Tuesday:

I believe I am finally getting into the Christmas Spirit. 

Christmas shopping done???  Well for the most part.  We have all the things we need to mail ready to mail.  We did some shopping on line this year.  This is the first time we have shopped on line for Christmas.  I usually like to go shopping where I can pick out what I am getting.    I still have to buy for the Arizona family and Harris.  But there is still time to do that. 

With all the gifts ready to mail, we were ready to go to see the lights of Glendale with David and Janice.  They picked us up around 4:00 p.m. so we could head to Glendale, AZ.  We found a parking place quickly and walked around the square and visited a couple of shops before having dinner.  Dinner at the Mexican restaurant was delicious.  Then it was out to see the lights.  The Town square has  tons and tons of lights.  This is one spectacular light display.  We were all in awe!  All in all it was a wonderful night


Have a wonder day!

Monday

Burr!!  We woke up to temps in the 40's this morning.  The temps would not have been so bad, but the wind, was awful.  Monday is our bike riding group.  So we got up and got ready to head out.  Our group was pretty small this morning.  Last week we had 18 today we only had 9.  Many people decided it was to cold.    Since the wind was blowing pretty hard, our leader decided we should do a short trip.  So instead of 14 or 15 miles, we only went about 7 or 8.  It was really COLD.  When we were heading into the wind, it was like going two steps forward and one step back.  By the time we got back to the park, it was getting warmer.  

The weather man says this is normal temps.  So I guess it will be cold next week too.   I just hope the wind won't be blowing. 

Well if I wanted it to be cold to get into the Christmas spirit, I got it today. 

This afternoon, we headed out to get the shingles shot.  Now that is done. 

Tonight we wrapped presents.  We have a couple more to get before we get them in the mail.  We need to get them mailed this week.

Have a wonderful day

Friday:

First order of business was to get my eamil changed from Comcast to gmail.  Within minutes it had been done. 

Christmas Shopping!!  We don't have many gifts to buy this year, since we did some shopping on line.  That is very unusual for someone who loves to go shopping.  But with living in the camper there is not room to store gifts, etc.  so we need to either get the gift and send it right away, or order it and have it mailed.  We could not find all the things we wanted on line, so we will have to mail some things. 

We headed to Toys R Us and then to target.  About half way through our shopping, I told Harris I was trying to get into the Christmas spirit.  He agreed with me.  It is hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it is in the 80's.  So to help me get in the Christmas spirit, I came home and put the Christmas music on the Cd player.    I also decorated the camper as much as I have to decorate. 

Our Christmas Tree

Saturday: 

Shoppers Paradise at the Ballroom!!  Shoppers Paradise has lots of booths for shopping, with crafts, and other really neat things.  We didn't buy much, but enjoyed talking with a lot of folks.   We went up at 9:15 and came back home at 11:00. 

Saturday afternoon, we spent doing things around the camper. 

Sunday: 

No church for Harris, as he pulled a muscle in his leg and was having trouble walking.  So I headed off for choir practice.  It was a great day at church.  Dave had a really good sermon.  It felt great being back in the choir. 

After church I came home to get Harris, who was walking much better, to head to lunch with Rick and Sharon at Arriba's restaurant.   We had a great lunch with them. 

The rest of the afternoon, I worked on APIMS stuff.  I am trying to catch up. 

Nativity

Tuesday: 

Today we went up to the new Pickle Ball court to check it out.  The park put in two Pickle Ball courts this past summer.  It seems there were several requests for pickle ball courts.  After listening to an explanation of how to play the game, several of us tried it out.  It seems like it might be a lot of fun.  However, I am not sure if my knees will let me play or not.  But we would like to check a little more.



Sun Set

The sun set was wonderful.  I ran out to take a few pictures and enjoy the beautiful red streaks in the sky.  I wish the camera could capture the beauty.  












Wednesday: 

We are back to walking and biking every day.  It really feels good to be back to exercising.  I am thinking about checking out water aerobics.  It looks like a lot of fun. 

Later in the afternoon, we had visitors who live in Sun City.  Art and Lilly Bell, who, we have known through interim ministry, made arrangements to stop by the camper to see us.  We enjoyed catching up with them.  


Thursday: 

Sun Rise

This morning Chelle came over after she got off work at 5:00 a.m. for us to fix her breakfast.  She loves waffles, so of course that it what we fixed her.  It was wonderful to catch up and spend some time with her.  She arrived around 6:30 and left us at around 9:00.   Right after Chelle left we headed out for our morning walk. 

We had planned to go Christmas shopping, but when I looked at my email, I found I had a conference call at noon.  We also planned to do some errands.  After my call, we headed out for errand, as it was to late to do errands and Christmas shopping.  On our way to our first stop Dave Van Arsdale (our pastor) called to see if he could come by to see us this afternoon.  So we did one errand and came home.  We had a good visit with Dave.  

We will go Christmas shopping and finish our errands tomorrow. 

Our camper at sunset

Sunday:

We enjoyed our worship with our church family at Faith Presbyterian Church.  We decided not to sing in the choir, as we wanted to enjoy time in the congregation before going to choir next week.  It was fun to be in the congregation. 

We were shocked, when our pastor, Dave VanArsdal announced that he would be retiring the 1st of April.   The congregation we visibly shocked, even though they should have known that Dave is retirement age.  We are looking forward to seeing Dave and Ellen more while we are here in Sun City.  In fact we will go to their house for dinner next week. 

After lunch we came home to get the camper cleaned.  Since we were so busy prior to leaving Nashville, the camper really needed to be cleaned.  Harris vacuumed and scrubbed the floors, while I dusted and clean the rest of the surfaces,  When we finished the house, Rick came over to spend some time with us.  Sharon was at home sleeping since she worked the night before and had to work Sunday night too.  It was so good to see him. 

We have not see Chelle or Jacob yet, since they both are working lots of hours.  I am excited to see them when they have a chance.

Monday;

This morning we got up and got ready to join the bike hike group from here in the park at 9:00 a,m.  Wow it was a larger group than I thought it might be.  In fact our leader said it was bigger than he expected.  There were 18 of us.  We rode out 7 miles for brunch and then came back.  Since we have not ridden for awhile,  We were surprised that we didn't hurt all over.  My butt was a little sore when we got back, but other than that, it was not that bad. 

Our afternoon was spent working.  I had a Consortium conference call at noon, and that lead to more computer work.   In fact I was still working tonight. 

All in all it was a great day.

Have a wonderful day

Saturday:

Today was a beautiful day here at Paradise RV Park in Sun City, AZ.  The weather was very warm for the time of year (so they say).  We got up this morning and dressed in jeans and a long sleeve shirt.  It was not long before we changed to short sleeve shirts and Capris for me.  As part of our tasks for today, was doing the laundry.  Paradise has a wonderful Laundry mat.  During the wash cycle we headed back to the camper for breakfast and during the drying, we took a walk around the park. 
During our walk we stopped to see a couple we met last year who are from Memphis, TN.  We are the only 2 from Tennessee.  It was really good to catch up with them.  They have a really lovely park model. 

By the time we got back to the camper it was almost time for lunch.  Our afternoon plans were to go to the grocery store.  But before we could leave, David and Janice came by on their was to the mailbox.  They stayed and talked for over an hour. 

Grocery store was our next stop.  After shopping, we headed back home to eat the roast in the crock pot. 

It was a great day all around.  It is really good to be back here. 

Until tomorrow

Greetings from Paradise RV Park, Sun City Arizona

Friday:

We spent last night at Creteor Meteor RV park in Winslow, AZ, just 5 miles from the Creteor Meteor.  Since we got in to late last night to go see the meteor, we decided to go see it this morning on our way.  They had a Great BIG parking lot for campers, so it was easy to find a parking place.  In fact, there were no other campers and very few cars in the parking lot.  The movie about how the cretoer was formed was very informing.  Then we took an hour long tour of the creator.  Our tour guide was very information and funny too.  After our tour we visited the museum and then headed out.

Winslow, AZ is only 3 1/2 hrs from Paradise RV Resort, here in Sun City.  So we got here 3:00 p.m. this afternoon.  It was great to see the staff here at Paradise and to be remembered.  Once we were lead to our site and backed in, we got all set up.  While setting up, I looked over to see Kathy, whom we had met last year.  She is a permanent resident here at Paradise.  She is also a great container gardener. 

Our next door neighbor came in right before us, so it was easy to meet Bob.  He seems to be by himself.  We didn't see an women with him.  However, he did talk about his wife and their travels in prior years. 

Tomorrow will be a really busy day.  We need to finish getting settled in here.  There is also grocery shopping to be done as well as the laundry.  So first things first.  I think we will take care of the laundry, and get a egg sandwich at the dinner while the clothes are washing.  Then while they dry we will take a walk around the place. 

Until tomorrow

Have a wonderful day.

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