Oct 3rd to 5th - Mesa

Oct 3rd – Sun – Mesa
When I returned from the gym, I set up the chairs as all the clouds & winds were gone. But the dust & rain made a mess of the truck so after coffee(s) and breakfast, Terry got ambitious and cleaned it up. I felt guilty just working on the computer so I vacuumed and did other small cleaning projects.
When we were done, we headed to the pool to cool off where we were joined by Bill & Lauri and Larry & Julie. People have been arriving at the park for the winter so other people were there for a change. About 3:30, Terry & I were preparing to leave and have a late lunch/early dinner when Bill asked if we wanted to go to the Organ Stop Pizza. We came back & checked the restaurant hours on the computer and decided we’d pick everyone up at 5:15. The Wurlitzer performance & pizza was excellent again.
I had sliced up our remaining strawberries so we all had strawberry shortcake afterwards.

Oct 4th – Mon - Mesa
We had a couple of errands this morning and then stopped at K-Mart to look at some clearance clothes on racks outside. We had been there a few days before but it was well over 100 degrees so looking at clothes outside was not an option. Today, all the clearance items were marked down to $1.99. I got 5 polo shirts & 2 pairs of shorts, Terry got 2 shirts, a pair of shorts and swim shorts – all for $23.87!! Now we have to get rid of some items to make room. We also checked a couple of Target stores to see if they had an ice maker for Julie (no luck).
We took advantage of our coupon book for a late lunch and came back in time to watch it rain again. Lauri invited us all over for dinner so we went there about 6 and sat outside for a drink. They decided we would eat outside and had just set the tables when it started to rain. So a quick change of plans and a move inside for dinner.
Later I walked to the library to borrow a book. It seems smart to use the library books here and save mine for later. I got sidetracked and worked on a fairly easy jigsaw puzzle for a short time. Will have to get back to it later.

Oct 5th – Tues – Mesa
I had a nice long chat with sister Marg this morning and Terry went to the office to get tickets for a steak fry on Thursday. Terry was playing games on the computer when Bill came over to say that a couple was making tire shades for his motor home and said we might want to watch the process. It was interesting. They set up a table & sewing machine behind their van and then the guy measured, cut and installed snaps and the woman sewed the shades. I worked on Lauri’s computer to fix some of the havoc caused by her grandson.
We joined Bill & Lauri on a trip to Costco and had hot dogs for lunch. We stopped at K-Mart so Bill & Lauri could check out the $1.99 items. Terry found 4 more t-shirts, Bill got some shorts and they had both checked out. Then Lauri found a couple of items and I picked up some eye drops for Terry so Bill & I were standing in the checkout line again when the lights went out & right back on. We looked outside and there was a huge storm in progress – high wind, rain, hail & lightning. At some points you could not see across the parking lot. Of course, the computers went down with the power drop and just as they were coming back up, the power went off & on again so back to square one. It didn’t really matter that we were waiting in line as we didn’t want to walk to the car anyhow.
Bill tried to avoid the deepest puddles on the way back and the roads in the park looked bad but the water was not deep.
We dumped water out of chairs, straightened the mat and picked up garbage cans & bicycles. It was still early so we went to the puzzle room and worked on the puzzle that I discovered last night. Then it was time for a drink & dinner.
About 9 another storm hit – wind, rain, hail & constant lightning & thunder. There was a lot of coverage of the storms on the news with people saying they had lived here for up to 40 years and had not seen such bad storms.