Silveridge RV Resort
Mesa, AZ
Our Home away from Home
Tuesday January 18, 2011
Life has started to slow down some now that we are at Silveridge. We have begun to organize a little and starting to feel like home. I love to travel but it seems all we do is pick up and put away everything to hit the road. I like being in one spot long enough to have items needed at hand and not have to dig something out constantly.
I went up this morning to see the gals I oil paint with. I actually attend the Thursday class but there are a few in the Tuesday class that I know. Actually the only ones there this morning that I knew were Merle, Pat and Patty(our instructor). Patty said most of the ones in the Thursday class have returned this year so will be great to get back to the class and see them all.
Yesterday we went to Camping World to find light bulbs and some items for the motor home. They had none of what we needed so I guess we will have to visit Robert Criss, the dealer we bought the motor home from to get them. I'm not quite ready to unload my guts to them yet. I need a 'mood' to come forth before I visit their establishment. They owe us money that I'm sure we will never see, so that is one item that is up for discussion with them.
After we left Camping World, we went to eat lunch and then over to Trader Joe's for our wine supply. We bought several bottles to hold us over till we get back over for more.
Actually we have not done anything exciting since we arrived. It's just nice to kick back in the Arizona sun! It has been absolutely beautiful every day we have been here. Today's high is to be about 76 degrees but I think starting either tomorrow or Thursday, we are to get cooler weather.
Today is our 36th Anniversary so I made breakfast for the occasion. Ha! Tonight we are going to The Native New Yorker Bar and Grill for Wings. This is one of our favorite places in Arizona! It's been tough holding out until tonight to go. Tuesday's the wings are 39 cents each. Sometimes we get to craving them so bad! They have Parmesan wings that are to DIE for! We have tried making them at home but have never been too successful. Need to research a little about how to make them I guess.
Larry went next door to visit with Paul, his wood carving buddy. Paul showed him a set of birds that he is carving for his grandson and wife. Larry was really impressed by Paul's carving. Larry will never get far with his carving because, like me and my painting, he does not keep at it to improve. Paul is a tremendous wood carver and he has a little carving area in their outbuilding next to their trailer that he spends hours in doing his carvings.
Today is Wednesday January 19 and Larry left around 9:00am with Paul to join the wood carving group. Larry is still working on the same item that he started last year with Paul so he's not making a lot of progress. We were gone so much last year, he actually didn't have a lot of time to work on his carving. I really think he would enjoy it if he kept working at it.
I went outside tonight around 8:00 and didn't notice that Tucker, our little sweet baby--or more like it--Larry's baby--must have followed me outside. I came back in and was working on finishing my laundry and noticed that the other two cats were laying on the bed but didn't see Tucker. I didn't give it much thought as I figured he was in the living room laying on Larry's lap, or whatever. Later we were watching TV and the picture got bad so Larry went out to make sure the cable was plugged in. When he walked outside, Tucker came waltzing across the street from who knows where! He called him and he came right over and Larry opened the door and in he came. Later when I got ready to go to bed, I saw a white paw poking out of the closet in the bedroom and he had gotten into the big closet and would have been stuck there all night had I not noticed him. He loves to explore but it ends up getting him in a pack of trouble. The neighbors told us there are a lot of wild cats around the resort this year so to watch our cats closely when we put them outside on the leash. Tucker is lucky he did not run face-to-face with one of the the wild boys last night.
We arise each morning on a schedule --6:30am or before. We are awaken by a trio of meowing cats. They MUST have their teaspoon of moist cat food each morning and DON'T BE LATE with their morning treat. I told Larry this morning I should take a video of their constant meowing while waiting for their food and put it on YouTube! If we made them wait 30 minutes after our feet hit the floor they would still be singing in unison for the food. You would think it was a major world event and to them I guess it is.
While Larry was gone carving, I ran some errands and picked up a few groceries. I bought some canvases for my painting class tomorrow. They had a great sale on them at Michael's this week. Painting can get really very expensive by the time you pay for the classes, purchase canvases and buy a few items for each class. I love painting even though I lack a lot of talent in that area.
My blog is not going as quickly as when we travel. Every day is NOT like a 'bowl of cherries' --like nobody really cares about most of the things we do around the resort here, so I will be cutting down on my publications until our life gets so exciting that I need to write a daily blog again!
I went to painting class today which is Thursday. All but one of the gals are from last year and the new one is Darlene, whom I bonded with immediately. She is really a great gal and she is from Olympia, Washington. She said she was a beginner but OMG her painting turned out awesome! I think the newer you are to painting, the better you do as you have yet to pick up the bad habits. Interestingly enough in our 70 something temperature today, we painted a winter scene. I really love painting winter with the snow. It was a pretty simple painting which consisted of mainly trees with a stream running through. My trees ended up looking like the great Redwood's of California nested in snow drifts. Patty, our instructor, paints beautiful trees but that has never been my strong point(among MANY). I finished it, however, and it looks fine. Everyone's pictures always turn out so different. It's quite interesting to walk around and see the many interpretations of the same painting. Audrey, whom I made friends with last year, said her 'significant other' had seen Patty's painting hanging in the lobby of the club house last week and told her that he was really excited for her to paint this picture. She was so PO'd today because her trees were not the best and she kept commenting on how wonderful mine were. I offered to give her my painting to take home as I wasn't thrilled with mine either. It's always that way when you look at someone else's painting, you think it is so much better.
I came home from painting around 4:00 and found that my WONDERFUL husband, had cleaned inside and washed the outside of the motor home. He is ALWAYS wonderful when he does my work for me ---which is not often enough!! Ha!
We found out Tuesday night that The Native New Yorker has now extended it's 39 cent wings to Thursday nights as well, so we went back tonight and had wings and beer. We will burn out on them before we leave at this rate but mmmmmmm---- they were so good! The waiters all look like they are part of the Chippendale's! They are quite BUFF-- so even if you don't like the wings, it's enjoyable just setting in the bar, drinking beer and watching them strut their 'STUFF'. I think of my friend Sharon when I go there as she REALLY appreciates nice looking men!
Charlene, my childhood friend, that lives in Phoenix asked me to go to another of the dinner shows at the Dessert Bothanical Gardens on Sunday evening. We went last year when Leslie came out to visit. It's really a beautiful place and the entertainment is normally wonderful. She was not sure she could get tickets this late, since it is this weekend. Char is a member of the Bothanical Gardens so she gets discounts on entry and special events.
Tomorrow the Swap Meet(Flea Market) in Mesa, opens for the weekend so I might have to go over and look for something to buy that I just can't live without! The place is huge and if you can't find it there, you really don't need it.
Well this pretty much sums up our breath taking week! Hold tight for more adventures to come your way next week!
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