December 23, 2005

December 23, 2005

Yuma, Arizona

YEAR 2 DAY 189

 

Today was mostly sunny and warm. There was a bit of high, thin cloud in the afternoon. Another day of wearing a t-shirt and shorts.

I had another late, slow start to the day. After regular morning chores and preventive maintenance, we started cleaning the trailer awning. We spent most of the day cleaning it, mostly unsuccessfully. When we went to Wal-Mart later in the day we bought some special RV awning cleaner. We'll work on cleaning the awning using that when we stop for a few weeks in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

When we finished working on the awning late in the afternoon, I thoroughly cleaned the barbecue, then we took Bo for an obedience training walk. He did extremely well. Good dog, Bo. When he does well, I reward him with a play session. When we got back to the trailer, I jumped on the bed with Bo, and began to rough house play. I yanked his tug toy Foxy away from him, and rolled away. He leaped over me to get Foxy, smashed me in the mouth with his head, and split my lip. Thanks, Bo. Just what I wanted for Christmas ... a fat lip. Joanne thought that was a fair trade, since on this date last year I had him neutered. HA HA HA !

We decided to go to Wal-Mart to buy some groceries. Well, actually, I desperately wanted some potato chips. And we didn't want to have to go grocery shopping again before we leave here on December 27. On the way back to Kofa Co-op we stopped at Cocopah Casino to check it out. We wandered around the casino, and took a look at their restaurant, pondering whether or not to return on Monday for their lunch buffet.

We had supper, then watched a bit of TV. Joanne wrapped gifts while I went to the clubhouse to get online and update my blog. When I returned from the clubhouse, there were some gifts from Santa Claus under our tree. I told Joanne that wasn’t possible, since Santa Claus doesn’t come until Christmas Eve. Apparently I was wrong. Joanne tells me that because of the very warm temperatures here, Santa has to come to Mexico ... and American cities along the Mexican border, like Yuma ... a day early.

DSK