Merry Christmas

I've said that dozens of times today.. It brings a smile to my face.
 We had a great lunch on the patio and the girls are quietly playing with their new toys and chew bones. The weather is 85 degrees and sunny and that's wonderful.....but the front is headed our way and will be here early in the morning. Tomorrow will be almost 30 degrees cooler than today.
 So far this winter is better than the last three years as far as warner temps and sunshine.. and we like that.
 Steph worked yesterday and is sleeping today. we talked last night for a while.. She thought last night that her heat might be going out, hope that's not the case.
 Danny texted me earlier.. he didn't have any plans today but he's got ball tournaments this week.
That's all so I'll say it again Merry Christmas.

Dec 2012

Where did Dec go.. I really thought I had posted this month but it looks like I haven't..the weather has been beautiful since Thanksgiving so I guess I just got busy and didn't blog anything..
 Now Christmas is just days away and we're enjoying some Christmas activities.. Last Friday we had our Christmas pot luck at the rec ctr with some games, great food and Christmas Carols. Tonight was our park golf park parade which I love to do but once again I have a head cold/allergy thing going on and I'm not feeling great, so instead of riding in the parade I stayed at the house and waved at them as they went by..
 We had a cool front pass through this week with a couple of days of strong wind and gust and then the temps dropped.. My allergies started bothering me when the wind started on Wed and then the sneezing and stuffy head. I hope it's over soon.
 Molly is playing with her toys and having a great time with them while Lady is sitting here looking at me growling so she much want to go out (but she just came inside)
so Merry Christmas everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hey I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.. I'm thankful that the sun has popped out today even if it's only for a little while. I'm thankful for family and friends and even when we aren't close to you we're never really far away.
 We're  going out for our dinner tomorrow since most of our friends aren't back yet..  A lot of people are heading back to the valley later this season it seems.
 My fruit didn't produce too well this year.. My tangerines are a bust but at least I'm getting some oranges and grapefruit even though they are small they are still sweet.
 We've had some strange weather.. warn but the sun want come out and stay out.. We've had mostly clouds for well over a week. At least it's calm and warm.
 Hoping to get in some day trips the next couple of weeks.. We want to go to Don West Flea Market and to the Island.. We'll try and pick a day that's warm, sunny and calm.. but getting all three is hard to do..


 

Nov is here

It's Nov.. The park has gotten busier. More people are showing up each day.
 College Basketball is starting.. Go Duke..Go Lady Vols.. 
I must tell you that we rebounded nicely in our weather since last post.. We've had mid to high 80's for the past week and it's been sunny with a nice breeze.. I did hear from Reid that a cool down is coming on Tues with highs only in the 60's hopefully it will be sunny and calm so it wont be to bad.. We know Reid is watching for any long term bad weather patterns.
 This is the first week of activities for the park and I've had meetings, a luncheon, a breakfast, checked out line dancing at the park next door, hosted a hotdog and chili cookout and it's only Thurs.
I enjoy it so much though.. Doing a little walking and biking too.. My knee has been hurting some so I don't want to over do it so I rotate the biking and walking.
 That's it for today

this can't be happening again

When we first starting coming to the valley about 5-6 yrs ago I remember nice Oct and Nov's with some transitional winter weather in Dec then Jan/Feb being nicer but the last couple of years the cold fronts have started arriving earlier and it's miserable.. I don't like cold weather and anything under 70 is cold to me.. We'll it's 52 this morning and I don't like it. We come this far south for warm weather not cold windy drizzle..
 No this isn't Reid on my blog it's Debbie...and I'm cold.
 We've been in the 90's all week (I can handle the 90's just not the humidity) but yesterday the front moved in and the temps started dropping.. We dropped 20 degrees in 2-3 hrs and then it kept dropping throughout the night.. It's not just the temp either the wind is howling (like you'd hear in Jan with a raging snow storm) It's cloudy (probably wont see the sun at all today) for now it's not raining so that's a good thing I guess. I tried to walk but it was just to miserable with all that blowing wind. We aint staying all winter if this trend continues.. We can't have any fun in this weather we might as well not be here.
Enough venting: I have crock pot full of beef stew so I have supper already cooking.. I've got some taped shows that I will get to watch today (around any football that I might wont to watch) so I will make the best of today..
 In a couple of days the sun will be back out and the temps back to the 80's and this weekend will be a memory.. Check back to see how our weather goes.
 

Monday

It's a sunny Monday morning. Not to windy so that's good. Molly and I have already walked the block.. she's was drooping by the time we got back.. her tongue was dragging.. she's not use to humidity.. it's only in the low 70's but that blasted humidity wore her out.. She really needed a walk cause she was running circles around the RV (before 8am) she's napping now.
 I have to go drop off my thyroid medicine bottle for refill today and We're going to head to McAllen for lunch at Jason's Deli.. Thought about it yesterday then decide not a good thing to do on a Sunday.. That's another CON for here...going out to eat on the weekend is not possible.. it's too crowded and restautants have a long waiting list.. (I know for a fact that Cracker Barrel can have a three hour wait on weekends)

The park isn't busy yet.. Several arrived this past week and more are expected this coming week. The bulk of our activities will begin on Nov 1. I have plenty to keep me busy till then with straightening and organizing the two places.

Leisure Valley

We're here. 6 days on the road and we're here now. We arrived about 1ish and backed the RV in and went to lunch.. We knew the rest of the afternoon would be filled with unpacking the casita and getting the golf cart ready.. Reid's pacing himself and that's probably all we'll get done..
 Molly is trying to break out of the RV door so she must be tired of RV life already. Lady is napping.

 Karen, Bob, Lea, Dan and Jan have stopped so I've already been visiting.

I was checking out the rec center earlier and there's things already posted to do so I'll need to get signed  up for them