Good morning!
We have had a few lazy days the past few days..... haven't done much of anything except sit in our chairs and watch tv...mainly football.....
The wind has been blowing some so it isn't as nice to sit outside as is was last week..... the weather has been gorgeous here with temp's in the 70's all week...
We are back to another week for us.... Bill is working today and I am heading to the sewing room for the day..... I have some placemats to work on and I got some other UFO's --unfinished objects--- to work on.... that is my goal this year to finish some things I have started even back in 2005!
So have a great day and we will too!
Until next time!
BJ
Monday, January 9, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year !!!
Well, the new year has begun and I will try to ....ok.... my ONE and ONLY resolution for the new year..... try to do more daily posts!
We are in El Mirage, Az. for the winter and working at Pueblo El Mirage where we have worked the past 3 of 4 winters. We really love this park and the friends we have met and became close to..... the weather has been great.... who can complain about 80 degree weather in December and January?
Anyway to go back abit...... we finished our contract at Crazy Horse in South Dakota mid-September and headed home to Kansas....we stayed in Topeka a month ....going to dr's. and getting our appt's all accommplished. We thoroughly enjoyed watching the grandson's football games and following them around as much as we could and also watching them when we were called. Our time with the kids is special and sometimes very short so we spend as much time with them as we can.
But Mid-October came quickly and so we left to go to a Newmar camping rally in Carthage, Missouri. Carthage is about 7 miles from Joplin and we were able to go see the horrible horrible devastation from the May tornado that went through Joplin. Many building's not finished and debris still hanging and they are so busy trying to get rebuilt. We have never seen anything like that before in our lives not even the tornado that came through Stockton in June 2005.... wow....
We left with our friends, Bob and Jackie, on Sunday am and headed west to our winter home! We arrived Tuesday afternoon but not without having to spend an afternoon and night in Albuerqueque due to the high winds..... they were crazy and we got off the road around noon, Monday. We made it into Phoenix the next afternoon with gorgeous weather and just in time as a storm came through here the next day.....
Our washing machine and microwave were on the blink a month ago and our extended warranty stepped in and checked the microwave out and said it was ok..... I have an options button on my microwave that allows me to turn off the "temp." kickdown I guess for whatever that might be.... instead of cooking food at 350 when I set the temp it would cook it at a microwave temp of 325.... no wonder our food wasn't cooking correctly! So I turned that off and it seems to be doing much better...like a normal oven.... the washer had a transmission go out and they brought us a new washer which is sooo quiet we can hardly hear running compared to the other one which sounded like a jet taking off.....
I am working 2 days a week on Tuesday and Thursday's in the activity office selling tickets to events in the park and taking care of other things that come up. Bill is working 4 days a week and enjoying spending time working..... our work is not hard and we love it!
We were glad to see Megan and Jeff who flew Dec. 23rd to Las Vegas. They and Jeff's folks then came down to Phoenix on Saturday, Dec. 24th..... Jeff's mom has an aunt and uncle that live here so they stayed with them and Megan and Jeff stayed with us for 2 nights....it was a wonderful time and we loved having them here for a short time. They (the 4 of them ) left early Monday am to go back to Vegas. Megan and Jeff flew home Wed.
We will be here until the end of March then travel North to Topeka for a month or so as we will be going back to working at Crazy Horse for the summer at our same jobs we had last summer.
We are planning a trip to Mexico soon so we can get our prescriptions filled for the year and also maybe see about new glasses.... it is about a 3 hr. one way trip there and I am not looking forward to that trip so it will be a long day....
I didn't send a Christmas email or a cards out this year..... I am getting lazy about that...... so maybe this will jumpstart a new year and new adventures of writing again for 2012!
So guess I had lots to catch you up on and my day is slipping away...it is Monday and that is sewing day! I'm off to the sewing room for the day!....lots of fun.... laughter and friendship happening there!
So have a great Monday and a super 2012!
Until next time!
B & J
We are in El Mirage, Az. for the winter and working at Pueblo El Mirage where we have worked the past 3 of 4 winters. We really love this park and the friends we have met and became close to..... the weather has been great.... who can complain about 80 degree weather in December and January?
Anyway to go back abit...... we finished our contract at Crazy Horse in South Dakota mid-September and headed home to Kansas....we stayed in Topeka a month ....going to dr's. and getting our appt's all accommplished. We thoroughly enjoyed watching the grandson's football games and following them around as much as we could and also watching them when we were called. Our time with the kids is special and sometimes very short so we spend as much time with them as we can.
But Mid-October came quickly and so we left to go to a Newmar camping rally in Carthage, Missouri. Carthage is about 7 miles from Joplin and we were able to go see the horrible horrible devastation from the May tornado that went through Joplin. Many building's not finished and debris still hanging and they are so busy trying to get rebuilt. We have never seen anything like that before in our lives not even the tornado that came through Stockton in June 2005.... wow....
We left with our friends, Bob and Jackie, on Sunday am and headed west to our winter home! We arrived Tuesday afternoon but not without having to spend an afternoon and night in Albuerqueque due to the high winds..... they were crazy and we got off the road around noon, Monday. We made it into Phoenix the next afternoon with gorgeous weather and just in time as a storm came through here the next day.....
Our washing machine and microwave were on the blink a month ago and our extended warranty stepped in and checked the microwave out and said it was ok..... I have an options button on my microwave that allows me to turn off the "temp." kickdown I guess for whatever that might be.... instead of cooking food at 350 when I set the temp it would cook it at a microwave temp of 325.... no wonder our food wasn't cooking correctly! So I turned that off and it seems to be doing much better...like a normal oven.... the washer had a transmission go out and they brought us a new washer which is sooo quiet we can hardly hear running compared to the other one which sounded like a jet taking off.....
I am working 2 days a week on Tuesday and Thursday's in the activity office selling tickets to events in the park and taking care of other things that come up. Bill is working 4 days a week and enjoying spending time working..... our work is not hard and we love it!
We were glad to see Megan and Jeff who flew Dec. 23rd to Las Vegas. They and Jeff's folks then came down to Phoenix on Saturday, Dec. 24th..... Jeff's mom has an aunt and uncle that live here so they stayed with them and Megan and Jeff stayed with us for 2 nights....it was a wonderful time and we loved having them here for a short time. They (the 4 of them ) left early Monday am to go back to Vegas. Megan and Jeff flew home Wed.
We will be here until the end of March then travel North to Topeka for a month or so as we will be going back to working at Crazy Horse for the summer at our same jobs we had last summer.
We are planning a trip to Mexico soon so we can get our prescriptions filled for the year and also maybe see about new glasses.... it is about a 3 hr. one way trip there and I am not looking forward to that trip so it will be a long day....
I didn't send a Christmas email or a cards out this year..... I am getting lazy about that...... so maybe this will jumpstart a new year and new adventures of writing again for 2012!
So guess I had lots to catch you up on and my day is slipping away...it is Monday and that is sewing day! I'm off to the sewing room for the day!....lots of fun.... laughter and friendship happening there!
So have a great Monday and a super 2012!
Until next time!
B & J
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