Antville ... New Digs

I was up earlier than normal yesterday.  I wanted to take advantage of every single WARM minute I could.  It's been in the 80's and sunny, but a tad bit windy.  

I tried to be patient until the office opened.  I had no intention of sleeping with the ants another day.  No big deal, they didn't get any further than the floor, I just didn't want to deal with an infestation.

That big bump on my head with accompanying purple spots will disappear eventually.  While on the floor killing ants, I ran straight into the edge of my table.  OUCH!!

I finally called ... they offered to come spread some "stuff" down, which was very nice ... however, I have critters that don't need to be walking in ant bait.  Jenna is the BEST!  She said I could move to any spot I wanted.  That took all of ten minutes after knocking on the neighbor's door.  

That's one thing about RV people, they are always willing to help.  I know I can back up fairly well, I just never want to take a chance of running over or into something if there's someone to watch for me.  I'm now on the used-to-be empty side.  YAY!!!

Before heading out to revisit the fabric shops (Hi my name is Nancy and I'm addicted to fabric), I took Cooper for a walk on the wild side.  He never gets to go to dog parks, but they have a great one here.  Sadly there were no puppies for him to play with.

So we took off down this trail that goes around the entire park.  He LOVES this walk.  So many SMELLS!!  At one point he spotted a bird and was just fascinated by it. 

All along the trail are these gorgeous blooms.  We got all of a quarter mile and he was done.  He sat down and was having none of it.  I had to carry him all the way home.  We won't be doing THAT again!!

Instead of cooking this trip, I decided to eat out every day.  There's a Panda Express right down the street.  Would you like to try our firecracker chicken?  My brain said heck no, but my mouth said SURE!  I've no idea why since I really don't like HOT stuff that burns my mouth.

For those that DO, I'm sure this is mild, but to my shy taste buds, it burned like fire, thus the name I suppose.  It was filled with little chicken, lots of veggies and LOTS of those little red HOT peppers.  I'll be skipping that next time.

I did think my fortune was rather nice.  It made my burning mouth feel a little better.

AND I WAS OFF!!  Back to the fabric store I went with patterns in hand.  This line caught my eye.  For those that aren't familiar with quilting, fabric for a queen sized quilt probably runs (at least in my experience) about $200.00.  THIS bundle came to a tad over $60.  Now you know why I LOVE the Arizona Marketplace quilt store.  I may just have to go back one more time!!

In the meantime, I made THREE trips to Gramma Jos, the other quilt shop in town.  Luckily I found some fabric for Patty.  Yay!!

Here's my new location ... between the fire hydrant and the light pole.  I see even more ant hills, but at least not on MY site.  

I'm off this morning to visit friends in Wellton just over the hill.  I can't tell you how nice it is to have people to talk to here in Arizona versus California.  Even the neighbors you DON'T know, talk to you.  

On the way back, dinner will be a special treat.  I'll describe it tomorrow.