Nov 30

Today was laundry day...Always fun, but not as bad as we don't have to stay there while the clothes dry. We now have a clothes line and just have to let the wind dry them. Today was different tho...After hanging them out, Bob took me to glass bead making class. When I got out of class it was raining, so the clothes are still hanging out. Guess they needed more rain water to rinse them and hopefully they will be dry by morning. It is 7:30pm now and still raining...Keep your fingers crossed...

I made some beads today and got them strung on some black cord. They look nice.


Bob bought some Lewis & Clark trading beads today and made a necklace with them. It looks great!

This is my sister Donna! She retired from the Albany County today. She was a Social Worker and worked hard and deserves this new lot in life. I am so proud of her! Love you Donna!












We stopped and talked with Terry and Ron today. All is well at their place. We're happy about that...

We have a craft show to go to tomorrow at the QIA. Then after I need to get some things ordered for my bead making.

Nov 28th again

Just got the cutest picture of my new Grand Nephew!! This is Carson James!

Nov 28

I once again went to knapping class today. I had fun, fun, fun...I finished these 5 today. 3 arrowheads, 1 knife point and 1 spear point. It's getting easier all the time. But today I ended up with a couple little glass cuts on my index fingers.

Bob and I had lunch at Taco Mio. Great enchiladas!

We then scouted around town for a pipe cutter, bead spacers and copper wire. Got everything we needed and now all I have to get to make glass beads with is the torch and tank and crushed glass. I have a source for it and will be ordering it soon.

Bob headed out to check out a target he found on his metal detector yesterday. It turned out to be an old boot tack but he found another one he is going to check out tomorrow.

Homemade potato soup for supper---so, it's time to eat and watch "Who wants to be a Millionaire."

Nov 27

After getting a call from Ron this morning about Terry being in the hospital in Parker, we headed up there to visit them. Terry was doing ok and later reports resulted in good outcome. Better than when we first got there. We stopped in to see Ron tonight after he got home and he will be getting some much needed sleep tonight after being awake from 1:30am this morning.

I bought a couple of toolboxes today to hold all my new craft hobbies. Knapping tomorrow and glass beading on Friday!!

I found out that I am a Great Aunt again today. My nephew and his wife (Barry and Kerri) had a baby boy last night. They are all doing great...He was 7# 1 oz. and they named him Carson James. Hope to see him this summer...

My sister, Donna, only has 3 days of work left. She will be retiring from the Albany County Health Department as a Social Worker on Friday. She IS counting the days. She is so excited! She will continue to work for the adoption agency that she does part time. I hope to go on some of her out of town home studies with her next summer.

Nov 25

Sunday is dump day. I always dread this day after what happened right after we got down here last year. We had gotten a "Blue Boy" to dump the tanks into. After filling it, we drove to the dump site, hooked up the sewer hose and Bob got into the back of the truck to lift it up to drain. I was standing at the tailgate of the truck with my foot on the end of the drain and all of a sudden---the sewer hose came off the Blue Boy, covering me in all the waste from the trailer. I wasn't a happy camper!

After that we got a 50 gallon tank with a more suitable way of dumping.

The dumping went well today and we got some water to fill the trailer.

On our way home we noticed that Virgil and Joanne were at Ron's and Terry's place. We stopped and talked with them. They had their generator stolen awhile ago. The guy in question was apprehended but released---no proof. Even tho his footprints matched the ones outside their trailer...Go Figure!!!

Ron mentioned Terry is still under the weather and Ron himself wasn't feeling all that well today. I told them I would bring dinner over to them tonight. I made homemade chicken pot pies, salad and garlic bread.

Got a picture of the ultra-lite guy that was flying over taking pictures of the campers on the ground. He sells aerial shots of the peoples "homes" in the Q desert. If you want one of your place he is in the Rice Ranch selling pics.

Nov 23

It was laundry day today. We washed the clothes in town and brought them home to hang outside on the line to dry. I had 1/2 of the clothes hung up and poof, the clothes line fell to the ground. My language was not to good at that point. I could just see having to go back to the laundromat to rewash them.

Bob got the clothes line restrung, and I rehung the clothes. Luckily they didn't suffer too much dust.

I went into the rock shop about 1pm to take the glass beading class. What a lot of fun that was. I managed to make 15 beads and they didn't turn out too bad. I am taking the class again next Friday also.

I tried to light the oven tonight and it wouldn't light. We were out of propane. So we loaded up the 2 tanks, one was already empty and hadn't been refilled, and headed to town. It was 5:50pm and we were lucky enough to find the Pit Stop open till 6pm. So that is taken care of for a while.

It was windy and cool here all day and tomorrow the wind continues!

Nov 22

We watched part of the Macy's Day Thanksgiving parade and part of the football game with the Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions. Packers won the game 37 - 26 !! They are my favorite team also!!

We headed into town about 1:15pm for lunch at La Casa Del Rancho. They had a delicious Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the fixin's. We were so full when we left we won't even think about supper tonight. Afterward we took a drive around town a little bit and then headed home. Bob was so tired, he took a nap and I started another project.

We did get the pelican finished. I love it, Bob carved it from a picture in a bird book and did a great job.