i'm melting, i'm melting!!!

says the wicked witch of the west when dorothy threw water on her.

that's how i feel. it's hot, africa hot and florida humid today. this weather sucks! and every year at this time i complain about it. . . bitterly.

i've tried to get all my errands done while i'm down here in the valley of the baked. i think i've pretty much succeeded. i have a couple of things to do on my way back up to prescott tomorrow. haven't figured out what i'm going to do with the dogs while i'm actually in the dentist's office. if i don't take them with me, it's a 60 miles round trip addition to my day. no bueno.

so that is left to be figured out. maybe stake them to a tree or something, who knows.

laundry, done. additional items needed for rv, check. appts. and refills, check. something will be left undone, but we'll deal with that once it rears it's ugly head.

hopefully everything we left behind will still be there when we return.

she'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes. . .

it's our two days in the valley tomorrow. i have mixed feelings about going down. we are NOT, not, not, leaving any bikes here. so i needn't worry about that, but i have some reading i could really use that time for.

thing is. . .i have the strong feeling that i need to spend some quality time with my daughter and little gavin. wished i could spend some with shane too, but he doesn't get off work until after i've started for home.

i've got a couple of things to get done while i'm in the valley, so i will be busy those two days. we've decided not to go back down on the weekend, but stay up here, find a church service that we enjoy and relax.

i like that word, relax. and i'm getting used to actually doing it.

so it's 'round the mountain and down to the valley we go. wonder what awaits us there?

not good luck

we arrived back at our camp on thursday night (after leaving early wednesday morning to return to the valley), to discover that someone had helped themselves to two of my dirtbikes. to be more specific, my 2006 ttr230 and christopher's 2007 ttr50. what kind of person does it take to steal a child's motorcycle. it had "tiger" on it with little paw prints.

there will be a special place for this person, i gotta believe that.

and my little bike had been lovingly customized for me by my sweet hubby. baja light kit, changed the jetting and the gearing. it ran like a top and i loved it. and now, because someone else coveted it, it's gone. life isn't fair sometimes.

i've come to terms with them being "things" and not what we need to continue our christian life, but i will miss them just the same. hopefully the prescott police can find the culprit. someone that would steal from a private church camp can't be all that smart and will likely offend again.

we visited with a co-worker turning friend on saturday. we had gone to their house here in the mountains last week. we hosted them yesterday. we had a good time and i was able to dig something up to throw together as a snack. items are limited in the rv shelves, but i had enough to prepare something acceptable. chips and dip are a life saver, so was lori's post about making guacamole. i craved it since her post and so had the ingredients on hand to make up a batch.

victoria's hummingbird feeder is becoming a real hit with the birds. we've counted up to 5 at one time. unfortunately, the bees like it too. my ventures to the home improvement stores to secure a wasp/bee catcher has been fruitless. apparently everyone in prescott must have one too and both lowes and home depot were sold out.

as ye and i were sitting out tonight, a bee flew near. ye's hunter instinct snatched him and he swatted the bee. . .which promptly got pissed off, ricocheted off the swatter and planted it's stinger firmly in my arm. OUCH.

once the stinger was extracted, the pain has been pretty much gone. but i went back inside while ye hung the bee/wasp catcher on loan from his co-worker. before retiring, ye checked and there were about a dozen stupid bees in there. i hope it's full tomorrow. :-)

so my luck is not so good these days. two stolen bikes and a bee sting. on a lighter note, little gavin, our newest grandson, sprouted his first two teeth.

he's a blessing.

i'm back, temporarily

so, right now we've nothing new on the investment house. i did download more pictures that i'm using to plan things. i've got a spreadsheet with what i believe needs to be done. i'm sure the list will change once the house closes escrow and we can truly see what needs to be done. removing walls, extending others, replacing fixtures, changing out flooring. but the bones are good and that's what's important.

i'm looking forward to at least a few more weeks in the mountains where it's cooler and i can take some rides with my hubby, who also happens to be my best friend. i'm looking forward to not "having" to do things. no packing lunches, no transporting people, no responsibilities.

i miss no responsibilities.