Wishing everyone a happy Holidays in whatever is celebrated in your home.
Yesterday was another birthday for me. I stopped by to see a friend I haven't seen for awhile, then went out to Harrah's. I walked out with more money in my pocket than I walked in with so I call it a good day. I had been up to see Mom earlier in the week, and I'll go back early next week. I try to not head that way when all the partiers are on the roads.
Again, no 'official' Bloggerfest, but I will be at the shelter house/pavilion at La Posa South on Saturday, January 23, 2021. Stop by for chit chat if you can. It is always fun to see folks.
In the Shadows
I am female, a woman 'of a certain age' who is still trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Happy Merry
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Second attempt to post
I'm having internet connection issues which ate my first post. Makes sense, I write a post for the first time in, ummm, a few weeks, and the internet eats it.
Basically, everything is fine here. Just not much going on. I'm not alone in that, I know.
Bloggerfest. With the general discouraging of gatherings, and with the Canadian border closed so our Canadian RV's can't join us, I wasn't planning on having a Bloggerfest this year. I will be at the pavilion at La Posa South on January 23 around 1:00pm with coffee in hand to talk to anyone who shows up. Stop by if you are in the area. For the Canadians, I hope we see you next year.
Here's hoping this one posts. I'll try to update more often. The past few weeks have been lame even for me.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Clicking down the to do list
More things are making their way either to storage or to donation. I checked with the people whose lot I'm taking over this year down in the Valley, and they sold their motorhome so there won't be any overlap in needing the parking spot. I had told them they could use it in October if they needed to as, even though at that point it is mine, I won't move down until November 1. They told me about a mobile service that worked well for them to call about my front air conditioner once I move down. I'll probably do that rather than take it in as with the cat it makes it difficult to find alternative lodging if the repair takes more than one day. The back air conditioner keeps the place cool enough up here, but it may become more of an issue down where it is hotter, even in November.
I'm heading down today to pay the yearly fee for the lot. I'll also do some other shopping. I have gotten one of the guys up here drinking the Costco coffee I buy. Now I need to be his delivery person for more cans of coffee every time I go to Costco. I'm also going to get Mom a tablet as she is ready to move back into the internet age.
On Monday the motorhome goes in for service up here in Payson. I still am not sure where Bosley and I will stay if they need to order parts and we need to find someplace to go overnight. I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Waking Up
Around the middle of September I seem to wake up from my summer stupor. I am still slowly getting items checked off my to do list.
Mom and I had a good trip. I ordered wheelchair assistance for Mom at the airports for both ends of the trip and that worked well. She wasn't as tired or beat up after the trip as she has been before. I did ok, too, but had a few minor missteps as I usually don't check baggage and such. The wheelchair guys kept us going in the right direction, and the shuttle guys both took the baggage out of the trunk of my car and then put it back at the end. I park at Blue Sky off site parking and just let them manage the airport traffic while we sit in the shuttle.
We were not as careful as we could have been while visiting. Around family we didn't mask up. Some of the extended family doesn't mask up most of the time, but we are past our two week quarantine now and we neither one are sick. I am very thankful for that.
I'm clearing out the motor home and finding some things. I take it in a week from tomorrow to be worked on and that is a good excuse to empty it out so I can clean it thoroughly before moving down to the Valley at the end of October. It was 100* at 5pm when I was down there one day last week. Still way too hot.
Tuesday, September 01, 2020
Cleaning like a fiend
We fly to Kansas City tomorrow. Multiple face masks and we each have face shields. I've been in contact with my 1st cousin and offered to help her set up the wedding on Friday. I'm getting my electronics sorted to take (2 phones, a hot spot and a tablet, along with chargers). And, I'm cleaning so that my neighbor can easily come in a take care of Bosley while I'm gone.
Mom is, of course, already packed. I'm most of the way there. Just a few more details, bills to pay, and a last check I've remembered everything. See you on the flip side.
Friday, August 21, 2020
Yes, I'm alive
This is the summer of not doing much. The rains finally arrived, then we had another stretch of hot, dry weather. My front air conditioner decided to die in the middle of it. Luckily I have a rear unit and it works ok. I put a fan in between to try to blow the cooler air towards the front. When that doesn't work I take my computer and just lie on the bed below the strongest vent.
Mom is doing fine. The doctor changed her medicine as the other medicine started giving her issues again. The new medicine is about the same. We are supposed to fly to Kansas City to see family in a couple of weeks, but how she feels determines whether we go. The tickets are refundable to the last minute, almost literally.
Mostly I sit home and knit. I'm not getting some things done that I actually could be doing, but I'm in a sluggish rut. That is one reason I haven't been updating here. I'm not doing much and I am not keeping up with things I could be doing..
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Holding Pattern
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Back to Ready! mode
Friday, June 19, 2020
Why I Haven't Left... yet
Thursday, June 18, 2020
View from the casino. UPDATED
Edited to add:. Ok, I'm a little stressed. This is looking at the smoke from the Bush fire raging down in Tonto basin, probably 20 miles away. Once the fire crosses the basin, if it does, it is an uphill sweep to where I am. The casino is on the south edge of town and the main highway south is closed at the casino.
The information page has gone back to the fire map from yesterday. This morning there was a map showing the fire had made it to the basin and to Highway 188 that traverses the length of the basin more or less in the middle. I'm frustrated in that I will be slow in the motorhome and I don't want to wait until we get the evacuation notice.
AZ uses the Ready! Set! Go! model for the notices. Communities about 12 miles south of me have been moved to Set! status.
If any of be this (all of this?) is gibberish, basically send prayers for good decisions to be made by all parties involved.