Feb 22nd to 24th - DHS

Feb 22nd – Tues
I called for a tee time and was told that the earliest time was 3:40. Since we were having company later, that didn’t work for us. Then our neighbors asked if we wanted to join them at 11:12. We had to make a trip to Trader Joe’s and decided that we had to go before golf so we made a flying trip to pick up bruschetta mix and got back just in time to put on golf shoes and get to the course. We actually teed off a little early and didn’t have to wait so it was a nice round.
After lunch (we didn’t have time for breakfast so were starving), Terry went to the store for a couple of items that we couldn’t get this morning and I made some appies for happy hour.
About 4, Jerry & Aileen, Sonny & Liz, Dave & Laraine (all from Canada) and Larry & Barb arrived. We ate, drank, talked, laughed and later huddled around the buddy burner until 7:30.
By then the neighbors were probably glad that the noisy gathering broke up.

Feb 23rd – Wed
Terry played golf with the men’s club this morning and then helped Sonny with the beer & wine sales. I went to see if I could get a haircut but my stylist wasn’t in so I went across the road to Burke’s Outlet and shopped – unsuccessfully – for a few clothing items. Terry had booked a tee time for 1:12 but didn’t call and tell me what time so I got back too late and he had canceled it. Also, the wind had gotten worse and it would not have been much fun.
We went to the Agua Caliente casino which turned out to be a big mistake. We are going to have to find another diversion for windy days!
I was lazy so we stopped to pick up Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner.

Feb 24th – Thurs
We played golf with Moe & Trish at 8 this morning. It was cool at first and windy the whole time but we were all glad that we played. We went to the hair salon and the stylist said she could fit me in in 35 minutes which gave us time to grab a quick breakfast at McDonalds and pick up a couple of grocery items.
We were in the 12 o’clock seating at the owners’ appreciation lunch so we added vodka to a carton of OJ and walked up early. It was supposed to be at the pool but because of the wind they moved it into the hall. We sat by the pool and shared our OJ with Moe & Trish before having lunch. It was Larry & Barb’s 49th anniversary today so Matt played a special song for a short dance for them.
We picked up forwarded mail after lunch and saw Dave & Laraine on the first tee. I ran over and asked if we could join them on the third hole. They said “of course” so we hurried back to get our clubs and they were just getting on the 2nd green when we got back.
After our game, Laraine invited us over for a drink which turned into more and included Bea and then Thomas dropping in to chat. I had the foresight to put a small pork roast in the crock pot so I nuked a sweet potato and made a simple salad for a quick dinner since it was 7:30 when we left Dave & Laraine’s.