Arizona, Mesa - Sunday, November 30, 2014 - Val Vista Villages RV Resort

We got our Christmas present to us today – a new wall behind the TV.  We went to Lowes and picked up the tiles and everything we needed to install them.  Pictures to follow.

We also decided we have had enough turkey for a while.  We’ve had turkey casserole and turkey salad from the leftovers and we still have some to use up.  A visit to Red Lobster was a nice change.

We’ve finished our Christmas decorating.  We walked to CVS this morning and they had some pretty wreaths.

 

 

They also had cotton for the “snow” for my mini nativity set.  I’ve had this set for years, it is very small, but also very heavy, it is made of lead.  I’ve searched many places to try to find a stable setting to go with it but everything is just too big.

The tallest of the figurines, one of the three wise men is just two inches tall.  Joseph is about an inch tall.

I also have with us some of my Christmas themed Precious Moments figurines that the kids have given me over the years.  I can’t have the whole collection with me but these bring me great joy.

We took a walk around the resort after dark this evening and found a few festive folks, but not nearly as many as we were expecting.  These three are all what's called a "park model" rather than being an RV.  They sell these to people who want to winter in the resort but either don't own or don't travel by RV.

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona, Mesa - Saturday, November 29, 2014 - Val Vista Villages RV Resort

Kind of a lazy Saturday around here.  We hung some snowflakes on the ends of the icicle lights, I like them.  I didn’t want to use the snowflakes inside because they have glitter on them.

 

I did end up hanging some red, white and silver balls and some silver snowflakes along the dining room window.

Christmas cards are all addressed and ready to send, so I did get something useful done today.

I think we are almost done with the decorating.  I made a big bow for the front of the coach, but Greg thinks it needs a wreath also.  We still need to get some cotton (for snow) for our mini nativity scene then we are done and can just sit back and enjoy it for a while.  We can draw the blinds, put on some Christmas music and have some holiday potpourri simmering on the stove and we’ll never know it is 80 degrees outside J.

Arizona, Mesa - Friday, November 28, 2014 - Christmas Decorations

I made a full recipe of yeast rolls yesterday, but only used half of it for dinner rolls.  The other half I made into cinnamon rolls this morning.  I was thinking about how pretty a picture that pan of rolls would make as they were baking.  However, they smelled so good that as soon as I took them out of the oven we pounced on them like a couple of hungry tigers and the good picture went by the wayside L.

 

 

This afternoon we put up icicle lights on the awning – it was 85 degrees, we were sweating before we got the job done.  It’s really hard getting into the Christmas spirit at that temperature but I’m not going to complain.  That is why we are here.

We did go ahead and bring out the rest of the Christmas decorations and over the course of the afternoon we got them all up.  Yes, we still have one of these.  It travels rather nicely tucked in its own little bin under the bed.

 

 

I’m still thinking about doing something more with the window, we’ll see how energetic I get.

We’ve done this arrangement with the lighted garland and our favorite ornaments for the last few years, I really like it.

 

 

 

We hung all of our motorcycle themed ornaments up above the TV, but the display lighting Greg has on his cars doesn’t photograph very well, and he was watching “Tora, Tora, Tora” as I was taking pictures, I think Pearl Harbor just got bombed.

 

 

This ornament that says “Happiness Served Here” is hanging just above the sink.

A few more Christmas touches around the coach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found a couple of bayberry candles when we were in Arlington, VA but I realized this afternoon that I don’t have taper candle holders any longer.  Since that is my favorite Christmas fragrance I’m going to have to go get some holders.  I’ve found the Christmas music maybe that will put me in the spirit.