BACKROAD DRIVE~Bouse-AZ

This morning we drove over the BLM Land flanking both sides of Plomosa Road; and through Quinn Pass to Bouse-AZ. There is a veg & fruit vendor that sets up there every Thursday & Friday.

We need veggies and fruits - the prices of these things are wildly expensive in Quartzsite … and though diesel fuel is spendy, too, the drive to Bouse is a nice way to spend a few afternoon hours 😁

Today is also the beginning of Shabbat, so I pulled a fancy top on before stepping out of Independence; no makeup though because my eyes - and nose, were just too runny. With dust devils racing across the landscape and causing allergy havoc, it would have been wasted effort. I still like to look nice though when I get out of house.

My husband likes my chubby hourglass shape, but I'd like to be thinner.

I'd also like more fluid funds in our Bank account.

And since neither of those things look likely to happen any time soon (my husband refuses to cut ties with fatty foods & our retirement checks are 'fixed' monies) … I just settled for pulling a fancy top on before shutting off lights and stepping off the last of Independence's steps 😉

Today is also the kickoff Day of National Marriage Week 😍; and I am happy to report that we are fully enjoying it, this year 😘

We took a slo-mo drive - enjoying the time out-of-house, enjoying each other's company, and just generally enjoying Life 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

Plomosa Rd from The Pit Stop RV Park~Quartzsite-AZ; 18 min (14.9 mi) via AZ-95 N and Plomosa Rd

Bouse-AZ via Plomosa Rd.; 14 min (10.4 mi)

Gallery - 'Nice to Be with You' song: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uvI2DSCgU0)

Kind of a vendor hawkers, flea market, Farmer's Market venue; Bouse-AZ

Vegetable & Fruit Stand - what we came for; Bouse-AZ

We came home with several shopping bags loaded … and Holland cooked Supper 👌

Before we left for Bouse this morning, he had mentioned he was going to get a cabbage to steam with bacon and potatoes. I had never experienced steamed bacon before, but I was curious.

It was good! 😁

Holland steamed bacon, cabbage, yam, carrot, & yellow summer squash. GOOD!

After Supper, I listened to some Shabbat Messianic Music, and worked some more on my new design …

MOD 2-tone knit Daisy Stitch

Joshua Aaron - 'Shema & Gadol Elohai' Lyrics: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlILURVJ5NE)

Today was a good day to reap Shalom blessings ❤️

FATIGUE; Fortuna-AZ

MAN!

We've been so stinking t.i.r.e.d. 🥱

Our batteries are so worn out with the strength it needs to just stay alive: we go to bed tired, we wake up tired, we shuffle through the days tired …  it's wearying.

The blowing sand here is ridiculous; we should have been long gone from here, but Holland wanted to stay another month and give this landlord a chance to get another renter for this space. But we are so miserable. And really, it is not our responsibility to keep this space rented so the landlord has steady income - we've done our part. It's time to move on.

Provided we can still function 12 days from today 🙏

Windy day, today; Fortuna-AZ

Risky weather, for us {sensitives}; Fortuna-AZ

We need to be able to breathe easy.

We need our energy back.

We will "for sure" be pulling stakes here February 3rd.

Texting with Brenda.

This morning, I woke up around 6:30 A.M. … Holland woke up around 8 - or so; we chit-chatted for a bit - but my eyes kept closing (my battery was on the fritz), so I finally said, "I'm going back to bed for a bit; I can't stay awake, and my lungs burn. Sorry."

That was at 10:30 A.M.

I was still snoozing soundly, when Holland joined me at 2:30 P.M.!

Holland, getting some much needed sleep … he's been researching around the clock; looking for a State with warmth, that we can actually enjoy.

I got up again, somewhere around 4 P.M., thinking I'd make Supper and have it ready when Holland's snooze was over.

No go.

My stomach (like Holland's) is so full of sandy mucus that all I wanted to do was hurl (Holland has been hacking, coughing, and spitting for weeks; he sounds like a cat with a hairball & I try not to laugh). Just the thought of preparing food and smelling it while it cooked made my stomach churn.

Supper, as considered, did not happen; if Holland is hungry when he wakes up, I'll make him a sandwich. That, I think my stomach would be okay with.

In the meantime, I worked out a new design … and got busy on the matching dishcloth first:

Working a design out …

Yarn Bobbins, ready to employ.

Working on the dishcloth, first. MOD

Holland wasn't hungry when he woke up - and he is always hungry.

Fatigue is very fatiguing.

I think water will be all we ingest, tonight.