Tuesday, July 31, 2007

July 31, 2007
This afternoon Dave, Kim, and I went to see "Hairspray" with John Travolta, the movie was great. There are so many funny scenes that you didn't see on all the promos. One thing is that you have to like musicals, which we do. Anyway, just thought I would mention the movie, it is a worth see.
Tastyfood.tv is a website I found that has some good recipes, put on by everyday people, not the stars.

Monday, July 30, 2007

July 30, 2007 1st of all let me say "Happy 3rd Anniversary" to Marisa and Shawn, my niece and her husband. I know I just wrote yesterday, and we are still here in Bakersfield, but the way this morning started out I just had to share, hopefully our week won't be pissy all week.
Dave got up at 4:15a.m. this morning to go to the bathroom and I rolled over to my other side and looked at the clock, that's why I knew what time it was. Then I felt like Dave's side of the bed was very low (we have a select comfort mattress so we each have what number we sleep on) then I realized that I hadn't put air back in his side of the mattress when we got back from Yosemite. You see when you travel in high altitudes you have to let some of the air out of the mattresses so they won't explode. Anyway, I had reduced ours to 20 each and when we got back to Bakersfield, I refilled mine and forgot to do Dave's. You can only fill one side at a time and with getting everything set up I just forgot about Dave's side of the mattress. Anyway, when I felt like I was going to fall down on Dave's side I started laughing because then I remembered I hadn't filled his side. Next thing I know there was this loud noise and the coach moved, I thought maybe Valley had fallen on the bathroom floor but she was by my side of the bed, then Dave came out of the bathroom. I said "what the hell was that" he said I don't know, then dummy me said "did you fall" "yea right as if there is anywhere to fall in the bathroom" Dave said "NO" the toilet just blew up at me, I said "WHAT?" He then started hunting for his shorts and tank top so he could go outside and see what was up. I got up and checked the "black tank" button and it said 100, which means it is full. When he came back in he said he had left the "black tank valve" open a little bit which when that is done it was actually the spicket water was still filling the black tank instead of the fresh water tank. I think I understand it, anyway once he closed that valve the black drained down because it was all just water. He still had a mess to clean up in the bathroom, wash the rug, ect. needless to say we had gotten up then, so it was an early morning. This is Dave's last week of work, he quit his outside employment and Friday is his last day, it's been 5 yrs since he retired from the Government so it's time, I just hope how this week has started out isn't going to be a pissy week. Now you know why I keep using the work "pissy"(you know, I can hear my brother, Mike, laughing his ass off right now and can't wait to give Dave a bad time for it)

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Sunday July 29, 2007 we are now back in Bakersfield at the same RV Park. We left this morning a little over an hour after Kim, Danny and the dogs left. Dave couldn't handle the thought of being a lone with me and Valley, just kidding, as usual the Thousand Trails Parks only have the 30 amps as I mentioned before, so the thought of staying one more day with only 1 air conditioner wasn't a happy thought. I wasn't able to do laundry either, I could but then we couldn't run the 1 air conditioner until it was done, so it was no big deal to leave a day eariler. Plus, we had already gone into Yosemite Park 2 days in a row, and I really didn't want to go back again.
Friday night Kim and Danny got there after 1 a.m. they got lost, but thank goodness they finally got there. Saturday morning we ran the dogs a little before locking them up in the motor home so we could go into Yosemite Village. I drove there, and at one point I stopped in the middle of the road because a squirrel was in the way, Dave starting yelling at me because of the car behind us, but thank goodness it was a slow and curvey area so I didn't get rear ended. I didn't want to hit a squirrel, Dave said it's just a rat with a bushy tail, oh well. We had a nice day, riding around the bus and stopping at different places to see the falls. In the afternoon we made it back to the car and sat down and had the snacks I had brought. After that we headed back to the coach, the dogs had been left long enough and everyone was hot and tired. Danny drove back and said "Kim and Jeri, I'm sorry, but if I see a squirrel in the road and there are cars behind us I'm not stopping" Kim said that was on his conscience, not ours.
When we got back Kim, Danny and I grabbed the dogs and took them down to the river, it was very hot and Valley was acting very strange. She would run to the shade and lay down real quick, she didn't want to walk at all, then at 1 spot she went to the bathroom and I thought that was what her problem was, not. Kim and Danny were ahead of us, I finally got Valley down to the river and she just layed down in the mud. She just wasn't getting up and walking, so Kim ran back to the RV to get my car so we could get Valley back and Danny went after her. The next thing I know Danny is running back by himself and is saying the RV is locked and Dave's not around, did I have my RV keys with me. I didn't because my purse was in the RV then here comes Kim in her car, she had put her keys in my car when we left, and when we got back thank goodness no one locked my car, so she was able to drive her car down to pick up Valley and me. When we got back to the RV Valley and I sat outside and Kim and Danny took their dogs looking for Dave, because we still couldn't get in the RV and it was 100 degrees outside. Kim finally came running back with the keys so we could get Valley back in the RV and I could go to the bathroom, I know Kim wouldn't want me to leave that out. Anyway, Valley is OK I truely believe she just can't handle the heat anymore and the hot ground is just way too much for her, because she has been fine every since. Dave even took her for a long walk this morning and in the cool weather she seems to be fine, so who knows, old age just sucks. Last night after a relaxing evening Dave BBQ'd chicken and zuccini, we had grilled onions and peppers and Kim's left over pasta salad for dinner and everything was real good. Then this morning we all got on the road back to Bakersfield and all made it safely.
THE END
Very exciting, right?

Friday, July 27, 2007

July 27, 2007 and we are here in Groveland Calif. right outside of Yosemite. We got here yesterday afternoon after taking our time driving here. We stopped at rest stops, then saw a sign for Bravo Farms, which is a store advertising "Handmade Cheese", olives, fruit, gifts ect. We decided to stop because one of the signs even said they have "cheese curds" which is what I used to get every time we went to Utah as I was growing up, I called it squeaky cheese. It's a store Ogden, I believe, we used to go to every time we went to see my grandparents, anyway, I was hoping it would be the same thing, but it wasn't. They were making cheese at the back of the store and it was a pretty neat store, we did get a couple things. If you ever pass thru Traver, Calif. stop at Bravo Farms, it is outside of Fresno by the way. The RV park is about 5 miles from Yosemite, then it's another 20 miles to Yosemite Village, which we drove to today and checked it out. Kim and Danny are driving up tonight so we were waiting for them before we went and saw all the falls. The 4 of us will leave early tomorrow and drive back to the Yosemite Village and take their free shuttle around the park. Kim is bringing her dogs with them so it should be real fun leaving 3 dogs locked up in the motor home, believe me there will be some hard feelings if my home gets destroyed. I'm sure everything will be fine, at Kim's house all they do is sleep when we are all gone, I always think the worst, that's just me. The weather here is just about as hot as Bakersfield except at night it really cools down which it doesn't do in Bakersfield. It's a good thing it does too because these stupid Thousand Trails RV parks we stay at are mostly 30 amps, so once again we can only run 1 air conditioner at a time. Last night we just opened up all the windows and turned our little fan on and it was perfect for sleeping and this morning the temp was 57 degrees, which we never had in Bakersfield. Of course the neighbors around us weren't too happy with our windows being open, because all the moaning, groaning and screaming going on kept them awake. I told them "OK, from now on I won't give Dave foot massages late at night to put him to sleep, I'll let the dog lick his toes and maybe that will relax him.". Just kidding, as if I'm going to give a foot massage, or Valley is going to lick feet.
That's it for now, by the way we have NO Cell Service so Dave had to go to the lodge here and use his computer as a phone he has something called SKYPE and he was able to attend his 2 early meetings this morning.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

July 25, 2007 Wednesday, tomorrow we leave for Yosemite. I'll do a little recap of the last 3 days. Monday we showed up at Kim and Danny's at 6am to meet the roofers, they got started at about 6:30 and just our luck it was raining a little. Well the rain didn't last long but late in the afternoon it was threatening to have thunder storms. 100 degrees and we got rain, not that it cooled off any, but the work went on. The 1st group was the tear down group, scary looking guys, but they did one hell of a job. They were done in under 3 hours, and that house was a, I believe they call a shake roof, anyway the whole thing had to come down and new wood put up just to be able to put the shingles on. The company we used is "Fiddler on the Roof", the owner is maybe late 30's early 40's and runs a hell of a business, great work and has it done in 2 days. So Monday we were at Kim's all day, Tuesday we had to take the motor home again for the air conditioning at 8am so we got to the house about 8:30am and the roofers had already been there since 6am. Dave, Danny and I went to IHop for breakfast and while we were eating the RV placed called and said the air conditioning was finished. The awning is another story, they are shipping out a new unit and that will have to be taken care of when we get back. After breakfast Danny took Dave to pick up the RV then he had to go to work. I met Dave back at the RV park then back to Kim's until the roofers finished. They got done about 2pm and we headed back home to the RV. Today was get ready to get moving again, laundry, putting chairs and tables away, but 1st after I worked out at the gym we went and hit golf balls. Since we put everything away I contacted Kim and Danny to see if they wanted to go to dinner and talk about Yosemite. Since they are going to drive up on Friday night we wanted to give them directions to the place, plus it's a good excuse not to cook dinner. I believe that's it for now, will write when once we get to Yosemite.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Sunday July 22, 2007 another week has passed and we are still here in Bakersfield. I believe last I wrote was last Sunday, and Kim and I have had a full recovery. Tuesday we were both back working out at the gyms and Dave and I were back to hitting golf balls. Last Monday Dave and I went to see a lawyer about selling the house to Kim and Danny. Since no money was exchanging hands and we were playing banker we were just going to put their names on the "Deed" so it showed 4 owners and that way they could claim the interest on their taxes and it showed they were home owners on their credit. The lawyer said "not a good idea" for various reasons. She asked if I was the daughter and why didn't I get my own loan, "LOVE HER" Dave wasn't to happy about that. When we left he said it was because I had my hair colored and if she could really see my gray hair she wouldn't be saying that. Anyway, if anything happened to any of us, lawsuit ect. they could put a lien on the house and everyone could lose. She suggested doing a "lease option to buy" which is what we are going to do. The big thing is Dave and I have to keep the house in our name until next June so we don't have to pay capital gains. Then next June, hopefully rates will be better, then Kim and Danny can get their own loan and pay us off and be home owners.
That was last Monday, Tuesday I had a dentist appointment again. Wednesday we took our motor home in to have the air conditioning unit replaced plus the awning over the passenger door replaced. The new air unit that was shipped and installed was broken and the new awning didn't work. They had the coach all day and we stayed at Kim's, they ended up putting the old air unit back on and the company was shipping at another new unit. The awning is another problem, everyone knows the motor was bad but now it looks like the wiring that was done originally was bad too, so that's why the new awning doesn't work. Dave is still fighting with all the companies, and the coach goes back in next Tuesday and hopefully everything will be fixed then.
Thursday, we did some shopping at Costco and now we are proud new owners of a set of golf clubs, 18 in all, and a new bag to carry them in. We take a few lessons and I guess we think we are pros now, just kidding. We just got 1 set, men's, we will share for now until we really know if this is something we can do, it's been fun so far, at least on the driving range. Friday night after Kim and Danny's pre-wedding class we went hitting golf balls. Danny was really funny using the driver, it is so different from the 7 and 9 irons, he was swinging away, a few times, and missing the ball completely. We all got a good laugh, and boy was he sore the next day, after golf we went to a dinner. Saturday was Santiago's 1st birthday, that's Danny's nephew, who is going to be the ring bearer at the wedding. Dave and I had stuff to work on at home, wedding, travel plans, ect. so we didn't go, Kim and Danny had a good time. Dave and I bought a red wagon for Santiago to ride in at the wedding and got the material to make signs for the wedding, you know once you get off the freeway go this way signs. I kind of helped Dave put the wagon together, and kept telling him he was doing a good job on making the signs, which he was, but he stopped at 1 sign to make sure Kim would approve.
Now we are back to today, Sunday, I'm all caught up again. We met Kim and Danny for brunch, after they were done with church then went back to their house. Dave and Danny worked on fixing the gate that was put in by the asshole next door neighbor, old story I believe I wrote about in another blog, if not you didn't miss anything. Kim and I worked on cleaning out the garage and getting it ready for the roofers tomorrow. Since the whole roof is being taken down it will be one hell of a mess. The roofer said they will cover everything that is left in the garage, but Dave and I have been thru this before, so we were taking everything down from the rafters and putting it in the middle of the garage to be covered up. As Kim and I were looking around the garage, the main stuff we wanted to get down from the rafters was the Christmas stuff, she said she will get on the ladder and hand it down to me, wrong, and I should have trusted my instincts, but I let her go ahead and get on the ladder. After we got a few boxes down, next thing I know the ladder she was on almost hits me as it falls over and Kim is hanging on a garage rafter by one arm, I was moving so fast to grab her and all she is doing is laughing and saying "move the ladder and I'll jump down and don't tell Danny because he will be upset" Dave and Danny are working in the front yard and didn't even hear the ladder fall, which amazed me because the crash was so loud, at least Danny should have heard it I thought, we all know Dave has selective hearing when it involves me, but anyway, who was the 1st to run out and thank them for not coming to her rescue, KIM. I have to admit, in some ways she takes after me, make an announcement to make the ones you love fill bad for not being there when something was "kind of bad" happening to you. Kim and I finished the garage then went to Costco, while we were gone Dave and Danny took all the bottles, plastics, and cans that Kim and Danny save to the recycle place. As Dave and Danny were at the recycle place, they had managed to fill 2 trash cans full of plastics, and Danny was moving on to filling the glass cans, Dave moved the plastics over to the side. Danny then asked Dave if he got the recipe for the plastics and Dave said "No" well the recycle place by then had already emptied the plastics and Dave didn't know you were suppose to get a receipt before you walked away, needless to say Kim and Danny got screwed on about 10.00 bucks worth of plastics. Dave told Danny that he was sorry, but he didn't know the rules of the recycle place. Danny will learn, like the rest of us, don't ever leave Dave alone, he must be watched at all times, just kidding, you've got to love him.
I think that's about it for now, tomorrow new roof, Tuesday new air conditioner and awning, Wednesday get packed up because Thursday we are headed for YOSEMITE for a 5 day vacation, Kim, Danny and the dogs should be joining us for the weekend, last trip before the wedding. Bye for now.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Sunday July 15, 2007 Sunday early evening and I'm starting to feel human again, but I know Kim isn't yet, you see last night was her bachelorette party and it didn't end good. But I'll keep you in suspense and 1st get caught up on the rest of the week.
Wednesday we went to Kim's for dinner and Dave and Danny shaved Valley's hair off. It is so darn hot here that Danny decided to shave Chelsea and Toby, their 2 dogs, because there house was just full of dog hair. After seeing them I decided to have Valley shaved too, she looks so naked. Don't have to worry about dog hair anymore for a while.
Thursday, I had my dentist appointment, which went fine, had the teeth cleaned and back in March I had a filling fall out so once again, I'll go back and have it re-filled again, it hasn't bothered me so I didn't worry about it. Also, on Thursday the RV Park starting filling up, well we found out and RV Rally was happening here, I just love Rallies. By Friday night there were going to be 40 rigs here for the "Van Nuys Travelers" Rally. I think 10 showed up on Thursday, the rest were coming Friday. Some were older rigs, and I guess the group have been getting together for 20 yrs. plus. I must say after the first 10 rigs showed up I was kind of noticing something, no white folks, so I guess there was going to be no way Dave and I could join their chapter, which I was right, the whole chapter was black, or African American, what ever you want to call them, to me they were a great group to be with. On Friday, July 13th, Friday the 13th, was my brother's birthday, so Happy Belated Birthday now, anyway Kim and Danny were coming over for dinner. Kim and I were suppose to go to a self defense class at 7:30pm at their church, I think, but when they were on their way over all hell broke loose. Danielle, who is one of the brides maids, called Kim about when she would be flying home from Hawaii, that is where she is stationed, so Kim called David's Bridal to have Danielle's dress shipped to Bakersfield, David's Bridal said they didn't have Danielle registered. Kim was with Danielle, at the end of May, in Northridge's David's Bridal to help Danielle get registered. So then David's Bridal said they don't have anymore of the dresses, Kim went berserk. Her and Danny went to David's Bridal in Bakersfield and Kim got on the phone with the Northridge store, they ended up finding 2 of the dresses a size 8 and 12. She called Danielle in Hawaii and she had to run to a store to see what size she was, it seems she had gained a lot of weight since her breakup with her boyfriend but the Navy had put her on a diet too, but it ended up she is a size 8 again, so Kim purchased the dress over the phone and we had to pick it up this weekend. Well they got to our place late and self defense class was out of the question, we ate then went to the Bar and Grill in the park to try and get Kim calmed down. Kim had a lemon drop, a sweet martini, we then all got to talking to people in the place. When we starting walking back to the coach, the Van Nuys group had music playing and having a good time. We kind of joined in and hung around for about an hour, ladies were asking Kim about gastric bypass surgery, Danny was with someone else talking basketball and Dave and I were with another group just talking about RV's and they really loved the 1.5 million dollar neighbor we have. We all had a really good time, and Saturday the park was closing down the Bar and Grill for their big get together, which we were invited to, but Kim and I would be gone, and Dave and Danny already had plans to go to dinner then see Transformers movie.
Saturday was the big day, and I guess I have kept you in suspense long enough, but maybe just a little bit longer. Saturday Kim and I went to have a pedicure and a fill for my nails and a manicure for Kim. After that we went to the mall and had our makeup put on, they do it free right there in the mall and it was fun, fake eyelashes and everything. Dave and Danny were finishing shaving Valley, then taking a bunch of stuff to the dump. At 3:20 Kim had a hair appointment after that she picked me up then we went and picked up Magan at 4:30 and hit the road. We made it to David's Bridal at 6:05 pm and they closed at 6 but Kim called ahead and they said someone would be there so we could pick up Danielle's dress. After that we drove to the mall in Simi to drop Kim's rings off at the jewelers for sizing then the 3 of us went to Dave's BBQ, a new restaurant there, and had appetizers. At 7:45 we stopped and picked up my friend Vickey and headed to Tracy's for the party. We were having a real good time at Tracy's, with the hats and name tags we had to where. We had champagne with strawberries and they had some kind of rum drink if you wanted it. One of the games they planned was you had to go by the names that were on our tags and if you messed up you had to take a shot of either vodka or rum. These young girls were scaring me so I just didn't say any one's name, one game I was winning and Kim, Tracy, Aimee and Brandy kept losing. Tracy started having a hard time breathing so Kim started taking her shots for her, I wasn't getting caught at all until the end and I got busted about 3 times. The limo picked us up at around 10 pm and we went to Universal Studios to the Rumba Room for drinking and dancing. The ride there was fun there were 9 of us but at midnight we were calling 911. We ended up in St. Joseph's emergency room in Burbank the rest of the night. Kim got alcohol poisoning, we all went to the hospital, I called Danny he came down never could get hold of Dave. At about 1 or 2am the limo driving took everyone home and Danny and I stayed with her. Danny's parents came over too, which I'm sure Kim won't be to happy about when she can really think about it, how embarrassing. We really couldn't get Kim to wake up and she just kept having like mini seizers, her arms and head kept shaking back and forth. I went into the lobby about 5am to try and get some rest while Danny sat with her, then everyone figured out that it Kim could just get into a room away from all the noise she would rest and not shake so much. It was not a great hospital, she was in the hallway the whole time, so many cops around and bringing people into the ER room. I finally got in touch with Dave at 7am and he started to drive down, then the doctor said Kim could go home, even though she wasn't awake yet but he thought she would get better rest out of the ER, no shit sherlock, the place sucked. Danny went to get gas in the truck, I called Dave and told him to turn around because we were bringing her home. When I went back in the ER I was able to get Kim to wake up and start moving around a little. When Danny got back we got her loaded into the truck and hit the road for Bakersfield. Magan, Kim's friend who came with us, spent the night at Tracy's then she drove Kim's car home. Dave came and picked me and Valley up at Kim's when we got back and I went to sleep on the couch, but before we left Kim's her and Danny were already asleep on their couch. Fun night to start out with, but it sure didn't end up right, will talk to Kim tomorrow and see how she feels then. That's it for now, finally had a little excitement in our lives, but don't really want that kind of excitement.
Dave and I have decided it's not a good idea to have both of our phones plugged into the front of the coach while we sleep because with the fan on and the air conditioning running you can't hear the phone ring. Plus he has a new phone and discovered he had it programed to shut off, because of work between 11pm and 6am. that's another reason why I couldn't get in touch with him.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

July 10, 2007 still here in Bakersfield. Haven't written since last Thursday so it's time to get caught up again with our exciting news. Today Dave went to Danny's Dentist, he had xrays taken and had his teeth cleaned, I go on Thursday. At 1pm I had to go to Kim's house and pick up the wedding dress and meet her at David's Bridal for the last minute alterations. After that Kim came over to our coach and went thru pictures and stayed for dinner. It's Danny's late night again, so he missed out. Going thru the pictures is something that Dave started, he wants to scan the ones we want and get rid of the physical pictures, so Kim had said she wanted to see the ones we were throwing away.
Let me do a quick recap of the last week, since our life is so exciting right now, just kidding.Last Thursday we went to the movies with Kim, which I already told you about. Bakersfields temperature was getting to 105 on Friday and our front air conditioning went out. It would come on for about 5 min. then the breaker would shut off. Dave got on the phone with anyone and everyone that had anything to do with the coach and mostly had to leave messages. Well, you know how well that went with him, so he kept calling back, thank god. He got a couple call backs but no one had anything on hand and would have to be ordered. Monaco said we have a 2 year warranty so that was not a problem, it was just finding someone that had another unit and who could install it. Anyway, later on Friday afternoon we just went and sat outside the coach because the way we are angled now we get afternoon shade and it wasn't too bad out there. That night though, we did go to the RV's restaurant and sat and had appetizers with beer and wine. Saturday, Kim called and wanted to know if we wanted to go to Tulare with her and Danny to do some shopping for Bridal and Groomsmen gifts, which we said yes. As soon as Dave and I left the coach to go to Kim's another place called him back about the air conditioning unit, as Dave talked to them they said they would be by at between 10 and 11:30 am. So needless to say, Dave stayed home while the 3 of us went shopping. Dave didn't miss anything, we didn't find anything for the wedding party but at least I got my shoes for the "Mother of the Bride" dress which was a great thing to find. Now all I need is a slip and I'm done, thank goodness, I thought for sure the shoes where going to be my down fall. When we got back from Tulare, Dave and Danny towed the truck to Sears, Dave towed and Danny sat in the truck to steer and brake, Kim and I followed behind. After that we went to a Mexican Restaurant for a late lunch, them we went to "Things Remembered" and found all the gifts for the wedding party, very nice things. Then that night we went and saw the Robin Williams movie "License to Wed" it was cute, I've seen better, Dave was OK with it when he was awake.
Sunday we went to breakfast after Kim and Danny got back from church, then at 3:30 we went to the circus, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey which we haven't been to since Kim was a little one. We got there earlier enough to go on the floor area and see the clowns, elephant and other preformers. One clown liked Danny and was playing with his ear, while hiding behind him, then he starting playing "hide and go seek" with him and the anouncer came up and joined in. It was funny to watch, as long as they weren't messing with me. I think thats it for now, I hope anyone still reading this is still AWAKE. bye for now.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

July 5, 2007 and we are now back in Bakersfield we got here yesterday afternoon. The last I wrote we were in Soledad Canyon we ended back in Bakersfield because of the heat and the Thousand Trails park we were at. I believe I said we were in the 30amp plug-ins, they do have 50amp but they are in places where there are a lot of trees and no cell phone service plus you have to pay xtra for the 50 amp. Anyway, on that Monday night, after dinner, I took Valley out for a walk. We walked down to a lower campsite where the theater is and it is a special site for permit camping, meaning big groups like boy scouts ect. As I'm walking Valley around I see sitting on the table where the theater is a Bobcat just sitting there looking at us. I made a u-turn and called Dave about if the park had said anything about Bobcats being here. He said they probably are and as I hang up I look up on the hill and there is another Bobcat following us, thank goodness Valley hadn't spotted either one of them so as I'm walking back to the coach Dave comes out and is going to the pool. Valley and I walked over with him but on the way, I spotted another Bobcat, 3 of them in less then an hour, pretty neat to see. Tuesday morning while Dave, Valley, and are are walking we see hawks, 4 of them, really big and one had a rabbit in it's claws and the others trying to take it away. Anyway, on our walk back we see this man packing up his coach to leave so Dave goes and asked him if he got cell service where he was at, the spot was sweet, trees and shade, and the guy said yes. We then went bike riding because we figured the guy would take another hour or so to pack up but when we went by him he was almost done so we hauled ass getting back to our coach and throwing chairs and tables in my car so we could drive back down and take the guys spot. After doing all this work to get the site, we only stay 1 day in it. It was so hot there in Soledad Canyon that we were running the generator for 8 to 10 hours, which runs on diesel fuel, because they only have 30amp hook-ups and we needed the generator to run both of our air conditioners that Dave finally figured out we were ending up spending 35 bucks a day even though it was free to stay at the campsite. He decided to go back to Bakersfield, at where we were before and pay them 35 bucks a day and have 50amp hookups and no generator running.
So as I said we got here yesterday and BBQ'd at Kim and Danny's for dinner then came back to the coach and watched the fireworks shows that were all around us, pretty neat. Today we went hitting golf balls again, which I don't think Dave will stick with, then went to get tickets for this weekend to the circus. This afternoon Kim, Dave and I went and saw Ratatouille, when Kim got off work, it's Danny's late day so he couldn't go, it was a pretty cute movie. That's it for now.

Monday, July 02, 2007

July 2, 2007 we are now at Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon in Acton Calif. we got here late yesterday afternoon.
Last Thursday we took the motor home into Cummins for it's yearly physical, you know oil change, engine check ect. we got it back around 3 pm and got on the road to Simi Valley. We parked in front of Brad and Diane's house, they had gone the day before and got us a parking permit for the time we would be there. Friday was body violation day for Dave and I, it started off at 8:30 am with me having to go have a mammogram. There is nothing better to start your day with having some female technician playing around with your boobs and getting them smashed by a machine. Then at 10 a.m. Dave and I had appointments for our yearly physicals, got I hate those stir ups. We didn't get out of there until 12:30 and since we had to fast for the physicals we were starving, so straight to a restaurant for breakfast/lunch. The rest of the day we just did some running around, then at 5pm we were over to John and Amy's who live next door to our old house. We stayed and visited for a while, the construction work they are having done is still going on but what is done is just beautiful. The contractor they have had said he would get the work done in 4 months but now it's been 1 year and 4 months. They kept adding stuff on to the job so it's not all the contractors fault, but for most of the job it's only been the contractor he doesn't have any employees. He does do excellent work but that's just too long for me to have my house torn up.
Saturday, Dave and Brad went boat diving off of Anacapa Islands and didn't get back until after 6pm, they had left at 5 a.m., so needless to say they were very tired. They said the weather was perfect and they had a good time on the 3 dives they went on, they passed on one of the dives because Dave was a little tired. On Saturday morning I took off and went and had my nails done and a pedicure. After that Diane and I went shopping at costco and after dropping off the stuff we took off and went to lunch. Then we drove to the golf course where the wedding will be so Diane could see the place then we went and looked at the model homes that are around that area. Pretty cheap, not, starting at 1.4 million the sales lady told us that they are also offering a 60K credit that we could use anyway that we wanted, you know for the loan or landscape work ect. she must have thought we were a couple lesbians because when we left she said she would like to see us in one of those houses. After that I dropped Diane back off at the house picked up Valentine and headed for Joann's house to visit with Vickey. Joann was gone to Palmdale so Vickey was there having a little pool party with Rene, Diane and Tony. I stayed for a couple hours then headed back to Diane's. When the boys got back we headed for El Patio and had a grand old time.
Brad and Diane on Sunday were going to the family storage locker and cleaning it out and moving everything to Simi and we told them we would help them out. Brad had rented a big U -haul truck on Friday so at least we would have that. Luckily Phil, showed up too, we had no idea how much stuff was in that storage locker. (Phil works for Brad and plus he is the one that took the diving lessons with Dave) I won't go into details but Brad's little brother was in charge of the locker and he is a drug attack and it was just full of shit. Because Brad and his sister's name were on the lease he had to clean it out because the bill hadn't been paid for almost a year. We ended up leaving at 6am and by noon Dave and I had to leave but at least we were almost done putting everything in Simi so Brad can go thru all the shit. When Dave and I left we had to go pick up my wedding ring at the jewelers, one of the diamonds had fallen out, then go by Jodi's sister's house because they were having Riley's birthday party there. We stayed maybe 1/2 hour at the party then got back hooked up the car to the RV and hit the road for where we are now. You know thank goodness we hurried up and got here to Acton because the weather is just about ready to kill us. Let's see today it is 102, our air conditioner can only keep the inside 20 degrees cooler then it is outside Dave said. Plus, at Thousand Trails most of the sites are only 30 amp, so we can't even run both air conditioners, and to do laundry you have to start it at 5 am before the air conditioner kicks on or else we have to turn the generator on. I think that's about it for now, I'm all caught up again, will write later.