I couldn't skip updating the blog today given the date of 1/11/11. My grand daughter was married on 10/10/10 and it is getting spooky out there.
Gerry went to her sewing and quilting group this morning and did whatever they do during this period. The excitement and suspense of the group is too much for me to handle so I just dropped off her and the sewing machine and beat a hasty retreat.
They worked on a quilt for the brother of the little 9 year old girl who was shot by the nutcase last Saturday. The quilt is in a patriotic pattern and was made with love. The group usually makes quilts for children in the hospital under the Linus project. Last winter they presented over 150 quilts to the project.
I worked on downloading some new geocaches just in case we got a chance to go out looking. It was a beautiful afternoon and we did manage to spend a couple hour caching and found 7 caches. There were two that we had looked for in the spring time and were unsuccessful. Today we managed to find both of these caches along with a couple other difficult caches. We didn't find two of them and I think they have been muggled. i.e. Some person found it and threw it away or kept it.
Gerry had started on a roast beef and had it in the oven waiting for us when we got home shortly after dark. She also prepared potatoes, gravy and green beans. Great! Now I am sitting her stuffed tired out, but contented.
Good night.
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I have been getting more and more spam from bloggers since I let anyone respond to the blog. One way to stop the spam is to cut off anonymous comments. It is very easy and painless to get a Gmail email account and use it to post on blogs. You don't have to actually use the account, but it gives you a portal into my blog.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Wild West
Thanks to Doug I have a title for the blog today. It sure has been a wild wild west today out here in Tucson. I imagine everyone has heard that a Federal Judge was shot and killed along with 5 others at a Safeway Grocery store. Garbriella Giffords, an Arizona US Representative was having one of her meeting with Tucsonans at a Safeway store and a 22 year old gunman shot her and 19 other people. She is still alive but the Judge was killed along with a 9 year old girl. The others haven't been identified yet.
It is a shame that there is so much hate and animosity in the US in recent years. Too many people resorting to drastic measures when they don't agree with someone's viewpoints. Things have to change for the good of the US.
The TV stations devoted all day to covering the tragedy except for NBC which broadcasted the NFL playoffs. There wasn't a lot of new information during the day and the other stations rehashed the events over and over. At least they showed restraint in all that happened. Some national stations reported Giffords was dead when in fact she wasn't. Sad that they would jump the gun and report that!
On a happier note, Gerry made a homemade bean soup that was great. Two bowl full great. I am enjoying it now but will pay later in the night. Trust me, it was worth it.
CCRV has made some changes here lately and not for the better as far as we are concerned. They have two sections to the park and the back section has always been for families with children or dogs, while our small section had neither. While we both love children and dogs, we don't really enjoy camping next to them for 5 months. They have already booked both groups into our area so it looks like this will be our final year at CCRV. Such is life. They have a business to run and make a profit, while we will find another place for next winter. That is the beauty of having a RV, it has wheels and can be moved.
Don't get me wrong, we have a site at the end of a row with a long time neighbor so these changes won't affect us that much. We had discussed not coming out here next winter due to the long drive and desire to see other parts of the US. Maybe Texas or Florida for the next winter. We do plan on attending the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta the first of October and head out from there.
Today was a beautiful winter day with temps in the high 60s and a sunny day. If it wasn't for the football playoffs, we would have been out scouting the countryside. Maybe during the week.
That's all folks.
It is a shame that there is so much hate and animosity in the US in recent years. Too many people resorting to drastic measures when they don't agree with someone's viewpoints. Things have to change for the good of the US.
The TV stations devoted all day to covering the tragedy except for NBC which broadcasted the NFL playoffs. There wasn't a lot of new information during the day and the other stations rehashed the events over and over. At least they showed restraint in all that happened. Some national stations reported Giffords was dead when in fact she wasn't. Sad that they would jump the gun and report that!
On a happier note, Gerry made a homemade bean soup that was great. Two bowl full great. I am enjoying it now but will pay later in the night. Trust me, it was worth it.
CCRV has made some changes here lately and not for the better as far as we are concerned. They have two sections to the park and the back section has always been for families with children or dogs, while our small section had neither. While we both love children and dogs, we don't really enjoy camping next to them for 5 months. They have already booked both groups into our area so it looks like this will be our final year at CCRV. Such is life. They have a business to run and make a profit, while we will find another place for next winter. That is the beauty of having a RV, it has wheels and can be moved.
Don't get me wrong, we have a site at the end of a row with a long time neighbor so these changes won't affect us that much. We had discussed not coming out here next winter due to the long drive and desire to see other parts of the US. Maybe Texas or Florida for the next winter. We do plan on attending the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta the first of October and head out from there.
Today was a beautiful winter day with temps in the high 60s and a sunny day. If it wasn't for the football playoffs, we would have been out scouting the countryside. Maybe during the week.
That's all folks.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Slow Days
It has been slow around here the last couple days. Time to recharge the batteries and head back into the fray.
Our friend Ron had a birthday on New Years Day and we invited him over for some homemade chili on Wednesday night. Saturday was left over day so we couldn't invited him for that.
We took my new computer that I bought in October back to Costco. It was crashing quite often and I didn't want to bother sending it back to HP and waiting 8 weeks to get it returned. Much easier to return to Costco under their 90 day return policy and buy another one. They are great with returns and that is one reason I continue to buy from them.
The new computer is a HP also, but has 8gig ram, 640g hard drive, 7200rpm hard drive, larger video card and a 17.3 inch monitor. So far it has been great and I think I will be happy with it. I will use it for a while before I install Turbo Tax on it to make sure it doesn't cause problems.
Sharon & Al came over for some of Gerry's homemade pork chops & wild rice casserole. Super. I managed to control myself and we have some leftover for lunch or dinner on Friday. Yummy.
Just a short blog to let everyone know we are still out here. C U
Our friend Ron had a birthday on New Years Day and we invited him over for some homemade chili on Wednesday night. Saturday was left over day so we couldn't invited him for that.
We took my new computer that I bought in October back to Costco. It was crashing quite often and I didn't want to bother sending it back to HP and waiting 8 weeks to get it returned. Much easier to return to Costco under their 90 day return policy and buy another one. They are great with returns and that is one reason I continue to buy from them.
The new computer is a HP also, but has 8gig ram, 640g hard drive, 7200rpm hard drive, larger video card and a 17.3 inch monitor. So far it has been great and I think I will be happy with it. I will use it for a while before I install Turbo Tax on it to make sure it doesn't cause problems.
Sharon & Al came over for some of Gerry's homemade pork chops & wild rice casserole. Super. I managed to control myself and we have some leftover for lunch or dinner on Friday. Yummy.
Just a short blog to let everyone know we are still out here. C U
Monday, January 3, 2011
Football
Did everyone get their fill of football this weekend? Talk about overload. My two favorite college teams won their Bowl Games and that was good. I graduated from the Univ of Maryland and they won fairly easily and the Univ of Illinois also won big. The Washington Redskins didn't have a chance to get in the playoffs, however they gave the NY Giants all they could handle.
We took advantage of the nice weather today to go geocaching. There were two caches close to the RV park and we found the first one very easily. The 2nd cache posed more of a challenge. It was located in the desert about 1/4 mile from a parking space. There were a few paths out there but they didn't lead to the cache. We found it attached to a dead cactus on the ground and signed the log. Then we had to walk back to the car as the sun set. I had the foresight to lock onto a large house and used it to find our way back.
We stopped at Pizza Hut and picked up a pizza for dinner and headed back to the RV park. They had a special on stuffed crust pizza and that is one of Gerry's favorite pizza. It sure hit the spot.
The last few nights have been very cold with temps down around 20-24 degrees. At that temp we have to be careful with the water hose and the pipes in the MH. We made it through fine and the forecast for tonight is for warmer weather. The next week it will be in a warming spell so that will be great.
You all have fun this year.
We took advantage of the nice weather today to go geocaching. There were two caches close to the RV park and we found the first one very easily. The 2nd cache posed more of a challenge. It was located in the desert about 1/4 mile from a parking space. There were a few paths out there but they didn't lead to the cache. We found it attached to a dead cactus on the ground and signed the log. Then we had to walk back to the car as the sun set. I had the foresight to lock onto a large house and used it to find our way back.
We stopped at Pizza Hut and picked up a pizza for dinner and headed back to the RV park. They had a special on stuffed crust pizza and that is one of Gerry's favorite pizza. It sure hit the spot.
The last few nights have been very cold with temps down around 20-24 degrees. At that temp we have to be careful with the water hose and the pipes in the MH. We made it through fine and the forecast for tonight is for warmer weather. The next week it will be in a warming spell so that will be great.
You all have fun this year.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Years Eve
Well, we celebrated another New Years Eve and had a great time at the CCRV party. They had Becky Rose playing her one woman band and she did a great job. She has played here before and always puts on a nice performance. She brings along a number of different hats to complement her singing and playing.
They had a Chinese auction of many different items including a TV, GPS, Sony DVD Player, Camera and many more prizes. Each person bought tickets and then placed them in envelopes in front of the item and a drawing for each item was held. We didn't win anything but Dee won a CCRV jacket. The excitement in the air was electrifying to say the least.
We all had a great time dancing, eating, talking and celebrating the end of one year and beginning of the next. Actually, we had to leave the hall around 11pm since it was time to close it up. Once the auction was over everyone bailed out in a hurry. Our little group, Ron & Dee, Judy & Steve, Ron K, and Gerry and I had a great time. Mel, Ron K's mother in law sat with us and was dancing all evening. A fun time was had by all.
Happy New Year from Gerry and me.
After this party broke up we joined Judy & Steve in their 5th wheel for a nightcap and finally got home around 1:30am.
We had a long day that started with helping cousin Sharon and Al move into their new 5th wheel unit. What a beauty. It has tons of space, a fireplace, huge TV and looks like it is 40ft long. Actually around 36ft. They parked their old unit next to the new one and transferred all their stuff over. Ron, Gerry and I got there in time to help them a little and they were on there way home to finish the job. Congratulations Sharon and Al. What a way to start the New Year.
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