Dad and Zoe went camping at Roosevelt Dam - to the east of us about 60 miles. He traveled a mountainous road that left blacktop behind and drove into beautiful desert landscapes and visited some ruins. he met up with several friends so he wasn't completely alone. Mom enjoyed peace and quiet at home. Zoe was a big hit with everyone and since she went everywhere with Tim, she was exhausted. She hiked up to the ruins but wasn't allowed past a certain point, "no pissing and shitting dogs allowed" near ruins. The guy in the pix held onto Zoe so Tim could explore. The lake created by the Dam is beautiful and huge. Enjoy the pix.

Tracy and Tina made it!

I knew they would make it . . . but I was thrilled when they rolled in.

First things first, Zoe needed her hellos. Our only full day together was filled with visiting the zoo, shopping in historic Scottsdale and we had some excellent sushi. We all shared each other's food.

The pictures aren't in order, again, of course. I will be known forever as the blogger who couldn't get it right.

Although their plans were to leave the next day and head to the Grand Canyon, our last day seemed too short.

We got calls from the Grand Canyon and Vegas so we know they are on their way.

Shed arrives and I saw a snake!

Hi ya'll. Life got exciting yesterday when our shed arrived. You know you're in trouble when a shed is exciting but it was. We had about 7 guys show up to help us get it off the trailer and onto the ground. It wasn't quite shimmed up on the left when I snapped this pix but I had to get a pix while most of the guys were still around.

The day before that I was walking zoe in the wash and she walked by a small snake and when I realized what it was I got the heebee jeebees. My weak knees got me back home and I grabbed the camera and went to my neighbor's yard (Gary and Margaret) and took a pix with zoom. I actually drew a yellow circle around it before I shrunk the pix but you can barely see it or the yellow circle, just off left on center. So figuring it wouldn't turn out, good hearted Gary went down and held it for me so I could get a good pix. Evidently, it had frozen to death on a cold night and then dehydrated in the hot days. That works for me! There was an article in the paper that scorpion bites are up. Don't leave shoes out overnight - that's the most common way people get bit. I leave my sandles out overnight but now they go on the little table we have and I double check.

Auntie Kathy and Dale bought a house in Kentucky and should be moving into it in a day or two, I think they said the 13th. Speaking of the 13th, Mackenzie turns 3 on March 13. I'll send her gift home with Tracy. Lola and Lolo are treating her to a trip to Disney World so I figure if our gift arrives AFTER the trip, it might have a bigger impact, although nothing can beat Mickey! Mackenzie is so excited. She actually knows where she is headed. Such a smart kid. And cute too. Have fun! (We were all invited to meet up in Orlando for the fun, but that was a bit much for us to squeeze in considering we'll be heading home in a month of their trip).

Hope you're all okay and I'm down to counting single digit days until Tracy and Tina get here!

Love to all, Mummy (and Diane)

To Vegas to see Jenny and Jorge

This last weekend we drove up to Vegas to spend some time with Jennifer and George. Here they are mocking the statues behind them at Harrahs, where we all stayed. Tim "never wins" at machines but here we racked up $60 plus bucks. It's always fun to get something back. Our stimulous?

We all piled into a taxi and headed to Freemont Street. We've never been there at night and that was very pretty! Am I getting shorter?

We ate some fabulous food, of course and threw plenty of cash into the economy but the best part was just visiting the kids. Again, I am short on people pictures. I always get involved with just having fun, I forget to take the camera out!

Looking forward to a week from now, when Tracy and Tina come out.

Many many thanks to our friends, John and Jane, who watched Zoe for us, otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to go.

For now, it is back to normal life, no ding ding ding. Shucks!

Love, mummy

Pictures

I have had the darnest time getting these two pix to come up. Had to do it seperately. The snow is in Flagstaff a few weeks ago with Jackie. The angry skies just amaze me. I'm not even sure where I took this one. Enjoy - Mummy

What do Retired People do all day?

A good retired friend shared this with me. It's the best! I wish I had thought of it.

The question is:What Do Retired People Do All Day? Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes.When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and said, 'Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?' He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a Nazi turd. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires. So my wife called him a shit-head. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. Personally, we didn't care. We came into town by bus. We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's important at our age.

Lunch with a Janesville friend

Tim and I had lunch with Bill D from Janesville Saturday. We met in Eloy, a few miles south of Casa Grande. We had a good time catching up. On the way home we stopped to visit the Casa Grande ruins. On the interent, it doesn't look too interesting but once there it was very interesting. We saw the movie, took the tour and came away smarter for it.

Sorry - no pix, mummy forgot camera!

The last thing we did with Jackie was visit Flagstaff and Winslow. We caught a storm. Hopefully, you'll see the pix I up up. We truly enjoyed Jackie's visit and look forward to Tracy and Tina's arrival. They only plan to stay a few days, but that's all I need for another family fix.

Love and prayers, mummy