Taco Tuesday

Good morning.
Been a busy couple of days.
Made another batch of my breakfast Muffins....

Turned out tasty as usual. And I finished another puzzle....

And yesterday we went with 5 other neighbors to the Salted Lime for Taco Tuesday...

This is starting to become nearly a weekly gathering. But they do have pretty good reasonably priced food, it's close, and it's currently too hot to sit outside on a patio in the afternoon.
And speaking of hot, we're getting the seasons hottest weather this week. Several days of 110! Even in the morning when I walk, it's near 90. And the monsoonal season has begun which is bringing chances of thunderstorms and more importantly....humidity!! It was 23% this morning when I walked. And with temps near 90, that's pretty humid!
But I'll still take this over Michigan's long winters.  :-)
Have to take the Jeep in this morning. Got a recall notice. Something about the fan.
So that's all I got for now...

another post.

Good afternoon.
Here's some pics from one of my morning walks......

Yep. It's the ducks. The top pond is actually our large fountain at the main corner of our community. The opposite side of the pic is the sidewalk corner along Elkorn and Aliante Blvd. During the day, there is a 30 ft fountain of water shooting up from the middle.

The baby ducks are as big as the parents now. They all scrambled to the lower pond by the driveway where I was. I believe people come out and feed them so they were expecting me to also.
After picking up the neighbors mail this morning, (I didn't get it Saturday. I was to lazy to walk all the way down to the cul-de-sac where their mailbox is located) I walked around their houses to check on things and discovered a large package from Amazon by the side door.  I was about to put it in their garage when I noticed a different name on it. And then, a different address. Yep, it had been delivered to the wrong house. How does that happen? We all have our house numbers prominently displayed on the front of the garage. It was suppose to go to 7741, and it was at 7749. So I took it over to where it was suppose to be. She was happy to get it as she was expecting it the past weekend. And this has happened more than once!
I think some of the Amazon drivers they subcontract to don't know how to read.  :-/
Anyway, went to the doctors office this morning for my regular biannual visit. All my test results were normal so he spent the time talking about my up coming trips. Guess he wanted to make sure he spent enough time with me.   :-)
One of my walking neighbors comes back tomorrow, so I shouldn't have to walk by myself in the morning for a while.
And here's the last 2 puzzles I did.....

Both of them fireworks themed.
Been trying to talk Craig into a Mediterranean Cruise, but he just doesn't like the idea of a 15 hour flight to get there. Oh well. Maybe I'll find something else.

playing catch-up

Good morning.
Now that I've returned from my trip and recovered, time to do a few catch-up posts......
Here's a couple of pics from our monthly community magazine they mail to every homeowner.....

This was the July issue.

It's a glossy, very nice magazine that covers news from the board of directors and various departments, plus news from the many community clubs, and activities and entertainment.
And as fancy as it is, it doesn't cost us a penny. The ads they sell not only pay for the cost of production, but generates a little profit too!
And here's a couple of pics I took around the 4th....

Flags on all the street posts throughout  the community.

And of course, a flag on our house!
And a couple of days ago, I took this pic during my morning walk. It was a full moon.....

Took mail over to one of my neighbors that just returned. Still picking up mail for 2 others.
After my walk this morning, another neighbor asked me to look at one of her bushes. Some of the leaves were looking scorched. I was thinking maybe not enough water getting to it. Had her turn on the dip system to discover that one of the 2 drips was barely putting out any water. I adjusted it and as I was checking others, discovered a leak in the front yard and sealed that.
I try to check my own drip system about once a month. Since the drips run very early in the morning and very late in the evening, you don't normally see if there's an issue.
Just one of the many different things about living in the desert.
That's all for now...

post Michigan trip.

Good evening.
I figured it was about time to do a post on my trip to Michigan.
The last post showed you a pic of me and my Mom. Here's one of me in Lansing with the woman and her husband that bought my Salon....

Not a very good pic. I don't know why.
Anyway, my brothers spent the entire weekend before we moved Mom, getting her furniture in the new place and getting it all set up so she would hopefully feel at home. It was quite the adjustment for our Mom. Going to an unfamiliar place with a completely different setup. She got used to the nursing home where everything was done for her and the new place expects her to do most of everything for herself.
But our flight to Grand Rapids MI went well. We left at the crack of dawn on a Wed. arriving in Michigan late that afternoon. After getting our luggage, and the car rental and checking into our hotel, grabbed a bite to eat at a sports bar next to the hotel.
The next morning, we got up early, (remember, MI is 3 hours ahead of Vegas) and drove to Muskegon. I was able to get my Mom's hair cut before they discharged her at 11am, and I took her over to the new place. She seemed to like the large room and private bath.  Brian, Louie and his wife Bonnie worked to get everything put away and organized that we brought from the nursing home. They came and took Mom to lunch and we chatted while they finished up. Mom came back and we visited a bit and then left for the drive to Lansing.
Spent 2 days there visiting friends and former co-workers. Then back to Muskegon on Sunday morning to see Mom for a bit before we headed back to Grand Rapids. We were supposed to fly out on Monday at 12:27pm, but got continuously delayed until we finally flew out at 1:45 am!!!  We were in the airport for nearly 13 hours!! They did give us $100 voucher each, and $16 food voucher for a meal.
Didn't get back to Vegas until 2:30 am Vegas time. We were exhausted!!
But we've finally recovered. All in all, we got there safe, and got home safe, so a good trip.
I'm happy I got to see Mom, but sad she doesn't like the new place. Hopefully the place will grow on her. She didn't care for the nursing home at first either.
Now, it's only 8pm, but I'm going to bed. Still tired from the trip I think.

Seeing Mom

Visiting my Mom in her new assisted living apartment.
We decided to coordinate our outfits.

Will write more later.