Beware the Ides of March!

  A great day, but the wind blew for most of it, even into the evening.  When it's like that, you can understand how the dust storms happen.  Really plays havoc on the old sinuses for anyone prone to sinus problems.  It was still hot.
  There were two road runners in the park, right in front of our m'home in fact.  They are a unique bird and can be quite aggressive.  In fact rattlesnake is one of their favourite foods, so you can see how bold they can be.  The javelina's are still hanging around the park, two of them as well.  They were just around the rec hall at 2 AM according to Val who saw them outside his unit and then were on the hill, about 5 units down from our site.
  We had an interesting day, started out with a visit to Home Depot on Crismon rd.  We picked out a few things, then started looking at what we needed to re-do our bathroom.  Not having a truck we were debating how we could make it happen when Marg spotted Barb [she runs the water aerobics or thrash & splash].  They were talking about what each were doing there and Barb said - well Jim has the truck and I'm sure he could help.  Short version is he said, nothing to it, I can strap all that stuff on the back, so we bought a vanity, toilet and piece of finished board for the bathroom floor.  We had to wait to buy the floor board until we saw the height of the adjoining room floor.  Also bought some vinyl floor tiles that are a floating floor, but all have two tabs where the adjoining tile is fixed to it, so the floor ends up in one piece. Oh yes, exchanged the two saw blades I bought as they were not performing well.  They were expensive DeWalt blades and were smoking when cutting the laminate and for $75, I expected they would at least last the job.  It was one of the easiest exchanges I have ever done, absolutely no hassle.   Marg painted cupboard doors, I tore out the old bathroom.  Fortunately I had some pex stoppers in the m'home from last year, so I was able to keep the water on for the kitchen sink.  Well sort of fortunate as the toilet is sitting out on the driveway.  They make a really cool push on fitting that makes working with this stuff really easy, not cheap, just easy.  Marg got done, me well, still lots to do.
  Part of our problem is the number of visitors and site tours, we are sort of an attraction in the park, LOL.  Anyway Marg came along and said it was quitting time at 4, which also corresponds with the start time for happy hour.  Our hosts for happy are leaving for home in S Dakota next Thursday, so we have to attend them all until then.  Well that's my story anyway.
  After we had bbq steak with baked potato; very nice.  It was funny last night when we talked about cooking Blackie said he does it all, Dardie doesn't cook.  That is pretty common down here.  They were surprised to hear that Marg is a star in this dept and supper was no exception, it was great.
  Went back to the unit, conducted one last tour, put everything away and made tomorrow's shopping list.  The building supply places have a brass band that plays as we walk in now that we are supporting them so well.  LOL