Friday morning

Good morning! Long time no post.

We've been very busy since we got back from our Easter camping weekend. We've done some work on our house and yard in preparation for summer. Dennis' sisters Joan and Sheryl were here for about 6 days. While they were here, I took them to Sedona for a day trip. They spent time in the pool and just enjoyed our weather. It was really great to spend time with them. We played lots of games, had some cocktails (imagine that) and sugared up. It was fun. They left Tuesday morning and the rest of the week has been spent getting ready to go camping.

Today after work, we're heading up to rim country to camp at Clint's Well. We're planning to leave the motor home there so that we can go back up for Memorial Day weekend. We're also planning a trip to Flagstaff in mid-June, then a dry camping weekend at Mingus Mountain for 4th of July weekend. Beyond that, not sure where we'll be but know that it will be somewhere in the cooler country!!

The dogs are doing great. They love being outside. We'll see if that continues when it gets hot. We've had an amazing Spring. It's been very pleasant while cool at night. It's awesome. We got the dogs in August so they didn't get a lot of experience with our 110+ temps. They are such cuddlers! When the ceiling fan is on, they cuddle up with one of us - or each other. It's so cute.

We hope everyone has a great Friday and an awesome weekend! My immediate family is heading to Louisville for Derby Weekend. They're going to have a great time. Blog more later!

Happy Easter!

It's Sunday morning and we're slowly getting the motor home ready for travel. Checkout is noon, and we don't have a lot left to do. Should be simple. I took this adorable picture of the dogs this morning, up on the back of the sofa. It's been a great weekend out here, despite the rain yesterday. As you can see, it's nice and sunny this morning. It's going to be a beautiful day!

Have a great one!

Cloudy Saturday

We're relaxing out at McDowell Mountain. It's cloudy today, rained over night and was raining this morning. We strolled into Fountain Hills with Brandon & Jeremy and Bob & Ron and had breakfast at Phil's Place. It's a nice little greasy spoon with a decent breakfast. The coffee sucked, but the food was good. Fortunately I had coffee at home before we left.

I took some pictures of the mountains and clouds around us. I posted them on Facebook if you are my friend. If not, send me a friend request and I'll accept you. I've posted one or two on here. It's a chilly day but we have the windows open for fresh air and the space heater turned on. The boys are loving it. They are such cuddlers.

Dennis is taking a nap and the boys and I are hanging out, blogging, listening to The Blend on XM/DirecTV. It's a nice day to do nothing. We're intending to play board games later with our friends. We may even teach them "Flip It" and take some of their money. We brought lots of quarters. While we were out today, we stopped at Safeway and bought lottery tickets, so hopefully we won't have to go home tomorrow. ;-)

Have a great weekend!

Windy Friday

We made it out to McDowell Mountain Regional Park. The dogs and I arrived in the motor home about 3:30. Dennis drove the car out after work and arrived a little after 5. We hung out with Jeremy and Brandon until dinner. We had baked chicken with green beans. It was delicious! It was way too windy to grill tonight. The wind is almost as strong as it was 2 weeks ago when we were here with Jeannie. The only difference is that it isn't as constant. Ron and Bob are here as well as Bart and Jeff. Bart and Jeff are in the South Loop. The other three of us are lined up in a row in the North loop. I really love this park.

It's almost bedtime, I just thought I'd drop a quick line on the blog. Take care, everyone!

Wednesday Evening

Time sure does fly! I wish I had the time to blog more regularly. Our company left on April 1st. It was such a joy having Dennis' sister Jeannie here. The boys REALLY loved her, too! The house is so empty since she left! Last weekend was garage sale weekend. We didn't have much left so we didn't do quite as well as we did last month. We did about $170 in 2 days. More importantly, we got rid of a bunch of STUFF. Saturday, after we closed, I boxed up everything that wasn't going back into the house and took it over to Goodwill. It was nice to get it all out of the house!

Sunday was outside project day. I spent the day cutting and fitting together PVC pipe to run a line from the pool pump to the sewer clean out in the front yard. This allows us to backwash the pool directly into the sewer without having to use a pesky rubber backwash hose. It's so easy to use! Dennis helped me glue everything together once I got it all cut and fitted.

Tuesday evening, I went to the pool store to get the replacement pop-up heads for the in-floor cleaning system. We had 3 of them break over the winter. I also picked up some debris bags for the skimmer basket. The pool ran all night with all of the in-floor cleaners running and it was crystal clear this morning. Now it just needs to warm up and we'll be ready to get in!

This coming weekend, we've decided to join some friends out at McDowell Mountain Regional Park. Brandon and Jeremy are already there. They're going to let us know how full the park is tomorrow. If it's filling up, we may take the motor home out and snag a spot, then come back home to go to work Friday. After work Friday, we'll head back out for the weekend. If the park is looking pretty empty, we'll just wait until Friday. It's such a nice park and there aren't many weekends left where the weather is fit go to out there.

Dennis' first week at his temp job is almost over. It's not very cranial work. He would definitely prefer something more thought provoking and challenging. But I guess it'll do for now while he waits for an answer on the other opportunities still in the works. Continue to cross your fingers for him!

Have a great week and weekend!

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!