The weather here has been pretty good but today it is suppose to rain. It will be a quick storm, passing through this afternoon and the sun coming back tomorrow. The warm weather is nice to be in but Calif is heading towards another drought if we don't get a bunch of rain soon. I think this is a La Nina year.
We haven't been doing much but we did make a couple of trips to the movies on Senior Day. Hey, it is only $10 for both of us. It costs more for a small drink and popcorn than it costs to get in! We saw Red Tails and I really liked that story. It is about the Tuskeegee airmen. It is funny, if we go on a non-Senior Day the theatre is pretty empty but come Thursday the place fills quickly. Guess everyone likes those discounts.
I don't know about the rest of the country but gas here is about $4.20 a gallon and slowly (or even quickly on some days) going up. I hope it goes down a bit before we take off to travel.
Let's see, what else have we done? I dyed my hair and we have visited our doctors for our annual exams. We have appointments for the dentist and eye doctor, time to get new glasses. We are both doing fine and have been pronounced healthy.
That is it for now. We head out on Wednesday for our group campout. I will be taking my camera; of course I will, it is in the rig, and plan on taking a bunch of pics. Here is hoping I remember.
Anyway, Have a great time.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
I'm surprised anyone keeps reading this
Wow, it has been 2 weeks since I last posted?!? Time sure flies when you are having fun. We had a little excitement which I will post about later.
We have been keeping ourselves busy with spring cleaning, even though it isn't spring yet. The weather has been really nice, up until this week, so we have taken advantage of it to clean out the nooks and crannies. The resort had a "shed sale" (since we don't have garages but we do have sheds). We were able to put a few things out and make a couple of bucks. As we emptied cabinets we would look at each other and say, "Why are we carrying this around?" You know, those we will use it one day, things. Anyway, they are now gone. What didn't sell got taken to Goodwill. We do have a couple of RV things that will go to the campout. Now we are looking at upgrading the interior of the RV a bit. The furniture is old and needs replacing or reupholstering.
Bill and I are trying to stay on our diets but it sure is hard. We really good until something happens and we wind up eating out a couple of times in the week. Restaurant meals are killers on our diets.
So other than that it has just been day to day living. More later.
We have been keeping ourselves busy with spring cleaning, even though it isn't spring yet. The weather has been really nice, up until this week, so we have taken advantage of it to clean out the nooks and crannies. The resort had a "shed sale" (since we don't have garages but we do have sheds). We were able to put a few things out and make a couple of bucks. As we emptied cabinets we would look at each other and say, "Why are we carrying this around?" You know, those we will use it one day, things. Anyway, they are now gone. What didn't sell got taken to Goodwill. We do have a couple of RV things that will go to the campout. Now we are looking at upgrading the interior of the RV a bit. The furniture is old and needs replacing or reupholstering.
Bill and I are trying to stay on our diets but it sure is hard. We really good until something happens and we wind up eating out a couple of times in the week. Restaurant meals are killers on our diets.
So other than that it has just been day to day living. More later.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
I'm really bad
about keeping the Blog up when we are parked for the winter.
We spent 4 nights in a campground in Blythe, CA so we could visit the RV show at Quartzside and also the Blue Grass Festival in Blythe. There were 8 rigs there and one of our group camped at the Festival. I bought a new GPS while there. It is one I have been looking at for a long time and was having a hard time deciding on because of the price. I finally bit the bullet and got it a the lowest price I have seen. You know, don't you, that when we got back to our winter park someone was selling one at a lower price! Oh well. It is a Rand McNally 7710 GPS. It is made specially for RV's. It is suppose to keep you off of roads with low clearance and bridges and tunnels that don't allow propane. So far, so good.
Here are some pics I took while we were there.
We spent 4 nights in a campground in Blythe, CA so we could visit the RV show at Quartzside and also the Blue Grass Festival in Blythe. There were 8 rigs there and one of our group camped at the Festival. I bought a new GPS while there. It is one I have been looking at for a long time and was having a hard time deciding on because of the price. I finally bit the bullet and got it a the lowest price I have seen. You know, don't you, that when we got back to our winter park someone was selling one at a lower price! Oh well. It is a Rand McNally 7710 GPS. It is made specially for RV's. It is suppose to keep you off of roads with low clearance and bridges and tunnels that don't allow propane. So far, so good.
Here are some pics I took while we were there.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
We're still here
There hasn't been a lot going on so there haven't been any posts. We did spend New Years here at the park enjoying ourselves at the party. We had a great prime rib dinner and visiting some of our neighbors. We didn't make it to midnight but did wake up when the neighborhood behind us celebrated.
Last weekend we drove all the way over to Lake Elsinore, about 30 miles, to join the Camping Squares for our Jan campout. Bill decided to borrow our grand-dog for part of the weekend. It was fun having her with us but now we have a lot of hair to clean up. Lola is fun to have around. No, we are not going to get a dog.
The Rustlers had their New Years party. They had just over 21 squares join in. It was reported that everyone had a good time.
I have been busily working on the Betz and Hinkle family trees. I have found some interesting things and have also run up against a few road blocks. It certainly takes some time, especially when you get back into the early 1800's and the 1700's. Not many records were kept by the government, everything seems to be in family bibles and stories. So, learn what you can from the older generations and write it down! Pictures are also great.
That is all for now. Have fun. I'll write again soon.
Last weekend we drove all the way over to Lake Elsinore, about 30 miles, to join the Camping Squares for our Jan campout. Bill decided to borrow our grand-dog for part of the weekend. It was fun having her with us but now we have a lot of hair to clean up. Lola is fun to have around. No, we are not going to get a dog.
The Rustlers had their New Years party. They had just over 21 squares join in. It was reported that everyone had a good time.
I have been busily working on the Betz and Hinkle family trees. I have found some interesting things and have also run up against a few road blocks. It certainly takes some time, especially when you get back into the early 1800's and the 1700's. Not many records were kept by the government, everything seems to be in family bibles and stories. So, learn what you can from the older generations and write it down! Pictures are also great.
That is all for now. Have fun. I'll write again soon.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Here it is Christmas Morning, 5:00 AM to be exact, and I am up and blogging. What is going on? I couldn't sleep much last night. I am sore from all the baking we did today. On Wednesday morning I went to my folks house to start the holiday baking. Each year I say we aren't going to make as much, and I do cut down, but it is still a lot. Guess I need to teach my recipes to my nieces so they can take over. At least most of the dinner will be cooked at my niece's house!
Anyway, my dad made peanut butter fudge and peanut brittle earlier in the week. On Wednesday, I mixed up a double batch of butter cookie dough. Part was made into ladyfingers (butter cookies with candied cherries in them), which got baked. The other part was refrigerated for use on Saturday to make cookie cutter cookies. I also made a batch of marshmallow fudge. Peanut butter blossom cookies were next (peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses on them). I tried something new this year, pretzels with Rolo candy warmed in the microwave and a nut pressed into it. I used pecans, walnuts and macadamia nuts. Really good. We planned out the rest of our goodies for Saturday baking. Mom had made a large pork roast so we warmed that up for dinner.
On Saturday we made the cookie cutter cookies and decorated them. We also made Rice Krispies Treats(Mom bought some brown rice krispies, wonder if the family will know the difference?). Another batch of fudge, this time with nuts and coconut in it (Dad did a lot of the beating involved). Deviled eggs were also created. Mom baked an apple and a cherry pie. I made a pumpkin and banana cream pie (which Bill helped with by making the pudding). I made a dish called 24 hour salad, which is a family favorite fruit salad. Is that all? I think so but who knows? It seems like all we did was cook and do dishes all day long! Oh yeah, we had lunch (tuna salad sandwiches) and dinner (spaghetti and garlic bread) also. Thank goodness we are done! I hope everyone enjoys it. I packed some up to take to Nick and Aimee.
So now I am waiting for the world to wake up and get going. We plan on visiting Nick & Aimee and Lola for a couple of hours this morning and then heading to Vanessa's house for dinner and goodies. I hope traffic isn't too bad! I think I have plotted a route that should be fine.
I hope all of our family back East and up North have great days and a very Merry Christmas!
Anyway, my dad made peanut butter fudge and peanut brittle earlier in the week. On Wednesday, I mixed up a double batch of butter cookie dough. Part was made into ladyfingers (butter cookies with candied cherries in them), which got baked. The other part was refrigerated for use on Saturday to make cookie cutter cookies. I also made a batch of marshmallow fudge. Peanut butter blossom cookies were next (peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses on them). I tried something new this year, pretzels with Rolo candy warmed in the microwave and a nut pressed into it. I used pecans, walnuts and macadamia nuts. Really good. We planned out the rest of our goodies for Saturday baking. Mom had made a large pork roast so we warmed that up for dinner.
On Saturday we made the cookie cutter cookies and decorated them. We also made Rice Krispies Treats(Mom bought some brown rice krispies, wonder if the family will know the difference?). Another batch of fudge, this time with nuts and coconut in it (Dad did a lot of the beating involved). Deviled eggs were also created. Mom baked an apple and a cherry pie. I made a pumpkin and banana cream pie (which Bill helped with by making the pudding). I made a dish called 24 hour salad, which is a family favorite fruit salad. Is that all? I think so but who knows? It seems like all we did was cook and do dishes all day long! Oh yeah, we had lunch (tuna salad sandwiches) and dinner (spaghetti and garlic bread) also. Thank goodness we are done! I hope everyone enjoys it. I packed some up to take to Nick and Aimee.
So now I am waiting for the world to wake up and get going. We plan on visiting Nick & Aimee and Lola for a couple of hours this morning and then heading to Vanessa's house for dinner and goodies. I hope traffic isn't too bad! I think I have plotted a route that should be fine.
I hope all of our family back East and up North have great days and a very Merry Christmas!
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