Nov 16th to 18th - Mesa

Nov 16th – Wed
We played bocce ball this morning in absolutely perfect, sunny-but-not-too-hot weather. After “breakfast for lunch”, I sorted out the laundry and we threw the clothes in the washers then walked to the ballroom so I could shop the women’s clothing sale and buy nothing. Back to the laundry room to dry the clothes which left me enough time to make up some devilled eggs while Dennis & Gloria visited with us.
We went to Ernie & Dianne’s for happy hour at 3 with a lot of other people - I will not try to list them all here. Of course we were the last to leave around 6:30. We spent the rest of the evening watching TV, playing computer games and chatting with Susie for a while.

Nov 17th – Thurs
Coffee & doughnuts this morning didn’t last as long as usual since the managers & activities director were not there. Nelda, the activities manager, did a good, concise job of making necessary announcements. We chatted with our “backyard” neighbors – Jerry & Erika – who are from Kelowna and are renting a park model for a couple of months.
We rode around on our bikes and did some visiting and then went for a few groceries and got the truck washed. At 2:30 we went to the courtyard to have a hamburger before listening to Curtis sing from 3 to 5. After that we went to Ed & Millie’s for a drink & snacks. Ed owned the park model that we helped Julie buy so Julie & Larry and their friends Terry & Tina were also there.

Nov 18th – Fri
I played golf & had lunch with Sandy, Susie & Joyce this morning while Terry played bocce ball and then had breakfast with Moe. We boiled baby back ribs before going to listen to music in the courtyard from 3 to 5.
We had Dennis & Gloria and Dave & Glo over for dinner. We cleaned up the dishes and we all went to Dennis & Gloria’s to play Pegs & Jokers. We played two games with Dennis & Gloria’s rules and one game with Dave & Glo’s rules which are only slightly different but very confusing when you mix them in one evening. The girls won 2 games, the guys won 1 (this is in here for future reference!!).