Where or where did November go? We've done a lot of enjoying the warm sunshine and watching the antics of the birds around our bird feeders. We have learned one downside to drawing the birds in and that is that it also draws in birds of prey. A Peregrine Falcon nailed a Gamble's Quail right behind the Palo Verde Tree right behind our site while we were out talking with neighbors. We see him/her cruise the area almost daily. We now call the bird feeders the Falcon Smorgasbord.
Mid-month we saw our friends, Rick and Y Dyer, arrive. Good conversation, laughter, and card games take place almost nightly. We helped Y celebrate her birthday as she is slowly catching up with me.
We flew out Thanksgiving morning to Sacramento. We had no issues to report with the new TSA procedures and amazingly, our flights were all on time. Melissa picked us up at the airport and we headed directly to Bonnie and Butch's house (John's sister and brother-in-law) for the feast. As usual, Bonnie outdid herself. Here is a picture of the whole gang of family and friends.
We have a new baby in the family after a 10 year dry spell and needless to say, Emma is very popular. Here is a picture of Melissa with Emma in the darling outfit Melissa picked out special for her.
Finally, after dishes were done, I was finally able to have a little special time with Emma myself. She was so relaxed stretched out on my lap that she fell asleep for about an hour. What a sweet little thing she is.
When night time came, our batteries had pretty much ran out as we had been up since 2:30 a.m. Alas, another confirmation that we aren't as young as we once were. What a great day with family and friends and all were reminded as to how many things we have to be thankful for. We hope your Thanksgiving was equally wonderful.
We did not partake in any Black Friday shopping but did Christmas Tree shopping with Melissa instead. As this is her first holiday in her condo, she wanted a real tree. After a few stops, we found the right tree and took it back to decorate. I got snookered into putting the lights on and then Melissa finished up making the tree very festive looking.
We had a nice time in Sacrament but it is was so nice to get home. The weather in Sacramento was in the low 50's so it was especially delightful to have 80 degree weather today.
We had asked Rick and Y to keep an eye on our place while we were gone. Rick told us he was going to put a For Sale on the rig to see how much he could get for it lol. We got a call from Rick on Monday saying that there appeared to be a problem with our furnace as it wouldn't come on without tripping out. Rick and John tried to trouble shoot it but to no avail. Found out today that the bearings in the motor burned up and we need a new motor which will take a week or so to get. Thank goodness for electric heaters as it was 47 degrees in the rig this morning brr.
