Forry woke up very early this morning with cramps and an upset stomach. It was very early, before sunrise which is unheard of for him. He spent all day in his recliner, mostly asleep. He didn't feel like even eating until this evening when I finally got him to eat a toasted cheese sandwich.
Dennis stopped by during the morning on his walk and gifted us with a box of pastries that they had gotten from a vender near them at the Fountain Hills Street Fair. We saved them for this evening when Forry finally felt like eating.
I did do some laundry and a bit of house cleaning, but I didn't accomplish much more than that. I do hope tomorrow is a much better day.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Another Lazy Day
I made orange rolls for breakfast, topped with some of Brother Pat's walnuts. Pillsbury rolls are okay, but they are a whole lot better doctored up a bit. I had waited to bake them until Forry got up. I had been sitting outside with my cup of coffee and the Sunday paper just enjoying the beautiful morning.
Forry did get a good walk in - up the fence and back. Then he ended up over at the neighbor's for a long visit. In this kind of weather, it's just hard to stay inside.
We did come in to watch the first part of the Oscars - at least until Bull Riding came on.
Forry did get a good walk in - up the fence and back. Then he ended up over at the neighbor's for a long visit. In this kind of weather, it's just hard to stay inside.
We did come in to watch the first part of the Oscars - at least until Bull Riding came on.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Gorgeous Day
I think it officially got up to 87 degrees today! There were some wispy clouds floating around, but it really was a gorgeous day. Forry took a short walk this morning, then we went for another this evening. We didn't see any wild critters today - though we did see four horses on our way into town yesterday afternoon. All of the critters we saw today were the four-legged ones on leashes. It is quite a parade that goes by along the fence every day.
It was a fairly lazy day today. Lots of reading and sudoku puzzles. I fixed a variation of a baked pork chop with apples dish for supper that turned out pretty good with some mashed potatoes. We watched the last conference game of Gonzaga which thankfully, they won.
It was a fairly lazy day today. Lots of reading and sudoku puzzles. I fixed a variation of a baked pork chop with apples dish for supper that turned out pretty good with some mashed potatoes. We watched the last conference game of Gonzaga which thankfully, they won.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Purple Toes
My blue toenails were starting to look a bit distressed and chipped. It was definitely time for a pedicure. I had packaged up all of the paperwork - I hope! - that came in yesterday's mail for our accountant to finish our taxes. It needed to be put in the mail today. So I made an appointment to get a pedicure this afternoon after we went to the Post Office.
Forry suggested that I get my nails done in a purple shade to match the purple trim on my sandals. I'm not quite sure I like it. I guess I'll have to wait and see what they look like in the morning...
I figured that by the time I was done, Dennis and Colleen would be done with their day's vending at the Fountain Hills Street Fair and we could meet them for dinner. They were finished for the day by five and I was done a little bit after. Forry wanted to eat at the Saddle Bronc Inn where we had eaten once before, so that's where we met up.
We had a good dinner. The guys had meatloaf and Colleen and I had roast chicken. It's a good place to eat, but it's noisy. Not a good place to try to visit.
Forry suggested that I get my nails done in a purple shade to match the purple trim on my sandals. I'm not quite sure I like it. I guess I'll have to wait and see what they look like in the morning...
I figured that by the time I was done, Dennis and Colleen would be done with their day's vending at the Fountain Hills Street Fair and we could meet them for dinner. They were finished for the day by five and I was done a little bit after. Forry wanted to eat at the Saddle Bronc Inn where we had eaten once before, so that's where we met up.
We had a good dinner. The guys had meatloaf and Colleen and I had roast chicken. It's a good place to eat, but it's noisy. Not a good place to try to visit.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
A Longer Walk
Forgetting that it was Thursday afternoon and they would be in Fountain Hills setting up for theis weekend's show, we walked over to Colleen and Dennis' site (over by the road). I had assumed we would be able to stop and visit, taking a rest in the process. But, since they were not there, we had to continue back to our side of the world. We stopped to visit with Mike and Patty for a bit before I headed home to get supper started.
Earlier, Forry had walked up to the office to get the box of mail that Daughter MM had sent. I sorted through it all, filing, trashing and shredding. A good share of it was stuff we needed for our taxes, 1099s and W2s. I put those all together with the rest of the packet I was preparing for our accountant that we will get into the mail tomorrow.
It was fun to find a "Save the Date" card for the summer wedding of our young friend whose Dad leases our ranch. It's been fun to watch him grow up as he was just a young lad when they moved to our place. We met his fiancée last summer when she joined the family for brunch with us in Spokane.
It was another beautiful day today. I love the days in the mid to high eighties. The wind that we've had the last couple of days has died down. You can almost see the trees down in the river valley turning green every day. Some of the Palo Verde trees are starting to bloom.
Earlier, Forry had walked up to the office to get the box of mail that Daughter MM had sent. I sorted through it all, filing, trashing and shredding. A good share of it was stuff we needed for our taxes, 1099s and W2s. I put those all together with the rest of the packet I was preparing for our accountant that we will get into the mail tomorrow.
It was fun to find a "Save the Date" card for the summer wedding of our young friend whose Dad leases our ranch. It's been fun to watch him grow up as he was just a young lad when they moved to our place. We met his fiancée last summer when she joined the family for brunch with us in Spokane.
It was another beautiful day today. I love the days in the mid to high eighties. The wind that we've had the last couple of days has died down. You can almost see the trees down in the river valley turning green every day. Some of the Palo Verde trees are starting to bloom.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Stocking Up
It was time for another visit to Costco. We had finally eaten up all of our Christmas present meat, so needed to go restock. We asked Colleen if she and Dennis would like to go along. Colleen came with us, but Dennis stayed home to work. He's always busy! The conchos used in their bracelets are made to put on bridles and other tack. The shaft meant for attaching needs to be removed for use as a bracelet. He clips it off, then uses a Dremmel to grind the rest of it away. All that has to be done before the holes for the bracelet connections are drilled. There seems to be almost that much work for all of the different jewelry they make.
Although the parking lot seemed quite full, the store itself was not bad. There were lots of carts and it wasn't terribly crowded. We all went our separate ways and soon had more than enough to fill the car! After our shopping, it seemed important to find a Dairy Queen for some ice cream treats. (I continue to be surprised there are not more Tastee Freezes or Dairy Queens or other ice cream shops here in Arizona. As hot as it gets, you'd think they'd be on every corner like Starbucks in Seattle. But they are actually hard to find.)
I had been reading in the paper about the amount of revenue the City of Mesa gets from baseball Spring Training. There was a long article about what the City is doing to spruce itself up and create more shopping opportunities for visitors. As we drove through looking for the Dairy Queen, we saw the Spring Training banners and new plantings all over downtown.
Of course, the bad part is getting home and having to put stuff away. I re-packaged all the packages of meat into individual meal sizes and spread them out in the freezer. That was enough for me for the day...
Although the parking lot seemed quite full, the store itself was not bad. There were lots of carts and it wasn't terribly crowded. We all went our separate ways and soon had more than enough to fill the car! After our shopping, it seemed important to find a Dairy Queen for some ice cream treats. (I continue to be surprised there are not more Tastee Freezes or Dairy Queens or other ice cream shops here in Arizona. As hot as it gets, you'd think they'd be on every corner like Starbucks in Seattle. But they are actually hard to find.)
I had been reading in the paper about the amount of revenue the City of Mesa gets from baseball Spring Training. There was a long article about what the City is doing to spruce itself up and create more shopping opportunities for visitors. As we drove through looking for the Dairy Queen, we saw the Spring Training banners and new plantings all over downtown.
Of course, the bad part is getting home and having to put stuff away. I re-packaged all the packages of meat into individual meal sizes and spread them out in the freezer. That was enough for me for the day...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Busy Day
Well, I finally got ambitious and actually cleaned out the refrigerator. I've been looking at it for a while, thinking it really needed to be done. We're talking about going to Costco tomorrow, so that was the impetus I needed to get it done. It was sort of a chain reaction. I had told Forry I wanted the little table that the BBQ was sitting on outside so that I had a place to put stuff from the refrigerator. In order to get the table, Forry had to finally put the BBQ away.
Forry took over draining the tanks this morning. It's a task I really didn't mind doing, but it's nice to see him stepping back up to take over some of the stuff again. Since the tanks were empty, I started on the laundry. Not sure how I managed to have every pair of everyday shorts I own in the wash, I must have been a messy cook this week.
Dennis and Colleen came over after dinner to visit for a while. While they were here, we made plans to take a trip on the Verde Valley Railway next week. It's nice to have them here.
Forry took over draining the tanks this morning. It's a task I really didn't mind doing, but it's nice to see him stepping back up to take over some of the stuff again. Since the tanks were empty, I started on the laundry. Not sure how I managed to have every pair of everyday shorts I own in the wash, I must have been a messy cook this week.
Dennis and Colleen came over after dinner to visit for a while. While they were here, we made plans to take a trip on the Verde Valley Railway next week. It's nice to have them here.
Monday, February 22, 2016
They're Back!
Our friends Dennis and Colleen returned to Eagle View today. They've covered a lot of territory since we've last seen them - some vacation and family time in the South and major shows in Las Vegas and Denver as well as some smaller weekend shows. They arrived today from a weekend show at Lake Havasu and will be selling in Fountain Hills this weekend.
We were - cautiously - sitting outside enjoying the sunshine when they arrived. It was warm today, but quite gusty. They went ahead to their site (over by the road) to setup. After a while Forry walked his bag of aluminum cans over to the recycle bin at the office, then walked on down to where Dennis and Colleen were parked. He was gone long enough for me to be a bit concerned, though I had pretty good idea of where he had probably ended up.
When we were discussing where we wanted to eat tonight, I remembered getting an email from the Outback Steakhouse proclaiming that today was "Bloomin Monday." Because the Outback sponsored race car had won yesterday, the Bloomin' Onion appetizers were free today. That's all it took for us to decide where we were going for dinner. And it was very good! Once again, we came home with enough food for tomorrow.
We were - cautiously - sitting outside enjoying the sunshine when they arrived. It was warm today, but quite gusty. They went ahead to their site (over by the road) to setup. After a while Forry walked his bag of aluminum cans over to the recycle bin at the office, then walked on down to where Dennis and Colleen were parked. He was gone long enough for me to be a bit concerned, though I had pretty good idea of where he had probably ended up.
When we were discussing where we wanted to eat tonight, I remembered getting an email from the Outback Steakhouse proclaiming that today was "Bloomin Monday." Because the Outback sponsored race car had won yesterday, the Bloomin' Onion appetizers were free today. That's all it took for us to decide where we were going for dinner. And it was very good! Once again, we came home with enough food for tomorrow.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Another Critter!
We had come back from a walk and were sitting outside. I had been going in and out, fussing with the stand for the whirligig peacock. (I had used a small rock to make it stand up straight. When the wind blew the bird over, the rock fell down in the hole and blocked it. I had to get a needle-nose pliers to get the rock out...)
As I was coming back outside, Forry earned me to "watch out for the snake!" We watched a pretty good-sized rattler come from under my chair and under the steps of the motor home. I grabbed my phone and called Security. Two rings and he answered and said he would be right there. I wasn't scared, but had to have Forry tell me our site number, so I must have been a bit flustered. While we waited, we watched the snake come out the other side of our RV and head over to the neighbor's. The snake went over and started to crawl under the concrete berm at the end of Mike's site. (There are pictures on my Facebook page.)
When the Security guy came, he tried to use a rake to drag the rattler out, but it just crawled further under the berm, so he gave up and called the Fire Department who have crews trained to catch snakes. Since the Yavapai Fire Department is just down the road from the RV park, they were here within just a few minutes. One of the fireman had a large plastic bucket with a screw-on lid and the other had set of long-handled tongs.
He was able to reach under the back of Mike's RV and under the berm and grab hold of the snake. He pulled it out and dropped it into the bucket. It took them less than five minutes. They took the bucket with the snake, climbed back into their fire truck and were gone. The one fireman estimated the snake was about five feet long. It looked like it may been caught before as its rattles were gone.
As I was coming back outside, Forry earned me to "watch out for the snake!" We watched a pretty good-sized rattler come from under my chair and under the steps of the motor home. I grabbed my phone and called Security. Two rings and he answered and said he would be right there. I wasn't scared, but had to have Forry tell me our site number, so I must have been a bit flustered. While we waited, we watched the snake come out the other side of our RV and head over to the neighbor's. The snake went over and started to crawl under the concrete berm at the end of Mike's site. (There are pictures on my Facebook page.)
When the Security guy came, he tried to use a rake to drag the rattler out, but it just crawled further under the berm, so he gave up and called the Fire Department who have crews trained to catch snakes. Since the Yavapai Fire Department is just down the road from the RV park, they were here within just a few minutes. One of the fireman had a large plastic bucket with a screw-on lid and the other had set of long-handled tongs.
He was able to reach under the back of Mike's RV and under the berm and grab hold of the snake. He pulled it out and dropped it into the bucket. It took them less than five minutes. They took the bucket with the snake, climbed back into their fire truck and were gone. The one fireman estimated the snake was about five feet long. It looked like it may been caught before as its rattles were gone.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
So I Had This Dream...
I woke up this morning with a vivid memory of my dream about Forrest. I had clear instructions (from where? from whom?) that Forry needed to be walking at least three times per day! It was very plain in my dream that that's what he needed to be doing. The instructions said that was the only way he was ever going to get better!
Since I had not been feeling real well nor very ambitious yesterday, I had not gone for a walk. Since I didn't go, Forry hadn't gone either. I'm not sure if I was subconsciously feeling guilty about that or what, but it is the most vivid dream I have ever had. When he got up this morning, I told him about the instructions in my dream. It must have impressed him as he went out and walked to the fence and back.
In the early afternoon, he coaxed me to put my sandals on and go for a walk with him, which we did. We walked down the road until he needed to rest by one of the light posts. While he rested, I walked around another loop, then walked home with him. Later in the afternoon, when it had cooled off a bit, he went for another walk. That time he took along his walker so he would have a place to sit down. As I was cooking dinner, I made sure he had his phone. When he didn't return by the time I had expected him, I called - he was sitting over at the neighbors visiting!
We talked to our friend Bill tonight who is recovering from the flu. He is out of the hospital, but says he is really tired. Leslie has it as well. They are taking anti-viral drugs and sleeping a lot. And no, they didn't get flu shots this year...
Since I had not been feeling real well nor very ambitious yesterday, I had not gone for a walk. Since I didn't go, Forry hadn't gone either. I'm not sure if I was subconsciously feeling guilty about that or what, but it is the most vivid dream I have ever had. When he got up this morning, I told him about the instructions in my dream. It must have impressed him as he went out and walked to the fence and back.
In the early afternoon, he coaxed me to put my sandals on and go for a walk with him, which we did. We walked down the road until he needed to rest by one of the light posts. While he rested, I walked around another loop, then walked home with him. Later in the afternoon, when it had cooled off a bit, he went for another walk. That time he took along his walker so he would have a place to sit down. As I was cooking dinner, I made sure he had his phone. When he didn't return by the time I had expected him, I called - he was sitting over at the neighbors visiting!
We talked to our friend Bill tonight who is recovering from the flu. He is out of the hospital, but says he is really tired. Leslie has it as well. They are taking anti-viral drugs and sleeping a lot. And no, they didn't get flu shots this year...
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