I worked on the cards for
Trish & Moe before calling Marg. I
was still on the phone with her when Trish came by with some paperwork that
needed to be copied so she & Moe sat outside and chatted with Terry until I
was done. We got the copying & cards
done and then we all went out for a late breakfast at Mickey D’s where Terry
loves the biscuits & gravy.
We did laundry even though it
could have waited a day or two. Mondays
at the laundry room are often busy and who knows if we will have time to do it
tomorrow anyhow. I walked back while the
clothes were washing and made devilled eggs for later. Terry turned on the TV outside and let it
lull him to sleep very quickly.
We didn’t have too much time
after putting away the laundry before we went to the bocce courts for another
heavy appy gathering of 35 people.
Gloria did the work reserving the court and giving “invitations” to
people since most of us can’t remember times & days!! We had a good time eating & playing bocce
ball. It definitely cooled off about 6
and the propane firepit felt good.
We went to Ernie &
Dianne’s to play Ponytail Canasta. By
1:00, the guys won the first 2 games and the women finally won one.
Nov 19th – Mon
We were a little slow to get
going today. After coffee we went to
Costco to order contacts. Luckily I put
my prescription in my pocket as the last person I dealt with at Costco had
entered the expiration year as 2012 instead of 2013. We made a stop at Best Buy and then came home
to put away purchases from Costco and to make lunch. When we were driving back we saw a group of
bicyclists with safety vests and realized that we forgot about the Monday
morning bike ride! Before lunch we took
a quick tour through the Country Store in the ballroom but didn’t have to buy
anything.
When we were at the ballroom,
Chris asked Terry if he had a brother in the park as he had seen someone that
looked a lot like Terry. Just as we were
finishing lunch, Chris came by and told us the site number of the lookalike so
we had to get on our bikes to see for ourselves. The guy wasn’t home so we stopped to chat
with Neal & Judi and then went to see Dan & Carol’s recently purchased
home in Ranchos which is the area of the park with larger manufactured
homes. They showed us the place and we
sat and talked with them for a while which gave them a break from working. We made another loop by the lookalike’s MH
but still not there. Karaoke was just
starting in the courtyard so we stopped and had a beer with Larry & Julie
and Larry & Suz who we met at the dance on Saturday.
We couldn’t stay long (some
of the singers weren’t great) as we had to join Dennis & Gloria and Ernie
& Dianne at Moe & Trish’s for happy hour. Then we all went for dinner at the Eastern
Super Buffet which lives up to the name all the time. Back at the park, we sat outside with Dennis
& Gloria – then joined by Joe & Stella – to watch DWTS. It had cooled off a lot so I got jackets &
blankets for Gloria & me.
Nov 20th – Tues
Terry golfed at Dobson Ranch this
morning and I first worked on the computer while the freezers were defrosting
and then puttered around doing anything I pleased including reading. Terry and the other golfers had stopped for
lunch so I didn’t have to come up with anything for him to eat.
We went to the courtyard to
listen to Curtis sing. He had some
problems with his sound system so he entertained us past 5.
I added a salad to a couple
of leftovers for an easy dinner and we went to line dance lessons. It was moved to Fiesta so we got a ride with
Moe & Trish instead of riding our bikes in the dark. We had a busy enough day that we were ready
to crash when we got back.
Nov 21st – Wed
We joined a large group of
people (120) in the ballroom just before 11 for a Poker Run here in the
park. We picked up colored ribbons to
divide us into 5 groups and then we travelled by bicycles and golf carts to 5
stations in the park where we learned about the facilities and had to perform
tasks such as a hole-in-one at the miniature golf course, rolling a bocce ball
through chair legs and hitting a target in shuffleboard. When all members of the group completed the
task, we each got an envelope with a playing card to make a poker hand. We returned to the ballroom for hot dogs,
potato salad, chips and a brownie for lunch.
We also each received a ticket for a glass of beer. The first place poker hand was a flush and
the winner received $70. Reduced amounts
of money were paid to the next 4 best hands.
Trish joined us for a trip to
Fry’s for groceries and diesel. It was
not as crowded as I thought it would be but my list wasn’t arranged too well
and I kept back-tracking. I put away the
groceries and started to make a cheesecake for tomorrow. I figured there wouldn’t be enough time in
the morning to bake and chill the cheesecake.
It was still in the oven at 3 so Terry went to the courtyard and saved a
chair for me to listen to music.
We left the courtyard right
at 5 and went to Brian & Bev’s for dinner.
Bev is from Newfoundland and makes a seafood dish called cioppino which
I would describe as seafood stew or soup.
She also made scalloped cod, some sautéed seafood and dessert. Also at dinner were Moe & Trish, Bob
& Darlene, Ron & Terri, Brad & Clare, Joe & Stella and
Jamie. The group had a lot of fun after
we ate and we were rather loud. Luckily
the immediate neighbors were part of the loud crowd.
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