Making Slow Progress, Getting Christmas Shopping Done and Getting Ready For Tomorrow's Thanksgiving Celebration.

Our Location today is North Ranch, Congress, Arizona, U.S.A.

This sleeping in until 8:00 is really starting to be a bad habit. No more yawning my way through most of my breakfast. This is terrible! It’s almost like were getting used to (Heaven Forbid) MST. Of course when we’re partying and not getting to bed until the late hour of 10:00 it’s only natural that we had to make it up somewhere.

I didn’t even have the Coffee Mugs out for breakfast yet when Kathy was making her way down the stairs. We were discussing what we had to do today even as we ate breakfast. We drank our Coffees at our usual spots, in our comfortable chairs while we got caught up on our morning reading at the Computers. As soon as our Mugs were empty our attitudes changed from being relaxed to something more pressing.

By 10:00 we were once again leaving North Ranch heading towards Wickenburg. Testing our GPS this morning it brought us directly to our first destination Jones Ford Dealership without a glitch. Parking much closer to the Parts Department today gave me the needed strength to stand in the long line of others ordering parts for vehicles that they were working on. A different Parts Representative came around to help lessen the lineup and simply asked my name. It was twenty minutes later that he reappeared after digging through the unopened deliveries to locate our Side-Marker Lights. He must have felt bad that I was waiting so long for such small packages that he discounted the price by 30%. “Thank You very much!” Those parts can only be purchased at a dealership which has to inflate the prices to cover their Handling Charge.

Kathy then set the GPS for our next destination and it waited until we were underway to tell us the distance. It tried to have us travel Thirty Miles to a destination I recalled as being only a few miles back into town. As soon as I had the Truck headed in the direction I felt was right the GPS recalculated the destination at only Two and a Half Miles up the road.

It was close to 11:30 so before going too much farther we pulled into Burger King for an early lunch. Not over ordering we felt much more comfortable and satisfied when we left.

Two Miles up the road we arrived at NAPA Auto Parts. Having brought one of the Marker/Signal Lamps with me into the store and not finding what we needed on the shelves we asked for help. At one point we had Three Parts Clerks looking for the wiring plugs we need. They looked High and Low not even coming close. One finally pulled out an Old Lights Catalogue and started comparing Lamps similar to ours. Comparing Numbers from the Old Catalogue with Parts Numbers on the Computer I was able to order the proper Pigtails for the job.  They’ll be in on Saturday which means another trip to town.

Further up the road we were again at Safeway where we picked up a few things that hadn’t been on the List the other day. With all the sales they had going on they didn’t have anymore of the cereal we wanted so we drove back in town to Family Dollar. We spent time walking down the aisles getting a few things we knew we’d be needing soon that hadn’t made it to the list yet. 

Sunset as I was grilling supper.

Heading back in the direction of Highway 89 we spotted an Ace Hardware and since it was already hot outside we went in to look around and pass some time. I had needed a pair of Diagonal Cutters and they were the first to have them. We also managed to scratch off a few more Christmas Gifts for 2018. That’s right we’ve already celebrated This Year’s Holidays with our family back home and we are now shopping for next year. What we bought here today can not be found back in Ontario. 

We got Home just before 4:00 and by the time we finished unpacking the Truck and putting things away it was time to get things going for supper. Kathy cooked the Pork and Beans as well as making Raspberry Covered Yogurt for our dessert while I grilled a couple of Hotdogs. The Sun was already setting before we ate supper but Kathy sent me out for another picture anyways. If there are no clouds as the Sun is setting it just doesn’t have that WOW factor we saw so many times last winter. 

Taken right after supper.

Once the dishes were all washed and put away we started getting some of the ingredients for the Ambrosia Fruit Salad for tomorrow’s celebration ready tonight. Kathy wants to mix it after lunch so it will be fresher when served. 

Look what we see on a clear night.

To all our American readers and their families Kathy and I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. Thanks for following along, feel free to leave a comment and click on the pictures to enlarge them. Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

Words of Inspiration

A hot bath! I cry, as I sit down in it; and again, as I lie flat, a hot bath!

How exquisite a vespertine pleasure.

Rose Macaulay, English Writer