Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Stephanie update

Steph is now a civilian. (is that spelled correctly) Actually she's Retired AF. That sounds crazy doesn't it. She had all her final out processing meetings yesterday and woke up this morning unemployed. She's got some applications in and shes hoping to find a job, any job soon.. She'll take what she can get now and then worry about getting something that she might like to do later.
She does seem to enjoy her new apartment and the town that she's in. I know that it's lonely for her since she doesn't know anyone there yet but her neighbors have introduced themselves and once she finds a job and starts school she'll met people. I can tell that she's loney cause I'm getting more calls per day than usual..LOL
Thanks everyone for checking on her and asking how she's doing after her surgeries and as she waited on info about being put out of the service. It's been a long four yrs waiting on this outcome but I'm thankful that they (AF) medically retired her and she can get on with the rest of her life.

The weeks are flying by

I can't believe it's the end of June already. Our stay here in NV has gone quickly. This town is about the size of town that I thought Mission would be when we started talking about going there in the winter. I don't know why I thought the RGV would be smaller but it's what I was expecting and when we headed into Pahrump for the first time I thought it was the perfect size town. I can do a quick run to walmart for something that I'm out of in half an hr. I love that.
I do wish there were more restaurants. There's plenty of fast food places but sit down and order places are limited. I guess that's what Vegas is for.
We did try Wulfy's this week. It's a sports bar with a nascar theme and they have a big sign out front advertising their sour dough pizza so we had to give it a try.. Beside being on a quest for the best burger ever, Reid is also on a quest for the best pizza.. This one didn't make the cut.. so we'll keep searching. I had the Philly Cheese Steak and it was pretty good.
We headed back over to Perferred RV today. It's one of our membership parks and we still had one week we could us it so we thought this week would be a good time to use it since the holiday is coming up. The Lakeside Park had only a couple of site left for the holiday weekend and they were going to be all day sun so we decided to leave and go back there next Tues.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Road Trip

Today we headed into Vegas to run errands. It was a long day cause we had lots of places to go. We headed out at 8 cause we needed gas and we had an apt. for an oil changed at 10:00. We weren't sure how long it would take and wanted to give ourselves plenty of time. We're west of Vegas and the dealer is across town once you get to I-15. I expected this part of the trip to be the longest since it was at the dealer but it wasn't.. We arrived a few minutes early and they got us right in. I went to the lounge to read and Reid walked around the car lot looking at Challengers (It's a guy thing) The car was ready in 55 minutes, they didn't charge us since it was our first visit (and probably last) and they washed the car for us... We were impressed.
From there we went to get lunch at In and Out. This location also has a store so we ate lunch and bought shirts. We were early but there was already a line at 11am. I had the double this time and it was the best. BTW..they've opened a couple of restaurants in TX but still not close to us.. Right now they've opened a couple of locations near Dallas and more should be coming or so we were told.
Now it's time to go to Sam's for Reids meds, then on the Lowe's and Camping World. Once Reid was done getting what he needed it was finally my time to shop.. Kohl's here I come. I was getting tired at this point but I still found a blouse and a purse that I just had to have. I napped on the drive home while Reid had fun driving the car on the curvy mountain road.
That was our day... Did I mention that it was 105 degrees today in Vegas.. I loved it.. it's very hot but no humidity so it feels good...I kept thinking of how much Phyllis would love the heat.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

June is half over and I haven't blogged

So sorry.. I'll catch you up now. We're still in NV and it's going great. We're actually cooler here than some places in TX, we've only had a couple of days over 100 where Dallas has had 6 or 7 according to TWC. With the humidity low it's not bad.
We're taking a trip into Vegas this week for shopping, oil change and Sam's for med's. You know there's a trip to IN and Out coming too.
We're at the Winery rv park again this week then we're heading back over to the lakeside rv park. that one is nice and shaded with the lake and grass that Lady just loves to lay in.
Steph moved this past week and with one more day of apts on base her military life will be behind her. She's getting unpacked and settled in this weekend and will start job hunting on Monday.
We found a groomer this past week for Lady so she's already for the hot weather, her fur hasn't been this short in a long time.
That's all for today. chat more later