Rog drove me to the Phoenix airport on Friday and dropped me off. Without my navigational skills to help him get home, he got a little lost getting out of the airport complex and had to drive around for about 20 minutes trying to find his way to I-10. Then he planned a stop at Lowe's that we spotted going to the airport. It was in sight off of an exit but very difficult to get to, so he spent another 15 minutes wandering around in a hunt for the store. Purchases made, he headed home to Maggie.
Our soon-to-be grandson, who works at a Lowe's, says that is always the case. They put them in out of the way places. Where he works you can see it from the freeway, but to get to it takes a GPS! Something about fighting for building sites with Home Depot and Lowe's seems to get the short straw.
Daughter Pam was waiting for me at baggage claim when I arrived and Steph found us about 20 minutes later. We went back to the apartment and settled in before we went out to dinner. It was a late night with talking about what to expect on Saturday and catching up with everyone's news.
Saturday's venue for the Celebration of Life was very nice - big windows overlooking the golf course. The "program" was done well and the food was excellent. Attendance was good - everyone I think Nancy ever knew was there. I was thrilled to see my kids - one flew in from Colorado, one from Florida, and one from Reno. The Reno and Florida kid drove over the Sierra in the snow Saturday morning and got there in time. My 96 year old aunt was there with her daughter and they just fell in love with Steph and Pierce who sat at the same table with them. After going back to my brother-in-law's house and visiting for a couple hours, the boys had to get back to Reno, so, along with Erica, we went out to eat before they headed over the hill and we headed back to Santa Clara.
I had no problems at the airport on Sunday, had a good sandwich before the plane boarded, and the flight was on time. I lucked out both directions - got an aisle seat with no one in the middle. Rog and Maggie met me after finding their way out of the cell phone lot and we came home. It felt good to be here after a stressful couple of days.
Yesterday we went to town and picked up our mail and then went shopping for groceries and stuff for working around the RV. The landscaper guy stopped by and gave us an estimate, we contacted the shed saleslady and made an appointment to go see her on Thursday even though we did everything on line, and the cement guy got all lined up for this weekend. (cement pad for shed)
We also stopped at the "yard art" place and picked up a few things to get us started with our landscaping decorations. Today was spent doing laundry, cleaning inside and outside of RV and checking out what's happening at the activity center. The landscape guy came by to do a contract and get some money and he will be back to work on the first week in December! We expected it would be much further out as everyone and their half brother around here is getting work done. It's really crazy busy. The shed lady called and set up a delivery date of the 30th of November - again, way ahead of when we thought we might get it. Then the cement guy called and said he would be here tomorrow morning at 7am! We are now well on our way to emptying our wallets!!! Only thing left is to get an electrician in once the shed is done before the landscaping goes in.
I'm thinking about joining the book club here but need to talk to the facilitator to see what kind of books they read. There is a water aerobics class four afternoons a week and I am seriously thinking of doing that as often as I can. I don't think I can do the low impact cardio and I do need some exercise besides walking Maggie. Hopefully it will work out for me. I do have my weights/bands/stability ball and should use them, too. Lots of activities - looks as if one could be busy all day every day if desired. I plan on sitting and enjoying the view a lot.
Spent $9 doing laundry this morning. We discussed, again, whether or not we wanted to go to the expense and trouble of putting a washer/dryer in the shed. We decided that for about $200 for the season to do laundry that it was not worth the hassle and expense of a plumber, machines, water heater, and cost of electricity. It just doesn't make financial sense.
Other than cement man being here tomorrow morning, we've nothing on the agenda. I hope to get back to finishing making Christmas presents.
It was a pleasure to read your blog entry and know that you had survived San Jose. I hope that your lives settle down a bit and that you enjoy the desert this winter. I love your new landscape art (the jackrabbit is really cute). Sounds like there is a lot to do at the park. Let us know whether or not you decide to join the book club.
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