HARMONIOUS HOME GOAL; Self-Care~Coalinga-CA

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

HARMONIOUS HOME GOAL; Self-Care~Coalinga-CA

Individual progress continues 👏 & future road gypsy plans continue to be made 💓

~Holland

~Me

Working on regaining & maintaining personal growth by reinforcing respect boundaries.

We're no longer strangers trying to find a foothold … now the hard work begins in building a healthy relationship for the long haul.

The ball is now in his court - he can play punt … or play fair; but no more self-centered-fouls will be allowed to continue.

Holland has grown so used to being referred to (by yours truly) as a neanderthal 🤠 when he's in a foul mood, that he now teases me as "cavewoman" when he thinks I'm being too independent 😉 … so, I laughingly matched his Alley Oop persona with Alley's sidekick Oola's, cheeky & feisty persona 😂🤣

Alley & Oola: red is my neanderthal man's favorite color ;-)

This morning while getting ready for a drive to downtown Coalinga, I broke out my new tube of bright red lipstick - no makeup, no fancy hair (no point with the humidity & open 4x windows); just lipstick to match my pullover.

And, also because it is my husband's favorite lip color 😘

Bright red lipstick stayed on ALL DAY long; I washed my lip stain off, at bedtime.

Leaving the Park, I dropped a bag of paperbacks off at the on-site-laundry building - and was amazed at the mean-looking cactus needles on the backside of the building as we were leaving: those things seriously looked dangerous 😳

A pretty mean-looking cactus; looks spiked with 9 gauge 20-penny-galvanized nails.

In Coalinga, Holland ducked into a little mini-mart … and came back to Betsy bearing gift offering 😁👍

Almond Tree Oasis RV Park to Coalinga-CA; 15 min (11.2 mi) via W Jayne Ave

Scratch Cards - didn't make a score, but I do enjoy them.

We bought a turkey and some bacon while there; then Holland treated me to a loop drive back home 🕊️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

Passing through Huron (hu - long u * run - soft u), I asked him to pull over at the large grocery store so I could run in a grab some celery and carrots for the pork chop supper I was planning to cook … and exited with some mexican goodies 😉 to enjoy 👌:

Coalinga-Ca to Five Points-CA; 28 min (26.4 mi) via CA-33 N and CA-145 N
Almond Tree Oasis RV Park-CA from Five Points-CA; 28 min via CA-269 S & Lassen Ave
Mexican sweets were spread out over a 3-day period - the pink was too dry, the apple-filled triangle was tasty, the cinnamon pie-crust stars are my favorite.