April 1 -13 2014...Desert Pools RV

April 1-13...

1st - The wind is still blowing! We have had to put down the satellite dish every evening due to the wind. The shows that did record were intermittent due to the loss of signal. We walked a bit and did laundry in the morning. We went to the movie 'Noah' in the afternoon. Dixie's knee started hurting late morning and was hardly able to walk on it by evening. The pain is in the back of the right knee (already has had 2 surgeries on that knee & a fall on the kneecap in 2008).

2^nd – wind is still blowing and is cooler today. Knee still hurts a lot so we will spend the day inside.

3^rd – Glyn and Henrietta were over for happy hour/snacks. Doug/Fran told us that Ethel Doyle's house in Turner is for sale. I explained to Mike where it was at and we were a bit curious about it.

4^th - We asked Doug/Fran to take a picture of the outside of the Doyle house when there were in Turner.

5^th – We had lunch in Desert Hot Springs and did some grocery shopping. We went to Gyn/Henriettas for HH/Snacks.

6^th – Dixie talked to Mark Rasmussen at length getting the scoop on the house. The house had been flooded about 5 years ago and Mark & Sonny Obrecht did the repair work. He said they put in a new kitchen and all the flooring was replaced. He told us the floor plan of the house. He also gave us Carol Malloy's (daughter/executor of estate) phone number in CA.

7^th – We celebrated our 24^th wedding anniversary. We went to the movie, Capt. America at Cathedral City. Very action packed but lots of violence. Afterwords we went to dinner at an Italian Restaurant next door to the theater called Trilussa. Dixie had researched it and found good reviews. We had a wonderful dinner – Mike the Chicken Marcella and Dixie Chicken in Vodka Red Cream sauce over pasta. The bread and olive dip was wonderful. Included with the meal was biscotti and amaretto!

That evening we were able to call Carol and talk to her about the house. We found out that she already had an offer for the house and it looked like it would be selling for more than her asking price. She also thought there was going to be another offer. She wanted to get it sold this week....yiks. She gave us the name and number of the realtor in Malta. Carol also sent several photos of the house – inside and out! It looks nice. Needs some paint on the outside and some in the inside. Bathroom needs updating but the kitchen is very nice.

8^th – we had Doug/Fran get the key for the house and take a look. They gave us the thumbs up. We called the realtor, Carly Bishop at Missouri River Realty and by the end of the day we had the buy/sell agreement completed and sent back to her. We offered a $1000 over the mentioned sales price.

Dixie had a massage at Happy Feet on Dinah Shore/Bob Hope. It was awesome! We lunched at Subway and did some shopping at Costco.

9^th – we found out that if we really wanted to Doyle house we needed to up our offer. Called the realtor once again and countered with a bump of another $3000.

We had a very good breakfast with G/H at the All Star Burger place just down the road from the park.

10^th – Our house offer was accepted. I've come full circle – moving to Turner 39 years after I graduated from there! Can't believe we bought a house site unseen and did it in a weeks time! Called Independence Bank to see about a loan. We gathered info & completed the loan application online.

11^th – We made contact with Karene Faber at the bank regarding what kind of loan we can get for our purchase. We scanned all the docs she needed and emailed them to her.

We headed to Aunt Marge's in Riverside at 10am. We took her to lunch at Backsteet Restaurant, a neat outdoor deli place....very good! We went back to Marge's and had cake that Dixie made and visited. Had a great day! We got back home around 530p.

12^th – We drove to Danny's around 945a and drove with him & Lexi to San Diego. Lexi surfed in the Surfer's Healing program. It was held on Coronado Island. The person that took her out was Izzy Paskowitz, the person that co-founded the company with his wife. Lexi made it up on the board a couple of times and really enjoyed it. It was her 6^th year of participating but the first time in San Diego. She loves the water. It is a wonderful program that is specifically for Autistic children. Every child gets to go out with a surf board and an instructor and are out for approximately 30 minutes. We stopped in Temecula for lunch at In & Out on the way down and at Utopizza for dinner on the way back. The wind blew horribly in Desert Hot Springs. As we were driving back into the valley it was just brown with sand blowing. The drive from Danny's to our MH was awful. It was like driving in a bad snowstorm. We even had to bring in one of the slides once we got home.

13^th – Mike watched the Master's. Dixie caught up on computer stuff. Dixie cut Henrietta's hair and we went to their site for HH. We made one more trip to the mineral water hottub to soak Dixie's knee which still hurts!

Tomorrow we move to Mountain Lakes RV which is at 3200 ft so the weather will be cooler. The past week has been in the mid to high 90's and the frig just can't keep up. Hoping to get ride of the wind and see some cooler temps!