slowly getting better.

Good morning, and Happy Easter!

We have a community magazine for Sun City Aliante called The Breeze....
 

For this months issue, they asked residents for a picture of themselves at 5 years or younger. And a selection of those pics would be published in this months issue. Well, I made the cut!

And below, is the original's ...

A couple of days ago, our street had a block party!

About 25 neighbors showed up. We had pizza, chili, and way to many snacks. The weather was great, with party cloudy skies and low 80's. It was soo nice being able to socialize with people again. Especially since everyone was fully vaccinated. 

My house is the gray one across the street.

And speaking of that, we've booked a flight back to Michigan for July. Michigan is having another surge, but hopefully it will subside by July as more people get vaccinated. 

We also booked a trip to Flagstaff and New Orleans. We're ready to travel again!
 

Vaccinated and it feels so good!

Good afternoon.

I'm getting worse about posting. And it's not because I'm soo busy, I guess it's mostly lazy.  :-0

But here's my flowers that made it through our winter and are thriving!

Here's the latest puzzle I finished....

And here's a view from our room down in Laughlin.

We went there for a two night stay. Was nice to get out of town for a bit. And being fully vaccinated, we felt very safe. We were surprised to see how busy it was, especially since we were there mid week. But had a nice time and didn't lose too much money.

Our patio parties have started back up, now that all my neighbors are also vaccinated. We've also been back to the 3100 grill for patio dining, now that the weather has warmed up.

We also booked a flight back to Michigan this summer. Hopefully, by the time we go, Covid is even less a threat. 

But overall, retirement  life is good. And so is Vegas. 
 

A stay at Circa

Good morning.

About time I did a post or 2 or 3.

I'll start recently, and go backwards..   :-)

We spent a night downtown on Wednesday, at the new Circa Resort Casino and hotel.
 We got a corner room, and it was large!

    This is the view from our room, looking north of the hotel.

If you look toward the mountain in the distance, that is where our house is. 18 miles north of downtown.

And here is the reason for our hotel stay......

Our former neighbor and friend Barbie was in town with her sister.

She stayed on the strip a couple of nights, then out at our Aliante hotel, and then downtown at Circa. 

We were able to walk a few mornings while she was at Aliante, and we did lunch together each day. One afternoon, we hosted a meet and greet with about 15 neighbors in our driveway so they all could see Barbie.

It was real nice to see her again.

 

winter in the desert

Good afternoon.

Snow on the Sheep Mountains. The mountain range just to the north of out community.
 

A very cold week. Lows in the mid 30's and highs only near 50.

But.....still better than Michigan!
 

Vaccinated.

Good afternoon.

I got my first Covid vaccine this morning.....

 Craig got his last Saturday. We both got the Pfizer vaccine, so the second shot will be in 3 weeks. 

 Happy to think that this is the slow beginning  of some return to normalcy.  We hope. 

We also got the first  appreciable rainfall since last March, yesterday. And a lot of snow up on the mountains surrounding the valley. 

Stay safe, and get your shot when you can.