Feb 3rd to 5th - DHS

Feb 3rd – Fri
We played in the golf scramble this morning with perfect weather. Wind had been forecast but we were happy that it didn’t show up. I had quite a bit of time before lunch so I posted the blog and read a newspaper before going back to join Terry for the lunch that is included with the scramble. I chatted with a couple from Kelowna – Neil & Bev – before lunch.
Cliff saw Terry earlier and asked if we wanted to play golf in the afternoon so we joined him and Terry C. at 1:30 to hack our way around the course. Actually, I got the best score which said more for the guys’ bad scores than a good one for me.
At 4:30 we went to Larry & Barb’s for happy hour. We were joined by Bob & Cheryl who were across the street from Larry & Barb. We ate enough appies to spoil our appetite but not enough to be dinner so I threw something together when we got back.

Feb 4th – Sat
We went to the COD this morning. It is a weekly outdoor market held at the College of the Desert. We had a sandwich there for an early lunch and then continued on to a BevMo store looking for chocolate martini mix which they had. Costco was right next door so we picked up a few items there and also stopped at Trader Joe’s. We bought a bottle of Scotch for Larry so we delivered it when we got back and had a drink with them. We dropped in on Neil & Bev and chatted with them for quite a while before heading home for dinner.
There was a night golf tournament with glow balls but we forgot to sign up. About 7:30 we walked to the last green to see how it was all going. There were 4 glow sticks marking the edge of each green, a flashing marker on the flag and a glow circle lighting the cup. It was a best ball format with each team getting 5 glow balls and 2 sets of flashing lights to put on their carts or bags so other golfers knew where they were. Each golfer had a lighted rope “necklace”. It was fun seeing the lights moving on the fairway and then hearing a ball being hit and finally seeing the lighted ball rolling somewhere. There were still some teams teeing off so we wandered to #1 tee as well. There was a bar set up in the activity center so we had a drink with friends that played golf. Everyone thought it would be cold and bundled up but the weather cooperated again and there was no wind so it was very pleasant.

Feb 5th – Sun
After breakfast I sorted clothes and we went to the laundry room. It is very small and was busy but enough washers were available after a few minutes wait. We passed some time working on a puzzle, didn’t have to wait for dryers and finished the necessary chore just after noon.
Terry played a game on the computer, I read a while and then Judy dropped by for a short visit. We went to see Larry & Barb and asked them to come over for appies & drinks and to watch the Super Bowl which started about 3:30. It was an interesting game to watch as the score was close. None of us were cheering for either team but we enjoyed watching, eating & drinking.
When the game was over, we turned on America’s Funniest Videos and watched that for 1 ½ hours before Larry & Barb left. Clean up, ice cream for “dinner” and to bed to watch TV.