After posting the blog, I
made breakfast at breakfast time for a change!
Bev had a low tire on their truck and tried to inflate it with a small
pump which didn’t work too well so Terry got to use his new compressor again. We walked to the library to exchange a book
and I worked on a jigsaw puzzle for a short time while Terry checked the mail
box.
Ron & Terri surprised us
by arriving today around noon rather than tomorrow. They left Albuquerque at 3:50 am so they
wouldn’t get locked in by road closures for the Balloon Fiesta which they had
attended for 4 days.
I didn’t have anything easy
in the fridge for lunch so we went to Burger King. Dennis & Gloria came over to say hi to
Ron & Terri and we all sat around catching up for a while. Then it was time for a cooling swim. There was a large group at the pool
today. I left early as I had been
blowing my nose all day and felt like I might be coming down with a cold. When Terry got back, I had everything ready
to make a stir fry for dinner.
Oct 15th – Mon
Don’t know what caused the
runny nose yesterday as I was fine when I woke up. Karen borrowed my bike to go to water
aerobics so we didn’t go for a ride this morning. Terry drilled a couple of holes in the
concrete patio and put in eye bolts to secure the awning so we don’t have to
worry about a sudden wind.
We decided to get rid of our
old TV as it was still sitting by the garbage can. I had checked online and found that Best Buy
will take them so we went there, put the TV in a cart and wheeled it to the
help desk for super easy disposal. Our
new ice maker just started to make only 5 regular cubes and 4 tiny ones each
time so we took it back to Fry’s and exchanged it for another one. They were really nice about it and it was no
hassle to get it done. We got a few
groceries while we were there, returned home, put everything away and plugged
in the ice maker.
Now we decided it was time
for a trip to a casino. We went to Ft.
McDowell and probably won’t return any time soon! When we got back about 4:30, everyone was at
the pool so we walked up but didn’t put our suits on – just sat &
chatted. I started dinner when we came
back from the pool and we were just finishing eating when Dennis & Gloria
came over to watch DWTS on the outside TV.
Our neighbors Joe & Stella soon joined us along with Bev, Mike &
Susie, Ron & Terri, and Bob & Darlene (met them briefly last
year). The group was loud so the TV had
to be louder – good thing neighbors on both sides were here.
Oct 16th – Tues
Terry left early to play golf
so after I called sister Marg, I went to help plant flowers in the park. We had mega quantities of petunia &
alyssum bedding plants that needed to go in planters and flower beds. Of course there was not enough potting soil,
not enough water hoses and too much sunshine!
Quite a few volunteers did their best and were “rewarded” with
hamburgers at the grill for lunch.
I cleaned up and went to join
the ribbon cutting at 2 for the new elevator which is finally finished and
certified. I skipped the line for a
glass of wine and went to get a seat in the courtyard to listen to Curtis sing
at 3. Terry showed up shortly afterwards
– in time to pull another table & chairs to our group. We left just before 5 to put on swim suits and
cool off. We were home in time to make
dinner and watch DWTS elimination.
Oct 17th – Wed
We went for an early bike
ride and saw flowers waiting to be planted again so I changed into my dirty
work clothes, left Terry at home and headed out to play in the dirt again. 4 of us went to the bocce ball area and
started on planters and a long flower bed with such packed dirt that it had to
be turned over with a shovel first. 3
more ladies joined us and when we finished there we all moved to another area
with planters that had trees, and at one time, decorative rocks. Betty, who looked after flowers last year,
said the bedding plants did really well there and we filled any empty spot with
flowers. Then it was time to wash &
change shoes before lunch. Terry’s bike
was gone so I called and had him join us for lunch. He felt guilty about not working so paid for
his burger!
Terry told Lauri that I would
sew a cover for their outside TV and Bill was waiting for us when we got back
from lunch. It was a simple job that the
perfectionist in me made slightly harder.
We rode our bikes to their place halfway through to check how to proceed
and then we rode back for a drink with them when it was done. We went to the pool for a dip & chitchat
and decided to go for dinner with Joe & Stella. They asked if anyone knew of a good Chinese
restaurant so of course we had to introduce them to the Eastern Super Buffet
which was as good as ever. I wanted to
go for a little walk to settle dinner but we only walked a short loop and
figured it was enough.
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