Nov 26th to 28th - Mesa

Nov 26th – Fri – Mesa
We did NOT hit any Black Friday early sales this morning. Mid morning we headed out to get coffee for our new Keurig coffee maker and stopped for breakfast on the way to Costco. Once there, we saw a demo of a coffee maker with more features than ours, with a filter for your own coffee included and with 60 coffee K-cups included so we decided that we would return the one we bought since we hadn’t used it yet and get the one from Costco. Of course, we came back to return one first to make sure there was no problem and then returned to Costco for the new one. Good thing these stores are not too far from our park and the traffic & shopping hordes were very light.
Dennis & Gloria were sitting out with Gary & Diane so we took a beer over and joined them until we looked at a clock and decided we better get home and start setting up for dinner. Yesterday I suggested that our group get together at our place for a Thanksgiving leftovers dinner. We brought in a square table & 4 chairs from outside so we could eat inside as it is just too cool to eat out once the sun goes down. We heated everything in the microwave and had another wonderful meal.
At 8:35, Robin called to see if we wanted to play cards but we had to admit that we were already in bed watching TV!

Nov 27th – Sat – Mesa
I finally got back to the gym this morning but a little later than previously because I just don’t like to get up when it is cold. After cooling down with iced coffee and hitting the shower, I had some breakfast and then went to the ballroom to help put up Christmas decorations in the park. Terry opted to play computer games!
As I was making some turkey sandwiches for lunch, Robin came by to ask if I wanted to go shopping for decorations for her motor home. While I did that, Terry cleaned up the truck inside & out. When we returned, Robin & I found some citrus trees in the park that were on unoccupied lots and took an orange & a grapefruit each to test for ripeness. They don’t look completely ripe but are very good.
At 3:30 we went to Larry & Julie’s for a steak dinner that Tina was making for us all. We ate early so it was still fairly warm out and then all headed home as it quickly cooled down.

Nov 28th – Sun – Mesa
It was very cool this morning but I finally dragged myself to the gym. Then I was really bad and made cinnamon rolls for breakfast – they were yummy!! It was really dark & cloudy but I decided to help with decorating again. On the way, I stopped to see Lauri and then stayed to chat a bit as a rain shower passed over. After another stop to visit with Robin & Neil, I finally made it to the ballroom and started hanging lights outside with a guy that we met a week or so ago. A couple more rain showers didn’t get us too wet. We were just finishing up when Terry came to find me. He had helped someone move a TV and a cabinet that would not fit in their car.
We made a quick trip to the grocery store, prepared hamburger “trimmings” and went to Bill & Lauri’s for dinner. Guests of honor were a couple that stayed in the same park as them last year and who we met in Quartzsite. They recently arrived to stay in Apache Junction for the winter. Once again, we had an early dinner but even so we had to get cozy inside to eat. The wind kept blowing out the flame on the barbeque and Bill was an icicle by the time the burgers were done. Oh well, all we have to do to cheer up about the weather is watch the snow reports from elsewhere in the country – like Spokane!