Crowns and Dust

 Good Morning Quartzsite!!  I was a slacker today.  Only 8,500 steps!  And it's all Patsy's fault!!  Actually I'm very thankful for her determination and motivation to get out there every morning for a freezing cold walk.  This is what we see when we start out.

Here she is wearing her crown of pine wreath on the way back.  It happened someone put FREE STUFF on a chair.  Who could walk by that?  Patsy kept the wreath, but we both passed on the little Christmas tree.

I on the other hand, went straight for the foil pans.  I can use these to practice with my convection oven.  Since Patsy was nice enough to come over, and in her perfect Canadian accent, give me instructions on my Canadian convection oven, I now have no excuse not to try a breakfast casserole.  I'll make it tonight and leave it in the fridge, to bake tomorrow morning.

Poker pool was up next, almost three hours of seven ladies hitting the cue ball into the pockets.  No one ever said we were GOOD at it.  In fact, Patsy and I tied for ..... wait for it ..... LAST PLACE!!  Woohoo!!  I think I need lessons.

Lunch was spent in the rig since the wind decided to come up.  We were heading into the arctic with 35 degrees, but my app says it's only 37 this morning!  I spent most of the afternoon playing with this kid.  He's SO demanding.  I think we went outside six times, adding to my step count.  

It wasn't pleasant with all the dust blowing around, so back in the rig we went.  I even had to find some rocks to keep my outside rug on the ground.

Once again I tried heating up pizza on my induction stove.  These pans work great, but I have no lids.  This thing is a thingy-ma-bob you are supposed to put UNDER the pan to keep from scratching the surface.  It worked perfect as a lid, even though it's a screen.  This is the leftover Outback pizza and was once again, delicious.

The afternoon was spent indoors working on yet another puzzle.  You can tell Patsy did the top portion.  She's crazy fast at these things.  I barely got the bottom pieces, which should have been easy since they are  words!!  

At long last I called UNCLE.  The wind was blowing so hard, I lost the door as it slammed into the railing.   I barely made it back to the rig, and I'm sure I saw Toto flying by.

I watched a little TV on my awesome Dish Network dish before calling it a night.  This morning we'll be back at it with walking, puzzling and pokeno-ing.  Another nice day in the desert.