CHRISTMAS PROJECTS, CANYON LAKE, CHURCH BAZAAR

I decided around the middle of November  I wanted to decorate the RV for Christmas. We have sold Christmas trees for the last five years and there was never time or energy to do any decorating. The problem was,  I only had three decorations. I looked at decorations to buy, but, living in an RV none of the commrcial decorations fit our small lifestyle. I decided I would make them. Right before we left Columbia Sun, my friend, Beth Holt made us beautiful Christmas stockings. You can't have Christmas stockings without a Christmas tree! I started searching Pinterest for ideas. I came up with seven  projects. I have no room for a Christmas tree, so I found one you hang on the wall......no wall space.....so decided to hang it on the back blinds. I started  looking for a  tree pattern,  found one we liked and enlarged it.

I was enjoying my job, really enjoy working with Dolores. I found me a church that I love! I was doing Zumba, Yoga and going to Weight Watchers.  We found some material for the tree and Darrell cut it out for me over at the Hobby Room.

I decorated the house December 5. I was happy with how my projects turned out.

The tree is Perfect!

The lighted garland around the tree really made it feel more like a Christmas tree.

It looked pretty festive!

My scrap material Christmas tree.

I went with a Snowman theme in the bathroom.

 I enjoyed making  them  and the house looked so nice!

The next day I had a Girls' Day out. Sherry asked me to go with her to look at Fifth Wheels, she said to ask if Gayle,  who lives down the street would like to go. She did!  We looked at Fifth Wheels and then had lunch at Bread Basket. It was a Fun Day!
  Two parties were coming up.....G Street Party and the South Dakota party.

We hadn't ventured out yet, so one day we decided to take a drive out to Canyon Lake. 

A beautiful lake in the middle of a desert.
We enjoyed the Christmas Bazaar at my church where you could buy baked goods for $5.00 a  pound. Darrell loaded up! I bought a cactus and a Christmas pin. We were both happy!

Careful decisions.........

They give you a plastic glove and a container, and you choose what you want. When you're done they weigh your purchases.....

What a great idea!
It was beginning to look like Christmas even in these mild temperatures!

WORK, PARTIES, THANKSGIVING

On Monday morning, Halloween Day we went over to Decor and checked in with Mikki. She hugged us both and said "Welcome Home".  We will only be working five hours each  a week until the first of the year and then we will go back to our twelve hours each a week. We are scheduled to work on Wednesdays. G street is pretty empty! We were surprised!

The lot next door to us where Kerry and John were last year is empty.

Connie is here, Rick hasn't arrived yet. We met our neighbor on the other side of us, Betty Peachy with two little dogs. She's a door slammer! We were getting settled in, got some petunias and tomatoes planted.

We went to work on Wednesday, I am working with Dolores in staging and Darrell is back in Brad's Room. After work I went to the YMCA and got a membership so I can do Yoga and Zumba. My friend , Sherry, who I met here last year,  and visited us in Washington this summer,  had to have some RV work done, so she came to the park and stayed a couple of days. She is in Florence, about an hour away, for the winter.  I got in touch with Ron and Pam, who live here and had breakfast with them one morning.
We were enjoying the hot tub and pool.

 We went to the Manager's Welcome Back Party on the 16th.

The Manager welcoming us and Jackie, the activities director.

The food wasn't the best.

Two days later Mikki had a Welcome Back Party for her Decor Team. The theme was Moustache.
It was held at Mesa Regal. It was a fun time! Everyone is so friendly on this team!

We all had to wear "our moustaches".

Joyce and her husband joined us at our table.

Our boss, Mikki and Van, Dolores's husband  is a musician, he entertained us.

We even sang a "Moustache" song! Mikki thinks of everything!!

All of us received gifts. Mikki is so generous!

Delicious Food.

We enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner here in the park. We sat at a table of sixteen. There was supposed to be a host and hostess at each table, there were empty chairs and no one at the table were the host and hostess. The food was good, but no dressing and no gravy. Some nice lady at the table rounded us up some gravy. The best part was I didn't have to cook!

LAKE HAVASU CITY & MESA, AZ.

 We drove a short way and we were back in Arizona.

Out in the middle of this desert is Lake Havasu, a large reservois behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between California and Arizona.

We found  Campbell Cove RV Resort, we were not impressed, the sites are very close. It was a good central location though.

We were glad we were only staying two nights.

 

You could see the lake from the RV  resort.

 

The  next morning Darrell got a haircut, we went home for lunch and then went to see London Bridge.

London Bridge is a bridge in Lake Havasu City. It was built in the 1830s and formerly spanned the River Thames in London, England. It was dismantled in 1967 and relocated to Arizona.

We walked across the Bridge.

We enjoyed Lake Havasu City and London Bridge and would like to come back here, but stay at a nicer RV Park.  With our vacation over, we headed to Mesa, it was October 30. We drove through Parker, Lake Havasu keeps going on and on.

We were nearing Phoenix/Mesa area, the highway department has such a sense of humor.

It says....MUMMY KNOWS BEST WRAP YOURSELF IN A SEAT BELT!!
We were back in the Big City.

After three weeks of traveling and exploring,  we were back in Mesa at Sun Life.

It felt good to be back to our winter home.