Keepin' Busy

We had a 'Welcome Back' dinner and entertainment at the clubhouse on Sat. November 2.   On Monday November 4 we picked up our new Smart car in Chandler and stopped to see Todd and his family before heading back home. We also stopped at Camping World and bought a new water softener among other RV essentials.  I had a delivery shop that evening which was nice, getting paid to have pizza delivered!   Larry hooked up the new water softener which is twice the size of our old one and what a difference! Our old one was nine years old and the resin in it was shot and each 'recharge' lasted about one day. We have gone four weeks now and the water is still soft. 

                                                Our new Smart car

On Veterans' Day we went to Golden Corral with Dawn, Vince and Bethany so the fellows could have a free meal. The place was packed and the food was really good. They have three different 'flowing fountains' of chocolate, caramel and white chocolate now although I did not try any except the chocolate which they had before.

On the 14^th we went to Scottsdale where I did another shop and we visited the Goodwill Store since we arrived too early for the shop.   It was meant to be as we found two different plastic boxes the right size to replace old ones where the new water softener goes and they cost $1.68 together. Such a deal!

I did another mystery shop on the 18^th and on the 20^th the awning fellow came out to replace the awnings, only they didn't get replaced.   First he forgot to bring the new hardware for the slide out awnings (we are upgrading them since insurance is paying for the fabric) and then Larry discovered the color wasn't right.   We were going to go with the color he brought since we were changing all the awnings until we discovered the slide out covers were the right color and then two awnings were the wrong size so we still don't have awnings.   He is supposed to return the end of the first week in December hopefully with everything right this time.

                      Stacy from Awnings R Us working on a window awning

Larry has been busy installing a louder horn in the new car, putting wheels and a stand on his drill press so it will be easier to use and now he is installing a new TV in the bedroom. The old TV stuck out in the walkway at the end of the bed and I was always bumping my head on the darn thing.  An added bonus was we lost 45 lbs as the old TV weighed 60 lbs and the new one weighs 17 lbs plus there was the weight of the cabinet around the old TV. It is not finished yet so pictures will be next month.

 Larry installing a louder horn in the Smart.  He had to take all the front and side panels off to get to the horn.

                             The stand for the drill press which Larry welded

                                                         

                                 Getting the wheels ready for the drill press stand

The park had their Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday November 23 and we had 86 folks attend.  Our family Thanksgiving was in the clubhouse on Thanksgiving and we had a great time. It was the first time for us to see our great granddaughter, Milly. She is three months old and a really good baby. She didn't cry and she didn't sleep all afternoon, just smiled and entertained herself, the kind of baby everyone dreams of having.

                                          Enjoying our Thanksgiving feast

                             

                      The newest member of the family, Millianna, "Milly" Clark