Our 45th Anniversary Today

Finally got the trailer cleaned out and put away on Wednesday afternoon. Our daughter and grandkids were here and picked blueberries, blackberries, apples and also got some beans and zuchinni..."grocery shopping at Grandma's and Papa's"!!! We all went over to my Mom's because my sister and her daughter were there. Mom and my sister made dinner for us to celebrate our 45th anniversary...a bit early but at least we were all together!

Thursday morning our friends R&C called so I invited them down to pick some blueberries. They also got some beans, zuchinni and apples then we went to the local casino and they bought us lunch. It's been such a fluke because 2 years ago they bought their motorhome on our anniversary then last year we bought our new trailer on their anniversary...neither of us knew the other's anniversary at the time...but we do now!!! The casino had a special on pasta with your choice of pasta, sauce and meat or seafood. It was really yummy.

Friday we took Mom to the lab for some blood work and when we got home B cut the grass and I canned 9 quarts of beans and made some applesauce. G&D phoned and asked us to go to their place for a visit and see a DVD of the Baltic cruise they had been on. Really enjoyed the evening. We thought we'd meet for breakfast this morning but unfortunately it didn't work out, but tonight we're going to #1 daughter's and son-in-law's for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. Can't believe we've been married for 45 years! My Dad always told me you only get 25 years for murder!!!

Are We Backwards???

We finally managed to get out in the trailer. Left late Sunday night to avoid the long border lineups...it worked...only 8 or 10 cars ahead of us. Unfortunately I thought we were leaving Monday so when B suggested we leave Sunday night it was quite a rush to pack...not to mention I'd been canning beans, freezing applesauce and blueberries and blanching eat-all peas to freeze...it's no woner I ended up forgetting more than I remembered to pack!!

We spent the first night in the casino parking lot...drove in there at midnight so was really thankfull that we weren't trying to back into a campsite...just pulled into the lot beside a motorhome. Next morning we went to get some groceries...trailer in tow...thankfully Fred Meyers has a nice big parking lot! Came back to the casino to partake of the senior's buffet...mmmm...it was soooo good. Even had these little oysters cooked in the half shell with a creamy tarragon sauce....I don't even like oysters, but these were delicious!!!

Went and checked into the Naco park...part of our Thousand Trails membership. Nice park and very nicely maintained with really nice clean showers and rest rooms. Only problem is...it's raining! Not to fret we've camped in the rain before. By the end of the week it was sunny and hot...just in time for us to come home....Think something is backwards here...shouldn't we be home in the rain and camping in the sun???? Oh well, we had a very relaxing getaway and looking forward to our next outing!

Boo Hoo Didn't make it out in the Trailer

We were supposed to be out with the trailer this past week but Mom wasn't well so we took her to the Dr., and I just didn't feel comfortable leaving when she wasn't up to par (especially in this heat) so we decided to stay at home. I think there was a master plan in there somewhere because after we cancelled we got a couple of days of record breaking heat and a bunch of days of just plain HOT so it was probably better that we were at home...and Mom's doing much better!

On the positive side of things we did get to go swimming in #1 daughter's pool a couple of times, had friends over one day and our son and his family and #1 daughter over on Monday to pick blueberries and have lunch. I even got to play with my grand daughter and hold (not spoil) my new grandson! Our new neighbour asked if we could spare a bag of apples to make an apple pie. She came over and I loaded her up with 3 bags of apples from our trees. The next day she brought us an apple crumble...yum...Picked and canned 18 pints of beans and made some apple-pudding cakes and tons of applesauce. Got my rose bushes trimmed and B got the garage doors painted. Whew!!! no wonder I'm tired!!! .... and to think we could have been out camping, sitting back and reading a book!