The pizza party was fun as
always and everyone seemed to have a great time. It is nice to get
together and eat and visit with one another. We see these people
from time to time, but things like this help us find out more about
each other.
Our good friends just got
back to Bahia last night. They will be here until February. They
had to leave in October to get a new roof put on their house in
Oregon before rain started. So with that done they are back. I
asked them to bring some things back with them that I needed so I
just picked them up and got big hugs in return.
Left this morning for Guerrero Negro to get money. While we were there we stopped in a
second hand store looking for a 5 drawer chest. They had a couple
but they were too big. We have a small space to put it in so
eventually we will find what we want. It is fun looking.
Not much going on this
month. We have one more train game before most of the ladies go
north for the holidays.
Had our friends, Connie,
Brett and Mary Ann over for dinner.
Ernie has been in the Fire
Academy now for 3 months and has worked and studied hard to graduate.
On the 14th he did that which made us really proud. He
has always wanted to be a medic since he was in the Air Force but
things just didn't work out. He held on to that dream and finally
decided that was what he wanted to do with his life and in order to
do that he would have to join the academy to become a fire fighter.
So we are happy to say he graduated at the top of his class and he
was the oldest member so he was the example to the young guys and
gals. Now he is working part time for the Arlington Fire Department
hoping to get hired by anyone who is looking for good men. What an accomplishment!!! No matter how old you
get there is still time to accomplish a dream if you work hard enough
and really want it!!! He has a steady job selling propane so if all
works out he may not be doing that anymore when he gets hired full
time with a fire station. Time will tell. An adventure for him that
is for sure!!!
Jon is doing well and is
liking his job. He seems happier now and Susannah his wife likes her
job just not the commute. They both are commuting north of where
they live, but you do what you have to. I hope someday soon they
will be able to sell their home and buy a bigger one. They have
really outgrown their place. But time will tell and it all seems to
work out the way it is supposed to. So good things are in their
future.
We had our gate guard add
more to the rock wall by the arroyo. He did a great job. Next year
we will have him finish another section and then we will be done.
We had a tire going flat
on the black truck so I took it into town and asked Sammy, the
mechanic to look at it and he found a nail. So it is all fixed now.
Our washing machine
decided to start leaking so Dave took a look at it and found that the
hose had been cross threaded so he tried to fix it but now we are
getting drips of water from the hot water outlet which doesn't make
sense since we aren't hooked up to hot water. Well Dave is stumped
so I just decided to stuff a towel around the hot water outlet and
put a small bucket behind the washer to catch the drips when the
towel gets saturated. The machine is like 25 years old so it has
been worked hard. One day we will get a new one, but for now we just
make due. It sure beats washing clothes in a bucket. Ha!!
The weather has been windy
but that isn't unusual for this time of year. We normally get high
winds and a little rain now and then. But for the most part it is
sunny even if it isn't really warm. It gives me a chance to wear my
winter clothes.
I haven't felt like
decorating this year for Christmas. If we were going to entertain
then I would but it will just be Dave and I. I usually put up a
small strand of lights inside the house as that makes it feel a
little bit more like Christmas, but I'm passing this year. I am
hoping to get some decorations and lights next year and a fiber optic
small Christmas tree like we had on the boat.
Dave and I were invited to
Connie and Bretts for Christmas dinner. She has 3 other people there
and we had a feast of ham, turkey and all the trimmings. I made
vegetables and an apple pie. It was a fun time and we had a few
laughs. We ate at 2:00pm and we were home by 5:00pm. Just before we
left their place, which is north of where we live, Connie said it
looked as though it was raining and I looked but just saw clouds and
said it was just the clouds we had over the mountains earlier. Well
guess what!!! I was wrong. It had rained at our house but it was
nice and sunny at Connie's. When we got home things were damp but it
didn't look as though it rained a lot. Once we got settled inside,
then it did start to rain off and on for a short time then it
stopped. There was no mention of rain in the forecast but that
doesn't mean anything. Dave and I had a nice Christmas that was
shared with friends!!
It looks like it will be
windy on New Years Eve which means we won't be having a bon fire.
Our gate guard's wife is away on the mainland while he is here so I
am thinking of having him over for dinner on New Years Eve. His wife
will be home the first week of January.
Our Grandson, E.J. got to
fly home for Christmas. That was exciting for Conor and Brody and of
course Ernie and Brooke. It is nice he can do that and wants to.
E.J. got to snow board for the first time in his life and he loved
it. That was really cool. It is nice they all are spending some
quality time together. E.J. flies back to the base on the 22nd
so he will have New Year's Eve in New Jersey!! We were able to chat
with everyone the day before Christmas.
It has been cold here.
Cold enough to wear layers and warmer clothes. Usually that happens
this time of year and continues until mid to end of January. I am so
glad we have a short winter season!! It's a good time to do things
inside. I am working on a counted cross stitch soccer player for our
grandson Brody so that is keeping me busy. Have projects started in
the art room but it is too cold to work down there for now until it
warms up. The glue won't hold because it is too cold.
There had been talk of a
party in town for New Year's Eve, but we weren't interested in going.
We were able to participate in a couple of their New Year's Eve
parties which was ok. They usually don't start music until around 10
and because they hold it outside it is cold. No thanks. We stayed
home and watched TV and wrapped up in a blanket to keep warm. We
didn't stay up to welcome the new year in, we figured we could do
that when we got up in the morning.
Our gate guard wasn't home
on New Year's Eve so we didn't invite him to dinner. He decided to
spend it in town with his family since his wife is away. He is kind
of lonely!
Here is to the end of 2018
and hopefully a bright 2019.
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