Feb 6th to 9th - DHS

Feb 6th – Mon
After a nice breakfast we headed to the Augustine Casino, one of the 6 in the area that we have not visited this year. I started right out by winning a bit and continued to cover Terry’s losses as well as my allowance. We received $2 vouchers for food and had a great late lunch of burger combos (burger, fries & drink) for $4.50 each – hard to beat.
On the way back we stopped at a WalMart for a few items. Dinner was artichokes.

Feb 7th – Tues
I played golf with the ladies’ club this morning – ended up winning $5 for 2nd low net in the 1st flight. I made an early lunch and then we went to The Alley – import & gift store – in Palm Springs. We are looking for a hummingbird feeder as the string came undone when Terry hung it up and it broke. No feeders but we got a shaker for our chocolate martinis.
We were heading back and made a turn that took us past the Spa Casino so we had to stop! I did OK again and we ended up $115 ahead – finally! Terry did contribute to the winnings right at the end since I told him he had to stop before he lost what he had won!
We were home just in time for Terry to BBQ steaks in daylight. I went to the “Dress a Child” project at 7 – starts at 6:30! – and worked for an hour.

Feb 8th – Wed
On our way to a casino this morning, we stopped at Big Lots to get a hummingbird feeder. The casino didn’t treat us as nicely as the last time so we went to the last of the 6 nearby casinos – Fantasy Springs – since it was on the way home. No luck there either.
When we drove in, the road past our site was blocked with tow trucks, a pickup and a car. Terry walked up to see what was going on – someone lost his front wheel when he was turning into his driveway – and Jim across the street asked us to join them and a group of people for happy hour.
When it got dark, Terry brought over a buddy burner so now we have a buddy burner “workshop” happening on Saturday so everyone can make one. The bucket light was also a hit but people can make them on their own.
Dinner was late followed shortly by going to bed!

Feb 9th – Thurs
We walked to the activity center for lunch tickets and tried to pick up the mail but it was being sorted. Then we did some shopping – hair goop at Sally’s Beauty Supplies, buddy burner tins at Goodwill after looking at a few other stores. We ran into Pauline & Eileen in Big Lots.
We stopped for a burger for lunch and picked up some 3-in-1 oil for the hair clippers at a local hardware store. We went back for the mail and saw Gilbert on the way back. He invited us for happy hour so we sat outside to read & watch TV until then.
There was a fairly large group at Grace & Gilbert’s – Cliff & Pauline, Bob & Doreen, Terry & Eileen, Jim & Swinelle and us of course. I left at 6 to make dinner and called Terry when it was ready. We just had time to gobble it down and put on our dancing shoes to head to a dance here in the park.
The dance was sold out so the floor was crowded. After the music finished, we chatted with Don & Doreen who were seated beside us so we were the last to leave.