Nov 6th to 8th - Mesa

Nov 6th – Sat – Mesa
The gym, breakfast and then grocery shopping at a couple of different stores to take advantage of very good weekly specials.
I was almost finished putting groceries away when our neighbors Larry & Norma came over for a chat. Then we just relaxed until it was time to go to Billy & Lauri’s for dinner. Lauri is trying to lose some more weight so we had all talked about not getting together for dinner so often so we were surprised when Billy stopped by to ask us over this morning. Turns out they had taken advantage of grocery specials as well with a “buy one, get one” offer on roast beef. So we had another good dinner with them and Larry & Julie.

Nov 7th - Sun – Mesa
Today was my turn to make dinner for the group – scheduled before yesterday’s meal. While I was in the shower, Terry rode his bike to Albertson’s again for doughnuts – so good when they are so fresh! We washed our large patio mat and the bare concrete patio under our tables & chairs. I am surprised by how dusty it is here – the surfaces inside need to be dusted almost daily or just don’t look at them when the sun hits them.
We made a quick trip to Big Lots for more rope lights and to K-Mart for a salad bowl and something I could use to cook lasagna in the convection oven. That pan turned out to be too large so I cooked the seafood lasagna in the regular oven.
Other neighbors Dennis & Gloria stopped by about 2 and we watched the end of a football game & chatted. I had to go in to start dinner so Terry sat out with them and they left just as Billy walked up for happy hour. Larry & Julie and Lauri arrived shortly after for more food & drinks. We lit the buddy burner and invited Neil & Robin to join us all for wine & dessert.

Nov 8th – Mon – Mesa
We and Dennis & Gloria joined the bicycle group for a ride at 8 this morning. There were 16 in the group and our leader took us through residential neighborhoods when possible instead of staying on main roads which make most people nervous even though a lot of the roads have bicycle lanes. After 7+ miles, we arrived at the Waffle House for breakfast which was a bit of an overload for the small restaurant, especially since they were short a server. But we all got to eat and headed back. We took a different, more direct, route which turned out to be just over 5 miles and we got back around 11. The group stops every 2 or 3 miles for a few minutes and does not ride really fast so it was a lot of fun.
We finally got around to making new personal cards and got a picture of our new truck & 5th wheel for wallpaper on the computer. Previously, I used Print Shop to make cards but it will not run on our new computer so I had to learn how to use Word to make the card.
Then it was time for “music in the courtyard” from 3 to 5. There were clouds so it was very comfortable and we even danced a bit. Terry invited everyone over after dinner to sit around our “fire” but once we wound down and had dinner, he took a nap and didn’t get going again. I think everyone else did the same as no one knocked on the door.