Nov 13th to 15th - Mesa

Nov 13th – Sun
Just as I was finishing my phone call to sister Marg, Moe & Trish came by so Trish could say goodbye to us. She is flying back to Vancouver today to go back to work for 2 months and then will be retiring.
Ron & Terri joined us for a shopping trip to a golf store and a sporting goods store. Terry thinks he needs a new driver and he tried some out but didn’t buy one. As we were heading back, Ron asked if there was an Applebee’s nearby to have wings for a late lunch. We insisted that Fat Willy’s was the place for wings so that is where we went. Ron & Terri agreed that Fat Willy’s is indeed the place for wings.
Just before 6 we picked up Ernie & Dianne and Dennis & Gloria to go to a show at the Arizona Casino. We stayed for a bit after the show to do some gambling. Terry was going up & down on a machine and moved to the next one over when it was vacant. Dianne sat down on the machine that Terry had been playing and won $74 which she was smart enough to take home.

Nov 14th – Mon
We picked up our forwarded mail and quickly went through it before we rode our bikes around trying to find Margaret to return a corkscrew. We visited Julie, Tina & Terry to see how they liked the NASCAR races that they attended yesterday, made a stop to wish Billy & Lauri a Happy Anniversary and then it was time for a sandwich for lunch.
We made a quick trip to Costco to buy what may be my new favorite item there – hard-boiled, peeled eggs. Sounds weird & lazy but when you want to make devilled eggs and only have fresh eggs that won’t peel they are wonderful. We made another stop at Fry’s to deposit a check and get a jicama which turned out to be awful.
I had a short time to make devilled eggs and put chips & salsa in bowls to take to a happy hour(s) at Mike & Susie’s new park model. The gathering was to say “have a nice trip, we’ll miss you” to Ron & Terri who are going home for 6 weeks.
We ate enough appies that we didn’t need dinner before immediately going to line dancing lessons at 7. After the regular lessons we stayed for a special class on the Wooden Nickel partner line dance. Duane (I have been misspelling his name!!) & Sue came back with us for a nightcap.

Nov 15th – Tues
Terry left at 7 to play golf with Ron, Moe & Bob and I stayed in bed to finish reading a book. I enjoyed my time cleaning up the kitchen, sorting out a couple of drawers and messing around on the computer. I had just eaten a light lunch when they returned. Ron & Terri have cleaned out their fridge and were going to the courtyard for lunch so we joined them and Terry had a burger there also. While we were at the community center, we bought dance tickets for Sat and then tracked down some people to tell them there was room left at the table.
At 3 we went to listen to music in the courtyard. The weather has warmed up so it was perfect to sit there in shorts. We had to leave early at 4:30 to take Ron & Terri to the airport. We hurried back to go with a group to the Chinese buffet to celebrate Stephanie’s birthday. We all returned to Ernie & Dianne’s to digest and eventually have a small piece of birthday cake.