Taylor called this morning and we had a nice conversation. It is hard for her to have a conversation most of the time with the granddaughter's demands on her time. She said it was still very cold at home and I felt bad to tell her how hot we had been since arriving in Yuma. I by no means was rubbing it in about the heat, only that both Larry and I have had a hard time coming from the chilling cold of Illinois to the heat of Arizona. It has been unseasonably warm since we arrived. We have actually had to run the air conditioning at various times because it is so unbearable. It's amazing how it cools down at night and requires a jacket most evenings and gets so hot during the day that we cannot find clothing cool enough.
After we talked to Taylor, we went over to the Jackson's for our morning walk. We have been trying to walk most mornings and Judy and Jan walks with me and Ken and Larry walk together. Makes the walk more enjoyable to have someone fun to share it with. Over the past 2 years Ken and Larry pretty much were the only ones who walked routinely. I have been so lazy about exercise since having all my knee problems and I have decided I really need to push myself a little more. I have noticed since walking daily that my 'new' knee has been sore. I keep thinking it will ease some as I work up to the exercise.
We came back to the Jackson's and all sat on the deck and had coffee. It was starting to warm up considerably by the time we came home. Larry and I sat on the patio for sometime to cool down as there was a light breeze and was quite pleasant. My plans for today were to clean inside. I haven't done much cleaning since leaving home other than vacuuming occasionally. I bought a mop that is similar to a swifter but has a place that I can fill with my own cleaning solution. I don't like the swifter solution as I think it leaves a residue that just makes the dust and dirt stick to the floors after using. I filled the mop with vinegar water for mopping.
I swept the floors with a broom first and collected enough sand for a sandbox! It's hard to believe how much gets tracked into the motor home. I followed the sweeping with the vacuum before I started mopping. My new mop has a reusable cover and by the time I finished, I didn't think it would ever come clean after washing. While I was cleaning, I started on laundry and worked most of the day catching up on it. When it is so hot, we go through a lot of clothing so it piles up fast.
I finally finished with my cleaning and was so hot and dirty feeling I couldn't wait to take a shower. I finished with my shower and Gordon and Brenda came over for awhile and we sat outside and talked for about 2 hours.
Maggie and Scott, the couple parked next to us who came from Phoenix to work for the park, came home and I gave them some of the vegetables that we got from our farm tour on Tuesday at the University of California. They are a nice couple but I think the park is giving them a raw deal. Maggie was promised a job in the park office and they told her they could not use her until October!! Then Scott told me tonight that the park is only giving him 2.5 days a week of work. He worked for LeMesa RV as a service technician before and plans to try to pick up some work doing RV Repairs. I feel sorry for them as they obviously need jobs. Maggie told me that she is going to try to start a cleaning business to clean the inside of RV's. They have distributed some fliers to advertise. She told me she would give me a free cleaning if I would spread the word about her cleaning business. I laughed and told her she was a day late offering me a free cleaning as I worked my rear off just today cleaning inside. She laughed and said it doesn't stay clean forever so when I'm ready she'll be over.
We came in rather late for dinner so we ate leftovers fro dinner last night.
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