Warm weather already!

Yes, it is warm in Arizona. Temps getting up in the 80's but no humidity so it is comfortable. Couple weeks ago we had the annual BBQ here at the Home. The Optimist Club was instrumental in getting Sunshine Arces started and they still are active and one project they do is sponsor the whole BBQ day and activities. Only one thing they couldn't do and that was make the day dry and warm. It rained during the night so the grounds were messy. The wind kicked up and the temp was low so it made for a cold day for us as workers and it really cut down the attendance. But with all the planned activities going on that day still the most visited buildings were the warehouse and boutique. Bag day proves to be a great draw. You buy the bag of your choice dollar wise and then you put anything you want in that bag. I see it serving 2 purposes. The customer has fun seeing how much they can shove in the bag and the warehouse gets rid of a lot of "stuff" that is not a good selling item. I did it and felt like I was/trying to shoplift. But I did get a lot of fun things.

Since we worked extra days for the BBQ we had a whole week off before the next project started. That was a good break.

The women finally finished with the sorting and labeling the items in an upstairs storage room. My department was the craft stuff which mainly was scrap booking items. WOW, few Archivers stores have more scissors, paper, punches, etc. I figured since it was craft stuff I would label it with craft style. Hope somebody doesn 't come along and ignore the work that was done by our group and, once again, create a mess. Many have stated that it would be nice to come up for a pair of shoes or paper and know just where to find it. Hope it works.

A project we have been doing in the RV is making an extra desk. Because we each have a computer (Dad has two)and I have messy hobbies/crafts we wanted more working room. In order to do that we had to remove the sofa. Dad did use the sofa when he was working on his computer but it was less than comfortable and left no extra room on his little desk for papers etc. We do have a life of business, etc. that we must maintain in addition to RVICS. The sofa was donated to the boutique or warehouse and they must have sold it quickly because I never saw it displayed at either place.

Removing the sofa left us with 6 feet of space and we made the desk(top) exactly(even 1/8 of an inch difference made it necessary for a little pressure to be applied to get the desk top in place) that long and 3 feet wide. The top is oak plywood that we had to finish ourselves. It is built in strong "Rensink" style. We are really liking it. But as every project big or small we keep adding to it. The boxes we got at IKEA for storage. Then we wondered if the boxes were going to be too heavy (for the box not for us) to pull out so we are making wood platforms with wheels for the 2 sets of boxes to stand on. We are pleased with the look and the functionality of the project. Now if grandchildren want to stay with us it will be a slumber party on the floor. With the couch in that place it was almost impossible to pull the couch out anyway so we figure we are not missing much without the couch. Or as our Canadian couple say, the Chesterfield. I put that in for Chris, eh? I will not divulge the idea they had when we called something to wipe our face on a napkin! When we get ready to sell the RV we can advertise it as an office RV. It would work.

We do plan to stay in Mesa thru April. Will do volunteering here at the Home if we are wanted and needed. Again, we appreciate any calls, emails, Facebook blogs and pictures we receive from you. Please keep it up. Love you all. Dad and Mom Wilmer and Marilyn