Amanda posted quite a few pics of the greatgrands and I gleaned them. So I will share. These are a wee bit out of order. Oh well, heavy sigh,
Elise at the Beach.
Birthday party for the 8 year old.
Friday, July 2
Kiddoes!
Wednesday, June 30
Quiet Time
Been pretty quiet around here after the weekend. Butch took care of the last part of the clean-up on the tree project. I am not fond of woodsmoke smell so I am glad he got it wrapped up.
I have been working on catching up with cleaning, laundry, and blogging. Blogging is always ongoing as many of you know. Especially when too many days pass by without an update.
When we have time we have been catching up on The Handmaids Tale, and season 7 of Alone on Hulu, and whatever else catches our eye in the journey to and from those current choices. On antenna TV we watch mostly PBS, Finding your roots, Antique Roadshow, Escaping to the Chateau, the travel shows, nature shows, and sometimes the cooking shows.
My next big project will be getting ready for a garage sale. I am perhaps halfway done. Lots of brainwork in connection with a garage sale. Pricing things is always a bit of a conundrum. Setting the date is the next thing to make you go cross-eyed.
Nother subject. The birdfeeder we had in mind for the pool hall went over like a lead balloon. The birds said Huh-uh. So I asked Butch to make another platform feeder but smaller. He has seen action on it already. It is very handy being married to someone handy, especially when he accepts my ideas readily.
The other day in an RV newsletter they proposed the question "What should be your priority for going full-time RVing?" The advice was to get along very well with each other and one of you be handy. Yup, that says it well.
Monday, June 28
Busy Weekend
The Gary Brooker family branch came to visit so there was an abundance of activity here. Among other things I watched an 8-year-old boy learn to play cribbage in about an hour. Of course, he did not know all the nuances of the game, but he picked up enough of it to play. His grandpa dealt him his 6 cards and asked him how many fifteens he could find and in seconds he replied 3! But then Grandpa said but now you have to give me two cards because it is my crib...and the learning commenced. It was fun to watch!
Leo taking a short break from the game.
The pool hall got a lot of use the last 4 days. It was fun watching it get used as intended! Karla and Devon came over and joined in the fun too.
The puzzle is mysteriously missing two pieces. That was a bummer!
After this, they played a dice game.
Sunday night we met up with Leo and Keri at the Casa de Oro. Leo got some great pics.
Gary
JasonGit 'er done!
Tree with a haircut.
Before- Butch moved the MoHo out of harm's way. The whole purpose of the procedure is to protect the Moho from further encounters with the Russian Elm tree.
Butch and others have been working on this project ever since.
Wednesday, June 23
Tuesday, June 22
The Waiting Game
You know how it is...you contract with some outfit to have a service done-they say "Sometime next week." That sounds good so you hang around home waiting for the phone call and it doesn't happen. And you realize that everyone is super busy these days so you assume they have been delayed by 'something' and remain patient. It is the last large venture on our agenda this summer. When this is done we will be free! So now we are in week two. One of us is home all the time, or we try to be. No phone call.
Oh, and by the way, if you stop by to see us and the car is not in the driveway more than likely Butch is golfing and I am home. So don't go by whether the car is home.
We have had two full summers of the waiting business and we are both ready to be done with it. Patiently waiting...
The tree service is what we are waiting on. And this is the tree that lost a limb and injured our RV to the tune of $20,000 so Butch wants it topped. It is a Russian Elm tree.
Before picture.
Trail Bridge Status
Yesterday Butch and I drove out by the RRV trail near the bridge and then walked out to see how far the repair has come along. It is coming along nicely. We walked out to the bridge for a couple of reasons-wind was one of them and the other is confidence on my part with riding the bike. I am working on the mental part of getting over it and I will let you know when it happens.
The bridge is not yet usable but it is closer and it looks like they may meet their deadline of July 31st.
Sunday, June 20
Big Brooker Bash
Leo and Keri hosted a family gathering this weekend with about twenty attendees, being mainly the JR and Marion Brooker offspring. It started off with lunch at the Coaches Corner at the casino. I was surprised at how good the food was because it was less than good the last time we had eaten there. The amounts are enormous for us old folk who do not eat that much anymore. I would suggest sharing. I know we will next time.
In the afternoon we were gathered in our pool hall. It was the first time for us and we were perhaps not up to snuff. I didn't have any soda available...and I should have. Since we rarely to never drink it anymore I forgot to have any on hand. We played some pool and some cards. Cards are a long-standing family tradition.
Late afternoon we gathered at Casa De Oro for an always delicious Mexican meal. There again the portions are very generous...but scrumptious and authentic. We followed this up with dessert at Leo and Keri's where family stories were the hit of the evening.
And this morning Keri put out a championship breakfast buffet and more great conversation.
Believe it or not, I was slack about getting photo's but Leo came to the rescue and I perused some from Facebook.
From left: Leo, Jo, Bill, Bernard, Marlene, Butch and I in front, Brian, Steve, Don, Marty, Georgia, Dick and Rich. (Dick's wife, Joann took this photo)
Thursday, June 17
Blooming Cactus
Years ago the boys gave me a tiny cactus for Mother's Day. It was small on purpose because we lived in our RV full time. I am guessing it was 2007 or 2008 because in 2010 we took it to Michigan with us and that was the first year it bloomed and I remember how surprised I was. I took pictures of it blooming when we were in New Orleans at Lum and Donna's place and that was also the time we found out we had been accepted to work camp at Thunder Bay Golf and RV resort in Hillman MI. So there are many memories tied up with this prickly beauty.
Fast Forward to 2019 and Mother Cactus was looking sad and she finally succumbed to her age (12?) but not before bringing forth lots of little Mama cactuses. I saved the best and hardiest one of her babes and potted it where Mama had once reigned. I also potted about four of the tinier ones in a smaller pot. Little mama has thrived much like her mother and she is blooming for her first time yesterday.
Isn't she a beauty?
Butch's Gift
Leo gave his brother a gift and it arrived yesterday. I think Leo has Butch pegged pretty well.
Free Books on Book Bub
I haven't mentioned Book Bub of late but my friends who are avid readers could be interested because you can sign up for emails that let you know about great books for not much cash and many of them are free! Book Bub will get the gist of the kind of books that interest you after you make a few choices. So you say, "But I do not have a Kindle!" You do not need a Kindle because if you have a phone or PC you can get the kindle app for free and read your chosen books on your phone or PC. Easy Peasy! You can get the kindle app here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp
Then mosey on over here to sign up for Book Bub:
https://www.bookbub.com/ebook-deals/latest
PS: Butch only gets the free ones.😄
ENJOY!
Wednesday, June 16
Odd Happening
The "Boys" Butch, Rich, Gary, and Jason were playing golf this past weekend. I assume the conversation turned to quarters, you know the coins that were made different for each of the 50 States. Apparently, Gary had been collecting them and he hadn't thought of them in ages. He said he only needed two, New Mexico and Arizona. Rich reached in his pocket and pulled out New Mexico and Butch came up with Arizona!! So now his collection is complete. What are the odds?
Monday, June 14
Getting ready for a garage sale...
No, I have not set a date yet. I have been gathering and making piles. The other day Butch asked me if I really needed what was in 3 plastic tubs in the little shed. He needed more room for a "lawn brush", I don't know the real name, he had scored for $5. After some thought, I told him I would have some spare room under the bed once I had emptied it of garage sale items. BUT! Isn't there always a BUT. I needed to go through the tubs, inventory the contents, and clean up the outside of them. So he brought them to the shop/old garage so I could see what was in them. AND NOW, I have 3 plastic tubs of things I could not part with when we first retired, sold our house, and went full-time in the RV. All three have photo albums, journals, and mementos! Keeping the blog going since 2002 should have been a clue that I was not new to journaling. So all the things I wrote down and saved for posterity prior to the blog are in those 3 tubs!
I did not dare look any further! I have not completed my first todo list and we have groups of company coming in the next few weeks. And now I am itching to go through those tubs!!
Just maybe that will incite me to get on it with the tubs as a reward! Maybe...
OMG
This morning I was doing the Jigzone puzzle that Butch and I compete on every morning when the wren landed on the rim of the window in front of me not more than 20 inches from my nose! It stopped me in my tracks! Of course, it was off like a bullet soon afterward so no time to get a photo. It will give Butch an advantage on this puzzle. He doesn't have a window in his Hidey Hole.
The website for the puzzle: www.jigzone.com We click on the puzzle of the day and then change the cut to 48 classic. Unfortunately, the web address does not have the es after the HTTP but, you see, we are addicted so we take the chance for the five or so minutes we are on the site.😉
Sunday, June 13
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