October 2021

 It really has been a struggle for me to write my blogs.  Why you ask???  Because we are enjoying our home in Yuma.  There just seems to be so many things going on in the neighborhood.   I just don't have time to write anything down.  Thank goodness I take pictures of events because I think I would truly forget most of them...LOL....not saying my mind is slipping, but when you are enjoying every moment of your life it's just a little more difficult to settle down and write about it.  

With all that being said, I must get busy and tell you of all the fun for the month of October.  

One of the first things we did this month is make a trip to Mexico.  We girls have missed our trips over the border!  We are still on restrictions as the border is still closing at 2pm, but we are hopeful it will change soon!  Todays trip was to celebrate Heidi's moms birthday.   It was so fun to go and see our regular vendors and pick up a few trinkets that we probably didn't really need.  Coffee is always a "must" have when we arrive.  The next time I am going to try the Mexican Chocolate one that MaryEllen ordered.  It looked delicious.  

I am happy to report that we all made it back before the border closed. It was such a fun day and we really appreciated being asked to join Heidi and her mom.  I think this is a birthday she will remember for awhile.   

Our friend Bryan was over Saturday night and mentioned "Pozole".   My ears perked up for sure.  So Sunday we make another trip to Mexico.   

Today we are going with Sandy, Brian and Sandy's mom.  It was delicious as usual.  As you can see from the pictures we really enjoyed our day!

 Not sure if getting samples of the almond tequila had anything to do with it or not!!!  You ask what is almond tequila...well the guys at The Mine Jewelry Store turned us on to this little gem.  

 We even bought a few bottles home so we could share with our friends.

October 6th we made our way to Mel's Ice Cream.  So glad to see she has a new location and is also selling hot dogs along with her great ice cream.  Clayton and Marcy came as well, and Clayton tried one of Mel's Bacon Hot dogs....he said that it was very good....I would have loved to have gotten a picture of it but it was gone before I could get the camera out.  LOL

October 11th we went on a little RZR ride with The Alton's.  We had another UTV go with us as well.  Jason drove his UTV and Brian was his co-pilot.  We rode around our area for a bit so Len could get the feel of their new to them RZR.  We finished off the short ride by going to Wheezie's for lunch.  It was a fun little outing....I'm sure there will be many more in the future.  

October 14th we took the Jeep out for a little outing.  Jerry, Tanya, Clayton and Marcy invited us to go and dig for crystals.  We head out 95 towards Quartzite and turn at the Castle Dome cut off.  Not too far off the beaten path we stop and park.  Since this was the first time Chuck and I had hunted for crystals, I am equipped with a 5 gallon bucket.  I am observing that I am the only person with a bucket.  Everyone else has heavy material bags.  Well, I find out that the bucket is a total miscalculation for this event.  I am a fast learner and will make sure the next time we do this to have the correct gear!  Into the wash we go in search for crystals.  I am so amazed at how many there are.  They aren't limited to one color either.  There are pink and green ones along with the white.  Its a fairly warm day and we do our searching and decide it is time to wrap this little expedition up for this day.  It was a lot of fun and I think our friend Jerry can lead us to quite a few fun "rock" hunts.  So glad we were invited to join!  

October 15th is another RZR ride.  The decision to go to Liguarta Station for breakfast was made and we head out about 9am.  It was a fun filled day with a wonderful group of people.  

We girls enjoyed the ride and most of all the food!!!  

We even saw a little bit of wildlife this trip.  

The Altons had another fun filled day on the RZR.  

October 19th.  We have T-Mobile for our cellular carrier and they have T-Mobile Tuesday.  Today they had a really cute blanket that I thought I needed.  It was late in the day by the time I got around to going by the store.  When I walked in, the store was empty and I asked about my blanket.  The guy was very nice and gave me two of the blankets.  I started talking to him about the new Iphone and asked if he had any in stock.  He assured me he had one if I was interested.  Long story short, guess what I did!  

  I am so excited to get a new Iphone 13 Pro.  I really had no idea how wonderful the new camera was until I started taking some pictures and noticed how crisp and sharp they were.  

The night camera is absolutely wonderful.  I was able to get a picture of the full moon coming over the mountains and actually be able to see the moon.  Impressed is all I can say!  

Remember the crystals we went digging for.  I thought it would be fun to somehow display them in the yard.  Marcy and I were at Hobby Lobby and saw this cute little saguaro cactus wall hanging and the light bulb moment hit both of us.  I am going to tear it apart and glue some of the crystal on the wood.  This way I can display the crystals in an art form.  If I decide that I'm tired of the piece I can always remove the crystals and use elsewhere.  E-6000 glue is a wonderful thing!  

Chuck received a call from our friends Ken and Bev. They along with Carol and Ryaan were dry camping at the Q Casino and wanted to meet us in Mexico for lunch the next day.  Sounded like a grand idea.  

A little shopping and a bit of mexican food made the day perfect.  Was so nice to get to spend some time with these guys.  Plans are in the making to see them in January in Quartzite.  

October 29th we got the Mexican Brick installed in the front of our place.  This had been in the making for a year now.  It is so nice to see the area completed.  The workmanship was perfect.  They had the leveling of the area done very quickly and it only took about 4 hours for them to complete the transformation.  Check that one off the list!  Love it.

October 30th and we are having a Halloween party.  I had hand delivered most of the invitations a few weeks ago.

 I mentioned that no one had to dress up, but as the day approached I decided that I needed to get my game on and do something.  I am always talking about Frida Kahlo the well known Mexican painter, so I decided that I need to dress as her.  

With the help of a few great friends, I was transformed.  

I just so happened  to see our friend Brenda out jogging the morning of the party.  She is quite the girl for a mission.  The mission was to find me some clothes so I could be Frida.  

It didn't take Brenda long to get in her car and make a bee line to the local Goodwill store. She found me a skirt for my outfit.  She also found a stuffed monkey....not just any ole monkey, but this one actually takes batteries and makes monkey noises.  

When she delivered my stuff we all got a big laugh out of her finds.  She is wonderful!  Her mission was accomplished.  

Susie supplied me with some silver jewelry and a shawl to finish out the outfit.  I had a belt and also a scarf that I would use in my hair to finish the transformation.  I was pretty excited to get dressed up for this get together. You will have to look closely at the pictures to see the unibrow  that I drew on to make sure I looked like Frida...LOL

Not to be outdone, I had worked on Chuck's costume that same day.  I would have loved for him to be dressed as Diago,  Frida's husband, but time wasn't on our side at this point.  I think Chuck's costume is really perfect for him, so we will save that for the next costume party. 

Heidi, Diana, Sandy and Susie were the decorating committee today.  We knocked out the decorating in record time.  

 

The neighbors have been bringing over food since early afternoon and the garage is the designated "food court" for this evening.  You have never seen so much food in your life.

 

The guest starting showing up around 4pm.

Chuck and I greeted everyone.  By the way, you know what and who I dressed as, but you still don't know what Chuck dressed as.  He's a "leaf blower"!!!!!!

 

We have planned for about 30 people to show.  I think our patio is shrinking!  We are so blessed to have such a fine bunch of people to call our friends.  We have known some of them longer than others but I can truly say we have some great people here in the Foothills.  

What a perfect way to finish out the month of October.  I think everyone had a really good time.  We sure did enjoy hosting the party.  Thanks to all that participated and made it such a fun evening.