Saturday evening

It's been a very relaxing weekend. Today, Ray and Mary, Gabrielle and Brooke and Dawson and Geter came over to visit us at McDowell Mountain. Dennis' sister Jeannie took this video of the 4 dogs playing in the living room of our motor home. They had a GREAT time! Our boys are exhausted, and have been sleeping ever since. Poor babies! We had a nice dinner - tri-tips and potato chips (glamorous, I know!) and are now watching TV.

I hope you enjoy the video. It's a lot of fun. Take care!!

Windy Thursday

It's Thursday and VERY windy! Dennis, Jeannie and the dogs brought the motor home out to McDowell Mountain Park this morning to get a spot. This time of the year, they often fill the park and put people in "overflow". We didn't want to camp in a parking lot tonight, so they came early to snag a spot. I drove out after work, arriving about 4:30. I can't even begin to describe how strong the wind is out here. The entire motor home is shaking. The dogs don't quite know what to think of the motor home moving while no one is in the driver's seat! We closed the blinds just in case the windows blow in so that no one gets hurt! That would bite!

The sunset tonight was beautiful due to all of the dust and dirt in the air. The cell phone picture doesn't really do it justice. This picture is looking out the door of our motor home. It's supposed to calm down and be gorgeous for the rest of the weekend. The dogs were scared on our walk because the wind was actually blowing them along!

Tomorrow Dennis has to go into Phoenix for an interview at 2:15. Things are finally starting to happen for him. He interviewed last Friday for a job at Wells Fargo in Education Financial Services as a Loan Processor. Tomorrow he's interviewing for a Sales Specialist position also in EFS. Monday, he meets with Arizona State Retirement System. He'd really love to stay in health care, but will consider other options as well. He has a temp job lined up starting 4/6 with Wells Fargo in the Home Equity area, but a different group than what I am in. I'm confident something is going to happen for him soon!

Our visit with Jeannie is going great. It's great to get to spend time with her. I would say she's enjoying not having all of kids around her, but then again, they are on her phone all day. :-)

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

March Mayhem

It's been a busy March! I didn't realize it's been so long since I last blogged. The first weekend in March, the Wells Fargo community service event we were going to do got cancelled last minute. So we decided to join some members of our Rainbow RV Group and boon docked out in the middle of the desert near Congress Arizona. It was a great time. Very dry, gorgeous, cold at night and no running water or sewer but lots of water in the tank and gasoline to make the generator go! It was a great time!

The second weekend of March, we had a garage sale on Friday and Saturday. It was a lot of work to get ready. We swept through the house pulling out things to sell. We were very successful on Friday - $260 dollars in profit! Friday night, we swept the house again and brought out even more stuff. Saturday was equally successful. We had a 2-day total of $565! And better yet, we got rid of a bunch of stuff that we either didn't use or no longer wanted. It was great! At the end, we boxed everything up and put it in the garage. We decided we're going to have another one April 3rd and 4th - and will sweep the house again to get rid of even more! It's so cleansing to get rid of stuff in the house!

This weekend was a little more relaxing. We had a nice Friday, having dinner down at Ron & Marilyn's. Our other neighbors Greg and Bryan also came over and the 6 of us (and our 2 dogs) had a great dinner. We then played "Flip it" for quarters. We came out about even for what we brought. Greg and Bryan were a lot in the hole and Ron and Marilyn were probably even but short given Greg and Bryan losing big. It was a lot of fun.

Saturday morning, we went to the RV Show out at University of Phoenix stadium. Ron and Marilyn found one they really liked right away. We went with them on the test drive, and then left them alone to do the negotiating. They ended up not buying, but it sure was fun to go for a ride in it! While they were negotiating, Dennis and I found a motor home we REALLY loved. It was way out of our price range, but it was nice to dream. That's the best part about RV Shows - you can dream what it would be like to own and live in one of the big, expensive motor homes. It was fun!

When we got home from that excursion, we continued cleaning our house in preparation for Jean's visit on Tuesday. In addition, Jeff from Vegas is coming and spending Monday night here as he has an appointment at Mayo on Monday. We're almost done. It's easier now that we have less stuff in the house! About 5, we headed to Elephant Bar with Ron and Marilyn to have dinner and help them use some more of their Elephant Bar gift card! It was a very nice dinner. When we got home, we took the dogs into the bedroom to watch TV (our living room TV has a burned out light bulb) and I went to sleep about 8. I slept until 7 this morning. I was tired!

It's now Sunday, and it's a beautiful morning. It's 69 degrees, sunny, and the dogs and I are hanging out. Dennis went back to bed because he got up at 5. Today, we're going to finish cleaning and get Jeannie and Jeff's rooms put together. I also have a project I want to attack, to run PVC pipe from the pool pump to the sewer to make it easier to back wash the pool. We'll see if that gets done!

I hope everyone has a great week! I'll blog more when I can! Take care!

Friday Eve

I'm really into sunsets lately. Probably because we have the most beautiful ones on the planet. And who said pollution was all bad? Anyhow, this one was from this evening at the end of our street. I was filling the fresh water tank on the motor home with water at sunset and decided to snap the photo of it. Gorgeous!

Tomorrow, we're heading out to the middle of the desert to camp with some of our Rainbow RV friends. We're sort of "crashing" their party as our plans changed at the last minute. We were in need of a motor home weekend and decided to go with them rather than going somewhere by ourselves. It should be a fun time, provided I can get out of the office by 2:30 so we can hit the road by 3ish. We're not towing anything (after much back and forth discussion about taking a car, taking a buggy, etc.) so it should be an easy trip there.

We hope everyone has a GREAT Friday and a Wonderful weekend!

Hump Day Evening

It was a very traumatic day today. I had the displeasure of dropping the dogs off at the Vet at 7:30 am this morning. It's not that I was worried about them being at the vet....we just don't like them being left with someone else. We are overprotective! The good news is that we got then all taken care of. Brother Boy has an ear infection so we got medicine for his ears. They both got micro chipped so if they ever get loose without their collars/tags, chances are better that we'll be able to get them back. We also got heart worm medication for both of them, got their nails trimmed, their anal glands expressed and their ears swabbed. They were both very lethargic tonight, and really just wanted to be loved all night. We were happy to oblige. Dennis got to pick them up and they still aren't convinced that I still love them since I dropped them off to the house of torture. Poor babies!

We also got our Motor Home back from the dealership today. We took it in to get the 'last minute' warranty items take care of before our 1 year anniversary on Sunday. It's hard to believe we've had it a year already! So....we decided to go camping this weekend. Originally, we were picking up trash on 7th Avenue with Wells Fargo PRIDE AZ. However, due to the Seventh Avenue Merchant's Association's Melrose on 7th Street Fair on Saturday, 7th Avenue will be closed down. SO....we decided to join Rainbow RV camping out in the middle of nowhere near Stanton, AZ. It's total boon docking, dry camping. No water, no electricity, no sewer hook up. The other people going are going to target shoot and get their CCW licenses but we're just along for the company and the peace and quiet (minus the gun shots). It'll be fun. We really need to get away!

We hope everyone has a fine Thursday. Dennis is still job searching. His background is in health care benefits and pharmacy benefits along with 13 years of customer service/call center experience. He also has experience as a QA analyst, listening to recorded calls, providing feedback for coaching, and doing case audits. He has a very strong work ethic and is a team player. Let him know if you have opportunities for him to pursue! 602-369-9058.

Thanks for your support and assistance!

Sunday evening recap

It's been over a week since I last posted. Sorry to all of my disappointed fans. It was a busy week! Sunday I flew to Dallas to work for my favorite small business, ANTHiLL Events. Our company, VENDZILA LLC, supported ANTHiLL for a client meeting that lasted until Tuesday. I flew home on the 6am flight out of DFW and upon arrival in Phoenix, went right to work at Wells Fargo. It was a VERY long day.

When the weekend arrived, we had a quiet shut-in evening on Friday. I slept in the recliner most of the evening. Saturday, we were on a mission to find the part we need to put the light bar back on the Joyner. We went to Ace, Autozone, RideNow, Home Depot and Harbor Freight and no one had the part. No one even had anything close that we could make work. We'll keep looking. On our way home, we stopped at Safeway to get the groceries we needed to make the Apple Brown Betty aka Apple Crisp that we were taking to dinner at Terry & Cindy's.

Saturday night, we left the boys at home and went downtown to Terry & Cindy's. We had a delightful dinner. Once the sun went down (It was a beautiful sunset - pictures above) it was cool enough to eat on the balcony. When the sun was up, it was a little toasty. The boys were so excited to see us just after 10 when we got home. I love the welcome we get from them!

Sunday we spent the morning enjoying the leftovers Cindy sent home with us. Just after 11, I took the Polaris to Circle K to fill it with gas. We were heading out on a ride at noon with the Johnson's and Randy and Cari. Bondy was supposed to come, but he had car troubles so we left without him. Chris from down the street and his kids followed too, but just to see where we cut through the fence to get to the trails. It was a GREAT ride. It was a little warm, though. It got over 90 today, and I neglected to put on any sunscreen. After two plus hours, I was feeling crispy so we headed home.

The rest of today has been spent relaxing, napping, talking to my parents for an hour and a half and watching some movies. The boys have been delightful today, too. Tomorrow begins another week. We are going to win the lottery on Wednesday.