed north to Interstate 70. When we got on I-70 the wind pretty pushed us along and it wasn't so bad.
We got to Topeka around 2PM yesterday and got set up. Megan and Jeff came over after work and stayed for dinner. After they left we went over to see Ryan and Erin and the kids.... the little ones had gotten taller and were glad to see us!
The above is a picture of one of the catcus's that were in bloom a couple of weeks ago. It was so pretty! Enjoy!
Well, that about catches us up for this time!
Bill and I didn't do much today as I had to get some meds and later this afternoon we are going to get the kids from school and fix supper for them before they have ball practice....
Have a good evening! Stay tuned! You never know when I will write again!
BJ
We have been asked back for next year and..... my prayers have been answered!!!! We are going back in mid-October!!!! yahooo!!! No Amazon!!!!
Bill got our kitchen table revamped and we love it! The base is definitely more stable and heavier than we had before. We didn't know what to do with the other base...we even set it outside on the street to see if anyone wanted it...no one took it. So we decided to make a top for it and use it as a patio table.... we heard about a place that sold kitchen sink cutouts for $5... so we got one. Bill has to now cut out the bottom of the base where the cutout will sit and fix it like he wants it. We want it to be movable and removable so it can travel..... But he got our table done! He refinished the whole table and it looks great!
I finished a huge lap quilt while in Az. I quilted it also. It fits on the top of our bed so it is almost a queen size. I also made some placemats for Megan and a table runner for Erin. So my projects got finished also. I also made a planter for a philodendron that I bought in Az.
We really didn't travel very much while in AZ. this time.... we only went to Mexico and Quartzite..... the fuel prices were climbing and we decided not to travel much due to that. I didn't even make it to Tuscon to see my uncle and cousins which I really wanted to do.... next fall for sure!
Bill began working 4 days a week towards the end of February and he liked that. He will work 4 days a week next year also... 2 of those days will go toward our site and he will get paid for the other 2 days. I will continue what I was doing in the Activities office which I liked also.
During the 3 week in March, Luke Air Force Base holds their biennial Air Show....the weekend was great although sometimes cloudy but we were able to see the Thunderbirds flying right over our heads! It was amazing and so neat to see them... we could even see the pilots they were so close. Bill took some pictures on top of the rig .... he also got lots of pictures of the clouds too--trying to get them as close as he could!
The kids are doing well and it was great seeing them again. We will be trying to see them as often as we can while we are here for the month.
Brayden and Bryson baseball season begins next Monday and Tuesday. We will go to as many as we are here for.
The truck did great on our way home and we even got up to 13 miles per gallon!!! It was great! We left last Friday and got to Albuquerque for the night. We had dinner with Bill's cousin, Jeannie and Butch...it was great seeing them again and catching up about their family.
Saturday night we spent in Liberal Kansas at a fairly new RV park on the east edge of Liberal. Nice small park.... The wind was beginning to blow a little bit so we were glad to get off the road. Sunday am we left around 8:30 and got to Great Bend around noon. The wind was blowing a little harder and it really started to blow late afternoon. When we got home from our friends ...the big slideout was blowing so hard it moved it in some so we brought it in. We had stopped to see out the end cap gelcoat shine coming off. It will have to be repainted sometime. The wind blew all night long really hard. Monday the wind was really blowing and I think we both were nervous about heading out but we headed north to Interstate 70. When we got on I-70 the wind pretty pushed us along and it wasn't so bad.
We got to Topeka around 2PM yesterday and got set up. Megan and Jeff came over after work and stayed for dinner. After they left we went over to see Ryan and Erin and the kids.... the little ones had gotten taller and were glad to see us!
The above is a picture of one of the catcus's that were in bloom a couple of weeks ago. It was so pretty! Enjoy!
Well, that about catches us up for this time!
Bill and I didn't do much today as I had to get some meds and later this afternoon we are going to get the kids from school and fix supper for them before they have ball practice....
Have a good evening! Stay tuned! You never know when I will write again!
BJ
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