Canyon Lake Drive and So Much More

We chose not to be near any media, news, or television for Inauguration Day, we just don’t care for all the drama involved so we took a drive to Canyon Lake and it was fabulous. I had never been, but Jerry had and it was a gorgeous drive. 

We decided we didn’t want to go home so we drove to the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort and because of our Gold Status with Hotels.com they gave us early checkin, they upgraded us to a suite, which was truly sweeeeeeet, and we got a complimentary full breakfast for under $100…we LOVE being treated like gold. We hung out, played a little but mostly enjoyed our room…Life is pretty spectacular!

As much as we disagree with the election and still absolutely believe it was fraudulent, we also believe due to the unscrupulous Democrats if President Trump stayed in the office as he should have, the drama would have been unbearable and we would have a very high price to pay because they are relentless. Now, we see the media is being so kind to Biden, even when he states the exact same thing that President Trump had been saying for months, but somehow it’s now been given a positive twist by the media. Also, there are several news stating an improvement of the Scamdemic, especially with Democratic States that had been in distress, are now seeing a light. There is so much crap, but at the same time if that’s what it took to get back to normal then so be it. We will live with the higher taxes, higher gas prices, more illegals coming into our country living off of us, as long as the constant overload of terrorism from the Dems cease. All of this within the first few days he has been in charge. So they win, but in the end we all lose, but they will never admit it and as long as they don’t fuck with us personally, we will figure out a way to survive this administration.

The weather here in the desert has been so unlike all the many years we have spent winters here, but we will get through it.

The rest of the week, we just rested as much as possible because we had to get ready for upcoming PepWear work. We have one day events for the next two weeks, then a 4 day event, then a 5 day event which will take us into March where at this time there is nothing scheduled, hopefully that changes so we don’t have to find other work, but as always, we will do what we need to do.

Loving Our Anniversary

We had decided and think we have accomplished getting media out of lives as much as possible and it is fantastic. We both realized all this stuff has been going on for years, but we just never fed into it as much as we did this crisis, so we are done with it all. Media will not win our peace and tranquillity from our hearts, we will rise above it all and live our best lives ever.

Celebrating 24 years and Jerry still amazes me! We had planned a day at a hotel with a roomy shower and all the good things…that much I knew. We had also planned a few hours of play time at one of the newest casinos in the Phoenix area…that much I knew. But, what HE had planned on his own took my breath away…

First as we awoke and snuggled, he reached for his phone and immediately began playing our wedding song…”Me and You” by Kenny Chesney…we snuggled more and I realized just how lucky we were that we found one another. 

Then the surprises continued…We arrived at Sahuaro Ranch Park, our wedding venue 24 years later…WOW! Due to the Scamdemic, the buildings were closed and things weren’t as pristine as we remembered them, and we no longer have any wedding photos, it was nice to revisit and make even more memories…

Checked into our hotel early, got freshened up and went to play. The hotel had all the amenities, even though the room was very small, we enjoyed it. 

We went to Desert Diamond Casino and forgot it was a holiday so it was packed, we didn’t hit any major jackpots, but we didn’t spend much either and we had a blast. Got some Asian cuisine and took it back to the room where we shared a bottle of wine. Our lives are pretty special!

It’s New…Fresh…Life is Good!

Days are quiet for us at this time and the weather has been quite chilly here in the desert, so we’ve been doing a lot of nothing. It took us a long time to be accepting of this point in our lives, it usually only lasts for a few weeks before we begin looking for our next adventure, but we know PepWear will begin again the end of January, so we are just chilling in the meantime.

We had a terrible neighbor move in and even though we had planned to move eventually, they just made it happen sooner. She is a screamer, a volatile person with no filters and it happens continuously. How her husband lives with the abuse is beyond our comprehension. If we spoke to each other the way she speaks to him, there would be no reason to be together. It is ugly and so eruptive that we were holding our breaths wondering when the shots would be fired. 

 

That’s why we have wheels and it’s time to get them rolling to another site.

 

We moved and are happy campers once again...the office was going to have a chat with them since they have had several other complaints in just two days about their excessive immature behavior, but we explained that SHE would not change, she is just a screamer, so we moved. So many neighbors came by once we were relaxing by the fire at our new site to tell us their encounters with this woman and it wasn’t pretty either. She even made her way by us and was just being irrational, waving her phone and screaming about needing to order a pizza and if we had any suggestions and we just waved her off…no desire for the drama now that we are in our happy place once again.. 

 

Our new site is situated on a unique site…the neighbor on our hookup side is a home with nobody scheduled to be in all winter, and our patio faces the putting greens…we are extremely grateful and life once again is grand!

We made a scrumptious Seafood Mac n Cheese...we didn’t want to pay the price for real crab or lobster so we used the imitation...used up all the partial bags of cheeses is our fridge and it turned out quite good.

We had voted mostly Democratic up until this election! Probably never again, unless they truly clean up their house! There is so much rudeness and hatred nowadays since all this stupid crap started and now too many people feel entitled and it’s getting harder for us to play nice, but we will because we will not stoop to their level ever! We continue to hear our nation needs to unite and heal, but yet they feel the NEED to impeach a GREAT President. Take the time and money they are spending on this senseless event and put it to good use, like getting our country back on track before all of this happened. They cannot continue to say one thing and absolutely do the opposite, when will it ever be enough for them? They stopped being our government when they continue to do things out of their misplaced anger that is causing the American people to be divided by their hate and evil. This is enough, let’s move forward with peace and love and get back to making and keeping America beautiful again!

 

Not only do we continue to distance ourselves from the physical drama, but we are attempting to distance ourselves from the media and internet drama, which seems to be taking longer to do. When it begins to affect our livelihoods again, well it gets tough, but we refuse to feed into all the negativity that surrounds us daily, we will rise above all this evil and we plan to live our best lives in 2021! 

 

Can One Day Change All This MADNESS?

Who would have thought that all that transpired in 2020…would? NOBODY! We are in shock and wonder if it was just a nightmare, that truly our America did not just make the worst mistakes ever in our history. Is it possible to get all of our freedoms back that have been erased in just a few months. Will just the fact that we change the calendar year make it all magically disappear? Many people are adamant that is how it will happen, and it’s going to be scary when it doesn’t because they are depending on it and it may be their last straw of faith.

 

As for us, we are very grateful for 2020…we now know we can survive anything and everything that life hands us, together, we are strong. We fed into the drama for a time, but we shook it all off and decided that WE knew better what was good for us and stopped allowing the media or the government to tell us how we should handle this flu season. It hasn’t always been easy because some of our friends continued to ridicule our decisions, so we did have to limit our contact with them. That decision alone made our lives calmer without all the drama and we made some great choices for us.

 

We followed our hearts throughout this pandemic and it paid off for us and that is our plan going forward in 2021. Live our lives to the fullest and stay out of all the drama.

 

We spent New Year’s Eve like all the others, at home with each other…popping a cork of champagne and just enjoying midnight on the East Coast, even though we are on the West Coast. Thank goodness for having the East Coast television feeds since there is no way we could stay awake until midnight here. We did get woken up by fireworks at midnight, but we just rolled over after yet another midnight kiss.

 

Now that 2020 is in the past…we are now going to focus on everything that is right…no more politicians telling us how to live our lives, after all they work for us…no more drama from anyone…and most important, living in the now and not worrying over what might happen but instead enjoying this moment…smiling at people…helping them in all those little ways that we have shied away from so not to get close to them. Now is the time to once again live our lives to the fullest without hesitation or fear…it is after all the first day of the rest of our lives!

 

We hope you all had a fantastic time saying goodbye to 2020, and we pray that you will all have the best year in 2021…reach for the stars…it’s all out there for us to enjoy!

Birthday…Holidays…Anniversary

This time of the year is filled with celebrations…we have Jerry’s birthday, then the holidays and then our wedding anniversary in January that we love celebrating.

We left the Apache Junction area to hang out for a little over a week in one of our favorite places in Arizona…Lake Havasu, but first made an overnight stop in Quartzsite. We were looking for certain items, but most of the stores weren’t opened yet since it was still too early but we did find some deals that weren’t on our list. It also felt so good to be amongst some normalcy, not a lot of RULES for mask wearing or social distancing, but there was a lot of smiles, hellos, and just decency to one another. It was the same way in Lake Havasu.

 

While in Quartzsite, we ate at Silly Al’s and it was as good as ever. We had a few Margaritas and a split pizza, half Mediterranean and the other half was Philly Cheese. Both sides were scrumptious, but my favorite was the Mediterranean side. The crust is so unique, thin, crispy but also tender and chewy on the inside and such a fresh taste. We ordered the Goliath just so we could have dinner the next day too.

Not one of our healthiest meals, but it was absolutely the best. Fried the bacon, then fried the potatoes, onions & garlic in the bacon juice. Soaked the chicken breasts in Caribbean Jerk and cooked on BBQ for the chicken sandwich with freshly made guacamole & bacon on a pretzel bun. Every part of this meal was perfect, the lime in the guacamole added a freshness to the sandwich, the chicken was tender and juicy, the potatoes were done to perfection.

For Jerry’s birthday we got a room in Laughlin, Nevada, so we could do a little play time. Let’s just say that it started out fantastic but then took an unpleasant turn. We stayed at Harrahs for under $50 and when we checked in before noon, not only were they gracious about it, they even gave him a birthday upgrade to a Suite…AND sweet it was. So much room, great shower with two shower heads, the pillows were flat and awful, but the bed was so very comfortable, and even a jetted tub.

We totally understand the mask issue, even though we don’t agree with it, we do it when we have to, but to be policed so strictly is offensive to us. We were gambling and drinking and we were told several times that masks must be worn in between drinks and there were several times we barely took our lips off the glass when we were approached. Some of the other casinos were the same, but there were a few where they allowed us to drink and converse because we were NEVER near anybody since the entire strip was like a ghost town. Just would like it all to go back to some sort of normalcy, and we hope this will not continue for much longer, and we pray this will never be the new normal. 

 

Even though Laughlin has been one of our favorite play time areas, because of all the rudeness on this trip it will no longer be on our radar for visiting any time in the near future.

 

We are back in Apache Junction for the next few months, and if all goes according to plan, we will be working some PepWear events soon. Until then we will be enjoying bringing in the New Year, just the two of us and a bottle of champagne. See you all in 2021, have a safe and blessed end of this year and may next year be filled with love, happiness, family time, prosperity, and most of all back to some normalcy.