Catchin' Up

Sometimes, people will ask what it is I (or we) do with all of our time. And most of the time, I can't really tell you the answer... but I can tell you that every day isn't a "high flying adventure" like a balloon festival... some days are just regular days. This is what our last week has been about.

One day, I did laundry while Mike wiped down the outside of the MH and after supper we went to play "hand and foot" at the clubhouse.

Another day, we got ahold of the "shade man" and he came and replaced the cord in the day/night shade in the bedroom. Later we went to a local casino for dinner and an hour of entertainment.

Almost every day, we either go for a walk or a bike ride and one day we discovered a grapefruit tree on public property (by the courthouse) so we helped ourselves to a few of these sweet white fruits.

Several nights a week, I go to the hottub and soak - it is quiet, peaceful, and beautiful at night with the starry sky.

On Sunday when we went to breakfast at the clubhouse, a lady told us about a fellow in the park that does an excellent job of cleaning RV carpets and so latter that day, we rode past his place, stopped and booked him for next week.

On another day, we went to Anna's Linens, a wonderful bed and bath place and bought new pillows to change the color in the living room - $3 a piece, can't beat that. The very next day, our Christmas present (a great wooden arrangement) from Chris, Sara, and Kaci arrrived and it now looks like a new place and next week, it will be shampooed... typical January nesting and cleaning.

For at least an hour or two a day, you will find us in these chairs reading the local newspaper or a novel or the newly arrived mail - last of the Christmas cards arrived this past week. Anyway, as you can see, life is not always exciting, we have many days when we do very ordinary things.

And then some days, there are cool things to do.

The last couple of days, we have been attending the Western Area FMCA Rally. 1200 coaches gather at the Fair Grounds - a unique fair grounds with this stucture as a focal point. The rally gives attendees a chance to attend sessions, look for tips on traveling and bargains on necessary "stuff". I attended a session on cooking with a convection oven and left early as it was not really anything new. But I stayed the whole time at a session on the member benefits of FMCA and Mike acquired a few tips at a session put on by Workhorse Chassis. I went to a craft class and made this cool welcome sign.We played bingo one night and Mike won a couple of bucks. Tonight we went to see a group from the 50's - The Diamonds - very good entertainment. We also had an opportunity to spend some time with Dan and Sue and Russ and Barb. As reps for Workhorse, they manned the booth and answered questions. So, that sums up the last week. Now to "relax" for a week before Quartzite!!!