Brother Boy and Drama playing

The boys were wound up this morning so I decided to take some video. This is "play" for them. It may sound mean but for those of you who haven't seen it in person, it's how they "wrestle" with each other. They do show teeth but they never bite. It's fun for them, and it's great exercise. It's fun to watch them play cat and mouse. Enjoy the video!!

Destination: West Clear Creek Wilderness - Phoenix RV Lifestyle

Destination: West Clear Creek Wilderness - Phoenix RV Lifestyle

Girls weekend

I was the honorary girl at Girls Weekend with Lisa, Judy and Ruthanne at Lisa's cabin in Munds Park.  We had a fantastic weekend while our guys stayed at home taking care of our dogs. :)  We had a lot of fun together, making some fantastic food, drinking some incredible wine and singing some BAD karaoke.  We also experienced a fun Jeep ride on Saturday.  We had perfect weather, although we had hoped for rain that never came. 

We learned that there was a big storm in Phoenix Saturday that knocked out the power in our neighborhood and Lisa's neighborhood.  It's too bad we didn't get any of the rain up in Munds Park!  Take a look at our photo album to see some of the things that we did, cooked, ate, and drank.  Have a great week!

Jeeping and Luau at Clint's Well

Weekend at home

Having the RV means we spend about as many weekends away as what we spend at home.  So when we are home, we have to make the most of it.  This weekend at home was no different.  Friday after work, we went down to Tempe to do one final collection at the Laundromat before our friends returned home from their 3 week road trip in their RV.  We took the boys with us and they really enjoyed exploring the Laundromat.  They didn't pee on anything, I promise!  On our way home, we stopped by Chino Bandito and picked up some dinner.  When we got home, we had dinner, then each had a cocktail.  We then proceeded to both fall asleep watching a movie on TV.

Saturday it was early rise thanks to the dogs.  About 7, we decided to start working out back.  It's been a while since we power-sprayed the pool deck and patio and the bird poop was getting gross.  So Dennis worked on that and I picked up dog poop, pulled the pods off of the cat's claw vine on the wall (they turn into nasty pool-clogging things when they dry up and fall off), trimmed the tree and checked all of the irrigation heads on the plants.  We then power-sprayed the mats from the RV in the driveway.  They look brand new now! 

After cooling down from the power sweat that we both worked up, we got showered and headed out to run errands.  We went to Bell Honda to get the oil changed in my car and looked at the new Honda Insight hybrid in the show room.  We then went to Discount Tire to price out tires for the Jeep.  WOW!  Expensive!  Then we headed to Five Guys for a late lunch.  On the way home, we took a detour to Home Depot at Carefree Highway to get some wire to support out tree and some other things.  The last stop on the way home was at Circle K to get lottery tickets and rent a few movies from the Redbox.

Last evening, we shared a really great bottle of wine while watching The Crazies.  It was an OK movie, but one that's been done so many times before.  Then, it was The Fourth Kind.  Train wreck!  It was a dramatization of actual events, so they kept inserting actual documented footage which made it really confusing.  About 10, the boys and I went to bed and Dennis followed about an hour later.

This morning, Dennis let the dogs out, then while out there, took a dip in the pool.  He got them in with him, too.  After he dried them off, he brushed them and I finally woke up.  The rest of the day has been spent watching movies and TV.  We watched From Paris With Love which was pretty good.  It was very bizarre watching Jonathan Rhys-Meyers aka King Henry VIII from The Tudors put on an American accent.  I liked the movie. 

We're getting ready to head outside and finish up the projects from yesterday aka fold up the RV mats, put the patio back together and maybe go for a dip in the pool.  The rest of the day will be relaxation, talking to my folks on the phone, and going to bed early.  We may have to run out and get some groceries since there seems like there is NO food in the house. 

We hope everyone has a great week.  Next weekend, we're off to Clint's Well.  Take care!

The boys

The boys are being extra cute this morning. I was trying to take a picture with the computer webcam but ended up taking video instead, so I went with it. It's very short, but I love the Drama shake at the end!

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Have a great weekend!

Independence Day is upon us

Summer is flying by!  It's nearly July and we haven't even been in the pool yet.  Crazy, I know.  We are looking forward to a 3-day weekend in the pines this weekend.  We leave Friday after work in the Jeep to head up to Sunrise Resorts at Clint's Well for the long weekend.  It'll just be us and the boys, so we are looking forward to some fresh mountain air, some rest and relaxation and perhaps a little Jeeping. 

I'm happy to share that I had my first post-40 colonoscopy on Friday and my results were normal.  No polyps.  Everything looked great.  I'm very happy about that!  I'm waiting on my insurance company to agree to pay for the genetic testing that I'm having done to pre-screen for Lynch Syndrome.  I'm hoping for favorable results from that testing as well!  I'm very thankful for our friends Lisa and Marilyn who were my transportation to and from the colonoscopy which allowed Dennis to take the training class he signed up for weeks prior to me scheduling my colonoscopy. 

We've been having some challenges with Drama scratching his neck open until it bleeds.  We've had him to the vet twice for it in the last few weeks.  He went back today for a follow up visit and our biggest challenge is to keep him from scratching his neck.  We also have to keep his nails trimmed so that they don't do so much damage when he does scratch.  He's such a drama queen when he's injured.  I think he loves all of the attention he gets when he does it.  Poor baby.  We've had to keep them in the crate during the day because he wears the 'cone' and he can't get out the doggy door with the cone on.  So, we just crate them.  We don't like having to do that, but it's what is best for him.  A picture of the boys - with Drama in his pretty blue cone - is attached.

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Independence Day weekend.  Enjoy!