MondayTh

Well, I'm finished with the dentist.  I got my implant completed this morning and my insurance runs out the end of December.
More good news about Hailey Elizabeth today.  She's breathing on her own and they're taking out the feeding tube.  Don't know what the weight is doing but she's taken to the bottle very well.  Jessica has decided to stay till Tuesday before leaving so she can spend more time with Hailey.
81 degrees here and sunny.  Ron has the awning put up till the evening winds start up.
The kids parked in Clark's old spot are having a rough time.  They came with a pretty good size truck and camper on top.  It seems they only took the camper off a few days when his Ford F350 looked really different.  He got rear ended by a Ford Taurus.  Well this weekend he started stripping his truck of all his equipment.  The insurance company is writing a check for the truck.  Can you believe a Ford Taurus totaled a Ford F350 by rear ending it?  The frame is bent so bad they can't fix it and they'd never be able to put the camper back in the bed of the truck.  They're young kids from Alberta, CA that came down to do some mountain climbing.  I think they got some in but no where near what they wanted.
She wasn't in the truck and it appears he wasn't hurt to badly.

New Addition to the Family

Jessica presented us with a new great grand daughter yesterday 11/25/11.  Hailey Elizabeth Vicic was born 5 weeks early by emergency C section at 4 lbs 3 oz.  Heard from mom last night and she is doing fine.  This morning she got to see her baby and declared her the most beautiful child she's ever seen.  The breathing tube is due to come out this morning so that's a good sign.  She is in NICU.

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a very nice day visiting with family and friends.  We were at Wayne and Norma's at 11 am so we could help with dinner preparation.  Turkey was cooked and divided.  Potatoes were mashed and in the crock pot.  Three tables were set and ready to hold the plates of delicious food.  Ham cooked and cut and set on serving dish.  Then we waited ......waited for family.....waited for friends.....and waited.  The first one finally arrived at 12:45 and the last one at 1:45.  The food was still great and we all had plenty to eat and left over for later munching.  Several pumpkin pies with whipped cream, a cherry and an apple pie.  Yumm.

Hope everyone had time with family today.  That's what Thanksgiving is about.  Time with family and friends, not playing golf and watching football while the women cook. (Just my little rant).  Nothing personal to anyone who reads this blog.
No Black Friday for us.

11/22/11

Beautiful day, low 70s with plenty of sunshine.  Coffee and donuts courtesy of LaMesa RV Dealer with an invitation to have lunch at their store any day prepared by 4 women who make home made lunch everyday.  Quilting talk and turn over our quilts we made over the summer for the Linus Project.   It's always good when we get together and today was extra special.  Teri Brown joined us for the first time in a long time.  Her health has improved so much.  She's in a wheel chair waiting for the knee replacement but she's not diabetic anymore.

More Rainy Days and Mondays

Another rainy Monday in Tucson, AZ.  Ron was going to get up early this morning and do the wash, hang out sheets and towels but just as he started out the door it started to rain.  Sure would be nice to have a washer and drier inside the RV.  The A-10s are flying low and loud this morning but that's OK.  They have a job to do and are doing it just fine.  Thank you.
Church yesterday was good except for the guest speaker.  Our pastor and his wife are out of town with their youngest son who had surgery this past week.  The speaker informed us he would be done when he decided to end since there would be no Sunday night service and we could eat lunch later.  I'm sure that made the ladies of the church happy when they had all the food set out in the courtyard and no one came out to eat.
Don't get me wrong, we enjoyed his sermon very much, he just didn't know when to stop.  I'm surprised people didn't get up leave.  The food was worth waiting for.  Great variety to choose from and family to sit with and chat.
Ron enjoyed his Packer 10-0 victory even though he didn't get to watch it.  

The Day Before.

First I want to thank Elizabeth and Robert for putting such a nice message on Facebook.  Ron really appreciated it.
This is a quiet night at home.  We kind of like it that way.  We got the party animals out of our system when we were younger.  Tomorrow is all you can eat omelets from Dave for breakfast.  Probably pass on lunch and then  from 3 pm to 5 pm a steel band at the new Tiki bar by the pool.  Hopefully Dan got the grass skirt and coconut bra for Ron, if not I'm sure we'll still enjoy it even if we stay home we'll be able to hear and see it all.  Then at 5 pm they're having a BBQ but we'll pass and I'll make Ron his favorite meal for his birthday dinner.
Sometimes in between I need to put a pork roast in the oven and get it ready to take to church Sunday morning for the Thanksgiving pot luck.  The Fudge is made and hard, weighs a ton so I'll need to boil up some pasta for my pasta salad and add kraut to the pork roast and reheat it on Sunday morning before we leave for church.
Oh yes, I need to go to the neighbors and pick up Ron's birthday present from Betsy and Alan.  Nice to have neighbors to hide things for you.

Thursday in the Park

Well, I won one game in bingo but since I had to share my winnings with another player and then split again with Paula so I'm down to $1.50 in my pocket and it cost me $6.50 to play all night.  I've got to get a cheaper hobby.
Guess it's a good thing Ron's brother never called to tell him where to meet for lunch as I didn't but the right things to make caramels and fudge.  Ron was so good to me, he still tried to give me the day to myself like I'd planned.  Instead of fried chicken I was planning for lunch I had egg salad sandwich and the mac and cheese for supper that I'd planned not to have.
I did get the caramel and fudge made thanks to Ron running to the store for me and even came home with a treat for me.
Ron managed to hand wash his truck so now it's looking like that beautiful new truck he loves.  We went over to one of our neighbors this morning to look at their place.  Had never been inside.  It was very large and very well decorated.  All new "real" appliances in the kitchen including a dishwasher.  It's always so interesting what all they can get in by using all the empty spaces.

More CCRV Fun

Had a great time last night at all you can eat pizza.  Some person (s) unknown disposed of the school bell used by previous activity directors.  HIP HIP HURRAH.  We don't have to all see quietly at our table until someone tells us it's our turn to eat.  HHH    When we got to the hall about 5:20 Dave was already putting out pizza so we just helped ourselves and sat down and enjoyed our meal with friends.
Tuesday morning coffee and donuts is being run the same way, walk in, get your coffee and a donut, sit down and enjoy talking to friends.
Today, being Wednesday, means Sweet Tomatoes and Bingo.  Maybe a movie before lunch, we'll see.  It's supposed to be another beautiful day of temperatures in the 70s.  Good luck to our daughter, Elizabeth, on her oral surgery this morning.  Love you Bets.

Just another Tuesday in Tucson

Being retired sometimes gets real busy.  This morning, being Tuesday, is coffee and donuts at the rec hall.  More than enough donuts for everyone, the park bought 4 dozen and SkyMed brought 4 dozen.  They wanted to give their spiel.  They provide transportation home for critically ill travelers and their rigs and spouses and pets.  In fact we bought it a few years ago so we weren't interested.  Just ate the donuts.  Then sewing at 10:30 am.  Lynn (our new activities director) asked for help in making some stick horses for a "Derby Day" later in the month.  Our circle is pretty small so far.  Two people won't be back and the rest are coming later.
A quick lunch of PB&J for moi and off to Green Valley WalMart for drugs.  I've found that I can get three months supply from them cheaper than my Medicare Part D.  Picked up some groceries that we needed and headed back to the park.
Now we're waiting for 5:30 pm so we can have pizza.  There's this guy named "Dave" who sets up a half dozen ovens and puts out pizzas as fast as you can eat them in just about any combination all you can eat for $5.00 a person.  In past years the activities director has added extra money on to the $5.00  but this year the new rules are no upcharges.  Got the Green Bay Packer bucked filled with ice and cold beer and extra olives for the beer to head out in about an hour cause if we're there at 5:30 pm we'll be late.

Rainy Days and Sundays

It's not supposed to rain on SUNday or southern Arizona but it did.  I awoke to the sound of raindrops on the roof.  It wasn't bad enough to flood the washes but who knows what they'll look like when the water finally reaches them.  Might be very interesting.  We'll see.  We did go to church this morning and the pastor reminded us it's sunshine 360 days in Tucson so the rain is a treat.  The beautiful ceiling to floor windows behind the pastor only showed there was an outside.  The beautiful Catalina Mountains were gone and coming home the Rincons were partially covered with clouds (we thing that's what the white stuff was) but the Santa Ritas were almost completely visable.  Breakfast was at Jerry Bobs on Broadway.  I'd recommend it to Triple D but it's only open till 2 pm.  Best breakfast in town.  

Veterans Day

Just another day in our house so when Ron suggested we go to the movies, I accepted.  After checking out the possibilities online a unanimous decision of "J Edgar" was decided.  Off to the Park Place Mall to enjoy a matinee.  About half way there two things became apparent......1 Veterans Day was more than just another day since the traffic was so bad it became apparent we weren't going to make our movie time.......2 Maybe we should have waited for another day.  Upon final arrival at Park Place Mall we quickly decided both our assumptions were correct.  Not a parking place to be found around the mall.  Applebys had a line around their restaurant SURPRISE.  So off we went in another direction.  Maybe a drive thru Saguaro East National Park.  It's one of my favorite places and we hadn't been there yet this year.  Got our National Parks Pass out and headed out Broadway for Saguaro East.
Self said "I'm hungry" so I told Ron what self said and he pulled into MickyDs.  After a nice quick lunch we decided we'd stop at the Walgreen's across the street to see if they could still give Ron his flu shot.  My dear husband refuses to carry his insurance card with him.  Two hours later, we both had our flu shots and I had a pneumonia shot but decided to bypass Saguaro and go home.
The day had just been to much "people watching" and we needed to rest our eyes.

Tucson

Well, thanks to my friend, Larry, I realized I hadn't blogged in almost two weeks.  We arrived at Adventure Bound/Cactus Country early November 1st and spent the morning setting up the RV and emptying the truck.  In the afternoon we headed out to Wal Mart in Green Valley for supplies.....Milk and bread and cereal and things we only need one of.  Wednesday was Costco and then Sam's Club to stock up on meat.  We got home in time to divide everything up and package it for the freezer.  Got enough meat to last most of the season and still make it to Sweet Tomatoes for a late lunch which leads to Wednesday night bingo. Not many people at bingo, lots of reasons why it wasn't well attended.  Low attendance didn't help my changes so I came home with a lighter BINGO bag but had a good time laughing and talking to friends.
The rest of the time has been spent settling in and getting ready for all our friends to return.
BTW, last night at bingo wasn't any better than last week even though there were fewer people someone else had the luck.