Black Friday in Arizona

Yesterday we had dinner at Rick's Uncle Keith's' house and had a great time with them and cousins and friends. Ate to much, but don't we all on Thanksgiving. Mary and Kelly were going thru the ads to map out there strategy for Black Friday. I don't know what time they got up, but I know it would have been way to early for me! I didn't really see anything in the flyers that we wanted or needed except a new electric blanket at Penneys. It has been a long time since we bought an electric blanket. I had sticker shock when I started looking! So I found a good one for 60% off original price and I still paid a pretty penny for it. But if it lasts as long as the last one did, I will get my money's worth. So then I started looking around and of course found some really good buys on other stuff. All in all it was a good shopping trip and I didn't have to get up when it was dark out to go. Rick is at choir practice right now. He loves singing in the choir over at Sunscape RV Resort. He started there last year because Don and LaVon were over in that park. Don was the preacher. Even though he is not here this year, they were glad to have Rick back singing. We have so much to be thankful for this year. Our health is one of them that we take for granted. We had a wake up call a week ago when our 58 year old neighbor had a massive heart attack and passed away. Wow, what a shock! His wife started CPR and then Rick took over for her until the paramedics arrived. This has hit Rick hard. But the hospital said that everything had been done for him, it just wasn't meant to be. So please keep us in your prayers and please pray for Bonnie as she adjusts to being alone. And the weather here has been cold. But the sun is out and that helps. Last night I had to go out and cover my plants because of frost. It is way to early in the season for the weather to be this cold. Coldest Thanksgiving in 80 years. But we did not have snow. Well, I need to get off here now. Have to move our things from the park model to our 5th wheel. The renters will be here by the 1st weather permitting. They are coming from Canada and she said last night that they have tons of snow. Hope they leave it there! LOL! Hope everyone has a great day! Love you all.

Busy

I can't believe it's been over a month since I last wrote in here. We have been so busy with the park model and with the golf course. The golf course opened up 2 weeks early after the over seeding. That meant that most of the workers, who are snowbirds, were not here yet. So, with Rick being in charge of the rangers, starters, and cart washers, he had slim pickings for workers. So the people that got here early ended up getting the jobs. But we spent 2 weeks or more washing carts and putting them away every night. We have so many hours of golf under our belts it isn't even funny. Now that we are settled into the park model, it won't be long for us to move back into the 5th wheel as our renters will be coming in on Dec 1st. What I will miss the most is the washer and dryer. It has been nice to just go out and throw a load of clothes in while watching TV. I have started attending a class called Zumba. This is an exercise thru dancing. Salsa style. It has been fun. It was only once a week but now they have added another day. The instructor has lost 54 pounds in the past year. I just wish to lose a few at a time. Any weight lose would help. We bought a car to drive around while we are here. Saves wear and tear on the truck. Getting 21 mpg compared to 12 in the truck. It is a 1992 Ford Taurus station wagon. I had put pictures on facebook and people were making fun of our family car. I said they weren't thinking right. Four (4) sets of golf clubs and four (4) adults. That is why the station wagon works for us. The park here put on a great Veterans Day service. We have one veteran here in the park that is an outstanding person and a walking miracle. His name is Lawrence. We love him dearly. He golfs with us and makes us laugh all the time. He lost half of his stomach in Vietnam and because of agent orange, he lost the other half to cancer. He is real skinny but he eats all the time. They honored him at Golden Corral yesterday and he was floored. He never expected that. We are so honored to have met him. The park is not as full this year at this time like last year. Maybe the economy is keeping people home longer. It has been cooler at night. Going down into the upper 30's to mid 40's and only getting up to 70 during the day. We can actually get cold water out of the cold water tap. Very unusual for living in the desert. But it is going back up into the upper 70's and only going down into the upper 40's to lower 50's at night. We have started our Sorry Dear golf outing we do once a month and it was a great success for the first outing. Everyone had a great time. I know a lot of "Sorry Dears" were said to their prospective partners. Fun is what it is all about. This week we start the golf scramble and that will be fun. Well that is all for now. I have work to do. Hope all is well with your world. It is with ours.