High Winds, Freezing Temps

We did survive the high winds last night....everything seems intact including us and the furballs.  What a night.....the winds were a howling and dust was blowing.  We knew the temps were predicted to drop below freezing so Billy unhooked the water connection.....woke up to a chilly 32 degrees.  You bet, I put my long underware on before I ventured out with the furballs for their morning stroll.  This am the wind is still blowing...not as bad....but combine it with the low temps and well...let's just say that I won't be sorry to leave Santa Fe when we head out tomorrow.  To top it all off....I seem to have caught a cold!  Came down with the sniffles and aches yesterday.  I have been healthy all winter....really irritates me that I'm sick now.  Ah well, this too shall pass and I have some good drugs to ease the symptoms.   All in all our trip to Santa Fe has been a bust....and I don't know if I ever wanna come back!  We will be heading up to Colorado Springs tomorrow.  I'm ready to put Santa Fe in my rear view mirror!

Santa Fe, NM

Yes, we made it to Santa Fe!  Sitting here in the middle of a rodeo fairground...just look what is right out my back window....

I think this is a finch?  Pretty colors and quite the songster!

"A horse is a horse, of course, of course......"

 Not sure if this little guy is a guy or a gal, but he/she is way cute!

We were planning on doing the downtown today, but we may have to get the truck serviced.  Billy noticed that we may have a low tire and we do need an oil change.  The weather here has not been great either....cold, cloudy, and windy.  We just can't seem to get outta this wind tunnel!  We were supposed to leave out tomorrow, but they are forecasting sustained winds of 35 to 40 with gusts over 60.  That means we will stay put here at least another night...maybe two.  We took a short drive through the downtown area yesterday and I sure hope we can get a chance to go back for a closer look!

Wind, painting, and repairs

Thanks to all of you who left comments on the last post of my baby lion painting.  It is so appreciated to know that others find my work pleasing.  
The wind here today has picked back up...makes it difficult to be outside doing any activity.  Good news is it usually dies down a bit in the late afternoon.  Many of us have found a place where we are blocked from the wind and we have a "happy hour".   Lot of fun!

I turned my attention back to my old truck painting.  Here is a photo of the progress so far.  I just love all the textures and shadows.
We also had a welcome visitor the other day.  Our RV repair guys have come out here to work for the winter.  They are going to do some work for us on our tire blow damage.  They can do most of it here on site...the rest ( a bit of painting and decal work) can wait til we get back to Indiana this summer.  It will be so nice to see some of that ugliness disappear.  If you are in the area of Bullhead City, AZ and need any work done....we highly recommend these guys.  Great work at a fair price.  You can email Ron here... rec_spec@yahoo.com

December 23, 2008

First off, I want to say Thank you to all of you that sent Anniversary Wishes. They were appreciated and I enjoyed hearing from you all.

I was awakened sometime last night to the sound of some powerful wind gust and of course the fiver shook with each one. I thought briefly about our internet satellite dish, but we have never had problems with it's stability so I just went back to sleep. Still windy when we woke and no internet. The satellite was still standing, but just barely. I went out and found a large rock to weight down the front leg and that seemed to help. After breakfast, DH went out and re-positioned and once again we have our internet up and running. He left the rock and re-secured everything so hopefully we will not have this problem again.

We finally decided to head out to the dog walk with the furballs. That was fun. Most of the area consist of a dry creek-bed so there was lots of softer sand to walk in and the dogs liked it much better than the rocks around our fifth wheel. They seem to be really enjoying themselves. When we got back to the fiver they settled into their favorite napping spots and we headed out to find the local grocery and Wal Mart.

We found a local Safeway Market. The prices of a lot of their items, especially meat seemed to be on the high side, but they offer a discount through their member card. Just what we need another card to carry around, but we signed up for it to take advantage of the specials. Down the road a bit we found the Wal Mart and picked up a few items there.

Back at the fiver I tried a new recipe for a sugar free lemon pie. It uses sugar free vanilla pudding and sugar free lemon jello. It is very easy to make and pretty tasty! DH is a diabetic so I’m always on the look out for sugar free recipes. If anyone is interested let me know I’d be glad to post it or email it to you.

DH was in the kitchen next to make the dog cookies. Yes, Bill actually makes the furballs their treats. Normally we bake them in the regular oven, but for some reason we could not get the pilot light to stay lit. He tried several times. It would light, but as soon as he released the button it would go out. He is going to get the manual out today and see if he can do some “troubleshooting” on it. That should make for an interesting tale for tomorrow’s post. Anyway, the dog cookies were baked in the convection oven and did just fine. It just takes longer because we have to break them down into smaller batches to bake.

Supper consisted of meatloaf and cauliflower mashed potatoes. Then we snuggled down for a little tv......not much on there so I jumped into the chat room for awhile and then it was time for pie...........mmmmmmgooode.............